Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Antoinette Brezovsky is the emergency management director for the city of Portales. Q: When temperatures start to get cold like they have been this last week, are there any common problems that you guys have to respond to? And if so, can you elaborate on what you see? A: I guess of course there's always a concern about people who don't have proper heating in their homes or don't have homes...
Incumbents Terry Martin and Paul Cordova kept their positions on the Clovis Municipal Schools board of directors following Tuesday's elections. Martin defeated challenger Nathan Mccreery, 144-93, in the race for the District 5 seat. "First, I want to say all honor to God," Martin told The News on Tuesday night. "I want to thank the people in the district for coming out to vote. They know that I've been around, and they trust my judgment so, you know, (I'm) giving honor to God...
They've been best friends their entire lives. Born the same week in February 2017, Marley the Labrador retriever and Victor York played, ate and even slept together most every day of their six-plus years on Earth. They were playing in the alley behind their house last Wednesday when Marley was shot to death. A Clovis police report shows a neighbor shot Marley, complaining the unleashed lab was "aggressively barking" at his own dogs through a fence. "It's devastating. Everyone...
Halloween Howl At Melrose Friday Pool play Pool A: 1. Melrose 5-1; 2. Gateway Christian 4-2.; 3. Quemado 2-4; 4. Capitan 1-5. Pool B: 1. Springer 5-1; 2. Fort Sumner 4-2; 3. Tatum 2-4; 4. Hagerman 1-5. Saturday Consolation bracket Semifinals: Quemado def. Hagerman 25-21, 19-25, 25-23, 25-18; Tatum def. Capitan 25-19, 25-16, 25-10. 7th place: Hagerman def. Capitan 25-15, 25-13, 25-23. 5th place: Quemado def. Tatum 11-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-21. Championship bracket Semifinals: Fort Sumner def. Melrose 8-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-25, 1...
A 42-year-old motorcyclist was killed Saturday night after a collision with an SUV, police said. Clovis Police Capt. Roman Romero stated in a news release that Shonta “Chevy” Hall was ejected from a Harley Davidson onto the grass on the north side of Wheaton Street. Hall was dead when police arrived. The accident was reported at 6:17 p.m. near Wheaton and Madison Road. Police said the driver of the SUV was on the scene when they arrived and was cooperating with investigators. The Clovis Police Department Major Crash Team was...
One down. One to go. Eastern New Mexico University's football team captured the first of two season-ending rivalry games on Saturday, rallying past West Texas A&M 35-27 at Greyhound Stadium in the Wagon Wheel game. This week, the Greyhounds wrap up the season at Western New Mexico at noon on Saturday in the Chili Bowl contest. ENMU (5-5, 2-5 LSC) will be seeking a winning season and trying recapture the Chili Bowl trophy, which the Mustangs took home last season with a 38-24...
Coming off a first-round playoff bye, Portales High's football team begins its bid for a Class 4A state championship on Friday when the Rams host District 4-4A member Bernalillo in a 7 p.m. quarterfinal matchup at Greyhound Stadium. On paper, the fourth-seeded Rams (9-1) appear headed for a semifinal clash against top-seeded Bloomfield (10-0), which would also be in Portales. Rams coach Jaime Ramirez says, though, that there's no way he's looking past this week, despite the fact his squad disposed of the Spartans 38-0 just...
CARLSBAD – Clovis High’s girls put five runners in the top 10 on Friday and captured District 4-5A competition at Carlsbad, while the CHS boys finished third. Both Clovis squads will run in Class 5A state competition on Saturday, hosted by Albuquerque High. The 5A boys race is set for 10:50 a.m., with the girls to follow at 11:35 a.m. “We’re going to keep things going,” CHS cross country coach Liz Ledezma said. “Hopefully, we can place in the top six (in both divisions).” The Lady Wildcats, with all nine runners finishing in...
When a football season isn’t fulfilling expectations, there is a certain amount of rationalization and wondering that plays out as the season winds down. To put it another way, it’s the “what if” game. For Texas Tech, there may not be a bigger “what if” than what if quarterback Behren Morton never had to deal with nagging injuries? Where would the Raiders be with a healthy Morton? There was a glimpse of that last Thursday in a 35-28 win over TCU. Morton had not played sinc...
Two area teams remain alive in the New Mexico small-school playoffs, and both will play at home this weekend – against familiar foes. In 8-man, top-seeded Melrose (11-1) faces fellow District 3 member Clayton (7-5) for the championship in a 1 p.m. kickoff. While the surprising Yellowjackets, in just their second season of 8-man, were fourth in the five-team district, they’ve strung together four wins in a row, including road playoff upsets of second-seeded Legacy Academy (28-26) and, on Friday, third-seeded Mesilla Val...
ABILENE, Texas – All of Clovis High's relay teams posted state-qualifying marks in Saturday's season-opening Abilene Invitational swim meet, hosted by Abilene High. The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats earned an additional 11 state-qualifying marks from seven swimmers in the 12-team meet. The CHS girls notched the team championship with 359 points to 259 for Andrews, while the boys were second with 251 points to 331 for Andrews. "The kids were fantastic," said Vincent de Maio, w...
It’s basketball time at Eastern New Mexico University. ENMU men’s and women’s squads open the 2023-24 campaign at home this weekend, taking on Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference members Fort Lewis and New Mexico Highlands at Greyhound Arena in the South Central Region crossover event. Four games are scheduled each day, with ENMU’s women playing at 2:30 p.m. and the men at 7:30 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. The women face Fort Lewis on Friday and Highlands on Saturday while the men’s get Highlands first and then Fort Lewi...
