Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES - No water means restaurants, car washes and even churches have to close, as Portales residents were reminded, again, on Sunday. "We canceled our service because we'd have had no restrooms. We'd usually have coffee too and couldn't, and had to unplug our ice machine," said Delynn Epperson of First United Methodist Church in Portales. "People were disappointed, but if you look at the back story instead of just 'they couldn't come to church,' they couldn't shower or do...
In this high school football week, the main slate of games will be held on Friday the 13th. The local teams, though, are hoping it will be a lucky weekend. Elida and Melrose enter play undefeated; the Tigers at 3-0, the Buffaloes at 2-0. Though, officially Melrose plays on Thursday — Friday the 13th Eve. Here’s a look at the weekend’s local games: Melrose (2-0) vs. Magdalena (2-1), 6 p.m. Thursday @ Mountainair Junior High Melrose will do the honors of kicking off the local football weekend when visiting neutral Mount...
CLOVIS — The bad thing about football is that the games are spread a week apart. Losses can tend to get stuck in the craw for awhile. The good thing about football is that teams have that week to work the bugs out, learn from those losses, try to avoid the mistakes going forward. And of course, time to heal the bruises always helps. Clovis began its practice week Monday with both the good and bad factors in play. The Wildcats were still smarting from their first loss of the season — a 48-28 road setback at Rio Rancho las...
People can be maddening, frustrating, bull-headed, mean, dumb, astonishing, resilient, weak, strong, gentle, loving, perplexing, bitter, graceful, resentful, hateful, merciful, and ... pick any adjective and stack ’em up. Any one of those will apply to a few someones, and lots of them will apply to the same folks at the same time. None of that is news to anyone. Having said that, and having lived for six decades, I must say that, as many human idiosyncrasies and traits as I...
Today • 9/11 remembrance ceremony — 7:30 a.m., James Polk Stone Community Bank, downtown Portales. Information: 575-356-6601 • Tiny Tots — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Preschool storytime “Pets Parade” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 • Lunch at Hillcrest Park for Clovis first responders — 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Hillcrest Park, 808 Sycamore St., Clovis. Barbecue prepared and served by Randy Wright. • Represent...
He was a champion goat milker. He had audience with a president. And when you think about the only outdoor public swimming pool in Clovis, it's his name that comes to mind. This is a good day to remember Oscar Gerome Potter because his birthday is Sept. 14. He was born on that date in 1882, in Gadson, Alabama. O. G. Potter was Clovis' mayor from 1953 to 1957. But he's most famous today for the city's second-oldest park, which bears his name: Potter Park, home of Potter Pool....
I told my husband, Peter, that our marriage was like stew — and that’s a good thing. This is a second marriage for both of us. We were both married for a long time and then divorced for quite a while. We dated other people and realized how tricky the whole process of finding a new partner was, after habits had been set and preferences settled. When I met Peter, I was ready … I think. I had healed and spent time on my own and figured out who I was — single and over 50 and changed in many ways from the person I had been wh...
Clovis second-grade teacher Regina Griego may have the best excuse ever to explain why she's late for school this year. Yes, this year. While her students reported for the new semester on Aug. 12, Griego had a big project she had to finish first. It involved saving a couple of lives. Regina and her husband, Gerald, are both Clovis natives. She teaches at Zia Elementary School, and he's the chief executive officer for the family construction firm, Nick Griego & Sons. They have...
PORTALES — Reading is a lifelong skill and it can be beneficial to start learning as soon as possible, but not everyone might have access to the right reading material for the youngest children. The Eastern New Mexico University Foundation is looking to partner with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to change that and bring free literature for children from birth to 5-years-old to Roosevelt and De Baca County families. Curry County began participating in 2015. The Dolly Parton Foundation runs the Imagination Library nat...
PORTALES — An alternative grading format, touted as more comprehensive and revealing, was approved Monday for implementation among the first- and second-grade students at James Elementary School in Portales. Instead of a single numerical grade per subject on the 0-100 scale, students will receive an evaluation from 1-4 for different aspects of each subject, allowing teachers to emphasize areas that need work and parents to better understand how their child is performing. That’s according to a presentation in Monday eve...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Monday: Clovis • Greg Nunez, 37, driving while license suspended or revoked, failure to stop or yield at intersection • Tayvin Hall, 33, aggravated battery on a household member, false imprisonment, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Aurelio Ferrer, 36, battery against a household member, criminal damage to the property of a household member (under $1,000) • Michael Sharp, 25, child abuse - negligently caused (no death or great bodily harm) • Max Overson,...
