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CLOVIS — Christian Flores and Ana Mah's families weren't sure what the theme of Clovis' prom was Saturday night. They decided "Kiki and Lala" was a perfect theme, with seven years and 1,300 miles in the making. The former classmates and neighbors from a decade ago reunited for a promise from seven years ago to attend Christian's junior prom together. Christian and Ana - aka Kiki and Lala - first met at Sandia Elementary when she was 9 and he 8, and frequently interacted as b...
Chandler Culberth is a sophomore at Clovis High School. She participates in Student 2 Student, Honor Society, Student Council, Colorguard and band. She plays the oboe in both the concert and symphony bands. Beginning in fall 2018, she will be the CHS student body vice president. She enjoys being involved in school events and functions and spending her free time with family and friends. Tell us about the Student 2 Student program you're involved in? Student 2 Student is a progr...
PORTALES — Pouring rain and 35-degree weather was still not enough to keep those fighting for a cause home on Saturday. Despite the miserable weather conditions, 12 of 19 registered mushball teams showed up to the Portales Relay for Life Saturday at the Portales Softball Complex, because, as coordinator Mark Clark posted on Facebook Saturday morning, "We will not quit. We will not let cancer win; we will finish the fight." The annual event, which raises money for cancer treatm...
CLOVIS — A community farewell event will be held for Col. Ben Maitre 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce. The event for the 27th Special Operations Wing commander will be held at the Norman & Vi Petty Rock and Roll Museum at 115 E. Grand. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to the chamber of commerce at 575-763-3435. Maitre has been the wing commander since March 2015....
On this date ... 1982: Woolco was promoting its annual outdoor living sale. A 12-foot by 36-inch swimming pool was $136. Kodak film was $1.32 per roll. Five-gallon fruit and shade trees were $6.88. Woolco was located in Clovis' Hilltop Plaza Shopping Center. 1967: Staff Sgt. Ernie Arsenault had a double and two home runs to lead Cannon Air Force Base past Reese Air Force Base in the first of a doubleheader softball game at Cannon. Arsenault was also the winning pitcher. The...
Information on dental health, making a journal bible, and taking indoor décor outside will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Carol Vander Stoep is a dental hygienist and myofunctional therapist. She says that the way we hold our lips and tongue, breathe and swallow significantly influence health and appearance throughout our lives. She’ll also discuss how therapy can entirely eliminate sleep...
Let’s see ... let me check my calendar. Yes, it is spring. You just can’t judge it by the weather. One of the area weathermen has taken to calling what we’ve experienced lately “whiplash weather.” One day we’re in the 90s and the next we’re wondering where the heck is that jacket you thought was in the car. I dealt with weather in the Intermountain West nearly all of my life and every place I lived in that region used the old saying, “If you don’t like the weather, just wai...
Weather a bit on the wintry side made a late, albeit apparently brief, showing on Saturday and forced the postponement of a majority of events. Most have been rescheduled, however. Clovis High had District 2-6A baseball and softball home doubleheaders against La Cueva washed away. Those were to have wrapped up regular-season play. CHS athletic director Dale Fullerton said on Saturday that the Wildcats’ baseball games against the Bears have been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Bell Park, while the softball twin bill is now s...
LOVINGTON — Lovington High managed to get its Ross Black Relays track meet in before the weather turned on Friday night. Clovis and Portales High’s squads, though, decided not to stick around for the end. With the weather beginning to change late in the day, CHS and PHS squads decided to skip the evening’s final couple of events. Clovis finished second in boys competition with 90 1/2 points, trailing Hobbs (118), while the Lady Wildcats shared fourth place with Artesia at 53 points apiece. Carlsbad (64) outlasted Ruido...
The men, women and children total 21. Their names were Anderson, Ann, Cape, Caroline, Dick, Evaline, Fanny, Flora, Frank, Green, Harriet, Henry, Jesse, John, Lewis, Mary, Nancy, Orrin, Sam, Seaborn and Tamer. There are plenty of reasons to be happy with the DNA I’ve been dealt. I come from a long line of hard-working farmers, preachers and even kings. My great Uncle Glen Hubbard Stevens, a paratrooper, died on the battlefield at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. But I’m dra... Full story
Every sport has some type of cutdown day. The executive says, “We’re going another direction,” and the talent leaves with a box full of stuff while saying goodbye to coworkers thankful it wasn’t them. Now a sports network had a cutdown day. It was never a mystery that ESPN was a bubble waiting to pop, as a friend texted me about the downsizes announced Wednesday. But it was, and still is, flooring to see the names on the list. Two coworkers said, “Well, who’s on it?” I told them to look it up themselves. I wasn’t trying... Full story
Although my book-of-the-month summary for April is “Unusually Stupid Americans” by Kathryn and Ross Petras (Villard, 288 pages), since it was copyrighted in 2003, it is unrelated to current politics. Excerpts: • National surveys: 50 percent of high school students thought Italy, Germany or Japan was a U.S. ally in World War II; 33 percent placed the Civil War between 1850-1900; 98 percent could identify “Snoop Doggy Dog.” • “Facts” in various textbooks: Columbus set sail in 19...
