Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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There will be at least one new face on the Clovis City Commission in March, along with a new mayor and city councilor in Portales. Incumbents in Clovis’ and Portales’ March 6 municipal elections are mostly seeking additional terms. The exceptions are in the Portales mayor’s position, where Sharon King cited health reasons for not seeking a third term, Portales’ Ward A and Clovis’ District 4. “I’m doing well today,” King said in a September interview with The News, “but I’m not sure if I can say that two weeks from now.” Si...
PORTALES — Approval of a funding boost to Portales High School’s expecting parent program will be at the mercy of the Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education on Monday evening. If approved, part of the $101,798 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant will help fund the Graduation, Reality, and Dual-role Skills (GRADS) program, according to Superintendent Johnnie Cain. “The state had lost a bunch of funding for GRADS, so then they offered this particular grant, so we’ll be replacing the GRADS funding with that,...
PORTALES — For much of Saturday night's EPAC girls basketball championship game at Greyhound Arena, the Texico players seemed to be battling two opponents — themselves and a formidable Logan team. Missed opportunity after missed opportunity, easy shot attempt after easy shot attempt that didn't go down, punctuated the first half and some of the second for the Lady Wolverines. But, once they limited their opposition to just Logan and played with more confidence, it was jus...
Sometimes, words fail. It’s messy and uncomfortable when the words we generally find so much comfort in fail us … or fail a situation. And at times, there are no words to adequately express how we feel, how much we empathize, or how much we feel for someone or their predicament. So, what then? For me, I bake. There is something meditative about the art of baking. Yes, there’s science and math involved; but, true peace comes from the art of putting heart and soul into baked...
Thursday found me driving an unfamiliar car and going to an unfamiliar place. Fortunately, I had a familiar friend with me and we found a familiar donut shop on the way. My friend and I headed to Slaton, Texas, the hometown of a mutual friend’s spouse. Unfortunately, our stop was at a funeral home. We never knew him, and we said goodbye to him at the same time we said hello and found out why the world is worse off without him. Slaton’s a long trip and my friend isn’t a huge fan of music, so we chatted about any random subje...
At Christmas, I got what I asked for: a garden omelet and pancakes. An unexpected bonus was a knitted toboggan from a Texas inmate who is almost a relative through a broken romance (not mine). The knitting on the black-with-blue-trim pate-warmer is exquisite, and gives me comfort in knowing — if she chooses not to pursue the career that got her where she is today — she has a bright future in weaving legal yarns. The eastern-most destination of my 2,000-mile holiday trip was...
With tax reform taken off the agenda by New Mexico’s Democrat legislative leaders, it is clear that the 30-day session will be more about going through the motions and positioning for 2018 than about considering much-needed economic reforms. This is unfortunate because in spite of higher oil prices, New Mexico remains mired in an economic slump. The unemployment rate remains elevated at 6.1 percent (second-highest in the nation) and as Bruce Krasnow reported recently in the N...
It’s entirely appropriate for President Trump to offer support for peaceful protesters in Iran and to demand that the government there respond with restraint. Despite claims by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that they were instigated by foreign “enemies,” the protests that erupted in that country recently seem to be home-grown and motivated by dissatisfaction with high prices, unemployment and a corrupt ruling elite. Some protesters may also have objected, as Trump claimed in one of his tweets, to the fact that their...
There's a coming of age when fashion starts to become deja vu. This is when you realize you're old enough to have your middle school or high school fashion choices become cool again. The next generation gets to show you their version of your adolescent fashion hits or misses. Whether it's a decade later or more, you’re bound to notice and you won’t be able to stop talking about it. Case in point, you may have noticed some looks from the early 2000's making their way into 201...
Information on using discarded pieces of furniture in new ways, making pop-up cards and selecting fabrics for quilts will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Bruce Johnson is in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. He says that funky and functional charm are the buzzwords today, and he’ll share a couple of ways to find new uses for discarded pieces, such as ladders and old drawers. He’ll show ho...
PORTALES — The Rams' ferocious first half defense proved to be too much for Lubbock Christian to handle on Saturday afternoon, in a 52-39 interstate girls basketball victory. Portales High held the Eagles to just 13 points in the first half and cruised in the second half. "We played good defense, moving our feet, talking to each other, getting into the right position," Rams coach Wade Fraze said. "(But) I don't feel like we did that as well in the second half. (Lubbock Christi...
PORTALES — Portales High School honored several former girls basketball players and coaches during Saturday afternoon's girls game between Portales and Lubbock Christian. For many, it was a happy reunion filled with emotion, as former players could still envision the days when they took the court at Ram Athletic Center. Not surprisingly, at least two dozen former players showed up on Saturday, as they were — and still are, a big reason for the enormous success of the Por...
On this date ... 1973: Portales residents had besieged local police with calls following the flyover of an F-111D jet that experienced a flaming "inflight emergency," according to the Clovis News-Journal. Managing Editor Bill Southard wrote about the event in his daily column, "Memo from the Editor." "The plane, heading for landing at Cannon, had a large amount of flame blossoming from it," Southard wrote. Happily, it landed safely with "the pilot and weapons systems operator...
