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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Police say 10-year-old Marissa Marie Graham called 911 from the Allsup’s on Mabry Drive in Clovis. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLislie) A missing 10-year-old Texhoma, Okla., girl was found safe Friday afternoon in Clovis, according to authorities who were still seeking her abductor. Marissa Marie Graham was able to escape when her abductor stopped at the Allsup’s convenience store on Mabry Drive, according to Oklahoma Amber Alert coordinator Gene Thaxton. Police said they rec...
Come rain or shine, snow or ice, livestock producers must battle the elements on a daily basis to ensure their livestock is cared for and their livelihood is not damaged or lost. Snow and ice storms that have recently hit the area, with temperatures dropping down into the single digits, are a small indication of what producers must face. “It’s been a terrible year,” said Jim Idsinga, a Roosevelt County dairy farmer. “We’re taking some pretty hard hits.” Wet weather conditions have contributed to pens turning into mud pits, w...
Cattle become much more susceptible to health problems in bad weather and can fall, causing injury or death. Health problems add to winter expense for dairy men and beef producers. (Freedom Newspapers: Karl Terry) Come rain or shine, snow or ice, livestock producers must battle the elements on a daily basis to ensure their livestock is cared for and their livelihood is not damaged or lost. Snow and ice storms that have recently hit the area, with temperatures dropping down into the single digits, are a small indication of... Full story
RIO RANCHO — For the second time this season, No. 1-ranked Rio Rancho beat Clovis in a high-scoring affair. Wildcats coach J.D. Isler saw positives in Friday's 97-91 loss. “I told (his players) we might see them again in the state tournament,” Isler said. “They never quit, they never got rattled, and these kids have just tremendous character.” Rio Rancho (15-1) beat Clovis 97-95 in overtime in December's Milk Cow Classic at Rock Staubus Gym. Plagued by first-half, the Wildcats (15-2) trailed the whole way, Rio Rancho en... Full story
ENMU senior guard Stephen Wilson has found his shooting stroke lately, averaging more than 22 points in the Greyhounds’ last three games. (CNJ staff photo: Andy Delisle) It’s taken a while, but Eastern New Mexico University men’s coach Shawn Scanlan said he’s finally starting to see the Stephen Wilson he thought he recruited two years ago. After averaging less than eight points a game through last season and the first 12 games of the 2006-07 campaign, the 6-foot-2 senior guard from Heflin, Ala., has delivered three consecutiv...
Clovis High’s Tori Northcutt tries to get to the basket against Roswell Goddard’s Laura Fry, left, during Friday’s matchup at Rock Staubus Gym. The Lady Wildcats improved to 11-5 by defeating Goddard. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) It's not set up in a traditional bracket format, with winners advancing to play each other, but the Milk Madness Classic will have a championship game of sorts today anyway. Clovis was scheduled to play Roswell High on Saturday night at any rate, which is just as well because both squads won t...
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Former Clovis High School standout Rishard Matthews has verbally committed to play football at the University of Oregon after making an official trip last weekend, according to Rivals.com. Matthews, who transferred to Saddleback High School in Santa Ana, Calif., one game into Clovis' season, gave a verbal commitment to the University of Texas-El Paso this summer. “UTEP was a great school but I just like Oregon a little better,” Matthews told Rivals.com. “It’s the Pac-10 and I wanted the opportuni...
The Elida Tigers stayed undefeated in district with a 64-41 win at Floyd Friday night. The Tigers (17-2, 2-0) travel to Ft. Sumner Friday night.... Full story
Eastern New Mexico University women’s soccer coach Travis McCorkle has announced the signing of forward-wing Alicia Cunningham to a letter of intent for the 2007 season. Cunningham lettered in soccer for three years at Sandia, earning second-team all-district honors in 2005. A National Honor Society member at Sandia, Cunningham plans to major in biology at ENMU.... Full story
FORT SUMNER — Fort Sumner’s District 3-1A basketball games at Melrose were postponed on Friday due to snow. Also postponed were Homecoming games for the Foxes and Vixens today against Dexter, and a home junior high doubleheader today against Melrose. No makeup dates were immediately announced. Meantime, the Portales Rams’ District 4-3A boys basketball game at Ruidoso, scheduled for Friday night, was postponed due to inclement weather conditions. According to Rams coach Mark Gallegos, the game may be made up next Satur...
FLOYD — Floyd girls basketball coach Cody May said his Lady Broncos just dug themselves too deep a hole to crawl out of Friday night against Elida, and not even a late rally could save them. But they sure tried. The Floyd girls outscored Elida 24-12 in the fourth period, spurred by junior Ronnie Mendoza’s team-best nine points, and freshman Alexis Benoit’s seven points. The Lady Broncos’ late charge was too little, too late, as Elida remains undefeated in District 3-1A with a 46-39 win. The Lady Tigers (16-2, 2-0 distric...
Clovis Police Chief Dan Blair on the safe recovery Friday of 10-year-old Marissa Graham, abducted from Texhoma, Okla., Thursday night: The recovery: We received the 911 call from a local convenience store that a little girl was there that had been kidnapped out of Oklahoma. We had received earlier or last night an Amber Alert to be on the lookout for this little girl Marissa, and when the officers got there ,they verified who she was and confirmed that she was the little girl taken out of Texhoma. ... What I do know is that...
After World War I, the Clovis Baptists launched a drive to build a hospital for Clovis. The drive to finance it started in 1919, and by Oct. 7, 1920, the Baptist Hospital at 515 North Prince St. was built. It was the only hospital in eastern New Mexico at that time. The 23-bed hospital cost $35,000 to build, with the sponsor being First Baptist Church at Grand Avenue and Gidding Street. With First Baptist in debt, the New Mexico Baptists took over the hospital on Oct. 31, 1924. For 19 years the hospital carried on, even...
I never thought of myself as daddy’s girl. My dad, who is a tour manager in Rome, recently went back to Italy after spending several weeks with me during my husband’s deployment. My hubby left a few days after my fourth C-section, and my parents were concerned about my situation with five children, newborn to age 6, so my dad was sent on “Operation Rescue Anita,” ORA. At any given time, the ability to spend many weeks with my father would have been unique, especially because I live so far from family. But being alone,...
Whenever I write about the wonder of school children and their test papers, I get enough fodder for another column from teachers who save them. Some, of course, are a little too shady to appear in a family newspaper, and so I sell them on the black market. Here are the latest witty comments gleaned from science tests. Sit back, put your feet up, and enjoy the half-vast intelligence of these children. Keep in mind, they will be running the world 30 years from now. • Question: Name the four seasons. Answer: Salt, pepper, mustar...
When it comes to gift giving, I’ve long been in favor of the unique, the unusual, the unexpected. The recent Christmas season gave me a chance to gift the entire family with something, I believe, caught everyone by pleasant surprise. I’d purchased a November issue of Santa Fean magazine, with the goal of finding convenient locations for cross-country skiing. While checking out the recently opened Valles Caldera preserve, I discovered they also offer something which would fulfill that unique, experiential gift category. Mor... Full story
Harwood Girls School Harwood Girls School reunion will be July 13-15. For information, contact Dorothy Ance Webb, P. O. Box 657, Mesilla Park, NM 88047 or e-mail to [email protected]....
