Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Never mind ... • A Portales City Council meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday is canceled. The council will meet again May 28. Graduation reminder ... • The clock’s ticking. Clovis High School graduation is 6 p.m. Friday at the Curry County Events Center. Portales High School seniors take the walk 7 p.m. Friday at Eastern new Mexico University’s Greyhound Arena. Coming up ... • The Cultural and Ethnic Affairs committee meets noon Tuesday at Clovis City Hall. Repeating, city committee meetings are open to the public; C...
Never mind ... • A Portales City Council meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday is canceled. The council will meet again May 28. Graduation reminder ... • The clock’s ticking. Clovis High School graduation is 6 p.m. Friday at the Curry County Events Center. Portales High School seniors take the walk 7 p.m. Friday at Eastern new Mexico University’s Greyhound Arena. Coming up ... • The Cultural and Ethnic Affairs committee meets noon Tuesday at Clovis City Hall. Repeating, city committee meetings are open to the public; C...
Staff photos: Joshua Lucero Melrose senior Jay Faust connects for an inside-the-park home run during the sixth inning of Friday’s Class 1-2A state baseball championship game against McCurdy at Lobo Field in Albuquerque. The Buffaloes captured the school’s first state baseball title with a 12-0 win over the Bobcats....
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Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Portales freshman Trinity Staugaard clears a hurdle in the 300-meter preliminaries Friday at the University of New Mexico track facility. Staugaard qualified for Saturday’s finals with a time of 50.16...
Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Portales freshman catcher Shelbi Walker gets the ball too late to tag out a Cobre runner at home plate in the bottom of the sixth inning of the Rams’ Class 4A tournament game. The Indians knocked Portales out of the double-elimination bracket with a 3-0 win....
On this date ...link 1970: David Paul Ryder, a 22-year-old Briton suffering from polio, was walking from “the Pacific Blue to the Emerald Green Atlantic,” to raise money and awareness for the handicapped. Ryder, who was passing through Clovis, said one of his missions was “to bring hope to the many handicapped people who have too long been denied the pleasure of participating on equal footing with the able bodied.” He walked on crutches, with one leg in a brace. 1950: Portale... Full story
On this date ...link 1970: David Paul Ryder, a 22-year-old Briton suffering from polio, was walking from “the Pacific Blue to the Emerald Green Atlantic,” to raise money and awareness for the handicapped. Ryder, who was passing through Clovis, said one of his missions was “to bring hope to the many handicapped people who have too long been denied the pleasure of participating on equal footing with the able bodied.” He walked on crutches, with one leg in a brace. 1950: Portale...
The Lady of the House and I were looking at some real estate on the Internet. link Grant McGee One particular home caught her eye. “It just has one bathroom though,” she said. “And it’s not near the master bedroom. It’s all the way at the other end of the house.” “We’ll just have to get a chamber pot,” I said. My statement was met with “The Look” by The Lady of the House. “It is the year 2015,” she said slowly. “I am not using a chamber pot. And neither are you.” “But it’s...
The Lady of the House and I were looking at some real estate on the Internet. link Grant McGee One particular home caught her eye. “It just has one bathroom though,” she said. “And it’s not near the master bedroom. It’s all the way at the other end of the house.” “We’ll just have to get a chamber pot,” I said. My statement was met with “The Look” by The Lady of the House. “It is the year 2015,” she said slowly. “I am not using a chamber pot. And neither are you.” “But it’s... Full story
The season is changing, and with it, the High Plains are about to get a whole lot of a good thing — sunshine. link Sharna Johnson More than just warming, those extra rays of summer can be truly wonderful things that make a significant difference in the health and quality of life for creatures great and small. Not only does a bright, warm sunny day lend itself well to smiles and pleasant dispositions, those rays can also physically boost vitamins and serotonin levels in the b...
The season is changing, and with it, the High Plains are about to get a whole lot of a good thing — sunshine. link Sharna Johnson More than just warming, those extra rays of summer can be truly wonderful things that make a significant difference in the health and quality of life for creatures great and small. Not only does a bright, warm sunny day lend itself well to smiles and pleasant dispositions, those rays can also physically boost vitamins and serotonin levels in the b... Full story
Portales man convicted for child porn possession A Portales man charged with possession of child pornography was convicted Friday, according to a press release from the attorney general’s office. Robert Hawkins, 25, was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography and faces a maximum sentence of 18 months and must register as a sex offender. In 2012, investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force discovered that Hawkins possessed thousands of pornographic videos and images of children. The p...
Portales man convicted for child porn possession A Portales man charged with possession of child pornography was convicted Friday, according to a press release from the attorney general’s office. Robert Hawkins, 25, was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography and faces a maximum sentence of 18 months and must register as a sex offender. In 2012, investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force discovered that Hawkins possessed thousands of pornographic videos and images of children. The p... Full story
ENMU Board of Regents The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents met Friday in the Regents Room at the main campus in Portales. Regents took the following action: • Approved recommendation to designate Kathleen Donalson as associate professor emerita of reading education effective upon her retirement. • Approved recommendation to designate Leslie Paternoster as associate professor emertia of nursing effective upon her retirement. • Approved award of posthumous bachelor of science degree in wildlife and fishe...
ENMU Board of Regents The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents met Friday in the Regents Room at the main campus in Portales. Regents took the following action: • Approved recommendation to designate Kathleen Donalson as associate professor emerita of reading education effective upon her retirement. • Approved recommendation to designate Leslie Paternoster as associate professor emertia of nursing effective upon her retirement. • Approved award of posthumous bachelor of science degree in wildlife and fishe...
Staff report ALBUQUERQUE — Isn’t it supposed to be harder than this? The second-seeded Melrose Buffaloes sure made it look easy, capturing their first state baseball championship on Friday with a 12-0 rout of McCurdy for the Class 1-2A title at UNM Field. shortened to six innings by the 10-run rule. link Staff photos: Joshua Lucero Melrose senior Jay Faust connects for an inside-the-park home run during the sixth inning of Friday’s Class 1-2A state baseball championship game...
Staff report The Melrose Buffaloes had a season so dominant, it’s a shocker that Friday was the first time the school played for a baseball championsihp. The Buffs are 1-0 on the big stage now, as they capped a 14-1 season with a 12-0 win over fourth-seeded McCurdy in Friday’s Class 1-2A championship at the University of New Mexico’s Lobo Field. Under Caleb King, who came on board as an assistant in 2014 before ascending to the top job this season, the Buffaloes started and ended the season on seven-game winning strea... Full story
