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CLOVIS — Roosevelt County reached the finals of the state Intermediate Little League (ages 11-13) state baseball tournament at Mike Harris Field, but lost twice to Albuquerque-based East Mountain in the double-elimination event. After beating Ruidoso 21-0 on Friday in the opening round of the four-team, double-elimination event, RC outlasted East Mountain 24-22 in Saturday’s marathon winners bracket final. East Mountain, though, came back with a 14-4 win on Sunday to force a second championship game, and then won again on...
CLOVIS - First responders involved in the July 4 rescue of a boy found in the pond at Hillcrest Park have been advised to seek medical treatment, Clovis City Manager Tom Phelps said on Monday. "A form of cholera bacteria was found in the pond," Phelps said. "As a precautionary matter and based on physician recommendations, our personnel who were involved in the water rescue have been advised to start taking a doctor recommended course of antibiotics." The Centers for Disease...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s Board of Regents met briefly Monday morning to sign documents necessary for the college’s continued operation. Board President Dan Patterson said during a telephonic meeting that the resolution authorizes “the president and the vice president for business affairs to sign contracts, grants, and other agreements, brought about because we now have a new president.” Jeff Elwell became ENMU’s 10th president this month....
PORTALES — A Portales grocery store will be seeking approval to sell alcohol when the City Council meets at 6:30 tonight. City officials will review a request for a permit to sell liquor, beer and wine by Farmer’s Country Market. The store’s general manager, Robert Garcia, said the store hasn’t sold alcohol since 2003. Other items of interest scheduled for the meeting at Portales’ Memorial Building: • An update on the Ute Pipeline Project by Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Executive Director Justin Howalt. • A publ...
On this date ... 1977: "The Thorn Birds" was the best-selling fiction book, according to Publisher's Weekly. The family saga covered six decades and became a television miniseries in 1983. The best-selling non-fiction book was "Your Erroneous Zones." The self-help book was on the New York Times bestseller list for 64 weeks, including most of 1977. 1977: Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey was the first player to receive more than 4 million votes from fans, leading...
Booked The following were booked into local jails through Friday morning: Clovis • Christopher Padgett, 33, driving while license suspended, no proof of insurance • Arcelia Mascarenas, 28, warrant failure to pay fines, speeding • Madeline Herrera, 22, failure to appear, contempt of court • Roderick Cordova, 24, assault, shoplifting, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Andres Navarro, 23, no insurance • April Lucero, 31, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, concealing identity, p...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis’ information technology director was arrested last month, accused of carrying a gun in Love Field Airport while on a work-related trip, records show. Paul Nelson, 40, was arrested June 11 “for bringing a weapon into the secure part of the airport,” said Dallas Police Department Public Information Officer Debra Webb. Nelson did not immediately respond to messages left at his office and on his cell phone on Monday. But on June 29, he declined to answer questions about the incident. Clovis’ Interim C...
Today • 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 • Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m. at Clovis Airport. Information: 575-769-7890 Wednesday • Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m. regular meeting at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Thursday • Commission on Older Adults — 3 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Clovis City Commission executive session — 5:15 p.m. i...
Today • 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 Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Budding Artists — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: Simple sew keychains. Information: 575-356-3940 • Cody and the Clovis Zoo reptiles — 10 a.m., 2 p.m. at Clovis-Carv...
Their healing powers and beneficial attributes have been so highly touted in recent years, pets are beginning to earn a reputation as a medicine of sorts. But it turns out, the benefits might say more about the people that own pets, than the pets themselves. The list of things credited to companion animals — such as reducing heart-attack risks, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, increasing physical fitness, soothing distress, lowered health-care costs and contributing t...
The Independence Day effort to save a 12-year-old boy from drowning at Hillcrest Park's pond brings to mind Rito Mendez. Like the emergency responders who rushed to pull Gevion Lewis from the filthy waters of Hillcrest's pond on Tuesday, Mendez risked his life for a struggling child. That happened on Nov. 1, 1936, at the Santa Fe rail yards. Lavelle Brown was 7 when she fell in a water tank 12 feet deep. Mendez and three other railway workers - T. E. Montgomery, M. H. Hailey and W. M. Burgett - rushed over when they heard...
