Articles from the December 9, 2014 edition

Monday Girls Clovis Christian 46, Portales C-team 42 Portales — Sarah Blaser 6, Sarah Lovato 11, Samantha Montoya 4, Lillie Saiz 2, Brittany Santibanez 7, Alexis Montoya 4, Kimberly Hay 2, Itzel Hernandez 6. Totals15 9-10 42. Clovis Christian (3-2) — Maleihah Woffod 21, Jaclyn Beaman 8, Tia Covert 4, Katlyn Hamberger 1, Jody Murdoch 12. Totals 17 8-17 46. Portales 16 9 4 13 — 42 CCS 8 10 8 20 — 46 3-pointers — Portales, Lovato. Clovis Christian, Murdoch 2, Wofford, Beaman. Saturday Boys Meadow tournament Bovina 87, Springlak...

Standings Men School LSC All Tarleton State 0-0 7-0 Angelo State 0-0 8-1 Texas A&M-Commerce 0-0 7-2 Midwestern State 0-0 6-3 Cameron 0-0 4-3 Eastern New Mexico 0-0 5-4 West Texas A&M 0-0 4-4 Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-0 3-5 Wednesday Texas A&M International 88, Texas A&M-Kingsville 83 West Texas A&M 67, Lubbock Christian 58 Thursday Midwestern State 77, McMurry 49 Friday Midwestern State 105, College of Faith 62 ; Eastern New Mexico 91, Northern New Mexico 90 Saturday Cameron 68, Oklahoma Christian 61 Texas A&M-Commerce 77,...

Editor’s Note: All information is provided by Salvation Army Commander Lt. Kelly Berggren. • Today’s Focus: Family K • Household members: 6 • Children: 4 • Special circumstance: This family struggled through financial hardships this year that limit their ability to give their four children a Christmas. “I did not even put up a Christmas tree so that the children would not get too excited,” the mother explained. The mother has medical bills and can only work a few hours a week, and the father spent months unemployed afte...

Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations. Monday • 7:38 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident hit and run, 1000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. • 8:15 a.m.: Domestic in progress, 1700 block of South Prince Street. • 8:32 a.m.: Vehicle theft report, 1300 block of Gidding Street. • 11:17 a.m.: Burglary report, 2200 block of Enloe Drive. • 11:20 a.m.: Domestic in progress, 300 block of West Yucca Avenue. • 11:29 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident pr...

Kevin Wilson

Local columnist I hear a lot of the protests of Christmas season, and find them to be short-sighted whining, finding the convenient problem with everybody else. • “What’s wrong with kids these days? They’re asking for PlayStation 4, iPhones and iPads. Wow, when I was their age, I got toy guns and dolls and I didn’t complain one bit. Spoiled brats are what’s wrong with America.” I grew up with that guy; he got a $600 PlayStation and was upset he only got “Resident Evil” and “NFL Gameday” to go with it. • “The problem with e...

Staff report The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will begin surveying farmland owners to measure financial impacts and challenges of land ownership. Landowners will begin receiving forms for the survey, called Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL), by the end of December, according to a department news release. According to the release: • TOTAL is a part of the Census of Agriculture program, which means the response to this survey is mandatory. • The TOTAL...

Dave Wagner

Staff writer Clovis High senior Danni Williams was happy to commit early for a college basketball career. She feels the same way about breaking the Lady Wildcats’ career scoring record. The 5-foot-10 guard, who has signed to play at Texas A&M, tallied 77 points in three games in a span of just more than 24 hours in Canyon’s Tournament of Champions over the weekend, giving her 1,728 points. Former CHS standout Antiesha Brown, now at the University of New Mexico, had the record at 1,662 from 2006-10. “I always wanted to break...

Local columnist I was planning to host an event and there was a great location I had in mind for it. I went to speak to the building manager to see if it could be arranged. When I arrived in the manager’s office she was typing on the computer. She didn’t look up to acknowledge me. I stood there for a few moments before speaking. “Hi, how are you?” I said, trying my best to be cordial. I introduced myself and said I needed to speak with someone about using the facility. The manager kept typing, never looking away from her com...

Guest columnist Democracy, rule by the people, and the rule of law don’t always see eye-to-eye. In the case of Tenth District Court Judge Albert Mitchell, there seems to be some conflict between these two foundations of our civic life. “The people” often must be defined as the people who vote, and in the last general election, the turnout was about 45 percent of eligible voters. A slim majority — a little less than 51 percent — voted against retaining Mitchell as judge. To be retained, however, he would have needed 57 percent...

Today Miss & Mr. Children’s Boutique ribbon cutting — 1 p.m., 107 E. 6th St. Information: 575-763-3435. Planning & Zoning Commission meeting — 3 p.m., City Hall. Information: 575-769-7828. Parks, Recreation & Beautification Committee — 10 a.m., City Hall. Information: 575-769-7828. Thursday A Christmas Carol — 7 p.m., tickets $10/$8 (available at CCC cashiers window), Clovis Community College, Town Hall. Information: 575-769-4031. US 60/84 Roadway Improvement Project meeting — 6 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, No...

Projects Editor [email protected] New Mexico’s attorney general contends Curry County Sheriff Matt Murray’s 2013 consultant contract at the jail may have been improper. The opinion, issued Nov. 21 in the form of a letter to state Sen. Stuart Ingle of Portales, concludes the $3,000 a month contract approved by Curry County commissioners may have violated the state’s Governmental Conduct Act. First, the opinion says, is because it wasn’t advertised for bids and Murray didn’t disclose his substantial interest. Second is...

Managing Editor [email protected] Oil was $30 a barrel when Stuart Ingle was elected to the state Senate in 1985. He also recalls the price plummeted to $4 a barrel a short time later. New Mexico relies heavily on taxes and royalties from energy production, so a drop in oil prices means a drop in revenue — a $1 change in oil prices causes a $7.5 million change in revenue, according to Finance and Administration Secretary Tom Clifford. “It’s happened before and it will happen again,” said Ingle, a Roosevelt County rancher...

Staff report The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority has gone back to the drawing board on finding an executive director. James Blasing of Pueblo, Colorado, whom the authority had hoped to hire to the new position, withdrew his name from consideration about a week ago. The authority met Tuesday morning in executive session, but took no action following the 45-minute session. Authority Chair Gayla Brumfield said Blasing called her to inform her of the decision, and she has since corresponded with him via email....