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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The Special Hearts Prom held last weekend at the Clovis Civic Center was inspired in part by a young man who had a special heart of his own. His mother said he would have had one heck of a good time had he been there. Daniel Goyne was born in Portales in 1982 with a congenital heart disease. He was less than a week old when he had the first of many surgeries, his mother Ronda Goyne said. Given a life expectancy of 15 years, Daniel grew up in special education classrooms in...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University freshman Melina Gryschka was named Lone Star Conference track athlete of the week, following her 5,000-meter win at the Bobby Lane Invitational in Arlington, Texas. Gryschka, who comes to Portales from Garbsen, Germany ,finished with a provisional time of 16:54.89, nearly a minute ahead of the second-place finisher. Her time in the event is tops in the conference, and second in Division II....
Because after all, what would the second week of spring be without a little morning snowfall? Eastern New Mexico got a brief visit from the white powdery stuff Wednesday morning after the early morning brought what has been the most significant rainfall of 2017. Have no worries, though; the National Weather Service expects conditions to return back to fire-hazard status by the weekend. On the COCORAHS website, there were six reports of rainfall in Curry County and two in...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Monday • 12:38 a.m.: Improper Backing, 1300 block of Connelly Street • 5:37 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, Highway 60 84, Zone 4. • 11:21 a.m.: Forgery, 1400 Bock of Wilshire Boulevard • 12:54 p.m.: Fire alarm, 1400 block of Fairmont Court. • 12:58 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident blocking roadway, 4700 block of East Mabry Drive. • 3:27 p.m.: Battery on a household member, 4500 block of Sa...
Editor's note: This is one in a series of profiles about local graduating high school seniors. Andrew Puebla wants to major in sports medicine or sports management at either Eastern New Mexico University or New Mexico Junior College. He participated in basketball, agriculture, and track in high school. What are your hobbies outside of school? Just hang out with friends and play sports. Describe your proudest moment in high school. Probably getting third place in state track. I came in at the eighth spot and ended up...
On this date ... 1977: Eastern New Mexico University's men's rodeo team was mostly led by underclassmen. Senior Ken Henry of Happy, Texas, was a top bull rider, but the leading bronc riders, calf ropers, team ropers, steer wrestlers, and bareback riders were all juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Most of the athletes were from area towns, including Floyd's Monte Best, Clovis' Mike Pettigrew, John Stallard and Marshall Kyle of Fort Sumner and Portales' Andy Wilhoit. 1967:...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Tuesday • 9:33 a.m.: Domestic in progress, 1500 block Arizona Drive • 10:53 a.m.: Vehicle theft report, 1800 block South Avenue J • 12:05 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 100 block South Roosevelt Road AE • 3:45 p.m.: Breaking and entering, 200 block West Railroad Avenue • 4:02 p.m.: Larceny, 900 block West 17th Street • 4:40 p.m.: Shoplifting report, 1600 block East Spruce Street, report taken • 6:56 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1100 block West Fir Stre...
CLOVIS — Curry County Manager Lance Pyle has received credentialed manager designation by the International City/County Management Association, according to an ICMA news release. Pyle is the third county manager in New Mexico and the 16th public administrator from New Mexico to hold the credential, the release said. Those selected, according to the release, must have significant experience in local government management, demonstrate a commitment to high standards of integrity and lifelong learning professional development a...
CLOVIS — Curry County will join others this month in celebrating National County Government Month, according to a release from the county. The month is designated to educate the community on services county governments provide. The theme of the month is, “Brilliant Ideas at Work.” There will be a coloring contest for students in pre-K through third grade, a poster contest for grades 4-6 and an essay contest for grades 7-10. The county will also have “county manager for a day,” an opportunity for one high school junior or...
CLOVIS — Clovis police were searching for a man suspected of robbing a Clovis store on 21st Street Tuesday night. According to a release from the department: • Police were called to the Family Dollar at 420 W. 21st Street before 10 p.m. Tuesday Staff said a man robbed them at gunpoint and fled. • The man was described as a 5-foot-8 black male with a slim build wearing a dark hooded sweatsirt, dark pants and black shoes. The man had a handgun and wore a black bandanna over his face. Information can be given to the polic...
CLOVIS — Following the discovery of other cities with the pest, a quarantine on pecan weevil affecting Clovis has been extended another 90 days. To limit the spread of pecan weevil from infested residential trees to commercial orchards, movement of pecans produced within the city limits of Clovis, Roswell, Hobbs, Artesia, and Lovington are restricted. The original 60-day quarantine, which would have expired Wendesday, did not include Lovington. Any movement of pecans in the restricted cities must meet department-approved i...
PORTALES — Portales Municipal Schools Assistant Superintendent of Instruction and Curriculum David Van Wettering may be retiring from the district effective June 30, but he isn't ruling out teaching again. “My son lives outside of Lubbock, and I've got two grandkids there. I will probably be an educator somewhere in the Lubbock area. I don't know if that will be (as) a principal or a teacher, but one of those two,” he said. In his 26 years in the district, Van Wettering has assumed the role of middle school teacher, Valen...
Editor's note: This is one in a series profiling local educators each week. Teaching is much less difficult when approached through the eyes of a student, according to Eastern New Mexico University Professor of Agriculture Business Terry Ervin. “In my opinion, I am your typical, average student, and I found that I am able to teach the stuff from the student's perspective, as long as the student is willing to jump into it and study the material,” he said. “I can try to put things into their perspective that they tend to grasp...
PORTALES - Addressing wind energy and land contracts with the Conservation Reserve Program appeared to be the main focus for additions to Roosevelt County's Land Use Plan this week. The county held a total of five meetings in the last two weeks to receive input from county residents on their land use plan, which has not been updated since 1993. Although no residents showed to the two meetings held in the county courthouse, several residents showed to the three rural meetings...
Today • Preschool story hour — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Theme: C is for Crayon. Information: 575-769-7840 • Teen program — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for ages 13-18. Activity: Mini macrame. Information: 575-356-3940 • Preschool storytime — 6 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Book: ABCs and 123s. Information: 575-356-3940 • Blood drive — 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-625-9743 ext. 2100 • ENMU career fair — Noon-4 p.m. on campus, Portales. Information: 575-56...
Today • High Plains Patriots — 7 p.m. in Ingram Room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-749-2955 Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at court house, Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in north annex at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-6016 • Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m. at Clovis airport. Information: 575-76...