CLOVIS — The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority is hoping it can knock out a big chunk of its long-discussed water project in the next few years, provided it can throw down an upfront financial gauntlet. David Lansford, chair for both the authority and the city’s water policy advisory committee, detailed the authority’s thoughts during the committee’s regular meeting Tuesday at Clovis City Hall. The project, most recently estimated at $527.4 million, has two components. The authority is first working on an interim...
CLOVIS — If a law passes in the New Mexico Legislature and nobody knows it’s a law six years later, does it make an impact? Shannon LeBlanc offered evidence results vary when the Legislature’s military and veterans’ affairs committee met Monday in Clovis. Committee members were asked about creating legislation that would allow occupational licenses from another state to be accepted in New Mexico for military spouses. James Burns, chair of Clovis’ Committee of Fifty, said military spouses were having issues finding work when...
We all have our own likes and dislikes. This means everyone likes some things other people dislike; sometimes the likes and dislikes are passionate and the disagreements get rather heated. There’s a secret trick I discovered, which seems to be unseen by most people; one which seems nearly impossible for them to even consider. Here it is, presented for (maybe) the first time you’ve ever heard it: It’s OK to dislike something without wanting a law to ban or control it. Serio...
From 1981 through 2018, the Republican Party controlled the 2nd Congressional District seat in southern New Mexico, with one brief exception. In 2008, when Rep. Steve Pearce opted not to seek a fifth term (running unsuccessfully for the Senate instead), Democrat Harry Teague won the election. But then Pearce returned to re-run and re-take the seat two years later, for what turned out to be four more terms in Congress. Then, last year Pearce chose a run for governor instead of a fifth term and Xochitl Torres Small won the...
When Colts quarterback Andrew Luck walked off the field for a final time on Aug. 24 — multiple injuries having convinced him that retirement from professional football at age 29 was the only sensible option — Colts fans booed. It was a stunning display given the quarterback’s past heroics on behalf of Indianapolis. This was the 2018 NFL Comeback Player of the Year who had previously overcome damage to his throwing shoulder as well as a concussion, leg injuries, a lacerated kidney and on and on. But the fans at Lucas Oil S...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt General Hospital District Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday. The meeting will be held telephonically. The call in number is 866-866-2244, with 7158246# as the passcode. The agenda includes information and potential action on credentialing and an executive session to discuss attorney-client matters and limited personnel matters. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Sept. 24....
CLOVIS — Three days of music, games, garage sales and more can be experienced this weekend at the Our Lady of Guadalupe and San Jose Mission Fiesta. “Every church has their own fiesta and normally that’s dedicated to a patron saint. It usually takes place during the day the saint is celebrated and for Our Lady of Guadalupe that’s Dec. 12,” said Pastor Eli Valadez. “We do our Fiesta earlier to help raise money for the church.” The Fiesta both celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe and helps raise money to maintain the church, its f...
The Relay For Life Mushball Tournament this Saturday has been canceled due to a lack of participating teams. Organizers hope to reschedule the event for the second half of October, after the Relay For Life’s main event on Oct. 12....
Stopping by our Clovis High School Freshman Academy last week, I had an opportunity to chat with Bekki Jones, history teacher of 14 years and varsity cheer coach. Jones works closely with Amanda Boydstun, the CHS junior varsity cheer coach. Jones began by expressing her gratitude for the leadership of Lonnie Baca, our athletic director, and his support of all our sports in the district and the high standards and expectations. Not everyone understands just how hard our student...
On this date ... 2001: Nearly 3,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks at New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and on a plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. Former Eastern New Mexico University basketball player Ron Milam was among the victims. Maj. Milam was in the Pentagon, serving in the office of the assistant secretary of the Army. Milam, who graduated from ENMU in 1991, joined the military after college. “He loved the university. Loved his experience there,” former Greyhounds coach Earl...
Thursday • City of Clovis Senior Services Committee — 3 p.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Sept. 19 • Curry County Health Council — 12-1 p.m., Commission Room, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St....
The 18-year anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history are remembered worldwide this week and in two community events in eastern New Mexico. A remembrance ceremony this morning in Portales is scheduled from 7:30 to 8 a.m. downtown outside the James Polk Stone Community Bank. The event will include a performance from Eastern New Mexico University student Dominique Barrera. Longtime bank President David Stone said in a news release that he has organized the memorial ceremony every year...
CLOVIS - Working counter-terrorism efforts from a Navy base in Africa and operating a jail in rural New Mexico may not seem to have much in common. But "leadership doesn't change," Mark Gallegos told The News on Tuesday. The Curry County Adult Detention Center's administrator returned last week from almost a year away on military service with the Naval reserves, much of which time he spent with a riverine squadron of small boats out of Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti on the Horn of...
13 years ago Sept. 13, 1934: Eastern New Mexico Junior College was about to open with an estimated 250 students enrolled. Donald MacKay was the Portales school's first president. Click Here to Download...
