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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Local columnist Anyone following the epic saga of Jonathan Gruber, the architect of Obama Care, has to be amazed at the number of videos that demonstrate Gruber’s disdain for the average American voter. He is obviously a believer in H.L. Mencken’s dictum, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” Time after time Gruber explains that the administration had to mislead voters to get the bill passed. When he was read a question from a local...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Portales police, Roosevelt County Sheriff and area fire stations Wednesday • 10:53 a.m.: Larceny, 700 block East Third Street • 11:24: a.m.: Assault report, 1900 block South Avenue I • 1:52 p.m.: Criminal damage, 600 block South Main Avenue • 10:05 p.m.: Burglary report, 1300 block Oakwood Circle Jail log As of 7 a.m. Thursday Released in the past 24 hours: One released by court order One transferred to another facility Three released on bond Booked in the pas... Full story
Today • Almost Maine production — 7 p.m., ENMU studio theater. Admission: free for ENMU students, $5 general public. Information: Shirlene Peters 575-562-2711. Saturday • Almost Maine production — 7 p.m., ENMU studio theater. Admission: free for ENMU students, $5 general public. Information: Shirlene Peters 575-562-2711. Operation Meltyerfaceoff Concert — 7 p.m., tickets $10, featuring No Refund and Marshall Law, Clovis Civic Center. • Operation Santa Cop Toy Run — noon, Portales Recreation Center. Registration starts at 11a... Full story
The following were booked into the Curry County Adult Detention Center on Wednesday: - Male, 36, booked, serving time. - Male, 30, absconded from probation. - Female, 42, booked, serving time. - Male, 47, receiving stolen property (dispose) (over $500). - Female, 27, hold for hearing on bond revocation. - Male, 50, warrant, serving time. - Male, 36, sentenced, serving time. - Male, 29, shooting at a dwelling or occupied building (no great bodily harm), possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, possession of...
Saturday Operation Meltyerfaceoff Concert — 7 p.m., tickets $10, concert featuring No Refund and Marshall Law, Clovis Civic Center. Information: 575-935-5000 Community Charity Ball — 6 p.m., $75 per person, $600 per table, Hotel Clovis Ballroom, 201 N. Main St. Information: 575-763-3435 Tuesday Cultural & Ethnic Affairs Committee — 12 p.m., Clovis Community College, room 405. Information: 575-769-7828. Wednesday Toddler time — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840. Thursday Thanksgiving Day Ongoing...
Advent Christian Church Sunday School — 10 a.m. Sunday worship — 11 a.m. Wednesday prayer meeting — 6 p.m. Address: 2101 East 21st St. Information: 575-762-0422 Agape Love Ministries Sunday worship — 11 a.m. Tuesday prayer — 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible study — 7 p.m. Thursday hour of prayer — 7 p.m. second and fourth Thursdays. Address: 1921 West 21st Street. Information: 575-749-4924 Beacon of Light Church Recovery class — 7 p.m. Address: 1300 N. Thornton St. Information: 575-763-9510 Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church Sunday s...
amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. bertie s holiday depression the other day boss i ran across little bertie woeworm - actually i tried to avoid him but he spotted me anyway you remember bertie boss he s the sort of fellow who when he walks into a room you feel like somebody just turned out the lights bertie was crying it s so sa... Full story
Well, as Mr. Rogers used to remind us so well, “It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood ... It’s a neighborly day in this beautywood ...” Aye, and so it is. It’s cold and clear, still and beautiful. An inch or so of white stuff blankets the ground. The sun is shining, luminescent crystal. And as the cloud blanket that had tucked us in has pulled away from the chin of my part of the world, the temperature has dropped into the single digits. Though I fussed yet again thi...
Staff writer [email protected] In a battle of a high-scoring offense versus a stingy defense, Portales faces Silver in the Class 4A state quarterfinals Saturday afternoon in Silver City. The third-seeded Colts (7-3) haven’t allowed more than 17 points in a single game this season. In their last five games, all wins, the Colts haven’t given up more than seven points, including a pair of shutouts. Led by the rushing duo of running back Bronte Staugaard and quarterback Matt Martinez, the sixth-seeded Rams (74) are ave...
Winter approaches quickly. Hopefully, all the peanuts and milo have been harvested, the hay cut and maybe even baled, the wheat planted and grown to a good stand, all the farming ready for what one hopes will be a wet winter. As the daily demands of farming slow slightly from the normally busy rhythm, it becomes time to catch up on all the cattle work that has been put off and delayed in favor of some sort of seemingly more pressing business. link Audra Brown For anyone who owns cows, the matter of weaning calves needs to be...
link Tony Gennaro In the past, I never considered fruit flies to be a problem in our home. After all, any animal restricted to a fruit diet has to be harmless. That is not the case for houseflies and their kin. They eat everything. They must remain outside our home. Now here is an interesting story about the fruit fly. During breakfast, I spread a thin layer of butter on a slice of home-made bread. Within a millisecond, a fruit fly landed in the middle of the butter....
