Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - Ash Wednesday, as it always has, marks the start of Lent, a time to reflect on service and being part of the body of Christ. But in this day and age, a busy schedule can make it tough for members to make it to Ash Wednesday services, according to local pastors. This is what inspired St. James Episcopal Church Pastor Alan Brockmeier to start Ashes to Go at the church at lunch time Wednesday. "It's so the imposition of ashes can be done during their (church members')...
CLOVIS — United Way Eastern New Mexico is preparing to close out a year of accomplishments in a fun fashion. The organization is hosting their annual awards banquet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 21 at the Clovis Civic Center. The theme is "Viva," Spanish for long live, as a play on the organization's motto "live united," according to UWENM Executive Director Erinn Burch. "We're just trying to remind ourselves to have fun, to keep it fun," Burch said. Burch said the banquet is h...
“For everything there is a season,” writes the wise man in Ecclesiastes 3. Not only is that smart fellow pointing us to a profound truth, his English translators are phrasing it beautifully. The vast majority of those folks are smart enough themselves not to mess much with the English construction of this well-known Scripture. If you’re not an English major, I hereby give you my blessing to tune out. Blessing or not, if you’re not some sort of word person, you’ll soon turn...
ALLEN, Texas — Kaylin Roher scored a game-high 20 points, including three free throws in the final 20 seconds of overtime, and Texas A&M-Kingsville sent top-seeded Eastern New Mexico University packing with a 69-67 win Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Lone Star Conference women's basketball tournament. The eighth-seeded Javelinas (14-13) will play in a 5 p.m. Saturday semifinal against either No. 4 Texas A&M-Commerce or No. 5 Tarleton State, who are slated to face off t...
HOBBS — Junior Sebastian Nunez may be emerging as a pitching ace for the Clovis High baseball team. Nunez threw his second consecutive complete game on Thursday as the Wildcats edged Artesia 1-0 on the opening day of a round-robin baseball tournament hosted by Hobbs. Nunez tossed a five-hitter in a 4-1 win over Hobbs last week, giving the Cats (2-1) a split of their season-opening doubleheader. He worked another five-hitter on Thursday and made a first-inning run stand up. Six teams are in the tournament, each playing t...
As a means of offsetting a projected eight-figure financial hit spurred by “hold harmless” losses, the Clovis City Commission voted unanimously Thursday to introduce a resolution to implement a one-eighth of 1 percent gross receipts tax increase. Hold harmless, eliminated in the 2013 state legislative session, was a provision by which the state paid municipalities for lost revenues from the 2005 elimination of food and prescription drugs from gross receipts tax collection. As a condition of the waiver, municipalities are all...
CLOVIS — Texico has been a regular in Class 3A (formerly 2A) state competition over the last decade or two, and this year might be no different. The Lady Wolverines (19-7) take the No. 2 seed into this weekend’s 3A round-of-16, and host 15th-seeded Raton (14-12) in a 6 p.m. tipoff today. Texico coach Richard Luscombe said he has limited information on the Lady Tigers. “I saw the most recent game they played (on film),” he said. “They don’t go real deep off the bench. If we play kind of to our potential, like we have been l...
PORTALES — The Portales Lady Rams kick off their run for a Class 4A state title tonight, hosting No. 13 Pojoaque Valley at 6 p.m. today at the Ram Athletic Center. Despite the difference in their seeding, the fourth-seeded Lady Rams (16-10) and No. 13 Elkettes (12-14) have numerous common opponents on the schedule — six in total, including Moriarty, West Las Vegas, Robertson, Santa Fe Indian School, Hope Christian and St. Michael’s. The Lady Rams went 6-4 against that group, while the Elkettes were 4-8. Neither team picke...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Wednesday • 2:38 p.m.: Fire/regular response, 600 block of New Mexico 267 • 3:19 p.m.: Larceny, walk in • 3:35 p.m.: Verbal domestic, 1100 block North Chicago Avenue • 3:45 p.m.: Verbal domestic, 800 block East Danube Street • 3:46 p.m.: Fire rural, mile marker 38 on New Mexico 206 • 4:39 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 100 block of New Mexico 88 • 5:21 p.m.: Smoke investigation, location unknown • 5:25 p.m.: Harassment report, 1600 block East Spruce Str...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday • 8:10 a.m.: Failure to appear, 1600 block of North Prince Street • 9:23 a.m.: Leaving scene of crash with property damage, 1300 block of West 15th Street • 10:40 a.m.: Theft of identity, 300 block of Kathie Drive • 11:10 a.m.: Failure to comply with conditions of release, 1600 block of North Prince Street • 12:54 p.m.: Expired registration, 3900 block of North Prince Street • 1:43 p.m.:...
