Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 43
My name is Layne Norris. I am the owner of Norris Electric. I am proudly married to Shelly Norris, my best friend, for almost 34 years and the proud dad to Austin and Spencer Norris. I am the son of the best parents, Bob and Barbara Norris. What would you do if you won $1 million? I would give it to works that further the cause of Christ. Also important, since it was won and not earned, it would not be mine to keep. What is your most prized possession? The many freedoms that...
CLOVIS - It was a short meeting, but Thursday evening the Clovis City Commission saw to items for both the young and the old in the area. Commissioners named May 14 as Nonagenarian Day, and to mark the occasion will hold its 52nd Annual Nonagenarian Tea that afternoon, 2 p.m. at 908 Hickory St. in Clovis. The event is open to all those "90 years young and older," said Senior Services Director Barbara Riggan. "If you're 89, you can come on in and see how much fun you're going...
KINGSVILLE, Texas — A pair of Greyhounds were honored Thursday, as the Lone Star Conference dished out its postseason softball awards. Honored for the Greyhounds were freshman outfielder Iliana Mendoza, a third-team selection, and sophomore outfielder Kayla Marshall for the LSC’s all-academic team. The awards were announced at the postseason banquet prior to the two-day tournament. Regular season champ Texas A&M-Kingsville had eight players receive an All-LSC nod, with a league-high five first-team selections. That inc...
RICHARDSON, Texas - Eastern New Mexico senior Colby Bagwell made it 2-for-2 in the track season, claiming the Lone Star Conference's male academic athlete of the year award for outdoor track. Bagwell, one of 22 LSC athletes named to the All-Academic Team Wednesday, was also the male academic athlete of the year during the brief indoor season. Texas A&M-Kingsville's Racheal Somoye was named the conference's female athlete of the year. She was joined on the women's team by ENMU...
CLOVIS — Construction will result in the closure of Clovis’ City Hall May 17 and May 20, according to a release from the city. The work is part of a larger HVAC and roofing job for the building, but is being done separately. Closure of the building is necessary because the $40,000 project will cut off power to the building. During each of those weeks, the other four weekdays will have extended hours of 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the release said. Information: 575-769-7828...
The following marriage licenses were filed through Thursday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: Timothy L. Morrison, 40, and Amanda Leann Roach, 40, both of Clovis Domar Stephon Rogers, 23, and Jillian Dionne Nicole McCaskill Davis, 23, both of Clovis Martin F. Contreras, 52, and Gloria Hawk, 52, both of Clovis Evalena Moreno, 34, and Cathy Castro, 48, both of Lubbock Jeremiah Matthew Mondragon, 19, and Liliana Araiza Jaramillo, 19, both of Clovis Christi Diane McManigal, 48, and Michelle Ann Lafreniere, 54, both of Texico T...
PORTALES - The Portales Rams, knowing they were on the softball playoff bubble, played a tight first game and more relaxed in the second. On the hill, however, Wendy Baeza was consistently good - good enough to hold Goddard to two runs on six hits in a 2-1, 14-1 doubleheader sweep Friday night at Wheeler Park. Portales (14-12, 5-7) finished third in District 4-4A, and expects to receive one of Class 4A's 16 seeds in Sunday's selection meeting. The top eight seeds will host...
Thursday • Clovis Community College Nurses’ Pinning Ceremony — 1 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd, Clovis. Information: 575-769-4025 • Clovis Community College RadTech Pinning Ceremony — 6 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd, Clovis. Information: 575-769-4025 Friday • Clovis Community College Commencement — 6 p.m., Curry County Events Center, 1900 E. Brady Ave., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4025 Saturday • ENMU Spring Commencements — 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Greyhound Arena, Portales. College of Liberal Arts a...
Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Wednesday • New Mexico Environment Department Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau public meeting on gasoline contamination...
CARLSBAD — The Clovis Wildcats didn’t obliterate the field at the District 4-5A tennis individual championships, but they undeniably made their mark with four players punching their way into the Class 5A state bracket. David Heath posted a 6-1, 7-5 win over Hobbs’ Ethan Jimenez to win the singles championship, and the Wildcats got two other state qualifiers in singles and doubles. Sumito Richeson and Brandon Heath took third in the doubles competition, winning two of their three matches, while Seth Romero claimed a pair...
SANTA ROSA — As the end of its regular season neared, Texico’s baseball team added a sweep of Santa Rosa to its 2019 résumé. Friday, the Wolverines took the two-hour trek to Santa Rosa and blanked the Lions 5-0, making it 17 straight scoreless innings against their District 7-2A rivals. The victory came just 10 days after Texico swept a home doubleheader against Santa Rosa — 12-2 in six innings and 10-0 in five. The Lions plated two runs in the top of the first inning of that chilly twinbill opener last week, but haven’t...
CLOVIS — Over 150 area residents, church and city officials lined Main Street outside the Curry County Courthouse on Thursday for the National Day of Prayer. Participants prayed for seven individual aspects of the country — government, military, business, education, church, media and family — along with a closing prayer and the 2019 national prayer for America, which was recited at National Day of Prayer gatherings held throughout the country. The following are excerpts from...
