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GOODWELL, Okla. — Senior guard Eddie Moss hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 40 seconds left, highlighting a game-ending 10-0 run that lifted Oklahoma Panhandle State past Eastern New Mexico University 62-59 on Friday for the Aggies’ first win of the season. Nick Malinowski and Aaron Harrison posted double-doubles for Panhandle (1-10), scoring 15 and 13 points, respectively, and each grabbing 10 rebounds. Harrison was playing his first game of the season coming off an injury while Panhandle point guard Tim Anderson also missed the... Full story
Portales senior Megan Kabrick rips down a defensive rebound as Ebony Bunton avoids picking up a foul during Saturday’s championship game of the Plateau Holiday Classic at Rock Staubus. (CNJ staff photo: Rick White) The Clovis Lady Wildcats went to their big guns Friday night to nail down the third annual Plateau Holiday Classic championship. Seniors Aimee Hilburn (17 points), Brittany Blackmon (15) and Tori Quintana (9) combined for all but four of Clovis’ points in a hard-fought 45-34 victory over Portales at Rock Sta...
Marlena Hartz : Freedom Newspapers An American flag hangs year-round outside Lt. Col. Judy Griego’s childhood home. The man who hung it is her father, a veteran of World War II. He detonated mines buried deep in ocean beds to spare other seamen from unexpected blasts. She is now an Albuquerque-based member of the Air National Guard. He inspired her career. But her father, who lives outside of Albuquerque, is part of a fading generation. According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, only one in four World War II v...
Andy Jackson: Freedom Newspapers Accused killer James Smith told police Laura McNaughton “died very quickly” at his home after they engaged in a “very physical embrace,” according to court documents unsealed Friday. In an interview with law-enforcement authorities, Smith said he placed McNaughton’s body on his back porch after she died, then went to sleep, according to a district court document used to secure a search warrant for Smith’s home east of Clovis. The next morning, on Dec. 10, court records show, he left her bo...
Tonya Garner: Freedom Newspapers Out with the old and in with the new. Area residents will be celebrating the start of a new year tonight, and local officials are urging citizens to “party responsibly.” Lt. James Schoeffel, public information officer for the Clovis Police Department, said New Year’s Eve will be safe and fun for everyone if laws and city ordinances are followed. According to Schoeffel, there will be a zero tolerance policy when it comes to discharging a firearm within the city limits. “It seems like every y... Full story
Staff reports Police arrested a 17-year-old Friday in connection with a Christmas Eve rape and kidnapping of a Clovis woman, according to a release from the Clovis Police Department. The 40-year-old victim identified her alleged attacker from police photos, Clovis Police Lt. James Schoeffel said. The name of the accused was not released by police. The woman’s attacker was about 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighed 350 pounds, police have said. The woman told police the subject entered her home to smoke marijuana, then taped h...
Freedom Newspapers: Sharna Johnson Clovis resident Dan True served as an Army tech sergeant in World War II. He was deployed to Europe and the Philippines as part of his three-year stint. Marlena Hartz: CNJ Staff Writer An American flag hangs year-round outside Lt. Col. Judy Griego’s childhood home. The man who hung it is her father, a veteran of World War II. He detonated mines buried deep in ocean beds to spare other seamen from unexpected blasts. She is now an Albuquerque-based member of the Air National Guard. He inspired...
Staff reports Police arrested a 17-year-old Friday in connection with a Christmas Eve rape and kidnapping of a Clovis woman, according to a release from the Clovis Police Department. The 40-year-old victim identified her alleged attacker from police photos, Clovis Police Lt. James Schoeffel said. The name of the accused was not released by police. The woman’s attacker was about 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighed 350 pounds, police have said. The woman told police the subject entered her home to smoke marijuana, then taped h...
Tonya Garner: CNJ Staff writer Out with the old and in with the new. Area residents will be celebrating the start of a new year tonight, and local officials are urging citizens to “party responsibly.” Lt. James Schoeffel, public information officer for the Clovis Police Department, said New Year’s Eve will be safe and fun for everyone if laws and city ordinances are followed. According to Schoeffel, there will be a zero tolerance policy when it comes to discharging a firearm within the city limits. “It seems like every y...
Andy Jackson: Freedom Newspapers Accused killer James Smith told police Laura McNaughton “died very quickly” at his home after they engaged in a “very physical embrace,” according to court documents unsealed Friday. In an interview with law-enforcement authorities, Smith said he placed McNaughton’s body on his back porch after she died, then went to sleep, according to a district court document used to secure a search warrant for Smith’s home east of Clovis. The next morning, on Dec. 10, court records show, he left her bo...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Lady Wildcats went to their big guns Friday night to nail down the third annual Plateau Holiday Classic championship. Seniors Aimee Hilburn (17 points), Brittany Blackmon (15) and Tori Quintana (9) combined for all but four of Clovis’ points in a hard-fought 45-34 victory over Portales at Rock Staubus Gym. It was the third consecutive championship in the event for the Lady Wildcats (11-1), who had a hard time with their rivals after beating them soundly 47-28 earlier this season in Portales. “I expec...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Wildcats would like to make a late submission for game of the year. Behind Bryce Hill’s heroics and a career night from junior Rishard Matthews, the Wildcats won its third-straight Milk Cow Classic on Friday with a 89-88 overtime victory over Pampa, Texas. Down two points in overtime, Hill drove the length of the floor and dished to Matthews for the game-winning layup. Matthews, a 6-foot-2 junior, finished with a career-high 30 points. “Rishard Matthews had a really good rebounding and put-back game,...
