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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Today • Daylight saving time ends — turn clocks back one hour • St. Ann’s Catholic Church annual turkey dinner — 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (Central time), Parish Hall, St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 409 S. Third St., Bovina. Donations: $12 adults; $6 for children under 6. Information: 806-251-5111 Monday • Milnesand Thanksgiving supper — 6 p.m., Milnesand Community Building, 4605 NM 206, Milnesand. Turkey, dressing, ham, and drinks provided. Please bring a side dish to share; have food there by 5:45 p.m. Sponsored by the Milnesand Fire...
Monday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Livestream available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1bHckYttNQnmm6ymJhWaXQ and a recording of the meeting will be saved as a public video and linked from the county website, https://www.rooseveltcounty.com, following the public meeting. Information: 575-356-5307 • City of Clovis Animal Control Task Force — 5:15 p.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Informa...
FOOTBALL Prep summaries Friday New Mexico playoffs Class 2A quarterfinals Texico 55, Capitan 33 Capitan 0 6 20 7 — 33 Texico 20 7 14 14 — 55 Scoring summary First quarter T —Max Villareal 27 pass from Cade Figg (kick failed), 6:33 T — Cade Collins 1 run (run failed), 1:51 T — Collins 10 run (Villareal run), 1:01 Second quarter T — Kayden Queener 57 pass from Figg (Oscar Estrada kick), 7:26 C — Gabe Hayes 2 run (kick failed), 4:33 Third quarter T — Villareal 3 run (Estrada kick), 9:14 C — Caleb Kayser 12 run (run failed), 5:4...
LITTLEFIELD — Muleshoe pulled out a wild one on Friday night against rival Littlefield, staying hot as the Mules prepare for the start of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Invoking the new UIL rule where teams get one play for essentially a 2-point conversion beginning with the third overtime, senior quarterback Zach Hasley converted with a run after the Mules stopped Littlefield’s attempt to claim a 38-36 District 2-3A Division I win over the Wildcats. It was the Mules’ third consecutive win and lifted them to the .500...
TEXICO - At more than one point on the sideline of Texico's 55-33 triumph over Capitan Friday night, Wolverine coach Bob Gilbreath summed up his thoughts on a play with words that were somehow dismissive and explanatory at once. "Playoff football." Fans who flocked to the Field of Hopes and Dreams got more than a little of everything in the three-hour, 15-minute affair with 50 first downs, 1,079 yards of offense and 13 touchdowns - the last one coming as the final horn sounded...
ALBUQUERQUE - Eastern New Mexico University's women, playing their second of three preseason exhibitions, rebounded nicely on Thursday night after their opening debacle. Coming off an 84-25 setback at Arizona on Oct. 28, the Greyhounds competed relatively well most of the way against a good New Mexico squad before the Lobos pulled away to an 88-72 victory at The Pit. ENMU led by six points twice in the second quarter, the latter at 25-19 less than two minutes into the stanza...
On this date ... 1961: Organizers of the Clovis Cattle Festival declared their annual event was the “most successful ever,” according to the Clovis News-Journal. Clovis Stockyards Association President Dick Worley said the festival's net loss was 7 cents. Previous festivals had cost the CSA up to $700, he said. The newspaper reported attendance at the festival's social activities hit a record high and the number of show cattle was almost double the previous year. No num...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Willie Johnson, 56, failure to appear on a felony charge, possession of a controlled substance • Bobby Griffin, 23, failure to appear on a felony charge • Michael Cordova, 26, injuring or tampering with a motor vehicle, altering or changing engine or other numbers, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle • Rosa Arzola, 24, injuring or tampering with a motor vehicle, altering or changing engine or other numbers, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle...
CLOVIS — Curry County Youth Services and the City of Clovis have partnered to present Communities Talk 9 a.m.-1 p.m .Saturday at the Hillcrest Park Zoo. The event and admission into the zoo are free of charge to the community. Communities Talk is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Curry County DWI Program. Communities Talk aims to prevent underage drinking by educating youth, families, and communities about the harms of underage drinking and problem drinking among y...
PORTALES — The city of Portales has made a trio of proposed plans available for the coming redistricting process, as required by the decennial U.S. Census process. The Portales City Council plans to decide on a plan at its Nov. 16 meeting. The proposed plans have been developed by Research & Polling, Inc., to divide the city into four geographic election wards with approximately equal population in each. The plans are posted at portalesnm.gov, and comments are encouraged by Friday to [email protected]. A public h...
Last week New Mexico received 30,000 doses of vaccines for children ages five to 11 years old, according to health experts at the New Mexico Department of Health COVID-19 update held on Wednesday. Secretary of Health David Scrase said this is part of a three-wave shipment of an initial 90,000 doses in total. The second group of doses was scheduled to arrive Friday, and the third group Wednesday. Deputy Secretary of Health Laura Parajon said: “I don’t think there will be any delay in the doses; you can get a scheduled appointm...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees welcomed its latest member, and honored a pair of retirees during its Wednesday meeting. Jan Bradburn was sworn in prior to the 40-minute meeting, which The News covered virtually. The trustees voted 4-0 to approve emeritus status for Jan Williams and Tina Zachry, who both retired earlier this year. Williams spent 30 years with the college as a health and physical education instructor. Classes taught by Williams included weight training, aqua aerobics, first aid, CPR a...
