Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Deputy Editor [email protected] Willie McCray never gave up on a dream to play college basketball. But he certainly had doubts. link File photo Former Clovis High guard Willie McCray has signed to play college basketball at Western New Mexico, which has struggled to a 5-46 record over the past two seasons. Following a 2013-14 season where he led the Wildcats in scoring, the 6-foot-1, 165-pound point guard didn’t get the college looks he liked. That isn’t the case a yea...
STAFF REPORT April is Financial Literacy Month, and the Financial Aid office at Eastern New Mexico University partnered with Inceptia, a non-profit organization that educates students on financial literacy, to offer students tips on preparing for and understanding their financial future. “Our goal is to give students the tools they need in order to pay back their student loans and ultimately be successful as not only students, but adults as well,” said Brenda McCafferty, a strategic business director with Inceptia. Acc...
Notebook Traffic alert... • Portales drivers being warned to avoid Globe and 18th streets next week. There will be repaving in the area to repair damage from installing the city’s re-use water system pipeline. No through traffic from Sunday through May 2. Town hall... • If you live in District 4 in Clovis — that’s largely the northwest quadrant — city officials want to hear from you. There’s a town hall meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday at Kingswood Methodist Church. Fresh from Robert’s Rules grad school, Commissioners Chris Bryant an... Full story
STAFF WRITER [email protected] link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Roosevelt County Cooperative Extension Service Agriculture Agent Patrick Kircher sets up a presentation for an extension service class Thursday afternoon in the Jake Lopez building. Whether it’s agriculture, nutrition, or home economics, the Roosevelt County Cooperative Extension Service has an agent ready to lend a helping hand. The service, founded more than 100 years ago as an outreach for land grant univers...
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Today • ‘Both Sides’ compilation of plays — 7 p.m. in the Studio Theatre of the University Theatre Center at ENMU. General admission: $5. Information: 575-562-2253. • National Association of Chamber Ambassadors Conference — 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Clovis Civic Center. Information, registration: 575-763-3435. Saturday • ‘Both Sides’ compilation of plays — 7 p.m. in the Studio Theatre of the University Theatre Center at ENMU. General admission: $5. Information: 575-562-2253. • National Association of Chamber Ambassadors C...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] link Courtesy photo: Kassandra Howard Tabitha Love shows off the hair she’s donating to Kassandra Howard to give to a foundation that makes wigs for kids with cancer. Love donated nine inches of hair to Howard. When Kassandra Howard opened Hair Haven Salon in late 2013, she wanted to find a way to give back. Her influence was her daughter Demerie, whose friend lost her hair while fighting cancer. From that, Howard and her two employees, O...
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Editor’s note: Where are they now is a weekly feature updating the lives of Eastern New Mexico University graduates. link Paliga Mitch Paliga left Portales 30 years ago with a degree in music and a dream of playing saxophone professionally. The longtime Chicago-area resident will return to eastern New Mexico in August — for the first time since his Eastern New Mexico University days — as a member of actor Gary Sinise’s band, which is performing at Cannon Air Force Base. T... Full story
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April 24 On this date ...link 1975: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rogers of 2209 Moberly Drive in Clovis were looking for witnesses to the “senseless and cruel shooting of our house cat” on April 14. The Rogers’ said the injured cat “crawled almost home,” but their veterinarian was not able to save him. “As for the man who did it, go look in the mirror at yourself and see if you like what you see there,” they wrote in a letter to the editor. 1960: Student art was on display at the music...