The Lady of the House and I lived by the beach a few years ago. She grew up in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and we thought we’d give Gulf life a try. So we left Clovis in 2015 after we found a place in Pensacola; available Fort Walton Beach real estate wasn’t in abundance and higher priced. Anyway, two years later, we came back to Clovis. One of the tough parts of beach life was finding a job. Not long after we got settled in Florida I went looking for a good paying gig. I interviewed for a job as a newspaper advertising dep...
The picture is a little fuzzy. It was an action shot and so seriously zoomed in that it’s probably amazing that it’s as clear as it is. But it’s plenty clear enough, and I smile every time I look at it. My next-to-the-youngest grandchild, a precocious little 8-year-old—and, of course, an amazing little beauty in every way—is in mortal combat with another little girl as they’re sliding around on the floor of a basketball court. The ref will soon blow his whistle and signal...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Alejandro Salcido-Hernandez, 21, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jimmy Guillen, 59, breaking and entering, arson, aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon • Nathaniel Duran, 38, parole violation • Cheyenne Castro, 27, failure to pay fines • Alaze Duffy, 23, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Alexis Santos, 21, failure to pay fines • Izrael Villabos, 18, resisting, ev...
On this date … 1933: Helen Hockenhull of Clovis, daughter of New Mexico Gov. A. W. Hockenhull, had been nominated for queen of the yearbook of Colorado Women’s College in Denver. 1955: A 14-year-old girl, possibly a member of the Black Cat Gang in Clovis, was ordered confined to a girls welfare home in Albuquerque after she was habitually truant from school and her parents were “unable to control her,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. The Black Cat Gang was a “secret organization” for girls that had recently been involv...
A new cart business has opened in the commons area of North Plains Mall in Clovis. “It’s called Toy Land. They’re offering toys for sale and ride-on toys to rent and ride around the mall, “mall General Manager Leeann Glen said Monday. Glen described the ride-on toys as motorcycles with neon lights. “Toy Land is a New Mexico business with another location in Farmington,” Glen said....
Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis has welcomed eight new health care providers. According to a PRMC news release, five professionals working in OB/GYN are now with the hospital: Dr. Natasha Beachum, Certified Nurse Practitioner Lillian Browning, Certified Nurse-Midwife Cristi Lubera, CNP D. Reese McGee and Dr. Brenda Pereda. Specializing in internal medicine is Dr. Raymond Ortiz. For general surgery PRMC welcomes Dr. Raul Lugo and Dr. Michelle Pittman. The new providers are taking new patients, according to the news...
Some years ago, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wrote that there were known/knowns, known/unknowns and unknown/unknowns. Think about it. That’s things we know, things we know that we don’t know and things we don’t know we don’t know. It’s that last one that will put you in really deep kimchi. Jake Sullivan’s “Foreign Affairs” article prepared prior to Oct. 7, noting that the Middle East was quieter than it had been in two decades, is a classic example of unknown unknowns....
Through Monday, six area residents have expressed interest in becoming the region’s next state senator, while four people have applied for the Curry County assessor’s position. Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said the following have asked to be considered successor to Sen. Stuart Ingle who announced last month he is retiring: Pat Boone, Elida; Tate Turnbough, Portales; Larry Marker, Roswell; John Pietsch, Portales; Greg Nibert, Roswell; Travis Glenn, Tatum. Four other county commissions will also submit a single name to the...
There’s a reason the new tire shop at 1121 W. Seventh St. in Clovis is called “Dimmitt Tire.” Durado Acuña said his sons, Issac and Adan, opened “Dimmitt Tire” in Dimmitt, Texas, in March. Now, Dad has joined them, opening a second “Dimmitt Tire” in Clovis. Acuña may be familiar to some in the community. “I had been part of Brothers Tire for close to 24 years. But I sold my interest there so I could open this shop with my sons,” Acuña said. Acuña has good feelings about the venture. “I feel great with my sons taking the next...
When government clearly goes too far, someone may ask whether or not government has the right to do what it did. The honest answer is always “no.” Government has no rights. It’s not that government has no extra rights; government has no rights of any kind. Individuals who work for government have rights. They have the same rights anyone else has. Rights equal and identical to the rights everyone else enjoys, but no more. These individuals don’t magically get extra rights...
At the close of World War II, the United States revealed one of the secrets to the Allied success. It was the discovery in 1942 of a large tungsten deposit in the hills outside of Yellow Pine, Idaho. Tungsten is a rare mineral used to harden artillery shells. With those shells, enemy armored vehicles and tanks were blown up. Tungsten was also used to harden bullets, and its discovery in Yellow Pine was credited with having shortened the war by at least one year and saved the lives of a million American soldiers. Gen. Dwight...
Local second-graders now have one more book to read, thanks to the Rotary Club of Clovis. Rotary member Calvin DeWitt said the books cost about $3,800. The Rotary Club gave 670 books as a part of a grant that partially covers some of the costs from Rotary International. Prior to July 1, there were two Rotary clubs in Clovis: Clovis High Plains Rotary Club and Rotary Club of Clovis. The two clubs merged and are now called the Rotary Club of Clovis; this was their first project...
A 32-year-old Clovis man last week was sentenced to four years in prison in connection with a police pursuit in May. Jonathan Sullivan will serve at least three years and eight months in custody before he is eligible for parole, according to a news release from the district attorney’s office. According to court records: On May 29, police suspected Sullivan of drug trafficking, which resulted in his leading Curry County Sheriff deputies on a vehicle pursuit. After exiting t...
