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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Compiled by Mike Jimenez For a daytrip that is much closer to home and doesn’t require much more than 15 minutes of driving time, visit the Blackwater Draw Museum outside Portales. This museum was opened to the public in 1969 as a means of displaying artifacts found at the Blackwater Locality No. 1 site. These artifacts and displays within the museum are used to describe and interpret life at the archaeological site from Clovis times according to the museum’s brochure. This was a period approximately 13,000 years ago. Acc...
RATON — Raton, which knocked Portales from the ranks of the undefeated in the third week of the season, knocked the Rams out of the playoffs by holding off a second-half rally for a 15-7 win Friday night at Tiger Stadium. Portales, which ended the season with a nine-game losing streak, first ran into trouble during the season when the Tigers came to Greyhound Stadium and used big plays for a 28-8 victory. In an elimination situation, the Rams (2-9) were markedly better in holding the host Tigers to 266 yards of offense — but...
ALBUQUERQUE —Texico coach Mike Littlejohn belives energy always prevails over emotion. Littlejohn’s energetic Texico squad defeated Tularosa 25-23, 23-25, 25-14, 25-19 in the Class 2A state semifinals Friday at Eldorado High School. “You can play on emotion for a while, but emotion runs out and energy lasts,” Littlejohn said. “It lasts forever if you’ve got it. I think both teams played with energy, but maybe we had a little more.” The first two games were decided by a total of four points, Texico (20-5) taking the first the...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer For widows of the men who marched in the Bataan Death March, Friday brought back wonderful memories of their husbands, but also tearful remembrances. The widows in attendance Rowena Preuit, Irene Wall, ImaGene McCormick and Joy Gardner were honored along with U.S. veterans at the Memorial Building in Portales on Friday morning. “The Tribute to Veterans” program at the Memorial Building was one of two events honoring veterans with the other one being the “Veterans Day Appreciation” in front o...
CLOVIS — Tanner Fickling took the handoff from quarterback Devin Sweet and appeared startled for a moment. With nothing but open spaces in front of him, the Clovis High senior fullback was off to the races for a 69-yard touchdown on the game’s second play from scrimmage, sending the Wildcats on their way to a 42-6 victory over Las Cruces High in a first-round Class 5A playoff game on Friday night at Leon Williams Stadium. Ficking pretty much had a career-night in the first quarter, gaining 209 yards while scoring on runs of...
Robert Stephens Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Faith Christian Family Church in Clovis. Robert “Bob” C. Stephens, 76, of Borger, Texas, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, in Borger, Texas. He was born Jan. 31, 1929, in Belen. He had been a Borger resident for three and a half years. He was a sheriff in Curry County and a Baptist. He retired from the U.S. Navy. Survivors include five sons, Lance Stephens of Mulvane, Kan., Kyle Stephens of Burbank, Calif., Vince Stephens of Sidney, Neb., Matthew Stephens and Clint Stephens, both of Sti...
Tonya Garner: Freedom Newspapers Clovis resident Ann Morrison stood Friday in the parking lot of S&S Supermarket, eyes trained on the blond man crooning from atop a tour bus. Country singer Brian Stace made a stop in Clovis to promote his new CD. The blue-eyed Wisconsin native is also seeking a wife. His 40-foot, black bus features the question, “Who wants to marry Brian Stace?” in large letters along with a photo featuring his light-blue eyes. Stace refers to it as “the rolling bachelor billboard.” Although it is an odd way...
Andy Jackson: Freedom Newspapers The Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico is asking Clovis residents to leave out more than their trash today. Volunteer drivers will cover Clovis looking for bags of non-perishable food by mailboxes and curbs, for the food bank’s third annual holiday canned food drive, according to Food Bank director Nancy Taylor. Collecting food is a two-person job, according to Donna Milinat of the Desert Cruzers, one of several Clovis organizations taking part in the event. “One person drives while the other kee...