PORTALES — The sounds of the 53rd annual Eastern New Mexico University POPS Concert will no doubt be full of welcome sights and sounds for an audience that went without the dinner concert last year. But the people who organize it might need it just as much as the 250 audience members, if not more. “For a musician, it’s all about live performance,” ENMU Director of Music Dustin Seifert said. “While we were able to maintain a connection and relationship with our students, there’s nothing like live performance.” The concert,...
A great nation is able to teach its history honestly, celebrating its triumphs and correcting its mistakes. That’s what the New Mexico Public Education Department is trying to accomplish with its proposed revision to the social studies standards. The 122-page plan lays out in fine detail what would be taught to students in social studies classes from kindergarten through high school. That’s one of my concerns. Dictating every detail from Santa Fe wouldn’t seem to leave much room for the teachers. The revision comes at a tim...
Anyone who was expecting Pope “abortion is murder” Francis to criticize Joe “abortion is health care” Biden was either naïve, or sorely disappointed last week when the two most powerful living Catholics met at the Vatican. According to Biden, the pope told him he was happy that our president was a “good Catholic” and that he had his permission to keep receiving Communion. Of course, there were no cameras, so it could just be Joe doing that plagiarism thing he’s perfected. Pers...
Maybe white students deserve more credit than they get. Maybe — apologies to The Who — the kids are all right. Leo Glaze seems to think so, based on a tweet I chanced upon recently. In it, he described himself as an educator who has spent his career in predominantly white private middle schools. “I think I teach ... history about as hard & honest as any teacher in america,” he wrote. “And when kids learn the truth about this country, they’re shocked and pissed off they’ve bee...
Our state is on the verge of a long overdue update to our schools’ social studies standards, and it has some New Mexicans needlessly worried. The proposed new standards are posted on the Public Education Department website for public comment through Friday, and more than 500 people have already had their say. One theme comes through loud and clear: Fear. Fear of change is a normal human reaction, but in the case of New Mexico social studies standards, a noisy minority with a deep stake in maintaining the status quo has s...
At a recent CNN Town Hall, featuring President Joe Biden, hosted by Anderson Cooper, the following exchange took place between a questioner, the president and Cooper: Q: China just tested a hypersonic missile. What will you do to keep up with them militarily? And can you vow to protect Taiwan? Biden: Yes, and yes. We are — militarily, China, Russia, and the rest of the world knows we have the most powerful military in the history of the world. Don’t worry about whether we...
The question posed on social media seemed simple enough: What’s the best song ever written that has a connection to eastern New Mexico? Clearly, there is no correct answer. The exercise, however, did reveal an astonishing number of songs with connections to this side of the state. Andy Mason and Ronny Cox have both lived in Portales and written songs about their experiences there: Sings Mason: I’m working on my dreams … in the streets of Portales. Sings Cox: I was there buyin...
General election ballot All totals unofficial until canvassed by county commissions Municipal elections Melrose Village Council, at large (vote for up to two) • Meadow Forget 44 • James Dewey Mitchell 32 Grady Village Council, at large (vote for up to two) • Emory Wesly Jones 16 • Kathy D. Edwards 18 • Pattye Ann Austin (write-in) 10 • Vicki K. Windham (write-in) 5 Causey Village Council, Position 3 • Jimmy Ray Stokes 8 Causey Village Council, Position 4 • Teresa M. Nance 8 Dora Mayor • Jack M. Burkett 32 Dora Village Coun...
The Clovis City Commission set priorities for requests for funding from the 2022 legislative session at its meeting Thursday. After discussion, the commission ranked by way of priorities to bring before its legislators first Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard reconstruction between 7th and 21 streets at an estimated cost of $1 million, second Ray Walker Recreation Center HVAC and roof improvements at a cost of $600,000, residential lighting third at a cost of $200,000 to start, fourth the Fixed Base Operator design for a...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Police Department is accepting applications for its “Cops and Kids Christmas.” The event provides selected children between ages 5 and 13 an opportunity to shop with an officer or first responder with $100 to spend on themselves. The children selected are under-privileged kids that otherwise might not have a chance to receive gifts. Nomination forms are available at the CPD’s records division at 300 N. Connelly from 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. weekdays, except on holidays. Nominations are due on or before Dec. 2....
Clovis Mayor Mike Morris was “extremely happy” after voters on Tuesday decided to allow retail businesses to receive Local Economic Development Act incentives. “I was extremely happy after having worked on this for as long as I did,” he said. He was especially happy that the measure received support from 73% of voters. Officials said 954 voters favored the measure, and 349 voted against it. The citizens of Clovis, Morris said, showed they were willing to “do things they'd never done before to strengthen the local economy....
CLOVIS — A Clovis man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a Tuesday night shooting that left a 17-year-old dead. Theodore Avalos, 21, was in the Curry County Adult Detention Center with no bond this weekend on charges of involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence and two counts each of giving alcoholic beverages to a minor and negligent use of a deadly weapon. He’s accused in connection with the death of Malik Martinez-Daniels of Clovis. Avalos made his first app...
CLOVIS - The Curry County Commission gained a new member Wednesday, with former Clovis City Commissioner Tom Martin appointed to the vacant District 2 position on Thursday. Martin came to Clovis in 1970, when he purchased a Taco Box franchise from Jim Story. He and his wife Gail are the sole shareholders in the company. Their son, Thomas, took over daily operations last year. Martin served one term as a Clovis city commissioner for District 4, before deciding not to run again...
