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CLOVIS — Clovis High School's athletic office will begin selling open reserved seats to the public for the 2018 Wildcat football season beginning Monday. The reserved seat tickets are $50 each, or $30 for active duty or retired military with a military ID. The cost covers all five regular-season games this season at Leon Williams Stadium, starting with a Sept. 7 game against Rio Rancho. The Wildcats also host Lubbock Coronado Sept. 21, Lubbock Cooper Sept. 28 (homecoming), E...
TEXICO — As high school coaches watch their players step up to the next level, it’s bittersweet. For Texico baseball coach Ty Thatcher, it was mostly the “sweet” part on Thursday afternoon. Thatcher hosted a brief ceremony in the Texico High School Gym lobby, one in which Ben Crist and Nathan Phipps were honored for earning shots at college baseball. Crist signed a letter of intent for Division III Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. Phipps, meanwhile, made his written commitment to play for a National Associa...
NEW YORK - The clarity and the command. The daring and the discipline. The thrill of her voice and the truth of her emotions. Like the best actors and poets, nothing came between how Aretha Franklin felt and what she could express, between what she expressed and how we responded. Blissful on "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman." Despairing on "Ain't No Way." Up front forever on her feminist and civil rights anthem "Respect." Franklin, the glorious "Queen of Soul" and geni...
CLOVIS — Before their mortarboards soar into the air at graduation, the Clovis High School senior class will send some balloons into the sky. Marissa Cabrera, the student body president, said seniors plan to meet at 5:45 a.m. Saturday at Leon Williams Stadium to release balloons with their goals written on them. “We just wanted to set a tradition for the future just so more classes can start doing this,” Cabrera said. She said the idea came from a fellow student council member in New Mexico who told Cabrera about it at the a...
CLOVIS — As the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority narrows in on awarding a construction bid for its next phase of development, its board on Thursday approved the adoption of a finance committee to bring more eyes to its regular expenditure and budget reviews. The committee will consist of ENMWUA Administrator Orlando Ortega and three others — authority chairman David Lansford, vice-chair Ron Jackson and secretary Robert Thornton, with the option for rotating alternates among the latter trio. “I think it would be a...
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records through Thursday at the Curry County clerk’s office: • Jonathan Justin De La Garza, 33, to Savannah Louise Ziegler, 22, both of Clovis • John Carroll Stone, 22, of Clovis, to Shelbey Anne Bilnoski, 25, of Gladewater, Texas • Kendall C. Mudgett, 27, to Emilie D. Bouillon, 25, both of Melrose • Ramon Garcia, 29, to Annette Leticia Torres, 27, both of Farwell • Frank Todd Gill, 55, of Levelland, Texas, to Tanji Michele Crandell Strickland, 39, of Clovis • To...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday: Clovis • Kevin Crook, 58, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, concealing identity, lamps and other equipment • Michael Shelton, 40, forgery, fraud, illegible plates • Roderick Cordova, 25, aggravated burglary (armed after entering) • Tommy Sena, 21, battery against a household member, probation violation, criminal damage to the property of a household member • Jaime Honorato, 29, child abuse (no death or great bodily harm) • K...
CLOVIS — Three separate compensation increases for Clovis city employees totaling about $415,000 were unanimously approved at Thursday’s Clovis City Commission meeting. The bulk of the cost comes from a 2.5 percent salary increase for all city employees except City Manager Justin Howalt and a 2.5 percent increase to salary midpoints, totaling around $365,000 annually. Howalt said for any employees with a current salary of 120 percent or more of the midpoint, the increase will be annualized over the remaining pay periods in...
On this date ... 1968: The Bovina Bull Town Days celebration ended amid the strains of Tommy Haney and the Rainbow Ramblers Western Band at a dance in the American Legion Hall. Earlier in the evening, according to the Clovis News-Journal, the graduates of Bovina High School had been honored with a banquet at the school cafeteria. Following the banquet, a wrestling match was held in the high school gym. "The highlight of the three-day celebration was a free barbecue," the...
Roosevelt County Fair Schedule of events Tuesday-Aug. 26 (Subject to change without notice) Tuesday • 6 a.m.-10 a.m. Roosevelt County 4-H Pork Chop Breakfast, Jake Lopez Building, $10 a plate; Porkchop, biscuits, gravy, and eggs. To go plates available Call 575-356-4417. Proceeds benefit Roosevelt County 4-H • 10 a.m. — Poultry judging • 3:15 p.m. — Queen coronation • 4 p.m. — Market swine show • 5 p.m.–10 p.m. Doors Open on Merchants Building, Home Arts Building and Youth Buildings • 5 p.m.-midnight — Wright's Amusement Ca...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man was sentenced this week to two years in prison for assaulting his grandmother last spring, according to a news release from the 9th Judicial District attorney. A Curry County jury convicted Narcizo Soto, 20, of fourth-degree felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of petty misdemeanor negligent use of a deadly weapon. The charges stemmed from March 9, 2017, when Soto “got into (an) argument with his elderly grandmother and held a handgun to her head,” according to the relea...
Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. at in commission chambers at County Administration Building, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Friends of the Library — 11:30 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 Thursday • Clovis MainStreet Board — 8:15 a.m. at 418 N. Main St. Information: 575-769-7828 Aug. 27 • Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Infor...
Curry County Fair Schedule of events Today-Saturday (Subject to change without notice) Today Junior Livestock Sale Day • 9:30 a.m. — Junior Livestock Sale Meeting, Presentation of 4-H Home Economics and General Projects Sweepstakes Award Winners, Curry County Event Center • 4 p.m.-10 p.m. — Antique Showcase open, Old House • 4 p.m.-10 p.m. — Agriculture Building and exhibits open • 4 p.m.-10 p.m. — Home Arts Building and exhibits open • 4 p.m.-10 p.m. — Commercial Barn and exhibits open • 4 p.m.-10 p.m. — Vertical Amusements...
Today • Curry County Fair — 5 p.m.-midnight carnival. $30 wristband. Information: 575-935-7000 • Monster Truck Thunder — 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at Curry County Fairgrounds. Tickets: Kids $11, adults $18. Information: 575-935-7000 Saturday • Old Timers Day Luncheon — Noon at Curry County Events Center. All seniors 50+ welcome to free meal. Information: 575-935-7000 • Lego club — 1 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Curry County Fair — 5 p.m.-midnight carnival. $30 wristband. Information: 575-93...
A good commercial can be a lot of fun. I’m thinking about the TV sort. You know — cave men, lizards with British accents. That sort of thing. But I am full to overflowing (yea, verily, to nausea) with two other TV ad-types — those pumped out by slime-oozing lawyers and those peddled by drug pushers. Let’s tackle the latter. I am very thankful indeed for the availability of needed medications that make our lives much better. But whatever side of the political spectrum you fin...
Last week I was reading about Great Britain’s royal family. Through the years I have followed royal weddings, royal babies, royal funerals and all the pomp that comes with those events. It is apparent that just being born into the British royal family brings not only an instant elite position but also an abundance of expensive possessions. As far as position, Queen Elizabeth is the head of the Church of England and represents Britain when the nation is going through tragedy o...