One of the positives of playing people better than you in preseason is finding out the areas where you need improvement. In an exhibition game at Division I Texas-El Paso on Sunday, the host Miners served that purpose for the Eastern New Mexico University women’s team. “We learned that we need work on transition defense, rebounding, overall defense and execution on offense — pretty much everything,” Zias coach Dan Buzard said of the 96-66 loss. “They showed us what we need to work on.” Of course, not everyone on the schedule...
ALBUQUERQUE — It was a match so good that both teams cried. Portales won the first two games, nearly collapsed, then rallied in the fifth to defeat St. Michael’s 25-15, 25-20, 21-25, 11-25, 16-14 on Friday at University of New Mexico’s Johnson Gym and advance to the finals of the Class 3A state tournament. Portales (21-3), the Pool A champion, will meet Pool B winner Pojoaque (19-6), in today’s championship match at 1 p.m. Pojoaque advanced with a 25-20, 23-25, 26-24, 25-18 win over Thoreau in Friday’s first semifinal...
ENMU coach Dan Buzard returns this season after taking a year off to deal while recovering from a cancerous brain tumor. (Freedom Newspapers: Kevin Wilson) One of the positives of playing people better than you in preseason is finding out the areas where you need improvement. In an exhibition game at Division I Texas-El Paso on Sunday, the host Miners served that purpose for the Eastern New Mexico University women’s team. “We learned that we need work on transition defense, rebounding, overall defense and execution on off...
Melrose and Gateway Christian will end the football season the same way they started it — playing each other. The defending champion Buffaloes visit Roswell for Saturday’s 1 p.m. six-man championship game against Gateway Christian, which suffered its only loss of the season at Melrose 50-28 on Aug. 26. “We’ve come a long way this year, but so have they,” Melrose coach Dickie Roybal said. “I’m excited to see what we can do, and the kids are excited to play.” Senior running back Carlos Ruiz, who missed Melrose’s final...
Date of birth: May 21, 1919 Dates of service: 1942 to 1953 Hometown: Montoya Lives in: Tucumcari Theater and location of service: Europe and Korea Branch: Army Air Corps, Air Force Rank: Captain Unit and specialty: 8th Air Force, B-17s In his words: In the heart of enemy territory, Hornsby bailed out over Germany. A B-17 pilot, he was on his 29th bombing mission. “It all happened pretty quick. A fighter plane got us. Nine of us were onboard, only two of us got out,” he sai...
Marlena Hartz: Freedom Newspapers MULESHOE — From the cab of his white pickup truck, Harold Beierman scans the quiet lakes. He is checking up on some seasonal guests. Peering through a pair of binoculars, he counts the leggy birds, one by one. Beierman will do this every dawn until winter ends. He estimates 16,000 sandhill cranes have chosen the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge as a roosting site — or a place of temporary rest — this autumn. The birds sleep at the edges of three saline lakes on the refuge. And Beier...
ccident with a street sweeper Thursday afternoon was still in serious condition Friday at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, according to a hospital spokesperson. James Antill, 41, suffered serious injuries in an accident at the intersection of Wrangler Way and an alley behind Remuda Drive, according to a release from the Clovis Police Department. The driver of the street sweeper, Frank Lucero, 53, was not injured in the crash, the release said. There were no charges issued by police after the collision, Clovis Police Lt....
A 21-year-old Clovis man was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for aggravated burglary, according to a release from the 9th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Bobbie Owen was arrested in October 2003 for breaking into the Clovis home of an 82-year-old woman with the intent to steal property and money, the release said. He was also charged with punching a neighbor in the head during the Aug. 11, 2003 incident while leaving the scene. A prisoner at the Curry County Adult Detention Center implicated Owen and his t...
Clovis resident Ann Morrison stood Friday in the parking lot of S&S Supermarket, eyes trained on the blond man crooning from atop a tour bus. Country singer Brian Stace made a stop in Clovis to promote his new CD. The blue-eyed Wisconsin native is also seeking a wife. His 40-foot, black bus features the question, “Who wants to marry Brian Stace?” in large letters along with a photo featuring his light-blue eyes. Stace refers to it as “the rolling bachelor billboard.” Although it is an odd way to meet people, Stace said he...
