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this date ... 1974: Tickets were on sale to see Rare Earth, a Detroit rock group whose 1971 hit “I Just Want to Celebrate” reached No. 7 on the pop charts. The Motown recording group was set to perform Sept. 8 at Eastern New Mexico University. General admission tickets were $3, on sale at the Campus Union Building or at Taco Box in Clovis. 1945: A B-29 on a routine training flight careened through a telephone line, skimmed across a field, crashed and broke squarely in two just across the highway from Cannon Air Force Bas...
On this date ... 1974: Tickets were on sale to see Rare Earth, a Detroit rock group whose 1971 hit “I Just Want to Celebrate” reached No. 7 on the pop charts. The Motown recording group was set to perform Sept. 8 at Eastern New Mexico University. General admission tickets were $3, on sale at the Campus Union Building or at Taco Box in Clovis. 1945: A B-29 on a routine training flight careened through a telephone line, skimmed across a field, crashed and broke squarely in two just across the highway from Cannon Air Force Base....
link Courtesy photo Farwell’s Clayton Corn has toured as a keyboarder with Phil Vassar and Pat Green. He joins Vassar for tonight’s performance at the Clovis Music Festival. [email protected] Clayton Corn loved the Friday night lights of West Texas, so much so that he would do triple duty at Farwell football games — offense, defense and halftime marching band. “I was awful at all of them,” Corn said. “Make sure in the article that I’m not claiming to be a good football...
link Courtesy photo Farwell’s Clayton Corn has toured as a keyboarder with Phil Vassar and Pat Green. He joins Vassar for tonight’s performance at the Clovis Music Festival. [email protected] Clayton Corn loved the Friday night lights of West Texas, so much so that he would do triple duty at Farwell football games — offense, defense and halftime marching band. “I was awful at all of them,” Corn said. “Make sure in the article that I’m not claiming to be a good football...
link Sharna Johnson Local columnist It’s all about the beginning. The first few months and years of a child’s life are well accepted as the foundation for the person they will become. How much interaction they receive, the nurturing and care as well as the quality and types of relationships they experience in that formative period of their lives helps to shape and direct everything that comes later, right down to their personality and how they approach life. But the imp...
link Sharna Johnson Local columnist It’s all about the beginning. The first few months and years of a child’s life are well accepted as the foundation for the person they will become. How much interaction they receive, the nurturing and care as well as the quality and types of relationships they experience in that formative period of their lives helps to shape and direct everything that comes later, right down to their personality and how they approach life. But the imp...
Staff report Roosevelt County commissioners on Friday unanimously approved a resolution to support the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act during a special business meeting. Commission Chairman Kendell Buzard told the board it would amend the Endangered Species Act, which has not been amended for 26 years. “This will really help the landowners effected by this law,” Buzard said. Proponents say the act will require government to be more transparent in efforts to implement environmental laws. The act has pas...
Staff report Roosevelt County commissioners on Friday unanimously approved a resolution to support the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act during a special business meeting. Commission Chairman Kendell Buzard told the board it would amend the Endangered Species Act, which has not been amended for 26 years. “This will really help the landowners effected by this law,” Buzard said. Proponents say the act will require government to be more transparent in efforts to implement environmental laws. The act has pas...
link Grant McGee hear about stuff going on over in the Middle East I remember the time I used to know a couple from Lebanon who ran a business in one of the big cities here in The Great American Southwest. Bashir and Yara had a small store in a big shopping mall in the big city. Bashir and Yara's shop was called “Express Yourself,” a shop filled with swimsuits in the front and what they called “exotic dancewear” in back. Asked about his clientele, Bashir would break into a... Full story
link Grant McGee Local columnist When I hear about stuff going on over in the Middle East I remember the time I used to know a couple from Lebanon who ran a business in one of the big cities here in The Great American Southwest. Bashir and Yara had a small store in a big shopping mall in the big city. Bashir and Yara's shop was called “Express Yourself,” a shop filled with swimsuits in the front and what they called “exotic dancewear” in back. Asked about his cliente...
Staff writer [email protected] Roosevelt County received “10 or 12” applicants for its county manager job and commissioners on Friday selected eight they plan to interview, County Attorney Rick Queener said. Officials still did not release the names of the applicants. Commissioners met in executive session for about 90 minutes Friday to discuss the candidates. Following the executive session, board members voted to meet Wednesday to impose 2014 property tax rates. Also at that Wednesday, meeting they are expected to int...
Staff writer [email protected] Roosevelt County received “10 or 12” applicants for its county manager job and commissioners on Friday selected eight they plan to interview, County Attorney Rick Queener said. Officials still did not release the names of the applicants. Commissioners met in executive session for about 90 minutes Friday to discuss the candidates. Following the executive session, board members voted to meet Wednesday to impose 2014 property tax rates. Also at that Wednesday, meeting they are expected to int...