Staff report DURANGO, Colo. — Eastern New Mexico University hoisted 84 shots, 19 more than Fort Lewis. The Sky Hawks were much more accurate though, shooting nearly 62 percent from the field en route to a 104-72 romp Thursday in a non-coference men’s tilt. Center Alex Herrera led a balanced attack with 21 points and 11 rebounds as the Sky Hawks stayed unbeaten at 4-0. Junior forward Lawrence Domingo paced four Greyhounds in double figures with 17 points as ENMU (2-2) lost for the second time in three nights. Fort Lewis sco... Full story
Curry County Retired Senior Volunteers/Foster Grandparents Monica Delk and Magdalena Gallegos received top recognition Thursday at the Curry County Retired Senior Volunteer and Foster Grandparent Programs annual recognition event. Program Coordinator Diana Blaschke said Delk was named outstanding volunteer of the year, while Gallegos was named stupendous servant of the year. The event was held at Clovis’ Underground Embassy. Others recognized included: Those with the program for 10 or more years: Marlene Berry, Cleo Duran, R... Full story
Old West outlaw fanatics know Clayton as the place where Black Jack Ketchum was hanged on April 26, 1901. They hanged him so hard, the history books tell us, his head came off. Those responsible for the execution had little or no experience in hanging people, historians report. It’s believed they underestimated Ketchum’s weight, which resulted in his beheading on the gallows. So that’s one reason to visit the Clayton cemetery, where Ketchum was buried under a headstone that... Full story
Courtesy photo: Clayton Chamber of Commerce Clayton Lake is 13 miles north of town.... Full story
(Records in parentheses) Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday Las Cruces High (6-5) at Rio Rancho (10-0, 7 p.m. Onate (8-3) at La Cueva (7-2), 7 p.m. Clovis (6-5) at Mayfield (9-1), 7 p.m. Saturday Cibola (6-4) at Eldorado (9-1), 1 p.m. Semifinals Nov. 28-29 winner Onate-La Cueva winner vs. Clovis-Mayfield winner Championship Dec. 5-6 Semifinal winners Class 5A Quarterfinals Friday Farmington (6-5) at Belen (9-1), 7 p.m. Saturday Piedra Vista (7-3) at Artesia (9-1), 1 p.m. Miyamura (10-1) at Centennial (9-1), 1 p.m. Aztec (8-2) at... Full story
On this date ... 1977: Clovis police were on the lookout for a livestock squeeze chute that had been reported stolen. Wayne Thompson told police the chute was taken from the 1700 block of South Howard Street. The loss was valued at $150. 1968: Clovis High School seniors Willie Hall and Rose Mary Jones were named homecoming king and queen. The theme of the coronation was “three coins in a fountain” and the gymnasium was decorated with hedges and a green fountain into which the senior candidates tossed a coin. 1949: Clovis cit...
STAFF REPORT A pair of Curry County residents entered guilty pleas Thursday on federal methamphetamine charges, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Jeanette Driever, 37, of Grady, and John Jesse Perez Jr., 45, of Clovis, pleaded to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Curry County. Driever will serve 60 months and Perez will serve 36 months, and each will receive five years of supervised probation upon release. According to the release: • Driever and Perez were indicted on t... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] Gordon Smith, the business specialist at Clovis Community College’s Small Business Development Center, describes his upcoming retirement in two words: “It’s scary,” he said with a laugh. “I’ve worked since my first job was at the (Clovis) News Journal when I was 21 years old. The first day I got up and said ‘Well, I just got another 44 years to go.’ So here I am.” Smith is retiring Monday after eight years with the SBDC. The former Clovis city commissioner has also been active in area se... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] A committee that helped oust Tenth District Court Judge Albert Mitchell from the bench has asked the state supreme court to ensure Mitchell cannot fill the vacancy himself. Voters on Nov. 4 chose not to retain Mitchell after a campaign led by a group calling itself The Committee for Law and Order. Allowing Mitchell to apply to fill the vacancy created by the voters, “makes a mockery of the entire judicial retention system,” reads a petition filed Wednesday. The committee’s treas... Full story
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Faced with questions over district representation, membership and voting powers, the Clovis City Commission has delayed appointment of members to its reformed animal control task force ad hoc committee. During the commission’s Nov. 6 meeting, a vote was made to reform the committee, idle since 2008. Members of the committee’s previous formation are still mostly in the area and willing to serve, but an additional number of volunteers to serve and a change in district representation left the...
Staff writer [email protected] The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority board announced Thursday it is entering negotiations with James Blasing of Pueblo, Colorado, for the authority’s executive director position. “We’re excited to bring him onboard if everything checks out. We believe it’s definitely time to bring our own employee on .... He will coordinate with our engineering firm and with others to move this project forward,” said Gayla Brumfield, the ENMWUA chairwoman. The board voted 6-1 to enter into cont... Full story
