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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — Portales High baseball ace Emilio Lovato is taking the next big step towards his ultimate goal of playing in the major leagues this weekend, participating in the Under Armour All-American Pre-Season Tournament in Mesa, Arizona. "This means a lot for me," said Lovato. "My dream is to play in the MLB and this is one of the best ways to get there ... I just want to go up there and show them what I've got." The event is attended by 400 players from all across the n...
PORTALES — There was laughter. There were tears. There was good food and drink. And, there was a lot of applause — actually a whole lot of hand clapping. That was the night in a nutshell when the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce held its annual banquet. The shindig took place at the Yam Theatre on Thursday evening and my wife and I had the opportunity to enjoy the festivities along with a group of other staffers from our Portales bureau of The Eastern New Mexico News. The...
New Mexico legislators start their 60-day session Tuesday with plenty of unfinished business, including closing a projected budget deficit of about $67 million. But any hope that the passing of a rancorous election year and the ongoing budget crisis would inspire bipartisan compromise already seems to have evaporated. Instead, Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and top lawmakers have staked out positions that almost guarantee a clash over taxes and spending. In addition, more budget cuts are likely, no matter the outcome....
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University women's basketball team moved to 8-0 and captured sole possession of the Lone Star Conference lead on Saturday, beating Midwestern State 78-64 at Greyhound Arena. Behind a combined team effort, the Greyhounds (12-3 overall) had four players in double figures, led by Mikaehla Connor and Kassandra Harris leading the way with 15 points apiece. Johna McClelland added 14 while Brandi Gomez chipped in 11. "We have tremendous depth on t...
PORTALES — While first-year Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball coach Tres Segler wants to win every game, beating his former team would have been something special. The Greyhounds did take defending Lone Star Conference Lone Star Conference champion Midwestern State into overtime on Saturday, but couldn't pull off the upset in the frenetic extra time as the Mustangs outlasted ENMU 108-104 at Greyhound Arena. "Segler is going to have his guys prepared to compete a...
A fashion faux pas of my eccentrically-styled past was mixing sportswear with my day and night outfits. Namely, my favorite sports piece was track pants and I loved to pair them with wedges for the daytime. I had my favorite pair of gray track sweatpants with white stripes on the side that I loved to wear with a purple 7-up graphic tee and a pair of strapped purple metallic cork wedges. I remember this look like it was yesterday because it was one of my favorite looks I...
Information on using a compost sac, turkey tips for all cooks and making a versatile serving tray will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Curt Jaynes, owner of GardenSource Nursery and Landscaping, is going to demonstrate using the new compost sac which is affordable, easy to work with and takes gardening to a new level. It features excellent drainage, allows oxygen to reach plants’ roots and r...
I’ve never had a problem getting out and into the field before sunrise. Something about watching a sunrise in the countryside helps you find your reset button. When I was a teen and preteen just getting started hunting mule deer with my family, I always slipped out of the little homemade camper first in the morning while the stars were bright and the air crisp and clean. With my pockets stuffed full of snacks and a canteen on my belt, I would set out for a good place to w...
Steve Owen was born in Oklahoma. He grew up with one brother and five sisters. He was the middle child. His family moved south of Clovis in 1920 for the drier climate because his father suffered from medical problems. He grew up in a time when he and his siblings rode their horses to school, tied them to a tree and returned home once school ended. He started in the workforce at a propane company. He joined the United States Air Force on July 8, 1942, during the second World...
Tom McGuiness did not expect he’d be looking for work at age 60. But when he was laid off in July from the factory in Santa Fe where he had worked for more than 17 years, McGuiness was thrust back into the job market in New Mexico, where the unemployment rate ranks as the nation’s second highest. McGuiness had been laid off before. This time feels different, though. Despite having years of experience in chemical compounding, getting a job interview has been a challenge. McGuiness doesn’t have the college degrees many emplo...
Politicians of all persuasions give unlimited lip service to the importance of public participation in the New Mexico Legislature. They frequently dispense feel-good homilies about the Capitol being "the people's house." But trying to keep up during a session can seem like an obstacle course for members of the public not versed in the culture of the Legislature. Published schedules of meetings often are useless. The committee rooms tend to be cramped. The rules and procedures...
On this date ... 1977: Debbie Blackburn had been selected Clovis High basketball homecoming queen. Blackburn, a senior, was chosen from among seven girls who competed for the title. She was crowned during halftime ceremonies by David Lansford, a forward for the Wildcats. 1967: Highland Drug led the city bowling’s Industrial League standings with a 7-1 record. Silver Grill and J&R Body Shop were tied for second with 6-2 marks. Tucker Equipment was in fourth place at 5-3. Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. C...
Editor's note: Eastern New Mexico University President Steven Gamble discussed several topics as part of a periodic series interviewing public officials about local issues. How dire do you believe the state budget situation is going to get for the university? How much has your budget been cut so far? Do you anticipate staff cuts becoming a reality? It's hard to tell, but it will be bad no matter what. The governor and the state legislators, they've got a big task in front of...
