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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Clovis’ Parker Wood, center, tags out Johnathan Rodriguez of Carlsbad at first base during Saturday’s semifinal game in the Clovis Invitational summer baseball tournament at Bell Park. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) Emery Sierra tossed a one-hit shutout and Jarod Kiser and Jordan Jacobs delivered two-run singles in a six-run third that lifted Clovis past Portales 9-0 in the third-place game of the Clovis Invitational summer baseball tournament on Saturday night at Bell Park. Sierra, who will be a freshman in the fall, fin...
ALBUQUERQUE — Is Floyd’s Brad Lee a southerner or a northerner? Over the weekend, he was both — and a winner every time. Lee was on the North squad at the six-man football North-South all-star game in Ruidoso on Friday night. The North won that clash as Lee saw action at defensive end, tight end and linebacker. Later that same night, Lee reported for duty at the South hotel for the Class 1A-2A baseball series in Albuquerque. Once again, the recent Broncos standout was on the winning side as the South swept the North 8-1 a... Full story
CLOVIS — Jarod Kiser and Jordan Jacobs delivered two-run singles in a six-run third that lifted Clovis past Portales 9-0 in the third-place game of the Clovis Invitational summer baseball tournament on Saturday night at Bell Park. Emery Sierra tossed a two-hit shutout in a contest called after 4 1/2 innings because of the eight-run rule. He finished with one walk, one hit batsman and seven strikeouts. Portales’ only hits were a double by Ricky Lovato and an infield single by Kevin Gonzales. Mario Salazar threw the first two...
State AAU girls tournament At Clovis Friday’s pool play 10-and-under Pool A Clovis Wildcats 26, Lea County Flames (Hobbs) 0; Navajo Nation (Gallup) 19, Zias (Portales) 13; Clovis Wildcats 37, Eastern New Mexico Pride (Texico-Clovis-Portales) 4; Zias 20, Lea County Flames 11; Navajo Nation 44, Eastern New Mexico Pride 7. 11-and-under Pool B El Paso Suns 16, Clovis New Breed 15; Shiprock Lady Eagles 33, El Paso Suns 21; Shiprock Lady Eagles 38, Clovis New Breed 20. 12-and-under Pool C Portales Lady Rams 33, Clovis New Breed 2... Full story
RUIDOSO — Floyd’s Brad Lee returned a pass interception 20 yards for a touchdown Friday night to help the North All-Stars beat the South 67-36 in the New Mexico High School Coaches Association six-man all-star football game, played at Ruidoso High School. The North jumped out to a 43-20 halftime lead and coasted to the victory as Logan’s Drew Perez and Josh Franco led an offense that compiled 284 total yards. Franco rushed for three touchdowns and threw for one, while Perez tossed three TD passes. Melrose’s Cedar Rush sc...
Donald Criss has hosted KENW’s tele-auction for the past 30 years and has seen the program evolve from its not-so-well-organized beginning into the popular local event it’s become today. The first tele-auction was held in June of 1975 in order to raise funding for the station to buy programming, according to Criss, the director of production services at KENW located on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. Criss said the first auction was held on two consecutive Saturdays with chalkboards used to keep tra...
Here at the Institute for Intellectual Stuff (our motto is, “We Research Thorny Problems Such as Poverty and Baldness”), we’ve recently spent time delving into another timeless issue: Are men and women really different? Of course they are, dummy. Anyone can see that. Proof can be found in arguments between the sexes. Women always win. There’s no middle ground, no compromise, no armistice. If the battle’s ever in doubt, they starch your shorts. Men, on the other hand, gain a temporary upper hand only if they’ve done someth...
