Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Men Track Wala Gime, Angelo State, Sr., Papua, New Guinea — Gime ran the fastest time this season in Division II in the 400 hurdles at ASU’s David Noble Relays over the weekend, a 52.38 locking for first place and improving his D-II provisional qualifying mark. He also ran a provisional qualifying mark of 14.13 in the 110 hurdles, ranking him No. No. 5 in D-III this spring, and anchored the Rams’ first-place 1,600 relay which won in a time of 3:10.09, also a provisional mark and the second-fastest in D-II this spring. Field...
Staff report The Portales baseball team took on their old district rival Lovington and although things got started with two singles in the first inning, the Rams managed only one hit the rest of the game and a five-run inning blew the game open as Portales went down 7-0. The Rams (11-4) were down 2-0 entering the bottom of the sixth and Darion Ontiveros hung in against Wildcats (4-10) pitcher Luis Carillo, but finally gave in. After Carillo reached on an error, Ontiveros got the next two batters to fly out to center, but the...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] This weekend will see more than 200 high school and junior high rodeoers, about a dozen from the local area, continue on the road to the national finals. But the rodeo at the Curry County Events Center is also a calculated risk rodeo organizers think keeps the sport mindful of the families who support their athletes. For the first time, the New Mexico High School Rodeo Association is combining the high school and junior high rodeos into one facility. “I think it’s going to be a longer day... Full story
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link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Portales senior Austin Lucero returns a shot with a backhand hit during his singles match against Artesia at the Eastern New Mexico University tennis courts. STAFF WRITER [email protected] The Portales tennis teams got tune-ups before a big tournament this weekend by hosting Artesia on Thursday. While the girls team got a 7-2 win, the boys continued their struggles, losing 6-3. The Lady Rams (5-2), playing at the Bill Wahlman Tennis Center...
and David Stevens link Courtesy photo The Zia symbol, which appears on the New Mexico state flag, has been used as the symbol and title for women’s athletics at Eastern New Mexico University since 1981. Students voted to discontinue its use Thursday. Eastern New Mexico University students have voted 2-to-1 to recommend the university discontinue using the Zia sun symbol and the name “Zias” for the women’s athletic teams. A university news release said the vote, conduct... Full story
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STAFF WRITER [email protected] link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Monica Baca, left, and her son Cory Baca, right, look through the charred remains of their house for salvageable items Thursday afternoon. Within 25 minutes Tuesday evening, Monica Baca’s 1416 North Abilene home of more than 25 years was engulfed in flames. Baca’s home, which she shares with her son Cory Baca, 25, was a charred mess of the family’s belongings, the results of a fire which started shortly after... Full story
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STAFF WRITER [email protected] link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero City of Portales sanitation worker Cess Cano greases the hydraulic arm of a garbage truck Thursday afternoon at the Portales Public Works Complex. The city hauls an estimated 10,000 tons of garbage to the Clovis landfill annually, according to the City of Portales website. With more than 3,000 Dumpsters to empty each week, the City of Portales sanitation department has its work cut out. The department,... Full story
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On this date ...link 1972: Charles Earnest Cooper, postmaster in Melrose for 18 years, had retired to spend time traveling and rock hunting, the Portales News-Tribune reported. Charles and his wife Thelma planned to continue living on their farm a mile west of Melrose, enjoying their fruit and shade trees. The new postmistress was Ruby Phillips, who had been a postal clerk for 13 years. 1945: Ted Thomas, who spent a lot of time working in the Rogers area before joining the...
Today • Ambassador’s Movie Night — 6 p.m., Yam Theatre. The free movie shown will be Big Hero 6. Information: 575-356-8541. • Jazz Fest — 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Buchanan Hall at ENMU. Annual event that brings area jazz enthusiasts together for two nights of performances. Information: 575-562-1011 • Child Find screening — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Logan schools. Information: 575-487-2252 • Free water well testing — Noon to 6 p.m., Roosevelt County NMSU extension office. Information: http://nmtracking.org/water • Jack Williamson Lectures...