CLOVIS — It is not about remembering someone's legacy, but acting on it with love and peace. This was the message illustrated Saturday morning as speakers and performers honored Martin Luther King Jr. at the Clovis Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission Scholarship Breakfast on its 25th anniversary. Pastor Samuel Cosby of Houston was the featured speaker at the breakfast. Cosby used past injustices against African-Americans to speak about King's importance, noting the ability t...
Dallas Cowboys rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott was mocked early in the season for his spoon-to-mouth gesture — a thinly-veiled signal to keep feeding him the ball. It worked for the Cowboys, as Elliott led the league with 1,631 rushing yards and the Cowboys finished 13-3 on the season. It's also worked for Clovis native Keize Montoya, a rapper now living in the Phoenix area. Montoya is hoping to do a local concert soon, but his current project is "Feed Me," an u...
Preparations began a few days before the big event. "My mother did make my sister and I new little dresses," Terri Berrenberg remembers. "She made them out of feed sacks; chicken-feed sacks. I think I still have one of them around here somewhere." She was only 8 at the time and doesn't remember a lot of details. She does remember the photographers and how they threw their used flash bulbs on the ground. "I liked the blue ones," she said. "They were so blue, and clear."...
A 10 a.m. text message came from my buddy, who said she needed to go on an adventure. Is she taking a new job somewhere? Buying a sporty car? Taking up Scientology? Nope; 45 minutes later she tells me she finally got her tater tots. "Tater tots," I said, "are not an adventure." It took until Thursday night to figure out I was wrong. An adventure doesn't have to be major to be an adventure. Sometimes it's the smallest thing you can imagine, and the adventure is how things...
Despite my tax accountant telling me my head qualifies for solar rebates, my body hair once saved my life when I woke up shirtless in the snow while walking home from a casino. When neighbors saw me in the crib, they warned my parents it was illegal to own chimps. Mother made me wear an orange vest when hunting with my dad so hunters wouldn’t mistake me for a squirrel. She saved money in winter by convincing kindergarten teachers my chest was a furry coat. While body s...
Set aside for a moment the political posturing and finger-pointing that quickly followed the announcement that just a fraction of New Mexico parents receive written notice when their children can’t read at the appropriate level. Instead, focus on the kids. Focus on the frightening statistic that 6,815 of the state’s 25,815 third-graders can’t read at grade level — roughly one out of every four, according to the short-cycle assessments districts choose, administer and report to the state. Focus on the 96 percent of those 6...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory, Clovis Sunday: 2 p.m. gospel singing Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance, noon p.m. pinochle, 5:30 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, noon pinochle Wednesday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, 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. board meeting, 9 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance...
The following books are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library The Peleg Chronicles: Foundlings, Paladins and Loresmen by Matthew Christian Harding have been given in memory of John Scott Brandon. This three volume fantasy series for young adults enters a world of mystery, adventure, and danger set in post-Babel times. Although paganism abounds, dragons lurk in swamps, forests, and caves, and brutal giants stalk the land, the remnant who still believes in Noah's God display biblical characteristics of...
Clovis Elementary Monday: No school — Holiday Tuesday: Breakfast — Cinnamon roll. Lunch — Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes w/gravy, mixed green salad, chilled mixed fruit, whole wheat roll. Wednesday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Homemade bean and cheese burrito, salsa, celery sticks w/ranch, chilled pears. Thursday: Breakfast — Smucker’s waffle. Lunch — Hot dog on a bun, California veggie medley, seasoned green beans, chilled apricots. Friday: Breakfast — Banana bread. Lunch — Pepperoni pizza, fresh mixed veggies...
Portales Woman’s Club Portales Woman’s Club met on Jan. 11 with President Cami Howl presiding. Following the pledges and collect, the meeting was called to order. There were 20 members and 2 guests present. Guests included Judy Bartl and Valerie Davis. The treasurer’s report was filed for audit and the minutes were approved. Sheryl Borden won the door prize. The President, assisted by Jacquelyn Houser, conducted the lighting of the candle in recognition of the club’s 114th anniversary. Mary Louise Childress, Chair of the Hom...
Monday • Portales Municipal School Board — Noon in the board room of the administration building, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 Tuesday • Clovis MainStreet — 11:30 a.m. at 418 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-309-8370 • Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Committee — Noon at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Wednesday • Clovis Chamber Board — 11:30 a.m. at the chamber. Information: 575-763-3435 • Finance Committee — 2 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Thursday • Clovis City Commi...
Monday • MLK symbolic walk, rally — 9 a.m. starting at Potter Park, ending at Legacy Life Church, Clovis. Information: 575-762-2752 • MLK activities — 5 p.m. march starting at MLK Jr. tree at the Memorial Building, ending at ENMU, Portales. 5:30 p.m. winners of poster, essay contest announced. Information: 575-562-1011 • MLK dinner — 7 p.m. at the CUB at ENMU, Portales. Cost: Free. Information: 575-562-1011 Tuesday • Quilter’s Tuesdays — 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Registration required. Information: 575-...
