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PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s struggles continued Tuesday night. The Greyhounds carried a 2-1 lead into the sixth inning, but New Mexico Highlands scored four runs without hitting a ball out of the infield and the Cowboys went on to an 8-3 victory at Greyhound Field. Highlands improved to 21-14 with its second win in eight days over the Hounds (19-20), who have lost 16 of their last 19 games and fell below .500 for the first time this season. Junior right-hander Jeff Roemer, shelled in his previous start on...
A Portales man accused of embezzling more than $600,000 in early March paid two accomplices $20,000 each to help him go into hiding, according to court documents. Chris Adcox, 21, of Clovis told investigators in a March 7 interview he and a friend drove Scott Kirby to Lubbock the day after the armed car service employee allegedly stole the money, court documents show. While there, they obtained a hotel room in Adcox’s name and bought Kirby new clothes. Adcox said the plan was to tell authorities Kirby left for Mexico and...
A Portales pest control company official said a sample of bees found in Clovis “in the middle of town” has tested positive as being a strain of Africanized or “killer” bees. Lewis Hightower, owner of Southwestern Pest Control, said the sample was tested at a U.S. Department of Agriculture facility in Maryland. An educational meeting for the public is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Memorial Building in Portales. Hightower said he will attend and urges concerned citizens to attend as well. “I think it’s a...
A minimal hike in tuition was approved Wednesday by Clovis Community College Board of Trustees. New Mexico students will pay $1 more per credit hour at the college, effective this fall semester, according college officials. Out-of-state students will pay $2 more per credit hour. CCC students residing within the district currently pay $29 per credit hour. Students residing outside district boundaries pay $30, and out-of-state students pay $62, according to David Pacheco, CCC Vice President for finance and human resources. It i...
Republican J.R. Damron sees a need for change in the governor’s office to improve education and stop illegal immigration. Gov. Bill Richardson’s opponent in November’s General Election, Damron said students in New Mexico rank low in test scores compared with students from other states, citing a recently released report card from the American Legislative Exchange Council ranking New Mexico as 49th in education. ALEC is the nation’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators. “Only 65... Full story
The musical group “Thursday Nite Live” is bringing its unique brand of country music to Grady High School on Monday. The group from South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, puts on a television show the first Thursday of every month featuring a wide variety of music. In addition to the monthly show, “Thursday Nite Live” also performs special gigs, like the one in Grady. The group is made up of students at the college. Members are from all across the southwestern United States as well as Australia and Scotland. The...
Today through Saturday: There will be a dance concert at 8 p.m. in the Eastern New Mexico University’s University Theatre Center, Mainstage. Today: The Zia Elementary Spring Musical will be held at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the Zia Gym. Today and Friday: The Clovis High School Band’s spring concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Marshall Junior High School Auditorium. Saturday: The Clovis High School Band will perform “Noodles and Notes” at the First United Methodist Church. Monday: The Ranchvale Elementary Spring...
Jennifer Rich is a senior at Clovis High School. She is the daughter of Janet and Rory Rich. What did you think about Sept. 11? I woke up that day to the sound of my father’s voice. I got up and went to see what all the fuss was about. Then I saw it: The flaming tower. I was watching the live feed and saw the other plane crash into the second tower. I was just stunned. I couldn’t believe that something like this would happen. What would you like to be printed on your gravestone? “Friend of all. A Great Woman. She will... Full story
A Portales pest control company official said a sample of bees found in Clovis “in the middle of town” has tested positive as being a strain of Africanized or “killer” bees. Lewis Hightower, owner of Southwestern Pest Control, said the sample was tested at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Maryland. An educational meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Memorial Building in Portales. Hightower said he will attend and urges concerned citizens to attend as well. “I think it’s a public safety issue,...
PORTALES — Republican J.R. Damron sees a need for change in the governor’s office to improve education and stop illegal immigration. Gov. Bill Richardson’s opponent in November’s General Election, Damron said students in New Mexico rank low in test scores compared with students from other states, citing a recently released report card from the American Legislative Exchange Council ranking New Mexico as 49th in education. ALEC is the nation’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state...
Built around soothing music and simple concepts, such as colors and numbers, Baby Einstein videos are steadily plucked off the shelves at Hastings Music, Books and Video in Clovis, according to Hastings Assistant Manager Fernando Garcia. Each month, around a dozen copies of the video are sold, Garcia said, defining the Einstein line as a solid, dependable product for the store. Since being acquired by The Walt Disney Company nearly five years ago, The Baby Einstein Co. has experienced a sevenfold increase in retail sales, gro... Full story
The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees expects to choose a new college president at an. April 26 board meeting, according to board president Russell Muffley. Former CCC President Beverlee McClure stepped down from the position last summer to become the state’s first Secretary of Higher Education. Two candidate interviews remained as of Wednesday, Muffley said. A campus tour and introductions to staff and faculty are included in the interview process, he said. Candidates are also introduced to community leaders...
