Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — If Saturday's Trick or Treat Street event is any indication then Wonder Woman will likely be one of the most popular Halloween costumes for girls this year. As hundreds of kids and their parents lined up outside the Curry County Events Center for the afternoon of candy and games, you did not need to look far to see someone wearing the classic red, blue and yellow costume. "She loves Wonder Woman because she's strong," Amber Starbuck said. Starbuck's daughter, C...
If you’re not careful, you can miss the sound of fall. I heard it early one morning about a week ago. Carried through the frosty air was the faint yet unmistakable sound of sandhill cranes. I’ve heard that sound nearly every fall of my life. Some years I was lucky enough to be outside enough for it to become a familiar background vocal. Other years it was a rare but reaffirming quick sign of fall. Once you hear them, it’s quite another thing altogether to locate the flock...
Information on adapting recipes for special dietary needs, sleep disorders, and updating window treatments will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Charlene Patton with the Home Baking Association says it’s easy to adapt almost any recipe for special needs, such as allergies, gluten-free or to boost whole grains. She’ll demonstrate how to determine alternative ingredients, talk about food safety...
Halloween is next week and each year there's the new hottest costume that you can't avoid seeing. Entertainment Weekly compiled a list of costumes they think you will see this year. Here are a few. Handmaid's costumes are expected to make hit after the gained popularity of Emmy Award winning “The Handmaids Tale” streaming series. The magazine said this costume should be "… the easiest you could scrape together in a pinch: A sheet of red fabric, a pair of flats, one of those...
CLOVIS — National weather forecasters anticipate a warmer and drier winter than normal for the region this year, in keeping with trends expected across the country. “Temperatures are favored to be above normal and precipitation below normal for eastern New Mexico and all of the state,” Albuquerque National Weather Service Senior Meteorologist Chuck Jones said Friday. “But that doesn’t mean we can’t see some cold outbreaks or colder than normal temperatures for a brief period of time and it doesn’t mean we can’t pick up...
Patrick McCreary was born in Niagara Falls, New York, the fourth of six children. He is a teacher, designer and technical director in Eastern New Mexico's Department of Theatre and Digital Filmmaking. He has taught college for 16 years, three of them at ENMU Portales. He recently celebrated competing in his two-hundredth race with a win at the U.S. Open Triathlon in Rockwall, Texas, on Oct. 15. In addition, his time would have also won three younger age divisions. McCreary...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Fairground was buzzing on Saturday as the Peanut Valley Craft and Music Festival got started. The two-day festival kicked off Saturday morning with a Medieval Village demonstration and included performances from State Line Band and others. Members of the Portales Dance Academy showed off their moves during a Fusion World Dance performance which showcased dances from all over the world including Morocco and India. The events center was filled w...
KINGSVILLE, Texas — Sophomore Mason Swanson ran a personal best Saturday, finishing ninth as both Eastern New Mexico University cross country teams took seventh-place finishes at Saturday’s Lone Star Conference Championship. Omer Almog finished 15th to lead the Greyhound men in the 8K competition, hosted by Texas A&M-Kingsville. The competition couldn’t have been any more different between the men’s race and the women’s 6K. West Texas A&M took five of the top eight spots in the men’s race, led by Owen Mind finishing first at...
PORTALES — There aren't any beaches in Portales, but Eastern New Mexico sophomore outside hitter Sarah Tuioti-Mariner doesn't seem to mind that as much anymore. The California native grew up near Los Angeles, and after an initial culture shock, Tuioti-Mariner has really taken a liking to her new surroundings. "The transition was so different — I went from being a city girl and having the beach, to being a cowgirl and having all these farms," Tuioti-Mariner said. "The tra...
CLOVIS— A pair of area high school teams were on byes, but nearly everybody else won and won big. Dora 54, Logan 26 Wesley Poling scored twice, and Dora got it to the running clock before the Longhorns scored in the final minutes. The Longhorns (2-6, 1-2) actually led early in the second, but Poling rushed for a 10-yard score to give the Coyotes (5-3, 2-2) the lead for good. Kaull Burton added a 20-yard touchdown in the first half. “Our guys did very well overall,” said Dora head coach Mason McBee. “Logan busted us a little...
There is no overstating the extent to which the United States is quickly becoming over-dependent on one fuel for production of electricity — natural gas. This growing reliance exposes consumers of natural gas and electricity to the risk of sudden spikes in prices — and a loss of reliability. Parts of the country that depend on natural gas for more than 50 percent of their electricity (New England, Florida and California) have already had warnings of potential power shortages. The underlying cause has been all but ign...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man was killed late Friday night in a motorcycle accident south of Clovis, according to a release from the Curry County Sheriff’s Office. Edward Sanchez, 59, died at the scene of the accident on the 700 block of Curry Road K. According to the release: • Sanchez was traveling north on Curry Road K when the 2008 Yamaha motorcycle he was driving cross the southbound lane, entered the ditch and struck a utility pole. • The sheriff’s office investigation revealed the motorcycle was reported stolen nine days earl...
Baseball’s World Series begins on Tuesday, which makes this a good day to remember Wilcy Moore. The Oklahoma farm boy was a 30-year-old rookie when he pitched in the Fall Classic 90 years ago this month. The 1927 Yankees are still considered one of the greatest teams in baseball history. Led by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, they won 110 games during the regular season before sweeping Pittsburgh in the Series. The unheralded superstar of the season and the playoffs was the right-handed, side-arming Moore, who won 20 games, includi...
