Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Through a tunnel. Over an A-frame. Weave through poles. Lay down on the platform. Jump the hurdles. Good dog. Where dog shows are beauty pageants for pampered pets, dog agility is an Army obstacle course for man’s best friend. A dog maneuvers the course while its owner leads and instructs. Dogs are guided by verbal commands and hand signals. Although the patrons say they just like giving their dogs exercise, the ultimate goal is competition. Dog agility is a growing phenomenon in America. Albuquerque, Lubbock and Amarillo a...
CARLSBAD — Chris Adkins scored five consecutive points to break a 34-34 tie, and Cruz Ontiveros added a pair of late steals for Portales to secure a 44-39 upset win Friday over Class 5A Carlsbad. The Rams (9-7) led through most of the game after taking a 14-6 first-quarter advantage, but saw the Cavemen rally and even things up with 3:47 to play. Adkins hit a pair of free throws to break the tie, then put Portales up five on the next possession with a transition 3-pointer, helping the Rams win their second straight game. ...
LOVINGTON — Morgan Hill had 15 points to lead three Lady Rams in double figures, and Portales jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a 71-42 victory over Lovington in Friday night’s District 4-3A opener. Portales (13-6) played an inside-outside game, with Hill scoring on the interior and her teammates hitting nine 3-pointers. Briana Hernandez added 14 points for Portales and Ashleah Richards 12. “I think we could have played better, but I don’t think we knew what to expect,” Portales coach Brenda Gomez sai...
Portales city officials are in talks with Artistic Homes developers out of Albuquerque about building a housing development in Portales that would have between 70 and 100 homes. Portales Mayor Orlando Ortega said the proposed project would have homes ranging from $80,000 to $120,000. City councilors by general consensus instructed Ortega, City Manager Debi Lee, and Economic Development Director Jeremy Sturm to move forward with planning for a possible development next to the Portales Country Club golf course. “We have a g...
Residents of eastern New Mexico are certainly proud of their areas ties to legendary singer Buddy Holly, whose work with the Norman Petty Studios are celebrated on a consistent basis. The Clovis studio certainly isn’t the only place to celebrate the rocker, however, and the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock is getting set for a few special events itself Jan. 28. Where is it? The Buddy Holly Center is located in Lubbock, about 105 miles from the Clovis/Portales area. From either city, drive to Muleshoe, then continue east on US 8...
City Commissioner Randall Crowder posed a question to attendees at Thursday night’s City Commission meeting: Do you turn your shower on and wait minutes for hot water? Crowder said his research shows this common practice wastes approximately 25 gallons of water a day per household. “I would like to issue a challenge to residents to get that number down,” Crowder said. Crowder requested his fellow commissioners introduce an ordinance which would adopt new code sections related to energy conservation. The commissioner, who a...
Those positive-thinking people who say you can envision what you want and get it are usually on the mark. However, I have been breaking my brain to achieve my latest desire. Alas, to no avail. I am still not my dog. There are several reasons someone would want to be a dog, especially when being a human has been most difficult. But I wanted to switch places with my dog Lulu even prior to the latest bout of emotional scathing. Lulu gets fed, walked, loved and pampered on most occasions just because she exists. Her place in the...
It is time, friends and neighbors, to prepare our hearts and minds — especially our hearts — for the celebration of romance and other forms of love, which we know as Valentine's Day. A list of unique ideas occur to me. • Get some ideas from the Internet. I did not get these ideas from the Internet; I figure you can do that yourself, but there are plenty of good ways to celebrate this day with the one you love. Play around with key words and see what you can find. • Remember friends with whom you are not romantically involve...
One of the first real shootouts in Clovis happened on Aug. 15, 1909. That’s one of the first stories I heard when I started writing about Clovis history. Old Tom Pendergrass, the first historian of Clovis, told me the story. He was a lad of 9, who was in the alley and witnessed the death of a killer through a window. Just recently in the October 2005 Wild West magazine was the story of the “Silver City Shooting,” featuring gambler John W. Childers and his shooting of 37-year-old Thomas Heflin, a prominent Silver City Terri...