On this date ... 1977: A regular reader of the "Memo ... from the editor" column in the Clovis News-Journal offered a substitute for coffee. "Take a potato, peel it and slice it very thin, then bake it in the oven until crisp," Editor Bill Southard wrote. "Crush the potato slices with a rolling pin until they're as fine as coffee grounds, then pour boiling water over them." The unnamed reader said the result was delicious, except for one thing: The potato bits had a tendency...
First round of state basketball • Friday — Varsity girls will play in Fort Sumner, 6 p.m. • Saturday — Varsity boys will play in Escalante, 4:30 p.m. BPA news The Dora Chapter of BPA participated in the State Leadership Conference in Albuquerque Feb. 20-22. The 23 students attended workshops, sessions, elected new state officers and competed in the Work Skills Assessment Program. Nineteen members qualified for the national conference in May and Velinda Fierro was elected as a 2017-18 state officer. Those attending and the...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Clerk’s office has selected a new deputy clerk, according to a release from the county. Adrian Ancira will begin duties March 13 under recently appointed County Clerk Annie Hogland. The vacancy was created with the January death of Clerk Jo Lynn Queener. Hogland began with Queener this year as her deputy clerk. Ancira, who currently works at the Ninth Judicial District court clerk’s office, spent 13 years in the Parmer County Clerk’s office. “While sharing our goals and dedication to public se...
CLOVIS — Both the prosecution and defense for a Clovis man accused of fatally stabbing his mother’s boyfriend agreed they’ll need more than one day to try him on a second-degree murder charge. The district court is looking for a four-day trial, following a pretrial conference Thursday for Ricky Goodman, 42. He stands accused of stabbing 61-year-old Jimmy Stotts Oct. 18 of last year at a trailer on the 1800 block of East Howard Street. Stotts died on the scene shortly after an ambulance arrived. Goodman has been in the Curry...
Do you ever think about what you will be known for when you are gone? How will you be remembered because of the mark that you leave on this world? Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” I believe Franklin summed up the definition of life legacy pretty well. When we think about certain people, great causes, phrases or remembrances seem to correspond to their leg...
It’s spring on the High Plains. Time for sunny days, shipping cattle off of wheat pasture, and straight-line winds not normally seen on land. Conventional expectations are fine, but there are more than a few things that defy the definition you’ll usually find in the encyclopedia. Amateur wind speed identification charts that I’ve seen usually stop at 50 mph with a note that you just don’t see that on land except in a circular storm of the hurricane or cyclone variety. This le...
A unique take on leisure will be on offer Saturday, with the spoils going toward literacy for area children. The fifth annual Char-i-Tea event will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the New Mexico Baptist Children's Home, and is based on traditional English tea time, according to Portales Altrusa Club President Cozetta Moore. "Literally, we have scones and different kinds of teas, sandwiches that they usually have with tea. It benefits the literature project for our Altrusa club b...
Monday • Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m. in assembly room at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Committee — Noon in Bert Cabiness City Government Center at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at courthouse, Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 • Curry County Commission...
Today • Clovis/Portales Kennel Club dog agility trials — 8 a.m. at Curry County Events Center. Admission: Free. Information: 575-935-7000 Saturday • Angela Rudd & Hannah Weeks recital — 7 p.m. in Buchanan Hall at ENMU, Portales. Admission: Free. Information: 575-562-1011 • Char-i-tea — 2:30 p.m. at NM Baptist Children’s Home Massey Center, Portales. Tickets: $10. Information: 575-356-4860 • Latin Comedy Jam — 8 p.m. at Clovis Civic Center. Tickets: $23. Information: www.laughkings.com • Clovis/Portales Kennel Club dog agi...
