Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Thursday • 2:39 a.m.: Shoplifting up to $500, 700 block of East First Street. • 11:32 a.m.: Failure to pay fines, 1600 block of North Prince Street. • 11:34 a.m.: Contempt of court, 200 block of Woodson Way. • 12:44 p.m.: Shoplifting, 3700 block of North Prince Street. • 3:23 p.m.: Fraud (less than $100), 1900 block of North Thornton Street. • 3:30 p.m.: Failure to appear (misdemeanor), 800 block of Mitchel...
Today St. Ann’s Catholic Church Turkey Dinner — 11:30 a.m. (CDT) Donations: $12 adults, $6 children under 6. St. Ann’s Parish Hall, Third Street., Bovina. Monday BeWellnm health insurance event — 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 505-996-6449 Tuesday Election Day — Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. around the region. United Blood Services — 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 575-625-9743 Wednesday United Blood Services ... Full story
On this date ... 1956: Officials at Clovis Air Force Base were asking residents to avoid trespassing on the Melrose Gunnery Range. Lt. Col. Bernie Bass said aircraft were using live ammunition during training at the range, and wanted to warn area residents, especially hunters, about the danger. Unauthorized entry to the range could also result in federal prosecution, base officials said. 1951: Most area merchants in Clovis, Portales and Muleshoe were planning to be open on Nov. 12 rather than observe Armistice Day, which woul...
The following is a list of events being held in the next week in Portales and Clovis in honor of Veteran’s Day: Portales Friday • American Legion Post 31 Veterans Day Program: 11 a.m. at the Memorial Building • Veterans of Foreign Wars Wall of Honor: 6 p.m. at VFW Post 9515, 316 South Main Avenue. Nov. 14 • Re-dedicaton of the Vietnam Memorial: 4 p.m. Nov. 14 at Eastern New Mexico University, across from the bookstore Clovis Monday • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3280 Open House: 6-8 p.m. at 200 West Grand Avenue Tuesday ...
We asked our Facebook followers: “A Clovis mother and son are scheduled in court, on separate dockets, on charges of an incestuous relationship. (Editor’s note: Both trials have since been moved to next year.) Since the relationship didn’t start until they were consenting adults, do you think this is a case the judicial system needs to pursue?” • Candace Marin: Incest is incest and that is just nasty. Guilty. We do not need no incest babies running around. • Tim Garcia: They didn’t kill anybody, and they weren’t selling drugs... Full story
Staff photo: Kevin Wilson Jonathan Pena of Clovis takes a shot during the Tex-Mex Tossup disc golf tournament Saturday at Ned Houk Park. Managing Editor [email protected] By most accounts, cold and rainy conditions made Saturday a miserable day to be outside — particularly at a wide-open city park. But a few dozen people braving the elements at Ned Houk Park would tell you a bad day throwing a disc is better than a good day doing almost anything else. Friendly c...
Staff report FORT SUMNER — The Fort Sumner Foxes advanced to the Class 2A state championship game on Friday night with a 50-0 rout of Jal. Sophomore quarterback Jude Segura ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more for the top-seeded and top-ranked Foxes (11-0), who will host third-seeded Lordsburg in next weekend’s semifinal, the Mavericks beat second-seeded Escalante. Segura scored on runs of 1 and 16 yards, and threw scoring passes of 26 yards to senior Hunter Sparks and 43 yards to sophomore Noah Maxwell. Mea...
Staff report DENVER — Eastern New Mexico University junior Mercy Rotich took first place in NCAA Division II South Central Regional women’s competition on Saturday, helping the Greyhounds finish 10th as a team. Rotich, a native of Kenya and a transfer from El Paso Community College, posted a time of 21 minutes, 47 seconds over six kilometers. She qualified for the D-II nationals, scheduled for Nov. 19 in Saint Leo, Florida. Junior Coley Norcross was ENMU’s second runner, coming in 46th with a time of 23:55. The Hounds finis...
Staff report DENVER — Eastern New Mexico University junior Mercy Rotich took first place in NCAA Division II South Central Regional women’s competition on Saturday, helping the Greyhounds finish 10th as a team. Rotich, a native of Kenya and a transfer from El Paso Community College, posted a time of 21 minutes, 47 seconds over six kilometers. She qualified for the D-II nationals, scheduled for Nov. 19 in Saint Leo, Florida. Junior Coley Norcross was ENMU’s second runner, coming in 46th with a time of 23:55. The Hounds finis... Full story
Staff report Assuming nobody turns out to Election Day in Curry County on Tuesday, at any of the 10 places, for all of the 12 hours polls are open, turnout for the 2016 general election will still be 31.7 percent. Early voting closed Saturday evening at the North Plains Mall, with a total of 3,645 ballots cast. Over at the Curry County Administrative Complex, early voting ended Friday with 3,635 ballots cast. The total of 7,280 represents 31.7 percent turnout of the county’s 22,943 registered voters — 10,907 Republican, 6,839... Full story
There was a time when I never thought I’d say this, but this is the last time I’m penning a column before the 2016 election. I have thoughts on what will happen based on the data, but Tuesday is about the people. Some things will surprise me, but I don’t think anything’s off the table. But as sure as I am about the voters deciding on Tuesday, I don’t know if they’ll get their say. Tuesday will mark 269 days since Justice Antonin Scalia died. It will also mark 237 days since...