A Portales man accused of embezzling more than $600,000 in early March paid two accomplices $20,000 each to help him go into hiding, according to court documents. Chris Adcox, 21, of Clovis told investigators in a March 7 interview he and a friend drove Scott Kirby to Lubbock the day after the armed car service employee allegedly stole the money, court documents show. While there, they obtained a hotel room in Adcox’s name and bought Kirby new clothes. Adcox said the plan was to tell authorities Kirby left for Mexico and...
George Mason University’s basketball team broke into national prominence, going all the way to the NCAA Final Four, but losing to the red hot University of Florida Gators. The Patriots’ stellar performance this season is emblematic of the entrepreneurship and risk taking that long has been a feature of the university. In 1980, when I left Temple University to join George Mason University’s Economics Department, it was a little known school in northern Virginia. George Johnson, also from Temple University, was...
Count the days. The April deadline approaches. And I don’t mean the 15th, our deadline for coming clean, or semi-clean, with Uncle Sam. The big date this month is April 30. That’s the day New Mexico is scheduled to finally rid herself of District Judge James Blackmer. After nearly two decades on the bench, first in Santa Fe, then Albuquerque, Blackmer is retiring. There goes another of society’s fat cats, right? Probably all set to drive his Lexus or some other sumptuous sedan to posh golf resorts for $100 massages and... Full story
It’s hard to feel any sympathy for Zacarias Moussaoui, the French national of Moroccan descent who was deemed eligible for the death penalty by a federal jury Monday for his role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on American soil. The jury must now decide whether it will actually impose the death penalty on him. As CNN reported, “the jury must unanimously agree that prosecutors proved Moussaoui intentionally lied to federal agents who interrogated him in August 2001, that he lied with lethal intent, and that his lies directly...
While battling for a starting position this spring, Texas Tech sophomore and Clovis High School graduate Joe Garcia said he can still hear words of wisdom from Wildcats coach Eric Roanhaus. “He said to always work hard,” Garcia said. “Never let another person outwork you. If they are going to beat you, let it be about talent, not because they outworked you.” Garcia, a 6-foot-2, 206-pound sophomore is looking to have a productive spring and secure a starting role with the Red Raiders who went 9-3 last year. To do that,...
Several local area high school seniors received the highest honors in New Mexico high school basketball as they were named to the 2006 North/South All-Star Girls and Boys Basketball teams. According to a press release from the New Mexico High School Coaches Association, there were eight high school players from Roosevelt County selected to south squads. The Portales Lady Rams, 2006 state champions, posted four of the 11 players on the 3-A South team. Megan Kabrick, Morgan Hill, Ashelah Richards and Rebekah Gonzales were all...
Clovis sophomore Jason Roberts returns a serve against Lovington sophomore Johnny Newton during asingles match Tuesday (CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth) Sophomore Emmie Gibbs and eighth-grader Heather Trujillo are Clovis’ high-wire act. Gibbs takes the chances, Trujillo is the safety net. “She always backs me up,” Gibbs said. “Sometimes I miss the ball and she’ll always be there to get it.” Gibbs and Trujillo won the No. 1 doubles match and helped the Lady Cats beat Lovington 7-2 at Clovis High School on Tuesday. The...
ARTESIA — The Clovis Lady Cats went into the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader looking for a sweep. After the first inning, they were just trying to make it to the end. The Lady Cats shut out Artesia 4-0, then were mercy-ruled 12-2 in the second game. Rachelle Urban struck out four and walked two while pitching a three-hitter in the early game. Sonia Chavez hit a two-run double in the first inning to give the Lady Cats a lead. Clovis was unable to carry the momentum and yielded six runs in the top of the first inning... Full story
Cale Sanders holds his record fish before he released it back into the lake. (Courtesy photo) Two years after his college football career ended, Cale Sanders made one of his most famous catches. Sanders, a teacher and coach at Roswell’s Goddard High School, landed a state-record smallmouth bass Friday evening at Ute Lake. “No one in the state has caught a bigger smallmouth,” Sanders said. “I was pretty blown away about the whole thing.” The catch, verified in Logan later that night, was measured at 7 pounds, 3... Full story