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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — Clovis High baseball coach Richard Cruce wasn't feeling too good after the first game of Thursday's season-opening doubleheader against Hobbs at Bell Park. Suffice it to say, his mood improved after the nightcap. Junior Sebastian Nunez tossed a complete-game, five-hitter and the Wildcats bounced back after being run-ruled in the opener for a 4-1 win and a split against their former district rival. Hobbs won the opener 12-2. "The first game, I lost a few hairs," C... Full story
TOURNAMENTS (Seeds in parentheses) Boys District 2-6A Tuesday (3) La Cueva 77, (6) Manzano 61 (5) Sandia 54, (4) Clovis 52 Wednesday Sandia 58, La Cueva 47 Friday Sandia 47, (2) Santa Fe High 42 Saturday Championship Sandia at (1) Eldorado, 7 p.m. District 4-4A Monday (4) Ruidoso 71, (5) New Mexico Military 43 Tuesday Ruidoso 54, (3) Moriarty 52 Thursday (2) Portales 63, Ruidoso 56 Saturday Championship Portales at (1) Hope Christian, 6 p.m. District 5-3A Monday Playoff for No. 1 seed At Tucumcari Santa Rosa 54, Texico 52...
On this date ... 1977: Children playing with matches were blamed for a storage shed fire in the back yard at 1209 Hull St. in Clovis. No one was hurt in the blaze, but the shed was destroyed. Firefighters stayed at the scene for 29 minutes. 1962: Don Sides, of Sides Food Market in Clovis, reported to police that someone had filled his car with rocks. Also from the police blotter: A 35-year-old Clovis man was arrested for drunken driving, taken to the hospital for a blood...
Problems to solve are common in an agricultural operation. Many require only mental effort to figure out and plan; the carrying out is only any afterthought once decided. But the greatest problems are the ones that you don’t see coming and that will probably kill you if you don’t come up with the correct answer in a short amount of time. When the mad-eyed cow decided to flip your motorcycle over, the correct answer was, in fact, a solid turning kick to her face. When the cal...
Well, rats. My fire is out. I just looked up across the room and, no flame in the fireplace. A sad sight. I confess, I laid the fire, lit the match, and quit paying attention. Instead of staring at the hearth, I was staring at a blank computer screen and wishing words would start appearing. Moments later, it seems, my fledgling fire fizzled. A good fire in the fireplace is one of my favorite things. I like living in a place where we have real seasons, where fireplaces are not...
Have you ever had a paradigm shift in your thinking? A paradigm shift happens when a person changes his or her mind or way of thinking about something. A new way of thinking then replaces the old way. Here is an example: Not long after Charlie and I married, we went looking for a car. Charlie grew up thinking that Fords were the only cars to buy. His dad had always bought Fords and his grandfather had always bought Fords. But I grew up thinking, from my Daddy, that you...
TEXICO — The Texico Wolverines were struggling at halftime Thursday night. They got things turned around in the second half. Senior guard Braden Fraze led three Texico players in double figures with 14 points and the Wolverines (20-7) outscored Clayton 32-17 in the second half for a 51-36 win, advancing to Saturday's 6 p.m. District 5-3A tournament final at Santa Rosa. Texico coach Scott Karger said there was no big secret to the turnaround after halftime. "I think we just c...
CLOVIS — After not getting anybody into Class 6A state competition last spring, Clovis High tennis coach Brenna Silveira has what appears to be modest goals for the coming year. That still includes getting to state. But Silveira, in her third season, knows it'll be a tough task with a new district that includes Eldorado and La Cueva. "It'd be nice if we could finish third," she said of the new District 2-6A. "If we can get higher than third, that's great." Clovis teams open th...
PORTALES — Portales High will field relatively young tennis squads this season. In fact, the Rams and Lady Rams have only one senior between them. The PHS boys, though, return a bit more experience heading into the season-opening Lea County Invitational today and Saturday at Lovington, including the one senior, Zach Laurenz. “We definitely have hope for this season,” said fourth-year Rams coach Logan Brown, a 2006 PHS grad. “I’ve definitely seen some progress.” PHS squads face challenging matches in District 4/1-4A, inc...
PORTALES — Despite a fierce road performance from Ruidoso, the Portales High boys basketball team managed to outlast its opponent, winning 63-56 Thursday night in the District 4-4A tournament semifinals. Braden Bridges led the effort for the Rams (21-4) with 15 points, while Junior Ramirez added 13. Ethan self scored 12 points, all off 3-pointers, and Jeremie Karngbaye rounded out the top scorers with 10. The Warriors (15-14), led by Loren Mendez with 17 and Randal P...
MORIARTY — The Portales High girls basketball team turned in a shining performance on Thursday night, beating Moriarty 56-38 on the road to advance to the District 4-4A championship. Portales (16-9) was led by the duo of Zamorye Cox and Taylee Rippee, who scored 21 and 19 points, respectively. Lindsay Blakey came close to a double-double, turning in eight points along with 10 rebounds over the Lady Pintos (18-7). “It wasn’t anything in particular, (Cox and Rippee) just took what the defense gave them,” said Lady Rams coach W...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis was informed Thursday that Redland Pest Control would continue work to remove trees at Immanuel Lutheran Church at 1021 Prince Street. The work will require a closure of both northbound lanes on the 1000 block of Prince Street between 6 a.m. and noon on Saturday. The trees, which church members said date back to 1943, were pruned Feb. 11. Information: 575-356-8662....
