Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Freedom New Mexico Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team may be struggling this season, but the Zias still know how to beat Panhandle State. Senior middle blocker Jessica King had 10 kills and two total blocks and junior outside hitter Amber Durand collected nine kills, 14 digs and two aces as ENMU (5-15) swatted the Lady Aggies 25-12, 25-11, 25-16 Tuesday night at Greyhound Arena — their 17th consecutive win over Panhandle. The Zias scored the first four points of the match and led all the way except for the... Full story
This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers, anglers, guides and local businesses. Conditions may vary as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities....
My mother was a teenager during the 1930s. That decade was one of the busiest for the cattle and sheep raisers in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico. In 1885, the railroad company built a spur line from Socorro to Magdalena. Livestock growers then had a market for their cattle and sheep. They drove their livestock from as far west as Springerville, Ariz., to the “trail’s end” at Magdalena, where they were loaded on the train and shipped to eastern markets. The driveway was about 125 miles long and varied from five to 10...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked with New Mexico radio reporters about a bill he has introduced that would extend the life of two initiatives that direct millions of dollars in payments to New Mexico counties to support local employment in schools, county maintenance programs, forest management, and other critical county programs. Bingaman’s remarks can be retrieved by going to his website or clicking on the following link: http://bingaman.senate.gov/mediaasset/bingaman101211m.mp3 00:00 – B...
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Thursday briefing. Make a note The annual CHS Wildcat Bands Noodles and Notes Dinner is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 1501 Sycamore. The band performs at 7 p.m. at Leon Williams Stadium. Tickets are adults $5 and children $3 and are available from any band member or at the door. Peanut change Change is anticipated at this year’s annual Peanut Valley Festival on Saturday and Sunday at the Eastern New Mexico University campus in Portales. ENMU s...
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Thursday briefing. Make a note The annual CHS Wildcat Bands Noodles and Notes Dinner is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 1501 Sycamore. The band performs at 7 p.m. at Leon Williams Stadium. Tickets are adults $5 and children $3 and are available from any band member or at the door. Peanut change Change is anticipated at this year’s annual Peanut Valley Festival on Saturday and Sunday at the Eastern New Mexico University campus in Portales. ENMU s...
Robin Fornoff If all goes as planned, construction could begin on the $1.5 billion Tres Amigas electrical power project near Clovis sometime in the first quarter of 2012. That’s what President and CEO Phillip Harris told a gathering of community leaders Wednesday. Harris said construction would bring “literally hundreds” of temporary jobs to eastern New Mexico during the estimated 36 months it will take to build the first phase. Once completed, he said, the first phase would mean at least 100 permanent jobs for the area. “Thi... Full story
Freedom New Mexico: Alisa Boswell Garland Stockard hangs up a quilt Tuesday afternoon in the Portales Memorial Building as he and several others prepare for the High Plains Quilt Festival, which will take place Thursday through Saturday and will include quilting classes, a luncheon, quilt viewings and more. The sixth annual High Plains Quilt Festival kicks off today with all day quilting and Paintstiks classes. According to one of the event coordinators Linda Custer, the festival will include more classes Friday and Saturday... Full story
The sixth annual High Plains Quilt Festival kicks off today with all day quilting and Paintstiks classes. According to one of the event coordinators Linda Custer, the festival will include more classes Friday and Saturday and a quilt competition, which will be judged Thursday. Custer said the event is sponsored by First Financial Credit Union and the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce each year. “Everybody has a job,” Custer said of herself and other coordinators. “We all kind of merge and work together.” Custer said 20... Full story
Four men are accused of soliciting children for sex on the Internet by the Curry County Sheriff’s Internet Predator Unit. They were arrested in an sting Oct 6 through Oct. 10. The four were identified as Richard Moore Schaublin, 40, of New River, Ariz.; Jacob Mendoza, 23, of Muleshoe; Thomas Orrin Skyler Morgan, 25, of Portales; and Trung Ho, 35, of Clovis. Deputies said Schaublin was temporarily living in Clovis for a construction job. All four are charged with child solicitation by electronic device, a third-degree f...
