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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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It’s difficult to know how much the New Mexico Racing Commission will weigh public comments in deciding where it will place the state’s sixth racino. If public comments are an essential part of its deliberations, you can bet the family farm Clovis won’t be hosting state-sanctioned horse races anytime soon. For that, you may thank some of the city’s more prominent elected officials. They can say they’re speaking as private citizens, not as public officials, but David Lansford is still Clovis’ mayor, Gary Elliott is still a...
Recognition of the importance of early childhood education has grown rapidly over recent years. While the term “early childhood” can cover child development and education up to the age of 8 (National Association for the Education of Young Children), our targeted terms are preschool, including 3- and 4-year olds; and pre-k, identifying, specifically, the 4-year-olds. It is during these years that children undergo the most rapid growth and development. Although there is con...
Skip Mohr made the front page of the Friona Star newspaper on May 14, 1970. The high school senior was featured in a photo, next to his proud mother and stepfather and younger brother. The sign attached to their house behind them read, “Congrats Skip.” The accompanying story’s headline read, “Mohr Takes Rare State UIL Title.” It explained Mohr had won the University Interscholastic League’s state championship in informative speaking. “School officials could point to only two other state championships won in UIL literary even...
When most people use the word “government” they are talking about the collective more accurately called “the state.” Not in the sense of the 50 familiar shapes making up maps of the United States of America, of which New Mexico is one, but in the sense of out-of-control institutional authoritarianism; statism. I, too, use the word “government” in this way when speaking to people about the pitfalls of the state. It’s not quite accurate, but most people understand. H...
The best part of Eastern New Mexico University’s homecoming is the annual recognition of people who have made significant contributions to the school, their communities, or their professions. It’s extra special when it happens to include folks who have deep roots in our part of the world. Retired physician Lonnie Alexander came to Portales from Espanola in 1972 to study agriculture at ENMU, the first step on an education road that next led him to the University of New Mex...
I’m considering buying a new weed-eater. It’s an extravagant thought. The old one, older than five of my grandkids, is still working fine but taking longer on first start. My patience is wearing thin, but my memory is still good. I remember when I bought that machine. It was also an extravagant purchase. Its predecessor was sputtering along just fine in two-cycle engine form, but a couple of my sons had just moved into a different house and needed weed-whacking equipment. In a...
The way I figure it, the Republicans are getting the Supreme Court judge they want but they’re going to pay for it by losing big in the mid-term elections. If Democrats don’t at least take the U.S. House this time around, I’ll be both stunned and disappointed. America needs a check on Trump’s irrational hold over Washington, and I’ll bet a lot of outraged, anti-Trump people — particularly women — are going to vote with a vengeance this year. Have you seen the television and internet ads, the paid-for-by-the-party or special-i...
CLOVIS — Faith Christian Family Church once again offered the community a chance to warm up - body and spirit - with its 26th annual Coats for Kids event at the church last weekend. Coordinator Carolyn Rubio-Lopez said hundreds of coats and jackets were distributed, free of charge, along with hats, gloves and snow boots on a rainy Saturday morning. "Because of the weather of course we didn't do as well as we normally do but we actually did really good," Rubio-Lopez said. "...
CLOVIS — A relief: That's the returning word for many of those directly impacted by last year's library shooting. The collective response followed news last week that the teenage shooter would plead guilty to all of his 30 ensuing felony charges from the deadly incident. "I think we all just breathed this uniform sign of relief," Margaret Hinchee told The News. She spoke last week in her office at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, just feet from the closet where she'd l...
PORTALES — While the majority of eastern New Mexico will be gearing up for Halloween, one Portales resident will be changing gears on his bicycle during a nearly 500 mile ride across Thailand. Michael Parsons, 65, who moved to Portales in May, said he will be traveling about 60 miles via bicycle each day for nine days starting Oct. 21 as he makes his way from Bangkok to Phuket with a group of riders. Parsons, who has also toured parts of Europe and Vietnam on his bike, said t...
CLOVIS — Clayton Chavez doesn't know everything that happened early Monday in Clovis, but he doesn't think his son deserved to die over a car. "I just always told myself, 'He's doing wild stuff and I can't get through to him and one of these times I'm going to get that phone call.' And this (Monday) morning was that phone call," he told The News. "It's just been a very bad day. I love my son, what am I supposed to do? I don't believe a person should lose his damn life b...
There are crucial high school football games everywhere, as October grinds into its second week. Playoff spots, playoff positioning, it’s all starting to come into focus. Here’s a look at the upcoming weekend of games, a full slate: Friday Seagraves at Farwell, 6 p.m. MDT When he was still fresh off his team’s road win over Dimmitt — its fourth straight victory since an opening-week loss to Friona — Steers head coach Danny Brittain took a little time to peer ahead past his...
CLOVIS - Speak up, pay attention and be there: that's some of the main advice from participants in Hartley House's third-annual walk Saturday in Clovis for domestic violence awareness. "Take Back The Night" drew about 175 people, according to Hartley House's Executive Director Donna Horton. It was the largest turnout yet, and it kicked off that night with a bouncy castle, face painting and food outside their office at Ninth and Main before participants walked north to 21st...