PORTALES — The Greyhounds have Lone Star Conference momentum they haven’t seen in 12 years. They’ll need to keep it up to return to the LSC postseason tournament ENMU never trailed, and turned a must-win into an easy victory with an 82-66 rout of Angelo State on Thursday night at Greyhound Arena. Lamarquis Thompson had a team-high 15 points and seven rebounds for the Greyhounds (13-14, 7-10 LSC), who have put themselves in position to make the tourney after a 1-9 conference start. Eastern would finish seventh with a victo...
The current legislative session brings with it caution as New Mexico magistrate and district court officials prepare for any financial changes in the current fiscal year. Administrative Office of the Courts Communications Officer Barry Massey said the September special session caused the most burden statewide, a 3 percent decrease overall. Massey said the judiciary budget for the current fiscal year is around $156 million. "We're hopeful no additional cuts will be necessary...
TOURNAMENTS (Seeds in parentheses) Boys District 2-6A Tuesday (3) La Cueva 77, (6) Manzano 61 (5) Sandia 55, (4) Clovis 50 Wednesday Sandia 58, La Cueva 47 Friday Sandia at (2) Santa Fe High, 7 p.m. Saturday Championship Friday winner at (1) Eldorado, 7 p.m. District 4-4A Monday (4) Ruidoso 71, (5) New Mexico Military 43 Tuesday Ruidoso 54, (3) Moriarty 52 Thursday (2) Portales 63, Ruidoso 56 Saturday Championship Portales at (1) Hope Christian, 6 p.m. District 5-3A Monday Playoff for No. 1 seed At Tucumcari Santa Rosa 54,...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s women’s basketball team will have to wait a little bit longer to be alone at the top. Angelo State, second place in the Lone Star Conference behind the Greyhounds, whittled away after falling behind by nine in the first quarter and led for the final 18:35 in an 89-82 victory Thursday night at Greyhound Arena. Jasmine Prophet’s 23-point, 10-rebound led four in double figures for the Rambelles (21-4), who led by as many as 16 in the second half in a game where playoff ramific...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Fire Department knocked out a grass fire Thursday night along Brady Street, adjacent to the city landfill. Approximately 15 acres were burned in the fire, said Mike Jouett, serving as battalion chief Thursday evening. “It was wind-driven, no structures at all,” Jouett said. “Just (burned) a field, caught a couple of telephone poles and that was it. We were on scene about 45 minutes to an hour.” The fire was actually called in by the fire department, Jouett said. A crew was on the way to an ambulance...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday • 8:41 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 4500 block of North Prince Street • 9:23 a.m.: Harassment, 2100 block of West Grand Avenue • 9:33 a.m.: Burglary (residence), 1300 block of Ross Street • 2:34 p.m.: Harassment, 1000 block of North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard • 3:40 p.m.: Theft of identity, Police Department • 6:11 p.m.: Battery, 700 block of South Prince Street • 8:54 p.m.: Criminal dama...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Wednesday • 4:00 p.m.: Domestic in progress, 1000 block North Community Way • 6:03 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 600 block South Roosevelt Road Q • 8:11 p.m.: Shots fired, 14th Street/Avenue G • 9:50 p.m.: Verbal domestic, 100 block West Juniper Avenue • 10:09 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, 1100 block New Mexico 236, report taken • 10:38 p.m.: Trespass report, 600 block South Avenue A • 10:59 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 400 block South A...
Senate Minority Leader Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, will be featured on the PBS show, “Report from Santa Fe,” this weekend. The show, which includes Ingle and Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, is scheduled to air 6 p.m. Saturday on KENW-TV. The two have a combined 60 years in the Senate, according to a release from New Mexico PBS. The topics discussed in the taped program include the current legislative session and the crisis in funding state government. The Legislature is five weeks into its 60-day session, which ends noon Mar...
For some churches, this coming Wednesday marks the start of 40 days of spiritual reflection and fostering a close relationship with God. This time of reflection, known as Lent, is symbolic of the 40 days Jesus spend in the wilderness to prepare for ministry, church officials said. This means giving up something one may consider enjoyable during this time period. "Each individual is encouraged to do some spiritual practices of some sort," said the Rev. Fernando Saenz of Our...
An Eastern New Mexico University alumnus was counted among a handful of individuals to receive one of Hollywood's most prestigious awards. David Bundy - along with co-workers David Thomas and Lawrence Fisher - accepted an Academy Award for technical achievement on Feb. 11 for innovations made to wireless microphones used in television and film. The innovation, according to Bundy, came when he and his team discovered a way to digitally eliminate extra noise on wireless...
Monday • Parks, Recreation & Beautification committee — 5:30 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Wednesday • Clovis Chamber Ambassadors — 11:30 a.m. at K-Bob’s Steakhouse, Clovis. Information: 575-763-3435 • Clovis Community College Board of Trustees — 8 a.m. at CCC room 512. Information: 575-769-4001 Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 at north annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, cal...
Today • Kiwanis Portales chili supper — 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Portales. Tickets: $7 adults, $4 children. Information: 575-562-2112 • ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ musical — 7 p.m. at the UTC Mainstage at ENMU. Tickets: $7 general, $3 students. Information: 575-562-2720 • Friends of the NRA dinner — 6 p.m. at Clovis Civic Center. Tickets: $30 single, $55 couple. Information: 575-799-7285 Saturday • ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ musical — 7 p.m. at the UTC Mainstage at ENMU. Tickets: $7 general, $3 students. I...
