Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Monday • Rural Bookmobile East in Grady, St. Vrain, and Melrose — 10-11:30 a.m., Grady Post Office, 406 W. Main St., Grady. 2-2:30 p.m., St. Vrain. 2:45-3:15 p.m., Melrose Senior Center, 427 Main St., Melrose. Social distancing is requested; only two individuals in Bookmobile at a time, not counting staff and up to one household member; patrons encouraged to limit time inside. Information: 575-461-1206 • United Way of Eastern New Mexico Women United Luncheon — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd.,...
The Gattis seventh-grade football team defeated Portales 48-0 in its season debut Tuesday. Preston “Jett” Curtis led the Cubs with three touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions. Also scoring were Brodie Hopper (two touchdowns, two 2-point conversions), Jordan Peters (two touchdowns) and Eiljah Haskins (2-point conversion). Peters led the Cubs on the defensive side with a fumble return for a touchdown, while Curtis had a 70-yard touchdown kickoff return. Carter Kinkade forced a fumbled on a quarterback sack, and rec...
Monday • Portales Municipal Schools board — 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 • Clovis Astronomy Club — 7 p.m., Room 143 or 145 (look for signs), Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 757-846-7509 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Meeting may also be viewed at www.currycounty.org. Contact Lance Pyle at lpyle@curry...
ROSWELL — A long night finally came to an end on Tuesday, and Portales High’s volleyball team was on the wrong side of the scoreboard. Roswell High overcame a 2-1 deficit in games, dominating the last two sets to post a 25-22, 19-25, 23-25, 25-15, 15-10 victory over the Lady Rams. First-year PHS coach Jacki Bailey said her squad gave the Class 5A Lady Coyotes (3-3) all they could handle. “I feel like we played hard,” Bailey said. “The effort wasn’t a question, but we didn’t play with a lot of discipline in the final two set...
ARTESIA - The Clovis High girls soccer team continued its early-season charge on Tuesday. This weekend, the Lady Wildcats were looking for some stiffer competition. Senior forward Nevaeh Coronado posted a hat trick and senior midfielder Illeana Griego added two goals in a 7-0 rout of Artesia. The Lady Cats (7-1) have outscored their opponents so far 39-6, with the only loss a 3-0 setback to Centennial in a season-opening tournament in Roswell. On Saturday, CHS was slated to pl...
GUNNISON, Colo. — Sophomore midfielder Selena Casias punched home the first goal of her collegiate career with just over three minutes left on Friday, and the Eastern New Mexico University women’s soccer squad edged Western Colorado 1-0. The teams waged a tight, competitive defensive struggle before Casias broke through late for an unassisted tally against Mountaineers senior goalkeeper Kaeyla Noble. Senior Whitney Dockweiler had four saves in goal to earn the shutout for the Greyhounds (2-1), while Nolate finished with sev...
PORTALES — With tipoff just a few months away, the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team filled out a trio of roster spots that includes a Clovis product and a Division I transfer. Forward Hanna Nussbaumer, point guard Bella Stone and wing Iyanna McCurdy will be eligible for the 2021-22 season. Nussbaumer, a 2021 Clovis high grad, and Stone are first-year students while McCurdy has a year of eligibility remaining after three years at Southeast Missouri State. “I am thrilled to announce the addition of three...
PORTALES - As a sophomore in 2019, Nate Rodriguez was the starting quarterback for the Valencia Jaguars. In last spring's COVID-abbreviated season, he didn't play. Rodriguez returned to the team this fall and began the season as a wide receiver, and happy to do so, Jaguars coach Wesley Shank said. Then the team's starting signal-caller opted out for academic reasons after a season-opening 45-6 loss at Alamogordo, so Shank gave the job to the 5-foot-11, 165-pound Rodriguez, a l...
MELROSE - Almost surely, it won't be this easy all season for the Melrose football team. The Buffaloes are, in fact, likely ready for some stiffer competition. They've outscored their first two opponents 148-0, including an 80-0 thrashing of Pine Hill on Thursday. Melrose scored 10 touchdowns and converted every 2-point conversion. The Buffs opened a 64-0 lead on the final play of the first quarter when freshman Josh Roybal scooped up a Warriors fumble and returned it 20...
CLOVIS — With a regular bye already on tap for next weekend, Clovis High’s football team got an unexpected one this week. Wildcats coach Cal Fullerton said the school canceled its scheduled Friday night game at Rio Rancho due to injuries and COVID-19 concerns. “We made a decision on Wednesday after practice,” Fullerton said on Friday morning. “We’ve got about 13 kids this week who are injured or sick.” CHS was closed on Friday to in-person learning. Other events slated for the weekend — including volleyball and boys and gi...
