Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — Clovis High boys soccer coach Greg Trujillo had gotten used to his teams winning the old District 4-6A championship, or at least being in the hunt. Last year, in six-team District 2-6A, the Wildcats came up short in their bid to reach the postseason, finishing 9-10 (5-5 district). Trujillo, beginning his 10th season at the helm, said the Cats have most of their defense to replace from last season, but he added that they should feel more comfortable in a district which includes four Albuquerque schools and Santa Fe H...
CLOVIS — Incoming Clovis City Manager Justin Howalt assumes the new position Oct. 2, taking the reins from Interim City Manager Tom Phelps and vacating his role as executive director for the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority. Howalt, who grew up in Clovis and graduated from New Mexico State University in 1999, worked in Texas and Florida before returning in 2009 to work as the city engineer in Clovis. His three-year contract for city manager stipulates he will also f...
To many skeptics, the decline in America’s oil and gas production more than a decade ago — and rising dependence on OPEC imports — demonstrated the energy industry’s shaky future. Fast forward to today. Thanks to the development of shale deposits using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, the United States is now the world’s leading producer of oil and natural gas. According to the Energy Information Administration, the number of drilling rigs is basically flat, but production continues to increase in shale for...
Spoiler alert: Graphic content coming up. You’ll be warned again. I’ve never gone to the land down under. As the Men at Work would say, I’ve never been to the place where the women grow and plunder. I can’t hear, I can’t hear the thunder. I’ve never had to run, or take cover. No, I’ve never been to Australia. But there’s another under I’ve never been to either — anesthesia. Whenever I hear one of those heartbreaking stories about a random child who’s had seven surgeries before age 5, I feel terrible for two reasons. First, t...
It’s back to school time in New Mexico. But throughout the summer three big education-related headlines have framed education policy issues that will impact our school children this year and for years to come. 1) The recently completed court hearing as to whether New Mexico’s education system is “adequate” and whether the courts should attempt to force legislators to spend as much as an extra $600 million on K-12; 2) Sen. Mimi Stewart, a liberal Democrat and union support...
Following last week’s column about my 12-word memoirs, readers submitted theirs: • One thing I like is a good show — lightning struck; sound/flash. — Sheila Schelling • Norman Rockwell childhood; tragedies struck midlife; wonderful son, outdoors, and archaeology redeem. — David Kilby • Similar background, time and place, who we are was laid in place. — Mike Harper • We have come too far now to be stopped by a technicality. — Jason W. Brooks • Raised by grandparents as own ...
“We don’t know how to teach kids from poverty. They come with no skills — well, they have street-fighting skills. They’ve got a lot of skills; they’re just not academic skills.” — State Sen. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, chair of the Legislative Education Study Committee It’s hard to know where to start addressing the senator’s comments, made at a national conference on states complying with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. You could begin with trying to imagine hearing Stewart’s comments as a child or parent in a low-...
Tylie Garrison is a seventh-grader at Texico Middle School. Previously, she was the sixth-grade class president and has been on the A honor roll list for three consecutive years. This year, she plans to be involved in junior high sports. Tylie enjoys spending time with friends and family. Each year she takes a camping trip with her grandparents, her brother, cousin, and her grandma's cat. She cares for show animals and enjoys promoting the sport of rodeo. She started riding...
About the time I finished my ear of sweet corn the other night I had reached the end of my rope with the little dog cussing us from her perch in the living room, wanting a handout. I offered to take her out with my corncob, confessing to my wife that once upon a time I was a genuine lethal threat pitching a corncob. She seemed skeptical so I started to tell her my story. She interrupted and told me she wasn’t interested. I vowed to tell it anyway in a column. I guess by s...
Information on working with wooden pallets, recipes with “add-on” ingredients to kick up nutrition and the importance of milk in our daily diet will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday. Bruce Johnson is the spokesperson for Minwax in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. He’s going to show an inexpensive way to create gifts for friends or make items for your own home with pallets that do not require advanced woodworking skills or equipm...
It's officially time to focus on your fall fashion. Fortunately, you’re in the transition stages of your wardrobe as far as the weather is concerned so you don’t necessarily have to put your summer pieces away. This fall, save the shoppping splurges. Instead, remix some of your favorite style pieces from last year and years before that you may not have gotten a chance to wear. For example, there are a few classics that you will want to bring forward that will always be timeles...
PORTALES — Including his redshirt season, this is Lane Cummings' fifth year in the Greyhound football program, and the Las Cruces native is far from the only experienced guy in the Eastern New Mexico University locker room. Including his time as an assistant coach, this is the sixth year in the program for new head coach Kelley Lee. Though its path has changed from the isolation of the old stadium at Blackwater Draw, little has changed for the Greyhound Way with a new s...
