October 13, 2024 Edition
Today *Clovis Evening Lions Club Gun, Knife, and Coin Show – 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Livestock Pavilion, Curry County Fairgrounds, 1900 E. Brady, Clovis. Admission: adults $5, military $4, NRA members $4 (with card); children 12 and under free with a paid adult. Concessions and onsite security. Information: Joel Edwards at 575-749-2855 *7th Annual Chili Cook-off – 12:30 p.m., Living Word Church of God, 2102 E. 21st St., Clovis. Public invited for chili with fixings, beverage, and desserts for $10 donation. Proceeds benefit the...
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Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce has named Quaylene Parkey its new executive director. She will start Nov. 1, according to a Chamber news release. Her hiring was unanimously approved by the full board at its September meeting. "We feel very fortunate to have someone of Quaylene's business background and public relations experience available to step into this position," said Chamber President Eldon Merrick. "We also feel very fortunate she is a member of this community...
Martin Heinrich, 53, is a Democratic New Mexico candidate for the U.S. Senate. He answered questions from the Albuquerque Journal: Family: Wife Julie; 2 Children Education: Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia Occupation: U.S. Senator City of Residence: Albuquerque Relevant Experience: I grew up the son of an immigrant lineman and a factory worker. My parents taught me the value of hard work and giving back to the community. From the Albuquerque City Council to the U.S. House and U.S....
Nella Domenici, 64, is a Republican New Mexico candidate for the U.S. Senate. She answered questions from the Albuquerque Journal: Family: Husband, Patrick McDonough; 2 Children, 4 Stepchildren Education: BA, English Literature, Georgetown University, 1982 JD, Georgetown University Center, Law Night School, 1987 MBA Harvard Business School, High distinction, George F. Baker Scholar (top 5%) 1993 Occupation: Business executive City of Residence: Santa Fe Relevant Experience: Collaborative, common sense, bipartisan approach...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Friday): Clovis • Alazhar Lucero, 26, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Keantre Iverson-Ruffins, 27, failure to pay fines • Samantha Calderon, 34, probation violation • Elijiah Lampkin, 20, battery against a household member • Rony Enamorado-Garcia, 42, driving under the influence of liquor, speeding • Jeovani Sevilla, 21, driving on divided highways, driving under the influence of drugs • Sylvester Taylor, 63, aggravated stalking, false...
On this date … 1941: New Mexico’s state game commission had announced the 1941 quail season had been canceled. The decision was made “reluctantly,” wire services reported, because quail populations had suffered from heavy rains and flooding during the nesting season in the spring and again in September. Game Warden Elliott Barker said the birds had been recovering nicely until the September storms “virtually wiped them out.” 1960: David Thompson and Marsha Simms, both 11, were among Parkview Elementary School...
Sharon Clahchischilliage, 75, is the Republican candidate for New Mexico’s Congressional District 3. She answered questions from The Santa Fe New Mexican: Educational background: BSE, Portales; MSW, University of Pennsylvania Occupation: Retired Political Experience: Former state legislator; political appointee with the Navajo Nation in the legislative and executive branches; PEC commissioner Relevant life experience: Special education teacher; counselor; social service work; local grassroots civic service Have you ever...
Teresa Leger Fernández, 65, is the Democratic candidate for New Mexico’s Congressional District 3. She answered questions from The Santa Fe New Mexican: Educational background: West Las Vegas, Head Start to High School; Yale College, B.A.; Stanford Law School, J.D. with distinction. Occupation: Congresswoman for New Mexico’s 3rd District Political experience: Completing second term in Congress Relevant life experience: My life’s work prepared me to serve the communities I love. A daughter of rural New Mexico, I owned...
The General Election, what some term the 2024 presidential election, is scheduled Nov. 5. Early voting began Tuesday at county courthouses. Early voting ends Nov. 2. Here are “Super Ballots” for Curry and Roosevelt counties: President Kamala D. Harris (D) Laura Ebke (Liberal Party) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (None) Chase Oliver (Libertarian Party) Jill Stein (Green Party) Donald J. Trump (R) Claudia De La Cruz (Socialism and Liberation Party) U.S. senator Martin Heinrich (D) Nella Louise Domenici (R) U.S. representative...
