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PORTALES — One signing led to another, and another Portales Ram is getting set to play college basketball. Recent graduate Junior Ramirez has inked a letter-of-intent to play for Ecclesia College in Springdale, Arkansas. "It's something we've been working on since the spring, and we were able to complete it a week or two weeks ago," Portales boys coach Rickie McBroom said. "At Ecclesia, he's going to have an opportunity to play right away, from what we understand. They need a...
CLOVIS — It didn’t take long for first responders to locate the child drowning on July 4 at Hillcrest Park and bring him to an ambulance. For Clovis Police officer Brian Wanzor, one of the first to pull 12-year-old Gevion Lewis from the murky green waters of the pond that afternoon, the event was also a disturbingly close reminder of how quickly tragedy can strike. “I just prayed, man. I was just praying in my head, just wanting him to be alright,” Wanzor said Friday. “I used to swim in those ponds. I lived in that trailer p...
PORTALES - With the temperature staying consistently over 90 degrees this summer, the heat is here and it is not going anywhere. But there are several ways to beat the heat. Here are some of those stories: If it is a water activity, Allison Ciancio will be using it to cool down this summer. Ciancio said her preferred activity is swimming but she has also been taking cold showers and playing in her front lawn with a hose. "Those things are fun and keep me cold," she said. She...
Clovis Gymnastics Academy members Riley Rohrbach and Mikaela Snider finished first and third, respectively, in age 13-14 Level 10 girls trampoline competition at the weeklong USA Gymnastics national competition, which ended last Sunday in Milwaukee. There were 36 entrants in their division. To gain a spot in the national meet, CGA coach Darcy Rohrbach said competitors must earn a qualifying score at either state (New Mexico/Texas) or regional competition, the latter covering...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University has earned the Lone Star Conference’s Academic Excellence Award for the 2016-17 school year, while ENMU women’s teams posted the league’s best cumulative grade point average in three sports. It marked the second time in the four-year history of the honor that ENMU’s men have earned the award, also doing it in 2013-14. “We continue to be so proud of our student-athletes, coaches and programs regarding their academic achievements,” ENMU athletic director Greg Waggoner said in a release...
Almost a dozen athletes from eastern and southeastern New Mexico have qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo, scheduled for July 16-22 at Gillette, Wyoming. The event features more than 1,750 contestants representing 43 states, five provinces in Canadian provinces and Australia. They will compete for more than $200,000 in prizes and $350,000 in scholarships. Among the athletes from the area are Kolter Figg of Clovis (Texico H.S.) and Garrett Baldwin of Muleshoe in team roping. They earned a New Mexico state...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Matadors, a mostly Texas Tech alumni team including Clovis native Jaye Crockett, have moved on to the second round of The Basketball Tournament, scoring a 76-72 win over the Washington Generals. The Matadors move on to a 10:45 a.m. second-round matchup with No. 1 seeded Overseas Elite. The region’s top seed outlasted the Chattanooga Trenches 84-74. Sunday’s winner moves on to the Super 16 in Brooklyn July 20-23 in Brooklyn. The semifinals and championship will be held Aug. 1 and 3, respectively, in Ba...
PORTALES - Getting to enjoy the company of others with similar interests while showing off his 1948 Willys Overland Jeep pickup truck and 1937 Chevrolet Business Coupe is "just a fun thing to do," according to Clovis resident and Desert Cruzers member Chuck Wood. Local car shows are "a lot of people with similar interests; that's what really matters," Wood said. National Car Collector Appreciation Day began in 2011 with Portales joining the nationally held event in 2012 with...
Every year when I visit my childhood home in Montana, I spend my final few days in the laundry room attempting the impossible — making sure I won’t have laundry to do when I get home. It somehow never happens. I do laundry the day before I leave for Montana, and I do laundry the morning I leave Montana. Somehow, there’s still something to be washed. It doesn’t include bed sheets nearly as often as it should. But women, I come to you on behalf of men with a truce: You don’t question us on how often we wash our bedding,...
It will never be 1962 again, but there are some highly placed people who want it to return or have never left that year. Our president, Donald Trump, wants to return manufacturing jobs to the U.S., return Cuba to its Communist enemy status and rebuild the military to Cold War levels. Just like things were in 1962. Even the president cannot reverse globalization and automation, the two forces that have had the worst effects on U.S. manufacturing jobs, which made the U.S a great place to live in 1962. We should keep looking...
