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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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People across the nation and the world learned about Clovis this week. Sadly, it was for all of the wrong reasons. The mass shooting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library on Monday afternoon made news across the globe. Unfortunately, that's reality when bad things transpire in faraway communities. We've printed those stories of other communities as a newspaper, way too many times to count. The datelines on many of those carried big city locales such as Chicago, Baltimore, New... Full story
“The purest form of giving is anonymous to anonymous. We gon’ make it there, I promise this.” — Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, “Nickels and Dimes” I wasn’t sure what to say about Monday, when a Clovis teenager walked into Clovis-Carver Public Library with a pair of handguns, and exacted revenge for who-knows-what against people he’d never met — fatally shooting two beloved librarians and injuring four others. There’s a helpless feeling knowing my words won’t matter — and it pains somebody who has built a career on words mattering t... Full story
The first call for help came from the Clovis-Carver Public Library at 4:13 p.m. on Monday. Twelve minutes later, ambulances were already making their way to Plains Regional Medical Center with injured shooting victims and the man police say was responsible for the violence was in custody. The suspect — Clovis High School sophomore Nathaniel Jouett — was likely in custody five or six minutes after police were called. Two people died and four more were injured, but the first responders saved countless lives with their qui... Full story
The first time, for anything, is an indicator of what the future may hold. We find delight in the good and turn to despair when times are bad. Good or bad, the “first time” can alter our future. When that first time is something bad, it is a shock knowing nothing will ever be the same again, and the normal that you knew to that point is over. You know that you would happily take back the old normal with all its faults and failings — normal without this new dreadful reality. This is what I imagine many in my hometown are e...
I have been struggling what to say, how to express my feelings over the horrific shooting on Monday afternoon at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library has lost two beloved staff members, Kristina Carter and Wanda Walters. Words cannot express how I am mourning the loss of these two co-workers; they were a vital part of my library family. They will be strongly missed by patrons, staff members, and myself. Both women were beautiful souls, had a joy for living and for...
How do you tell your daughter, on her 10th birthday, that her friend has been murdered? There isn’t a good way, but I was forced to give it my best shot last week. I know I wasn’t the only one; a lot of grieving parents around here shared the same experience with their children. My daughter grew up with Miss Krissie Carter at the library. The love she showed all the kids who came to share her world of books and crafts made her a favorite. I sat through many a preschool sto...
Last week was full of confusion, pain, heartbreak, anger, and so many emotions I cannot name them. I have cried tears for people I don’t know and even more for people that I do know. Clovis and all her inhabitants became the focal point of the news, nationally and abroad; we became the subject of Facebook and all other types of social media; our lives became the talk of friends, family, strangers and more. Because of one senseless act of unimaginable violence, lives are destroyed. And no one can tell us why. We are all t...
As I write, I’m sitting here, staring at a blank screen. Like so many around me, I am heartbroken, sleep deprived, and questioning. Our small neighboring community has been shaken, and our children are afraid to go to school. At approximately 4:15 p.m. on Monday, Nathan Jouett, a high school sophomore, walked into the Clovis-Carver Library, our community library. This was the library we grew up in, the library where we take our children. Police say Jouett shot six people, killing two and injuring four more. We as a c...
If President Trump promises to stick with the teleprompter, I give him permission to use this speech: My fellow Americans, green-carders and undercover residents keeping food prices and lawn grass low, Hurricane Harvey has opened my eyes blinded by the eclipse. And, believe me, nobody knows more about total disasters than me. We will build that wall — but only to keep coastal waters out. I appreciate Mexico’s offer to help, and apologize big-time for bashing them. Who kne...
Sometimes, there are no answers. No matter how hard we try to figure things out or to understand, we simply can’t answer the “why” behind things that happen. Because we’re of the human persuasion, we’re hard-wired to try and make sense of things in our world. If we can figure out why something happened, if we can make it “make sense,” then perhaps we’d understand. Yet sometimes, we can’t. This is where we find ourselves now. The community has been rocked by tragedy in recent...
CHS frosh top Hobbs The Clovis High Freshman Academy claimed a 42-6 win Thursday over Hobbs at Leon Williams Stadium. Jeston Webskowski scored touchdowns of 70 yards on the ground and 40 yards receiving, with a pair of 2-point conversions. Blake Muscato also had a 70-yard rushing score, while adding a 25-yard touchdown reception. Jaden Phillips had a 60-yard touchdown catch, while Braden Romero added an interception. Yucca wins opener The Yucca Middle School seventh-grade football team won its season opener, topping Gattis...
PLAINVIEW, Texas — Clovis High’s boys may not have been in midseason form on Saturday, but they weren’t that far off. The Wildcats’ top three runners broke 17 minutes over a three-mile course as CHS coasted to the team title with 27 points in the Plainview Invitational, well ahead of the host Bulldogs at 70. Clovis was the only non-Texas school in the meet. Junior Jon Fuentes finished second for the Cats in 16 minutes, 39 seconds, one second ahead of junior Jose Salas. Meantime, freshman Bryce Lentz came in fifth overall at 1...
