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My name is Kelly Jo Fish. I am the youngest daughter to three amazing and supportive parents Dee (wife Mikie) and Lynette Fish. Outside of my parents my biggest role model and the one who has blessed my life to the fullest is my grandmother, Dixie Jacobs. I am beyond blessed to come from two astounding families, the Jacobs of Melrose and the Fishes of Ranchvale. While I have two great jobs - social worker for Clovis Municipal Schools and a cosmetologist/barber at The Klassy...
Warning: This contains spoilers to “Avengers: Endgame,” which I believe is the 418th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Moviegoers, it’s been three weeks. “Avengers: Endgame” has made $3.2 billion worldwide. You’ve had time to see it. Time for me to discuss some plot holes ... I mean, unanswered questions. Just to review, in last year’s “Infinity War,” Thanos acquired all of the Infinity Stones, which then gave him the power to snap his fingers and wipe out half the universe’s population. In “Endgame,” we find out five y...
HOBBS — A red trophy is better than a green. And way better than no trophy at all. So, when Texico’s girls golf team finished second and won a red after Saturday’s final round of the state A-AAA match on Hobbs’ Rockwind course, it was a big deal. Especially coming five days after winning the District 7-2A championship. The Lady Wolverines earned their second-place state finish by shooting a team 785 for the two-day tournament, 408 Friday and 377 Saturday. Mesilla Valley was first at the state meet, firing an overall 762 (37...
ALBUQUERQUE - Whatever the weather, the small-school track meet endured during the weekend. Through Saturday morning's events at the University of New Mexico, three state records were set at the meet - two of them by area athletes - in the meet for classes 1A, 2A and 3A. A summary of Saturday afternoon events will appear in Wednesday's edition. The facility will host another state meet this weekend, this time for Classes 4A and 5A. The new records were set by Jude Segura of...
Our news organization last week published online a graphic video associated with the October shooting death of a suspected car thief. The video, from Clovis Police Officer Brent Aguilar’s lapel camera, reflects a six-second chase that ends with Aguilar shooting Aaron Chavez four times at close range. Those who watched the video — about 8,000 by week’s end — had wide-ranging reactions. Some thought it proved Aguilar acted appropriately; some thought it proved the opposite. Most felt like our newsroom staff: the video offered...
CLOVIS — Clovis Municipal Schools plans to open its iAcademy in the fall. The district names its director of strategic learning on Friday. Jimmy "Petie" Davis, who has been an alternative educational placement teacher at hte CMS Student Support Center since 2000, accepted the position, according to a release from the district. Davis, who holds a bachelor's degree from Eastern New Mexico University and a master's from Lesley University, has also served the district as a coach for various sports at Clovis High and Gattis and M...
ALBUQUERQUE — The results may show first- and second-round exits, but that doesn’t mean it was a short state tennis championship for either Portales or Clovis. After a series of rain delays pushed matches back Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the tennis season concluded for local athletes when the Portales girls team split its Class 1A-4A matches. Portales, seeded eighth, edged No. 9 St. Pius X 5-4 Saturday morning, then fell to top-seeded Robertson 5-2. The second-round match was halted after the Cardinals won the first of...
BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS RICHARDSON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico’s track and field program is growing and has collected some honors this year to show it. Junior sprinter Kandice Miles led a group of five Greyhounds selected the All-Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track and Field team on Thursday morning with Miles earning first-team accolades, Maijah Mathis, Mercy Rotich, and Ivar Moinat earning second-team, and Jessica Campbell getting a third-team nod. To be named first-team, a competitor must have won an event or scored 14 or...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis reopened the intersection of Norris and Seventh streets on Friday, a few days ahead of the anticipated date of Monday. Until signal lights are installed, traffic to the east of Norris along Seventh Street yields to all northbound and southbound traffic. Seventh Street will remain closed between Maple and Norris streets for continued work. Information: K. Barnett and Sons, 575-762-4407....
SANTA FE — Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, was reappointed to seven interim bodies for the New Mexico Legislature, according to a release from the New Mexico Senate Republican Office. Woods will be a voting member on three committees — Economic and Rural Development, Water and Natural Resources and Transportation Infrastructure Revenue. He was appointed as an advisory member to the Legislative Finance and the Revenue Stabilzation and Tax Policy committees, along with the New Mexico Finance Authority and the Public School Cap...
CLOVIS — A former Curry County detention officer has been sentenced to nine years in prison for assisting in a jail escape last summer. Sarina Dodson, 28, of Clovis, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors on three counts of assisting escape and one count of bringing contraband into a Jail, according to a news release from District Attorney Andrea Reeb. The release said: “On June 15, 2018, Curry County Detention inmates Aaron Clark, Victor Apodaca and Ricky Sena escaped from the outdoor recreation area of the jail thr...
CLOVIS — The vehicle from which Aaron Chavez fled in the moments before an officer shot him to death Oct. 8 was reported stolen the day before. It had been involved in a high speed chase that evening in Portales, according to police records. Officials last week released over 150 pages of documents attendant to New Mexico State Police’s investigation of the incident last year in which Clovis Police Officer Brent Aguilar fatally shot Chavez, 22, four times during a foot pursuit south of the Prince Street overpass. Those rec...