For a day trip that is much closer to home and doesn’t require much more than 15 minutes of driving time, visit the Blackwater Draw Museum outside Portales. This museum was opened to the public in 1969 as a means of displaying artifacts found at the Blackwater Locality No. 1 site. These artifacts and displays within the museum are used to describe and interpret life at the archaeological site from Clovis times, according to the museum’s brochure. This was a period approximately 13,000 years ago. According to the bro...
Harrie Black and James Kyte bow their heads in prayer at the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars program, “A Tribute to Veterans,” on Friday in commemoration of Veterans Day. (Freedom Newspapers: Leslie Spence) For widows of the men who marched in the Bataan Death March, Friday brought back wonderful memories of their husbands, but also tearful remembrances. The widows in attendance Rowena Preuit, Irene Wall, ImaGene McCormick and Joy Gardner were honored along with U.S. veterans at the Memorial Building in Portales on Friday morni...
The Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico is asking Clovis residents to leave out more than their trash today. Volunteer drivers will cover Clovis looking for bags of non-perishable food by mailboxes and curbs, for the food bank’s third annual holiday canned food drive, according to Food Bank director Nancy Taylor. Collecting food is a two-person job, according to Donna Milinat of the Desert Cruzers, one of several Clovis organizations taking part in the event. “One person drives while the other keeps an eye out and picks up the fo...
Sandhill cranes take flight in huge flocks this time of year. Wildlife managers are studying their shifting migration patterns. (KRT photo) MULESHOE — From the cab of his white pickup truck, Harold Beierman scans the quiet lakes. He is checking up on some seasonal guests. Peering through a pair of binoculars, he counts the leggy birds, one by one. Beierman will do this every dawn until winter ends. He estimates 16,000 sandhill cranes have chosen the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge as a roosting site — or a place of tem...
FORT SUMNER — There would be no specatular comeback this tiime for the Cloudcroft Bears. Fort Sumner made sure this time, rolling to a 26-point lead in the first minute of the second quarter and posting a 51-13 win on Friday in the Class 1A state football playoff semifinals. The Foxes (10-2) will play rival Texico (7-4) in the title game next weekend, the third time the teams have meet in the finals in the last five years and the fifth time since 1997. Texico advanced with a narrow 19-16 win on Friday at Capitan. On Sept. 2...
Staff and wire reports Volleyball Class 2A Championship Ramah def. Texico 25-23, 25-9, 27-25 Class 3A Championship Portales def. 14-25, 25-19, 25-20, 21-25, 16-14 Football Class 5A First round Onate 41, Highland 7 Class 2A Semifinals Tucumcari 19, Lordsburg 6 Class 3A Hot Springs 72, Cuba 0 Lovington 80, Pojoaque 8 Robertson 52, Shiprock 6 Ruidoso 47, Thoreau 0 St. Michael’s 22, Cobre 15 Class 4A First round Albuquerque Academy 21, Roswell 7 Belen 21, Los Alamos 7 Six-man football Championship Gateway Christian 78, Melrose 4...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Those who have watched her show have enjoyed it and are looking forward to her concert again this year on Saturday at the Portales High School Auditorium. Jana Stanfield, a motivational speaker/singer, will be performing in the 4th annual Jana Stanfield Concert that will take place on Saturday with proceeds going to help pay for teens and children to go to the Panhandle Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp. The summer camp, for youth age 6-21, is held at Ceta Canyon outside of Happy, Texas....
Mike Jimenez: PNT Intern Bells will be ringing in Portales as the holiday season gets under way at the 13th annual Eastern New Mexico Fall Handbell Festival on Saturday. There will be a closing concert open to the public at 4 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in the church sanctuary located at 200 South Avenue C in Portales. Admission to the concert is free, but there will be an offering taken to help with expenses. William Wood , organist with the First UMC, said that he began the festival in 1979 as a means of bringing...