Joyce Lowrey was born in 1946 in south Portales. At age 16, in 1962, she dropped out of school and married that same year. By 21, her parents encouraged her to return to school. She studied data processing and accounting at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. Then she earned a certificate for secretarial science at the Clovis campus. Lowrey was offered a few jobs but chose to sell new and used mobile homes. She worked as a bookkeeper for the local radio station, KENM,...
CLOVIS — The year in blood collection for eastern New Mexico was off to a heartening start this week, with drives in Clovis and Portales bringing in more donors than expected. The 50 blood products collected between drives Thursday in Portales and Friday in Clovis may seem modest, but they add up over dozens of such events held through the year by United Blood Services, the primary host of blood drives in the state. The key to a steady supply is constancy, said organizers. I...
Mix it up, set short-term goals and stay accountable: good advice for any project, especially if that project involves treadmills and dumbbells. These are the recommendations from local gym staff for sticking with the popular yet commonly abandoned New Year’s resolution to frequent the neighborhood fitness center. New memberships typically double in the month of January at Planet Fitness, said area manager Edgardo Meza. Staff there hope to retain those members by offering a clean facility with good customer service and a p...
CLOVIS — If you want to know about the character of retired Clovis High School Band Director Norvil Howell, ask a former student. Jerry Large, now a Seattle Times newspaper columnist, remembers the time Howell stopped in to visit Gattis Junior High band students about 1967. "I was playing something wrong so he started playing my horn and talking me through it," said Large, an African-American. "I was surprised he put my horn's mouthpiece in his mouth. At that time, that was n...
PORTALES — It seemed fitting when a few Texico boys basketball fans sat in Greyhound Arena’s upper deck — much like the Yankee Stadium Bleacher Creatures — pounding on upended hard plastic canisters like they were drums, as the Wolverines played Fort Sumner in Saturday night’s EPAC championship game. Fitting because for Texico, the beat went on. The Wolverines captured their third straight EPAC title and fifth in the last six seasons by running away from Fort Sumner 60-36 on S...
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EPAC Tournament schedule Seeds in parentheses Boys Wednesday Texico High School Game 3: Melrose (4) 66, Dora (5) 22 Game 2: Grady (8) 67, Elida (9) 66 Game 1: Logan (3) 64, Tatum (6) 57 Game 4: Floyd (7) 53, San Jon (10) 35 Thursday Texico High School Game 7: Dora 60, Elida 50 Game 5: Texico (1) 77, Grady 30 Game 8: Tatum 66, San Jon 49 Game 6: Fort Sumner (2) 60, Floyd 40 Friday Greyhound Arena, Portales Game 9: Ninth-place game, Elida 64, San Jon 45 Game 10: Fort Sumner 68, Logan 40 Game 11: Texico 52, Melrose 34 Saturday...
PORTALES — In non-championship action from Saturday’s EPAC games: Boys • Floyd 50, Grady 48 — The seventh-seeded Broncos took down the Grady Bronchos in Saturday’s fifth-place game, thanks to a strong second half and overtime showing. Floyd trailed 30-15 at the half, but rallied to force overtime. In the extra session, Floyd outscored Grady, 6-4. Weston Whitecotton had 22 points for the Broncos, while Jarett East added 12 of his own. As for Grady, Chisum Rush led all scorers with 23 points, as he nearly outscored Floyd by him...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Pan dulce. Lunch — Popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes w/gravy, seasoned green beans, applesauce. Tuesday: Breakfast — Banana bread. Lunch — Soft taco w/salsa, seasoned pinto beans, seasoned corn, seasonal fresh fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast — Bean and cheese burrito. Lunch — Mac and cheese, seasoned green beans, seasonal fresh fruit, whole wheat roll. Thursday: Closed Breakfast — Mini pancakes. Lunch — Chili cheese fries, fresh broccoli crowns w/ranch, seasonal fresh fruit. Friday: Closed...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory, Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, noon pinochle, 1 p.m. line dance, 5 p.m. business meeting, 5:30 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafters Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. crafts Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo Fr...
Monday • Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Lesson: “Mug hug.” Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday • Filing — For municipal candidates across New Mexico • Books and Babies — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. For children 0 to 3. Story: “Toasty Toes.” Information: 575-356-3940 • Afterschool STEAM — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: Lego challenge. Information: 575-356-3940 • Quilters Tuesday — 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Lesson: “Jewelry cinch bag.” Pre-re...
NEW YORK — About 100 million people faced a new challenge after the whopping East Coast snowstorm: a gusty deep freeze, topped Saturday by a wind chill close to minus 100 on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington that vied for world’s coldest place. Jaw-clenching temperatures to start the weekend throughout the Northeast hit Burlington, Vermont, at minus 1 and a wind chill of minus 30. Both Philadelphia and New York were shivering at 8 degrees. And in Hartford, Connecticut, a brutal cold of 10 degrees yielded a wind chill of minus...