On this date ... 1967: Barbed wire collector Vic Stout was profiled in the Clovis News-Journal as a local man who was “really hooked on his hobby.” Stout had gathered 160 different strands in his collection, including three pieces of entanglement wire used by the Germans and Americans during World War II. Stout’s earliest sample was three-strand machine-made wire, first manufactured in 1885. He also had 18 types of Glidden wire, named for the rancher credited with inventing the fencing used throughout the west. 1957: Jane Bur...
If Rick Pitino didn’t have bad luck, he’d have no luck at all. The now-former Louisville basketball coach just couldn’t seem to catch a break in 16 years at the school. First there was the time Pitino was targeted for extortion. Police records revealed: • Pitino was approached by Karen Cunagin at a Louisville restaurant in 2003, and he agreed to call her sons and give words of encouragement. At closing time, the restaurant owner left his keys with Pitino and bad luck hit. He volunteers for the closing shift, and two weeks l...
Although I’ve been called a Facebook philosopher, it’s only an honorary title until I receive my Ph.D. (doctor of philosophy) from Facebook University (FU). I have earned an associate’s in “Reactions,” bachelor’s in “Posts” and master’s in “Comments.” My thesis was titled “Fake Memes in the Age of Trump: Better to Blow Off Steam or Your Top?” My in-progress dissertation is “Finding Fact-Fathoming Friends, Delaying De-Friending from Deceived but Decent Dudes, and Hastening...
New Mexico Public Education Department Secretary-designate Christopher Ruszkowski did his cause no favors Monday by skipping a public hearing on his department’s controversial changes to proposed science standards. Ruszkowski’s stunning absence was the most glaring, but far from the only, problem faced by an overflow crowd of scientists, teachers, university professors, faith leaders and students who voiced concerns over the proposed changes: • The venue — the 100-seat auditorium of the Jerry Apodaca Education Buildin...
SANTA FE — Just call them the Cardiac Kids. Clovis’ volleyball team, with little room for error as it chases a Class 6A playoff berth, pulled out a huge win over Santa Fe on the road Saturday afternoon. Down 0-2 in sets, the Lady Wildcats won the next two, forcing a decisive fifth set. And there, they toughed out a 16-14 win to take the match 3-2. It was the Lady Wildcats’ second win in a row following a five-game losing streak, improving them to 10-7 overall, 3-5 in the all-important district competition. As the Lady ’Cats...
CLOVIS — The Clovis High School Boys Basketball Booster Club is sponsoring its inaugural free throw tournament. The event will begin 9 a.m. Nov. 11 at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. Registration is $40 per four-person team with three different divisions — grades 5-6, grades 7-8 and grades 9-12. Teams may be co-ed. Any high school boys team is limited to one team member who plays basketball for Clovis at the varsity, junior varsity, C-team or freshman levels. The registration deadline is Nov. 9, and payment (made to the booster clu...
Jail logs Booked The following were booked into local jails Thursday through Friday: Clovis • Matthew Chavez, 20, concealing identity, failure to appear on a felony charge, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Travis Reid, 41, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Luis Gonzales, 25, battery, possession of a controlled substance, failure to pay fines, concealing identity • Dominic Lopez, 34, failure to appear on a felony charge • Rose Garza, 20, possession of a controlled substance, possessio...
Today • Halloween Howwwl softball tournament — Midnight-midnight at Guy Leeder Softball Complex, 14th Street, Clovis. Championship games start at 6 p.m. Information: Clovis Softball Association on Facebook • Fall Shootout — Noon at Melrose shooting range, one mile north, one mile west of town. Entry: $2. Preregistration at 10 a.m. Information: 575-760-5809 • Peanut Valley Festival — 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Admission: Free. Information: 575-356-5354 Tuesday • Afterschool STEAM — 4:30 p.m. for grades...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Asian chicken, brown rice, garden salad w/ranch, oriental veggie blend, chilled pears. Tuesday: Breakfast — Donut. Lunch — Sloppy Joe, baked fries, veggie cup w/ranch, sidekicks. Wednesday: Breakfast — Cocoa cherry bar. Lunch — Ham and cheese wrap, baked tater tots, celery stix w/ranch, juice, cookie, seasonal fresh fruit. Thursday: Breakfast — Sausage in honey biscuit. Lunch — Pigs in a blanket, ranch salad, seasoned corn, seasonal fresh fruit. Friday: Breakfast...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory, Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, noon pinochle, 1 p.m. line dance, 5 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 6 p.m. musical Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sewing, 1 p.m. crafts Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m....
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library The Switch by Joseph Finder throws an innocent man into the crosshairs of sinister government secrets and ruthless political ambitions. Michael Tanner accidently picks up the wrong MacBook in an airport security line, later discovering it contains top-secret files. When Senator Robbins realizes she has the wrong laptop, she and her young chief of staff turn to a “fixer” to retrieve it, with its illegally obtained files, before a bigger security bre...
Beta Phi Six members of Beta Phi, Collene Baldwin, Laura Loflin, Patsy Lorenz, Royce Lorenz, Beverly Miller and Suzy Moore, had a potluck luncheon Sept. 5 at Collene Baldwin’s home. Collene Baldwin got her 35-year pin and Royce Lorenz received his first pearl. Six members met Oct. 3 at Mark’s Restaurant in Portales; Collene Baldwin, George Hays and grandson RJ, Laura Loflin, Beverly Miller and Suzy Moore. A new member, Jeannette Bass of Pep, was initiated by President Beverly Miller. Eight members, Collene Baldwin, Jea...
