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CLOVIS - Seven seniors graduated from Clovis Christian Schools on Saturday at Living Stones Church. They were praised for more than just academic success. "This graduating class has been high-achieving, but also all-around skilled," said Superintendent Ladona Clayton. "They haven't just focused on an academic goal, they focused on athletics, they built their spiritual lives. ... They never lost focus of continuing to grow spiritually and be sure their academics stayed strong....
CLOVIS - The Clovis police officer who brought Wesley Flores into the Clovis jail on Feb. 1 told a fellow officer he was "embarrassed" that he'd allowed Flores to bring a gun into the facility. "Very small, that Kimber Micro ... I'm so embarrassed, you cannot even imagine right now," Sanford Wagner told an interviewing officer shortly after Flores began a four-hour standoff with police. "I may have missed something. Well, obviously I did." The interview was part of video...
CLOVIS — Curry County on Tuesday will break ground on a detention center addition and renovation project that’s 10 years in the making. “It’s been a long road, but it’s finally headed towards the end,” Curry County Commission Chairman Ben McDaniel said. “A year and a half about construction time, so we’re not quite there yet, but slowly getting there.” The project, which will include a nearly 14,000 square foot housing unit, a medical unit, two recreational yards and a new sally port to be constructed on Ninth Street, was...
Arriving home and sinking into my easy chair, I questioned my wife as to what she heard on the audio clip on social media. She didn’t seem to know what I was talking about so I asked if she heard “yanni” or “laurel”? She just looked at me puzzled so I began explaining. Before I could fully explain about the viral posting a news story came on the television and she immediately stopped me. “Have you seen this video yet? It really looks like an angel to me.” The story showed... Full story
Insert quarter for second player CLOVIS — If you were in town Friday afternoon, you might have glimpsed a vibrant slice of a largely bygone gaming era rumbling down the road. With more than a dozen arcade machines fastened tight to a trailer, Jeremy Meyer drove down Prince Street from “just an old building” north of Clovis where he said he’d purchased the retro icons. For some, it was an evocative splash of neon-colored nostalgia. “Oh look, someone loaded up the Eighties on a trailer and is hauling it away,” District Court Ju... Full story
CLOVIS — High school reunions aren't quite as big an event as they used to be, what with Facebook and all the other social media that allows people to reconnect by pressing a button on their phones. Alumni basketball games are a little different. They can be organized through social media, but they have to be played the old-fashioned way — face-to-face on the hardwood. Clovis girls basketball will play such a game on Thursday at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, tipping off at 7 p.m...
The Portales High School basketball programs will run youth camps May 29-31. The boys camp will run at Portales Junior High 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. for boys entering grades 1-6 and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. for boys entering grades 7-9. Registration is $50, payable on the first day of camp. The girls camp will run at Portales High School, 9 a.m.-11 a.m. for girls entering grades 3-5 and 1 p.m-3:30 p.m. for girls entering grades 6-8. Registration is $45 for the younger camp and $50 for the older camp, with discounts available for multiple...
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of stories on Eastern New Mexico University athletes heading to the Division II national track and field championships. Tuesday's story will feature senior high jumper Kenneth Lloyd. PORTALES — People always seem to be gunning for the top dog, trying to knock them off of their pedestal. For sprinters at this week's NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the top dog is a Greyhound. Sophomore Marcus Parker has e...
PORTALES — The Katie Welborn era is officially over at Eastern New Mexico. The Greyhounds' softball coach's resignation was announced on Saturday, after three years at the helm and a 52-112 overall record. Welborn's resignation comes weeks after ENMU's 2018 campaign came to a close, following an 18-34 season, which included a 9-21 record in Lone Star Conference play. The former Tarleton State catcher and Lubbock Christian assistant inherited an Eastern program that went 1...
Portales Woman’s Club Portales Woman’s Club met on May 9 for the final meeting of this club year. President Cami Howl presided. Following the invocation, lunch was served, meeting was called to order, pledges and Collect were recited, treasurer’s report was filed and minutes were approved. Fifteen members, 3 guests were present. The president recognized Wanda Pettus and Sheryl Borden for perfect attendance for the year. Gaynelle Thomas conducted the new officer installation based on the in-coming president’s theme “Alone...