Lara Rabkin was in her apartment on the fifth floor of a six-story Brooklyn loft on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. “All my windows faced the city,” recalled Rabkin, referring to Manhattan. “I could see from the World Trade Center all the way up past the Empire State Building.” As she looked out the window, Rabkin — raised in Santa Fe and at the time in the midst of a decade in New York City — caught sight of one of the World Trade Center towers on fire, smoke belching into the sky. “From the way it looked, it seemed at tha...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis • Elton Spear, 67, harassment, negligent use of a deadly weapon • Joel Sanchez, 51, driving while license suspended or revoked • James Taylor, 33, driving while license suspended or revoked • Jamond McClendon, 37, probation violation • James Williams, 48, battery against a household member, shoplifting • William Wilhite, 41, possession of a controlled substance • Griselda Garcia, 48, battery • Allie Kibbe, 23, probation violation • Anthony Moore, 34, r...
On this date ... 1951: Residents of Milnesand gathered in the community house to be entertained by a Portales delegation promoting the upcoming Roosevelt County Fair. E.P. Compton was master of ceremonies and “peddler of ancient jokes,” according to The Portales Daily News. “The older folks were in one end of the hall, with the women visiting and the men playing dominoes,” the newspaper reported. “At the other end, the youngsters were playing ‘Skip-to-my-Lou.” The fair boosters had put together a five-piece string orches...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission voted Thursday to start taking applications for the District 1 commissioner seat, officially vacated by Leo Lovett on Wednesday. Applications will be accepted through the city manager’s office until 5 p.m. Oct. 1. The commission is likely to fill the appointment at its Oct. 7 meeting, one day before the 30-day window to fill the vacancy expires. Whoever the commission appoints to the seat vacated by Lovett’s resignation will serve through March. The final two years of the term will be pa...
PORTALES - Cipriano Lovato, friends and family said, was strict at home, fair and just at work, relentless at romance and dancing and enthusiastic about life. "Cippy," as he was known around Portales and in the New Mexico Department of Transportation, died Aug. 21 in Albuquerque. The lifelong Portales resident was "the dad that you want," son Ricky Lovato said. "We respected our elders," Ricky Lovato said. "When we went to someone's house, we sat on the couch until he told us...
CLOVIS — After assuaging concerns they weren’t “foaling” things up by setting a precedent, the Clovis Planning and Zoning Commission recommended a conditional use permit for a Clovis resident and his horses. The lone item on the Wednesday agenda concerned Steven Mullins, who keeps four miniature horses at his residence on Hall Street. Mullins believed he had permission to keep the animals at the residence, but City Manager Justin Howalt said the horses put him out of code compliance. City code an acre of land per horse,...
Curry Resident Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-762-9405 All meals served with 2% milk and tossed salad w/dressing Monday: Taco salad, pinto beans, pudding w/fruit Turesday: Cheeseburger, baked beans, fries, peaches Wednesday: Chicken fried chicken w/cream gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower, Hawaiian roll, pudding (5 p.m. board meeting) Thursday: BBQ riblet, macaroni and cheese, seasoned peas, dinner roll, fruit cocktail Friday: Fried catfish, roasted potatoes, blended vegetables, cornbread,...
CLOVIS — For the foreseeable future, the dais of the Curry County Commission is going to have one member logging on instead of coming in person. Commissioner Robert Sandoval addressed the matter during a special commission meeting Thursday morning, and said the commission meeting setup didn’t adequately meet guidelines for masking and social distancing. The News covered the 40-minute meeting virtually. Sandoval said he understood how people felt about their rights, but countered, “rights have consequences and rights have resp...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County on Thursday became the fourth county in New Mexico where citizens are petitioning for a grand jury to hear allegations of state constitutional violations by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, and a person helping lead the charge said more are on their way. “We have 22 counties at some level of participation,” said Larry “Lead” Marker, a Roswell oil producer who is paying for court filings — including the Thursday filing by the Roosevelt County Patriots. “I’m pretty sure we’re going to get all 33. We’re...
Clovis schools Monday: Breakfast, yogurt & graham cracker, milk; Lunch, spaghetti & meatballs, garden salad, ranch dressing, chilled fresh fruit, whole wheat roll, fresh vegetables, milk Tuesday: Breakfast, frudel, milk; Lunch, chicken nuggets, scalloped potatoes, celery sticks, ranch dressing, fresh orange, whole wheat roll, fresh vegetables, milk Wednesday: No school, parent teacher conferences Thursday: Breakfast, skillet frittata, milk; Lunch, homemade enchiladas, fresh pinto beans, Spanish rice, garden salad, ranch...
Information on quilting, fitness and cooking with legumes will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Karen Eckmeier owns The Quilted Lizard, and she’s going to show a new series of patterns which uses a paper backed fusible for easy appliqué, and also show how she combines floral, fauna and critters to create a kaleidoscope design. Eckmeier lives in Kent, Connecticut. Author and fitness guru Kate McKay is going...
