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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — A bike-ride benefit is planned for Sunday to raise money for former Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball coach Dan Buzard, who recently required additional surgery to combat a brain tumor. Portales High Spanish teacher Andy Mason and ENMU senior Whitney Hobson organized the fund-raiser, with all donations going to help Buzard and his family. “Coach Buzard has been an upstanding citizen in our community,” Hobson said. “And we wanted to be there for him and his family.” Buzard said he has undergone t...
Lovington defenders Stephanie Hernandez, left, and Shae Garcia try to block a shot by Bovina’s Lucero Saucedo during Tuesday’s girls quarterfinals in the Citizens Bank Border Shootout at Texico. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) TEXICO — For three quarters, the Bovina Mustangs were on course to knock host Texico into the losers bracket of its tournament Thursday night. Texico (7-2) didn’t overhaul the Mustangs until the fourth quarter, then held on at the end for a 52-49 victory to move into a 4 p.m. semifinal game today a... Full story
Chaparral middle school teacher Bill Stockton remembers his grandfather, Bill, telling him stories about his time on the Forrest High School varsity basketball team in the early 1930s. Clovis boys basketball coach J.D. Isler recollects his father, Jerry, reciting tales of his days on Wheatland High School’s team in the late 1940s. Now those stories are more than folklore passed down through generations, with the publishing of “Ghost Town Basketball” by Steve Flores, a former history teacher and New Mexico native. Flore...
Jim Craven, a friend of mine in Clovis, went to teach 42 to passengers on a cruise ship a while back, hired by the ship’s captain. Craven put in nearly 11 hours teaching that week and what a job it was, he said. The history of the game 42 began in 1887 in the tiny Texas community of Trappe Spring (now Garner), about 45 miles west of Fort Worth. Two young Trappe Spring boys, 12-year-old William Thomas and 14-year-old Walter Earl, really liked to play cards. They found the game of dominoes (legal amongst the Baptists) b... Full story
By: Anita Doberman: Columnist Before Christmas, I undergo a Jekyll/Hyde transformation, most noticeably when I buy presents. I call it my Christmas dichotomy. There is the happy Christmas self and my alter ego, the stressed out shopper. When I am cheerful, nothing alters my mood. Putting up the Christmas tree and decorating it with my children is a highlight. Getting our ornaments is exciting. Never mind that as I am reaching for our Christmas box in the attic, everything is tumbling down because two of my children, 3 and 4,...
In the Victorian-era Christmas classic “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge encounters several ghosts who transform his priorities, and thus his life. One of them, the Ghost of Christmas Past, influences Scrooge by taking him back to yuletides of his childhood and young adulthood, before he had become immersed in selfishness. I doubt that most of us would consider ourselves to be Scrooges, but I do believe that lessons can be learned, and relationships healed or revitalized, by remembering the...
This time of year I’m always reminded of a Christmas season my wife, Marilyn, dragged me to a holiday concert. In fact, it almost erases a previous Christmas memory — the time my wife and I were caught with other travelers in a Wyoming blizzard and spent the night in a Rock Springs bawdy house. But that’s another story. The Christmas concert I’m talking about was free, and even though I warned Marilyn about the pitfalls associated with free lunches, she lugged me there along with our small grandkids. She said it would d...
Never mind jingle bells, Nativity scenes or winter wonderlands. The best part of the holiday season is now in full tilt —the shopping. Sure, haggling through crowds isn’t so joyous. But spending money is. It’s not only fun but therapeutic. Some New York friends of mine have saved hundreds of dollars in psychiatrist fees just by self-diagnosing. “All I need is shopping therapy,” my friend Wendy said every time we’d meet at Brooklyn’s Salvation Army. OK, maybe we’d end up spending thousands, rather than the hundreds the go...
Today’s focus: “Ms. F” Household members: 8 Children: 5 Special circumstances: “Ms. F” is raising her grandchildren. After paying rent and utilities, she has no money left for gifts. Her holiday hopes: For her grandchildren to smile and be happy like other children on Christmas. Clothing needs: Boys shirt size medium. Boys pants size 6 regular. Boys shoe size 13. Girls shirt sizes small (for three girls). Girls pants sizes 8 slim (for two girls) and 5 slim. Girls shoe sizes 2 (for two girls) and 11. Toy list: Toys that 6-ye... Full story
Today’s focus: “Ms. F” Household members: 8 Children: 5 Special circumstances: “Ms. F” is raising her grandchildren. After paying rent and utilities, she has no money left for gifts. Her holiday hopes: For her grandchildren to smile and be happy like other children on Christmas. Clothing needs: Boys shirt size medium. Boys pants size 6 regular. Boys shoe size 13. Girls shirt sizes small (for three girls). Girls pants sizes 8 slim (for two girls) and 5 slim. Girls shoe sizes 2 (for two girls) and 11. Toy list: Toys that 6-ye...
The restored 1930s-era Cactus Theater sits in the heart of the Depot District in Lubbock. (Courtesy photo) Nestled in the Depot District of Lubbock is the Cactus Theater. Starting life in 1938 as a motion picture theater, the facility was remodeled in 1993 and has since become a performance theater. “We now do live musical productions and plays,” said Tasha Starkey, Don Caldwell Productions administrative director. According to Starkey, Caldwell and a group of area investors remodeled the theater and turned it into a performa...
