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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — Most of the five dozen residents at Thursday night's Clovis City Commission meeting had no problem with the idea of themselves, friends or neighbors getting permission to keep up to five female chickens. However, plenty of citizens had weighed in before the opening gavel pounded. And those concerns were enough to help sway the commission, which voted 6-2 against revamping a decades-old ordinance after 80 minutes of discussion. Commissioner Fidel Madrid said he c...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University woman’s soccer team made their sixth overtime appearance Wednesday night against West Texas A&M, but the match ended in a scoreless tie after two overtime periods at Greyhound Stadium. Throughout the match West Texas A&M (4-2-4; LSC 2-0-3) dominated the stats offensively, with advantages of 5-2 in shots on goal and 6-0 on corner kicks. The Greyhounds (2-6-3; LSC 1-3-1) had four total shots on the night, with one shot on goal each from Ariel Lopez and Baylee Hampton. This shutout wa...
CLOVIS — As the season quickly winds down, area teams have either started or are about to start district play. Melrose at Mountainair 7 p.m. In this Melrose and Mountainair match-up, it looks to be a battle on who can remain undefeated. Melrose (5-0) is coming off of a 56-6 win over Dora, but Melrose looks to have a bit of a test as Mountainair (4-0) could possibly be a bump in the road. The Mustangs are coming off of a 50-0 win over Mescalero Apache. “They have a lot of speed on their offense, which is why they’re beati...
Emergency Bovine Medicine is a skill that most cattlemen gain some level of proficiency in due to repeated and pungent exposure. It’s similar to the related field of Emergency Human Medicine, but CPR looks a lot different and the equipment/treatment generally available is quite a bit more limited and less sterile. The EBM core kit consists of whatever you normally have in your pockets and, of that, the pocket-knife is the useful part. The my-cattle-have-bee...
I visited with my cousin this past week and one of the things we talked about was our kinship to Mark Twain. According to written family records and oral family history, all my first cousins, aunts and great aunts long and adamantly maintained that the Densford side of our family (my mother’s side) is related to the famous writer. As a child, it was always a real thrill for me to tell that I was related to Twain. In grade school once we were reading some short story by T...
Twitter is for twits. That has been my opinion pretty much ever since I learned several years ago that birds tweeting sweetly in the sky had been joined by twits tweeting, sweetly or not, in cyberspace. It just seemed like a very lucrative, very bad, idea. I found it hard to believe that our world would be improved by folks, many of whom are incredibly short on impulse control already, suddenly having the opportunity to net any thought, crazy or not, that happened to be...
PORTALES — The last long trip that the Portales football team made — back on September 16 against St. Michael's in Santa Fe — didn't turn out like the Rams had hoped. Portales snapped an 11-game winning streak in the loss to the Horsemen, falling to them 21-20. For Rams coach Jaime Ramirez, a sluggish first half by his team contributed to the problem, and tonight, he hopes history doesn't repeat itself. Portales (5-1) will travel to Albuquerque to face Hope Christian (3-3)...
ODESSA, Texas — The Clovis High cross country teams traveled to Odessa on Thursday, with the boys finishing third and the girls fourth in races that each featured more than 100 competitors. Clovis took home fifth with a score of 151 points and having Kelsey McNaughton finishing within the top 10 at fourth place (19:30). Lubbock Cooper took first in the girls competition with a score of 40 points. San Angelo Central took home second with 70 points and Odessa High took third with 94. The Wildcats also got a 30th-place finish f...
CLOVIS — The Clovis High marching band has not lost a competition in the last two years, casting a spell on judges wherever it goes. The Wildcats will look to continue their winning ways as they prepare to begin competition season and perform their new show "EnCHANTment" for the first time on Saturday. The colorful show blends imagery from Native American and Hispanic cultures and will include large crescent moons, medicine sticks, enchanters and enchantresses, among other f...
