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Discussion of college presidents is expected to highlight meetings Tuesday involving Clovis Community College trustees and Eastern New Mexico University regents. ENMU officials have said for weeks they plan to select a new chancellor and president at Tuesday’s meeting, set for 3:30 p.m. at the university’s administration building. Discussion of the chancellor’s job will be held in executive session, followed by an expected public announcement. CCC’s trustees are scheduled to meet in executive session at 8 a.m. in room 51...
FOOTBALL Prep playoffs New Mexico State championships Saturday (Seeds in parentheses) Class 6A (1) Rio Rancho Cleveland 75, (2) La Cueva 61 Class 5A (1) Artesia 27, (3) Piedra Vista 14 Class 4A (2) Bloomfield 13, (1) Silver 7 Class 3A (2) Ruidoso 12, (4) St. Michael’s 0 BASKETBALL Prep summaries Girls Tuesday Clovis 62, Rio Rancho Cleveland 56 Rio Rancho Cleveland (0-1) — Aubrey Jaramillo 7, Noelle Manzanares 6, K.C. Winters 5, Aaliyah Ayanniyi 4, Kindyll Sandoval 17, Savannah Madueno 12, Kiara Garcia 5. Totals 19 11-21 56....
ALBUQUERQUE — Senior Isabelle Sena scored 14 points on Tuesday night as Melrose opened its 2022-23 campaign with a 44-42 road win over Class 5A Manzano. Sophomore Chantzee Elliott added 12 points and senior Sorrell Allen scored 11 for the Lady Buffs, who erased a five-point halftime deficit by outscoring the Monarchs 14-4 in the third quarter, building as much as a nine-point lead. Senior Sierra Dixon was the leading scorer for the Manzano (0-1) with 12 points. In other area girls action on Tuesday: Dora 54, Tatum 44 — At...
Monday *Stitch Addicts stitch group – 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday *Books and Babies: “Mother Goose” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open ages 0-3. Information: 575-356-3940 *Blood drive — 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Hospitality Room, Wells Fargo Bank, 316 W. Second St., Portales. Register online at www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. Information: 877-258-4825 *Aftersch...
PORTALES — Nicole Scales wasn’t much of a factor in the first half of Wednesday’s women’s basketball game between Eckerd College and Eastern New Mexico University at Greyhound Arena. That all changed quickly when play resumed. Averaging less than seven points through four games this season, the junior guard funneled in 20 after the break — including 14 of Eckerd’s 16 third-quarter tallies — and the fifth-ranked Tritons held off a late Greyhounds rally for a 72-64 victory in ENMU’s home opener. Scales, from Park Ridge, Ill. an...
CLOVIS — Zarai Lewis carried the load most of the way, but in overtime it was senior post Shalanda Lefevre who stepped up. Lefevre scored five points in the extra session, including a three-point play, and Clovis High’s girls outscored Rio Rancho Cleveland 6-0 to nail down a 62-56 victory at Rock Staubus Gym in Tuesday’s season opener for both teams. Lewis, a junior guard, led all scorers with 22 points for the Lady Wildcats, while Lefevre finished with a personal-best 14 and junior forward Kailyn Jefferson chipped in 12. C...
PORTALES - With a 22-game Lone Star Conference schedule around the corner, the Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball team is trying to use its final pre-conference tilts to tune up. ENMU improved to 4-1 on Wednesday night with a 74-53 thumping of Northern New Mexico at Greyhound Arena as 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Errol White posted 18 points and 16 rebounds. A home matchup on Saturday against Hobbs-based University of the Southwest was to wrap up pre-conference play...
CLOVIS — Coming off a year in which the team struggled mightily and then went through a coaching change, the Clovis High boys basketball team is searching for its identity. The Wildcats (6-22, 2-4 District 4-5A last year) are hoping first-year coach Josh Mattox can lead them back to respectability. CHS opens its 2022-23 slate on Tuesday when it hosts Roswell Goddard at Rock Staubus Gym. After averaging just under 50 ppg last season, the Cats intend to play a more up-tempo style. “We’re a more athletic team,” said senior guard...
PORTALES — After nine seasons as an assistant to his father, Randy McBroom took over as Portales High’s boys basketball coach last season. Suffice it to say, it was a rugged year. The Rams finished 11-15, including 0-6 in District 4-4A. “Last year was tough,” McBroom said as the Rams look ahead to Saturday’s regular-season opener against Hereford at the Ram Athletic Center. “We were in a senior-loaded district. We just lacked a lot of experience.” That problem should be somewhat alleviated this year, although PHS still has...
Tuesday *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees special meeting – 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 575-769-4001 *Eastern New Mexico University Regents — 3 p.m., Regents Room, ENMU Administration Building, Portales. Information: 575-562-2121 *Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Trustees – 5:30 p.m., board room, Business Office Building, RGH, 42121 US-70, Portales. Information: 575-359-1800 Thursday *Clovis City Commission - 5:15 p.m., North...
This past week’s rare Thanksgiving storm brought back memories of another storm on that holiday that was a lot more trying. It was way back in 1993 in Colorado. Snow in that part of Colorado is expected by November, even substantial storms, but this one was a little more of a booger for several reasons. It was timed to hit late on Thanksgiving day and bring a foot-and-a-half of powder along with sub-zero temperatures for several days. The arrival of this weather c...