Nestled in the Depot District of Lubbock is the Cactus Theater. Starting life in 1938 as a motion picture theater, the facility was remodeled in 1993 and has since become a performance theater. “We now do live musical productions and plays,” said Tasha Starkey, Don Caldwell Productions administrative director. According to Starkey, Caldwell and a group of area investors remodeled the theater and turned it into a performance venue. The theater is home to many shows throughout the year, said Starkey. “We have a show at least...
For Eastern New Mexico University students, faculty and administration, the fall semester ended Friday. For construction contractors, the holiday break is time to get busy. Construction was a focal topic during Friday’s ENMU Board of Regents meeting. In addition to updates on current and upcoming renovation projects, many of which will be completed during the Christmas break, regents discussed the construction’s economic impact as well as the effect of building work at Cannon Air Force Base on available contractors. With all... Full story
For Eastern New Mexico University students, faculty and administration, the fall semester ended Friday. For construction contractors, the holiday break is time to get busy. Construction was a focal topic during Friday’s ENMU Board of Regents meeting. In addition to updates on current and upcoming renovation projects, many of which will be completed during the Christmas break, regents discussed the construction’s economic impact as well as the effect of building work at Cannon Air Force Base on available contractors. With all...
The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents briefly discussed freshmen retention during a meeting Friday, an issue President Steven Gamble said is an ongoing problem. Gamble passed out a list of initiatives the campus would like to improve to increase ENMU’s freshmen retention rate. The endeavors include: —Employing an additional math instructor for developmental and lower division math courses to help reduce class sizes. —Implementing a tutor program that would place “peer tutors” in high-failure freshmen-level course... Full story
The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents briefly discussed freshmen retention during a meeting Friday, an issue President Steven Gamble said is an ongoing problem. Gamble passed out a list of initiatives the campus would like to improve to increase ENMU’s freshmen retention rate. The endeavors include: —Employing an additional math instructor for developmental and lower division math courses to help reduce class sizes. —Implementing a tutor program that would place “peer tutors” in high-failure freshmen-level course...
Former Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon shows off his moves Friday at Faith Christian Family Church in Clovis. (CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks) No longer does he go from gym to gym to the tune of “Sweet Georgia Brown,” but former Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon is still trotting around the globe. Instead of playing basketball, he’s spreading the word of God. “I’m coachable, so when the spirit of the Lord told me to do this, pray for the young athletes, I did it,” Lemon said during an appearance Friday at Faith Chris...
No longer does he go from gym to gym to the tune of “Sweet Georgia Brown,” but former Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon is still trotting around the globe. Instead of playing basketball, he’s spreading the word of God. “I’m coachable, so when the spirit of the Lord told me to do this, pray for the young athletes, I did it,” Lemon said during an appearance Friday at Faith Christian Family Church in Clovis. “This is what I do and I love doing it.” As 75 to 100 children stepped forward to the front of the sanctuary, Lemo... Full story
Whether the proposed Clovis Ethanol plant gets the go-ahead for its air quality permit from the New Mexico Environment Department could be decided by mid-May, according to NMED officials. A public hearing concerning the air quality permit for the proposed facility is scheduled for Jan. 11 at the Clovis Civic Center, according to an NMED news release. Testimony will begin at 10 a.m. The hearing officer will accept non-technical public comments at 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and periodically throughout the hearing until all... Full story
The New Mexico Game and Fish Department is on the lookout for pheasant dumpers. The department released an Operation Game Thief call Friday in regard to a pile of dead pheasants reported near the intersection of Brady Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Pheasant season ended Dec. 10, according to department spokesman Dan Williams, and hunters are limited to three male pheasants per day. Michelle Wilson, one of several Clovis residents who contacted authorities, estimated she saw 15 to 20 pheasants. Wilson said the...
The New Mexico Game and Fish Department is on the lookout for pheasant dumpers. The department released an Operation Game Thief call Friday in regard to a pile of dead pheasants reported near the intersection of Brady Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Pheasant season ended Dec. 10, according to department spokesman Dan Williams, and hunters are limited to three male pheasants per day. Michelle Wilson, one of several Clovis residents who contacted authorities, estimated she saw 15 to 20 pheasants. Wilson said the... Full story
Whether the proposed Clovis Ethanol plant gets the go-ahead for its air quality permit from the New Mexico Environment Department could be decided by mid-May, according to NMED officials. A public hearing concerning the air quality permit for the proposed facility is scheduled for Jan. 11 at the Clovis Civic Center, according to an NMED news release. Testimony will begin at 10 a.m. The hearing officer will accept non-technical public comments at 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and periodically throughout the hearing until all...
With his team off to a 4-0 start, Clovis High boys basketball coach J.D. Isler said he’s less concerned about who the Wildcats are playing and more about fine-tuning their overall game. CHS boys and girls squads begin a busy weekend with a doubleheader today against Aztec at Rock Staubus Gym. On Saturday, the girls host Lubbock Coronado while the boys travel to Roswell Goddard. Clovis’ boys handed Aztec a 60-48 loss on the road last season, but Isler said he doesn’t know much about the current version of the Tigers. “I’m... Full story