While recently going through a treasure/trash trove of my youthful musings, I ran across an essay written as an 18-year-old lonely freshman in a four-person dorm suite at East Texas State University. My hometown roommate and I played high school football, and got stuck rooming with two players from a town that had beaten us, 36-0, in bi-district. They were well-off and rubbed salt in the wound by wearing letter jackets as they pulled up in new sports cars with name-brand...
Whether by design or happenstance, the University of New Mexico’s Athletic Department — which operates on an annual budget of roughly $33 million, but owes the university about $4.4 million — has not undergone a comprehensive audit by UNM’s internal audit department in at least six years. Possibly longer. The audit department has, however, audited: UNM Press; the university president’s travel and entertainment expenses (four times, we’re told); and cash controls at the Pediatrics Department’s bake sales. That random mix is...
On this date ... 1967: The Walgreen Agency at 318 Main in Clovis promoted itself as the city's "Discount drug store." A 100-count bottle of Bayer Aspirin cost 49 cents. Tussy's lipstick was two for $1. A 5-ounce aerosol can for Off insect repellent was 84 cents. 1967: A Clovis woman told city police she found a wedding ring. Pat Alello of 125 Herb street said she found the ring on a street corner. Police said the ring's owner could contact them with a description and it would...
Monday • Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents — 11:30 a.m. special telephonic meeting. Information: 575-562-1011 • Portales Municipal Schools Board — 6 p.m. in board room at L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices. Information: 575-356-7000 Tuesday • Water Policy Advisory Board — 8:30 a.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Cultural and Ethnic Affairs — Noon at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m. special meeting at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-76...
The Clovis Police Department honored some of its own in a small awards ceremony Friday afternoon, according to CPD Captain Roman Romero. Sgt. Dagoberto “Dago” Rodriguez received two life-saving medals: one for his actions during contact with a stabbing victim in June, and the other for “(controlling) arterial bleeding of a gun shot victim last August.” Three other officers received life saving medals: Officer Christian Townsend for “stopping a young woman from jumping off a building,” Officer Travis Loomis for his actions...
Monday • Movie Monday — 12:45 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Movie: “Pets.” Information: 575-769-7840 • Full STEAM Ahead — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: Marker Bots. Information: 575-356-3940 Tuesday • Budding Artists — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library for grades 2-6. Activity: Floriculture and a Spot of Tea. Information: 575-356-3940 • Big Kids Activity Hour — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library for ages 7-11. Information: 575-769-7840 • Quilters Tuesdays — 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public...
Eastern New Mexico University's 10th president is on the job. "It's been great meeting the people who work at the university, people in the community," said Jeff Elwell, who worked his last day as the dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on June 29 before driving 17 hours to Portales. "We stayed in Clovis (on the way to Portales), but we saw several people with either Greyhound or ENMU stuff. One was serving at a place and happ...
Upon meeting him, a person might never guess Lt. Gen. Donald Peterson was a high-ranking Air Force officer who commanded his own base. "He was a three-star general, but you would never know it. That's just the kind of guy he was. He was so humble and personable," said Rob Spencer, Peterson's brother in law. Peterson served in the U.S. Air Force for 35 years and "loved every minute of it," according to his wife, Gayle, who said she thinks her husband would have done the job...
The newest nail trends for this year and 2018 were covered by Harper's Bazaar magazine in June. The magazine revealed what, when and where they reviewed the latest trends. From runway to street style, here’s what might be next for nails: Rose gold French: Virtually every woman has sampled the timeless French manicure. Someone you know may be a loyal follower to this manicure. It has been sampled in many colors before but the newest trend is the metal tip. Lining your tips w...
Information on sculpting yeast dough, working with embossing folders, and making Treat Pops will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Charlene Patton is with the Home Baking Assn., and she’s going to show how to sculpt yeast dough into rolls, a bread basket, and even a turtle and alligator. She says this activity provides lots of fun family baking opportunities. Patton is from Topeka, Kansa...
Growing up in arid eastern New Mexico, it’s a wonder I ever learned to swim — but I did. I even learned to SCUBA dive in Portales. We didn’t get to the city swimming pool too much until I moved to town at age 10, but we did have irrigation ditches. According to my parents, my first swim was the day I fell in the ditch as a toddler. When dad looked up all he could see was my straw hat floating down the ditch. After watching for a second to see if I could dog paddle he pulled me...
