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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — Michelle Lujan Grisham represents New Mexico's 1st Congressional District, and was in Clovis Friday night to be commencement speaker for Clovis Community College's ceremonies. Lujan Grisham, 57, is in her third term in Congress. She served as the New Mexico secretary of health under Gov. Bill Richardson and director of the state's agency on aging under three administrations. The Los Alamos native announced in December plans to run for governor in 2018. We spoke w...
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales High’s boys were in the lead for much of Saturday’s Class 4A state competition at the University of New Mexico track facility. It was a matter of whether or not Taos would make up ground in distance events, and the Tigers did just that in storming to team honors with 67 points. Meantime, the Rams posted the best finish in school history, coming in second with 50 points to edge out Silver by one. Last year, the Rams posted their second third-place finish in school history. “We’re one place closer (t...
ALBUQUERQUE — Darren Kelley was hoping for a team trophy. His Clovis High boys track team was actually in contention for the lead down the stretch. The Wildcats, though, ended up fifth on Saturday in Class 6A state competition at the University of New Mexico. Favored Rio Rancho Cleveland had to work hard to do it, but the Storm won the 1,600 relay finale and edged Volcano Vista 59-57 for team honors. Eldorado (50) outlasted Rio Rancho (46), CHS (44) and Hobbs (42) for the f...
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales High and District 4-4A rival Hope Christian ended the season 2-2 in baseball matchups, but the Rams got the one that counted the most on Saturday. PHS handed the Huskies a resounding 8-4 setback at Isotopes Park in the Class 4A state championship game, posting the second state title in program history. Portales (24-7) could have been hesitant coming into Saturday's final, given the Huskies took the district series 2-1. But championship experience and t...
CLOVIS — Saturday was a day for the dogs, as Clovis canines and their families gathered to fight cancer. The fifth annual Clovis Bark For Life event was held at Hillcrest Park on Saturday. The event is a preliminary fundraiser for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in June. "We've always done Relay for Life, but I've never heard of Bark for Life before," said Tara Anderson, a veterinary technician at Clovis Vet Hospital. Anderson is new to town and was exited to b...
PORTALES — The future appears bright for 481 Eastern New Mexico University graduates if the comments of the commencement speaker and the now-former students are any indication. Outgoing ENMU President Steven Gamble delivered the commencement remarks Saturday morning at the graduation ceremony in Greyhound Arena, and though he expressed his pride at their accomplishments, he reminded them their journey had just begun. "Paths are made for you for giving you the tools to go o...
On this date... 1972: A New Mexico State University agricultural economist was predicting water available for irrigation in Curry and Roosevelt counties would “drastically decrease in the next 90 years, causing a sharp decline in farm and ranch receipts and property tax bases.” Frank Osterhoudt wrote a magazine article in which he reported the water supply for the two counties came strictly from underground aquifers. “Recharge of the aquifers is limited to the downward percolation of a small amount of local precipitation, les...
Last weekend I was at a conference’s closing banquet. A friend approached the table and said, “I’m feeling generous; buy you a drink?” Cherry Coke with coconut rum, please. I’m 1-for-1 tonight. I notice the prettiest girl in the room is sitting at a table with just her phone to keep her company. I met her last year at this conference, and we’d only chatted briefly then. She still had the prettiest face, and she looked amazing in her dress. One good deed deserves another. “I’m feeling generous; buy you a drink?” She nod...
Driving into Portales for the first time during a dusk dust storm in 1982, I almost made a U-turn. This wasn’t the New Mexico I’d imagined. But I wanted to work at a university, so the next day I went through the eight-hour gauntlet of interviews — including those with Winston Cox, Dallan Sanders and B.B. Lees. After returning to Dallas, where I was The Salvation Army’s state media representative, I was offered the job. Recently, I ran across the manuscript of a feature...
It’s been six months now since we launched The Eastern New Mexico News. In reality it seems like yesterday, but as they say, time flies when you’re having fun. For those who aren’t familiar with the history, we created The News after combining the resources of the Clovis News Journal and the Portales News-Tribune. It created one newspaper with a broader reach and larger audience. Our goal has been, and continues to be, to bring our readers a wider balance of news, sport...
Zack Perkins had always been an active kid. “I spent a lot of time telling him, ‘Would you just sit down and be quiet for five minutes?’” said his mother, Lori Perkins. “He literally bounced off the walls. He was always doing something. He was always busy.” So when the teenager took to his bed about the time school started in 2013, it attracted attention. “My child hated school, and so for the longest time I wondered if he just did not want to go to school,” Lori said. “He...
At Albuquerque Boys Class 6A Team standings: 1. Rio Rancho Cleveland 59; 2. Volcano Vista 57; 3. Eldorado 50; 4. Rio Rancho 46; 5. Clovis 44; 6. Hobbs 42; 7. Manzano 38; 8. Carlsbad 34; 9. Onate 25; 10. Cibola 18; 11. Sandia 10; 12. (tie) Albuquerque High and Centennial 7; 14. La Cueva 5; 15. Piedra Vista 4; 16. (tie) Mayfield and West Mesa 3; 18. Atrisco Heritage 2. Field events Triple jump: 1. Miles Brinson, Cibola 45-11; 2. Desmond Carpenter, Cibola 45-8; 3. Jonathan Williams, Clovis 45-2 1/2; 4. Austin Atencio, Carlsbad...