Monday *Indigenous Peoples’ Day *City of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee – 8:30 a.m., Waste Water Treatment Plant, 851 County Road 7, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 *City of Clovis Revenue Review Committee – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 *City of Portales Planning and Zoning Committee meeting – 5:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 *Clovis Astronomy Club – 7 p.m., Room 221, Clovis Community...
Portales City Council members on Tuesday briefly discussed the idea of Portales pivoting from Xcel Energy to Roosevelt County Co-op. Portales Mayor Michael Miller said the idea won’t likely work because, “We’re (Portales) under a franchise agreement with Xcel until 2036.” But Councilman Rustin Self said, “They (Xcel) could be bought out.” Councilman Eldon Merrick told The News after the meeting that a switch in electricity providers could provide benefits for Portales and its residents. “They (the co-op) have...
The Portales High School trumpet line left the school board meeting room Monday and marched toward the hallway to perform. It was done to ensure that meeting attendees didn’t burst an eardrum, Director Kelli Morrison explained. So, they played. Attendees rejoiced. Then the trumpet line returned and spoke to the room about how band has provided enduring friendships, and an understanding of work ethic and discipline. A couple members — and Morrison even — teared up. In a post-pandemic world, where anxiety and depression...
The Eastern Plains Council of Governments has scored a grant for more than $700,000 to help overcome youth homelessness in Curry, Roosevelt, DeBaca and Quay counties. EPCOR Executive Director Sandy Chancey shared the news with those in attendance at EPCOG's annual board meeting Wednesday at the agency's office in Clovis. The Youth Homelessness Demo Grant has EPCOG partnering with the United Way of Eastern New Mexico in the program that targets those age 18 to 25 who have been...
What’s the status on the Clovis Chamber of Commerce building a recording studio? When will it be ready? And did they resolve the issues with Norman Petty Studios? The Clovis Sound Studio project is under development, according to Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ernie Kos. “The demolition has taken place and we have been in design mode working with our contractor, the City of Clovis and our expert design team,” Kos wrote in an email Tuesday. Kos added construction “will begin soon” and...
Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday will “officially rededicate the newly named Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium,” according to an ENMU news release. “ENMU will welcome back former players from the Jack Scott and Don Carthel era, as well as those who were teammates of Steve Loy under Coach Scott, to a weekend full of activities celebrating the rededication of the ENMU football stadium,” the release states. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for 11 a.m. at the football field prior to the football game between...
Clovis Assistant City Clerk Vicky Reyes reports the city has some board and committee vacancies. There are two vacancies on the Economic Incentive Board for a citizen representative from District 3 and an industry representative (i.e. manufacturing, warehousing and transportation). The Clovis-Carver Public Library Board has an opening for one student representative. The city of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee has one opening for a citizen representative. For the duties and responsibilities of the positions,...
Sandra Taylor-Sawyer, longtime director of the Small Business Development Center at Clovis Community College, is retiring. A “come-and-go” reception honoring her is set for 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Eula Mae Edwards Museum on the CCC campus. Taylor-Sawyer, also a former Clovis city commissioner, has been director of the SBDC since...
Curry County has been awarded a $25,000 grant to “purchase and install picnic tables and benches created from recycled windmill turbine blades,” according to a county news release. The Outdoor Recreation Trails+ Grant Program was created to support projects that enhance community outdoor recreation opportunities, including trail systems, handicap-accessible outdoor recreation spaces, signage, wildlife viewing areas, and more, the release stated. “This is a unique opportunity to utilize recycled turbine blades and at...
Area residents who want to know more about a planned Regional Crisis Care Center in Clovis are invited to a meeting from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd. Mya Cappellino, director of marketing with Initium Health, said the meeting will include officials from Curry, Roosevelt, De Baca, Quay, and Union counties, as well as officials from Clovis, Portales and Fort Sumner. Cappellino said representatives from Clovis Community College and Eastern New Mexico University will also be there,...
