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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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STAFF WRITER [email protected] DORA — For the first time in at least three decades Dora will field a softball team. Without any recent history of a softball team, coach Paul Luscombe and his team know this season will definitely be a tough one regarding wins and losses. The good news is that all of the players are aware of that and have no problem putting in the work for future seasons. “This is the first year we’ve had softball at the school since I believe 1975 or 1976,...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] DORA — Coming into his fifth season as head coach for the Dora baseball team, Mason McBee believes his 2016 squad has a legitimate chance at making the state playoffs for the first time since he took over the program. Last year’s squad finished 7-9 overall and 2-4 in district play. The good news for McBee and company is that they will have six returning starters, all seniors, who will bring a lot of experience to help the Coyotes compete in...
Staff photo: Matthew Asher Head coach Paul Luscombe talks to his team during Wednesday’s practice. This will be the first time in at least three decades that Dora has had a softball team. Their first game will be against Santa Rosa this Monday....
Staff photo: Matthew Asher Dora sophomore Hayden Skinner fields a ball during Wednesday’s practice. The Coyotes start their season off today in Logan as part of a round-robin tournament....
Hal Bogle Invitational At Dexter Quarterfinals Texico 25, Pecos 6 Texico 727 81 —25 19 3 Pecos 020 22 — 6 6 4 Tanner Dickerman, Ben Crist (4) and Rafael Maldonado, Jesus Maldonado (4); Vigil, Valencia (3), Quintano (5) and Duran. W — Dickerman. L — Vigil. Top hitters — Texico: Dalton Thatcher 4-6, 2B, 3 RBIs, 4 runs; Nathan Phipps 3-5, 2B, 3B, 3 RBIs; J. Maldonado 2-5, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Brayden Wines 2-5, 2 RBIs, 2 runs. Records — Texico 1-0, Pecos 0-1. Note: Texico faces New Mexico Military in a 4 p.m. semifinal game on Fri...
Sports writer [email protected] CLOVIS — One side has almost everyone back from last season, the other is looking for some replacements. link Staff photo: Kevin Wilson Clovis eighth-grader Kyra Ramirez returns a serve in her doubles match with junior Mya Grimes on Thursday at the CHS tennis courts. Ramirez and Grimes dropped a 2-6, 7-5, (11-9) decision to the Lady Rams’ Danielle Ruiz and Cree Barber, but the Lady Wildcats won the dual 7-2. Based on that, the results were p...
Sports writer [email protected] CLOVIS — One side has almost everyone back from last season, the other is looking for some replacements. Based on that, the results were probably predictable on Thursday as Clovis High’s boys and girls posted identical 7-2 dual victories over Portales at the CHS courts. Both wins for the Lady Rams went to third-set super-tiebreakers, while one of the wins for the PHS boys came when CHS senior Nick Donaldson had to default at No. 3 sin...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] The Portales City Council passed a motion to approve an updated comprehensive plan for the city at their meeting on Tuesday night. According to Portales Planning Director Donna Rutherford, the city updates their comprehensive plan every five years. City Manager Sammy Standefer offered an explanation of why the update was being brought before the council. “As we apply for funding through different organizations, many of them have started to require comprehensive plans,” Standefer sai...
Staff Writer [email protected] Citing an adherence to standards, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority touted a clean audit during Thursday’s regular board meeting in Portales. “In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities and each major fund of the Authority, as of June 30, 2015,” wrote Albuquerque-based Integrity Accounting & Consulting, LLC. “In addition, the financial statements referre...
On this date ... 1976: The Clovis YMCA had announced its board of directors, which included Gloria White, Eldon Smith, Harry Vohs and J. A. McDaniel. The Y had 3,650 members, according to the Clovis News-Journal. 1956: H.V. and Ida Cade, who lived at 708 E. Brazos in Portales, had recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. He was 86. She was 81. She described their first meeting, when she was 15, in Kerrville, Texas. “He was serving barbecue at a dinner,” she sai...
W hat comes around once a year and is always an occasion for food, family, friends, and more than a little celebration? Shipping day. Audra Brown Down on the Farm You look forward to it for months, just waiting for the day when you can trade a few truckloads of troublesome adolescent bovines for a check that you can spend buying more of the same for next year. In preparation, call your friends, family, and neighbors who have the know-how and the vehicles to help round up a... Full story
Today • New Mexico AG Expo — 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Admission: Free. Information: 575-356-8541 • Teen program — 2 p.m. at Portales Public Library for ages 13-18. Game day: Teen;s choice. Information: 575-356-3940 Saturday • New Mexico AG Expo — 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Admission: Free. Information: 575-356-8541 Monday • Guest saxophonist Eric Hewitt — 7 p.m. at ENMU’s Buchanan Hall. Admission: Free. Information: 575-562-1011 Tuesday • Books and babies — 10:30 a.m. at Portale...
Portales local receives award for second year Portales native Coby Carter, 20, was named the Western Swing male vocalist of the year by the Academy of Western Artists for the second year in a row. According to a press release, the academy’s mission is to preserve the image of the American cowboy. The organization created the Will Rogers Cowboy Awards (The Willy), which are given in areas such as boot and saddle making, western writing and poetry, western art, spur and bit making and music. Carter is a full-time Eastern New M...
STAFF REPORT Portales Police Department officials reported Thursday afternoon that they had no further information regarding an incident in which two bodies were found inside a burned residence. Police and firefighters responded to the structure fire at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of North Avenue J. Upon arrival, they found the residence engulfed in flames. The two bodies were not discovered until firefighters had contained the fire enough to go inside. The outside of the structure remained standing on Wednesday...
I love to watch the motion of water, whether I'm at a pond, lake, river or by the ocean. It makes time stand still. But when I look long enough, I can feel myself moving with the waves, sometimes being swept up by them. Everything is dynamic; always moving and changing. There is a time and a season for everything under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Spring is almost upon us, meaning longer days and shorter nights. I hate losing an hour of sleep as we spring forward on Saturday...
Portales City Council The following were actions taken at the Portales City Council meeting Tuesday at the Memorial Building: • City employee Ben Rodriguez was presented a 20-year service award by Mayor Sharon King, City Manager Sammy Standefer and Public Works Director John DeSha. He received a plaque and a pin to commemorate his service. Rodriguez thanked the city for “this opportunity to serve the city for 20 years. I’ll have many more.” • Deputy City Clerk Veda Urioste presented the Clean Campus Traveling Trophy to...
Staff report The Curry County Road Department is requesting motorists seek alternate routes with regard to maintenance on a series of roads slated for next week. An overlay of chip seal application is scheduled on Curry Road 14 from State Road 209 to Curry Road M and Curry Road M from State Road 245 (Llano /CR 12) to Curry Road 14 on March 21, 2016, from 6:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. and March 22 from 6:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. “We are asking all persons to please seek an alternate route,” Curry County Road Superintendent Dennis Fury sai... Full story
Staff report A trio of Clovis High School students received awards during the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America state leadership conference in Albuquerque March 2-5. Sindy Granillo-Gold and Madison Lerman both received awards for knife skills and senior life event planning. Sarah Koss received the gold award for senior teaching and training. Koss was also elected to serve on the 2016-17 state executive council....
Staff report Portales Police Department officials reported Thursday afternoon that they had no further information regarding an incident in which two bodies were found inside a burned residence. Police and firefighters responded to the structure fire at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of North Avenue J. Upon arrival, they found the residence engulfed in flames. The two bodies were not discovered until firefighters had contained the fire enough to go inside. The outside of the structure remained standing on Wednesday...