Clovis is home to many people from all walks of life, who come here for many different reasons. For Ana Cox, moving to Clovis was a critical step in the healing process following the violent death of her younger brother. Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the fifth of eight children, Cox remembers little of her native country. She has a distinct memory, however, of getting on an airplane and coming to the United States at age 5. Her family moved to McAllen, Texas, where she spent...
During an interview for a podcast before the election, I referred to the elusive youth vote as “fool’s gold.” Young voters are too busy raising their families and starting their careers, I said. They aren’t as invested in the community. Their growing numbers make leaders in both parties dream about the possibilities, but that always ends in disappointment. Elections are a time when our assumptions and preconceptions get put to the test. And this year, mine were wrong. According to data from the Center for Information and Res...
“Here you come again, just when I’ve begun to get myself together...” — Dolly Parton He’s back. Granted, he never really left. Unlike other former presidents, Donald Trump didn’t disappear from the daily news cycle once he departed the White House. Thanks to his legal troubles, the hearings into the Jan. 6 insurrection and his diarrheic spewing in speeches and online, he has remained a constant presence. In fact, there was a temptation to lead this column not with the above e...
The Republicans won the House. The Democrats kept the Senate. Joe Biden is still pretending to be the president. So how about if we – i.e., the politicians and the news media – dispense with the partisan political junk for a while? How about if we all sit down and try to fix some of the country’s chronic crises that we hear about every day but that only keep getting worse? How about if we start with fentanyl? In the last six months, we have heard hundreds of politicians and m...
It’s becoming clearer that the United States can follow two possible roads in the fight to achieve a livable environment. One is to shut down the nation’s coal plants, as President Biden advocates, and allow electricity-generating facilities worth billions of dollars to sit idle. To provide replacement power, utilities must build replacement natural gas plants. But the price of natural gas has nearly tripled in the past year, while the cost of thermal coal has increased only modestly. And the price of gas is likely to kee...
Several weeks ago, the world was closer to WWIII than at any time since the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962. Although everyone has heard the phrase, “the fog of war,” it really is extremely problematic to grasp what is happening in the middle of hostilities. Having said that, anyone who arrives at a conclusion with any degree of certainty for a movement or action that happens in any given moment should think carefully before initiating counter action. Rather, they sho...
Since the early 20th century, the U.S. military’s negligent use, storage and disposal of harmful chemical substances on its bases has exposed countless troops to severe health hazards. One example is Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps base in North Carolina, where toxic contamination went unnoticed for several decades until measures were taken in the mid-1980s. As a result, thousands of veterans and their family members developed life-threatening and debilitating diseases. Veterans aren’t the only people impacted by the mil...
Clovis’ Lighthouse Mission served a traditional Thanksgiving meal Thursday. Mission Director Richard Gomez said 337 meals were served to people who wanted to dine-in, have meals delivered or came by for take-out. “There was turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie, pecan pie,” Gomez said. Gomez said the mission had a lot of people come in to volunteer during the meal; servers, deliverers and dishwashers. “We believe the meal was a great success,” Gomez said. “Thanks to the community for providing all the food....
On this date ... 1962: Terry Stovall, 14, had received the Eagle Scout award, the first Clovis scout to earn the honor in 1962. A court of honor ceremony was held at Kingswood Methodist Church. “The Eagle Scout rank is the highest award attainable and only about one percent of Boy Scouts achieve this rank,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. In other scouting news, Chad Lydick and Tom Black had received their “Life” badges. A minimum of 21 badges were required for reception of the Eagle Scout rank and ten for “Life...
Curry County Manager Lance Pyle is informing county residents their children under five years of age have a way to build a library of their own children’s books. Pyle wrote in a news release in August 2014 Curry County brought Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Curry County children. The Imagination Library, developed in 1995 by entertainer and philanthropist Dolly Parton, provides children under the age of five the opportunity to have their own library of books to encourage them to love reading and learning. Pyle wro...
The reception for the Clovis Community College (CCC) Student Art Exhibition is Tuesday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the college's Eula Mae Edwards Museum and Gallery. Gallery Director Stanley Bermudez said there will be snacks and refreshments. And the art? "These works are very creative and diverse," Bermudez said. As well as the Gallery Director, Bermudez serves as the college's head of the Art Department, Instructor of Art and Art Collection overseer. "This was supposed to...
The Curry County Administration is offering an option for, what a county news release calls, “a drug deactivation system.” The release details “Deterra pouches” that allow anyone to destroy unused medications quickly and easily at home. “These pouches are proven to eliminate unwanted or expired medications safely and permanently, making them unavailable for misuse and accidental ingestion,” according to the release. Deterra pouches are made of plant-based materials and non-toxic, environmentally friendly ingredients...
Its purpose is twofold – raise awareness for Hartley House services and raise money so its work can continue. The ninth annual Festival of Trees accomplished both goals, organizers said, raising $24,830 for the domestic violence shelter that services Curry, Roosevelt and Quay counties. The Pavilion at the Curry County Fairgrounds hosted the gathering on Nov. 19. Officials said 45 decorated Christmas trees and wreaths were auctioned off – some multiple times as supporters bou...
For the first time since 2019, the Clovis Community Chorus will present its annual Christmas Concert, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday. President of the chorus board of directors Wayne Anderson said the COVID-19 pandemic prevented them from holding the concert in the intervening years. The chorus will hold its concert at the First United Methodist Church located on 1501 North Sycamore Street in Clovis. Admission is free. Choir director Tami Martin said the community has been...