On this date ... 1967: Sixty-four Eastern New Mexico University women had pledged three different social sororities following rush week at the school. Local pledges to Alpha Delta Pi included Peggy Armstrong of Clovis and Cydney Moorhead of Portales. Fledgling Chi Omegas included Sheryl Brasell, Mary Creamer, Lois Marie Dunn, Judy Greaves and Sissy Whitworth, all of Portales, as well as Dru Talley of Clovis. Local women pledged to Zeta Tau Alpha included Diane Codling, Nicki G...
PORTALES — The Portales Rams volleyball team had a disappointing finish on Tuesday night, as they couldn’t finish off a 2-0 lead at home against Artesia. The Rams had to quickly bounce back from that to face their archrival Clovis on Thursday, and they certainly made sure to avoid another letdown. Portales handled the Wildcats (8-4) from start to finish, sweeping Clovis 25-16, 25-22, 25-16 to take a season sweep. The Rams (9-4) topped Clovis in five earlier this season at Rock Staubus Gym. “We just talked about finis...
CLOVIS — The 16-year old charged with threatening a mass shooting at local schools last week via social media was released to the custody of her parents, to remain on house arrest until her case is adjudicated. The juvenile is not to access any computer, telephone or other communication device during that time, per the ruling Thursday morning in district court. Her parents have been made party to the petition, said Deputy District Attorney Brian Stover, meaning any breach of its conditions could spell contempt of court c...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday: Clovis • Joel Jass, 27, attempt to commit a felony (to wit: criminal sexual contact of a minor in the third degree) • Gilbert Lucero, 28, failure to comply with specific requirements • Gilbert Lopez, 45, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Shane Warner, 41, extortion, fraud, embezzlement, criminal sexual penetration in the second degree, distribution of a controlled substance, tampering with evidence • Cordney Cooper, 26, failure to pay fines...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents is scheduled to hear at its meeting today plans to make its campus more energy efficient. The plans include an effort to renovate buildings and “make them more green, if you will, to conserve energy,” said ENMU President Jeff Elwell. The university has been dedicated to saving energy for several years, Elwell said. “A decade ago, our utility bills were twice as much as they are now, even though energy’s now more expensive, and we have more square footage, so it’s b...
Time for pro players to stop crying, stand like educated Americans The more I hear about football players disrespecting our anthem and flag, the sicker to my stomach I become. No doubt other combat vets who fought for our freedom feel exactly the same. Do these non-patriots really know what suppression is? Are they the least bit aware of how people in other countries are treated? People in places like North Korea have lives that must be lived to support and satisfy the whims of their dictators; if they don’t, there’s a goo...
CLOVIS — Calling all cyclists: The 10th annual Tour De Taco is scheduled Saturday, a 20-, 40- or 60-mile bike ride to support Boy Scouts Troop 226. The course begins at Clovis’ Taco Box and will feature rest stops with water and fruit at the 10- and 20-mile markers where riders can turn around or continue to the Portales Taco Box at the 30-mile mark before heading back to the Clovis start/finish line. Registration is $40. “We do it to promote cycling, to promote fun, activity and comrardarie,” Taco Box owner Tom Martin...
Today • Board of Regents — 9:30 a.m. at Eastern New Mexico University administration building, Portales. Information: 575-562-1011 Monday • Portales School Board — 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at Portales High School. Information: 575-356-7000 Tuesday • Water Policy Advisory Committee — 8:30 a.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Civic Center Policy Committee — 3 p.m. at Clovis Civic Center. Information: 575-769-7828 Wednesday • Planning and Zoning Committee — 3 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • East...
Today • “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” — 3 p.m. musical at ENMU University Theater Center. Tickets: $7 general, free for students with ID. Information: 575-562-1011 Saturday • “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” — 2 p.m. musical at ENMU University Theater Center. Tickets: $7 general, free for students with ID. Information: 575-562-1011 • Northern Curry County Old Timers Birthday celebration — 2 p.m.-4 p.m. at Crossroads Cowboy Church of the Nazarene, Broadview. Information: 575-791-5296 • Take...