BETHANY, Oklahoma — The Eastern New Mexico University men’s soccer team played to a 1-1 tie Saturday when visiting Southern Nazarene, leaving both teams at 0-1-1. Eastern’s lone goal came with 1:46 to play in the first half on Mitchell Meisinger’s penalty kick. Meisinger’s attempt came on the last of three straight foul calls against Southern Nazarene. Pedro Garcia supplied Southern Nazarene’s only goal, also on a penalty kick, occurring with less than two minutes to play in second half. Neither team could score again through...
MORIARTY — Portales’ volleyball team fought its way to the Moriarity Tournament title match before falling to powerhouse Sandia Prep — the two-time defending 4A state champions — in straight sets, 25-14, 25-17, 25-19. In the process, Portales fell to 3-2 on the young season. Despite the loss to one of the state’s best teams, Lady Rams senior middle blocker Lindsay Blakey and senior rightsider Jessie Campbell were selected to the all-tournament team. “Overall, we just had a great weekend,” Portales head coach Charity Gomez...
CLOVIS — Portales high school girl's varsity soccer team came to play on Saturday against Pojoaque Valley in Portales. The girls came out with a strong offense as well as a solid defense to give them a quick 4-0 lead in the first half, and Portales moved on to an 8-0 win Saturday at Greyhound Stadium. "These girls played great today," said coach Ruben Tellez. "We had better touches today and better teamwork as well as plenty of opportunities that helped us; I was very proud o...
On this date ... 1987: Singer John Pickering was back in what he considered his childhood home as he prepared to participate in the Clovis Music Festival. Pickering reminisced about moving to Clovis in the 1940s to sing on the radio with the Pickering Family Quartet, and gave his brother Bill credit for introducing Norm and Vi Petty to each other when they were all schoolmates. Pickering was slated to perform in a gospel concert at the Norman Petty Main Street Studio the...
CLOVIS — The local retailer charged in June for his role in an alleged drug trafficking ring will have many of his charges dismissed through a plea agreement, pending a four-year supervised probation and cooperation as a witness for prosecutors. James Duden, 75, pleaded no contest to felony possession of dangerous drugs and conspiracy to commit trafficking of controlled substances, in a plea agreement signed July 21 and approved in District Court on Thursday. Those two c...
CLOVIS — Gas prices areawide are up an average of 20 cents per gallon for unleaded fuel this Labor Day weekend. The city’s Emergency Management Director, Dan Heerding, said he was not aware of any local fuel shortages but acknowledged the recent price increases. “Unfortunately, these are the effects of a hurricane on the Gulf Coast where our refineries are. It’s cause and effect and I’m pretty sure it’s for the whole country,” he said Saturday. “In the last few days ... it’s gone up, I’d say at least 20 cents. There are no pa...
Clovis High The Clovis High School Class of 1950 will meet 8 a.m. Saturday at Baxter-Curren Senior Center. Breakfast of biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit, sweet breads and coffee will be served at 8:30 a.m. with a $10 charge. Though the Class of 1950 is the organizer, members of any other graduating class are welcome. Information: Dwight Rose, 763-6682; Bob Hoawrd, 762-5848; Charles May, 359-1372....
Beta Phi Beta Phi members Collene Baldwin, Laura Loflin and Beverly Miller, along with guest Wendy D. Slaughter, went to Carlsbad for the state council membership meeting titled ‘Be your best and dream with Epsilon Sigma Alpha,’ hosted by District I....
A pair of first half touchdowns proved not enough for the Farwell Steers as they dropped the season opener, 28-16, against the Friona Chieftains. A back-and-forth first half included four lead changes before Friona went ahead for good in the final minute of the half. Ethan Stancell and Marco Monreal both rushed for scores and Miguel Vasquez added both two point conversions for the Steers. The duo of Marco Maldonado and Sergio Flores proved too much for Friona to handle as they each added a pair of touchdowns. The Chiefs passi...
Earl Large, who began his boxing career in 1955 at the amateur level in Clovis and went on to a lengthy stint as a professional, is scheduled to be one of six people inducted into the New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame on Oct. 28 in Albuquerque. As an amateur, Large earned a National AAU bantamweight title in 1967 and won National Golden Gloves bantamweight titles in 1967 and 1968. As a pro from 1968-79, he went 39-17-2 with 17 knockouts, fighting twice against world bantamweight champion Chucho Castillo and once against world...
CLOVIS — A jury on Friday acquitted a man of a 2014 sex crime conviction for which he had previously been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Daniel Bayless, 53, was found guilty of first-degree criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13 in November 2014. For that, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison, with a one-year enhancement for a prior drug trafficking conviction. But the case came back to the 9th Judicial District Court with a 2 1/2-day jury trial last week, after the state Court of Appeals reversed the earlier v...
On Monday, we celebrate work. On Labor Day weekend, we asked area residents to tell us about their best jobs ... and their worst. • Portales resident Ricardo Salazar said he misses the benefits of working at Dairy Farmers of America, which included “401(k), vision, dental. You got all that good stuff.” Additionally, the job only required him to work two weeks out of the month. While the shifts were 12 hours long, he still recalls his time there fondly. • As a teacher at Brown Early Childhood Center, Stacy Gossett of Portale...
Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. at commission chambers, 417 Gidding St. • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in the commission room at the courthouse • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building. Wednesday • Clovis Community College Board of Trustees — 8 a.m. in room 512 at CCC. Information: 575-769-4001 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: [email protected]...