Friday • Elida High School graduation — 6 p.m., Gymnasium, Elida Municipal Schools, 103 N. Church, Elida. Information: 575-274-6211 • San Jon High School graduation — 6 p.m., Ed Lee Activities Complex, San Jon Municipal Schools, Seventh and Elm, San Jon. Information: 575-576-2466 • Faith Triumphant Christian School graduation — 7 p.m., Faith Triumphant Church, 615 W. Fourth St., Portales. Information: 575-359-1559 • Melrose High School graduation — 7 p.m., PE Complex, Melrose Municipal Schools, 100 E. Missouri Ave.,...
Monday • Portales Municipal Schools board — 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 • Clovis Astronomy Club — 7 p.m., Room 143 or 145 (look for signs), Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 757-846-7509 Tuesday • City of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee — 8:30 a.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Wednesday • City of Clovis Unified Development Ordinance Town Hall — 6 p.m....
CLOVIS — A public meeting Wednesday detailed what will no doubt fuel public frustration, no matter how well remediation work goes on a gasoline plume near the Commerce-Prince intersection. The New Mexico Environment Department Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau and contractor Daniel B. Stephens and Associates held the meeting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library to spread public awareness of a gasoline plume cleanup project. It’s set to begin in late May near the frequently congested Commerce-Prince intersection. Work is set to...
PORTALES - As the 795 candidates for graduation this spring from Eastern New Mexico University were getting set to celebrate this big achievement during Saturday's commencement ceremonies, several graduates took a few moments to reflect on the little moments that led them there. Victoria Forte, a Del Norte High School graduate, told The News that some of her favorite memories at ENMU came during the moments one might least expect. "I think a lot of them are the small moments...
CLOVIS - The 2019 class of Clovis Community College graduates celebrated success in all its forms during Friday's commencement ceremony at the Curry County Events Center. "Success is not a linear path that goes straight to your goal. It has ups and downs through trial and error. It comes in many forms along with many achievements, both large and small," said Lindsey Fletcher, who graduated with an associate's of applied science in nursing and was one of two student speakers...
Today • Mother’s Day Monday • Kiwanis Track Meet — 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Elida Municipal Schools, 103 Church St., Elida. Competition for students in grades 4-6 from Elida, Floyd, and Dora. Concession stand available. Information: 575-274-6211 • Rural Bookmobile East in Grady — 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Grady Municipal Schools, 100 Franklin St., Grady. 11:30 a.m.-noon, Grady Post Office, 406 W. Main St., Grady. Information: 575-461-1824 • Produce to People — 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Free in-season...
CLOVIS — Russell Muffley was serving people all his life — as a funeral director, a judge, a cook, a sports announcer, a family man — and last month turned over that legacy of service to his surviving family and friends. "On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, Russell Muffley was shaking hands with friends and family who greeted him as he arrived in Heaven," said his obituary. "Through the 40 plus years of greeting people with a firm and sincere handshake, people came to know and trust Russell Muffley." Those four decades followed the p...
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library “H.O.P.E. for the Alzheimer's Journey” by Carol B. Amos presents a helpful handbook to equip Alzheimer’s caregivers with knowledge, tools and advice for their difficult road ahead. The concepts are conveyed in an open, honest and creative manner to achieve a closer connection with and deeper understanding of a person with Alzheimer’s disease, while providing inspiration for less stressful, more rewarding experiences. “The Range Bucket List” by James Do...
Portales Woman’s Club Amber Hamilton, president, presided over the final meeting of Portales Woman’s Club on Wednesday at the club building. Gaynelle Thomas gave the invocation and led the pledges and club collect. Sixteen members and five guests were present. The April minutes were approved with two changes and the treasurer’s report will be filed for audit. Gloria Waggoner introduced Samantha Bartl, a graduating senior at Portales High School, who thanked the club for the local club scholarship as well as the GFWC New M...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 5 p.m. business meeting, 5:30 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. social night 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, 2 p.m. nonagenarian tea, 6 p.m. musical 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: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m....
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Bagel w/cream cheese. Lunch — Italian spaghetti, garden salad, mini carrots w/ranch, chilled fruit, whole wheat roll. Tuesday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch — Beef teriyaki blasters, seasoned green beans, veggie cup w/ranch, chilled fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast — Waffle. Lunch — Chicken nuggets, au gratin potatoes, chilled mixed fruit, whole wheat roll, cookie. Thursday: Breakfast — Banana bread. Lunch — Hot dog on a bun, baked fries, seasoned green beans, chilled fruit....
Information on a new quilt technique that makes it easier to create the Drunkard’s Path Quilt, helping kids learn to bake and over-all home remodeling will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and at noon on Thursday. Erica Plank is a designer and she’s going to show a new quilt technique that makes it easier to create the Drunkard’s Path quilt, which is a long-time favorite of quilters. She’ll show an easy way for those who do not have a curved...
“I humbly appraise my mother’s worth, “It began with pain to give me birth, “Which triggered off a love so strong, “Blossoming into a life-long bond. “When needed, she was always there, “Someone I realized would always care. “And the older I got the more I knew, “A mother’s love sincere and true. “Now as I watch my mother age in years, “I’m happy to help and ease her fears. “Privileged now to play my part, “As she did for me from the very start.” That’s from the poem “What is...