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. social night 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. musical 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 $4, 9 a.m....
Information on plein air painting techniques and using a twelve needle deluxe electric felting machine will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Professional artist Brenda Pinnick is going to explain how to paint a desert scene using plein air techniques. She’ll also make suggestions for creating this art form if you are unable to paint outside and explain how to make changes in your palette. She...
Memorial day is one week from Monday and that means a 3-day weekend for many. A lot of you will be traveling for the holiday and by now your activity plans are already in order. To get you picture-ready for a weekend of festivities, take some of these packing and outfit tips to give a leg up on holiday planning. Whatever is on your agenda for next week, there are a few simple ways your holiday outfits will serve you for the rest of summer. You won't even have to go shopping...
Cindy Waters was born and raised in Clovis. Her father is the late Wiley Snyder and her mother is Lois Snyder, of Clovis. She has one younger sister, Susan Ogilvie. Waters grew up in a close knit family and she enjoyed outdoor activity and the arts early on. She attended Highland Elementary school and Marshall Middle school. She graduated from Clovis High school in 1976. Her maternal grandmother was her 4-H leader. She participated in 4-H for as long as 10 years alongside her...
New Mexico policymakers and citizens received some good economic news recently. Thanks to the much-maligned process known as fracking, oil production in the Permian Basin in Southeast New Mexico is booming. New Mexico recently became the third-biggest oil producing state in the nation and is now producing more oil than it ever has before. This has all led to a $673 million boost in state revenues. While the revenue picture has brightened significantly for state government,...
I’ve never had anything against the Women’s National Basketball Association, but I’ve never considered it appointment TV either. I don’t mind the fact there have been less than 20 dunks in league history. You kind of sign up for that when you watch a WNBA game. I know the men’s 100-meter world record is nearly a full second faster than the women’s record, but that doesn’t mean the female runners are competing against each other any less. My lone complaint with the league, to be honest, is the way the NBA spent 15 years rele...
On May 24, 1989, the Portales News-Tribune ran an article I wrote about Portales biology professor Bob Taylor refuting an article in Interview magazine about eastern New Mexico turning into a dust bowl by 2020. Author Greg Goldin had written, “Farmers of west Texas, western Nebraska and eastern New Mexico will run out of water early in the next century. And when they do, their lands will blow away in the next great dust bowl. These farming regions will have depleted their wate...
This is the undocumented immigrant our nation should welcome: the Lawrence, Kansas, chemist whom immigration officials attempted to deport this year, much to the dismay of his family, neighbors and even strangers who came to know the story of Syed Jamal. This immigrant’s presence should be questioned: a man who was deported multiple times and who kept re-entering the country. He now stands accused of randomly shooting two people in Kansas City’s Northland, and he has emerged as the possible culprit in the shooting death of...
On this date ... 1988: American consumption of lamb had risen slightly but still lagged considerably behind other types of meat. The United States Department of Agriculture said Americans were expected to eat about 1.4 pounds of lamb per person during 1988, up from 1.3 pounds the year before, according to an Associated Press article. “But,” the article warned, “don’t trade in for a sheep ranch just yet.” The 1988 per capita consumption of beef was expected to tip the retail scale at 72.1 pounds per person, followed by pork a...
Today • Grady High School Graduation — 5 p.m. at the Grady High School Gymnasium. Information: 575-357-2192 • Country Gospel Concert — 6 p.m. at Living Word Church, 2101 E. 21st St., Clovis. Bruce and Betty from Buckeye, Arizona will perform country gospel music. Information: 575-218-1914 Monday • Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Crochet lesson: Puff stitch stole. Information: 575-763-9687 • Tent Revival — 6 p.m. at Prince Street Baptist Church, 421 N. Prince St., Clovis. Featuring pasto...
Monday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 • Grady Board of Education — 6 p.m. at Grady Municipal Schools, 100 Franklin St., Grady. Information: 575-357-2192 Tuesday • Clovis Board of Education — 5:30 p.m. at the Clovis Municipal School District Board Room, 1009 Main St. Information: 575-769-4300 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Th...
