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CLOVIS - Clovis High's boys basketball team capped off the Griego and Sons Holiday Tournament championship game a little too close for comfort, after nearly blowing a 13-point lead. But, Clovis did its own tournament for the first time in more than five years, after going on a 13-0 run late in the fourth quarter that provided just enough of a buffer zone to hang on for a 64-61 victory over Belen Saturday night at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. It was the Wildcats' sixth consecutive...
Rosemary Metcalf was raised in Hertfordshire County, England. She moved to Clovis in 1992. She is married to Ric Metcalf, who is retired from the United States Air Force after serving 30 years. Metcalf has been an animal lover all her life and always knew she would work with animals. As their retirement plan, Metcalf and her husband purchased their farm in 2000. Prior to operating her own farm, Metcalf worked at a dairy where she read a packet about raising alpacas that...
Information on ways to incorporate milk, yogurt and cheese in your daily meals, collage quilting and making miniature paper purses to hold treats will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Americans are falling short of their dairy recommendations and Sarah Ryan, a registered dietitian nutritionist, will suggest three ways to incorporate milk, yogurt and cheese into your daily meals. These three f...
’Tis the last day of 2017. Make what you will of the top fashion trends for 2018 — with today's styles varying from paying homage to fashion's past to eccentric accessories and vibrant colors. The only style detail left to check off your list is your hair update. Elle magazine has predicted the biggest hair trends for 2018 and here's a little detail about them all. The first one is the curly shag. Believe it or not, this “Flashdance” 1980s style has been sampled by a few cel...
Is there a new countertop appliance in your kitchen after Christmas? Chances are there are a lot of you trying to figure out what’s going to give way on your counter to make room for that new device. You might not really need that appliance, but the fast talking guy on the TV promised it would be the last kitchen appliance you would ever buy. I own nearly half a dozen of those “last” appliances I’ll ever buy. Some of them are still on the counter. This Christmas, my wife an...
Albert Dillon was a physician, a surgeon, a popular public speaker, a newspaper owner, a farmer, a public servant and a poet. Clovis has a street named in his family’s honor; it’s parallel to the land his family donated in 1975 for the hospital known today as Plains Regional Medical Center. Today is a good day to remember Dr. Dillon because it’s his birthday. He was born on Dec. 31, 1876, in Scottland, Illinois. Dillon, 80 when he died in 1957, wasn’t Clovis’ first resident, or even its first doctor, but you can’t exp...
A few years ago I needed to do a research project. It didn’t matter what the project was, so long as I had done adequate research to educate others. I decided to choose the voice that few people hear — the director’s commentary track. Go to your DVD collection. I’ve got a feeling at least one movie you own has one. So what is it, how did it happen and why does it matter? The DVD commentary tracks didn’t begin with DVD, as my research found. It started on the laser disc, a format that was superior to VHS in every way excep...
There’s a difference between nostalgia and sober reflection. The arrival of 2018 will bring an unusually powerful cocktail of both: It marks a half-century since 1968, one of the most consequential, dramatic years in American life. No single event will drive the commemoration, such as Pearl Harbor in 1941 or 9/11 in 2001. What made 1968 significant was its nonstop, extraordinary tumult that resonates to this day — a riot of struggle and doubt, of assassination and rebellion, of outrage and paradox: During that year’s Summe...
Mark Twain said of New Year resolutions: “Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. “Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink, and swore his last oath. “Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds.” In that spirit, here are my resolutions. I will: • Expose my feelings but not myself in public. • Not suffer in silence when I can blame other...
When historians look back on 2017 in eastern New Mexico, they almost certainly will mark it as a year marred more than most by violence and tragedy. The year saw a usual number of accidents and homicides, but also some of the more high-profile deaths in more than a century: a military plane crash that killed three, a drowning in a city park, a young child's death in a scorching vehicle, and a deadly mass shooting in a public library. National media took interest in the region...