Four men are accused of soliciting children for sex on the Internet by the Curry County Sheriff’s Internet Predator Unit. They were arrested in an sting Oct 6 through Oct. 10. The four were identified as Richard Moore Schaublin, 40, of New River, Ariz.; Jacob Mendoza, 23, of Muleshoe; Thomas Orrin Skyler Morgan, 25, of Portales; and Trung Ho, 35, of Clovis. Deputies said Schaublin was temporarily living in Clovis for a construction job. All four are charged with child solicitation by electronic device, a third-degree f... Full story
Choir students take top honors Choir students from Clovis High School and the Freshman Academy recently captured top honors during state competition at Eastern New Mexico University. Some 59 Clovis students earned a superior rating in solo competition and another nine earned superior ratings in the ensembles contest during the Oct. 6 Southeast District Festival. In the solo competition, CHS junior Shane Dalton was the Outstanding Soloist winner. Another 31 Clovis singers received a rating of excellent. In the ensemble...
Courtesy photo: Ken Amorosano The Mounted Shooting All-Stars will be returning to Clovis, Sat. Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Curry County Events Center. Freedom New Mexico The Mounted Shooting All-Stars will be returning to Clovis 7 p.m. Saturday at the Curry County Events Center. Twenty of the nation’s best Cowboy Mounted Shooters will be battling it out with six-guns and high performance horses for the second Western Shooting Horse All-Star Shootout. The Mounted Shooting All-Stars will use .45 caliber single action cowboy p... Full story
That deliciously crisp fall air means fall festivals and Halloween parties are in the works. Sylvia Martinez, principal at La Casita Elementary, shared plans for fall activities this year. “For the last three years we have really been focusing on literacy and have tied classroom and school-wide activities to supporting reading.” For example, La Casita will hold a Fall Literacy Festival instead of Halloween parties. Rather than having kids dress up as gruesome monsters and scary things, students at La Casita will dress up as...
Orange is a color that comes into its own this month: Glowing pumpkins, crisp leaves, dazzling marigolds, and for those of us lucky enough to live around here, fluttering butterflies — Monarchs to be precise — making their unlikely journey south for the winter. One October of my childhood, a number of the evergreen trees in our yard burst into a blaze of orange as a swarm (no, really, that’s their collective noun) of Monarch butterflies arrived to rest for the night. We spent a wide-eyed evening watching these fra...
Robin Fornoff If all goes as planned, construction could begin on the $1.5 billion Tres Amigas electrical power project near Clovis sometime in the first quarter of 2012. That’s what President and CEO Phillip Harris told a gathering of community leaders Wednesday. Harris said construction would bring “literally hundreds” of temporary jobs to eastern New Mexico during the estimated 36 months it will take to build the first phase. Once completed, he said, the first phase would mean at least 100 permanent jobs for the area. “Thi...
LCU courtesy photo Izzy Miranda, left, said his goal this year is to make it to nationals, which he has done the past two seasons, and finish in the top 30 — which would give him All-American honors. The best cross country runner for the men’s team this year at Lubbock Christian University is former Clovis High standout Izzy Miranda. He’s also a guy who’s been known to wow onlookers with his soccer skills. But perhaps the highest tribute to the LCU junior has nothing to do with pure athletic prowess. Instead, it has t... Full story
Clovis Ladies Golf Association 2011 Fall Couples tournament Saturday at Colonial Park G.C. First Flight: 1. Julie Smith/Danny Smith 61; 2. Michaela Hulder/Ethan Peterson 67; 3. Beverly Idsinga/Doug Idsinga 68; 4. Tracy Belcher/Bud DaBell 69; 5. Sharon Gardner/Billy Evans 69. Second Flight: 1. Viola Gonozales/Greg Gonzales 70; 2. Debbie Harrell/Tom Harden 70; 3. Joan Farrell/Todd Farrell 70; 4. Linda Erdmann/Vince Erdmann 70; 5. Mary Forester/Roger Forester 71; 6. Candra Reynolds/Andy Reynolds 71; 7. Nola Pawol/Bob Martin 71....
FNM correspondent: Joshua Lucero ENMU’s Bree Lucero jumps to block Oklahoma Panhandle State’s Shelby Kimball during Tuesday night’s non-conference volleyball match at Greyhound Arena. PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team may be struggling this season, but the Zias still know how to beat Panhandle State. Senior middle blocker Jessica King had 10 kills and two total blocks and junior outside hitter Amber Durand collected nine kills, 14 digs and two aces as ENMU (5-15) swatted the L...