I opened a box of Pandoras a couple years ago when I wrote about those good old days of Burma Shave signs — you know, the little red billboards on every highway that kept us awake, clean shaved, and the children from being bored. (It didn’t take much to entertain them in those days.) But ever since I wrote about them, hardly a month has gone by without favorite Burma Shave quatrains arriving from faithful readers. They range from the importance of Burma Shave Cream to safe driving tips, from snotty retorts to clever con... Full story
Elizabeth Greig, of Clovis, was named to the Kansas State University chapter of Phi Kappa honor society. Several Clovis Schools participated in a canned Food Challenge. They collected 7.933 total pounds of food. The following is a list of the winning classes: • Barry Elementary,Terri Dixon, second grade • Bella Vista,Amanda Ratledge, fourth grade • Cameo Elementary, Cheryl Cunningham, fifth grade • James Bickley Elementary, Florence Russell, fourth grade • La Casita Elementary, Elsa Galvain, third grade • Lincoln-Jac...
The Associated Press SANTA FE — The mother of a murdered New Mexico State University student urged lawmakers Thursday to pass legislation requiring DNA samples from everyone who is arrested for a felony. “We can’t bring our Katie back ... but through this law we can save so many other lives,” Jayann Sepich of Carlsbad said at a news conference at the Capitol. Kathryn “Katie” Sepich was sexually assaulted and strangled, and her partially burned body was found at an old Las Cruces city dump. A business student working on...
Clovis elementary Monday: Breakfast — Oatmeal and toast, cold juice and milk. Lunch — Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes with gravy, hot homemade roll, chilled peaches and cold milk. Tuesday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza, cold juice and milk . Lunch — Tacos with salsa, seasoned pinto beans, crisp lettuce, fresh apple and cold milk. Wednesday: School Favorite Thursday: Breakfast- Breakfast pocket, cold juice and milk. Lunch- Oven baked chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy, hot homemade roll, fruit jello and cold milk Friday: Breakfa...
La Casa Senior Center 1120 Cameo St. Monday: 9:30 a.m. — Blood pressure checks; 10 a.m. — Health insurance benefits assistance. Tuesday: 10:30 a.m. - Fun walk.12:00 - Luncheon-provided by Center Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. — Blood sugar checks; 1 p.m. — Bingo; 1:30 p.m. — Blood pressure checks; 2 p.m. — Refreshments. Thursday: 10:30 a.m. — Indoor exercise; 1 p.m. — Spanish bingo (Loteria); 2 p.m. — Refreshments. Friday: 9:30 a.m. - Blood Pressure Checks Daily: Daily coffee and socializing, Exercise equipment, 8-ball, 9...
Maggie, a 2 1/2-year-old border collie, posted the fastest time in three events in her first competition. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) Through a tunnel. Over an A-frame. Weave through poles. Lay down on the platform. Jump the hurdles. Good dog. Where dog shows are beauty pageants for pampered pets, dog agility is an Army obstacle course for man’s best friend. A dog maneuvers the course while its owner leads and instructs. Dogs are guided by verbal commands and hand signals. Although the patrons say they just like giving their d...
SANTA FE — Flanked by police officers’ widows and an officer who survived a shooting, Gov. Bill Richardson on Friday threw his support behind court-ordered outpatient treatment for some mentally ill people. It was a turnaround for the administration, which just a couple of months ago had opposed the proposal. Under the bill, mentally ill people could be ordered by courts to get “assisted outpatient treatment” if they were determined to be a threat to themselves or the community. That could include medication, therapy session...
