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On Sept. 10, 2001, Tommie Milam sprang out of his bed in the middle of the night with a dream of his son being in the afterlife. Shaken by the dream, Milam said he dismissed it as nothing more than a nightmare. Until the next day. That's when Milam was informed that his son. U.S. Army Maj. Ronald Milam, had died in a terrorist attack on the Pentagon, one of 3,000 victims of 9/11 still remembered after 22 years. Tommie Milam said he sees now that the dream was "a message" from...
Security cameras show arson suspect Jimmy Guillen entering a closed Walmart “though a roll up door used for shopping carts on the northeast side of the store,” court records show. The cameras also show him “grabbing multiple bottles of propane canisters off store shelves and starting a fire by “placing a torch with an open flame on the shelves where other propane canisters are located.” “The fire begins to intensify and becomes larger and larger” until the video cameras stopped recording at 3:34 a.m., reads the affidavit for...
On this date ... 1927: Portales Canning Co. was preparing for its first full-day run of the season. A day later, the company’s 70 employees produced 12,000 cans of tomatoes. 1930: A Muleshoe boy was being credited with the biggest snake haul of the season. Eugene Moore, 11, killed 13 rattlesnakes in a den. Most were about 8 inches long, the boy said, but two were "extra large." 1942: A rubber shortage and other wartime concerns was forcing area sports teams to cut back on competition. Muleshoe canceled its conference f...
Music and a little theater are in the lineup for Clovis Community College’s Cultural Arts Series 2023-24 season, which begins Sept. 23 according to a news release from the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce.. The lineup includes six new acts and one returning musical group and CCC Cultural Arts organization’s own version of “A Christmas Carol, according to the press release. Here are the dates and times of the shows for of the season lineup: • “The FABBA Show - A Tribute to ABBA:” 7 p.m. Sept. 23, Marshall Auditorium,...
I’m sitting at a table as I write, breathing mountain air and relishing delicious silence. Until 10 minutes ago, I’d been spending the morning out on the deck of the cabin, bestirring myself only to move my chair to chase cool shade as the sun began its march. Ponderosa pines barely move in the almost non-existent breeze. This is good. A week ago (where did the time go?) we left home with another couple, some of our dearest friends with whom we’ve shared every stage of life. N...
I’ve never been much of a gambler. I’ve known folks who were, folks who were raking in the bucks, lost it all and walked out of the casino with no more money than they started with. Back during my brief stint as a trucker I got that tired feeling from working day after day. One day it occurred to me that I could have a full-time career playing cards. It wouldn’t be poker … there’s too much hype around that game what with faking people out, wearing sunglasses so people can’t read your eyes, stuff like that. Nope, blackjack w...
I hope you’re enjoying September so far and the rain we have been getting. This weekend, there are some enjoyable things to explore in town and elsewhere across New Mexico. The Clovis Astronomy Club is hosting a night sky observing at Ned Houk Park this Friday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. This event sounds so much fun for a night sky enthusiast like myself. Ned Houk seems the perfect place to view planets and stars due to the lack of light pollution. To reach the event, head to Ned Houk and turn left at the park entrance, and t...
With the college football season only eight quarters old, Texas Tech finds itself where the Red Raiders haven’t been in 33 years – a big fat 0-2. When a team is 0-2, when a team didn’t expect to be 0-2, when a team has squandered 17- and 9-point leads, when many speculated in a summer of hype if Tech could get to double digits in victories, this start is like a 2x4 to the side of the head. When that happens, there’s only one thing to do, and it’s one Tech fans are more than re...
ELIDA – Roy/Mosquero stopped Elida on the Blue's 1-yard line as time wound down and escaped with a 47-41 win over the Tigers on Friday night. Roy/Mosquero (4-0), ranked second in 6-man behind Gateway Christian, built a 34-13 halftime lead before the Tigers (1-2) rallied back. The teams played a scoreless first segment. Sophomore Hayden Rubio threw touchdown passes of 15 yards to sophomore Tayten Norman in the second quarter and 7 yards to senior Teagan Norman and 18-yards t...
Eastern New Mexico University will host 620 college rodeo athletes from 17 different colleges for three days of rodeo competition beginning Thursday for ENMU’s annual College Daze Rodeo. In College Daze Rodeo events, the rodeo athletes to earn points with the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) , according to ENMU rodeo coach Albert Flinn. The points qualify teams and individuals for finals competition at the end of the rodeo season, Flinn said. The College Daze event will also feature a live performance by c...
KEARNEY, Neb. – Eastern New Mexico University’s women took a late lead against Quincy (Ill.) on Sunday, but the Hawks were able to get a late goal of their own to force a 3-3 tie. ENMU (1-1-3) bounced back from a 3-0 loss to Drury in its first match of the weekend at Nebraska-Kearney. A goal from junior forward Lisa Albarran in the 11th minute was enough to give the Hawks (0-3-1) a 1-0 lead at halftime. Play was suspended early in the second half due to lightning, but when it resumed the Hounds got match-tying goals in a spa...
LAS CRUCES – Senior midfielder Aspen Ulibarri scored about 11 minutes into the second half and Clovis High's girls held on for a 1-0 win on Saturday over Organ Mountain, earning a weekend split in their trip to Las Cruces. On Friday night, Las Cruces High punched in three early goals en route to a 3-0 victory. Ulibarri's goal came off an assist from junior forward Natalie Griego and was her team-leading sixth tally of the campaign. Senior goalkeeper Aja Gonzales made six s...