CLOVIS — Though he left the Clovis system several years ago, Mike Hankins has an enduring presence in Wildcat sports. The coach had a simple rule: You get 24 hours to either celebrate a triumph or feel sorry for yourself in defeat. Then you get back to work like nothing happened. It helped Clovis go through a three-game stretch where Lubbock schools Monterey, Coronado and Cooper outscored them 108-30. And the hope is it kept the Wildcats grounded when they started District 2...
A coach’s job is sometimes having to see the glass half empty, having to look at what imperfections need to be tweaked, even after a near-perfect performance. But following his team’s 47-0 annihilation of Capital last Friday at Greyhound Stadium, Portales head coach Jaime Ramirez couldn’t find much wrong. “I just wish we would’ve shored up some of those (missed) extra points. They were a little bit off,” Ramirez said. “Clean that up a little bit, we’re good.” It’s wit...
PORTALES — By the time Saturday is wrapped up, Eastern New Mexico hopes to be celebrating not a chili bowl, but a Chile Bowl. That’s the tag being attached for the first time to the cross-state rivals, heading into Saturday’s homecoming game. The inaugural Chile Bowl is important for Eastern because it’s the homecoming game and another LSC match-up. It’s important for the Mustangs because they’re still seeking their first victory. There’s no looking ahead to the rest of the L...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents will hear an update on a remodel at the president’s residence during Friday’s meeting. ENMU-Portales President and Chancellor of the three-college system Jeff Elwell said asbestos was discovered in the walls, floors and ceilings in all of the original areas of the home. Regent Terry Othick is slated to give a report on the remodel, including cost estimates and options for the asbestos removal, Elwell said. Other items on the agenda for the board meeting, sched...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis’ Water Policy Advisory Board met Tuesday morning for the first time in three months. Barring unforeseen circumstances, that statement will also be true the next time it meets. The board’s first meeting since July was dedicated to updates on various water activities going on in and around Clovis. “We didn’t have any action items up to this point,” Chairman Chris Bryant said, “and we still don’t.” Before the board broke for 2018, with plans to meet again in January, various entities shared updates. M...
TUCUMCARI — If all goes according to plan, a long-closed ethanol plant in Tucumcari may be converted into a methane plant and become fully operational by mid-2020. Tucumcari Bio-Energy Co. is hunting for investors and may begin converting the plant to methane gas production as soon as early 2019, said Robert Hockaday, president, during a phone interview. He hopes to acquire the necessary investors and loans by year’s end. Bringing the plant, located on the city’s north side, to full production would require 18 months, he said...
VERNON, Texas — Senior Wesley Gudgell led the way as the Eastern New Mexico rodeo team showed its best outing of the season last weekend at the Vernon College Rodeo. The Logan native placed fifth in the steer wrestling finals Saturday and had all 105 team points for the Greyhound men, who finished in 13th place overall. The women’s team, meanwhile, had three members qualify for the short go in breakaway roping. Gudgell made Saturday’s short round by going 4.2 seconds in the l...
ODESSA, Texas — What a difference a goal makes. Sophomore defender Keyara Zuniga tracked down a loose ball off a teammate’s shoulder and buried it with just two minutes to play in the second overtime, and Eastern New Mexico escaped Texas-Permian Basin Sunday with a 1-0 win. The win put the Greyhounds (5-4-2, 3-2-1) alone in third place in the Lone Star Conference standings. Had the Greyhounds received the solo standings point for a scoreless tie, they would now be tied wit...
ELIDA — The state’s Attorney General’s office is investigating a Roosevelt County cattle rancher for fraud, embezzlement and money laundering in connection with his past role leading the Miss New Mexico Scholarship Organization, according to documents obtained last week by The News. In the affidavit for a search warrant approved Oct. 2 by Judge Donna Mowrer, an AG special investigator details claims that Greg Smith, 55, of Elida, withheld funds and payments while overcharging contestants in his position the past three years...
On this date ... 1933: A former assistant attorney general and district judge from Clovis was appointed to the U. S. Senate as a Democrat. Carl Hatch, a Kansas native who moved to New Mexico to practice law in 1916, filled the Senate seat vacated by Sam Bratton, who had resigned. Hatch was subsequently elected in 1934 and re-elected in 1942. He served in the U.S. Senate until Jan. 2, 1949, and was not a candidate in 1948, Congressional records show. He is best known as author...
Today • Eastern Plains Council of Governments board — 10 a.m., 418 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-762-7714 • Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m., City Hall, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Friday • Eastern New Mexico University regents — 9:30 a.m., Regents Room, Administration Building, 1500 S. Ave. K, Portales. Information: 575-562-2121 Monday • Portales school board — 6 p.m., Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 Tuesday • Curry County Commission...
Today • Tiny Tots program — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m., field trip to fire station, Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B. Information: 575-356-3940 • Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Gwyneth Walker guest voice recital — 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall, Eastern New Mexico University Music Building, Portales. Information: 575-562-2377 • ENMU Homecomi...
