Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASEBALL Prep State tournaments (Seeds in parentheses) Class 2A Wednesday First round (8) Capitan 13, (9) Texico 5 (5) McCurdy 16, (12) Mora 6 (6) Loving 17, (11) Pecos 2 (7) Tularosa 11, (10) Laguna Acoma 1 At Spark Kindness Sports Complex, Albuquerque Thursday Quarterfinals Loving vs. (3) Eunice, 10 a.m. Tularosa vs. (2) Menaul, 1 p.m. McCurdy vs. (4) Rehoboth Christian, 4 p.m. Capitan vs. (1) Santa Rosa, 7 p.m. Friday Semifinals Loving-Eunice winner vs. Tularosa-Menaul winner, 1 p.m. McCurdy-Rehoboth Christian winner vs....
Monday *Clovis City Commission special meeting - 3 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 *Portales City Council – 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Questions, requests, or comments from citizens should be submitted in writing to the city clerk or city manager before the meeting. Contact information available at https://www.portalesnm.gov/departments/. Information: 575-356-6662 Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 9 a.m., Com...
Today *Jurassic Quest – 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Curry County Events Center, 1900 E. Brady, Clovis. Life-sized animatronic dinosaurs including Apatosaurus, Spinosaurus, and T-Rex. General admission and kids standard admission $22; senior admission $19; kids unlimited admission (includes unlimited access to dinosaur rides, Jurassic Jeeps, fossil dig and most dinosaur themed inflatable attractions, plus one visit to excavation station) $36. All visitors two and older must have tickets. Information and advance tickets: j...
Booked The following were booked into local jail (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Roberto Echerivel, 42, shoplifting, criminal trespass, public nuisance • Bryan Arline, 24, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Kalod Gardley, 35, failure to pay fines • Ronnie Wright, 26, probation violation • Robie Long, 49, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Pablita Cordova, 47, criminal damage to property, aggravated assault, criminal trespass, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, assault, battery • Sergio Tarango, 25,...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, okra, roll with margarine, spiced apples. Tuesday: Green chile cheeseburger, French fries, cookie. Wednesday: Chicken salad, potato salad, cucumber salad, crackers, pudding. Thursday: Barbecued pork sandwich, green beans, carrot-raisin salad, cake. Friday: Chicken fajitas, pinto beans, Spanish rice, sopapilla with honey. Baxter-Curren Activity Center 908 Hickory, Clovis 575-762-3631 Monday: 8:30 a.m....
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “The Weight of Air” by Kimberly Duffy. Isabella Moreau, America’s most feted aerialist, has given everything to the circus. But age and injury now threaten her security, and Isabella, stalked by old fears, makes a choice that risks every...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: Yogurt and graham cracker. Lunch: Chicken smackers, mashed potatoes and gravy, steamed carrots, chilled applesauce, whole wheat roll or (grades 6-12) pizza or spicy chicken sandwich or corn dog and fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: Breakfast round. Lunch: Ravioli, garden salad, celery sticks and ranch, chilled pear, whole wheat roll, cookie or (grades 6-12) pulled pork or hamburger or meatball sub or burrito and fries Wednesday: Breakfast: Homemade breakfast burrito. Lunch: Fajita, fresh pinto beans,...
A 2017 essay about Jason Paulk, the head of Eastern New Mexico University's vocal music programs, on the ENMU website, includes this quote from Paulk: "At the intersection of great passion and focused discipline can be found great art." Paulk is a believer in the value of the work ethic and discipline that music instills in serious students, as much as he is a believer in music itself. Notice he didn't say "talent," but he does not deny the value of talent. More on that...
As Mother’s Day approaches, it is appropriate that we discuss the physical characteristics, personality traits, coping mechanisms, etiquette rules, life ambitions, etcetera that we inherited from our mothers. Let’s discuss it in hushed tones, though. We don’t want Uncle Sam salivating over a new type of inheritance tax. I inherited my soft spot for stray animals from my mother. And when confronted with her clutter, she takes a perverse pride in confessing, “I’m a packrat – like Danny!”; but in many ways, we are complete oppo...
LOVINGTON – Portales High’s girls notched a District 4-4A track championship on Friday – and they qualified a few more events for this week’s state meet in Albuquerque as well. PHS compiled 122 points to 97 for Artesia in the four-team get-together. Coach Quintin Wilson said it was the first district crown for the Lady Rams “in a while.” “They competed,” Wilson said. “They went out and earned this district championship.” Portales finished third on the boys’ side with 47 points, behind Artesia (137) and Lovington (99). The L...
CLOVIS – Clovis High senior Madison Parkin, currently seeking to repeat as the state Class 5A girls pole vault champion, has signed a national letter of intent for college at Division II Texas-Tyler. Parkin, who has cleared 11 feet in the event, signed on Tuesday in a ceremony at the high school. She believes she will fit in well with the Patriots' program as she pursues a pre-med major. "I immediately fell in love with the team," she said. "It's an amazing track team, and t...
CARLSBAD – Clovis High’s track teams are ready for Class 5A state competition this weekend after competing in Friday’s District 4-5A meet at Carlsbad. Due to scoring mix-ups, team scores were unavailable at press time on Saturday morning. Senior R.J. Nora and sophomore Sammy Fuentes led the way for the CHS boys. Nora won the 200 (22.53 seconds), the 110 hurdles (14.49) and the 300 hurdles (39.65) while placing second long long jump (22-0 ¾) and triple jump (45-6 ½), while Fuentes took first place in the 1,600 (4 minutes...
ALBUQUERQUE – Both entries in state individual tennis competition were eliminated in the first round on Wednesday at Jerry Cline Tennis Center. In Class 5A boys singles, Clovis High senior David Case went down in a 6-4, 6-3 decision against Albuquerque High eighth-grader Mitchell Rocha 6-4, 6-3. Rocha went on to make a strong showing, reaching the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Philip Bosin of Eldorado 6-1, 6-0. In Class 1-4A girls doubles, Portales High senior Jenna Brown and junior Maggie Duong absorbed a 6...
