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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Hitter Paxton DeLaGarza, Angelo State, Jr., SS, Lubbock — DeLaGarza, the LSC’s leader in batting averag, total hits, RBIs and total bases, went 4-for-8 with four walks and five RBIs as the Rams swept Texas A&M-Kingsville. Included was his seventh home run of the season. Pitcher Steve Naemark, Angelo State, Jr., LHP, Tucson, Ariz. — Naemark dominated Kingsville in a win on Friday, striking out nine and allowing only six hits over eight innings. He leads the conference in strikeouts (101) and earned run average (0.73), and i... 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...
A recent Denver Post report revealed Colorado defendants accused of first-degree murder but found not guilty by reason of insanity spent an average of 7.4 years at the state hospital. Colorado is not Washington, D.C., of course, but its experience (and that of other states) with the legally insane does suggest that John Hinckley Jr. has been confined for decades in part because of his notoriety. If he had tried to shoot someone other than the president of the United States, his supervised release more than 30 years later...
link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Portales senior Omar Legarda beats the throw and slides safely into third base during the Rams Tuesday afternoon game against the NMMI Colts. STAFF WRITER [email protected] Kersey Burnett pitched a complete game and the Portales baseball team used a five-run sixth inning to take down New Mexico Military Institute 11-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday at Ram Field. The Rams also won the second game by a score of 15-5. “I was t... Full story
A recent Denver Post report revealed Colorado defendants accused of first-degree murder but found not guilty by reason of insanity spent an average of 7.4 years at the state hospital. Colorado is not Washington, D.C., of course, but its experience (and that of other states) with the legally insane does suggest that John Hinckley Jr. has been confined for decades in part because of his notoriety. If he had tried to shoot someone other than the president of the United States, his supervised release more than 30 years later...
He was a short and stocky man, loud in life and with a laugh to beat all hell. As far as I’m concerned, he’s the most interesting man I’ve ever known. link Tom McDonald Unfortunately, I lost touch with him years ago, so to protect his privacy I’ll only call him Dean in this writing. I wouldn’t want to make him mad, as he was also the toughest man I’ve ever known. He had a mouth that would make a sailor blush, but it was offset with a soft underbelly that was clearly exp...
He was a short and stocky man, loud in life and with a laugh to beat all hell. As far as I’m concerned, he’s the most interesting man I’ve ever known. link Tom McDonald Unfortunately, I lost touch with him years ago, so to protect his privacy I’ll only call him Dean in this writing. I wouldn’t want to make him mad, as he was also the toughest man I’ve ever known. He had a mouth that would make a sailor blush, but it was offset with a soft underbelly that was clearly exp... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education met to approve six action items and consider one item in executive session Tuesday. The board unanimously approved an application for IDEA-B funding, IDEA-B basic entitlement and preschool entitlement and sub-grant authorization for fiscal year 2015-2016. “That’s basically the application that we fill out every year in order to get our money for special education,” said CMS Deputy Superintendent Cindy Martin. “This money also includes the mon... Full story
link Staff photo: Kevin Wilson Clovis City Manager Larry Fry addresses the crowd on ongoing city projects and services during a District 4 town hall meeting Tuesday at Kingswood Methodist Church. Deputy Editor [email protected] Residents of Clovis’ District 4 — plus a few outliers — spent about 90 minutes Tuesday talking about issues affecting their district and city. Alice Richmond said she has lived at the same house for 35 years, and Tuesday’s town hall was the first e...
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. Staff Writer [email protected] 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.... Full story
Staff report A Tax Ratification Election in Farwell may not be too far off in the future after a town hall meeting Monday night. “It wasn't anything official,” said Farwell Schools Superintendent Kelly Lusk. “The community said, 'Yeah, we should pursue another TRE.'” The TRE, Lusk said, would bring in more local tax revenue to help schools pay for utility bills, maintenance and daily operations. The state also provides schools 70 percent of what is locally collected. “This helps pay the bills, to put it bluntly,” Lusk said.... Full story
Deputy editor 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. 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 warned ahead of time that their transit through the city would... Full story
Congress on Thursday took a first, perhaps historic step toward phasing out the 20-year-or-bust retirement system the U.S. military has used to shape and retain its career forces since the end of World War II. The replacement plan, as endorsed by the House armed services’ personnel subcommittee, is a blended system that would cut by 20 percent the value of future force annuities in return for an added tool to build nest eggs earlier — a 401(k)-like Thrift Savings Plan with government matching of service member TSP con...
Deputy Editor I approached Melvin Nusser during the 30-minute interval of a Ram baseball doubleheader. “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 in embarrassing fashion. Six errors. Home runs to end...
Staff report Kripple Creek restaurant was upgraded Monday from an unsatisfactory rating to an approved rating by the New Mexico Environment Department. According to the department's press release, the restaurant at 2417 N. Prince St. addressed and corrected all violations found Friday during an inspection. A green approved emblem now replaces the red unsatisfactory notice on business doors, according to the release....
link Cody Schattschneider Staff report 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, bleed...
Local columnist 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. 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 “Jarabe Tapatio,” “The Mexican Hat Dance” and “La Raspa” as mamas, ab... Full story
On this date … 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, were apparently unable to swim but ran for help. By th...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations. Monday • 1:52 a.m.: Battery on a household member, 800 block of Wallace Street. • 5:31 a.m.: Criminal damage, 5100 block of north Thornton Street. • 7:29 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, First and Ross streets. • 7:38 a.m.: Battery on a household member, 1300 block of east Seventh Street. • 8:17 a.m.: Theft, 700 block of north Main Street. • 8:18 a.m.: Theft, Curry Road O and Highway 60/... Full story
