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ALBUQUERQUE — The math isn't difficult. Fifteen teams competed in this weekend's Class 6A state track and field meet at the University of New Mexico. Only three were coming away from the UNM Track-Soccer Complex with trophies. Clovis boys coach Mark Sena told his team just that after Saturday's conclusion of the two-day state meet. Sena was trying to buck up his Wildcats, who looked sullen after their third-place finish. They had hoped to finish higher, maybe win the whole d...
When I interviewed retired Clovis High School Band Director Norvil Howell a few months ago for a feature, his wife, Elaine, joined us. She was such a delight, I realized she needed her own spotlight. When he met his wife, Norvil Howell was a Republican. But “Momma (Elaine) taught me the error of my ways. I transferred over to being a Democrat because I wanted to keep peace in the family,” he said. Now, meet Elaine Howell in her own words: “I’m more liberal-minded and didn’t...
What is it about “shopping while black” that’s so hard for some store employees to understand? In the past week, two troubling incidents involving African-Americans at retail outlets should prompt employers to offer a refresher course on customer relations. It should be made crystal clear that it’s not just morally wrong but catastrophic for business when people assume that skin color equates with potential criminality. The moral argument should be compelling enough. It is simply racist for anyone to assume that black c...
The 2018 Met Gala opening ceremony for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute has come and gone. The fundraising ceremony took place on Monday night in New York City. What was so exciting about this year's event was the theme — heavenly bodies. Some of the most notable looks started with Amal Clooney wearing a beautiful floral trim over pants by British designer Richard Quinn. Her pants were a satin blue and her diamond drop earrings were excellent details for h...
A good friend and newspaper reporter/editor always used to drill the people he trained not to write the way they talk. He probably could have applied it to me when I first started writing professionally. As a columnist, I can relax that standard a bit and allow my writing to develop its own voice. A little bit of voice can be a dangerous thing in pop culture, especially if you’re a reporter, commentator or politician. I think I’ll probably scream out loud the next time I see...
Information on needle sculpting a doll’s face and make homemade soap will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Patty Dunn will demonstrate how to needle sculpt a doll’s face to make a puppet that looks very life-like. She uses a nylon hose, stuffing and needle and thread to make some very easy stitches for the doll’s face. She also provides a pattern for reference. Dunn is from Corpus Christi,...
ALBUQUERQUE — Bittersweet might be the word — and the feeling, to describe the weekend's Class 4A state meet for the Portales Ram track team. Hopes of a boys title quickly faded on the second day of the meet, while the promising relay teams didn't quite have the performances they needed. As a result, the Rams finished just out of trophy contention, scoring 46 points. Taos, with 81 points, edged out Silver (75) while St. Michael's took the green trophy with 54 points. And the...
Portales student wins music award PORTALES — A Portales student has been honored by the New Mexico Parent Teacher Association for an original music composition. Kyra Gentry, a student at Lindsey-Steiner Elementary School, was the state winner in music composition by NMPTA’s Reflections program for her original work “One Time Ago.” Kyra presented the composition during an awards ceremony at the 103rd annual NMPTA Convention May 4-5 in Albuquerque, according to a press release by NMPTA. Portales road work scheduled all week PO...
CLOVIS — Family and friends of Clovis Community College's 429 graduates packed the Clovis Civic Center on Friday night to celebrate the degrees and certificates earned by CCC students over the past school year. During his commencement address Rep. George Dodge encouraged the graduates to make the most of the chances they are given in life. "You make sure that when it's all said and done ... make sure you're sitting on your back porch and you're not saying, 'I should have done...
With a few exceptions, people’s tastes get more picky — no, refined — as they age. I’m not one of the exceptions. I stopped eating Ramen noodles a short time after I learned how to do more than boil water. I understand pulp is part of fruits, but fruit juice is liquid and pulp doesn’t belong there. Good hot dogs, and freshly baked hot dog buns, are worth the extra couple dollars. One taste has never, and will never, leave my palate. Whether you use an ampersand or just assume the “and” is baked into the abbreviation,...
CLOVIS — Genevieve Seifert started painting as a child outside Clovis and kept at it passionately for much of the next 80 years. "Knowing Ginnie, she's probably in heaven telling God exactly what colors he should have in the sunset or the mountains, or anything else she could give advice on," said Lois Snyder, one of her long-time friends. Seifert died April 3 in Clovis at age 93. She was born in the Center community, south of Clovis, and stayed local her whole life, f...
How do you feel about rattlesnakes? Whether your answer is yea or nay, you’re in decent company, according to a local scholar on the iconic reptile. Steven Pitts came to Eastern New Mexico University four years ago for graduate school by way of Tennessee, where 12 years back he had his first encounter with a species of the venomous snake and has been fascinated ever since. “It was incredibly mesmerizing,” he said. “It was the first and only Timber rattlesnake I ever got to hear in the wild; as far as I know it’s still rat...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday celebrated the achievements of the school's 763 graduates this year at its 134th commencement. For one graduate, the degree she picked up at Greyhound Arena was six years in the making. Raton native Patricia Duran finished high school one year early because she needed a change in her life following a two year-long struggle with depression. Now she plans to leave Portales and head back to her hometown with two degrees in h...