CLOVIS — Before they take it down for the year, the Clovis Wildcats plan to rise one last time. Under new head coach Cal Fullerton, the Wildcats football team will celebrate what it is calling Rise Week at the school. Fullerton, hired in February to succeed longtime coach Eric Roanhaus, said the week includes a series of practices leading up to the program’s lift-a-thon fundraiser and the mandatory parents meeting. The New Mexico Activities Association won’t allow practice with pads and helmets until a few days into Augus...
PORTALES — The Portales Chamber of Commerce is still calling all vendors and parade participants for the annual Heritage Days event, according to Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karl Terry. As always, there will be lots of fun to be had at Portales City Park in mid-June, said Terry. Terry said the chamber is trying to pursue some new activities at the annual Heritage Days event, to be held June 17, such as mechanical bull riding, but in the meantime, the usual activities are slated. Terry said as u...
This month, the New Mexico Public Education Department rolled out some data-driven changes that it says will: • Streamline the way the state administers bilingual education by going from five disparate to three strong programs, • Help ensure the students who need and want bilingual education get it by improving the curriculum while increasing the appeal and value of a public school bilingual/biliterate education, • And deliver more education dollars to schools for bilingual programs. But change is hard. And to say some educa...
Today • Mother’s Day Brunch — 10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and noon seatings at Clovis Civic Center. Tickets: $25 adults, $15 children. Information: 575-935-5000 • Happy World Carnival — 3 p.m.-10 p.m. at Curry County Fairgrounds. Wristbands: $20. Information: 575-935-7000 Monday • Happy World Carnival — 5 p.m.-10 p.m. at Curry County Fairgrounds. Wristbands: $20. Information: 575-935-7000 Tuesday • Afterschool at the Library — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Activity: Play your way. Information: 575-...
Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. at north annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 • CCC Foundation Investment Committee — 11:15 a.m. at CCC. Information: 575-769-2811 • Cultural and Ethnic Affairs — Noon at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Relay for Life committee — 5:15 p.m. in Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-714-1925 • Relay for Life captai...
CLOVIS — Residents of Saint Anthony Healthcare and BeeHive Clovis remembered their favorite Mother’s Days past both as daughters and mothers themselves. Lillye Toliver, resident at Saint Anthony’s, has two “beautiful daughters,” one of whom passed away. “They always wanted to get mommy the prettiest present in the world;” said Toliver, “all I wanted was them.” Thinking back on her time with her own mother, Toliver recalls her mom’s great cooking. “My mother was a tiny little thing and the best cook in the world,” she said,...
My mother allowed us to build our own tree house. Knowing the limited extent of my engineering and building skills today, that seems like a really bad choice she made. But with two-by-fours, plywood, ten-penny nails, old blankets and corrugated tin we built a multi-level clubhouse/fort that, in our eyes, put the Swiss Family Robinson to shame. I don’t think anyone ever fell out of the tree house or ever really got hurt but we did get ordered out of the fort among the t...
Deondra Robledo is a Clovis native, known around town as "Didi." Her significant other is Victor Robledo, also a Clovis native. She graduated from Clovis High School with the class of 2000. She is the mother of three, one with autism. She said she faces some of the toughest times raising a disabled child, but she cherishes every moment and every day is a learning experience. She said her child thrives in the Special Olympics each year and has won six medals since 2015. She and...
The 143rd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs running was on May 6. If you follow, you know the winning horse is named Always Dreaming. But the main attraction was what attendees wore on their heads. When you think of Derby, you think of big hats and fascinators. This year's Derby made headlines with men and women fashion from celebrities and the not-so-famous. One memorable fashion statement by two Derby-going men dressed their bald heads with a faux hawk of roses, dark...
Information on beginning quilting, choosing a guinea pig for a child’s pet and making a slice ‘n bake gift log will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Marci Baker is a quilter and author, and she emphasizes that quilts do not have to be large. For someone just starting out in quilting, she says it is much better to start small and increase your projects as you increase your skills. Baker’s...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory, Clovis Monday: Election of officers, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, noon pinochle, 1 p.m. line dance, 5 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. and noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, 6 p.m. Trivia Mania Wednesday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafts Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 9 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. railroad potluck Friday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. exercise equipment, 10 a.m....
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast wrap. Lunch — Cheeseburger mac and cheese, garden salad, mini carrots w/ranch, applesauce. Tuesday: Breakfast — Cinnamon roll. Lunch — Chicken nuggets w/BBQ sauce, mashed potatoes w/gravy, mixed green salad, chilled mixed fruit, whole wheat roll. Wednesday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Homemade cheese and bean burrito, salsa, seasoned corn, chilled pears. Thursday: Breakfast — Frudel. Lunch — Hot dog on bun, California veggie medley, seasoned green beans, chilled...
Portales Woman’s Club Portales Woman’s Club met on May 10 with President Cami Howl presiding. The treasurer’s report was filed for audit, and the minutes were approved. A thank you note was read from Gaynelle Thomas. The club voted to hold all meetings next year at 11:30 a.m. The president reported on state convention and announced the awards won by the club. Perfect attendance awards were given to Howl, Mary Lou Rowley and Sheryl Borden. Borden was also recognized for sponsoring the most new members for the club year. Borden...
