Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASKETBALL Prep summaries Tuesday Boys Wildcat Classic At Littlefield Consolation bracket Portales 55, Springlake-Earth 49 Portales (4-4) — Xodus Gomez 4, Alex Garcia 2, Elijah Kladiihbah 4, Kaden Hightower 12, Markus Aranda 2, Quadale Brown 8, Davian Lucero 14, Greydon Rigsby 9. Totals 19 11-19 55. Springlake-Earth — Evan DeLeon 12, Micah Sanchez 2, Joshua Samaron 2, Trace Goodman 24, Keshan Holmes 9. Totals 19 5-14 49. Portales 17 10 10 18 — 55 Springlake-Earth 10 13 14 12 — 49 3-pointers — Portales, Lucero 3, Hightower 2,...
Information on creating an under-the-bed storage bin, kitchen transformations, and rolling a hem edge on the sewing machine will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Bruce Johnson is the spokesperson for Minwax which is located in Upper Saddle Ridge, New Jersey. He is going to show how to use dresser drawers to create an under-the-bed storage bin. This home storage solution is so easy and attainable for even fir...
This time last year we were all ready to kick 2020 to the curb and have a better 2021. We can mostly agree that didn’t work out so well. It wasn’t all bad though. We had our moments during 2021. But let’s start by reviewing the ugly stuff so we can end the column and start the new year with the positive. The bad We suffered through another year of COVID restrictions imposed by our governments. Those restrictions didn’t do much for us but that hasn’t stopped president...
Krista Hustead is a woman of many talents. Competitive athlete, chemistry graduate, musician, business owner, wife and mother are just some of the titles Hustead carries. Growing up as the ninth of 10 children in a rural Utah town, she learned young how to balance her many interests and responsibilities. She and her husband moved to Clovis just over two years ago when he was assigned to Cannon Air Force Base. Shortly after their move, Hustead gave birth to their son. In the...
LITTLEFIELD — Portales High’s boys played a dominant first half and cruised to a 65-50 victory over Tahoka on Wednesday to take fifth place in Littlefield’s 10-team Wildcat Classic. In a late consolation bracket game on Tuesday, the Rams (5-5) lost to Olton 66-51. PHS went 2-2 in the three-day event. Junior center Emmanuel Diahn scored 18 points and grabbed a team-leading seven rebounds in the finale against the Bulldogs (3-13). Portales doubled up Tahoka in each of the first two stanzas and led 38-19 at halftime. “We t...
ANSON, Texas — Both Farwell squads finished third in a tournament hosted by Anson on Monday and Tuesday, and both teams earned a pair of all-tournament selections. In girls action, the Lady Blue (19-3) won twice on Monday, then lost to the host Lady Tigers 61-54 in Tuesday’s semifinals before coming back to beat Iowa Park 59-36 in the third-place clash. Against Anson, Farwell cut a 15-point halftime deficit to two with a 22-9 blitz in the third quarter, but the Lady Tigers (15-5) pulled away again down the stretch. Fre...
BUSHLAND, Texas — Clovis High’s girls needed a mulligan on Thursday night. Down 16-4 at the quarter, the Lady Wildcats regrouped and played Bushland fairly evenly the rest of the way. But they couldn’t dig out of the early hole, and dropped a 55-39 decision to the talented Class 3A Lady Falcons. Four players were in double figures for Bushland, led by junior Emma Troxell and sophomore Chloe Cochran with 14 apiece. Meantime, sophomore Brooklyn Boyett had 12 points, and senior Ellie Frye scored 10. Junior Ali Thomas paced...
TATUM - It won't make up for losing in the 8-man state championship football game, but Melrose's boys at least earned a bit of revenge on Thursday. The Buffaloes used a 23-5 surge in the third quarter and eventually went on to rout Tatum 60-25. The schools met for the 8-man state title at Tatum in November, with the Coyotes pulling out a 22-14 victory in overtime. Senior Logan DeVaney was the only player in double figures for the Buffs (6-3) with 11 points, but five others...
LAS CRUCES — At this rate, it wouldn’t be too surprising if Organ Mountain petitioned the New Mexico Activities Association to get into District 4-5A. The Knights (5-8) are winless except when facing 4-5A members. They are perfect against Clovis High (3-0) and Roswell High (2-0) after beating the Wildcats 55-47 on Thursday night. Meantime, CHS fell to 1-10 for the season. “We played better, offensively and defensively, than the other two times we played them,” Cats coach Jaden Isler said. “But we couldn’t make a wide-open s...
LAREDO, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s Lone Star Conference schedule got off to a bumpy start on Friday. First, the ENMU women shot less than 30 percent from the field in falling to Texas A&M International 71-43. Then the men saw a 15-point, second-half lead evaporate in a 72-63 setback at the hands of the Dustdevils. Today’s scheduled ENMU men’s tilt at Texas A&M-Kingsville was postponed earlier this week due to COVID-19 protocols for the Javelinas, as was Kingsville’s Friday clash against top-ranked Lubbock Christi...
LITTLEFIELD — The Texas portion of their schedule is over for the Portales Lady Rams. The rest of the way it will be New Mexico competition only. PHS (9-3) finished off the old year the right way on Wednesday, beating host Littlefield 48-39 for the championship of the Wildcat Classic tournament. Senior guards Taris Rippee and Teagan Faust tallied 14 and 12 points, respectively, for the Lady Rams, who played without flu-stricken senior post Kylyie Paden. Despite all that, Portales coach Wade Fraze called it an “ugly” win. Noth...
