Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Dustin Seifert, Eastern New Mexico University band director and New Mexico Music Educators Association Music Educator of the Year 2015 winner, leads the Greyhound Sound marching band Saturday Sept. 27 during ENMU’s homecoming parade. Eastern New Mexico University Music Department Chair Dustin Seifert’s work educating musicians at Eastern for more than 13 years has not gone unnoticed. Seifert is the 2015 recipient of the New Mexico Music Edu...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Pumpkins have already been a local headline-grabber across the globe, thanks to a local account of pumpkins stolen from Eastern New Mexico University’s Childhood Development Center. The headline at The Guardian read, “New Mexico pilferers plunder Portales preschool pumpkin patch.” Here are a few facts about the fall vegetable, with more alliteration likely. Pumpkin season is market-driven: In a not-so-bright moment on “The Simpson... Full story
link Joshua Lucero: Staff photo Dustin Seifert, Eastern New Mexico University band director and New Mexico Music Educators Association Music Educator of the Year 2015 winner, leads the Greyhound Sound marching band Saturday Sept. 27 during ENMU’s homecoming parade. Eastern New Mexico University Music Department Chair Dustin Seifert’s work educating musicians at Eastern for more than 13 years has not gone unnoticed. Seifert is the 2015 recipient of the New Mexico Music Edu... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] Recent rains have been good for Roosevelt and Curry counties, but the lateness of it has caused quality issues for some crops. Roosevelt County farm Rick Ledbetter said the rain in September caused delays in harvesting corn, but had no effect on the quality of the corn. His other crops, including cotton and chiles, will not be ready for harvest until late October and November. Those two crops were affected by the late rains, he said. “We always want rain, but the timing caused some problems w... Full story
link Pat Cantwell Religion columnist Memories, memories. I just can’t stop thinking about my journey to Turkey and Israel in September 2013, during the Fall Feasts of the Lord. I was called by Rosemary Schindler to be part of a group of 40 people from seven nations around the world. We arrived in Istanbul and then spread out to the cities of the seven churches. This was not a tour but a prayer assignment from the Lord to reclaim the ancient paths; to walk in them. (Jeremiah 6...
Staff writer [email protected] On July 1, New Mexico passed the law that bans texting while driving and for the Portales Police Department they have only given out a few citations. Portales Chief of Police Pat Gallegos said the way the statute is worded it is hard to specifically cite a driver with texting and driving. Gallegos said it’s hard to specifically know if a person is texting and driving. The driver could just be looking at the phone which is not counted as texting or searching the Internet. Under the law, d...
ENMU media relations A campaign has been started to raise funds to help Eastern New Mexico University athletics administrative assistant Karen Doherty and her family with medical expenses, according to athletics director Jeff Geiser. Doherty has been in the hospital and doing physical therapy since contracting West Nile Virus in September, according to a news release. “Kash for Karen” will work as follows: • Sponsors will make a pledge based on how many points the Greyhound and Zia basketball teams will score this seaso...
Staff writer [email protected] Recent rains have been good for Roosevelt and Curry counties, but the lateness of it has caused quality issues for some crops. Roosevelt County farmer Rick Ledbetter said the rain in September caused delays in harvesting corn, but had no effect on the quality of the corn. His other crops, including cotton and chiles, will not be ready for harvest until late October and November. Those two crops were affected by the late rains, he said. “We always want rain, but the timing caused some p...
Soccer Conf. All W-L-T W-L-T Tx A&M-Commerce 3-2-0 8-4-0 Angelo State 2-0-1 9-0-1 ENMU 2-1-0 5-4-0 Texas Woman’s 1-3-1 7-4-1 West Texas A&M 1-2-0 5-6-0 Midwestern St. 0-1-2 5-1-5 Oct. 3 matches Angelo State 1, Texas A&M-Commerce 0, 2 OT; Texas Woman’s 1, Midwestern State 1, 2 OT, tie; Eastern New Mexico 1, West Texas A&M 0. Sunday’s matches Texas A&M-Commerce 2, Midwestern State 1, OT; Angelo State 1, Texas Woman’s 0. Monday’s match West Texas A&M 3, Southern Nazarene 1. Thursday’s match Texas A&M-Commerce 1, Texas Woman... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] A revamped offensive line that returned one starter began the season slow, but has picked up the pace in recent weeks. Comprised of two seniors, a junior and two sophomores, the offensive line has sprung junior running back Bronte Staugaard for 564 yards and 12 touchdowns in the last three games, all wins. “I think we’re going to be a big factor the rest of the season,” senior center Drew Jackson said. “We we’re really rough in our first game, but now we have a rhythm and we’ve improved ev... Full story
