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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — If all dogs go to heaven, then this weekend paradise could be found at the Curry County Events Center. The Clovis Portales Kennel Club hosted the Stars and Stripes Dog Agility Trials on Friday and Saturday - and will again today - drawing dog owners from all over the region. "We're having an excellent turnout, it's running very smoothly and people are loving the courses," Kennel Club President Dee Durland said. The agility event features dogs of all classes, b... Full story
HOBBS — On Friday, Clovis’ baseball team suffered its first loss of the young season. But the Wildcats wasted little time bouncing back from it. On Saturday, Clovis hammered longtime rival Hobbs 11-2 at the Hobbs round-robin tournament, fueled by Garrett Langrell’s three-run homer and five total RBI. “The group came out today with extra enthusiasm and played as a team,” Clovis coach Richard Cruce said. “We talked about responding to (Friday’s loss), and they did a great job of responding today.” Hobbs, though, did gra... Full story
The 90th Academy Awards are tonight. We asked area movie fans to tell us who they're rooting for: Anna George, Portales Eastern New Mexico University student Best picture: My best picture pick is Guillermo Del Toro's "Shape of Water." I want to see it so bad. It is beautiful. Actor in a leading role: My actor in a leading role is going to Timothee Chalamet from "Call Me by Your Name." His performance was so real and relatable that it really struck me that he did a good job....
I’m getting weary of all the chatter over school shootings. You probably are as well, but indulge me. First of all, know that I am greatly saddened by the loss of life and I appreciate the fear and anxiety it puts on people — especially people with kids in school or people who are kids in school. I’m going to try hard not to reveal my thoughts on gun control here but if you know me or just read my column regularly you may have already formed your own opinions about what I bel...
Flats are nice. Heels are better. But sneakers are the best shoe for the season. Not only are they the most comfortable but are now the most versatile shoe than ever before. In 2018, women are just as passionate about their sneaker collection as men are. It's not hard to find the latest trends in women's sneakers and when you've gotten into a pair you love, the best part is seeing how many outfits you can pair them with. Start with white sneakers. A simple pair of white kicks...
Information on using the Boye Loom Knit kit and techniques to change the texture surface of fabric or clothing will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Michele Muska will show the new Boye Loom Knit kit for bulky projects. She’ll show how to use the various sizes of looms to make a set of three nesting bowls. She will demonstrate how to cast on and bind off with this unique knitting kit. She liv...
According to Time.com, 66 percent of Americans support stricter gun regulations. Support for universal background checks, a mandatory waiting period and an assault weapon ban came in at 97, 83 and 67 percent, respectively. Nevertheless, common-sense laws will be difficult to enact as long as money from the National Rifle Association keeps pouring into coffers of politicians and trickling down into students’ coffins. It’s boring and redundant for a native east Texan who gre...
I’m a big fan of Mr. Rogers. As a kid, I thought he was a wise and kind man. As an adult, I still think he was a wise and kind man. And he wore a cardigan well. I believe in the power of kindness. And one of his stories certainly speaks to that. In times of trouble, Mr. Rogers looked to his mom for comfort: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would always say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this...
There’s no question the nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka food stamps, is past its expiration date for reform. But cutting benefits for families truly in need and slapping a yuppie name on a prior era’s same old box of non-perishable goods isn’t it. Yet that is what the proposal buried in President Donald Trump’s 2019 budget request is being painted as doing — it would cut cash benefits in half for families receiving more than $90 a month and send them an attractively named Harvest Box instead...
PORTALES — Angelo State baseball jumped out to early leads and never looked back to earn a pair of victories over Eastern New Mexico University during Saturday's doubleheader in Portales. The Rams' 9-5 win in game one started with a four run the top of the first thanks to a pair of two-out, two-RBI hits from first baseman Andrew Morales and third baseman Jacob Boston off Greyhounds starter Keenan Dodd. ENMU responded with a two-out, two-RBI single of its own from center f...
John Mares is still haunted by the events of Feb. 1, when his grandson Wesley Flores shot himself at the Curry County jail. “People are trying to make him a bad person because he was on drugs ... but unfortunately he just got that habit and he couldn’t break it,” Mares said. A loved one has been by Flores’ hospital bedside in Lubbock every day since the shooting, Mares said. Flores, 28, will need weeks, maybe months, to learn to speak again after significant damage to his face and mouth caused by the self-inflicted gunshot... Full story
There’s a change coming this Wednesday, and we’re certain it’s going to be a big benefit to the community in many ways. Our free newspaper, My Eastern New Mexico PLUS, has undergone a facelift and a rejuvenation. The PLUS is our TMC — Total Market Coverage — product. It’s also commonly known as simply “The Shopper.” It took on the name My Eastern New Mexico PLUS back in November 2016 when we formed The Eastern New Mexico News as a combination of the Clovis News Journal an... Full story
On this date ... 1983: A Taiban youth with a gift for playing the fiddle was donating his talents to help kick off the 1983 KENW television fundraising festival with a live on-air performance. Lance Dial, 16, who had first picked up a fiddle two years earlier, was considered a child prodigy on the instrument. The Melrose High School freshman had already played at Gilly’s in Houston and Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, and was under the tutelage of three-time Arizona state fiddling champion Russell Burris. Besides playing for the...