Tragedy is always a tough and delicate topic to delve into. It’s difficult to describe the heartache that came on Tuesday when I learned there had been a fatal house fire in Clovis. Elizabeth “Lizzy” Reid died after her family’s home was engulfed with flames shortly after 4 a.m. Lizzy was just 20 months old. She never realized the full opportunity to live her life. Her 3-year-old sister was spending the night at a relative’s house. The two girls’ mother, 26-year-old Amber Mart... Full story
PORTALES — Roosevelt County commissioners are once again in the position of having to decide what to cut and what to keep in regard to the county budget. County officials shared their priorities with commissioners this week during two budget workshops in which most departments presented commissioners with 2017-18 fiscal year budgets larger than the budgets for the current current fiscal year, which ends June 30. The following were each department’s budget as presented to commissioners on Wednesday and Friday morning in the...
PORTALES — The City of Portales’ Cinco de Mayo celebration may be taking place on May 6 this year, but the festivities will be no less enjoyable, according to Deputy City Clerk Veda Urioste. “You hear all the time, ‘There’s nothing to do.’ We try to put together things to do,” Urioste said. “All the festivities that cultural affairs puts together is for the entire community. It’s not for any certain ethnicity, any age group, anything. They’re all family oriented celebrations, and so everyone in the community is welcom...
CLOVIS — Just last month, Clovis city commissioners voted to increase the gross receipts tax. You will start to notice on July 1 when it kicks in. That’s going to generate about $860,000 annually, meaning things we buy will cost about $860,000 more annually. Commissioners assured us they practically had no choice; unless, you know, they wanted to cut back on city services or employees. They didn’t. Since then, some of our well-meaning community leaders have come up with other ideas for spending money the city doesn’t have. M...
Tuesday • Relay for Life Committee — 5:15 p.m. in Ingram Room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-714-1925 • Relay for Life Captains — 6:15 p.m. in Ingram Room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-714-1925 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 Wednesday • Roosevelt County Commission workshop — 9 a.m. in commission...
Today • The Devised Project: Departures — 2 p.m. performance at University Theater Center, ENMU, Portales. Admission: $5. Information: 575-562-1011 • Cassandra Aguillar junior recital — 1 p.m. in Buchanan Hall at ENMU. Admission: Free. Information: 575-562-1011 Tuesday • Blood drive — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at CCC. Information: 575-769-4154 • Veteran Resource event — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in Campus Union Ballroom at ENMU, Portales. Veterans, interested parties welcome. Information: 575-562-2195 • Avastar virtual music competition — 7 p...
CLOVIS — In less than two months, a recent tradition and a new one will team up, as the 4th Annual Draggin’ Main joins up with the 30th Annual Clovis Music Festival will be held in downtown Clovis from June 17-24. The eight-day celebration begins with 7 p.m. June 17 races at Ned Houk Motor Sports Complex and concludes with a daylong celebration on Main Street June 24. The Clovis Music Festival will be June 22 and 23 at the Marshall Middle School Auditorium. Each night of music has its own rock ‘n’ roll theme. Monday will be...
Friday at Melrose District 6-2A Boys Team standings: 1. Fort Sumner 129; 2. Mountainair 128; 3. Logan 101; 4. Dora 71. Field events High jump: 1. Parker Lewis, Fort Sumner 5-4; 2. Kane Burney, Fort Sumner 5-2. Pole vault: 1. Steven Coronado, Logan 12-0; 2. Jason Padilla, Mountainair 11-6; 3. Kyle Knight, Logan 11-0; 4. Wyatt Greene, Mountainair 7-6. Long jump: 1. Jacob Teaney, Mountainair 18-3; 2. Francisco Chavez, Fort Sumner 17-11; 3. A.J. Nelson, Mountainair 17-3 1/2; 4....
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, 9 a.m. and noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, 6 p.m. Trivia Mania Wednesday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafts Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 9 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance Friday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, 10 a.m. needle gang, noon pinochle, 7...
Daughters of the American Revolution The April meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, El Portal chapter, was held at the home of Nancy Bauder. The meeting was called to order by Vice Regent Cori Snobble. Opening rituals were followed. A committee report of officers and chairmen were given. Business on state conference was discussed. In old business, a motion was made to purchase two copies of ‘They Signed Their Lives Away,’ about the lives of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. These will be don...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Chicken and pasta, steamed broccoli and carrots, apple. Tuesday: Breakfast — Banana bread. Lunch — Pepperoni pizza, mini carrots w/ranch, chilled peaches. Wednesday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage sandwich. Lunch — Corn dog, baked beans, seasoned corn, chilled pears, oatmeal cookie. Thursday: Breakfast — Bagel and cream cheese. Lunch — Bean and cheese burrito, Spanish rice, lettuce, tomato, orange halves. Friday: Breakfast — Cinnamon roll. Lunch — Chicken noodle...
It’s festival time and one of the most fun times to play with fashion. Spring and summer festivities are all about the fun outdoors, arts and creative passions, so your outfit should fit the part. Music festivals and concert fashions are all about showcasing your best bohemian or boho and hippie-chic styles. With every look there are always key pieces to build from and many different looks to create your best boho or hippie concert fashion. One piece you can build from is a m...
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library The Wonder by Emma Donoghue is a masterfully written mystery of a young English nurse, Lib, hired as an outside observer to determine the validity of the claim that an eleven-year old girl, Anna, has not eaten for months, yet miraculously thrives. The priest, doctor, innkeeper, and the parents all want the phenomena to be found real, but Lib is skeptical. When Anna's simple purity of heart wins her over, the challenge becomes how to keep this child...