MORIARTY – Texico’s volleyball team reached the finals of the Moriarty Invitational on Saturday, only to lose to St. Michael’s 25-22, 25-12, 17-25, 25-20 in the championship match. The 16-team tournament was broken into four-team pools for seeding into bracket play. Both Portales and Clovis finished third in their respective pools, with the Lady Rams coming back to take the consolation championship (ninth place) and the Lady Wildcats finishing 11th. Junior Marissa Sandoval-Moya paced the Class 3A top-ranked Lady Horse...
So far this season, the Portales High football team has been challenged in one half through four games. Think they might be in need a good test? It’s not the Rams’ problem, coach Jaime Ramirez says. “Honestly, I just want to improve every week,” he said. “I want to be the best version of the Portales Rams every week.” On Friday, the Class 4A top-ranked Rams complete a three-game homestand with a 7 p.m. contest against St. Pius at Greyhound Stadium. The Albuquerque-based Sartans, under first-year coach Curtis Flakes, bri...
ALPINE, Texas – For the second week in a row, Eastern New Mexico University’s football team raced out to a big halftime lead. This time, though, there were no late dramatics. Trailing 6-0 early, the Greyhounds (2-0) responded with 31 unanswered points and went on to dismantle future Lone Star Conference member Sul Ross State 51-12. It was in contrast to their season opener against New Mexico Highlands at Greyhound Stadium, in which the Cowboys erased most of a 21-0 halftime deficit and fell a 2-point conversion short in the...
Xcel Energy issued a news release Monday that pointed out the company not only provides the electricity for the area economy but also contributes a substantial amount of economic support through hundreds of millions of dollars spent on goods, services, taxes and fees. The news release notedi n 2022 Xcel Energy purchased almost $784 million in goods and services from businesses New Mexico and Texas, up from the $745 million in local spending the year before. “Local governments such as school districts, cities and counties b...
A classic restaurant of Clovis is getting rebirth within weeks. Guadalajara Restaurant, which once started in a grocery store run by the Mendoza family near Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in the 1940s, will be opening in the Master’s Center. “Some folks might not recognize that location, it’s 810 East 21st Street,” John Rink said. Rink, who has worked in food service since he was 16-years-old and as a manager of major Clovis restaurants since 1999, will be taking care of employees, paperwork and such in the operation. “This is...
Meghan Gemmell, a military spouse from Binghampton, N.Y., made a name for herself around the area as creator of reportedly tasty cheesecakes. “I was doing what some military spouses do, baking things in my home and selling them illegally. I got so many orders I thought, ‘Why not open a bakery?’” Gemmell said. “Meg’s New Yorkish Cheesecakes” is now open at 2901 N. Prince St. “I share the space with ‘The Blend’ coffee shop,” Gemmell said. Gemmell said she did all the interior painting and remodeling in the location earlier...
A former mental health worker has been sentenced to 18 months in state prison after being found guilty of criminal sexual penetration for engaging in sex with a patient, Ninth Judicial District Attorney, Quentin Ray, announced in a news release. Jon Perry, age 53, of Roswell, received the sentence Thursday after being found guilty by a Roosevelt County jury of Criminal Sexual Penetration a 3rd degree felony,on June 14, the news rlease reported. According to the news release:...
It appears some Republican donors are really concerned that presidential candidate Tim Scott, South Carolina’s junior senator, is a 57-year-old bachelor — and whatever implications that may entail. Top party donors are raising concerns about the fact the conservative Black senator has never been married. and want some of their concerns about the matter addressed before they decide to become committed to his candidacy, according to Axios. Scott has never been known to talk abo...
Almost 100 years ago the great American author Sinclair Lewis wrote a political novel called “It Can’t Happen Here.” The 1935 book was a warning that what was happening then in Europe – the rise of fascism and Nazism – could come to America in the form of a Hitler-type politician who gets elected and then becomes a dictator. Though the power of the federal government has grown enormously since FDR’s days, we never became a totalitarian country like the fictional one Lewis i...
An 85-year-old Portales man has been found after Portales police issued a Silver Alert on Monday. Bill Bailey was last physically seen on Sunday after a church service and was last heard from at 7 p.m. on Sunday, prompting the alert. Portales Police Chief Christopher Williams said Bailey was found late Monday night or early Tuesday morning “outside of Clovis.” Williams said he did not know exactly where Bailey was found or what condition he was in. Attempts to reach fam...
New Mexico’s governor last week issued an “emergency health order” that bans firearms in all public places in Albuquerque. The only people exempt from the ban are police and security officers. And criminals, of course. Criminals don’t follow laws, so this nonsense does not apply to them either. Michelle Lujan Grisham herself said she expects opposition from those who care about liberty and the U.S. Constitution. She was right. New Mexico’s House and Senate Republicans immediately announced plans to file a federal lawsuit. “It...
Plains Regional Medical Center (PRMC) has hired a new hospital chief executive, Bill Priest, who started in the position on Monday, according to a news release from Presbyterian Health Services, which operates PRMC. Priest comes to Clovis from Wisconsin, where he was president of Marshfield Medical Center in Eau Claire, overseeing the operations of a 56-bed hospital and surrounding clinic operations, the news release sated. Priest brings more than 25 years of healthcare leader...
Police said Tuesday that Walmart arson suspect Jimmy Guillen was treated for burns sometime Saturday at a Lubbock hospital. Clovis Deputy Police Chief Trevor Thron said video obtained by authorities confirmed Guillen was treated, though officials are still trying to gather details. The man accused of starting the Walmart fire in Clovis on Sept. 3 remained at large on Tuesday, Thron said. Clovis Police Capt. Robert Telles said Monday that authorities had received information that Guillen was in Lubbock. “We have people in L...
