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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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District 4-3A Texico 6, Loving 4 Texico 211 002 0 — 6 9 2 Loving 220 000 0 — 4 4 4 Dalton Thatcher and Brock Thompson; Christian Rico and Frankie Jaure. W — Thatcher. L — Jaure. Top hitters — Texico: Rafael Maldonado 2-4, RBI, run; Nathan Phipps 2-3, 2 runs; Cole Rohrbach 2-3, 2B, RBI. Records — Texico 14-8 (5-4), Loving 0-17 (0-9).... Full story
STAFF REPORT HOBBS — Trey Alcachupas drove in four runs with a two-run homer in the first and a game-tying, two-run triple in in a four-run eighth as the University of the Southwest baseball team outlasted Eastern New Mexico University 10-9 on Tuesday. ENMU (15-28) jumped on the Mustangs for four runs in the top of the first, highlighted by Mark Foley’s three-run homer, his second of the season. But the Mustangs jumped right back in it with three in the bottom halg, keyed by Alcachupas’ fourth home run. Justin Paul belte...
Staff report HOBBS — The Clovis Wildcats saved their best for last Tuesday night at Hobbs. Clovis got an RBI groundout from senior Brody Edwards in the 10th inning, and the Wildcats got a complete-game five-hitter from Landon Williams in a 2-1 win. link Hobbs News-Sun photo: Clayton Jones Clovis’ Landon Williams throws a pitch in the 10th inning of his complete game in the opener of Tuesday’s District 4-6A baseball doubleheader at Hobbs. Williams threw 107 pitches during the W... Full story
SPORTS WRITER [email protected] After getting run-ruled in the opener of Tuesday’s District 4-6A twin bill at Lady Wildcat Field, Clovis High’s softball team almost got a much-needed win in the second game. Hobbs, though, got a go-ahead RBI single from Melissa Calderon in the seventh inning, then tacked on an insurance run when a runner was ruled to have crossed the plate ahead of an inning-ending rundown for a 6-4 victory. The Lady Eagles pounded 13 hits in the ope...
Staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis senior Denise Garcia lets a pitch go by during her at-bat in the bottom of the third inning of Tuesday’s District 4-6A softball opener against Hobbs at Lady Wildcat Field. Garcia eventually grounded out, and the Lady Wildcats went down in a 12-2, 6-4 sweep at the hands of the Lady Eagles....
Hobbs News-Sun photo: Clayton Jones Clovis’ Landon Williams throws a pitch in the 10th inning of his complete game in the opener of Tuesday’s District 4-6A baseball doubleheader at Hobbs. Williams threw 107 pitches during the Wildcats’ 2-1 win.... Full story
STAFF REPORT ROSWELL — The Clovis High boys golf team has its last chance two days before the Last Chance. The Wildcats went to the Spring River Classic on Tuesday, hoping to earn their third and final qualifying leg for next month’s Class 6A state tournament. They came up six shots short in a second-place finish to Albuquerque Academy. The Cats, led by junior Jake Foster’s 77, posted their second 323 in two days after compiling that same score in Monday’s rain-soaked Clovis Invitational. Albuquerque Academy, behind medalis... Full story
Melvin McAfoos served as the Elida Police Chief for eight years before retiring at the end of 2014. The Portales News-Tribune caught up with McAfoos to see how he’s enjoying his retirement. link McAfoos So what have you been doing since you retired? Doing anything I want really, but mostly I have more time to spend with my wife and to shoot my air guns. Do you still stop by the office to talk to officers and hang out? I still stop by to say hi to the officers, and see how t... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] link Staff photo: Aubry Buzek Sangu Angadi, a New Mexico State University crop physiologist at the Clovis Ag Science Center, showed farmers dryland and irrigated canola plants Tuesday at the Canola-Wheat Field Day. For the layman, fields of bright yellow canola are simply pleasant to look at. But for local farmers and agriculture researchers, the crop is becoming an important, drought-tolerant option for winter planting in the region....
