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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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ALBUQUERQUE — For several area athletes, this weekend is an opportunity for dreams to come true, after all the hard work they’ve put in over the past year, and then some. Schools like Dora, Elida, Floyd, Melrose and Texico will all be competing in today and Saturday's NMAA Track Championships in Albuquerque, as they’re hoping to bring home at least a few champions to the eastern plains. In Elida, coach Jarred Hestand is trying to make history, as the Tigers boys team has never won a state track title. Hestand led Hager...
ALBUQUERQUE — Today’s District 2-6A track and field meet in Albuquerque offers more than just a chance for the Clovis boys team to repeat as district champions. For both the Clovis boys and girls, the meet is kind of like the best of both worlds. It’s one of the two prestigious end-of-season meets, and doing well would mean a lot to both programs, especially the boys looking for that repeat. But, it’s also not the season’s very last meet, so there remain opportunities to notch state-qualifying times, or improve on the old o...
Good morning. Forgive me for even considering such, but I almost planted an exclamation point at the end of “morning.” It is indeed morning as I write. I’ve eased into light, speech, and a little thought, but that I would even consider assailing your mental ears this early in the day with the kind of volume implied by that loudest of punctuation marks, well, I apologize for almost falling into such brutish behavior. Those two words followed by an exclamation point becom...
King David wrote: “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” (Psalm 119: 105) I know that is true because my parents modeled that for me during my childhood. Church was a huge part of our lives. Not only did we go on Sunday but many times during the week as well. Our family had a practice to have family Bible readings and prayer every night. Then we would discuss what we read. Mother always rounded us up and we would pull out the Bible reading guide. We would kne...
When it comes to the particular challenges that nature places in the path of a not unsuccessful agricultural enterprise on the high desert, I’ve got a decent expertise. But there are places that aren’t the high desert, where people grow crops, harvest crops, run livestock, and do all the work that comes in between. A significant portion of those other places are what might be accurately called “greener pastures,” especially from the perspective of the dry High Plains. But wha...
CLOVIS — Things so far have gone mostly well for the Clovis baseball team. But now, there’s jewelry on the line. Class 6A championship rings are the reward if fourth-seeded Clovis is successful in its state title quest, which begins tonight at Bell Park with a first-round matchup against 13th-seeded Manzano. Clear skies, 70-degree temperatures and minimal wind are in the forecast for the 7 p.m. start of today's game. What then transpires on the field is in the Wildcats’ control. “This is what we’ve strived to participa... Full story
PORTALES — Cinco de Mayo is often associated with food, family and fun, but the city of Portales is adding a fourth ‘F’ this year: fitness. The city’s first Cinco de Mayo Fun Run is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Portales High School track, and participants will take off to the Memorial Building. Deputy City Clerk Veda Urioste said the run is free and open to students from kindergarten through sixth grade. Runners needn’t worry about who finishes first. Urioste said everyone will receive a ribbon once they arri...
PORTALES — "Not one, not two, not three." Those were famous words by then-Heat signee LeBron James for titles he hoped to win in Miami. The Portales boys track team is hoping to be that successful at the District 4-4A level. A team win at today's 4-4A meet at Greyhound Stadium would be not one, not two, not three, but four district titles in a row. "For my last year to be a good four-peat for my district championship, it's gonna be hard, because Hope (Christian is) bringing a...
After 150 years, an integral document in New Mexico’s history has been found over 2,000 miles away from its birthplace. The last of three copies of the Treaty of Bosque Redondo, which ended the forced internment of Navajos and Mescalero Apaches at the Bosque Redondo Reservation near present-day Fort Sumner, was found in April in Manchester, Massachusetts. That’s according to a press release by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. C.P. “Kitty” Weaver, great-grandniece of Indian Peace Commission officer Samuel...
CLOVIS — The Fourth annual High Plains Women’s Expo will return to the Clovis Civic Center on Saturday for a day of seminars, shopping, fitness, food and dancing. Civic Center General Manager Misty Bertrand said the primary goal of the expo is to bring people together and help make connections. “The purpose behind the expo is to get folks out of the house and find out about all the opportunities and the amazing people in the community,” Bertrand said. To do that the expo will cover a wide range of topics. Bertrand said st...
