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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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On this date ... 1997: "Life-changing services" were scheduled at The Potter's House, Fourth and Main in Clovis. Evangelist Mark Aulson was scheduled to lead services. A newspaper ad asked, "Is your family pulling apart? Are your hopes and dreams unraveling? Are your finances stretched to the breaking point?" "You can start over," the ad reported. "Find out why Jesus is the answer." 1992: Clovis-Carver Public Library opened on Main Street with 65,000 items available for...
No surprise, but the words of Scripture have just been validated yet again in my life. I promise, I’d not been tempted upon the arrival of February, which is a full two weeks past the time most folks break their resolutions, to congratulate myself on keeping any of my New Year’s resolutions. You see, one New Year’s Day many years ago, I resolved never to make any New Year’s resolutions. As tribute, no doubt, to my incredible self-discipline, may I say that, though I’ve fa...
What has happened to virtue these days? Once I had an appointment at a doctor’s office and arrived to a full waiting room. All but one of the 10 chairs in the waiting room was taken. After signing in at the desk, I turned, spotted the vacant chair and settled in for the wait. Next to me sat a tall lanky young man about 15 or 16 years old. He was by far the youngest patient in the room. Stretched out in the chair, he crossed his long legs foot on top of foot. His angular p...
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Despite missing several opportunities to to put the game away in regulation, the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team managed to overcome a difficult night to beat Tarleton State 81-76 in double overtime, maintaining a one-game lead over Angelo State in the Lone STart Conference race. Plagued by a slow start, turnovers and poor free throw shooting, the Greyhounds (16-4, 12-1 LSC) staved off several comeback attempts by the TexAnns for the program’s first win in Stephenville since 2000....
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University softball team will hit the diamond today, opening its 2017 season in the Southeastern Oklahoma State Regional tournament. Second-year coach Katie Welborn hopes to see a lot of improvement over her 2016 squad, which went 14-42 with a 5-27 Lone Star Conference record. The stark contrast between last year's team and this year's squad is immediately apparent, with only seven returners among the 19 new faces filling out the roster. E...
Boys District 6-2A Fort Sumner 70, Logan 64 Fort Sumner (17-3, 2-0) — Francisco Chavez 7, Jacob Maxwell 7, Peyton Lewis 2, Brant West 27, Cory Terrell 4, Jude Segura 12, Noah Maxwell 2, Hunter Sparks 3, Kreston Butterfield 6. Totals 19 27-42 70. Logan (7-11, 1-1) — Kyle Knight 8, Dante Sanchez 3, Gabe Randolph 14, Mason Collins 17, Chase Earle 1, Hayden Inge 6, Jerome Earle 13, Riley Bruhn 2. Totals 22 17-32 64. Fort Sumner 9 20 10 20 11 — 70 Logan 20 17 9 13 5 — 64 3-pointers — Fort Sumner, West 3, Butterfield 2. Logan, Coll...
CLOVIS — A former Lubbock police officer, convicted of harassment after a 2004 incident, has been charged with criminal sexual penetration of a child in Clovis. Blake Littlejohn, 41, also is charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor (under 13) in the Clovis case. He was released from Curry County Adult Detention Center on Wednesday on a $100,000 cash or surety bond. Michael Garrett, the attorney representing Littlejohn, declined comment. Littlejohn could not be reached for comment. Court records show Littlejohn is a...
The Curry County Commission is scheduled to hold a special meeting at 9 a.m. today at the Curry County Courthouse on 700 North Main Street. Key items on the agenda include discussion and action on items for the Curry County Adult Detention Center addition and renovation project. Items include rehabilitating or replacing the center's generator, additional options for the bid lots of the design development phase and action regarding the center's HVAC unit. Other agenda items...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday • 6:27 a.m.: Assist outside agency, Brady Street/Prince Street • 7:11 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 300 block of Prairieview Drive • 8:03 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 600 block of East 14th Street • 8:16 a.m.: Criminal damage up to $1,000, 1000 block of Sycamore Street • 10:20 a.m.: Failure to appear, Adult Probation Office at 1600 block of North Prince Street • 10:52 a.m.: Fraud (less than $100), 700...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Wednesday • 1:55 p.m.: Reckless driver, mile marker 407 on U.S. 70, assistance given • 2:27 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1100 block West Fir Street • 2:51 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, 800 block South Avenue C Place • 3:10 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1100 block Leo Drive • 4:33 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 600 block Wylie Cox Circle • 5:51 p.m.: Fire rural, 1800 block of New Mexico 236 • 6:22 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1500 block South A...
