Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Curry and Roosevelt counties saw their 4-H members take home plenty of hardware during the Southeastern District judging contest, held June 21-23 in Capitan. The contests put youth members in competition with others across the state to test their knowledge on difference subjects, and to develop communications Judging contests in the 4-H allow for youth members to compete with others across the state in their knowledge of different subjects and to develop communication and critical thinking skills they can use in everyday...
TEXICO — A last-second shot to win a state championship doesn’t define Richard Luscombe. Nor do the six championships he won prior to that. Luscombe is a teacher, a family man, so many things that go beyond basketball, beyond the fourth state championship to which he guided the Texico girls team last March and the three Texico boys titles he orchestrated. As a world history and united states history and government teacher, Luscombe has likely affected more young Texico liv... Full story
Information on redesigning file folders and decorating cooking with marbling and top coating will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Deborah Pace is going to show what all can be done with file folders. This includes making a book, making lap books, and after using up all your file folders, she will show how to make new file folders with patterned cardstock. She’s from Riverside, Calif...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 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. pinochle class, noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafters Wednesday: Closed 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. line dance Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. needle gang, noon pinochle, 7 p.m....
By this time of year in my early teens I would already be well browned by the sun, even though my skin was very fair. Between afternoon paper routes, baseball and swimming, I was in the sun a lot. We didn’t go to the city pool too often to cool off; instead we went to our back yard. These paper routes gave us lots of discretionary spending money, meaning that money regularly burned a hole in our pockets. But we spent our hard-earned cash carefully and we would study the Sears...
I grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education with kindergarten certification from The University of North Texas, Denton, in 1972. I met my husband, Frank, on my third day at college, and we've been married for 46 years. I taught in the Dallas Public School System for two years. Because Frank was in retail, we moved every few years; we've lived in the Dallas/Arlington areas three times, the Kansas City, Kansas, area...
CLOVIS — Before lighting the grills and settling in for fireworks, local attorneys want to give the public some time with the founding document of Independence Day. At 11 a.m. July 3 outside courthouses in Clovis and Portales, defense and prosecuting attorneys of the 9th Judicial District will lead readings of the Declaration of Independence. "We are starting a tradition," Clovis public defender Leah Hutchins told The News of the first such event in the district. "It is important to remember the reason for the day off — fre...
Onion rings did me in. Sitting in a local eatery, I skimmed over onion rings on the menu, and flashed to my dad. Cue the waterworks. I am not sure which was more difficult, trying to keep the tears in or letting my breath out. As I sat in the middle of my public struggle, I remembered a trip my dad and I took to Ruidoso. We had traveled there for a presbytery gathering, and had stopped in one of his favorite places for lunch. As I looked through the menu, my dad said we had...
If I need a friend to call or text, all I need to do is cook a complicated lunch. Only when I need to take Pot A down to medium high, Pot B off the heat altogether and add one-third of Mixing Bowl 2 to Mixing Bowl 1 will that message come. Like clockwork, a text alert. He asked if I was doing OK after the Capital Gazette incident, where five newspaper employees were killed in Annapolis, Maryland on Thursday, allegedly by a man who didn’t think the newspaper fairly covered his stalking conviction. I understand why this s...
Saturday was my final day at Eastern New Mexico University. Although I retired from full-time employment as media relations director on June 30, 2017, I have worked since on a one-year, quarter-time contract as a “feature writer.” I chose my title and wrote my job description, so it was a pretty good gig. Typically, I came in for two hours before heading to Greyhound Arena to play basketball. Since Doc Elder and I started the tradition 23 years ago, we must have played with 1,000 players. The only other regulars still aro...
Moody’s Investor Service downgraded New Mexico’s credit rating last month, sounding an alarm on the fiscal health of our state and its pension funds. The downgrade — from AA1 to AA2 rating — means our state will get less bang for its buck on infrastructure projects as the cost for borrowing money likely goes up. It also means state leaders need to step up and begin the arduous task of getting our state’s fiscal house in order or face even worse consequences down the road. In explaining its rationale for the downgrade...
Today • Gearhead Gathering — 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Draggin’ Main event at Marshall Middle School practice field. Information: 575-763-3435 • Draggin’ Main Cruise — 5 p.m.-midnight on Clovis Main Street. Information: 575-763-3435 • Barbecue dinner — 4:30 p.m. until food runs out, Clovis Carver-Public Library. Free to active and retired military and their families. Seating available inside in library's Ingram Room. Information: 575-763-3435. Monday • Movie Monday — 1 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Movie: Paddington. Informa...
On this date ... 1973: Three Clovis teenagers found themselves in trouble — in the ceiling of the VFW hall. Police were alerted to the mischief by an alarm. Five officers responded and soon spotted one teen coming out the building’s front door. When he saw police, he retreated into the building. Officers went inside but a search initially revealed no intruders. Then officers found a “large opening” had been made in the ceiling of the hall’s main ballroom. Police also heard footsteps in the ceiling. “After securing a...
Tuesday • Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m. at Clovis Municipal Airport. Information: 575-769-7828 Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at north annex of Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 July 10 • Portales Schools Board — Noon in board room, 501 S. Abilene. Information: 575-356-7000 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. at Portales Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 The meetings calendar is a daily listing of area events. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575...
Bobby Roybal said he was about eight years old when his mother, Helen, taught him to play a “G” chord on a guitar. Two chords later, he was playing his first song, “You Are My Sunshine,” and music was officially embedded in his life. It’s been his soundtrack for 63 years, on a path that has taken many twists and turns. He’s been an officer with the Portales Police Department, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, and the Eastern New Mexico University Police Department. H...
CLOVIS - Classic cars of yesteryear and the hot rods of today were on display at Saturday's Gearhead Gathering at Marshall Middle School which kicked off the final day of events for the Clovis Draggin' Main Music Festival. "It's fantastic," said Fred Modisette, who was showing off his 1960 El Camino for the first time. "A lot of cars, nice weather, just couldn't beat it." At least five decades were represented on the Marshall practice field, which was packed with over 250 vehi...
Irma Anzaldua Leal Born: May 24, 1932, in Mercedes, Texas Career: Restaurateur Today: 'I just rest.' MULESHOE - At the end of a TV commercial for Leal's Mexican Restaurant, family matriarch Irma Leal receives and returns her son Victor's kiss on the cheek. Although she doesn't speak, the scene epitomizes the quiet strength, love and giving with which she has lived her 86 years. From the time she and her late husband, Jesse, opened a small tortilla factory in Muleshoe in 1957,... Full story
The Clovis Softball Association is seeking teams for its Batting Out Cancer fundraiser tournament on Saturday. All men’s teams will play under Class D rules, and all women’s teams will play under equalizer rules (one run per inning per classification difference). Registration is $240 per team with a three-game guarantee, and can be paid at the tournament; however, early payment is encouraged. If there are not at least eight teams in both divisions, another effort will be made to organize the tournament later in the year. Info...
PORTALES — For three years running, Portales has hosted a charity event at its Portales Softball Complex, in conjunction with the Relay for Life, to raise additional proceeds toward cancer research. The Portales Relay for Life Charity Mushball Tournament has raised thousands of dollars over the past few years, and has garnered a strong community response, in the process. For event organizer Connie Cuevas-Florez, the idea was something that she dreamed up one day, and she c...
