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To local 4-H kids, Janie Hardin was affectionately known as “the pig lady,” remembered for the flowered rubber boots she wore in the pig-washing stalls at the fairs, and her endless kindness to the children she encountered during the 25 years she worked at the New Mexico Christian Children’s Home, and as a longtime leader of the Shooting Stars 4-H Club. Hardin died Jan. 24 in Portales, but her son Stephen hopes her legacy to children will continue with a scholarship fund...
Lillie Kiyokawa was among three dozen Japanese Americans forced out of Clovis after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. About a dozen families were escorted — under cover of darkness by armed guards — from their homes inside Clovis’ rail yards to Civil Conservation Corps barracks near Ruidoso on Jan. 23, 1942. Kiyokawa, then Lillie Kimura, had just turned 13. She’d never lived anywhere but Clovis, where her dad had worked for the railroad more than two decades. She’s 88 now. She said she loves her life in a retirement home in P...
Angelo State is expected to remain on top of the Lone Star Conference in baseball. Eastern New Mexico is expected to have company at the bottom. That’s according to the LSC preseason poll, released Wednesday by the conference. The defending champion Rams received 13 of 19 first-place votes on ballots cast by LSC coaches, sports information directors and media representatives. The Greyhounds were tied for sixth place in the pool with new LSC member Texas-Permian Basin. The poll also included Texas A&M Kingsville in second w...
PORTALES — The trial of a Portales man accused of shooting a police officer has been put on hold to give attorneys a chance to negotiate. Anthony Ortega, 29, was arrested in April following a physical altercation with a Portales police officer in which Ortega allegedly attempted to grab the officer’s gun, causing the weapon to discharge in its holster and shoot the officer in the leg. Ortega was charged with aggravated battery, disarming a peace officer and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer. Ortega’s trial date...
On this date ... 1992: Clovis Police Chief Harry Boden said a report published in the Clovis News Journal falsely claimed that police "will be heavily enforcing the seat belt law with a $40 ticket every time they stop someone." Boden said the purpose of his "seat belt reinforcement project" was to "educate the public and to bring the public into voluntary compliance, not to punish or to cost the public money through fines." Boden said about 78 percent of motorists in Clovis...
CLOVIS — A Clovis care facility was sued Tuesday by two families of facility clients. Albuquerque attorney Nancy Simmons confirmed working on a pair of cases against ENMRSH, which provides community living services and support to clients with developmental delays, intellectual and physical disabilities, according to its website. The lawsuit filed in state court in Santa Fe seeks unspecified damages and names ENMRSH, CEO Damian Houfek, former caregiver Terence Barela and the state department of health. The suit claims: • Bar...
Wednesday’s signing day came quickly for eastern New Mexico, with plenty of local prospects heading to Eastern New Mexico. On the first day athletes could sign letters of intent to college football programs, the Greyhounds landed four area players — Portales’ Trenton Small, the Clovis pair of Tyrell Clewis and Roper Stacy and Texico linebacker Mason Golden. Clovis senior Micah Gray also made his commitment to the University of New Mexico, where he will receive preferred walk-on status. The four Greyhound signings were part of...
A pair of Wildcats are turning in their Clovis purple for Greyhound green. Defenseman/forward Jaci Sievers and goalkeeper Hailey Brady both signed with Eastern New Mexico in a ceremony Wednesday morning, starting just after high school prospects could officially sign letters of intent for college programs. They are two of three signings confirmed for Omar Morales’s Greyhound program. Morales said Wednesday afternoon he was waiting on up to five more signings throughout the day. Coaches cannot discuss unsigned prospects u...
Eastern New Mexico at Tarleton State Men 6:30 p.m. Records: ENMU 8-13, 2-9 LSC. Tarleton State 18-3, 9-2. Last time out: The Greyhounds were defeated 85-67 by Texas-Permian Basin after pulling an upset over No. 20 West Texas A&M. The 12th-ranked Texans defeated Midwestern State 77-72 on the road, their second-straight road win after dropping a 76-64 decision at home to second-place Texas-Permian Basin. Last meeting: Dec. 10, Tarleton State 92-79. Notes: The Greyhounds have recently been led by Joe Clarke, who has scored at...
