Articles from the April 11, 2015 edition

link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero ENMU junior Charles Sandberg Jr. races into second base to beat the throw to West Texas A&M’s Max Brennan during the opener of Saturday’s Lone Star Conference baseball doubleheader at Greyhound Field. Sandberg was on first when Kennan Dodd blooped a hit to right field, and he had to scramble to beat the throw. The teams split the twin bill, with WT posting a 10-8 win in the opener and the Greyhounds taking the nightcap 9-2. STAFF WRITER dma...

link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero ENMU sophomore Susie Chandler reaches down to touch home plate with one of her three runs scored during the second game of Saturday’s Lone Star Conference softball doubleheader at Zia Field. STAFF REPORT Suffice it to say, Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team is glad to see the last of West Texas A&M for the season. The second-ranked Lady Buffs, who hit 13 homers in a pair of wins on Friday, completed a four-game Lone Star Con...

Alisa Boswell

Managing Editor [email protected] link Staff photo: Alisa Boswell These two logos were the two finalists out of 75 entries for the new Roosevelt County Little League logo. On opening day Saturday, league participants voted for the logo on the right as the new league logo. Roosevelt County Little League baseball now has a new logo for their 2015 season, an original work of art by local artist Joshua Pacheco, of Avenor Design. “All the board members that I talked to picked...

STAFF WRITER [email protected] link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Assistant Professor of Music Richard Schwartz performs a solo during the festivals opening Saturday evening. Schwartz directed the jazz ensemble and played saxophone during Saturday’s performance. Once a year, Eastern New Mexico University’s Jazz Fest brings a different style of music to the ears of students and locals. During the event’s Friday and Saturday night shows, attendees were able to experience origi...

Editor’s note: Gayla Brumfield is chair of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority board. We asked her about regional water issues last week as part of an ongoing discussion published periodically: link Gayla Brumfield Recently, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority held a public information session in Clovis to update area residents about the project that involves trying to address the region’s water needs by diverting water from Ute Reservoir through a pip...

Editor’s note: Following is one in a series of features about destinations some consider treasures of the High Plains. link File photo The Norman and Vi Petty Rock ‘n’ Roll Museum, a 7,500 square foot facility, houses memorabilia from a short-lived musical era in the 1950s and 1960s. Norman Petty put Clovis on the music map as a recording pioneer in the formative years of rock ’n’ roll. The avalanche of hits Petty churned out from his homespun Seventh Street studio in the 19...

Local columnist link Kitsana Dounglomchan There are three reasons I will wake up before the sun rises: there’s a fire in the house, I have to work, or I’m going fishing. I like the last reason the best. So it was with great anticipation that I awoke in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday to go fishing with my dad in the San Francisco Bay. But this almost didn’t happen. Our relationship had broken down and was in need of repairs, like a vacant home in a once-... Full story

Guest columnist link Scot Stinnett Eastern New Mexico University is considering whether or not to drop the Zias as the mascot of the women’s intercollegiate athletic program. Not whether or not to keep the name Zias ... whether or not to discontinue it. Portrayed by the university as a decision of consciousness, “taking a prominent stance on an important societal issue” and carving out “a more unique image” for the university, the real issue is simple. It’s about fees for al... Full story

On this date ...link 1960: Strong winds took out a one-mile stretch of electric poles south of Causey. J. C. Bilberry said the poles were snapped by wind gusts “the hardest I’ve ever seen out of the south.” Rural Electric association workers had power restored about six hours after the storm. 1960: Four people died and about 60 were injured when a tornado leveled the tiny Texas Panhandle community of Sunnyside, about 15 miles south of Dimmitt. United Press International repor...

Alisa Boswell

MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] link Staff photo: Alisa Boswell From left, authors Connie Willis, Laura Mixon and Steven Gould talk literature with young writers Saturday morning at Portales Public Library. The writer’s workshop was the closing event for the annual Jack Williamson Lectureship. The Jack Williamson Lectureship came to a close Saturday morning with a Young Writer’s Workshop at the Portales Public Library. Visiting authors Connie Willis, Laura Mixon and... Full story

Alisa Boswell

Managing editor link Alisa Boswell A couple of attendees of this year’s Jack Williamson Lectureship told me they weren’t much as writers, but they love to come, because they enjoy science fiction. It struck me how rare it is to find someone attending writer workshops and discussion panels who do not actually write. It was a little refreshing to see people who just enjoy hearing the various perspectives on reading, writing and genres (in this case, science fiction). Having been... Full story