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CMI staff SAN ANGELO, Texas — Finally, the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team came out on the long end of a last-at-bat win on Sunday. Coming off three tough losses to Angelo State, all decided in walkoff fashion, the Greyhounds pushed over two runs in the eighth inning and two more in the ninth on Sunday for a 7-5 win, salvaging the finale of the four-game Lone Star Conference series. ENMU (16-16, 6-14 LSC) had taken a two-run lead in the top of the ninth on Friday on a home run by Blake Cooper, only to see the R... Full story
CMI staff HAGERMAN — Elida finished ninth with 27 points and Dora was 12th with nine on Saturday in the 15-school Alfalfa Relays track meet. Eunice took team honors with 64 1/2 points, eding Loving with 62. For the Lady Tigers, Marily Varela placed second in long jump (14-4) and high jump (4-8), third in the 200 (28.94) and fifth in the 100 (13.84). Other points came from Kaylen Jasso, second in shot put (31-7) and third in javelin (100-10), and Bonnie Bennett, sixth in the 100 hurdles (19.94). Daelynn Lee posted a s...
CMI staff BROWNWOOD, Texas — Senior TiAda Gray and junior Keely Weger took second and third in breakaway roping over the weekend, helping Eastern New Mexico University’s women take first place in the Ranger College Rodeo. The Zias, notching their fifth win in seven rodeos during the 2013-14 school year, finished with 255 points to 233 1/3 for second-place Tarleton State. Gray finished second in both the average and short go in breakway roping, while Weger was third in the average and short go. ENMU’s men, meantime, finis... Full story
Eastern New Mexico University‘s Hall of Honors committee has chosen seven people for its 2014 class. Terry Dillard (football), Michael Eckhart (swimming), Donald "Doc" Elder (support), Merrill Adams Ellis (rodeo), Bobby Rodriguez (football), Megan Dozier Singleton (women's soccer) and Terry Sweet (football, posthumously) will have their accomplishments celebrated this fall. The 2014 induction class will be honored at an on-campus luncheon Sept. 13. They also will be honored at halftime of that evening's football game a...
CMI staff writer [email protected] Roosevelt County housing sales in February dropped more than 50 percent between 20012 to 2014, according to a Realtors Association of New Mexico report. However, Wes Graham, broker/owner of RE/MAX First Place Realtors in Clovis and Portales, said that the Portales market is not in as dire a condition as numbers would imply — 17 units sold in 2012 compared to eight in 2014. Graham said that although the Portales market has seen a decrease, it is by no means looking bad. He said P...
PNT senior writer [email protected] Portales Municipal Schools’ role in the construction and operation of Eastern New Mexico University’s new stadium as part owners was confirmed Monday when ENMU’s Board of Regents approved a Joint Powers Agreement. The agreement says Portales schools, one of the largest contributors to the stadium’s $8 million cost, will be paying $1 million in the next two to three years. In exchange, Portales students will utilize the stadium for prac...
PNT staff writer [email protected] April is mathematics awareness and education month, which brings an understanding and appreciation for math and those who teach it, according to Mathaware.org. Combined, Brian Pasko (eight years) and Regina Aragon (21 years) have been teaching math at Eastern New Mexico University for nealry 30 years. Why did you become a mathematics professor? Pasko: I found my love for math as an undergraduate and my love for teaching as a graduate student. Aragon: I became a mathematics professor...
Today Boot Camp — 5:30 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 356-8598. Books N Babies — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 356-3940. Wednesday Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 356-8598. Preschool Storytime— 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 356-3940. Wii Wednesday — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library. Tweens’ choice. Open to students in grades 4-7. Information: 356-3940. Junior Percussion Recital — 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall. Information: Kathi Fraze, 562-23...
PNT columnist The 8 and the 9 must go on the bottom, and the 1 and the 6 must go in the middle. I said this to myself as I worked the Sudoku. And in that second, the thought got twisted, and I placed the 1 in the bottom with the ball point pen. I shuddered. Instantly, I realized my mistake. For all kinds of probably ridiculous reasons, I work those puzzles with a pen, and the only marks I make are the numbers going into the squares. Scratching out a mistake spells doom and gloom. Not wanting the distractive marks on the...
Eastern New Mexico University’s Voices of Inclusive Committed Education Students (VOICES) will be hosting a dodgeball tournament Sunday at the Greyhound Arena’s gyms at 2 p.m. The tournament is to raise funds for Educate Malawi, a program that builds homes for teachers in Africa. The group will also be selling baked goods and bottle of water at the tournament and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to Educate Malawi.... Full story
Portales police, sheriff, and fire call logs: Caller reported: Friday • 12:07 a.m.: Shots fired, 2000 block of N.M. 267. • 12:07 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 200 block of East Rose Lane. • 1:56 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 700 block of South Main Avenue. • 3:25 a.m.: Domestic in progress, 1900 block of South Avenue I. • 3:46 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 1600 block of West 18th Street. • 5:45 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 1100 block of West Fir Street. • 6:52 a.m.: Larceny, 800 block of West University Drive. • 7:43 a.m.: Animal co...
