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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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ROSWELL — The Portales High boys soccer team closed out their season with a tough 2-1 loss against New Mexico Military Institute on Saturday afternoon in Roswell. The loss marked the third straight one-goal loss to the Colts for the Rams. “The boys played hard, that’s all I can ask for,” said Portales head coach Nathan Dodge....
PORTALES — Enjoyed the rest, did they? The Eastern New Mexico University football team's offense apparently did, coming off last weekend's bye with a fury to roll up points galore on Lone Star Conference rival Texas A&M-Kingsville, winning 51-34 Saturday night at Greyhound Stadium. As a result, the Greyhounds improved to 7-1 overall, 6-1 in LSC play. Yep, the rest seemed to do them good — 532 total yards worth of good, including 482 on the ground, more than enough pro...
CANYON, Texas — After closing the gates on a three game losing streak, the Eastern New Mexico University men’s soccer team could not pick up where they left off from Thursday nights win over Lubbock Christian as they had a tough 8-1 loss to West Texas A&M on Saturday. ENMU’s Christopher Mesquita scored the Greyhounds’ only goal and had his team-best eighth goal of the season, as the Hounds (4-13-1; HC 3-11) closed the door on their 2017 season. WTA&M (12-4-1; HC 10-3-1)finished the night with a 29-7 edge in total shots,...
PORTALES — If you drove in from Clovis, it was a 20-minute drive as usual. But on Saturday, the trip also transported you back at least 10,000 years as Blackwater Draw National Historic Landmark and Museum hosted its 17th annual atlatl competition. Kids age 6 to adult took turns using the ancient spear-throwing device to hurl darts at several different targets. Museum Curator Jenna Domeischel was pleased with the turnout and said close to 200 people attended. "This is a...
CLOVIS — Area football teams like Texico, Muleshoe and Farwell were put to the test on Friday night. While Texico came up short, the other two overcame their obstacles. Farwell 54, Springlake-Earth 6 The Farwell Steers find themselves heading into the postseason, but look to focus on Bovina for the district title. Farwell (5-3, 3-0) blew Springlake-Earth (1-6, 0-2) out of the water in a huge 54-6 win. Farwell had three unanswered touchdowns in the first quarter, with Ethan Stancell starting their first-quarter scoring drive w...
Today, it’s best described as a ghost settlement without anyone or anything to haunt for thousands of acres around. Located 20-something miles southwest of Tucumcari, between the ghost towns of Ima and Jordan (pronounced Jerdon), the Cuneva Spring was once a popular stop for cattle herders and soldiers traveling between regional forts. It’s mostly interesting today because it was haunted a century ago. The basin “is possibly the source of a phenomenon known as ‘sheepherders’ lights’ that appear in the area every night,” Lyn... Full story
Later this week, local veteran Dennis "D.J." Johnson will be embarking on a hunting trip. A year ago around this time, he made the same excursion. It's all part of a "give back" program that a local hunting and fishing guide service is trying to get started to thank a veteran for his or her service. Brothers Jared and Peter Piepkorn, owners of Wing River Outfitters, are behind the idea. "My dad served 37 years total," said Jared, who lives in Clovis. "I've been around the mili... Full story
PORTALES — There was a different feeling in the Rams Athletic Center before Portales’ 4A District 4 volleyball match with Hope Christian Saturday afternoon. Rams coach Charity Gomez wanted to see her team play a more complete match for quite some time, and against the Huskies, she got it. Even before pregame warmups, the Lady Rams were spiking the ball harder than usual — a precursor to what would happen in their match later on. Portales finished with 39 kills — includi...
CLOVIS — Don't let the numbers fool you. Yes, Clovis' volleyball team has endured most of its losses in the season's second half, seeing an 8-2 record turn into 10-9 in a matter of weeks. But, the Lady Wildcats have actually gotten better, played better, during that stretch. The latter half of their season has been like golfing the back nine, hitting the ball straighter, longer, only to see the scores worsen because of more dog-legs, sand traps and water hazards. They've b...
Even though we’re newly into our fall clothing lineup and just thinking about prepping for the chill of winter, the fashion industry is always one or two steps ahead of us. While you're matching up your oversized sweaters and boots for the season, the runways are already showing us what the biggest trends for spring will be. So, what is the look ahead? Well, the fashion predictors say 2018 is about bright hues, interesting materials and basically accessories that you've a...
Tiffany Welsh was born and raised in Clovis. She started working for her parents at age 15 at her family's optical business that started as a kiosk in the mall. She married Erick Welsh in 2007 and the couple have three children. Welsh enjoys singing and spending most of her time doing family activities. She comes from a family of musicians. Her father was in a Tejano band and her brother is music artist Keize Montoya. In 2015, Welsh earned her bachelor's degree in music...
