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Jenna Domeischel (pronounced Dah-mah-shell) has been the curator of the Blackwater Draw Museum since 2015, and one of the people who helped reinvent the museum after it was moved to its new location in Lea Hall on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University in May. Domeischel grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and Long Island, New York. Her bachelor's degree from Chicago's Columbia University is in art history, but she calls herself an "accidental archaeologist" since the decision...
President Donald Trump recently reduced the size of a couple of national monuments in Utah. This has the environmental community up in arms. The environmentalists apparently think that opening this land to agricultural and industrial use will destroy the land. Implicit in that argument is that hikers, campers, picnickers, photographers, movie-makers, and recreational vehicles have less impact. I tend to disagree with that assessment. That is based on my observations of northeastern New Mexico, which consists mostly of several...
My book-of-the-month summary for December is “How the Body Works (100 Ways Parents and Kids Can Share the Miracle of the Human Body)” by Steve Parker (Reader’s Digest Books, 1994). The book is one of 50 I picked up for $10 (including a $3 donation) at this year’s Portales Public Library sale. I find the human body to be as mysterious and fascinating as any aspect of the universe. The building blocks for our bodies arrived from space — thus, we are all space cadets. Here are...
The fact that New Mexico’s high school graduation rate grew by 8 percentage points from 2011 to 2016 — or double the national improvement rate — is encouraging. But our state still has the second-worst graduation rate in the nation. That’s in part because the bar keeps getting higher as schools nationwide work diligently to improve their graduation rates, too. According to new data from the U.S. Department of Education, New Mexico’s high school graduation rate hit a record high of 71 percent in 2016 — well below the national...
Information on preparing heart-healthy meals, using Dupioni silk in quilts and the nutritional benefits of consuming fresh and dried figs will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Chef Hillori Hansen will demonstrate some easy to prepare heart-healthy meals that can be prepared ahead of time. She is a culinary specialist in Fresno, California, and has lots of ideas and recipes she’ll share...
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, but do you recall the most famous novelty Christmas song of all? I love novelty Christmas songs from Elmo and Patsy’s “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” to Robert Earl Keene’s “Merry Christmas From the Family.” Even Cheech and Chong’s “Santa Claus and His Old Lady” brings a tear to my eye each year. In 1949, singing cowboy Gene Autry didn’t much care for novelty Christmas songs or...
Fashion in the new year is all about color, comfort and a multitude of trends and celebrating individuality. There are many ways to wear your fur in 2018. There are some standout features this season and one of them is fur. We've been down this road before, but the fur trend keeps getting better and better. From Ugg's new Fur Momma Mongolian Clog to fun furry handbags of all types — jackets aren't the only fur pieces you can try on this season. Fur vests are back and better t...
CLOVIS — American Legion Post 25 and the New Mexico American Legion Riders Chapter 2 helped spread the Christmas spirit on Saturday as the legion was filled with Christmas lights, inflatable decorations and even a sleigh being pulled by motorcycles with reindeer antlers for its annual Christmas party. “This is what we work so hard for all year so that we can get to this,” American Legion Riders Secretary Janet Romero said. Romero said the group was preparing to give free gifts to 450 children this year. “We’ve been doing thi...
CLOVIS — The Lighthouse Mission once again brightened up the Christmas season for local kids at its annual Children's Christmas Party on Saturday. Every child who attended the party received a toy, a stuffed animal, fruit, and candy. The party also included free pizza and a petting zoo outside with a pony, donkey, chickens, cows and pigs from The Lighthouse Mission's Freedom Ranch. Executive Director Randy Gomez said the mission had received close to 1,000 donated toys to distribute to deserving children for this year's p...
On this date ... 1972: Members of the Clovis High School Wildcats marching band received word that they had been selected as the sole New Mexico band to participate in the January inaugural parade to mark the beginning of President Richard Nixon’s second term in office. Band Director Norvil Howell told the Clovis News-Journal that he planned to raise the necessary funds to take 130 band members on the 1,700-mile trip via multiple chartered buses. The Wildcats band had been planning a May trip to compete at a tournament in s...
CLOVIS — On Saturday, residents honored the memories of deceased veterans as Clovis hosted its first Wreaths Across America event. Clovis was one of over 1,400 locations across the country where volunteers honored veterans by placing a wreath beside their gravesites on Saturday, Wreaths Across America Location Coordinator Karen Alexander said at the event. "I think it turned out very well," Alexander said. "There's a lot more people here than what I thought there would be b...