Dozens of area women have multiple reasons to celebrate and be celebrated today — it’s Mother’s Day and they graduated from college this weekend. Here are some snapshots: Elena Wimberly graduated from Clovis Community College on Friday and plans to attend Eastern New Mexico University during the upcoming school year to pursue her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. Wimberly said after graduating from high school in 2009 she went to New Mexico Highlands University, but later dropped out. Wimberly said the birth o...
On this date ... 1983: Memorial services for former Eastern New Mexico University President Floyd Golden were held in the library on campus bearing his name. Golden, 85, died Feb. 3 in Amarillo. He was the first dean when the school opened in 1934, and became president in 1941, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 1960. Golden was eulogized by ENMU President Warren Armstrong, as well as Robert Matheny, Eastern's vice president for academic affairs who would soon...
CLOVIS — A burning bed, a boy's heroics and bad case of déjà vu: it all happened fast when a blaze erupted last week at the Clovis Apartments. For the families closest to the fire that displaced an entire 12-unit building Monday, some silver linings have emerged from the black smoke and broken windows. The first positive is that none of the 46 people directly affected reported any serious injuries; the only minor injury came to a 10-year-old boy who inhaled smoke while ret...
CANYON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico pulled out all of the pitching stops in Thursday night's Lone Star Conference tournament opener, and it secured the Greyhounds the right to face top-seeded West Texas A&M in the second round. The Buffs had little trouble with the pitching the Greyhounds had left, and moved on to Saturday's championship with a 24-2 victory over ENMU Friday night. West Texas A&M (39-11) never trailed and scored in seven of the eight innings in which it b...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, noon pinochle, 1 p.m. line dance, 5 p.m. business meeting Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafters, 2:30 p.m. embroidery, 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, 10 a.m. nursing home visit, 1 p.m. Needle Gang Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Bagel and cream cheese. Lunch — Italian spaghetti, garden salad, mini carrots w/ranch, seasonal fresh fruit. Tuesday: Breakfast — Cinnamon roll. Lunch — BBQ shredded pork on bun, baked fries, veggie cup w/ranch, sidekicks. Wednesday: Breakfast — Apple cinnamon bread. Lunch — Chicken nuggets, au gratin potatoes, chilled mixed fruit, whole wheat roll, cookie. Thursday: Breakfast — Yogurt, cheese sticks. Lunch — Chili cheese fries, fresh broccoli crowns w/ranch, seasonal fresh fruit. Fr...
American Legion District 4 members of the American Legion family met April 21 at Post 25 in Clovis for their bi-annual meeting. Among topics in discussion were Post 25’s plans for its 100th anniversary in June 2019. 49 auxiliary and American Legion members from Clovis, Portales, Albuquerque and Logan were in attendance. Clovis Rotary Club The Clovis Rotary Club honored 19 new Paul Harris Fellow recipients. • Alan Kinlund • Amy Corbin • Carla Miller • Chris Mitchell • Devin Wahlen • George Jones • Jay Neff • Jody Balch • Joy...
Mary Fanelli Ayala grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs - Hatboro, Pennsylvania. Her parents owned a restaurant. They adopted her and her siblings into a diverse home. She is Hispanic/Irish, her sister is Chinese/Italian, and her brother is Filipino/Irish. Ayala grew up in a close-knit, traditional, Italian-American family. She loves learning and is passionate about language and culture, travel, music, and education. She studied in Spain, and was later awarded a Fulbright...
A lifetime in Clovis transitioned into three years at Texas A&M. Another transition is coming for former Wildcat Danni Williams. The 2015 Clovis High grad has decided to spend her final college basketball season wearing University of Texas orange. Williams, who received her bachelor's degree in sports management Friday, is taking advantage of an NCAA rule that allows early graduates to transfer without losing a year of eligibility. Williams, Clovis' all-time leading scorer...
Tuesday • Blood drive — Noon-3:30 p.m. at Red Lobster, Clovis. Information: 800-333-8037 Thursday • Elida High School graduation — 4 p.m. at the Elida High School Gymnasium. Information: 575-274-6211 • Page Turners Book Club — 6:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Book: “The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion.” Information: 575-763-9687 Friday • Clovis High School graduation — 6 p.m. at the Curry County Events Center. Information: 575-769-4350 • Fort Sumner High School graduation — 6 p.m. at the Fort Sumner High S...
Monday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. at the Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First Street, Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Parmer County Commission — 10 a.m. (CDT) at the Parmer County Courthouse, 401 Third St., Farwell. Information: 806-481-3691 • Bailey County Commission — 10:30 a.m. (CDT) at the Bailey County Courthouse, 300 S. First St., Muleshoe. Information: 806-272-3044 • Muleshoe Board of Education — 5 p.m. (CDT) in the Muleshoe Independent Schools Administration Building, 514 W. Ave. G, Mulesho...