Name: T.J. Gibson Title: Roosevelt County Sheriff's deputy link Gibson What made you want to go into law enforcement? It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid. It’s all I ever wanted to do. What’s it like to serve the community you grew up in? It‘s a great feeling to serve this community. We have a great community here with nice people and I enjoy helping them and do whatever we can. What do you like to do in your time off? I coach Little League baseball and girls so...
Notebook Step up ... • Time to step up for those of you who say there’s nothing to do in Clovis. The city is looking for someone to serve on its Cultural & Ethnic Affairs Committee. Contact the city manager’s office at 575-763-9653. Step back ... • The Prehistoric New Mexico Open House is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Blackwater Draw archeological site between Clovis and Portales. There’s a presentation at 1 p.m. on the significance of the site, Clovis man and artifacts dug up. It’s free and includes activities...
Deputy Editor [email protected] link Courtesy photo Jesse Coburn III of Texico died in this Southwestern train wreck early Tuesday and another unidentified person was seriously injured near Roswell. A family member has confirmed Jesse Coburn III, 48, of Texico was killed Tuesday when a freight train struck another train head-on in southeastern New Mexico. Another crew member seriously injured in the crash is also believed to be from Clovis, although officials haven't...
Roosevelt County Commission The following are the 2016 fiscal year preliminary budgets presented to Roosevelt County Commissioners on Monday: • The budget for the rural volunteer fire departments dropped from $6,030 to $4,500. In previous years, the budget had been $6,700, and made the drop to $6,030 last year. According to Ann Clark, Causey city clerk, the rural fire departments are provided with a $7,000 EMS fund, which covers two ambulances per year. She said that is not enough for fuel and maintenance, and all of the depa... Full story
On this date …link 1919: Hubert Bell, son of a prominent Clovis real estate dealer, drowned at Dutchman’s Lake, about a mile north of Clovis’ city limits. Historian Don McAlavy reported Hubert, 12, had gone downtown to see an Army tank on display. After looking at the tank, Hubert and friends ran a few races and then decided to go swimming at the lake now known as Greene Acres. McAlavy reported the boy sank in the water for no known reason. His friends, wading on the shore... Full story
I approached Melvin Nusser during the 30-minute interval of a Ram baseball doubleheader. link Kevin Wilson “Did you get in trouble?” I asked Nusser, then Ram baseball coach, during his between-game meal. “Nope,” he said before inhaling a chicken strip. “Did you?” That was one of the smaller conversations I got to have with Nusser, who will retire as Portales High School principal at the end of the school year. The Rams had, just days before, lost a doubleheader at Lovington i...
Today • Preschool story time — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940 • Wii Wednesday — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940 • Child Find screening — San Jon schools. Early intervention screening for children ages birth to 5 years. Information: 575-576-2466. Thursday • Preschool story time — 6 p.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. Saturday • ENMU choir’s Spring Concert — 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Buchanan Hall in the music building. Free and open to the public. I...
It’s almost Cinco de Mayo time and that reminded me recently of the old fiestas de Lindsey School. If you’re from north Portales and you were around during the 1970s, you know what I’m talking about. link Helena Rodriguez The old W.E. Lindsey School on West Ivy Street, now in a new building and under a different name, Lindsey-Steiner Elementary, held irreplaceable memories. At this time of year, the gym would be bouncing with Mexican ballet folklorico tunes, like “Jara... Full story
Staff report link Schattschneider A Portales man was sentenced to the maximum punishment on charges of abuse of a child Tuesday. Cody Schattschneider, 31, was sentenced to 18 years by District Judge Stephen Quinn. Schattschneider was convicted during a January trial at the Roosevelt County Courthouse. According to a release from the district attorney’s office: • In December 2012, a 4-month-old under Schattschneider’s care suffered a broken arm, fractured skull, bleeding and b... Full story
History always has a way of repeating itself if we don’t learn from it the first time around — which never seems to happen, especially as of late. Baltimore knows this all too well. link Brittney Cannon On April 19, 1861, seven days after the American Civil War had begun, Baltimore had its first riot. Union troops from Massachusetts made their way to Baltimore from Philadelphia that morning. Maryland’s loyalty to the Union had yet to be solidified, and the troops were warne... Full story