Moreland/Fox Chris Moreland of Vadito and Jay and Robin Valerio of Phoenix, Ariz., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Kellin Moreland, to Clayton Fox, son of Ronald and Marie Fox, of Portales. The couple will exchange vows at 6 p.m. on June 17 at the First Baptist Church in Portales. The reception will be held in Clovis. Decker/Wood Jerry D. and Laura Wood of Portales announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their son, Marcus Wood of Lubbock, Texas, to Mika Decker, of Lubbock,... Full story
Roosevelt County Educational Employees The educational retirees met May 18 at Golden Acres Center. Mercedes Agogino and Mary Clotfelter were hostesses. President Faye Keener called the meeting to order with the pledges to the flags and the minutes and treasurer’s report were read and approved. Johnny Parker, Portales Police Department, brought an informative program titled “Crime and the Senior Citizen.” After the program, the proposed bylaws and constitution were presented to the group. They were instructed to go over the p...
Sparks/Ashby Brittany D. Sparks of Portales and J.T. Ashby of Tulsa, Okla., were joined in marriage May 27, 2006, at the First Baptist Church of Fort Sumner. The Rev. Coy Brewer performed the wedding. The bride is the daughter of Larry and Cynthia Sparks of Portales. The bridegroom is the son of Don and Donna Ashby of Carrizozo. Maid of honor was Katey Anderson. Bestman was Scott M. Ashby. Ringbearer was Dustin B. Sparks. The candle lighters were the mothers of the bride and groom. The couple will reside in Tulsa, Okla. The... Full story
Upcoming events Registration and First Day of School will be August 18th. A Honor Roll Brittney Burns, Carley Dement, Kelli Johnson, Adriana Abarca, Randi Hale, Hannah Love, Brook Reed, Hannah Benoit, Jordan Terry, Madeline Love, Tanna Whitecotton, Nallely Mendoza, Tait Nall, Tori Tucker, Jose Mendoza, Roberto Mendoza, Delta Navarette, Tessa Nall, Shelby Essary, Brandon Nunn, Lyric Ortiz, Amanda Schmidt, Gabbie Banister, Nathan Sumpter, Brayan Navarro, Ch’ree Essary, Mercedes Garcia, Kalysia Posey A-B Honor Roll Matt B...
Information on using Sol-u-Web, choosing proper foods for diabetics, and cleaning tips for heirloom fabrics will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m. (All times are Mountain). “Creative Living” airs on public broadcasting station, KENW-TV, from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. Jane Schenck is with Pellon Consumer Productions in Durham, N.C. She will show a new sewing aid for machine embroidery called Sol-u-W...
Now that hot weather is blasting the High Plains — as if hot weather isn’t usually blasting the Plains — it’s high time for one of the coolest creatures to come lurking from its hole. Welcome the season of the rattlesnake. Perhaps the most regrettable aspect of my leaving New Mexico is that I never got to see one up close and personal. Perhaps the only reason I am still alive is that I never got to see one up close and personal. Heck, I didn’t even get to hear its infamous rattle. Sure, I know what they look like, thanks to...
Linden Weese is going slowly in his new job as Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball coach. The longtime assistant to Marsha Sharp at Texas Tech admits he’s still trying to sort things out a bit at the Division II and Lone Star Conference level. “I think we’ve had a good spring,” said Weese, who has signed two players to national letters of intent so far and is hoping to add at least one more. “I just didn’t want to panic and rush into anything. “I just like the kids we have here now. The chemistry has been good,...
Our children are nearly ready to leave the nest. It seems just like yesterday they were little eggs. OK, I don’t mean children literally. I’m referring our adopted family of swallows. If you’re a regular reader you may remember me telling about the swallows that began building a nest on our front porch earlier in the summer. We left it alone and now we can see two baby swallows peering over the top of the nest with beady little black eyes. The parent swallows built a neat little mud nest, one little beak-sized pellet at a...
As she stood demonstrating to seven or eight pairs of watchful eyes on how to throw a shot put at the Portales High School track, 14-year-old Samantha Ochoa encouraged the girls to do a couple warm up throws so they could get the hang of it. “It’s okay just calm down, don’t rush and try your hardest,” said Ochoa to 10-year-old Bethany Cota. Cota, a newcomer to track and field events, watched on and then took her turn. She lifted her arm, threw the ball and laughed as she watched it fly through the air. “I’ve never done...