Area Clovis 28, Cibola 24 Lovington 28, Portales 12 Crosbyton 39, Farwell 20 Sweetwater 32, Muleshoe 27 Texico 40, Tucumcari 0 New Mexico Military41, Fort Sumner 0 Melrose 58, Cloudcroft 8 Dora 40, Mescalero 32 Statewide Alamogordo 48, Los Lunas 7 Albuquerque Academy 18, Santa Rosa 12 Bayfield, Colo. 55, Shiprock 0 Belen 55, Moriarty 7 Bernalillo 37, Gallup 22 Bloomfield 34, Pojoaque 12 Canyon, Texas 47, Roswell 0 Carrizozo 70, Tse Yi Gai 0 Centennial 51, Gadsden 12 Clayton 57, Eunice 6 Clovis 28, Cibola 23 Del Valle, Texas 2...
Area Crosbyton 39, Farwell 20 Sweetwater 32, Muleshoe 27 Clovis 28, Cibola 24 Lovington 28, Portales 12 Texico 40, Tucumcari 0 New Mexico Military41, Fort Sumner 0 Melrose 58, Cloudcroft 8 Dora 40, Mescalero 32 Statewide Alamogordo 48, Los Lunas 7 Albuquerque Academy 18, Santa Rosa 12 Bayfield, Colo. 55, Shiprock 0 Belen 55, Moriarty 7 Bernalillo 37, Gallup 22 Bloomfield 34, Pojoaque 12 Canyon, Texas 47, Roswell 0 Carrizozo 70, Tse Yi Gai 0 Centennial 51, Gadsden 12 Clayton 57, Eunice 6 Clovis 28, Cibola 23 Del Valle, Texas 2...
The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE— A flash flood watch is in effect for parts of east-central New Mexico and the state’s southeastern plains as storms move across the state on Friday and the weekend. The National Weather Service says a potentially serious flash flood threat appears likely for portions of eastern and southern New Mexico. Areas from the south-central mountains to the east central and southeast plains could receive widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches with localized amounts between 5 and 8 inches. The fla...
The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE— A flash flood watch is in effect for parts of east-central New Mexico and the state’s southeastern plains as storms move across the state on Friday and the weekend. The National Weather Service says a potentially serious flash flood threat appears likely for portions of eastern and southern New Mexico. Areas from the south-central mountains to the east central and southeast plains could receive widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches with localized amounts between 5 and 8 inches. The fla... Full story
Staff report ALAMOSA, Colo. — Adams State’s Ethan Jackson hit the post on a shot in the second half, but didn’t miss in overtime as he beat Eastern New Mexico University goalkeeper James Gutierrez to give the Grizzlies a 1-0 victory in the men’s soccer season opener for both teams. ASU came on strong late, putting nine shots over the final 28 minutes with the last one finally deciding the match. Gutierrez finished the contest with eight saves, while the Greyhounds managed only three shots on goal against ASU’s Austin Ba...
Sports writer [email protected] PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team made strides last year. Despite a last-place prediction in the Lone Star Conference this season, the Zias are confident things will go much better. “Our goals are the same — not just make it to the conference tournament, but to win it,” second-year coach Sia Poyer said. ENMU (8-20, 4-12 last season) did make strides, ending long losing streaks to conference rivals Tarleton State and Midwestern State. The Zias return a number... Full story
link Joshua Lucero: Staff photo Portales junior Saul Fernandez races past a Clovis defender to take a shot on goal during the first half of Thursday’s game at Ram soccer field. ClovIs scored the game’s first two goals and held on for 2-1 win. Staff report Once again, Clovis High and Portales High boys soccer teams played well into the match without scoring. This time, though, the Wildcats got two goals six minutes apart from senior midfielder Juan Ramos early in the second hal... Full story
After a week’s delay, Clovis Christian’s return to 6-man football finally got under way Thursday night as the Eagles beat the Hart junior varsity 33-6 at Jim Hill Field. Their scheduled opener, against the Marfa (Texas) junior varsity at a neutral site in Garden City, Texas, was canceled last Saturday due to lightning. First-year coach Josh Johnson said the lightning started in the Garden City area about 15-30 minutes before the scheduled 6 p.m. (CDT) kickoff. When lightning is in the area, it means an automatic 30-...
Staff report Senior running back J.V. Perales scored four touchdowns and Clovis Christian defeated the Hart junior varsity 34-6 on Thursday night in the Eagles’ belated 6-man opener at Jim Hill Field. CCS, which had its scheduled opener on Saturday against the Marfa (Texas) JV canceled by lightning at Garden City, Texas, fell behind 6-0 early but dominated the rest of the game. Perales scored on runs of 4, 25, 35 and 25 yards. He also ran in a 1-point conversion and kicked at 2-point PAT. The Eagles’ other TD came on a 30-...
Staff report ALAMOSA, Colo. — Adams State’s Ethan Jackson hit the post on a shot in the second half, but didn’t miss in overtime as he beat Eastern New Mexico University goalkeeper James Gutierrez to give the Grizzlies a 1-0 victory in the men’s soccer season opener for both teams. ASU came on strong late, putting nine shots over the final 28 minutes with the last one finally deciding the match. Gutierrez finished the contest with eight saves, while the Greyhounds managed only three shots on goal against ASU’s Austin Ba... Full story
