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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — Tuesday’s volleyball match was perhaps a glimpse into the future for an improving Clovis team. But it also signaled the present, displaying a young team that still hasn’t quite yet arrived. In their regular-season finale at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, the Lady Wildcats looked able to hang with a quality Roswell team, grabbing the lead in each set. But, they ultimately lost all three and were swept 25-18, 25-20, 25-23. Somewhat deceptive numbers, because Clovis competed throughout. “I think it’s the best game we’ve pla...
If I ever write anything wise — you know, the kind of pithy one-sentence bit of proverb-like wisdom that shows up in quotation books and on Internet “great quotes” sites — I hope I can avoid using any one word in the string that is detrimental to my proverb’s multi-century shelf life. Sometime over 300 years ago, the Quaker leader and founding father of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, William Penn (1644-1718) wrote these wise words about genuine friendship: “A true friend...
A key goal-setting strategy used at our school sites across the district is the 90-day plan, a strategic planning commonly used in districts across the nation. With diverse input, the planning provides a vehicle to identify areas needing improvement, with actions to be taken. Earlier this year, during Clovis High School’s 90-day planning process, one of the areas identified for improvement was creating a more positive school culture, for both students and staff. CHS Instructio...
Thomas “Black Jack” Ketchum failed in his attempt to rob the Colorado and Southern Railway on Aug. 16, 1899. That happened near Folsom in northeast New Mexico. He ultimately got himself killed over it. Newspapers of the day reported a railroad employee’s bullet hit him in the right elbow, knocking him backward off the train. Law officers found him nearly unconscious beside the tracks the next day; they transported him to a hospital where his injured arm was amputated. Things got worse for Ketchum after that. He was jaile... Full story
PORTALES — First United Methodist Church in Portales will kick off the Thanksgiving season on Thursday with its 65th annual turkey dinner and bazaar. Event Coordinator Shelly Atwood said last year's event served over 2,100 eastern New Mexico residents and this year the church will have 52 turkeys, 114 gallons of green beans, 300 pumpkin pies and a whole lot of homemade dressing on hand for the meal. "It is a community event and kind of sets off the whole holiday season," A... Full story
On this date ... 1963: Area trick-or-treaters were tricked by the weather. Just after dark, "when witches (were) riding their broomsticks," rain began to fall across the region. Soon, the rain turned to the season's first snowfall, the Clovis News-Journal reported. "Most of the trick-or-treaters, clad in skimpy costumes of skeletons and scarecrows, had to be whisked home by their older brothers and sisters. Many of them still got soaked," the newspaper said. One tearful...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Sunday: Clovis • Blanca Gonzales, 22, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Donsha Currie, 20, larceny, receiving stolen property, extorition • David Pacheco, 47, failure to appear on a felony charge • Dillon Compton, 22, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Juan Baltazar, 18, criminal damage to property • Jonathan Parrish, 35, possession of a controlled substance, tampering with evidence, failure to have operating tail lamps • Elizabeth Sena, 32, probation vio...
ALBUQUERQUE — The Eastern New Mexico News won 20 awards at the 110th annual New Mexico Press Association convention over the weekend. The News collected 10 first-place awards and 10 second-place honors in the Daily Class II division as part of the contest. The contest is divided in four categories: Daily Class I — 11,000 and above circulation, Daily Class II — 10,999 and below circulation, Weekly Class I — 5,000 and above circulation and Weekly Class II — 4,999 and below circulation. Statewide, 30 newspapers competed....