There was a time when I never thought I’d say this, but this is the last time I’m penning a column before the 2016 election. I have thoughts on what will happen based on the data, but Tuesday is about the people. Some things will surprise me, but I don’t think anything’s off the table. But as sure as I am about the voters deciding on Tuesday, I don’t know if they’ll get their say. Tuesday will mark 269 days since Justice Antonin Scalia died. It will also mark 237 days since...
Whether it’s Clinton’s email server, Trump’s huge hands, Johnson’s Alpo/Aleppo brain-freeze or Stein’s chug-a-mug name, voters seem disgruntled with Tuesday’s choices. With strictly altruistic motives — like getting out of Portales — I offer myself as a write-in alternative. Wendel Sloan Win or lose, I promise not to call my opponents’ supporters “stupid” unless they post memes of me grabbing kittens. (I also won’t call them “clowns” unless they are scaring people.) Let’s...
Whether it’s Clinton’s email server, Trump’s huge hands, Johnson’s Alpo/Aleppo brain-freeze or Stein’s chug-a-mug name, voters seem disgruntled with Tuesday’s choices. With strictly altruistic motives — like getting out of Portales — I offer myself as a write-in alternative. Wendel Sloan Win or lose, I promise not to call my opponents’ supporters “stupid” unless they post memes of me grabbing kittens. (I also won’t call them “clowns” unless they are scaring people.) Let’s... Full story
New Mexico is the fifth-largest state in the nation when it comes to land mass. Yet its population of just over 2 million is spread out over those nearly 122,000 square miles, making providing services a physical, and fiscal, challenge. The internet is an economical option in many cases. So are mobile offices. And now the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division has both. MVD has allowed many drivers and vehicle owners to do business online for years: everything from renewing registrations, licenses and parking placards, to paying c...
New Mexico is the fifth-largest state in the nation when it comes to land mass. Yet its population of just over 2 million is spread out over those nearly 122,000 square miles, making providing services a physical, and fiscal, challenge. The internet is an economical option in many cases. So are mobile offices. And now the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division has both. MVD has allowed many drivers and vehicle owners to do business online for years: everything from renewing registrations, licenses and parking placards, to paying c... Full story
The following is a list of events being held in the next week in Portales and Clovis in honor of Veterans Day: Portales Friday • American Legion Post 31 Veterans Day Program: 11 a.m. at the Memorial Building • Veterans of Foreign Wars Wall of Honor: 6 p.m. at VFW Post 9515, 316 South Main Avenue. Nov. 14 • Re-dedicaton of the Vietnam Memorial: 4 p.m. Nov. 14 at Eastern New Mexico University, across from the bookstore Clovis Monday • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3280 Open House: 6-8 p.m. at 200 West Grand Avenue Tuesday...
Monday • Poetry slam, book signing — 6 p.m. in Pecos Room at ENMU. Poet, writer Tanaya Winder of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe performs. Information: 575-562-2470 • Little Miss Merry Christmas meeting/kickoff — 5:30 p.m. at the chamber. Information: 575-356-5354 Tuesday • Afterschool at the Library — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Activity: Gizmos and gadgets. Information: 575-356-3940 Wednesday • Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: Dinovember. Information: 57... Full story
On this date ... 1956: Officials at Clovis Air Force Base were asking residents to avoid trespassing on the Melrose Gunnery Range. Lt. Col. Bernie Bass said aircraft were using live ammunition during training at the range, and wanted to warn area residents, especially hunters, about the danger. Unauthorized entry to the range could also result in federal prosecution, base officials said. 1951: Most area merchants in Clovis, Portales and Muleshoe were planning to be open on Nov... Full story
Posting a very young picture of Frances Bavier on Facebook spurred a lot of old movie discussion and some further investigating on my part. For those of you who don’t know, Frances Bavier played Aunt Bea on “The Andy Griffith Show” in the 1960s; it was one of my favorite shows growing up and still is, along with the “Dick Van Dyke Show.” I don’t really remember why I looked up “The Andy Griffith Show” on Google the other day, but when I did, I clicked on Frances Bavier...
Tribune News Service KENANSVILLE, N.C. — America is a nation in a clash of eras. One America is straining to burst fully into the 21st century, impatient for change and dreaming of a world where immigrants of any stripe are welcomed, and diversity of religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation and even gender identity is embraced. The other is straining to hold on to favored parts of the 20th century, yearning to maintain what’s worked for them for so long: a familiar health care system, law and order, streets clear of imm... Full story