Bryant Million: PNT Staff Writer On Tuesday, Roosevelt County voters will cast their votes in the primary elections. County Clerk Janet Collins said the polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Collins said that voters will not need to show voter identification cards, but will need to provide their date of birth and the last four digits of their Social Security number, which they can give verbally. “In-town residents of Portales may find that their precinct voting locations have changed since previous elections,” Col...
Bryant Million: PNT Staff Writer The surf is up in Portales — at least in some places. Scott Arnold, general manager of Yucca TeleCom, said Friday that the company’s new fiber-optic network was turned on two weeks ago in some locations around Portales. He said that as installation is completed, other areas around the city will be turned on as well. Arnold said the fiber-optic network is online for businesses around Portales’ main square and for some residents on Avenues A and B. “We are happy to be able to do this for the cit... Full story
Amy Leaverton of Clovis announces her engagement and approaching marriage to Justin Johnson of Clovis. She is the daughter of Stan Lassiter of Clovis and the late Rebecca Lassiter of Levelland, Texas. He is the son of Wade Wilson and Sondra Johnson, both of Clovis. The couple will exchange vows at 5:30 p.m. July 2 at 1597 Highway 60/84. The reception will follow the ceremony. The bride-elect is a 1995 graduate of Levelland High School. The prospective groom is a 1996 graduate of Clovis High School. The ceremony and reception...
Portales municipal school district will receive $1 million over the next three years to provide in-depth training in American history to 75 elementary and secondary teachers. The school district will use the grant to partner with Eastern New Mexico University’s Department of History, Humanities and Social Sciences and other museums to improve teachers’ knowledge and understanding of traditional American history through intensive, on-going professional development. The grant also will benefit the districts of Clovis, Dor...
For the better park of a week, prospective New Mexico high school boys will be taking a crash course in democracy. Starting June 4, Boys’ State will be holding its 2006 leadership program at Eastern New Mexico University to teach high school students about the interworkings of the government. During the course of the program, the students will be participating in a mock democracy, said Robert Jaramillo, commander of American Legion Post 69. Officials will be elected to form legislatures from a city council up to a state g...
A sampling of Curry County residents listed traffic control, an increased presence, and drug and crime prevention as priorities for the county’s sheriff’s department. On the cusp of the local primary election, citizens say they are looking for someone who can address these issues. Voters will decide Tuesday if Wesley Myers, Doug Bowman Jr. or Matt Murray will be the next sheriff. All three are seeking the Republican nomination, and the winner will run unopposed in Nov...
Former Clovis Community College President Beverlee McClure bowed down from that position last August to become New Mexico’s first secretary of higher education. The Odessa, Texas, native oversees a staff of 33, which is expected to grow by 13 positions in the next year, she said. In April 2005, the New Mexico Higher Education Department was forged with the intent of strengthening institutions of higher education in the state, McClure said. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education indicated a l... Full story
Clovis police cars escort the beginning of the Pioneer Days Parade. (Staff photo: Andy DeLisle) Michael Harrell: Freedom Newspapers ProRodeo Hall-of-Famer Glen Franklin waved to the crowds from a white Chevy Suburban Saturday morning as grand marshal of the Pioneer Days Parade on Main Street in Clovis. The 70-year-old was disappointed he couldn’t lead the parade on horseback because of a hip replacement and bad back, according to his friends. As a lifetime resident of House, Franklin found rodeo at an early age. Dogs, c...
The cousin of a suspect wanted by police in connection with a homicide Wednesday feels his relative is being unfairly portrayed. Javier Martinez believes his cousin Tony Martinez must have been acting in self-defense if he shot and killed Hugo Ochoa, 32, as police allege. Ochoa was found dead Wednesday night from a single gunshot wound about a block from the Clovis police station. Police issued a warrant for Tony Martinez’ arrest the next day. He will be charged with murder if... Full story