It’s a good thing my wife is a complete beauty queen from the ankles up. If the rest of her was as ugly as her feet I don’t know that our love would have endured. Her feet were not too amazing when we married. Yes, I did get a good look at them before we were hitched and I pulled the trigger anyway. They were nearly as big as my feet but that really didn’t cause me any insecurity and if she didn’t mind I shouldn’t either. I figured I would just buy her fuzzy slippers...
Information on a technique called Quilting As-You-Go and making mandalas will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Shannon Wooton will demonstrate a technique called Quilting-As-You-Go, which is a great way to be creative and expressive even if you think you don’t have a lot of time and you want to complete a quilting project from start to finish. Wooton is the Extension Home Economist with...
It took a court order, but the Archdiocese of Santa Fe this month released nearly 1,000 pages from its personnel files that shed additional light on the unconscionable actions of three pedophile priests over three decades — and the extraordinary efforts taken by the church to cover up the crimes they committed against young New Mexicans. Accompanying the documents was a letter of apology from Archbishop John C. Wester to the survivors “for the pain and suffering you have endured.” “It is my deepest hope that our publica...
My book-of-the-month summary for October is “Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People” by Elizabeth Brown (MJF Books, 2010 edition, 244 pages). The book offers coping skills for those manipulated by screwed-up people (SUP) into getting dragged into and blamed for their problems. SUP behaviors include blaming; refusing to consider other viewpoints; turning molehills into mountains; being self-absorbed and self-destructive; not open to reason; undependable; acting sup...
On this date ... 1972: Clovis High School English teacher Lois Jones was named that city’s Teacher of the Year in the first award of its kind given by the Clovis Association of Classroom Teachers. Jones started teaching English at CHS in 1958, but had earlier taught at Clovis Junior High for 2 1/2 years before taking some time off for her young family. “I have faith in students,” Jones told the Clovis News-Journal. “The so-called ‘generation gap’ could be lessened if each generation group would just listen to the other. So I...
CLOVIS — Two men were charged last week for allegedly working together to smuggle drugs into the Curry County jail — one of them accused of shoplifting and intentionally being caught so he could be jailed with marijuana in his possession. Kelby Spain, 23, and Manuel Duran Jr, 23, were charged Wednesday with felony conspiracy to commit bringing contraband — specifically marijuana — into the Curry County Adult Detention Center. Criminal complaints allege that Duran relayed instructions and progress updates with “severa...
Today • Lighthouse Mission rededication — 2 p.m. at 407 L. Casillas Blvd. Information: 575-799-0902 • Boo in the Zoo 2 — 1 p.m.-5 p.m. at Hillcrest Park Zoo, Clovis. Admission: $1 for all. Information: 575-762-4412 • Reformation Walk — 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 1101 N. Pile Street, Clovis. Information: 575-749-6551 Monday • Family movie night — 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Movie: “Coraline.” Information: 575-769-7840 • Free flu shots — 1 p.m. at Melrose Senior Center, 427 Main St. Information: 5...
Monday • Library Board — 5:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 Wednesday • Clovis Community College Board — 8 a.m. in room 512. Information: 575-769-4001 Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. in North Annex at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 Friday • ENMU Board of Regents — 9:30 a.m. at Roswell campus, 52 University Blvd. Information: 575-624-7000 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575...
Cuban assassination plots involving exploding seashells and poisoned swimsuits. Bounties on the heads of high-profile communists. A secretive investigation that tracked John F. Kennedy’s assassin into Mexico. As scholars, journalists and the merely curious pored through a tranche of nearly 3,000 newly released secret documents related to the 35th president’s assassination, there were few if any major plot twists about what happened that day in Dallas in 1963. Instead, the files — which include secret FBI memos, handw...
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 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, 8:45 a.m. board meeting, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment,...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Skillet frittata. Lunch — Chicken nuggets, ranch mashed potatoes, California vegetables, delicious apple, whole wheat roll. Tuesday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch — Porkey rib on a bun, baked fries, seasoned green beans, seasonal fresh fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast — Muffin. Lunch — Bean and cheese burrito, Spanish rice, garden salad w/ranch, season fresh fruit. Thursday: Breakfast — Frudel. Lunch — Corn dog, baked beans, zucchini coins w/ranch, seasonal fresh fruit, oatmeal...
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library Korea Reborn: A Grateful Nation Honors War Veterans for 60 Years of Growth presents a retrospective look at the Korean War and the years of prosperity that followed. The photos and text tell the story from the perspective of both U.S. veterans who served and the Koreans who prospered from the freedom left in their wake, resulting in the ultimate transformation of a war-torn country into a vibrant, prosperous nation worth fighting for. Spoken Through...