You may recognize her as a small town gal from Fort Sumner or as a former Eastern New Mexico University volleyball player, but now, she is walking across fitness stages and actively changing lives. Last February, Bree'Anna Lucero moved to Dallas where she is working as a personal trainer. Lucero said she has always had a need for adventure, especially after living in a small town her whole life. She graduated from ENMU in 2015 with a bachelor's degree is criminal justice....
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Tuesday • 4:54 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 1900 block of Wallace Street • 7:12 a.m.: Abandoned vehicle, 100 block of Sunland Drive • 8:05 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 2100 block of Wallace Street • 8:07 a.m.: Following too close, 2100 block of North Main Street • 8:32 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 2500 block of Gidding Street • 8:49 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 2300 block of Gidding Street • 10:33 a.m.: Motor vehicle theft...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Tuesday • 9:56 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 100 block West Fourth Street • 11:47 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, First Street/South Main Street, report taken • 1:21 p.m.: Fire rural, mile marker 414 on U.S. 70 • 3:25 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 39000 block of U.S. 70 • 3:51 p.m.: Criminal damage, 200 block South Roosevelt Road R, report taken • 3:59 p.m.: Threats report, 42000 block of U.S. 70 • 4:39 p.m.: Remove subject, 1000 block Ea...
The Clovis City Commission is slated to meet at 5:15 p.m. today in the north annex of the Clovis-Carver Library. One of the targeted agenda items is requested approval of introduction of an ordinance amending the dedication of a local option gross receipts tax. According to the proposal introduction, in 1997 the city adopted a Gross Receipts Tax Ordinance. The measure imposed a one-eighth of a 1 percent tax, with one-16th of 1 percent dedicated for the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, collection, transportat...
One of the fifth-grade teachers at the Arts Academy at Bella Vista, Christy Hartley, recently invited me to visit her class to see what they were doing. Meeting up with them in the computer lab, students were focused on their computer screens, absorbed in their writing. Hartley asked students to describe what they were doing: “Writing in our writing journals,” several students exclaimed enthusiastically. “Learning to do research,” a young lady offered. “We’re learning to...
Editor’s note: Six people are running for three at-large positions on Fort Sumner’s school board. The election will be Tuesday. We asked all candidates the same five questions. Three are running in the Thursday edition of the Eastern New Mexico News, and the other three are planned for Friday. Mary “Molly” Kenyon Age: 50 Occupation: Family Nurse Practitioner for Sunrise Medial Group in Santa Rosa Running for: Fort Sumner school board (at-large) Why are you running for the position? I have a couple of reasons. It’s our civic...
PORTALES — February will be a month for area residents to learn about a portion of American history they may have less knowledge of than they assume. Black History Month, which runs throughout February, will give the African American community at Eastern New Mexico University an opportunity to share their culture and offer a chance for dialogue with others, according to ENMU African American Affairs Office Director Kyree Mackey. “Black history is a part of American history, and it’s a history that not a lot of people are a...
Editor's note: This is one in a series profiling local educators each week. Eastern New Mexico University Assistant Professor of Early British Literature David Sweeten may lecture on the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower, but he makes sure his subjects can be used by his students. "I don't want students to leave my class not able to apply what they've learned. I want them to understand that I'm not just teaching them about one text or one approach to writing," he said....
Local school district personnel are lending insight in the wake of Gov. Susana Martinez signing legislation addressing accessing school district cash balances. Martinez approved Senate Bill 114 Tuesday. “The original Senate bill made the cuts but stayed silent on how to make them up,” she said. “In contrast, the House’s first amendments included a wise requirement that districts spend down their cash balances to keep up with their everyday expenses, directly linking the state equalization guarantee (SEG) reduction to excess...
Today • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at north annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 Friday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. special meeting at the courthouse, Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 Tuesday • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. at commission room at the court house. Information: 575-356-5307 • Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m. at the Clovis airport. Informatio...
Today • Preschool storytime — 6 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940 • Pre-K story hour — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Book: It’s Groundhog Day. Information: 575-769-7840 • Sam Comroe recital — 7 p.m. in Buchanan Hall at ENMU, Portales. Admission: Free. Information: 575-562-1011 • Color Creators — 10 a.m., 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Friends of the Library meeting — Noon in the Portales Public Library meeting room, 218 South Avenue B in Portales....
