Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Portales High School has doubled up to fill its only head coaching vacancy over the summer. The girls soccer team will have co-coaches for the 2015 season. Portales High Athletic Director Mark Gallegos said Laurel Kerg, an assistant on last year’s Ram squad, will be joined by Eanna O’Gorman. O’Gorman played two seasons for the Greyhounds as a defender, starting 17 of his 26 games and 10 of his 12 games as a senior. The Portales girls finished 8-11-1 under Sarah Vasquez last season, and were eliminated by fifth-seeded Sandi... Full story
Staff report CASPER, Wyo. — Eastern New Mexico University’s Hayden Todd is so far having a great third round at the College National Finals Rodeo. With a dozen riders still to compete, according to results posted at the CNFR website, Todd was first in the short go on barrel racing at a time of 13.74 seconds. With 13 riders still to go in the third go, Todd was first in goat tying with a time of 6.2 seconds. Kortney Cleveland, meanwhile, finished sixth in barrel racing with a time of 13.93 seconds. Todd is well ahead in the...
Staff report CASPER, Wyo. — Eastern New Mexico University’s Hayden Todd is so far having a great third round at the College National Finals Rodeo. With a dozen riders still to compete, according to results posted at the CNFR website, Todd was first in the short go on barrel racing at a time of 13.74 seconds. With 13 riders still to go in the third go, Todd was first in goat tying with a time of 6.2 seconds. Kortney Cleveland, meanwhile, finished sixth in barrel racing with a time of 13.93 seconds. Todd is well ahead in the...
link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero STAFF WRITER [email protected] With more than 40 contestants to narrow down, Miss New Mexico Pageant judges have their work cut out for them. Judges took to their scoresheets Thursday night to help narrow the field during the Miss New Mexico Pageant’s first night of preliminary events. Thurday’s events included the on-stage question, swimsuit, talent, and evening gown portions for the Miss New Mexico contestants. Teen Miss New Mexico con... Full story
link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Miss New Mexico and Miss Outstanding Teen New Mexico contestants perform a choreographed routine before introducing themselves during Thursday’s pageant preliminaries. With more than 40 contestants to narrow down, Miss New Mexico Pageant judges have their work cut out for them. Judges took to their score sheets Thursday night to help narrow the field during the Miss New Mexico Pageant’s first night of preliminary events. Thursday's events inc...
The Clovis City Commission met Thursday at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Commissioners Fidel Madrid and Randy Crowder did not attend. All action items listed below passed on 6-0 votes: • The commission approved an easement on the 3600 block of Benjamin Davis for a fence that encroaches into the alley by 9.5 feet, with a caveat that City Manager Larry Fry work on an ordinance that would stiffen penalties on contractors who do work that doesn’t follow their permits. Building Safety Director Pete Wilt sai... Full story
DEPUTY EDITOR [email protected] Following dispelled concerns about water usage and odors, the Clovis City Commission unanimously approved a $140 million tax exemption that would bring three levels of renewable fuel production to the Clovis Industrial Park. Houston-based Natural Chem Eco-Fuels, LLC intends to build a complex at the Clovis Industrial Development Park. The complex would include a biodiesel plant, motor fuel blending terminal, liquefied natural gas production plant and glycerine refinery. Natural Chem is...
MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] Eastern New Mexico University will see an 8-year electrical project come to a close with money from a capital outlay bill recently signed into law by Gov. Susana Martinez. The bill was approved in the recent special legislative session and signed Wednesday by Martinez. ENMU Vice President of Business Affairs Scott Smart said the $6 million project to replace ENMU’s electrical grid began in 2007 with the campus rewiring their main power loop. Smart said the university needed $900,000 i...
Staff Writer [email protected] Ute Reservoir is storing 75 percent of capacity after having received almost 10 inches of rain, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority learned Thursday at its meeting in Texico. Chairwoman Gayla Brumfield also announced Curry County Commissioner Wendell Bostwick will be replacing outgoing member Caleb Chandler, Clovis Mayor David Lansford will be replacing outgoing member Clovis Mayor Pro-Tem Juan Garza, and Ronald Moore of Melrose will be replacing Lewis Cooper of Texico. The changes...
Staff report New Mexico State Police have identified a person they believe fled from a fatal single-vehicle crash the morning of June 7 near N.M. 267 and North Industrial Drive in Portales. A warrant has been filed for Jose Calderon, 25. He faces charges of homicide by vehicle (third degree felony), great bodily injury by vehicle (third degree felony), leaving the scene of an accident, possession of a firearm by a felon (fourth degree felony) and negligent use of a deadly weapon (petty misdemeanor). The initial investigation...
