Articles from the September 10, 2015 edition

Matthew Asher

STAFF WRITER [email protected] It took six games but the Portales boys soccer team finally picked up their first win of the season beating Desert Academy 5-1 at Portales High School. The Rams (1-5) scored early and often, building up a four-goal lead at the half and cruised to a decisive victory over the Wildcats (2-2). Lesther Oliva Andrade started the scoring for Portales in the seventh minute of the game as was assisted by Alvaro Alvarez. Wilfredo Exiga added to the...

Matthew Asher

STAFF WRITER [email protected] The Portales Lady Rams had to fight back a tough Desert Academy team to win their second-straight home game. Portales (3-4) needed a barrage of late-minute goals to beat the Wildcats (1-2) 6-2 in a game that was much closer than the score would indicate. Audrey Christensen broke the tie in the 36th minute of the game with an assist by Kimberlie Hay to put Portales up 1-0 at the half. link Staff photo: Matthew Asher Audrey Christensen, center,...

Kevin Wilson

DEPUTY EDITOR [email protected] The Clovis Wildcats have their non-district season now and their non-district season in late October. But a different subset starts Friday night — trap game season. A case could be made that each of the next five games for Clovis is a trap game of some sort. On one hand, one could argue trap games for the 2-0 Wildcats Friday against 0-2 Atrisco Heritage and Oct. 9 against Class 5A Grants. On the other, Clovis may be the trap game for C...

Matthew Asher

STAFF WRITER [email protected] Following the Lubbock Christian University Relays, an unofficial meet back in August, the ENMU cross country team is now ready for their first official race today: The Lori Fitzgerald Classic which takes place at UTEP. Coach Danielle Kcholi expects the top Greyhound runners this season to be seniors Trevor Merhege and Amber Saiz. Merhege is a two-time All-Conference runner in his freshman and sophomore seasons. link Staff photo: Matthew Asher... Full story

Matthew Asher

STAFF WRITER [email protected] Following the Lubbock Christian University Relays, an unofficial meet back in August, the ENMU cross country team is now ready for their first official race today: The Lori Fitzgerald Classic which takes place at UTEP. Coach Danielle Kcholi expects the top Greyhound runners this season to be seniors Trevor Merhege and Amber Saiz. Merhege is a two-time All-Conference runner in his freshman and sophomore seasons. link Staff photo: Matthew Asher...

Editor’s note: The following is one in a series in which we profile religious leaders in Roosevelt County. Keith Wilks is in the beginning of his second year as pastor at First United Methodist Church in Portales. In his 27 years of pastoral ministry, Wilks has also pastored at Patterson Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Clovis and Thompson Chapel CME Church in Artesia. He also teaches for the religion department at Eastern New Mexico University. What are some h...

Curtis Shelburne

I’ve tried to resist writing this column. Maybe not hard enough. May I say early on ... First, reality in general and history in particular, are rarely as simple, clear-cut and tidy as many folks would like to think. Second, the winners of wars get to write most of the history. link Curtis Shelburne Third, just because the majority of the mainstream news media and other purveyors of political correctness believe something passionately does not even usually make it true. The re... Full story

There are two issues facing Hillary Clinton that have a direct impact on her capability to function as president. These issues are her judgment and her competence. link Rube Render The first issue concerns her use of an unsecured system to perform the duties of secretary of state. It is mind boggling to think that someone who has been in the political arena for as long as Clinton could believe that no classified information would be sent to her on her email account. Her claim...

Today marks the 14th anniversary of the day in which more than 3,000 people were killed as a result of terrorists attacks. Two of four hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed each of the Twin Towers in New York City. A third crashed into and damaged the Pentagon near Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, killing every passenger aboard. Sept. 11 vividly remains in the hearts and minds of Americans, so we asked locals to reflect and share...

Alisa Boswell

MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] Starting today, the Portales High School soccer team will be hosting a soccer camp for Portales children to teach them the basic principles of the game. “I’ll be honest, my biggest thing is for them to gain interest in playing the game, especially the little ones,” said Soccer Coach Nathan Dodge. “We just teach them some concepts that will make them overall better as a soccer player.” The camp is for children in first through seventh g...

Former Foreigner front man Lou Gramm takes the stage at 7 p.m. Saturday as the headlining artist for the Clovis Music Festival. Gramm, 65, answered questions in a Tuesday morning telephone chat about his influences growing up, the first time he heard Elvis on the radio and his encounter with Beatles legend John Lennon. Why did you want to play in the Clovis Music Festival? We love to play, and we like to play at those kinds of festivals. The atmosphere is great and the...