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 today’s edition of the Eastern New Mexico News, and the other three ran in Thursday’s edition. Jerry Kyle Sparks Age: 46 Occupation: Railroad Signal Inspector Running for: Fort Sumner school board (at-large) Why are you running for the position? I am running for school board to help ensure a stable school system that support...
PORTALES — A district judge denied a request to pursue an evidentiary hearing for a video in a drug trafficking case Thursday during a motion hearing. Chance Plummer, 29, of Portales was one of 11 people arrested in a large-scale drug sting by the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office in April 2016. According to Plummer’s attorney, James Klipstine, a video related to the case was disclosed to his client that showed a date different than the one given in the grand jury indictment for the case. “At this point in time, it is our...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault Tuesday after pointing a gun at emergency medical technicians. Alan Weber, 36, was booked Tuesday into the Curry County Adult Detention Center for aggravated assault upon a health care worker with intent to commit a felony and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was released the same day on a $10,000 cash only bond for the first charge and a $5,000 cash only bond for the second charge. It was not immediately known if Weber had an attorney. A...
PORTALES — Ministry keeps going strong for the volunteers at Bridge of Hope. The ministry, located at First Baptist Church in Portales, is part of the Christian Women’s Job Corps program, which offers guidelines for women struggling with life changing events, according to coordinators. “We equip them with life skills to be able to better their life,” said Site Coordinator Teresa Howard. “I always say everyone has a dream, and they should have a chance to pursue that.” “It is simply a program where women meet with women an...
PORTALES — A young Portales business was recently recognized at the state level for its ability to grow and sustain itself. Future Dairy Service, which was started in Portales in May 2015, was named a “star client” for its extensive work by the Small Business Development Center at Clovis Community College and was invited to attend a dinner held by the New Mexico Small Business Development Center Network on Jan. 26 in Santa Fe. According to SBDC Director Sandra Taylor-Sawyer, Future Dairy Service owners Christopher and Tamil...
CLOVIS — A Clovis firefighter was injured after responding to a fire Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to a rail car fire at 4 a.m. at the 600 block of South Edwards Street. The structure was deemed a total loss, according to Battalion Chief Joel Gershon, who said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Gershon said he could not release the name of the firefighter who was injured. The firefighter was injured after cleaning out the rail car, which had trash and wires exposed due to the fire, Gershon said. T...
No! The bubble burst. My fantasy died. I wasn’t a big Donald Trump backer — on TV I have called him a bully, a narcissist, etc. — but his first days were thrilling. Finally, a president who meant it when he said he’d cut red tape that kills growth, a man who mocks political correctness and sneers at leftist reporters. Finally, an executive choosing good people: Andy Puzder, Scott Pruitt, Betsy DeVos, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo ... These are not the political hacks I’ve come to expect from D.C. — not the smug bureaucracy...
To conclude our study of the many paths on the road to becoming a master puncher of cows, let us look at the most modern of the practices. With the invention and spread of controlled electricity, many things changed and many technologies emerged to make the world a more shocking place. Among the eventual creations is the tool that a cowboy of daring and impatient character is bound to study and use. The Way of the Forked Wand is not a subtle art, but it is a complex and...
Today • 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. Information: 575-769-7828 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. regular meeting at Clovis-Carver Public Library, north annex. Inform...
Saturday • Annual Kiwanis pancake day — 7 a.m.-2 p.m. at Clovis High School cafeteria. Cost: $6 adults, $4 children. Information: 575-769-7828 • Eastern Plains Clarinet Celebration — All day in Buchanan Hall at ENMU. Admission: Free. Information: 575-562-1011 Monday • Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Lesson: Open stitch, review. Information: 575-763-9687 • Read to Reel movie night, pot luck — 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Movie: ‘Fried Green Tomatoes.’ Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesda...
