Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Volunteersof the Matt 25 project, led by Rev. Steve Brown, are trying to resurrect this abandoned hospital at 12th and Thornton streets in Clovis into a location where people in need can get help. (Staff photo: John Eisel) To look at the old, abandoned building at 12th and Thornton streets — with its graffitied walls and broken windows — one does not see much aspiration; just an eyesore. But hundreds of area residents see the old hospital — it closed more than 25 years ago — as a center of hope. That’s according to Dick Powe... Full story
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation. a nightmare trauma boss you should never eat day-old pizza slices leftover from a church youth party it creates strange visions - and not those of the biblical sort last night i went to sleep in my little matchbox bed and immediately dreamed of falling into a dark deep hole in the earth the fall was punctuated by bursts of fireworks that transformed into snarling alley cat faces suddenly there was a big f... Full story
Federal program seeks to enhance the number of habitable acres for New Mexico’s lesser prairie chicken. (New Mexico Game & Fish) Imagine southeastern New Mexico as it once was — lacking in cars, bustling with grasslands, and hopping with prairie chickens. Although the small fowl still pepper the state in isolated regions — enough to hold an annual High Plains Prairie Chicken Festival in their core area of Milnesand — their population is nowhere near its original grandeur, according to the New Mexico Department of Game an...
Many of us go through the times of our lives disregarding God and his existence in our lives. Realizing this, two or three years ago an attempt was made by some in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to bring God back into the awareness of the general population. Consequently, an advertising agency launched a non-denominational billboard campaign that included signs along the highways and inside and outside buses. The series of ads constituted 17 different messages from God. So, as...
Clovis High School senior Guillermo Chavez watches his putt on the back nine during the Clovis Invitational Golf Tournament on Thursday at Clovis Municipal Golf Course. Chavez shot a 71 to win. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) The Clovis High boys golf team struggled to get going Thursday, finding its stride in the nick of time. Travis Reid had four birdies and Guillermo Chavez three over the final five holes, and the Wildcats eked out a three-stroke victory over Portales with a four-man total of 304 in the Clovis Invitational at...
It’s “wait til next year” for the Clovis High and Cibola baseball teams. Both have already been eliminated from the District 4-5A race as they prepare for a three-game weekend series, starting with today’s 4 p.m. single game at Cibola. While the defending Class 5A state runnerup Wildcats (7-13, 0-6 district) have struggled with erratic play in the second half of the season, Cougars coach Robert Erp said his squad (7-14, 2-7) has been competitive in most games. “What we’re going to try to do is hopefully send our seniors out...
It’s all or nothing for Cibola and Clovis this weekend at the Lady Wildcat Softball Complex. Both teams likely need a sweep in the District 4-5A softball three-game series to have any chance of catching Sandia for second place and a spot in the Class 5A state tournament. “It’s huge, obviously. Clovis is in the same spot we are,” said Cibola coach Gene Victor, who’s coached the Cougars for more than 20 years. “We need to win get a little bit of help from Carlsbad and Hobbs.” Victor said his team (7-14, 4-5) has struggled pla...
Muleshoe senior Jessica Withrow has a state championship and several runnerup finishes to her credit in the past two years. Lady Mules coach Benjie Jay hopes she can put herself in position for a big state finish at this weekend’s Region I-3A track competition at Odessa. Withrow leads a sizable Muleshoe contingent into the regional meet, set for today and Saturday. She won Class 3A state high jump as a sophomore and finished second last year despite improving on her height, and she has consecutive second-place finishes in t... Full story
Ruby Beeckler Services: 10 a.m. (CDT) Saturday at Robertson Chapel of Memories in Clarendon, Texas. Ruby Beeckler, 95, of Clovis, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born on July 18, 1909, in Elida, to Billy Latth and Mary Elizabeth Stewart Moffitt. She was a salesperson at Casual Corner in Atlanta and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, C.J. Beeckler. Survivors include two nephews, Dr. O.T. Rozzell (and wife, Lola) of... Full story
DORA — When Kellie Bilbrey was getting the word out on a fund-raiser for her 3-year-old niece Hope Bilbrey, she tried to be realistic about the donations she and her family would receive. “We were hoping maybe we could get $20 each from the kids and get $2,000 or $3,000,” the Dora teacher’s aide said of the students at her place of employment. Her hopes were far exceeded, as the combined efforts of Elida and Dora far exceeded that total. Event organizers said that “Walkin’ for Hope” events at Elida and Dora schools nette... Full story
Sexual predators eyeing young children no longer need a crowbar and a window to get into a child’s room. All they need is a computer. Organizers of the Ensuring Children’s Online Protection held a seminar for Portales residents in the Pecos Room on the Eastern New Mexico University campus on Thursday to warn them of sexual predators. Matt Chandler, Ninth Judicial District Attorney, conducted the seminar with Ray Sullivan, publisher for Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico, which consists of the Clovis News Journal, Portales New...
