Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASEBALL Prep linescores Wednesday First game Grady 10, Magdalena 8 Magdalena 002 200 4 — 8 10 1 Grady 014 050 x —10 9 2 Jaydon Jaramillo, Josh Baca (3) and Jacob Burleson; Jax Piepkorn, Zane Rush (7) and Rush, Deakin Ragland (7). W — Piepkorn. L — Jaramillo. Sv — Rush. Top hitters — Magdalena: Baca 1-4, 2-run HR; Burleson 1-3, run, BB; Kaleb Castenon 1-3, run, BB; Joseph Zamora 1-4, 3-run HR; Daniel Martinez 1-2, 2B, RBI, run; Jaramillo 2-4, 2 RBIs. Grady: Rush 2-3, 2 runs, BB; Micajah Martin 2-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Xavie...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Pork roast with pork gravy, baked potato, corn, cornbread with butter, cherry cobbler. Tuesday: Taco Tuesday: Corn tortillas with ground beef, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes, pinto beans, chips and salsa, cookie. Wednesday: Chicken Alfredo over fettuccini noodles, broccoli & cauliflower, bread stick, cake. Thursday: Frito pie, beef, beans, chili, and cheese with salad, spiced apples. Friday: Hot dog on a bun, chili sauce with cheese, French fries, ice...
On this date ... 1942: A Bovina farmer had witnessed the enlistment of three of his sons into the U.S. Coast Guard. Earl Bates and J. R. Bates of Clovis and R. L. Bates of Friona had enlisted in Amarillo after resigning from their civilian jobs. Earl was a teacher in the Eugene Field school in Clovis. J. R. worked at the Stone Elevator in Clovis. R. L. was a teacher in Friona. “I’m proud of my boys,” B. B. Bates said. “And I’m proud they are in the service.” B. B. Bates had lived in the Bovina area since 1916. He was the fat...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: Yogurt and Graham cracker. Lunch: Barbecued pulled pork sandwich, baked French fries, seasoned corn, chilled applesauce or (grades 6-12) spicy chicken sandwich or cheeseburger on a bun. Tuesday: Breakfast: Breakfast round. Lunch: Chicken tacos, lettuce and tomato, Spanish rice, homemade pinto beans, chilled pears, dessert or (grades 6-12) cheeseburger on a bun or corn dog and French fries. Wesnesday: Breakfast: Homemade breakfast burrito. Lunch: Corn dog, baked French fries, carrots and celery,...
My heart goes out to all those directly affected by the wildland fires our state has experienced recently. I can’t only imagine what so many are going through, waiting to get back into evacuated areas to see what’s left of their home, livestock and in some cases pets. Helpless can’t begin to describe all the emotions they’re experiencing. I lived in towns near national forests that had lots of nearby homes in areas that would have been difficult if not impossible to save if...
Paul Dee Barnes enjoys the simple things in life. He grew up in Field, a small farming community northeast of Melrose, and has spent his nearly 80 years of life raising crops, children, grandchildren, and serving in his community. These things make for what Barnes describes as, "a good life." From 1991 to 2000 he was on the Curry County Commission; he also spent several years on the Texico school board. Barnes and his family today farm in the Pleasant Hill area, where they...
CLOVIS - Nine boxers from Clovis-based Sinners Den Boxing Gym participated in the club's "One More Round" tournament on April 30 at Roy Walker Community Center. Four posted victories, with Angel Chavarria winning by unanimous decision at 147 pounds, Willie Natson posting a second-round technical knockout at 155, 13-year-old Vidal Lopez claiming a unanimous decision at 100 and Julian Almaraz earning a second-round TKO AT 125. Sinners Den coach Elijio Sena said that of the five...
The state Supreme Court on Friday heard the appeal of two Portales day-care owners convicted in the 2017 hot car death of a 22-month-old child. Sandi and Mary Taylor initially received sentences of 30-plus years following their convictions, after they left two children in a hot vehicle for 2 hours and 40 minutes. Maliyah Jones, 22 months, died as a result of the incident. Aubri Loya, then 23 months, was seriously injured but survived. Records show the court agreed to hear the appeal based on two issues brought by the...
GRADY — Grady sophomore Zane Rush made quick work of Magdalena to close down a late Steers rally in Game 1 on Wednesday. It took him a little longer in the nightcap, but he got the job done and kept the Bronchos in contention for the only at-large bid in this week’s four-team Class 1A state tournament. Rush also collected five hits in the doubleheader, picking up a save with a three-pitch strikeout in the opener and a win with 4 2/3 innings of no-hit relief in Game 2 as the Bronchos swept Magdalena 10-8 and 8-6. Both teams, a...
ALBUQUERQUE — Clovis High senior Ayia Al Saleh defeated Gizelle Amaya of Albuquerque High 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday before bowing out in a 6-2, 6-0 quarterfinal decision to second-seeded Stephanie Romero of La Cueva on Thursday morning in Class 5A girls state tennis tournament singles play. Al Saleh was the lone Clovis entry to advance out of Wednesday’s first-round competition. Junior Niliyaah Hall dropped a 6-0, 6-2 verdict to Victoria Outkin of La Cueva in singles play on Wednesday, while the Lady Wildcats’ doubles tande...
One lane of westbound Brady Street will be closed this week. In a news release from the Clovis city manager’s office it’s reported: Elite Communications from Los Lunas will be installing fiber optics for Plateau Telecommunications. Elite Communication will close the westbound outside lane on Brady Street from Sycamore to Prince from 8:00a.m., Monday until 5:00p.m., Wednesday. The public is asked to please adhere to all traffic signs....
