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Staff report Former Eastern New Mexico University basketball player Phil Henry is going overseas for his second professional season. The 6-foot-7 Henry, who set an ENMU career blocks record with 70 in just two seasons, will join Alza Basket Azuquece of the EBA league in Spain. “We are extremely excited for Phil with this new opportunity,” ENMU coach Stott Carter said in a release from the school. “He has worked very hard on and off the court. Getting a chance to be a professional basketball player with a college degree speak...
MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] Four inmates from Roosevelt County Detention Center were transported to the hospital Monday night, but officials said the incident may not be related to detention officers finding contraband in a cell. Jail Administrator Mark Gallegos confirmed Thursday that four inmates were transported to Roosevelt General Hospital after they began showing symptoms similar to those of a stomach virus. Jail officials declined to release the names of the four inmates. Gallegos said anytime inmates... Full story
Staff report PORTALES — Former Eastern New Mexico University basketball player Phil Henry is going overseas for his second professional season. The 6-foot-7 Henry, who set an ENMU career blocks record with 70 in just two seasons, will join Alza Basket Azuquece of the EBA league in Spain. “We are extremely excited for Phil with this new opportunity,” ENMU coach Stott Carter said in a release from the school. “He has worked very hard on and off the court. Getting a chance to be a professional basketball player with a college... Full story
STAFF WRITER [email protected] link Staff photo: Rae Arnett From left, Zariah Martinez, Jaylee Avarado, Emma Chicovsky and Dalton Church play a game of water balloon catch Thursday morning outside of the Portales Public Library. “Every Hero has a Story” was the theme this summer for the Portales Public Library summer program, which hosted its farewell party Thursday morning at Portales Public Library. The festivities included an obstacle course, a web toss, water bal...
Staff Writer [email protected] With the summer months winding down, students have only three weeks left before it’s back to assignments, desks and the seven-hour school day. Though many are excited about the start of school, students are taking advantage of the upcoming weeks to have all the fun they can. Dakota Beaty, 12, will be spending the first week of August with his grandpa in Wichita Falls, Texas. Beaty has been spending his summer with his siblings, fishing all over Eastern New Mexico from Oasis between Clovis a...
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On this date ...link 1975: A Clovis News-Journal review by Diana Seiffert began, “Go. Even if it’s the last two dollars in your pocket you’ll be spending, don’t miss ENMU’s ‘Man of La Mancha.’” The Eastern New Mexico University school of music had put together “one of the most natural pieces of theater to come out of Portales in years,” Seiffert wrote. 1960: Mrs. Cecil Parks, head of the piece goods department at Portales’ J.C. Penney’s, had sold a dress design to McCall... Full story
Baskett honors... • They’re planning a big bash Aug. 15 for Clovis icon Hank Baskett Jr. He’s retiring as executive director after more than 20 years with Oasis Children’s Advocacy Center. The retirement party is actually a fundraiser for Oasis...way to go Hank. Call the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce 575-763-3435. Good food and... • Another fundraising cause...the Salvation Army’s pancake breakfast is 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. Saturday at that organizations headquarters, 317 E. Second St., Clovis. For $5 you get breakfa...
At Portales High School, I never really ran into a bully problem. Sure, it happened occasionally, but it wasn’t something that I feared on a daily basis. link Anna George I know for some kids, even kids in Portales, bullying is a real problem that they encounter every day in their lives. The most prevalent bullying I see is what I call secondhand bullying among kids and their peers. Just because kids are not addressing a specific person doesn’t mean that saying things lik...
There are those items that a person should never be without. Duct tape, a roll of blue paper towels, an assortment of nylon ties, some rust-penetrating spray lubricant, a 15-inch crescent, mid-sized pipe wrench, some GOJO degreasing hand cleaner, and a good chain. link Audra Brown Nothing can quite replace a decent length of flexible steel. What else are you going to use when you need to pull someone, something, or some cow out of a marshy mud hole? What else can you boom...
Editor’s note: The following is one in a series in which we profile religious leaders in Roosevelt County. link Ofelia Jasso Ofelia Jasso is one of five youth leaders at Elida Methodist Church. Jasso lives in Elida and works at Creighton’s Town and Country in Portales. She and her family also attend Trinity Church in Portales. Jasso said she is very involved with and passionate about the High Plains Emmaus Community, a Christian organization. What does your position as you...