Tiebreakers didn’t go Portales’ way on Tuesday when the high school girls tennis teams needed them. They broke Portales’ way on Thursday, when the Lady Rams didn’t need them. Morgan Erf played a role in two of four tiebreaker wins for Portales, and only a defaulted match kept the host Lady Rams from blanking visiting Goddard on Thursday afternoon. Portales coach Bill Wahlman said that the only match the Portales girls lost, at No. 6 singles, was defaulted with Portales leading 8-0 and Roswell needing to get on the road. S...
CLOVIS — A concerned citizen spotted a male juvenile carrying a suspiciously concealed item into Marshall Junior High School early Thursday morning. Police were called. The school was locked down. Adjacent streets were closed and law officers were perched on roofs with weapons. The drama ended about two hours later when the suspicious item was identified: A 30-inch burrito, prepared as an extra-credit assignment and wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt. “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry,” school Principal Diana Ru...
CLOVIS — Even though the Portales High boys golf team again came up short against Clovis in Thursday’s Clovis Invitational, Rams coach Patrick Crowley likes the way his team is playing. Portales shot a four-man score of 307 to finish three shots behind the host Wildcats, who rallied down the stretch to take the team title at Clovis Municipal Golf Course. “This time of year what’s nice is they all know what they need to work on,” Crowley said of his squad. “We’re still not playing the par-5s as good as I’d like, but we’ve... Full story
If anyone is gonna go for broke, they’re gonna do it now. At least that’s what U.S. Bankruptcy Court clerk for New Mexico Norman Meyer predicts will happen in droves from now until Oct. 17 when a new bankruptcy law goes into effect. Officially called the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, this long-awaited reformation will make it harder for people to file for Chapter 7, or bankruptcy in which no debts have to be repaid, Meyer said. Instead, he said, there will be an increase in Chapter 13 ban...
Each dawn brings a brand new day … one that has never been lived before. It comes tiptoeing through my window with spectacular splendor. The hues of pink streaked with rays of sunshine make an indescribable painting of beauty. The mockingbird’s overture begins as he cheerfully bows before nature’s audience. Even the trees clap their hands, welcoming a new day. “For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field s... Full story
C hina and Japan have been feuding of late, with an estimated 10,000 protesters surrounding the Japanese embassy in Beijing over the weekend of April 9-10, shouting, “Be ashamed of distorting history.” The ostensible reason for Chinese anger is Japanese textbooks, not yet officially adopted, that downplay Japanese war crimes during the World War II era. The real issues are much deeper and should be potentially worrisome to the United States. Chinese crowds are talking about textbooks, but that may be a surrogate for con...
Jessie Winchester wrote a song called “Mississippi on my Mind.” It contained the line, “Where the dogs are hungry all the time.” The same can be said about team-roping steers. They’re bred to stay thin and rarely are they overfed. Shannon had a little arena and always kept a handful of flaco corrientes (svelte bovidae). He asked Byron to find him some cheap hay and offered to let him use his homemade flatbed fenderless trailer. In a couple of days, Byron located a stack of Hi Gear that had been baled during the Clinton a... Full story
Cinco de Mayo, Spanish for “The Fifth Of May,” commemorates the victory of the Mexicans over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It has become increasingly popular in the U.S. among those with a Hispanic background. It’s celebrated by family and friends through Mexican culture that includes food, music, beverages and customs unique to Mexico, according to www.mexonline.com. “The celebration in America, I believe, started in the 1960s in Los Angeles where (Mexican-Americans) wanted to celebrate their heritag...
Someone asked me the other day what has been the most exciting story I’ve written during my 15-year journalism career. Without a second thought, I knew it was the story about a forgotten Mexican folk hero in an unmarked grave in Anson, Texas, which I wrote in 2001 for the Abilene Reporter-News. It was the adrenaline rush of a story journalists live for. Even more fascinating, I stumbled across this story when I took my daughter Laura to watch the “Spy Kids” movie. But since I was asked this question in a roomful of begin... Full story
If I could somehow know that I had but one more opportunity to stand before Christ’s people and share God’s word, I would like to think that final sermon would be centered on the good news of God’s grace. What grace? The grace of God as expressed through Christ Jesus and his death on the cross. Grace that is freely given. Grace that is truly a gift and can only be accepted as such. Grace that is free but far from cheap. Grace that is freely available to you and to me but that... Full story
La Casita second grader Sigrid Viera reads from her text book during science class Tuesday at La Casita Elementary School in Clovis. Ten years ago it would be hard to find a student speaking Spanish in the classroom. (CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth) Upon first glance, the colorful ink numbers in Francis Duarte’s classroom, printed on cardboard, appear to be typical decorations in a typical kindergarten classroom — except below each numerical value is the corresponding Spanish word. In this classroom, Spanish is spoken 90 per...