PORTALES — Lubbock Christian's 42 free-throw attempts proved to be too much for the Eastern New Mexico University women's basketball team to overcome in a 64-55 defeat on Saturday. The Chaps made 34-of-42 free throws (81 percent) and went to the stripe 28 times after halftime. "It was a little crazy. Our girls did a good job of being aggressive, and I thought we got some things that didn't go our way," Greyhounds coach Josh Prock said of the 42-16 foul-shot disparity. "That w...
LUBBOCK — After seven lead changes, the Eastern New Mexico men’s basketball team seized the lead for good on a Zach Parker 3-pointer with just over 10 minutes to play, en route to an 82-73 victory over Lubbock Christian on the road Saturday. Eastern (5-8) came in having lost eight of its last nine games, and in need of a win. Parker’s trey ultimately allowed the Hounds to grow their advantage to as many as 13 points — their largest lead of the day. Prior to that, the Chaps (4-9) hung tough with ENMU all day. The Hounds...
PORTALES — The 2017 calendar year proved to be a year of ascension for the Eastern New Mexico athletics program. The women’s basketball team won their first league title in nearly a quarter century, while the Greyhounds football team cracked the top 25 rankings for the first time since 2003. The 2016-17 Greyhounds women’s basketball squad (20-9) won the LSC regular season title, giving the Hounds their first league championship since 1992-93. Eastern went 16-4 in league play, and qualified for the NCAA Division II tourn...
TEXICO — The Texico’s boys basketball team is nicknamed the Wolverines. But they’re going out of 2017 like lions. The Wolverines ran their record to 11-0 Saturday while edging area rival Farwell 63-47 to win the Citizens Bank Tournament championship at Texico High School. That’s some nice momentum to carry into 2018. “It’s always good to finish the year with a win,” Texico head coach Ty Thatcher said. “We’re looking forward to the new year, to see if we can get better every game.” Saturday, the Wolves notched their secon...
CLOVIS — The Clovis girls basketball team did a nice job of salvaging its own Plateau Holiday Classic Saturday, breaking free from Randall to win the consolation game 68-58 at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. The game was tied 43-all heading into the fourth quarter where Clovis outscored Randall 25-15. Forward Madison Tolbert led the way, knocking down 11 of her game-high 25 in that decisive period. “We were feeding the ball inside and she went to work,” Clovis head coach Jeff Reed said. “She really killed us last night (agains...
LITTLEFIELD, Texas — Portales' boys basketball team made its journey to the Lone Star State a worthwhile one, capturing the Wildcat Class Championship in Littlefield, Texas with a 78-53 rout of Lamesa in Saturday's title game. The Rams (7-3) rang up the impressive total by scoring 52 of them in the second and third quarters, including a staggering 28 points in the second. Rico Diaz and Isaac Gomez scored six points each in that big second quarter, helping the Rams break things...
TEXICO — The Texico girls crowned themselves champions of the Citizens Bank Tournament they hosted, beating Robertson of West Las Vegas, New Mexico, 31-23 on Saturday at Texico High School. An 11-1 fourth-quarter run that included some tough defense helped the Lady Wolverines rally for the tournament victory while improving to 9-3 on the season. For the Lady Wolves, it’s nice to end 2017 as a tournament champ. “Certainly it is,” Texico head coach Richard Luscombe said, “especially playing a team of that caliber. Robertons...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory, Clovis Monday: Closed Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafters 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 equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. needle gang, noon pinochle, 7 p.m. dance with...
Analysis WASHINGTON - 2017 was one of those seminal, once-in-a-generation years when Washington didn't set its own agenda, when constituents rather than leaders drove the debate and dialogue. Old rules of defining political success and influencing public policy were out. Organically driven movements, pushed by trending topics such as #MeToo, #TakeTheKnee and #lasvegasshooting drove the email traffic to congressional offices. Congressional leaders and the White House struggled...
