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PORTALES — There's plenty of seven-on-seven football to be seen the next few weeks in Portales, with the biggest helping coming today and tomorrow. But no matter how many players are out there, the goal is the same: Getting better. Portales High is hosting its weekly passing league tonight at 6, featuring teams from Portales, Clovis, Eunice, Dora and Texico. Then Friday, Eastern New Mexico University gets into the game with its 7-on-7 competition that will draw from t...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball coach Josh Prock has been invited to speak July 25 at the Oklahoma Coaches Association Clinic, according to a release from ENMU. The clinic is open to all coaches in Oklahoma. Prock, who served in various positions at the University of Oklahoma from 1998 to 2005, will speak for his first time at the clinic. "It is a great honor to be asked to speak at the Oklahoma Coaches Association Clinic and go back to my home state to speak in front of all my friends," Prock sai...
PORTALES — Bike riders rejoice. You can save your 50 cents. An antiquated chapter from the Portales municipal code requiring bicycle owners to register with the city will be deleted, following an ordinance approval Tuesday from city councilors. Acting on a city initiative to eliminate old codes no longer relevant or effective, City Manager Sammy Standefer noticed the outdated section and brought it to the City Council last month. Adopted March 4, 1975, the rule required a 50-cent annual licensing fee for each bicycle operated...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Monday-Tuesday: Clovis • Chastity Dominguez, 24, failure to appear • Fernando Sena, 41, probation violation • Stephen Muscato, 37, attempt to commit a felony (child abuse — no death or great bodily harm) • Frank Howard, 37, receiving stolen property • Brandon Ryan, 30, breaking and entering • Javier Rodriguez-Bejarano, 44, driving while license suspended • Jacob Ratigan, 21, possession of drug paraphernalia • Tanner Autrey, 23, aggravated stalking, driving under the influen...
On this date ... 1967: Cannon Air Force Base was preparing to host a firepower display featuring 18 different aircraft at the Melrose bombing range. Air Force Academy cadets were invited to one show, while anyone interested was admitted to a second performance. 1967: Security National Bank of Roswell was inviting eastern New Mexico residents to see "the internationally famous Peter Hurd portrait of President Johnson" on display in the bank's lobby. Hurd was contracted to...
PORTALES — The city of Portales’ proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year calls for a 0.5 percent increase in spending. City Finance Director Marilyn Rapp said proposed changes include an increase of $44,972 in general fund expenditures. “We have some increases in salaries and other costs. The biggest increases are utilities and insurance,” Rapp said. She said the additional funding is coming from the city’s beginning cash balances, which contain money the city didn’t spend in previous years. The proposed budget for...
School schedules announced Clovis Municipal Schools on Wednesday released the district’s school schedule pickup and open house. CMS’ first day of classes is Aug. 14. Schedule pickup for middle schools is from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 1-2 at these locations: • Gattis Main Gym 575-769-4305 • Marshall Foyer 575-769-4410 • Yucca Main Gym 575-769-4420 Open House for middle schools is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 10. The Clovis High School schedule distribution will be held from 8 a.m. to 1...
PORTALES - Eastern New Mexico University has welcomed its newest dean for the College of Fine Arts. Jeff Gentry is in his second week on the job. ENMU has been on the hunt for a new dean since 2015 and appointed Gentry in March. "I'm very excited about the people that I get to work with," Gentry said, "The (department) chairs are particularly helpful, experienced and informative." Students will have an attractive and well-rounded learning experience at ENMU, especially in the...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Executive Director Justin Howalt said Tuesday the authority received no Water Trust Board funding for the 2017 fiscal year. “On the state level, as you know, there was obviously a special session a couple of months ago, and as part of that special session,” he said at a Portales City Council meeting Tuesday, “part of the bill to shore up the general fund eliminated Water Trust Board funding for FY 17.” The Water Trust Board is a public entity that makes recommendations for...
Today • Commission on Older Adults — 3 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Clovis City Commission Executive Session — 5:15 p.m. in Genealogy Room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9654 Monday • Road Viewer Committee — 9 a.m. at Allsup’s in Elida. Road up for possible closure is SRR 28, 1 mile east from SRR AC. Information: 575-356-6662 Tuesday • Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Committee — Noon at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority ...
Today • Childrens’ Storyhour — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library for ages 3-6. Theme: Cats vs. dogs. Which pet is best? Information: 575-769-7840 • Blooming Talent — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Guest: Lubbock Science Spectrum. Information: 575-356-3940 Friday • Friday Flix — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Movie: “Middle School: Worst Years of My Life” Information: 575-356-3940 • 42 Shoot Out domino tournament — 7 p.m. at Texico Senior Center. 6 p.m. registration. Entry fee: $30 per team. Information...
Two Portales High School students with a passion for the performing arts have spent many of their waking hours in Lubbock this summer, honing their acting skills in preparation for a musical that opened last weekend across the state line. Liam Hurley and Mackenzie Privett are both rising seniors at PHS. They hope that eastern New Mexico theater-goers will make the drive they’ve practically memorized to see the Moonlight Children’s Theater production of “Shrek the Music...