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Let’s meet the Biblical Miriam. link Pat Cantwell Did you know that the Hebrew name “Miriam” means stubbornness or obstinacy? Miriam, at only age 6, confronted her parents for separating in fear due to the pharaoh’s decree of infanticide to all male newborns. Miriam believed God had told her that the savior of the Hebrews would come from her family. Her parents believed her, reunited, and Moses was born. Miriam, at age 7, was so obstinate in her trust in God that she, and not... Full story
Silly fights over the Confederate flag — actually the Confederate Navy Jack- are still being waged weeks after an evil mass murderer was seen holding it in photographs. The real issue, aggression, gets pushed aside by a non-issue: a flag. link Kent McManigal Some people who fly the Confederate flag are undoubtedly racists, as are some who fly any flag. Many aren’t racists, but fly it because of love for “The South” today. For them, the Confederacy may have nothing to do with...
History is messy. It’s full of things that, once widely accepted, are now viewed as grievously shameful. Fortunately, for the most part, we put such realizations to good use and attempt to steer clear of repeating the worst parts of our collective past. But acknowledging the darker chapters of our history is not tantamount to honoring them. What, then, do we do about reminders of our nation’s horrific Civil War, particularly those our predecessors placed in Old Town? Like it or not, our beloved Old Town had a role in tha...
Among technicians, systems engineers and other problem solvers the saying goes, “One time is happenstance, the second time is circumstance and the third time is a trend.” link Rube Render Early this month the Wall Street Journal, United Airlines and the New York Stock Exchange all experienced technical outages that caused disruption of services for some parts of the day. Government officials quickly assured an alarmed public that it did not appear the incidents were rel...
link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the great orange avalanche boss i was minding my own business the other day strolling through the church kitchen when marcellus the ugly ungodly cat scampered across the counter in pursuit of hapless homer hummingbird homer made it safel...
link Audra Brown There are those items that a person should never be without. Duct tape, a roll of blue paper towels, an assortment of nylon ties, some rust-penetrating spray lubricant, a 15-inch crescent, mid-sized pipe wrench, some GOJO degreasing hand cleaner, and a good chain. Nothing can quite replace a decent length of flexible steel. What else are you going to use when you need to pull someone, something, or some cow out of a marshy mud hole? What else can you boom down equipment on a trailer with that locks it down... Full story
MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] Four inmates from Roosevelt County Detention Center were transported to the hospital Monday night, but officials said the incident was not related to detention officers finding contraband in a cell. Jail Administrator Mark Gallegos confirmed Thursday that four inmates were transported to Roosevelt General Hospital after they began showing symptoms similar to those of a stomach virus. Jail officials declined to release the names of the four inmates. Gallegos said anytime inmates behave...
Staff Report The annual Border Town Days celebration features activities and social events all day Saturday in Texico and Farwell. Activities kick off with a 5K and 1-mile fun run and walk 8 a.m. (CDT) at the First Baptist Church of Farwell. All proceeds go to senior citizens of Farwell, and there are awards for first through third place in both men's and women's categories. “It's a very competitive race each year,” said Border Town Days Committee Chairman Rob Pomper. “It's a lot of fun. “It goes by the park where everybo...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday: • 12:58 a.m.: Shoplifting up to $500, 1000 block of Mitchell Street. • 6:36 a.m.; Fraudulent use of a credit card over $500, 100 block of East Second Street. • 7:27 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 1000 block of Stanton Place. • 7:38 a.m.: Larceny over $500, 3500 block of Ademore Court. • 7:52 a.m.: Criminal damage up to $1000, 2000 block of Raintree. • 8:25 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 1400 block of North Re... Full story
link Judy Brandon Columnist Several years ago, I read a book about George Mueller, an evangelist in the 1800’s in England. He was a disobedient young man and then when his conversion to Christ came about, he felt God’s call upon his life to minister to the poor and especially to orphans. So with that calling, Mueller opened a home for the urchins of England, establishing Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol. During his life of service to God, Mueller cared for 10,024 orphans. In...
Staff Writer [email protected] The Clovis area New Mexico Child Abuse & Neglect Citizen Review Board, an oversight committee that monitors children in foster care, is in desperate need of volunteer board members, according to volunteer Mary Carr. “We are bringing in volunteers here from Portales because we don't have any Clovis volunteers at all,” said facilitator Mary Younger. Carr, of Carlsbad, said the board meets once a month to review cases of children who are in foster care and provides recommendations to judges in... Full story
Today Curry County Water Fair — 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. Eastern Plains Council Of Governments , 418 Main Street,. Clovis. Information: (575) 762-7714. Free Milk — 10 a.m. Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico, 2217 E. Brady Ave. Clovis. Information: 575-763-6130 Saturday Salvation Army Pancake Breakfast— 7 a.m. - 10 a.m. The Salvation Army, 317 E. 2nd St., Clovis. Tickets $5 each. Information: 575-762-3801 Circle of Love Team Roping — 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. Events Center, 1900 E Brady Ave., Clovis. Information: 575-935-7000 Curry County...
