Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASKETBALL Prep District tournaments (Seeds in parentheses) Boys District 4-5A Tuesday (3) Clovis 57, (4) Roswell High 52 Thursday (2) Carlsbad 51, Clovis 41 Saturday Championship (1) Hobbs 69, Carlsbad 49 District 4-4A Monday Playoff for top seed At Hagerman Artesia 76, Roswell Goddard 73 Tuesday (3) Lovington 63, (4) Portales 51 Thursday Lovington 46, (2) Roswell Goddard 43 Friday Championship (1) Artesia 63, Lovington 38 District 6-2A Tuesday (4) Santa Rosa 53, (3) Clayton 49 Thursday Texico 54, Santa Rosa 52, OT Saturday...
PORTALES - Following through on a plan announced in social media earlier in the week, Portales High School students supporting a former teacher staged a peaceful protest at the school Friday. "We let them do it at the high school," said Johnnie Cain, superintendent of Portales Municipal Schools. "They've got the right to do it." Widespread social media posts alleged high school English teacher Kelly Cradock was fired Tuesday for teaching from a controversial book. But Cain...
Opinions from Clovis Municipal Schools Superintendent Renee Russ altered some of the statewide standards for teaching Social Studies in New Mexico schools. During Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Clovis Municipal School Board, Russ, along with Mitzi Estes, deputy superintendent of academic services, outlined dealings with the state’s Public Education Department (PED) over the new standards, which were announced on Feb. 16. While praising the standards for emphasizing the importance of personal finance lessons in the sta...
PORTALES -- Eastern New Mexico University will stage “Little Women: The Broadway Musical” Thursday through Sunday at the University Theatre Center. The performances will combine ENMU’s Music Department and Department of Theatre and Digital Filmmaking, according to an ENMU news release. The production is directed by Travis Sherwood, with musical direction by Gregory Gallagher. Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Linda Sumption of the ENMU Department of Languages and L...
"This amount of money changes everything." That's what Clovis Mayor Mike Morris said about news from Santa Fe that $30 million should soon be on its way into the coffers of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority (ENMWUA) to be used to build the Ute Water Project. Approval of the state money awaits signing of the bill that authorizes the funding. Morris also serves as chairman of the board that oversees the pipeline project. Morris also is "excited" about the money...
Baxter-Curren Activity Center 908 Hickory, Clovis 575-762-3631 Monday: 8:30 a.m. Exercise; 10 a.m. Jewelry pals; 1 p.m. Line dance, 5 p.m. Game night. Tuesday: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., quilting; 6 p.m. musical jam session.. Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. Exercise; 9 a.m. Sew Days; 1 p.m. Needle Gang Thursday: 8 a.m. breakfast $5; 1 p.m. Bingo. Friday: 8:30 a.m. Exercise; 10 a.m. Needle Gang; 1 p.m. Line dance; 1 p.m. Pinochle. Saturday: 4 p.m. Game Night. Friendship Senior Center 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-769-7908 Monday:9 a.m. Exercise...
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. “The Christmas Bookshop” by Jenny Colgan. Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. The prospect of spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia does not appeal. Frankly, Frankly, Sofia doe...
Portales Monday: Breakfast: Benefit bar, fruit cups, juice. Lunch: Frito pie, corn, carrots, pears, or (grades 7-12) cheeseburger, fries, lettuce, tomato, pears. Tuesday: Breakfast: Pancake on a stick, applesauce, juice. Lunch: barbecue sandwich, fries, carrots, fresh fruit, or (grades 7-12) chicken fajitas, refried beans, broccoli, fresh fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast: Cream cheese bagel, sliced apples, juice. Lunch: French bread pepperoni pizza, green beans, broccoli, mixed fruit, or (grades 7-12) Ram bowl (smackers, mashed...
Information on travel tips and making wall hangings for children’s rooms will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at noon Tuesday and at 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Adventure writer and photographer, Yvonne Lanelli will tell how preparation can make life easier when you travel. She calls it Ready, Set, Pack and Go, and she will discuss money matters, packing, security issues and much more. Lanelli is from Alto. Debra Quartermain shows how to combine Styrofoam foam shape...
I’ve watched war come through my television as long as I can remember. Seeing it again this week is as sobering as ever. They say the Vietnam War was the first time war was brought into the home in images every night. It’s said growing up with those scenes has desensitized humans to war. That’s probably right, but we don’t seem to be able to turn our eyes away from the coming train wreck. I remember being overwhelmed by scenes of U.S. troops carrying body bags to waiting...
Mitchell Mender grew up on the East Coast. Raised in a tightknit community on the New Hampshire/Vermont border, he's used to the fun of living in a "borderland." Mender said he enjoyed an idyllic childhood exploring the natural beauties of New England with his parents and two older brothers. Five years ago, Mender moved with his wife Robyn and young children to Clovis where he began work at the county prosecutor's office. For the last year, Mender has worked in Portales as a p...
CARLSBAD - Clovis High's boys played Carlsbad pretty evenly on Thursday night ... after the first quarter. The Wildcats weren't able to overcome the slow start, and saw their season end with a 51-41 loss to the Cavemen in the District 4-5A tournament semifinals. "We didn't score well in the quarter, but we felt like we were still in pretty good shape," Cats coach Jaden Isler said of the 10-3 deficit. "The rest of the game we played fairly even." Six-foot-7 senior center Tylan...