CLOVIS — Carol Smith Headrick will bring history to life in Clovis on Monday with a book review of “My Story” by Mary Roberts Rinehart. For the past 33 years Smith Headrick of Stillwater, Oklahoma, has traveled around the Southwest, giving reviews of a biography or autobiography of an individual who has overcome a challenge in their life to contribute something to society. These aren’t your typical book reviews though, and certainly not something you can read in a magazine or newspaper. For these book reviews, Smith Headric... Full story
On this date ... 1993: The Clovis Junior Women's Club adopted the Hillcrest Zoo for a two-year Community Improvement Project (CIP). Lisa Harrison, CIP chair for the group, listed several goals for the project, including increasing public awareness of the zoo and its support organization, the Clovis Animal Rehabilitator and Education Services (CARES), increasing membership in CARES, and supporting landscaping for a proposed otter exhibit. The group had already sponsored a logo...
CLOVIS — Officials with Clovis Municipal Schools hope to have a new boys basketball coach in place by the end of next week. A new athletic director may also be selected next week. Five are set to interview Tuesday and Wednesday for the basketball coaching position, left vacant with the resignation of Scott Robinson. Robinson resigned April 23, and Clovis Superintendent Jody Balch said the application process for his replacement closed Wednesday. A part of the Clovis program since 2001, Robinson plans to stay with the d... Full story
SAN ANGELO, Texas — While Eastern New Mexico University did not make the Lone Star Conference softball tournament field, the week wasn't without its honors as senior Erikka Burke and freshman Jennifer McElroy earned spots on the All-LSC team. The teams were announced at Thursday's postseason banquet at Angelo State, which hosts the two-day tournament between the LSC's top six teams. Burke was a first-team first baseman, while McElroy earned a selection as a third-team o...
ALBUQUERQUE — Sometimes the journey is more important than the destination. That could definitely be said for Portales' Sarah Blaeser Thursday at the Jerry Cline Tennis Complex. Getting to the 1A-4A singles championship was a great journey, albeit one that ended with a 6-0, 6-0 loss to the overwhelming favorite in Robertson's Brandelyn Fulgenzi. The match ended a dominant four-year run for the Cardinals senior, who won the singles championship in 2015 and won the doubles champ...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday: Clovis • Jerry Wilson, 42, failure to have operating tail lamps, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana or synthetic, failure to appear on a felony charge • James Butler, 26, failure to have operating tail lamps, out of state fugitive, evidence of registration, concealing identity, no insurance • Lizandro Sanchez, 30, failure to obey traffic control devices, driving under the influence of liquor, driving while license suspended or revok...
Today • Tucumcari Rawhide Days — All day at various locations in Tucumcari. The city will be transformed into an Old West town to commemorate the filming of the television series “Rawhide” in Tucumcari. Information: 505-720-2195 Saturday • Tucumcari Rawhide Days — All day at various locations in Tucumcari. The city will be transformed into an Old West town to commemorate the filming of the television series “Rawhide” in Tucumcari. Information: 505-720-2195 • Cinco de Mayo Fun Run — 7:30 a.m. at the Portales High Schoo...
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records through Wednesday at the Curry County clerk’s office: • Austin Lee Mercado, 19, to Kori D Nae Caywood, 19, both of Friona • Michael Donavan Lewis, 44, to Debra Kay Jordan, 48, both of Clovis • David Gerardo Martinez-Barroteran, 40, to Norma Irene Regalado, 52, both of Clovis • Jakie Gallegos, 52, to Danielle Lee Galley, 42, both of Clovis • Juan Luis Quirino Hernandez, 22, to Gehssa Maly Wilkins, 27, both of Littlefield • Francisco Javier Dereceres-Her...
Tuesday • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Wednesday • Clovis Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Clovis Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m. at Clovis Municipal Airport, 459 Clovis Road 11, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Thursday • Clovis Commission on Older Adults — 3 p.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly St....