SANTA FE — With the state enjoying a revenue windfall, lawmakers are planning a possible $40 million “junior” budget bill that would allow each member to earmark several hundred thousand dollars for programs or projects of their choosing. The Senate is taking the lead in drafting the spending measure, and written guidelines to senators suggest that each of the 42 members will get to allocate $357,000 for their favorite proposals. House members and Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration also would get to earmark money for the... Full story
Clovis city commissioners view ideas for storm-water management during a presentation Thursday at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) Clovis City Commissioner Cathy Haynes says storm-water retention ponds in the city are unhealthy, unsightly and dangerous. Several area residents shared her views on Thursday night during a Commission work session that followed its regular meeting. While the issue of how to manage storm water was not resolved during three hours of public comment,... Full story
Friends and family of Clovis’ latest homicide victim have planned a concert next weekend and it has two missions: Help offset hospital bills and funeral costs for Wilfred Salas’ mother and, according to one of its organizers, “to stop the violence.” “We’re trying to make something positive from what happened to him,” said Jody Carey, a cousin of Salas, 19, who was shot in the head while driving near Seventh and Merriwether streets early Sunday morning. One positive, Carey said, is that doctors were able to harvest some...
Lincoln Nelson, left, is held up by Ryan Beaman, right, and David Brosseau during a rehearsal of a scene from Jim R. Potter’s “The Lions of Trodheim." Hope, for a group of Clovis teenagers, is an ultrasound machine. The pro-life teens believe the device can persuade women not to have abortions. So they raised more than $25,000 to purchase one. “When most mothers and fathers see an ultrasound image, when they see the baby move, they are truly touched. It becomes real for them,” Jeremy Blaschke, 17, said. When Blaschke pitched...
ROSWELL — Through three quarters, the Clovis Wildcats hung with Roswell High. In the final period, though, the Coyotes pulled away and earned a 84-69 win on Thursday. “They had about a two-minute stretch were they got running,” Clovis boys coach J.D. Isler said. “Then they spread us out and worked the clock.” Roswell outscored Clovis 25-14 in the final quarter. Clarence Cheadle scored a game-high 25 for Roswell (15-3), which has won 15 in a row since dropping its first three games of the season. The leading scorer for the Cat...
More than 150 people from New Mexico and Texas packed the Tucumcari Convention Center Wednesday and Thursday for the two-day Southwest Beef Symposium. (Freedom Newspapers: Ryn Gargulinski) TUCUMCARI — Longtime Tucumcari veterinarian James Tompkins nodded when the Southwest Beef Symposium speaker talked about BVD, or Bovine Viral Diarrhea — not because the vet of 35 years was especially enamored by it, he said, but because he was glad to hear the knowledge shared with Thursday’s crowd. “It reinforces what I’ve been telling p...
The following marriages licenses were compiled from court records from Jan. 11 through Wednesday: • Vincent Antonio, 23, to Lee Stella Hutchins, 25, both of Clovis • Jeremy Roger Shonkwiler, 28, to Jennifer Lynn Vigil, 24, both of Clovis • Victor Pules Rojas , 23, to Selena Marie Saiz, 26, both of Clovis • Jesus Manuel Nanez, 36, to Julie Marie Buchan, 23, both of Clovis • Ivis Martin Melendez, 24, to Amy Robledo, 24, both of Portales • Philip Lawrence Noll, 47, of Springlake, Texas, to Sharon Loraine Swann, 47, of Texico ...
Another year, another stab at re-writing the Endangered Species Act. Last year, the House of Representatives actually managed to pass a bill containing some promising provisions, including one requiring that compensation be paid to people whose property values are diminished by a federal listing. Now the action moves to the U.S. Senate — the graveyard of good ideas — so our expectations are low. One can be certain of this much, though: Any changes to the Holy Grail of environmental laws will generate a torrent of apo...
I didn’t realize how unorganized I was when it comes to documenting my family history until I began doing a scrapbook of my trip last summer to Mexico and started organizing my photo albums. Now granted I’m not a big genealogy buff, although there’s nothing wrong with that, I just don’t have the time. Besides, there’s this little paper called a thesis I have to get written so I can graduate with my master’s degree in May. I just wanted to do this one scrapbook of my adventures in the Yucatan Peninsula and wanted to also mak...