With news sites and news blogs popping up every day on the Internet, consumers need to begin thinking critically of the information contained in the posts they read and share daily through social media. link Joshua Lucero On Facebook, I see people sharing news stories daily but often the stories come from a source that is clearly biased or poorly sourced. These stories are worse than someone not looking at news because those who read it usually aren’t going to fact check it a... Full story
Fear and faith. Both color our journey in this life. I hope we know ourselves well enough to just frankly admit that it’s no rare occasion when the former threatens to swamp the latter. It’s nothing new. link Curtis Shelburne In Mark 6:45-52, the disciples of Christ have gotten into a boat on the Sea of Galilee to go ahead of the Lord into the village of Bethsaida. Jesus himself has stayed behind to dismiss the crowd of 5,000, which he has just fed, and to go up on a mou... Full story
There are theories and equations that are undecided and constantly debated and improved. A lot of thought and time and money is spent analyzing the motions and patterns of the universe. One theory in particular is of great concern out on the farm. link Audra Brown The optimization of a route for the minimization of gate-getting ... while still getting to the destination in time to get any work done. This conundrum is deadly serious and infinitely more important than such... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] A church choir will accompany the symphony of bird and animal sounds at the Hillcrest Park Zoo this weekend. The Central Baptist Church “His Voices” choir is presenting a one-hour “Creation Celebration” concert 3 p.m. Sunday at a pavilion near the tiger exhibit. Admission to the zoo will be free for everyone from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. “The Hillcrest Park Zoo is such a wonderful facility where so much of God’s creation is the featured attraction,” said Worship Pastor Damon Pearce in a p...
MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] The Eastern New Mexico Board of Regents meets today to make the final decision of whether the Zia symbol and name will be dropped from women’s athletics. President Steven Gamble will make a recommendation to board members, a recommendation based off student vote, according to Gamble, who says student body opinion is what is most important to university officials. Upon bringing the vote to students, Eastern officials said the reason for the potential name drop was due to the Zia Pueblo p...
This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Northeast Charette Lakes: Fishing was slow to fair using Power Bait for trout. Cimarron River: Stream flow was 15cfs near Cimarron. Trout fishing in the lower canyon below Clear Creek was fair for anglers using copper John...
link Audra Brown By: Audra Brown There are theories and equations that are undecided and constantly debated and improved. A lot of thought and time and money is spent analyzing the motions and patterns of the universe. One theory in particular is of great concern out on the farm. The optimization of a route for the minimization of gate-getting ... while still getting to the destination in time to get any work done. This conundrum is deadly serious and infinitely more important than such things as how to make a profit, how to...
Traffic alert... • Portales drivers being warned to avoid Globe and 18th streets next week. There will be repaving in the area to repair damage from installing the city’s re-use water system pipeline. No through traffic from Sunday through May 2. Town hall... • If you live in District 4 in Clovis — that’s largely the northwest quadrant — city officials want to hear from you. There’s a town hall meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday at Kingswood Methodist Church. Fresh from Robert’s Rules grad school, Commissioners Chris Bryant and Tom...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] The Eastern New Mexico Board of Regents meets today to make the final decision of whether the Zia symbol and name will be dropped from women’s athletics. President Steven Gamble will make a recommendation to board members, a recommendation based off student vote, according to Gamble, who says student body opinion is what is most important to university officials. Upon bringing the vote to students, Eastern officials said the reason for the potential name drop was due to the Zia Pueblo p...
Today Clovis Calf Roping Event— all day Curry County Events Center, 1900 E. Brady Ave. Information: 575-935-7000 Saturday The Salvation Army Garage Sale — 9 a.m.: Cash or Checks only. 317 East 2nd Street. Information: 575-762-3801 Blood Drive — 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 2010 W. 7th Information: 575-268-8146 Relay for Life Team Cummins Natural Gas Engines’ Rummage Sale — 7 a.m 1021 Santa Fe Ave. Information: 575-769-9861 Clovis Calf Roping Event— all day Curry County Events Center, 1900 E. Brady Ave. Information: 575-935-700... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] A sheriff's deputy at the Curry County Courthouse discovered an inconvenient surprise in the building Tuesday night — a flow of water that spread from the second floor county clerks office all the way down into the county sheriff's office. County Construction and Safety Officer Ben Roberts said the culprit was a toilet water supply line. Aside from a musty smell, wet carpets and some wet ceiling tiles; as far as they can tell the physical damage to the building is minimal, Roberts said. B... Full story
Staff report A Clovis man was found guilty Wednesday of three felony drug charges, according to a release from the Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Paul Lee Salazar, 38, faces a maximum of 37 years and six months in prison on charges of trafficking methamphetamine, conspiracy to trafficking methamphetamine and Intent to distribute the synthetic drug known as pep. Any sentence will include a mandatory four-year term for his third felony conviction for trafficking controlled substances. According to the release: ...