Portales Municipal Schools will be holding a public hearing during its regular school board meeting, at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the L.C. Cozzens administrative offices board room in Portales. The purpose of the hearing will be to discuss redistricting for seats on the Portales municipal school board. A company that helps communities with redistricting, Research and Polling, Inc., will have a representative on hand to provide guidance and redistricting information for the board and public for discussion. New districts based on 2020...
A few days ago we posted to our Facebook page: “Tell us about your mother. And be sure to include a picture.” Here’s a sampling: Teresa Irene Buckley of Clovis wrote of her mother, Evangelina Romero: My mom was a loving mom. She never worked outside the home, but she worked hard inside. What I remember most is her making tortillas every day. I remember asking her if she would bake biscochitos for after-school. She always said she wouldn’t have time. But after school coming home, you could smell them. I was blessed with he...
Same-day voter registration isn’t as harebrained as I thought. Early voting for the primary election in New Mexico begins Tuesday, and county clerks statewide have been prepping for same-day voter registration. If you are a conservative like me, you probably aren’t thrilled at the prospect. Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse-Oliver held a joint press conference April 27 with New Mexico Open Elections president and former state Senator Bob Perls that not only put some of my concerns to rest but also offered a first-time opp...
Unlike so many people with Twitter and Facebook accounts these days, I am not a constitutional scholar. I did go to law school, passed the Bar on my first try and have been practicing law since 1987 (give or take a few years when I detoured to teaching languages) but I don’t have the gravitas of many of these keyboard warriors who know one thing for certain: Elon Musk is a fascist. Up until quite recently, very few would describe the founder of Tesla as a totalitarian o...
“Maybe we need to blow this s--- up.” Five years ago, that was the considered opinion of comedian Mike Yard, a panelist on Larry Wilmore’s old Comedy Central program, “The Nightly Show.” It came as candidate Bernie Sanders absorbed a crushing primary defeat in New York and it was becoming clear he would not be the Democratic nominee for president. Panelist Rory Albanese had suggested that, faced with a blindingly obvious choice in the fall -- Hillary Clinton against Donald Tr...
Despite what you might have learned in high school civics, the Supreme Court really only has one role in our system of government -- to uphold Roe v. Wade. That’s the animating sentiment behind the furor over the leak of a Supreme Court opinion drafted for a majority by Justice Samuel Alito overturning the abortion decision. Left-wing commentators have hailed the shocking leak of the opinion and said that the Court deserves to be burned down and even ended altogether for the o...
The leak of a draft United States Supreme Court ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which would overturn past court precedents in favor of leaving abortion laws to the states, has ignited intense political debate over the future of abortion laws and the institution of the Supreme Court itself. This is a polarizing issue — including among our own editorial board — and we anticipate a lot of understandably heated rhetoric from activists, partisans and politicians on each side...
When discussing the state of the world these days, the word oligarch is regularly bandied about in all types of media and is generally preceded by one or more adjectives such as evil or Russian. In many cases it’s evil, Russian oligarch. To establish some form of reference for a conversation about oligarchs, I checked my copy of Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Copyright 2010, which provided me the following information: Oligarch; 1. Any of the rul...
Four candidates are in the running to be the Republican nominee for Division II Magistrate Court judge in the June 7 primary elections. There are no Democrats running in the primary election. The Division II bench position is currently held by Shaun Burns, who is leaving the post and running for a Ninth Judicial District Court judge seat now held by Benjamin Cross. Magistrate judges in Ninth Judicial District earn $101,587.20 a year, according to the New Mexico state government’s Sunshine Portal website. Early voting b...
Both early and absentee voting for the June 7 primary election begins Tuesday in Curry and Roosevelt counties. Absentee ballots will be mailed to voters from both county clerk’s offices beginning Tuesday, and early voting will open at the clerks’ offices and other locations in both counties on Tuesday, as well. Absentee voters must have applications submitted by 5 p.m. June 2 in the Curry County clerk’s office and by 5 p.m. June 3 in the Roosevelt County clerk’s office in order to receive absentee ballots by mail. Absentee vo...
A five-year master plan that includes needed repair and replacement projects at Clovis Community College, as well as projects that would be be carried out only if funding were sufficient received approval on Tuesday from CCC's board of trustees. The plan is a requirement of the New Mexico Higher Education Department as a basis for project funding, Norman Kia, the college's vice president of information technology and operations told the board. While some projects in the plan...
State officials are scheduled to be in Clovis this week for Economic Development Week. Acting cabinet secretary of the Department of Workforce Solutions Ricky Serna is scheduled to be in Clovis along with state Economic Development deputy secretary Jon Clark and state Tourism Department deputy secretary Antoinette Vigil. Raymond Mondragon, government specialist with the Eastern Plains Council of Governments, wrote in a news release EPCOG, along with Clovis Economic Development and the Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce,...
A Clovis man is in a Lubbock hospital with life-threatening injuries following a Friday morning shooting. According to a report from Clovis police lieutenant Trevor Thron, police were called to the 500 block of Ross Street at about 9:47 a.m. on the report of someone injured by gunfire. On arrival officers found Joshua Flores, 25, in the street bleeding “profusely” from apparent gunshot wounds. Flores was treated on the scene by police officers and Clovis Fire Department EMS personnel. Flores was transported to Plains Reg... Full story
Clovis Community College Board of Trustees has scheduled an emergency meeting for 8 a.m. Monday to discuss “no confidence” resolutions against CCC President Charles Nwankwo that three employee organizations have sent to board members. The meeting will be held in Room 512 of the college’s main building at 417 Schepps Blvd, Clovis. The agenda calls for the meeting to be opened, then for the board to hold a confidential executive session. Following the executive session, the a...