CLOVIS — City officials learned this week a third-party merchant which handles its credit card payments has had a data breach since mid-November. Until further notice, the city is not accepting any credit card payments for anything you could pay for at city hall, such as quarterly trash fees or permit fees. “When you go to the store and you run a credit card,” City Manager Justin Howalt said, “it goes through a third party. It’s the same with us. Instead of keeping (the payment system) open, they thought for security purposes...
CLOVIS — A civil lawsuit against Curry County filed more than two years ago is on its way to trial at the end of April, with the plaintiff a former jail officer seeking more than $60,000 in damages. Weston Peasnall claims he was subject to “continuous harassment” by his employers at the Curry County Adult Detention Center “for his refusal to cover up” details of an incident of alleged excessive force against an inmate in the jail, says the complaint filed March 2015. Peasnall claims the county violated the Whistleblower Prote...
CLOVIS — Portales’ girls basketball team was determined not to lose two in a row. Clovis’ girls basketball team was determined to bring down the team that had sent it to a 20-point loss two weeks earlier. Only one of the teams would get what it wanted on Saturday, and it was Portales, by way of a stunning third-quarter turnaround that helped propel the Lady Rams to a 54-48 victory at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. With it, they improved to 7-1 and quickly erased the sting of their...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — The way the Texico Wolverines are playing, a holiday break may be a bad thing. Skyler Davis and Nathan Phipps each netted 17 points, and the Wolverines moved their record to 8-0 with a 77-40 walloping of West Las Vegas Saturday night. Dalton Thatcher added 15 and Luke Phipps 13 for the Wolverines, who never trailed against their Class 4A opponents. “We jumped out and played really well the first four minutes of the game,” Texico coach Ty Thatcher said. “We got off to a 12-0 run, and that always helps w...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Greyhounds used a 16-4 third quarter run to erase an eight-point deficit, and then proceeded to hang on to a one-possession lead in the closing stages to notch a 52-45 win Saturday over St. Mary’s. The Hounds (5-5) have now won back-to-back games for just the second time this season. Trailing by eight, 26-18, to start the third quarter, Eastern (5-5) began its 16-4 run by scoring eight-straight points to tie the game at 26-all, thanks to a jumper and a layup from Daeshi McCants. Tia Mason helped the R...
Today • Christmas Music Fanfare — 3 p.m. Clovis Community Band performance at United Methodist Church, Clovis. Admission: Free. Information: 575-760-6257 • Gun show — 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at Melrose Senior Center. Admission: $5. Information: 575-309-4496 Monday • Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Crochet lesson: UFO work day. Information: 575-769-7840 Tuesday • Books and Babies — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Kitty Cat Kisses.” Information: 575-356-3940 • Blood drive — Noon-3:30 p.m. at Red...
Today’s family in need: This loving mother is struggling to support her daughter, who suffers from a spine disorder. Salvation Army Lt. Kelly Berggren recently met a woman who longed to have children. Her daughter was born with a spine disorder and is in a full body cast, and her husband left shortly after the child was born. The woman did not ask for help, according to Berggren. “We first learned of her from her relative who approached us,” he said. About the Empty Stocking Fund: The fund is a joint venture of the Salvation...
CLOVIS — City officials learned this week a third-party merchant which handles its credit card payments has had a data breach since mid-November. Until further notice, the city is not accepting any credit card payments for anything you could pay for at city hall, such as quarterly trash bills or permit fees. “When you go to the store and you run a credit card,” City Manager Justin Howalt said, “it goes through a third party. It’s the same with us. Instead of keeping (the payment system) open, they thought for security...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Asian chicken, brown rice, garden salad w/ranch, oriental veggie blend, chilled pears. Tuesday: Breakfast — Glazed donut. Lunch — Sloppy Joe on bun, baked fries, veggie cup w/ranch, sidekicks. Wednesday: Breakfast — Mini pancakes. Lunch — Sack lunch. Thursday: Closed Friday: Closed • Breakfast includes 100 percent fruit juice, fresh fruit, milk, choice of cereal, toast or graham cracker. Salad bar offered daily. Clovis Middle Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. L...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory, Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, noon pinochle, 1 p.m. line dance, 5 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafters, 6 p.m. musical Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. crafts Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise...
Portales Woman’s Club Portales Woman’s Club met on December 13th with President Cami Howl presiding. Following the pledges and Collect, the meeting was called to order. There were 15 members and two guests present. The treasurer’s report was filed for audit, and the minutes were approved. The musical program was provided by members of the PHS and PJHS choirs with James Golden accompanying on the piano and Zane Burden directing. Kimberly Burrow introduced others who served on the hostess committee: Jessica Camacho, Lois Crozi...