CLOVIS - It started so well for the Clovis softball team. Mid-to-late March seemed like break-up-the-Lady-Wildcats time, as they soared to a 3-0 start, quickly surpassing the program's win total in each of the prior two seasons. But the Clovis team was young, the inevitable bumps in the road were met, and the Lady 'Cats finished their 2019 season at 5-19, closing it out Friday with two home losses to District 4-5A opponent Roswell - 17-6 in the first game and 3-0 in the...
CLOVIS - Clovis' baseball team may have played its last game of 2019. And if that is indeed so, the Wildcats exited in style Friday. Hosting District 4-5A opponent Roswell at Bell Park, the 'Cats pulled off a doubleheader sweep by rallying in both games, beating the Coyotes 4-1 in the opener and 5-3 in the nightcap. With that pair of wins, Clovis finished its regular season at 9-17. An encouraging end, but perhaps not enough to crack the state playoff top 16. "I don't know,"...
PORTALES — Ivar Moinat shares a name with Ivar the Boneless, a character from the T.V. show ‘Vikings’. Moinat isn’t as mean as the T.V. guy, but can be ruthless when burning up the collegiate track scene, at least from a competitive standpoint. Moinat — a Netherlands native, Eastern New Mexico junior, and middle distance standout — was named an indoor track All-American in March and took third at last weekend’s Drake Relays, a prestigious outdoor event in Des Moines, Iowa. Friday night, with Eastern New Mexico hosting the L...
CLOVIS — Law enforcement officers on Thursday unexpectedly came into new evidence tied to last month’s Portales homicide. Prosecutors said Daniel Harrison, 38, was found in possession of the 9mm Jimenez handgun at play in the April 7 shooting death of Adam Holts in Portales. Harrison and another man were arrested outside a Clovis gas station Thursday on unrelated charges. Investigators described Holts' killing as the deadly outcome of an armed robbery effort to recover that same handgun. Four people have been arrested and...
CLOVIS — A temporary successor to Clovis Community College President Becky Rowley was selected by the CCC Board of Trustees during Wednesday’s meeting. Robin Kuykendall, director of extended learning and division chair for occupational technology, was named interim president until CCC finds a full-time replacement for Rowley. Rowley announced in March she would be leaving the college in June after accepting the president position at Santa Fe Community College. “I’m excited. Dr. Rowley has done a great job of establi...
PORTALES - Basketball coaches working the concession stand? Football coaches waving flags for the pole vault? Football players lugging around hurdles? Basketball players handing out soft drinks to runners? Huh? Actually, all of the above made perfect sense if you attended the Lone Star Conference Track and Field Championships at Eastern New Mexico University's Greyhound Stadium this past weekend. Athletic staff and athletes volunteered to help make Eastern's first hosting of...
Today • Farewell breakfast for Eastern New Mexico University’s 1973 Cross Country, and 1974 and 1976 Track & Field National Championship Reunion — 10 a.m., Dining Hall, ENMU Campus Union Building Portales. Open to the public. Tickets $9.95; may be purchased at the door. Information: 575-562-2125 • ENMU presents “Wit” — 2 p.m., Mainstage, University Theater Center, ENMU, Portales. Written by Margaret Edson, directed by Anne Beck. $7 general admission; ENMU students free with ID. Information or reservations: 575-562-2711...
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library “The League of Wives” by Heath Hardage Lee shares the true, untold story of the extraordinary lengths taken by women who confronted the U.S. government to bring home their husbands, prisoners of war in the Vietnam War. Forming the National League of Families, they became the most fervent advocates to facilitate their freedom from years of brutal torture, starvation and deplorable living conditions, and to account for those missing in action. “En...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, 10 a.m. beginning line dance, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. trivia mania Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 7:30 a.m. pie auction and apron parade, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 8:45 a.m. board meeting, 1 p.m....
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes w/gravy, mini carrots w/ranch, chilled fruit. Tuesday: Breakfast — Cinnamon roll. Lunch — Cheeseburger on a bun, baked fries, veggie cup w/ranch, chilled fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast — Pancake. Lunch — Soft taco w/salsa, seasoned pinto beans, seasoned corn. Thursday: Breakfast — Grape crescent. Lunch — Pig in a serpe, salad w/ranch, seasoned green beans, chilled fruit, cookie. Friday: Breakfast — Breakfast frudel. Lunch — Bean tosta...
Information on working with pressed flowers and how creativity affects gifted children will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and at noon on Thursday. Kate Chu is going to give an introduction to working with pressed flowers. She’ll talk about what supplies and tools are needed, show how to use the flowers in various ways and talk about storing the delicate leaves and petals. She’s from Anaheim, California. Sharon Barnes is a therapist for...
It’s been said that Helvetica is like water. I recently learned they’ve redesigned my drink of choice when it comes to typefaces. The font has been one of the most ubiquitous in graphic design since Swiss designers created it in 1957. That makes it two years older than yours truly. That means it might have been used on my birth certificate (I doubt it) and it could be used on my tombstone. The sans serif Helvetica got its last redesign in 1982, about the time I started wor...
