Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CNJ Staff Photo: Tony Bullocks The ethanol plant proposed at this site along U.S. Highway 60/84 as a joint venture of ConAgra and the Carlyle/Riverstone Renewable Energy Infrastructure Fund has residents concerned by its proximity to the city. Some days, a fine dust settles on her porch furniture and an odor washes through her neighborhood. “I used to think someone was baking beans,” Marilyn Dottle said. The dust — actually fine particles of grain — and the smell come from the ConAgra Trade Group grain elevator across...
Clovis native Hank Baskett began his NFL career Sunday with some playing time, but no receptions in the Philadelphia Eagles’ 24-10 win over the Houston Texans. Baskett was part of a four-wide-receiver formation with 11:42 remaining in the second quarter and the Eagles down 7-0. Two plays later, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb sucked the Texans’ defense in with a fake and fired to a wide-open Donte Stallworth for a 42-yard touchdown reception. McNabb threw one pass to Baskett, with 13:38 left in the fourth quarter and Philad...
CNJ sports This is the big day for Hank Baskett. The 2001 Clovis High graduate is expected to make his NFL debut in the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting lineup for today’s NFL season opener at Houston, the Philadelphia Daily News reported in Saturday’s edition. Baskett, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound receiver from the University of New Mexico, was confirmed by Eagles coach Andy Reid to be the No. 1 slot receiver in the lineup, according to the report. Many members of Baskett’s family are making the trip to Reliant Stadium in Houston... Full story
ROSWELL — Junior Luis Esparza scored early in the second half off an assist by Scott Elliott, and Clovis High’s boys made the goal stand up for a 1-0 victory over Carlsbad on Saturday night in the championship match of the Roswell tournament. In Saturday morning’s semifinals, Esparza scored a pair of goals to help the Wildcats (8-1-1) beat Roswell Goddard 6-1. It was the first tournament title for the Cats in the five seasons that Shaun Gill has coached the program. “It was a really hard-fought match,” Gill said of the final...
PLAINVIEW, Texas — The Plainview Invitational cross country meet was a lot tougher than Clovis High coach Mark Bussen remembered last time he was there. Despite last-place finishes by all four of his teams, Bussen said he wasn’t that displeased with the way the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats ran in the otherwise-all-Texas event. “It was just a perfect day,” Bussen said of the weather conditions. “Big Spring, Hereford and Dumas just hauled the freight today. I’m not disappointed at all.” Big Spring beat Hereford for the boys team...
ENMU midfielder Andrew Perez (8) battles for the ball with Texas A&M-International's Oliver Mulamba (33) in Saturday’s men’s soccer match in Portales. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) PORTALES — It took Texas A&M-International a while to get going, but once the Dustdevils broke through they turned its men’s soccer match against Eastern New Mexico University into a rout. Junior midfielder Raul Quinones took a through pass from Gregory Malumba in on ENMU goalkeeper Leif Craddock and beat him with a crossing shot into the rig...
DALLAS — Mandy Gomez scored twice in the second half on Saturday, rallying Dallas Baptist to a 3-2 victory over Eastern New Mexico in women’s college soccer. Trailing 1-0 midway through the first half, the Zias (3-4) got goals from freshman forward Leslie Weber and senior midfielder Anna Funck in a span of just over two minutes to take the lead into halftime. Weber scored on a pass from Nicole Bregler, while Funck’s goal was unassisted. Rebecca Armstrong’s unassisted goal gave Dallas Baptist (4-1) a quick lead with just ov...
CANYON, Texas — Southeastern Oklahoma kept the Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team reeling on Saturday, sending the Zias to a 30-15, 25-30, 30-27, 30-23 setback in West Texas A&M’s Lady Buff Classic. After getting dominated in the first game, the Zias got five kills each from junior outside hitters Jessie Macknicki and Kari Adkins to pull even at a game apiece. But the Savage Storm (7-6) went on to take the next two games. Macknicki finished with 19 kills and 14 digs for the Zias (3-10), who lost their eighth con...
ALBUQUERQUE — Junior Nimrod Lelei finished 12th in a field of 110 runners on Saturday as the Eastern New Mexico University men’s cross country team finished eighth out of 13 full teams in the Lobo Invitational, hosted by the University of New Mexico. Lelei ran a time of 26 minutes, 17 seconds over eight kilometers for the Greyhounds, who finished with 199 team points. Texas-El Paso, led by individual winner Stephen Samoi, won the meet with 29 points to 75 for runnerup Texas A&M. Junior Mariana Chavira led ENMU’s women, placi...
Clovis High’s Cade Wheeler catches a pass on a fake field goal, giving the Wildcats a first down at the La Cueva 2, during Friday’s game at Leon Williams Stadium. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) During the first half of Friday’s clash against La Cueva at Leon Williams Stadium, Clovis High assistant coach Darren Kelley could be seen shouting from the sidelines how lucky the Bears were getting when his team failed to pounce on their fumbles. La Cueva fumbled twice in the first half, but recovered the ball each time. In the s...
CNJ Staff Photo: Andy DeLisle Derek Stone, 11, of Portales, front right, and James LeFebvre, center, get autographs from the LA Party Dolls Saturday at the Clovis Civic Center during the Clovis Music Festival’s “meet the rockers” fanfare. Some of those attending the Clovis Music Festival may have been chasing down fond musical memories. Or, perhaps, the major motivation was a chance to make contact with those involved in the late-1950s music scene. But, as the festival began to wind down on Saturday with tours, meet-...
The school librarian has a tradition. Each September, Charlotte Weyant pulls several books from the shelves of the James Bickley Elementary School library. One details the tragedy of Sept.11, 2001; others celebrate the city of New York. The librarian places them on display for her students. Weyant does not discuss the books with her students unless asked. By Friday afternoon, however, none remained in the library. All had been borrowed by students. “I don’t draw the books to their attention,” Weyant said. “I leave it to them...
Raised in the small Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas, Bill Carey said he spent much of his youth helping with cutting, balling and delivering hay for his father’s hay business. His father was also a school district mechanic. Around age 20, Carey enlisted in the Air Force, knowing he would be drafted and wanting to choose the branch in which he would serve. Married to his high school sweetheart, Sue, Carey was in the administrative field in the Air Force, moving 14 times and h...