Staff writer [email protected] The ENMU Greyhound football team spent the week giving back to the Portales community and, as part of that, spent the week at the Portales Recreation center playing with and talking to kids. “It’s fun to get out here and play with these kids a bit,” said Adrian Horton, a receiver for the Greyhounds. “Their eyes light up when they get out here and see us. It’s good for us to be active with them when we get out here." With the nice weather, members of the football team were able to take the...
Local columnist link Audra Brown “Heifer!” The sorter at the far end of the alley yells with confidence. As the hand running the gate of the pen, which has been designated the sorted destination of such young female bovines, you scramble to open the gate as the heifer runs your way. She trots right at you, at least one eye on your person, and at a point that seems very late and very close, she jumps sideways, maintaining her view of you as long as possible, before making her...
Where are they now link Tapia Editor’s note: Where are they now is a weekly feature updating the lives of Eastern New Mexico University graduates. Allan Tapia’s first experience as an education professional was literally baptism under (gun) fire. In his first semester out of college as a science teacher and coach at Manzano High School, gunshots were fired from a passing vehicle in the direction of the football team’s practice. “I clearly recall the sound of the bullets... Full story
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Staff writer link Joshua Lucero When cycling in a small town it quickly becomes apparent that many motorists have little experience sharing the road with bicycles and even your average pedestrian. The reverse is also true, it seems, for cyclists who have little to no idea how to ride their bicycles outside the safety of the neighborhood sidewalk. Just last week I was cycling around town, heading to have lunch with family, when I was almost clipped by a driver’s side-view mirro... Full story
Religion columnist link Pat Cantwell It would not have been possible for nearly 3,200 people to visit and to experience the Tabernacle of the Lord in Portales if not for two people, Jack and Pat Willis, who allowed their talents to be anointed by the Lord. For 12 months the couple was an integral part of planning this event. For 12 days and nights they lived at the site and guarded the tent. For 10 hours or more a day they worked nonstop. Pat coordinated staffing, worked... Full story
Religion columnist link Curtis Shelburne Thirty years. Easter Sunday was, for my wife and me, our 30th anniversary. “Interesting,” someone might say, “since three of your four sons are older than 30. Glad you got around to tying the knot.” Now did I say it was a wedding anniversary? No, I did not. But, though I couldn’t have known it fully at the time, Easter Sunday 1985, my first Sunday in the pulpit of the church I still serve, bore witness to a covenant much more akin to a...
Staff Writer [email protected] When it comes to inspiring curiosity about science in a child, teachers often start with crowd-favorite dinosaurs. This weekend, one professor is using the mysterious creatures to inspire curiosity and education in their faith. “Kids are really interested in dinosaurs, and they want to know if evidence for dinosaurs and creation are compatible,” said Melrose Church of Christ elder Clay Mimms. Dr. Kirt Martin, a biology professor from Lubbock Christian University, will be tackling the sub... Full story
President Obama has been taken to task by two Middle East experts writing in the Wall Street Journal for keeping our Mideast allies in doubt to the point that they are sending their own troops in to combat ISIS, the psychopathic gang that calls itself an army of God. To these experts, David Schenker and Gilad Wenig of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the U.S.’ lack of commitment was something to complain about. It’s surprising to us that the Republicans share this complaint. They should be cheering on Oba...
Local columnist link Kent McManigal The new “Religious Freedom Restoration” laws are wrong and misguided. But not for the reason you might think. They are not wrong because they supposedly give people the right to choose to not do business with someone for religious reasons, but because everyone already has that right. It’s called “the right of association.” No one can take this right from anyone, but government, armed with coerced-association laws, sometimes chooses to punish people for exercising it. These anti-disc...
Local columnist link Rube Render I have never been a conspiracy theorist and have actually spent the last six years trying to convince otherwise sane human beings that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. Just about the time I think I may have convinced them of this fact, a copy of a bio from Obama’s literary agent surfaces that begins, “Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.” Miriam Goder...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Eastern New Mexico University students have voted 2-to-1 to recommend the university discontinue using the Zia sun symbol and the name “Zias” for the women’s athletic teams. A university news release said the vote, conducted Tuesday through Thursday, was 446 to 221. The issue will now go to Steven Gamble, ENMU president, to offer a recommendation to the Board of Regents at its April 24 meeting. Gamble has said the student vote would weigh heavily in his recommendation. ENMU has used the “Zi...