Not long ago, when COVID-19 hollowed out hallways across the nation, school administrators and teachers fought to answer one question: What will the future look like? Since restrictions have been lifted, researchers have found a discouraging answer to that question: Test scores are down; mental health challenges are up; chronic absenteeism and teacher burnout are becoming frighteningly common. But step inside Zia Elementary's gym last Thursday, for its Blue Ribbon...
Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education is scheduled to meet Oct. 22 to consider whether to name the high school football field in honor of former Coach Eric Roanhaus. “We talked about this at the September meeting,” Board President Cindy Osburn told The News on Thursday. “Two of our members, Shawn Hamilton and Paul Cordova, were going to look into the matter (options). “It is a consideration item at our (Oct. 22) meeting,” she said. Social media reports claiming the decision has already been made are...
Virginia Montoya, 78, and her husband, Adan Lucero, 84, were sitting in their home Wednesday night in the 1300 block of Traver Street. They were watching television. The doorbell rang. Montoya got up to answer it. “JR, is that you?” she can be heard telling a man dressed in a light gray hoody with a dark mask over his face. “Leave!” Moments later, Lucero tells police, he heard a loud pop. “Virginia sat down on the love seat by the door and told (her husband) she had...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 1704 E 7th St. Clovis Monday: Lasagna, Italian vegetables, wheat roll, tossed salad w/light Italian dressing, Honeydew. Tuesday: Green chile cheese chicken sandwich, Tomato soup, pasta salad, strawberries and bananas. Wednesday: Sloppy joe on a bun, green beans, corn, orange Thursday: Boneless Carolina pork Sandwich, BBQ sauce, coleslaw, cucumber and tomato salad (non-creamy), cornbread, margarine, watermelon. Friday: Pepper steak, brown rice pilaf, stir fry vegetables with sugar...
Clovis Monday: Fall Break, no school Tuesday: Breakfast: Mini cinnamon waffles. Lunch: Spaghetti & meatballs, Garden salad, dressing, chilled pears, cheesy bread stick or Stuffwich, Meatball sub, Chef’s salad, fries. Wednesday: Breakfast: Colby omelet & tortilla. Lunch: Stuffed baked potato, mini carrots, dressing chilled mixed fruit, whole wheat roll or pizza, bacon cheeseburger, chef’s salad or French fries. Thursday: Breakfast: Breakfast bowl. Lunch: Homemade chicken enchiladas, fresh pinto beans, Spanish rice,...
Did you see the aurora borealis? I’m not sure this time. I saw them on everyone’s Facebook feed but mine last Thursday night. So I took a drive on a dark country road to see what I could see. Using my imagination, I could detect a faint glow above the horizon — or maybe it was the glow from the lights of a dairy or Cannon Air Force Base. After I got back and saw a few more photos online and on the late news I went back out in the back yard and could see the magenta...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Gun Thunder” by Carson McCloud. Jack Noble built the Rafter N Ranch with his own blood, sweat, and tears. His eldest grandson Gabriel Bartlett inherited Noble’s fighting spirit, necessary to survive in an unforgiving land. Daniel,...
Bob Dart is Clovis Community College's vice president of Internet Technology & Operations. He has traveled to many places around the globe, he knows much about the innards of the planet and he knows the taste of sheep eyeballs (they're "grisly and not much flavor at all"). How does he know these things? He told The News when we talked to him at his CCC office Thursday. Q: Where are you originally from? A: My sisters and I were born in Grand Harbor, Mich., on the shores of...
Services Click Here to View Obituaries • Nancy Bailey, 75, died Oct. 7. Information: Muffley Funeral Home • Terry Byers, 70, died Oct. 12. Information: Ellis Funeral Home • Tony Jones, 77, died Oct. 8. Information: Muffley Funeral Home • Ismael Juarez, 43, died Oct. 7. Information: Muffley Funeral Home • Norman Marney, 76, died Oct. 9. Information: Muffley Funeral Home • Mona Merritt, 82, died Oct. 6. Information: Muffley Funeral Home • Virginia Montoya, 78,...
