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CMI sports writer [email protected] The Portales Lady Rams bring back almost everyone from last year’s 21-7 squad that reached the Class 3A state quarterfinals. Still, there’ll be some adjusting as Wade Fraze takes over the program for Clay Stout, who was the team’s coach the past six seasons. “They’ve had that varsity experience,” Fraze said of his squad, which is slated to open the season against Sundown in a 9:30 a.m. (MST) quarterfinal game today in the Den...
CMI sports writer [email protected] The Portales Rams got to the Class 3A round-of-16 two years ago, only to lose at Shiprock. They reached the state quarterfinals last year, where the Chieftains bumped them off again. This season, with eight seniors to build around, the Rams (18-11 a year ago) would like to think they’ve got a chance to go a bit further — Shiprock or not. “We’re expecting good things from this bunch,” said second-year coach Rickie McBroom, who s... Full story
Portales police, sheriff, and fire call logs: Caller reported: Wednesday • 7:35 a.m.: Animal complaint, 400 block of North Avenue B. • 8:04 a.m.: Criminal damage, 300 block of N.M. 202. • 8:35 a.m.: Domestic dispute, West 15th Street and Avenue F. • 8:46 a.m.: Animal complaint, 400 block of South Roosevelt Road U. • 9:04 a.m.: Animal complaint, 500 block of South Roosevelt Road V. • 9:28 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident, no injuries, West Second and South Avenue C. • 10:44 a.m.: Requested officer, 1000 block of...
• Today’s focus: Family R • Household members: 5 • Children: 3 • Special circumstance: The husband has recently lost his job, leaving the mother's income from house cleaning as the only income. • Needs: Girls, 8 years old — a Monster High doll. She wears size 10 clothes and her shoe size is 2. Boy, 6- years old. Anything dealing with Batman. He wears size 7 clothes and his shoe size 13. Boy, 4 years old — Any toy dealing with Superman. He wears size 5 clothes and his shoe size is 11. • Who’s helped: More...
How is it that more things are illegal today than a year ago, and why has this been the trend for a couple of hundred years? It’s because there is an imbalance in how laws are imposed and eliminated. The scales of legislation are tipped in the wrong direction. link Kent McManigal Even if only one out of every 100 proposed liberty-violating law is passed, liberty still shrinks, gradually, but inexorably. Because those laws almost never go away. Even when they seem to get... Full story
linkEverybody has their favorite Christmas movies, and the reasons they’re so special. You know the lines by heart. • “And may God bless us, every one.” • “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.” • “You’ll shoot your eye out.” And then there are the ones I treasure: • “Now I have a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho.” • “Great. I’ve kidnapped my (expletive) parents.” I bring up “Die Hard” and “The Ref” as my favorite Christmas movies...
This is not a choice American citizens should have to make. But thanks to a tax law passed in 2010, it’s one those living abroad are having to face. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act will require international financial institutions to give the Internal Revenue Service information on their U.S. account-holders. The first reporting and withholding deadline is July 1, 2014. The goal is to ferret out Americans who are living overseas and who may be evading taxes or who may be sheltering offshore accounts and assets....
Today Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 356-8598. Step aerobics — 4 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 356-8598. ENMU Holiday Concert — 6:30 and 8 p.m., ENMU’s Main Stage in the University Theatre Center. The concert will feature ENMU’s University Singers and Symphonic Band. Information: 562-2377. Saturday Altrusa Holiday Happening — 10:30 a.m., ENMU’s Campus Union Ballroom. Tickets are $30 and proceeds go to community projects. Information: Dannah Brown 356-3705. Monday...
CMI PROJECTS EDITOR [email protected] Shuttered peanut processor Sunland Inc. of Portales could be opening its doors for business on a limited basis under an order issued Wednesday by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge David Thuma. Thuma granted Trustee Clarke Coll’s request to open Sunland for at least the next 12 months, pending the sale of assets. Under the order, Coll is authorized to hire employees for delivery of customer inventory left on the plant’s floor when Sunland unexpectedly shut down operations Oct. 8 and fil... Full story
It’s not just movies and comic books anymore. I now have television shows to satisfy my love of super heroes, which could be a good thing or a bad thing. Two of my three regular TV shows are Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Arrow. link Alisa Boswell As most who have seen Marvel super hero movies, S.H.I.E.L.D. is the organization that tracks those with super hero abilities. The show based on this organization is about just that. A team of agents travels around the world,...
I love to celebrate the birth of Jesus. I think Christmas is all over America giving, loving and caring. It is celebrating the love of Jesus. A thousand years have come and gone, but the birth of the Christ Child is in every believer’s heart. “For unto us a child is born and he will save the people from their sins.” There is something about Christmas that brings cheer and joy. I just love Christmas. Don’t tell, but I put my Christmas tree up when it was Halloween. I love to smell the pine tree. When I look at the...
PNT senior writer [email protected] Women are drawing inspiration from what’s important in their lives to decorate the 50-plus tables at this Saturday’s Holiday Happening event sponsored by the Altrusa International Inc. of Portales. The 16th annual event is Altrusa’s largest fundraiser for community projects according to event organizers. link File photo Area residents and Altrusa members have special connections to the tables they are decorating this year for...