LITTLEFIELD — Farwell’s boys began Texas Class 2A postseason play on Tuesday with a 72-59 bi-district victory over Floydada. Senior Grayson Waldrop nailed four 3-pointers and scored 21 points for the Steers (24-7), who were to face Gruver (24-7) on Friday night in an area round matchup also slated for Littlefield. The Whirlwinds (20-7) led 16-10 at the quarter, but the Steers went on a 23-9 run in the third stanza to open a 10-point lead. Senior Leon Nunez added 18 points while senior Juan Gaxiola had two 3s and 12 poi...
LOVINGTON — Basketball experts say 3-pointers can shoot you into a game or out of it in a hurry. As they often do, Lovington’s boys relied on the long ball to lead the way on Tuesday night. Six players combined to hit 14 of them, and the Wildcats overcame an early 10-point deficit for a 63-51 victory over Portales High in a first-round District 4-4A matchup. “They shot the ball pretty well tonight,” Rams coach Randy McBroom said of the Wildcats (20-7), who won at Roswell Goddard 46-43 on Thursday to reach Saturda...
CARLSBAD - Thursday's Clovis High-Carlsbad District 4-5A tournament semifinal wasn't much different than the two regular-season matchups. The only thing was this time the Cavegirls made some hay from the 3-point line. Carlsbad, seeded second in the four-team stepladder bracket, converted eight trifectas in this one and pulled away to a 45-31 victory over Clovis High. The Cavegirls (21-6), who won the regular-season district clashes 29-22 and 28-19, advanced to Saturday...
TEXICO - After shooting 5-for-6 from the free throw line in the first half, Texico's accuracy slipped away during the third quarter (0-for-4). The Wolverines found it just in time, going 6-for-8 in the overtime frame to outlast Santa Rosa 54-52 in a District 6-2A boys semifinal on Thursday night. Junior Jahvon Askew and senior Cade Collins both converted 3-of-4 in the OT as second-seeded Texico (13-11) advanced to Saturday afternoon's title tilt at top-seeded Pecos (20-6)....
LUBBOCK — Despite a four-game losing streak, Eastern New Mexico University’s women locked up a spot in next week’s Lone Star Conference postseason tournament on Thursday without playing. The question going into Saturday’s LSC and regular-season finale against Western New Mexico at Greyhound Arena was whether the Greyhounds would be the 11th or 12th seed in the 12-team event. ENMU (9-13, 5-10 LSC) dropped a 73-46 decision to 16th-ranked and two-time NCAA Division II champion Lubbock Christian on Tuesday night, leaving the Hou...
The 2022 30-day legislative session could have been much worse. It is no secret that we at the Rio Grande Foundation have disagreed with most of Michelle Lujan Grisham’s major efforts as governor. She surprised many of us in her State of the State speech when she proposed elimination of the Social Security tax in New Mexico. After three years of ruling as a hard left “progressive,” the governor’s change of tune heading into the 2022 session was notable. Is her move solely due...
Oh, Canada. Really? Et tu? It’s been a few years since my last visit: My wife and I spent a weekend in Vancouver, drawn by an article declaring it one of the most livable cities on Earth. The man at the rental car place gave us a map and showed us how to reach the sights. He took pains to point out what he said was a rough neighborhood we should avoid. Naturally, that’s the first place we went. Canada, I grew up in South Los Angeles. I’ve spent time in Miami’s Liberty City, C...
The biggest problem we face with mining in the United States is we’re not doing enough of it. And that’s because of the continuing absence of a long-term mining policy that recognizes the importance of a secure domestic supply of minerals and metals for our nation’s economic and environmental well-being. What’s eye-popping about newly published data on minerals and metals is the growing global demand for so-called battery metals -- lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and copper -- and the prices those critically importa...
The Democratic party is finally realizing its vulnerability on culture issues, and perhaps no group better exemplifies the problem than Black Lives Matter. The group’s eponymous slogan swept all before it in recent years. It was repeated by Democrats around the country. Corporate leaders paid obeisance to it. Sports leagues displayed it. Such was its totemic power that a more inclusive version of the three words -- all lives matter -- was considered a dangerous heresy. The B...
Curry and Roosevelt counties’ district attorney retires this week after 25 years of prosecuting criminal cases. History will remember Andrea Reeb as the region’s first female top cop, appointed to the job in 2014, then elected to the first of two terms that same year. Many of us will also remember her as aggressive, fair, and transparent in her pursuit of criminal justice. She will be missed. Let’s emphasize the transparency first. While many local law enforcement agenc...
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act was passed by Congress in 1970 to combat organized crime in the U.S. According to any number of sources the law has been used to prosecute members of the mafia, the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, and Operation Rescue, an anti-abortion group. I suppose that two out of three organized crime groups can be considered close enough for government work. Among the options that prosecutors have in their pursuit of organized c...
Andrea Reeb, Curry and Roosevelt counties' first female district attorney, is retiring Tuesday. She's worked for the 9th Judicial District Attorney's office 25 years, was appointed lead DA in 2014 and has since been elected to the position twice. Her term was scheduled to expire at the end of 2022. She answered questions about her career via email last week: Q: So you've been a prosecutor for 25 years now ... Is this the life you dreamed about when you were growing up? A: I...
CLOVIS — Roy Rice is Clovis’ new chief of police. The department’s interim leader since Doug Ford retired Dec. 31, Rice was named the CPD long-term leader in a press release Thursday from Clovis City Manager Justin Howalt. “I’m very excited,” Rice said. “We have a very good department, good strength.” Rice, 67, said he has multiple ideas for moving the department forward. “I want to take it and see how far we can push it,” Rice said. “I want to see professional growth....
