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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Saturday’s 12-and-under semifinal in the USSSA state softball tournament marked the first time that Power II had trailed all season. Judging by the outcome, the team didn’t like that very much. Lorne Garcia’s two-run, two-out single capped off a late comeback, giving Power II a 9-8 win over Spitfire and a spot in today’s championship game at Guy Leeder Softball Complex. Power II will play at 11 a.m. against an opponent to be determined. That opponent could be Spitfire, which plays at 10 a.m. in a loser-out game. Early i...
For nine years, Tom Martin and his wife Gail have been working to maintain a long-standing tradition in Clovis — the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. But Martin is quick to point out that his original year organizing the event he calls “Smoke on the Water” quickly put into proper perspective his role as chief fund-raiser. “I talked to the company doing the fireworks show, the fire department and the police department and they said all they needed me to do was call and tell them what time to shoot off the firewor...
Charles Nassif Services: From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at French Mortuary, University Boulevard Chapel in Albuquerque. Mr. Charles A. Nassif, 56, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, died Tuesday, June 10, 2003, on his yacht in Montego Bay. He was born on March 1, 1947. He graduated from Highland High School and Eastern New Mexico University. He served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam era and was a service officer with the VFW. He was a member of the Montego Bay Yacht Club and a theoretical physicist for the University of the Wes... Full story
The Curry County Democratic Party has elected new officers for the upcoming year. The officers are: Sandra Martin, chair; Darrel Bostwick, vice-chair; Lance A. Pyle, secretary and treasurer; Ray Hester and Cleo McFall, central committee members. The officers will serve for one year, Pyle said....
Comparing Father’s Day to Mother’s Day is like weighing Saturday night in Sundown, Texas, to New Year’s Eve at Times Square. No one says, “Let’s go watch some paint dry in Sundown for Father’s Day this year.” But they might as well. I’m convinced this lowly status of Father’s Day is because years ago certain pronouncements became popular that kept papas in a rumble seat compared to mamas. Such as: • A father is the kin you love to touch. • A father is a man who is working his kid’s way through college. • A father is...
Ray Ellis is not Clovis’ happiest resident these days. He sent an e-mail, detailing his woes and asking the newspaper to publish a story about responsible pet ownership. Ellis’ complaint is that people are walking dogs in his neighborhood and allowing the dogs to relieve themselves in his yard. “I have one person who just keeps bringing his dogs by and letting them do their stuff,” he wrote. Ellis said he called Clovis police and asked if he could follow this most common offender home “to give his gift back.” Police reco...
The Clovis public school system receives extensive volunteer help from many parents and grandparents of students in the schools, but some of the volunteers come from a group that may not have any family connections to the community — airmen at Cannon Air Force Base. For 2nd Lt. Jay Edison of the 27th Logistics Readiness Squadron, volunteering in schools is a way to build ties with the community. “It’s really helped me learn more about Clovis and where they need volunteers to help out,” Edison said. “I enjoy doing it, it’s a g... Full story
Softball has become a family affair for Lookouts coach Arthur Gallegos. Twelve of the 14 players on the 14 & under softball team are related to Gallegos. Some are cousins, some are nieces and two are his daughters. Together, they give new meaning to relative success. Gallegos wouldn’t have it any other way. “Being around my family and working with them is fun,” Gallegos said Sunday, after the Lookouts beat Too Kool of Alamogordo 19-10 in the 14 & under title game of the Lil’ Custom Classic tournament at Guy Leeder Softbal...
A Clovis convenience store was robbed at gunpoint on Saturday night and police are looking for two suspects. Police Sgt. Rich Johnson said two men entered the Allsup’s at Grand and Prince Streets at 10:09 p.m. on Saturday. One man was armed with a small handgun, Johnson said. Johnson said he did not know what the suspects took. He said they fled on foot and no one was injured. No arrests had been made early Sunday....
The victory Saturday by Lucinda Fritz, 11, in Clovis’ 2nd annual All-American Soap Box Derby came about after a series of challenges. “I got my tonsils out the 29th of May,” Lucinda explained. “Then I had to go back in the hospital twice and have another surgery because I was bleeding. Later, my mom asked my doctor if I could drive in the derby, and he said if I felt good and wasn’t weak or anything.” Throughout the ordeal, the Highland Elementary School student had to have a blood transfusion and lost 10 pounds, according t... Full story
A Clovis Little League baseball manager said he was forced to choose between forfeiting a game and playing in unsafe weather conditions on Friday night in Portales. Teddy Marez, manager of the 10-12-year-old Zia Astros, said his team was ordered onto the field by tri-county league officials even though lightning was in the area. When Marez refused to allow his team to take the field, the game was forfeited to the Portales Diamondbacks. But Mike Harris, the tri-county’s district administrator, said the game’s umpire and two...