AUSTIN, Texas – A scoreless first half was followed by a relatively active second stanza on Wednesday as Eastern New Mexico University's men played St. Edward's to a 2-2 tie in Lone Star Conference soccer. ENMU (2-3-4, 0-1-1 LSC) got a goal from junior forward Ben Sauerlander from about 35 yards in the 48th minute, off an assist from senior midfielder Giani Mascarel, and it looked for a while like that might hold up. The Hilltoppers (3-3-3, 1-0-2) tied it in the 77th minute...
MELROSE – They've got a ways to go to return to the glory days of seven consecutive state small-school volleyball championships (2010-16), but it's clear the Elida Lady Tigers are headed in the right direction. Still, Melrose has been the dominant program in this decade, winning three of the last four Class 1A titles, and the Lady Buffs handed Elida a 25-18, 25-15, 25-23 District 4-1A setback on Thursday night to move ahead of the Lady Tigers for the early lead in the...
MELROSE – They've got a ways to go to return to the glory days of seven consecutive state small-school volleyball championships (2010-16), but it's clear the Elida Lady Tigers are headed in the right direction. Still, Melrose has been the dominant program in this decade, winning three of the last four Class 1A titles, and the Lady Buffs handed Elida a 25-18, 25-15, 25-23 District 4-1A setback on Thursday night to move ahead of the Lady Tigers for the early lead in the...
TEXICO – Senior Alex Fuentes ran for three touchdowns, including two in the final quarter, and top-ranked Texico erased a 21-point deficit to edge No. 2 Eunice 36-28 in District 3-2A on Friday night. Down 21-0, the Wolverines (7-0, 2-0 district) got on the board late in the half on a 30-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Bennett Wahlen to junior receiver Maverick Hawkins. Fuentes’ first TD, a 6-yard run, and his subsequent 2-point conversion run pulled Texico to 21-14 midway through the third segment. The Cardinals...
For a while, Clovis High's football team looked like it might end its season-long losing streak on Friday night. The Wildcats went toe-to-toe with Organ Mountain in their District 3-6A clash at Leon Williams Stadium. In the end, though, the Knights pulled away with three second-half tallies for a 42-24 win, keeping CHS winless for the season. Junior running back John Royal broke off a 77-yard scoring run on the team's first play from scrimmage, and sophomore quarterback...
After three possessions, it looked like anything but an offensive eruption for St. Pius. The Sartans surrendered a safety less than a minute into the game, followed by punts on their next two tries. Then sophomore running back Hershul Olloway Jr. broke off a 62-yard touchdown run, and the floodgates opened. St. Pius piled up 511 total yards and rolled to a 48-18 District 2-4A victory over Portales High on Friday night at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium. Olloway netted 160...
The Gattis seventh grade football team improved to 4-1 for the season on Tuesday with a 46-0 victory over Yucca. Ricky Fenstermaker scored two of the Cubs’ three touchdowns on defense and also tallied one on offense. Other TDs for Gattis came on a 55-yard run by Uriah Sarracino, a 28-yard run by Ezra Cano and a 30-yard run by Nathan Lewis, who also tacked on a pair of conversion runs. Meantime, Langdon Lewis returned an interception 50 yards for a score, while Jaime Hernandez had a forced fumble and a sack and Andres...
LOVINGTON – The preliminaries are over for Clovis High’s volleyball team, which begins District 4-5A action on Tuesday at home against Carlsbad. The Lady Wildcats take a 7-9 overall record into district competition after polishing off Lovington 25-21, 25-18, 25-23 on Thursday night. Playing without senior outside hitter Ashlynn Evans (shoulder) and senior middle hitter Maricella Gutierrez (broken foot), the Lady Cats controlled their third match of the campaign with winless Lovington (0-15) most of the way. Lovington...