A few weeks ago, when the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was sweeping through Africa and just beginning to make its presence known here, the dimmest members of the anti-vax crowd suggested that the global wave of death and illness was really just a ploy by the Democrats to win a few more House seats in next year’s midterm election. “Here comes the MEV — the midterm election variant. Democrats will do anything to cheat during an election, but we won’t let them,” proclaimed Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, who is likely be...
Missionary work requires risk I watched a movie called “Hacksaw Ridge” about a conscientious objector in World War II who wanted to be a medic in the U.S. Army. The story tells how Desmond Thomas Doss wanted to serve his country without carrying a gun. To most people this sounded crazy and ridiculous. Desmond was ridiculed, beat up, and court-martialed for his beliefs. However, this did not deter him from his goal of being in the Army. I have described this scenario because I have nicknamed myself “Hacksaw Ridge” in dedicatio...
Another Christmas has come and gone. Once again we got excited about the glittering decorations and the music and the Santa cookies. But you know, the holiday is not very woke. I mean, why is Mrs. Claus stuck at home while Santa gets the attention and the world tour? Why do we only see gingerbread “men” and who decided that Christmas was, um, “white?” So because we’ve evolved to the point where in order not to hurt anyone, we lie, I’ve re-examined these beloved classics th...
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” — Proverbs 6:6 Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard biologist who has died at age 92, is most famous for his contributions to evolutionary biology, but he built his career on ants. He wrote multiple books on the insects, including a 700-page encyclopedic work in 1990 that has to count as one of the least likely winners of the Pulitzer Prize ever. Despite his agnosticism and the reductive materialism of his Darwi...
The last time I remember staying up to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve in Times Square was sometime in the 1980s. Since I find myself right on the lower cusp of middle at this point in my life, the turning of the year these days causes my thoughts to turn backward more often than not. Sometime in the middle 1980s, Robert Lee Fulghum, an American author, wrote, “All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” In the political, social and mass media envir...
Tuesday is filing day for candidates in the March 1 municipal officer elections, as designated by New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver. In Clovis, five city commissioner posts and the municipal judge’s seat will be on the March 1 ballot. In Portales, voters will make choices on four city councilor positions and the mayor’s post. In Clovis, District 1 Commissioner Juan Garza plans to run for his sixth term, while District 2 incumbent Gary Elliott declined to seek a third. “I am in my eighth year, and I’m t...
Forget car dealers; Americans are flummoxed by the marketplace for healthcare. Two new reports published last month show that consumers are increasingly anxious about medical costs and access to care, with record numbers signing up for subsidized health coverage. The system is not working for the majority of Americans, and the inequities are only getting worse. A new national survey shows the frustration that Americans are feeling amid the continuing grind of the pandemic. An estimated 100 million Americans would describe the...
PORTALES — Portales police are investigating a Sunday evening incident that sent one person to the hospital with a stab wound. According to a release from the Portales Police Department, officers were dispatched to the area around City Park in reference to a mass public affray. When they arrived, the release said, a man on the scene had sustained a stab wound. The man, who was not identified in the release, was listed in stable condition at Roosevelt General Hospital as of Wednesday. The department said the case remains u...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees will decide Monday on a potential contract extension for President Charles Nwankwo. The meeting, set for 8 a.m. at CCC Room 512, has no new business items. An executive session, and action on the president’s contract, are listed with no other business outside of approving minutes from the board’s December meeting. Nwankwo was hired in October of 2019, and started his post the following January. He replaced Becky Rowley, who left to become president at Santa Fe Commu...
SANTA FE — Following a four-day weekend with 246 new cases of COVID-19, Curry County had a slight reprieve the remainder of the week with 96 new cases over three days of reporting. During that same time, Roosevelt County confirmed 40 cases and one of the 86 deaths reported by the New Mexico Department of Health. The state did not release a case report Friday due to the New Years Eve holiday. The DOH’s Monday report will incorporate four days of testing results, just as the prior Monday did with Christmas Eve on the prior Fri...
With 2022 upon us, we asked Facebook readers what resolutions they had for the new year. A sampling of responses: Carlos Arias: I resolve to be more resolute in resolving stuff. Marla Ann Foster: Try to be a minimalist, live life simple. Trenton Chenault: New president. Heather Van Huss: Be more involved in the community. Mina Malvaez: Teach my kids how to pray the Rosary. Connie H. Cuevas: Read a daily Scripture from friends and families who share with me. Donna Sisco: Move out of Clovis. Robert Whitby: To accept myself,...
COVID-19 was the center of education issues in 2021, just as it was in 2020. Controversy over the proper response to the pandemic brought state attention to the tiny Floyd Municipal School district, which enrolls 55 students. Despite state mandates, the Floyd school board on July 26 decided it would make COVID-19 prevention measures that include mask-wearing and social distancing optional in the district. Any COVID-19 policies, board members said, should be a matter of local control. The state cracked down. After a warning,...
SANTA FE — New Mexico experienced “strong economic growth in most industries across the state, but continued investment is needed to create jobs and broaden employment opportunities.” That's according to a New Mexico Economic Development Department report for the first quarter of Fiscal 2022, which began on July 1. “The data shows statewide improvement in 16 of 21 industry sectors with GRT increasing 15% in all industries over the year," said Alicia J. Keyes, cabinet secretary for the EDD. "Growth is especially strong...
There will be new people in charge in 2022 at the Clovis Police Department and Ninth Judicial District Attorney's office, with the retirement of Chief Doug Ford and the upcoming retirement of DA Andrea Reeb in March. Whoever takes over for them will have plenty on their plate, following a busy year in the justice system and various cases continued into 2022. Ford, whose last day with the department was Friday, retired after more than five years as chief and 24 in the department. “This decision was not an easy one,” Ford, a 1...
