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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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We were working our way through a mountain of dirty dishes in my kitchen after a branding several years ago. Fixing a meal for 50 or 60 people takes pretty much every dish in the house. A group effort was underway to get everything cleaned up and put away. A shirt-tail relative 30 years my senior was on dish towel duty when she stopped suddenly and exclaimed, “Why, that’s Aunt Lucy’s egg plate!” An egg plate, for the uninitiated, is a platter molded for one purpose and one...
Remember the classroom days of using a hall pass to go to the restroom, the office, or the nurse? Teachers have become quite creative with selecting objects serving as hall passes, from luggage tags, to oversized objects of all kinds, to funny signs. A particularly noteworthy example was seen in a third-grade classroom at Parkview Elementary the other day. Dropping by to talk with teacher Vicki Guiffre about technology, she invited me to ask any of her students to explain how...
PORTALES — Perfect seasons on the field are pretty rare for teams in the Lone Star Conference. But perfect seasons for athletes off the field aren't unheard of, and Eastern New Mexico University led the way in the fall. A total of 48 Greyhound athletes scored a 4.0 GPA, the most of any school on the commissioner's honor roll of 1,213 student-athletes released Wednesday by the conference. Texas A&M-Commerce had the most overall student-athletes with 160, followed by West T...
Texas A&M-Kingsville at Eastern New Mexico Men Noon, Greyhound Arena On the air: Cow Country 1450 AM. Records: Texas A&M-Kingsville 9-8, 2-5; Eastern New Mexico 7-9. 2-5 Last time out: The Javelinas suffered their seventh-straight loss Saturday, 70-69 against West Texas A&M. The Greyhounds fell 89-87 in overtime at Midwestern State to snap a three-game winning streak. Last meeting: The Javelinas defeated the Greyhounds 53-51 in last season's regular-season finale. The loss...
ALBUQUERQUE — AMC’s award-winning drama “Better Call Saul” will return to New Mexico for production of the television show’s fourth season, the New Mexico Film Office announced via press release. The Albuquerque-based production will employ 150 New Mexico crew members, approximately 50-100 New Mexico principal actors and approximately 1,500 New Mexico background actors. “Better Call Saul” is a prequel to the megahit “Breaking Bad,” which was also shot and based in Albuquerque. Production began last week and the show’s fourth...
CLOVIS — A portion of Seventh Street — the stretch from Norris Street to the Clovis Civic Center — will be closed for about four months due to drainage improvements, officials say. The section will be closed going eastbound and will have one lane open going westbound for the duration of the work, Clovis City Manager Justin Howalt said. Howalt said the work is part of phase one of the Seventh Street renovation project and will include extending two 60-inch pipes from Marle...
On this date ... 1973: The Eastern New Mexico University track and field team, led by freshman Mike Boit of Kenya, was headed to Kansas City, Missouri, for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Indoor Track Championship. Seventeen Greyhounds — the largest group to date — had qualified and were making the trip, under the guidance of coach Bill Silverberg. Boit was in his first year at Eastern, fresh off snagging a bronze medal in the 800-meter run at...
CLOVIS — A fast-thinking, not to mention well-trained, teenager is scheduled to be honored by the Clovis City Commission tonight for Christmas heroics. Isaiah Hatfield, a junior at Clovis High School, has been in Clovis for about two years since his family moved from Clayton. On Christmas night, the family was calling it a night until the unthinkable happened. "I was laying down in my room, my dad was in the bathroom brushing his teeth and he went back to bed," Hatfield s...
CLOVIS — A man involved in a summer home invasion was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison. Skyler Romero, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary of a Clovis residence this summer, just weeks after receiving a sentence of more than two years last month on unrelated burglary charges. Romero could be released in a little over four years for good behavior, said 10th Judicial District Attorney Tim Rose, who prosecuted the case after it was conflicted out of the 9th district. Deputy District Attorney Brian Stover said the...
CLOVIS — Police on Thursday requested public assistance in identifying a suspect who robbed a local gas station Wednesday morning. An employee of Allsup’s on the 700 block of East 1st Street told officers a “light complected male” in a dark jacket and blue jeans robbed the convenience store armed with a knife around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to a Clovis Police Department press release. The suspect, whose face was covered with what appeared to be a white shirt, was last seen walking west from the store with “a small amo...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico wine lovers, take heed: Portales is closer to having its own vineyard. Enchantment Vineyards, located east of Portales, was approved by the city for a license to distribute wine in 2016, and about four months ago began shipping its own creations across the country, according to co-owner Megan Hamilton. “The biggest thing is our online operations are up and going. Right now, we’re shipping all over the United States, which has been fun — establishing the internet side of the business,” she said....
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday: Clovis • Paul Sullivan, 50, out of state fugitive • Joline Chaparro, 37, assault upon a peace officer • Joshua Lucero, 24, aggravated battery against a household member • Isaiah Gabaldon, 19, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Joey Plasencio, 36, battery against a household member, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Rogelio Lopez, 19, failure to pay fines • Gabriel Espinoza, 34, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, possession of...
JROTC cadets get sholarships CLOVIS — Three Clovis High School Air Force Junior ROTC cadets received Flight Academy scholarships that will allow them to attend a private pilot’s license training program, according to a press release from Clovis Municipal Schools. Junior James Burroughes and seniors Megan Edwards and Corde’ Mailman were among the 120 AFJROTC cadets to receive the scholarship, out of over 600 who applied. The approximately $20,000 scholarship will cover transportation, room and board and flight hours requi...
Today • Curry County Health Council — Noon at the Curry County Administrative Complex, 416 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6009 • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. in the north annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Friday • Bovina City Council — 6:30 p.m. (CST) at XIT Center, 215 North St., Bovina. Information: 806-251-1116 Monday • Clovis Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly...
Today • Colour Creators — 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9687 • Preschool story hour — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Story and craft activities for children 4-5 years old. Information: 769 7840 • Off-Campus Job Fair — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Sandia Room of the Campus Union Building, Eastern New Mexico University. Information: 575-562-2211 • Medicaid Q&A — 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Matt 25 Hope Center, Clovis. Presentation on Medicaid renewal and enrollment. Information: 57...