VAUGHN — Behind a balanced effort, the Grady Bronchos pulled off an upset in the 8-9 road game, winning 54-43 at Vaughn. Ivan Valdez scored 15 to lead three in double figures for Grady (17-12), which moves on to a 1:15 p.m. Wednesday quarterfinal against top-seeded Melrose at Bernalillo High School. “We turned up our pressure,” Grady coach Jonathan Langan said. “We did a good job of trapping in the corners and rotating to their paths. That led to a lot of turnovers and we were able to capitalize.” Another key, Langan sa...
The Roswell Destroyers are seeking players for their upcoming Women’s Football Alliance season. The Destroyers are the first and only women's full contact football team in Chaves County. Team President Megan Patterson said the team practices 6 p.m.-8 p.m. nightly and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Tryouts are available for any female 18 or over through February. Information: Patterson at 575-317-8688, or email Destroyers press contact Shannon Seyler at [email protected] Registrations are now being accepted for the A...
Robyn Ochoa-Costa was born and raised in Roswell and moved to Clovis in 2007 for work. The following year she met Alex Costa of Clovis. The couple have been married for two years. She has three daughters from ages 6 to 18. She credits her daughters for being her fuel for empowering girls, women and families through her work and deeds. Ochoa-Costa is a board member at Hartley House in Clovis. She said she sets an individual goal each day to do at least one act of kindness to...
Clovis’ boys and Portales’ girls tennis teams continued their early-season success, with the Wildcats winning the Santa Fe Quad and the Rams taking second place at the nine-team Coyote Classic in Roswell. It looked early on like Clovis might have finished second Saturday, with the Wildcats and Santa Fe Prep splitting the six singles matches and Santa Fe Prep winning each first set in doubles. However, all three Clovis doubles teams rallied to take second sets and 10-point third-set tiebreaker contests. “I have to give a lot...
At a glance Clayton Hammond Barber Born: Dec. 19, 1971, in Fort Benning, Georgia Next month: Oscar Robinson calls himself an Eisenhower baby and says he grew up in the right time to watch his country change: "I went from Jim Crow's South to an integrated America." Betty Williamson tells Robinson's story in The News on April 1. PORTALES - Clayton Barber, a lineman for the Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative, says he is exactly where God wants him to be. The Portales resident...
The following are locations and ballots for municipal elections in Curry and Roosevelt counties. Elections will be 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday in each municipality. Clovis Polling locations • Colonial Park Golf Course ,1300 Colonial Parkway • Youth Recreation Building, 1504 E. 7th St. • Roy Walker Community Center, 316 W. 2nd St • Trinity United Methodist Church, 1320 W. 21st St. • Clovis Fire Department Station No. 5 , 220 E. Brady Note: Voters can use any location regardless of district City Commission, District 1 (voters c...
PORTALES — Education technology bonds totaling $650,000 will be on the line at the Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting on Monday. A special meeting at 5:30 p.m. will be held before the board’s regular 6 p.m. meeting to consider the sale of the bonds to the New Mexico Finance Authority. The bonds will be used for “technology needs in the district,” PMS Superintendent Johnnie Cain said. Up for approval at the board’s regular meeting will be $2 million in general obligation bonds to be used for the remodelin...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County needs two members and two alternates to apply for positions on its protest valuation board. According to a press release by the county, the protest valuation board members “hear and decide protests of County Assessor determinations.” The county is seeking four applicants to serve two-year terms. Requirements: A registered voter in the county, a registered voter with “demonstrated experience in the valuation of property,” and one alternate for each of the aforementioned positions. The county wi...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, noon pinochle, 1 p.m. line dance, 5:30 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafters, 6 p.m. musical Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. crafts Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 9 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. railroad potluck F...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Pan Dulce. Lunch — Popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes w/gravy, seasoned green beans, cinnamon applesauce. Tuesday: Breakfast — Banana bread. Lunch — Soft taco w/salsa, seasoned pinto beans, seasoned corn, seasonal fresh fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast — Bean and cheese burrito. Lunch — Hamburger on bun, baked fries, lettuce/tomato/pickle, delicious apple. Thursday: Breakfast — Mini pancakes. Lunch — Spaghetti w/meat sauce, steamed broccoli, chilled peaches, whole wheat roll. Friday: Breakfast ...
