Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The variation in length — and lack — of a schedule on the farm or ranch has been mentioned before, and it’s all still true. The day to day varies from week to week and season to season and so forth and so on. The big perk is the flexibility. Most of the time, you can work your work around the rare event in the outside world that has a certain time and a certain place. But even though I wouldn’t go so far as to say that there are things that must happen at a certain time an...
Author Philip Yancey writes that at a British conference, scholars from around the world were discussing the most basic beliefs that set Christianity apart from other world religions. As they debated some important possibilities, C. S. Lewis wandered into the room. “What’s the rumpus about?” he asked, and he was told that they were asking what Christianity’s unique contribution among world religions might be. He answered, “Oh, that’s easy. It’s grace.” Yancey continues, “Aft...
I often think about well-known Bible characters that are meaningful to me. My list would include people like Moses, Joseph, Hannah, Esther and Paul. These characters are well documented in the Bible and are referred to by many as examples of faith. In fact, we know much about these characters. They are exemplars of the faith and have been topics of countless sermons over the centuries. Yet, there are some characters in the Bible that do not share the “spotlight” that the mor...
This week’s local games includes a home playoff game for Dora, while two heated rivals — Bovina and Farwell, square-off in a key district showdown. Texico, meanwhile, will look to end its season on a high note. Eight-man playoffs: Pine Hill at Dora, 7 p.m. The No. 5-seeded Dora Coyotes (5-3) are coming off of a bye week, as they get set to host No. 12 Pine Hill (3-3) in a first round home playoff game tonight. For Coyotes head coach Mason McBee, the extra week of practice has its advantages. “Well, it’s nice to have that by...
WEST LIBERTY, W. Va. — Eastern New Mexico University is making a run for the NCAA Division II playoffs, in more ways than one. The ground game produced again for the No. 21 Greyhounds, as ENMU rolled out 573 yards of offense in a convincing 45-24 victory over West Liberty on the road Thursday night. The Greyhounds moved to 8-1 on the season, and now have eight days to prepare for their regular-season finale at home against No. 4 Midwestern State. The Hounds face a situation where either outcome lays out a good case for i...
PORTALES — A hot finish helped Eastern New Mexico University freshman Christopher Mesquita land a spot on the All-Heartland Conference men’s soccer team. Mesquita, a Roswell native, led the Greyhounds with eight goals, including five goals in his final five games, to garner third-team selection. Midwestern State, which went 16-0-2 and allowed eight goals the entire regular season, took the lion’s share of conference awards, including the player of the year in Pierre Bocquet, the freshman of the year in Carlos Flores and D...
CLOVIS — Clovis High's football team has one opponent tonight — La Cueva. It may be hard, though, for the Wildcats not to think about the point spreads involved in district playoff tiebreaker scenarios. But they will have to avoid such thoughts. They've got one team to try and beat, the second-ranked team in District 2-6A. "You can't be thinking about how much you have to win by when you're fighting for stuff," Wildcats head coach Cal Fullerton said after Thursday's pra...
On this date ... 1977: The Clovis campus of Eastern New Mexico University purchased an additional 20 acres of land to give it a total of 60 acres for its "east campus" location. The land was purchased from the estate of the late Erwin Schepps, and it joined land that included 25 acres donated by Schepps during his lifetime. Clovis campus Dean Robert L. Matheny said with the additional property, ENMU-C hoped to consolidate all of its programs in one location. Most academic cour...
PORTALES — The Portales Rams are coming off one of their toughest football games of the year, after facing off with district foe Moriarty. Portales, however, was ultimately victorious in its road trip against a then-one-loss opponent in the Pintos, winning a defensive struggle, 13-7. “First of all, we knew that Moriarty was a good football team,” Rams coach Jaime Ramirez said. “Both of us were 7-1 coming in, and we both had tough losses (along the way). They beat St. Mike’s (who Portales lost to 21-20 earlier in the year)...
CLOVIS — City Manager Justin Howalt didn't have to look far to find a new senior services director for Clovis. She was in the older adults division the entire time. Howalt introduced Barbara Riggan to the position during Thursday's city commission meeting. Riggan, a Clovis native, was appointed to the position Oct. 23, and has worked with the OAD since June 2010 as an administrative assistant. The city sent out a release announcing the hire during the Thursday meeting. R...
Carlos Moreno was remembered Thursday as a loving family man, an outdoors enthusiast and a cherished friend to those who knew him in Colorado and Clovis. "He was loved by everyone who got the privilege to be a part of his life," his son-in-law Brad Higgit wrote in a statement released to media on Thursday. "Carlos had the greatest sense of humor and could have anybody laughing and in tears at any given moment." Moreno, 66, was among three killed Wednesday night by a gunman... Full story
CLOVIS — Noting a lack of cooperation from the parties involved, Clovis police on Thursday were still investigating an incident Wednesday morning in which a man was stabbed in the neck on the 3400 block of Gidding Street. Officers responded to reports of a public affray just before 10 a.m., said CPD Capt. Roman Romero. “Officers arrived on scene, locating a 39 year old Hispanic male who had a puncture wound to the left side of his face just below his jawline,” Romero said, noting the man was “uncooperative” while being tra...
A small fire Thursday near Melrose is one of several the Clovis Fire Department has dealt with recently. Thursday’s fire began at 8:30 a.m. and was contained in “less than 10 minutes,” according to CFD Lt. Chris Elam. A motorist “lost the whole front tire, and so his vehicle slammed down on the opposite side of the wheel and caused a lot of sparks,” Elam said. “That’s what kicked (the fire) off.” Elam said his department also responded to a call about a grassfire near Broadview on Thursday, but “there was nothing there, so...
THORNTON, Colo. — A man arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting three people inside a suburban Denver Walmart was described Thursday by neighbors as a hostile loner who cursed at them and often carried a shotgun in and out of his third-floor apartment. Police arrested Scott Ostrem, 37, a day after the shooting that killed three people following a brief morning rush-hour chase in the northern Denver suburb of Thornton several blocks from his apartment building and about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the Walmart. Ostrem was h...
Today • ENMU Board of Regents — 9:30 a.m. at Roswell campus, 52 University Blvd. Information: 575-624-7000 Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county administration building. Information: 575-763-6016 Wednesday • Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Portales MainStreet Board — 5:30 p.m. at the Yam Theatre, Portales. Information: 575-22...
Today • Blood drive — 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. at Wheatfields Senior Living Community. Information: 575-625-9743 • ‘Saying Hello to Goodbye’ — 7 p.m. play for youth suicide awareness at Portales Memorial Building. Admission: Free. Information: 575-562-9699 Saturday • Surviving the holidays seminar — 9 a.m.-11 a.m. grief support at Central Baptist Church, 2501 N. Norris St. Clovis. Information: 575-762-4727 • Scouts food bank fundraiser — 9 a.m. pickup of non-perishable food items from your doorstep. Donations may also be dropped...
DORA — The Dora Consolidated Schools Board of Education has four new members after its predecessors resigned over a month ago. The resignations came several months after a report released by the state auditor showed more than $100,000 in funds potentially mismanaged by the district. The New Mexico Public Education Department was then charged with filling the vacant positions. DCS Interim Superintendent Brandon Hays said that after a period with only one board member, Jana Roberts — from Sept. 22 to Oct. 13 — NMPED appointed P...