Civic duty... • Clovis is looking for someone — an adult — to serve on its Planning & Zoning Commission. If you're interested, contact the city manager's office at 575-769-7828. New officer... • One of three new officers elected to the Farm Credit of New Mexico board is local farmer and rancher J. Stanley Fury of Broadview. In addition to farming wheat and sorghum, he sells used guardrails to ranchers and farmers and volunteers on the Broadview Fire Department. There she is... • Teen Miss Rodeo New Mexico 2015-16 is Kristi...
Misconceptions about different social groups are abundant anywhere you go, but taking the time to become familiar with someone from a particular social group can completely change the way a person views the world around them. link Joshua Lucero Since high school I have hung out with a group of people (people who frequent or frequented the local skatepark) who were labeled as trouble makers, losers, and degenerates by most of the people I knew outside of that circle. Much of... Full story
God loves his children so completely that he could not possibly love us more and he will never choose to love us less. We are absolutely secure in that love. Why is that so hard for us to believe? link Curtis Shelburne It’s as if we were an orphan in 18th century England who has been bought out of the poorhouse, taken out of the sweatshop, by the kindest gentleman in the world. We’ve traded our rags for the finest clothes and our swill for the finest food. We’re almost afrai...
Editor’s note: The following is the first in a new series in which we profile religious leaders in Roosevelt County: link Prince Kelsey Prince, 21, is the youth director at First United Methodist Church in Portales. Prince is a student at Eastern New Mexico University majoring in communications with an emphasis in journalism. She is also Miss Blackwater Draw and a contestant in the 2015 Miss New Mexico pageant being held this week at ENMU. What does your job as youth d...
Civic duty... • Clovis is looking for someone — an adult — to serve on its Planning & Zoning Commission. If you're interested, contact the city manager's office at 575-769-7828. New officer... • One of three new officers elected to the Farm Credit of New Mexico board is local farmer and rancher J. Stanley Fury of Broadview. In addition to farming wheat and sorghum, he sells used guardrails to ranchers and farmers and volunteers on the Broadview Fire Department. There she is... • Teen Miss Rodeo New Mexico 2015-16 is Kristi...
Staff Writer [email protected] The Curry County Fairgrounds and Gattis Middle School were swarming with activity this week for the Southeast District 4-H Contest. More than 200 junior and novice competitors from nine counties arrived in Clovis to compete in agriculture and other skills contests Wednesday and Thursday. “This is the cream of the crop right here,” said Janelle Duffey, New Mexico State University county extension agent. To qualify to compete at the district contest, the kids first had to win spots on the...
Staff Writer [email protected] Ute Reservoir is storing 75 percent of capacity after having received almost 10 inches of rain, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority learned Thursday at its meeting in Texico. Chairwoman Gayla Brumfield also announced Curry County Commissioner Wendell Bostwick will be replacing outgoing member Caleb Chandler, Clovis Mayor David Lansford will be replacing outgoing member Clovis Mayor Pro-Tem Juan Garza, and Ronald Moore of Melrose will be replacing Lewis Cooper of Texico. The changes... Full story
Staff report New Mexico State Police have identified a person they believe fled from a fatal single-vehicle crash the morning of June 7 near N.M. 267 and North Industrial Drive in Portales. A warrant has been filed for Jose Calderon, 25. He faces charges of homicide by vehicle, great bodily injury by vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident, possession of a firearm by a felon and negligent use of a deadly weapon. The initial investigation revealed a 1999 Ford pickup traveling south on North Industrial Drive exited the...
Today • Friday Flix — 10:30 a.m., for K-sixth grade, “Zoom” at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. • Heritage Days activity — 6:30 p.m. Christian Country Jamboree at City Park. Information: 575-356-8541. • Miss New Mexico preliminary night 2 — 6 p.m. at University Theater Building. Opening Number/Intros, Group 1- Miss On-stage Question, Group 2- Teen-Fitness, Miss-Swimsuit, Group 1- Teen/Miss Talent, Group 2- Teen-Evening Gown/OSQ, Miss-Evening Gown. Cost: $30. Information: 575-356-5354 or Greg Smith at 5...
Down on the farm link Audra Brown Look, on the farm! It’s a loader, it’s a skidsteer, it’s an ATV! No! It’s. It’s! It’s... I have no idea what it is, but it’s either genius or the silliest thing you’ve ever seen. This story begins, as many of the great ones do, at a farm auction. Every sale has a certain amount of the same things. There are usually some tractors in various states of repair and hue. Some trucks, trailers, and farming implements that may or may not still be of...
