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The experience of a lifetime. That's how Realtor Tammy Waters described working on the HGTV reality show House Hunters. The episode called "Space to Showcase in New Mexico" will show Waters helping Vinny Hall find a place to live. It airs at 8 p.m. Thursday. "A single buyer looks to move so he can be closer to family in Clovis," the show notes report. "He's looking for a stylish bungalow with space for all his stuff, but he may need to get out of his comfort zone and price...
Jonathan Fuentes remembers playing school when he was a young child. "It was funny because we'd have a teacher and ... I was either the principal or the superintendent, so I knew I wanted to lead in education," he said. "At that age, I didn't know it was higher education until I got to about college and grad school," Fuentes said. His dream has been realized. He becomes the sixth president of Clovis Community College on July 1. First as a student in the 1990s, the past five...
Note: What follows is something I wrote in January 2000. As another Father’s Day is approaching, I’d like to share these words with you again. It’s been just a little over 24 hours since I got word that the kindest, gentlest, strongest, and best man I have ever known passed away. He was my father. Though many thoughts have been racing through my mind, I’ve realized that, if everybody had a father like I had a father, well, lots would be different in this world. If everybo...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Xavier Ransom, 30, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Willie Johnson, 58, failure to appear on a felony charge, probation violation, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jennifer Segura, 54, shoplifting • Mi’Linda Gallegos, 22, probation violation • Christopher Lujan, 37, criminal sexual contact of a minor in the second degree, criminal sexual penetration in the second degree • Ralph Flores, 56, failure to comply with specific requ...
While sitting in the Guy Leeder Complex bleachers at last weekend's Guy Leeder Invitational, Roger Jackson nodded to the field. "This kid right here, (No.) 27," Jackson said. Jackson, who helps run Clovis USSSA softball, was making the point that this "No. 27" likely never got to experience the legend that is Guy Leeder – the man who transformed adult softball in Clovis from a 1960s hobby to a cultural phenomenon – and that's why holding the tournament was so essential...
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Kevin Fite was recently named athletic director at Eastern New Mexico University. He most recently worked at Oklahoma State University where he was senior associate athletics director for compliance. Q: What was the hiring process like? A: I was looking for an opportunity, and I live in Oklahoma and I was wanting to stay as close as I could to my daughter who attends University of Oklahoma....
On this date ... 1950: About 1,100 fans came out to Bell Park and were treated to a 6-3 victory by the hometown Clovis Pioneers over Pampa, Texas, in a West Texas-New Mexico League baseball game. Left-hander Tom Gallagher improved to 2-2 on the season, holding the Oilers hitless into the sixth inning and allowing just three hits overall. Gallagher finished with an 11-13 record and a 6.02 earned run average in his final season of professional baseball, according to baseballreference.com . 1951: Gov. Edwin Mechem, in the area...
It was a good week for the Reagan family. Not so much for the Biden clan. Last Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, where my father is buried, there was a fine ceremony to mark the 20th year of his passing and recall the conservative principles that powered his domestic and foreign successes. And on Thursday, when the library marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day, it also celebrated the famous speech my father gave 40 years ago when he traveled to Normandy to ho...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg deserves to take a bow following his undeniable victory. A New York jury delivered a guilty verdict in a trial largely devoid of political theater and intense media upheaval. That’s thanks to a judge who, during the multiple-week trial, managed to maintain civility and order and ensure the rights of all parties were upheld fairly. Former President Trump was convicted on not one, not two, but 34 felony counts. Supporters are outraged. D...
Clovis Regional Airport is scheduled to host a “full-scale emergency exercise” from 8 a.m. to noon today. “This exercise aims to enhance coordination and preparedness among multiple agencies, ensuring a swift and effective response to any potential emergency,” according to a city of Clovis news release. The release warns area residents that the exercise will result in “an increased presence of response vehicles heading to and operating at the Clovis Regional Airport.” The activities are part of the scheduled training, b...
I must admit to a certain grudge against Californians who come rolling into New Mexico with an attitude of superiority over us poor souls. It’s a prejudice I developed after a few years living in the Land of Enchantment, after seeing more than enough arrogant Californians coming in and trying to tell the rest of us how best to live and behave. I’ve held the same grudge against Texas, but developed it years earlier while growing up in Arkansas. But I felt my own attitude of superiority when, within just a few years: the Raz...
Clovis Municipal Schools has two new principals. Longtime CMS educator and administrator Pamela Estock is the new boss at Lockwood Early Childhood Center. Tara Gillins-Hubbarb, a former New Jersey educator, is the new principal at James Bickley Elementary, according to CMS news releases. Estock has spent 17 years within the CMS district. The release states her career began in 2007, when she was hired as a preschool special education teacher. She later became a reading specialist at the Academy of Arts at Bella Vista and...
Portales school board members on Monday discussed online access to meetings and said goodbye to Superintendent Johnnie Cain. Cain is retiring after 11 years with the district. “Thank you, Mr. Cain, for everything that you’ve done for me and the chances you’ve taken on me,” said Portales High Principal Nathan Dodge. The board on March 4 hired Sharon Rowley to succeed Cain. Rowley is principal at Fort Sumner schools and previously worked in Portales schools for 4 ½ years. Cain’s final meeting was spent on routine business t...
Father’s Day is Sunday. I haven’t written much about my father. It’s only in the past few years I found the words to give him the praise he deserves. You see Dad was a mid-20th century career man. He worked his job constantly. Mom took care of us kids. And he was not to be bothered when he was home. What I remember most about Dad was he yelled a lot. It was tough having a conversation with him. He didn’t talk much to my brother, my sister or me. In our house if you wanted to talk to Dad, you talked to Mom. I finally underst...
The man charged with killing New Mexico State Police Patrolman Justin Hare in March threatened healthcare workers while he was being treated for injuries after his capture. Jaremy Smith, 33, of South Carolina, also threatened a former girlfriend and a travel companion before Hare was killed. And he is accused of entering an empty ranch house near Newkirk, where he ate food and stole ammunition, cash and a pickup truck before being shot and apprehended by police in Albuquerque...
Clovis' annual Draggin' Main festivities continue through Saturday night, highlighted with the cruise across the bricks of Main Street wrapping up around midnight. Clovis police will be there to remind the car enthusiasts: safety first. "The Clovis Police Department has always been supportive of events such as these, which draw our community together," Clovis Deputy Police Chief Trevor Thron wrote in an emailed response to questions from The News. "(O)ur goal is for it to be...