On this date ... 1967: Chewing gum helped a man escape from the Red River County Jail in Clarksville, Texas. Officials said George L. Badgett, 31, managed to saw apart some bars of his cell. He then used the gum to make it appear the bars were still together. Badgett was in jail awaiting trial for allegations he wrote bad checks. He climbed through a window and lowered himself to the ground with a rope made of blanket pieces. “We don’t consider him dangerous, but we don’t have the slightest idea where he went,” Justice...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Fair reminds countless area youth about the time they sold an animal for hundreds or thousands, paving the way for college tuition or that first vehicle. Fair week gives Keize Montoya a chance to come back to the place where he first learned to love music as part of his dad's Tejano band. Even though she grew up a La Cueva Bear, Stefani Montiel is looking forward to the fair for a chance to be with friends and family while doing what she loves. But m...
MELROSE — Traditions die hard and not even a threat of rain could keep Melrose from celebrating on Saturday. The community’s annual Old Timers’ Day brought hundreds together at the city park, as it has since it began in 1954, said Vicky Smith, president of the Melrose Chamber of Commerce. Longtime resident James Townsend said the celebration is rooted in agriculture. “Right after the harvest was over and everyone’s crops were in, they had dinner on the grounds together,” Townsend said. They played games and renewed friendship...
Curry County Fair Tuesday-Saturday Curry County Fairgrounds Nightly admission: Ages 13-55, $7; Ages 55+, $6; Ages 5-12, $3; Ages 4-under, free Weekly pass: Ages 13-55, $18; Ages 55+, $15; Ages 5-12, $8; Ages 4-under, free Discounted nights: Tuesday, Food Bank Night ($5 discount for carnival wristbands with two cans of donated food); Wednesday, Dollar Ride Night; Thursday, Thrifty Nickel coupon day (four wristbands/$80) Tuesday 8 a.m.: Open Horse Show, Mounted Patrol Arena 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Ag & Home Arts Buildings closed f...
Monday • Dora schools — 6 p.m., conference room at 100 School St., Dora. Information: 575-477-2211 • Portales schools — 6 p.m., board room at L.C. Cozzens Administrative Building, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission chambers at county offices. Information: 575-763-6016 • Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Committee — Noon at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse. Informa...
Monday • Child Find screening clinic — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Fort Sumner schools. For children from birth-5 years. Information: 575-355-7766 • Produce to the People — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Memorial Building, Portales. Bring your own bags. Information: 575-359-1048 ext. 1. Wednesday • Stitch Addicts — 7:15 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Lesson: Tea towels and scrubbies. Information: 575-763-9687 Ongoing • Pintores artist of the month — Brackston Taylor is the Pintores Art League featured artist for August at Clovis-Carver P...
Annual conference starts Tuesday CLOVIS — The New Mexico Municipal League’s 60th annual conference is scheduled Tuesday through Friday in Clovis. About 500 government officials are expected to attend the conference, according to a city of Clovis news release. The municipal league is a non-profit, non-partisan association that represents New Mexico’s cities, towns and villages, the release said. Delegates are scheduled to attend committee and business meetings, assist with a community service project at the Matt 25 Hope Cente...
Beta Phi Seven members of Beta Phi, Collene Baldwin, George Hay, Royce Lorenz, Patsy Lorenz, Beverly Miller, Suzy Moore, Wendy D.J. Slaughter and Zoey White, one pledge, Joennette Bass and two guests, Jeff and Sandy Heath, were at the Buffalo Grill and Salad Bar for lunch and to see the new pledge initiated by club President Beverly Miller. Following initiation, the group went to United Way to donate school supplies and stuffed the bus. Also, Epsilon Sigma Alpha Society was in the 47th Annual Pioneer Days Parade on June 3....
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch — Spaghetti w/meat sauce, garden salad, mini carrots w/ranch, orange smiles. Tuesday: Breakfast — Donut. Lunch — Turkey and cheese croissant, veggie dippers w/ranch, fresh apple, oatmeal cookie. Wednesday: Breakfast — Frudel. Lunch — Mac and cheese, seasoned green beans, veggie slices w/ranch, fruit, whole wheat roll. Thursday: Breakfast — Banana bread. Lunch — Chili cheese fries, fresh broccoli w/ranch, fruit. Friday: Breakfast — Eggo waffle. Lunch — P...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory, Clovis Sunday: 2 p.m. gospel sing, ice cream social Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, noon pinochle, 1 p.m. line dance, 5 p.m. business meeting, 5:30 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. and noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, 6 p.m. trivia mania Wednesday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafts Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 9 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m....