CANYON, Texas — Center Keisha Monroe led four West Texas A&M players in double figures Friday with 21 points as the 15th-ranked Lady Buffs defeated Eastern New Mexico University 76-44 in the Lone Star Conference South Division women’s opener for both teams. WT (9-1) held the Zias (6-5) to 19 percent shooting for the game on 12-of-63, and posted a 58-36 advantage on the boards. Reserve Alicia Saunders had a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. ENMU, which lost its fourth in a row, was led by 11 points and... Full story
GOODWELL, Okla. — Senior guard Eddie Moss hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 40 seconds left, highlighting a game-ending 10-0 run that lifted Oklahoma Panhandle State past Eastern New Mexico University 62-59 on Friday for the Aggies’ first win of the season. Nick Malinowski and Aaron Harrison posted double-doubles for Panhandle (1-10), scoring 15 and 13 points, respectively, and each grabbing 10 rebounds. Harrison was playing his first game of the season coming off an injury while Panhandle point guard Tim Anderson also missed the...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — The Portales Rams traveled north to gain some valuable experience against good teams in front of big crowds and they got that experience. They got it at the expense of a nick on their record, though, as Espanola Valley took a 53-42 win over the Rams in the fifth-place game of the Stu Clark Invitational on Friday. The Rams bounced back from Wednesday’s narrow first-round loss to Santa Fe High to beat Taos on Thursday. The task, though, was tougher Friday against the Class 4A Sun Devils. “We got behind, and Es...
One year from now, the top regional story of 2006 could well be a repeat of 2005: BRAC. We hope it will be No. 1 again, but for a different reason. Instead of ’05’s uncertainty over the future of Cannon Air Force Base, we want the 2006 reason to be a certain future — as in the Air Force has found a new mission or missions for the base. That hope is based not on whims. It comes from comments made during recent visits to Clovis and Cannon by key New Mexico congressional and U.S. Air Force leaders who are involved in discu...
Karl Terry: Freedom Newspapers Hopefully as you read this you’ve got the Tournament of Roses Parade on your television, the lineup of football bowl games spread on the coffee table and a pot of black-eyed peas on the stove. I’ve never been too big on setting resolutions for the new year. Sure it’s a good time to start anew and maybe even change things in your life. But most of the standard resolutions have to do with will-power and my will-power is usually at low tide right after the holidays. Why advertise the fact that...
Jim Lee: Local Columnist Well, it seems like only yesterday it was last year, doesn’t it? Not only that, in a couple of months it will be three years since starting this column. A lot has happened since that first column appeared on March 16, 2003. Since then, our country got itself into another undeclared war, we re-elected George W. Bush, and a former member of the Hitler Youth took over the Vatican. So how can we say we’re not making the world a better place? After all, this column began during the centennial year of Har... Full story
Staff Reports Editor’s note: The following is a brief look at the stories that made news locally in 2005. The PNT will run the year-in-review in each of the coming issues through Jan. 1. Nov. 1 • Rape fliers circulated — Police said that a flier, warning of a rapist, circulated on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University and around Portales may be misleading. Police were investigating more than one rape case but Capt. Lonnie Berry of the Portales Police Department said they were not related. • Charges dropped on street...
Marlena Hartz : Freedom Newspapers Remnants of the Base Realignment and Closure process linger around eastern New Mexico. Posted outside several businesses are thick, plastic banners. They were designed months ago in a campaign to overturn a Department of Defense proposal to shut Cannon Air Force Base. The banner hanging outside Napa Auto Parts on shop-laden Prince Street in Clovis is in pristine condition. Napa Auto Parts Manager Phil Johnston said he will probably change his marquee, which also bears a pro-Cannon message,...
Andy Jackson: Freedom Newspapers Curry and Roosevelt counties recorded three homicides each in 2005 — only half the number seen in the 9th Judicial District in 2004, but several touched large segments of the area communities because the victims were well known and included three senior citizens and a 10-year-old boy. Officials said the formation of a major crimes unit, an increased number of police officers, heightened community awareness and police programs targeted at curbing gang and drug activity may account for the r... Full story
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer After enduring 14 months of chemotherapy, Zia basketball coach Dan Buzard and his family are hopeful that 2006 will bring good health and a return to regular routines. Buzard said he has a scheduled doctor’s appointment in Albuquerque in March. He said the progression in his health could mean that he may not need chemotherapy after March. “Both of our birthdays are in March,” Jennifer, Buzard’s wife, said. “It would be a great birthday present for the both of us.” Although the chemotherapy has bee...
Helena Rodriguez: Freedom Newspapers Noelle Sigala celebrated her 15th birthday on Saturday with a quinceañera, an elaborate formal affair often confused as a “coming out party,” in which a young girl reaffirms her faith in Jesus Christ. Just as many girls dream of their wedding day since childhood, many Hispanic girls also dream about being princess for a day during her quinceañera. A young girl is the center of attention as she dresses in a spectacular gown. She is given a diamond ring by her parents or padrinos (spon...
Bob Huber: Local Columnist With a new year upon us, it’s time to re-evaluate the rules by which we live. After all, we’re a year older and wiser now, and some of our self-governing moods just don’t apply anymore. Behind this endeavor is the fact that each new year I sit down and think up new guidelines to live by for the next 365 days. When I was 20, they centered mostly on how to trap yahoos of the opposite sex. By the time I was 70 and had been married 50 years that view changed. I became more interested in hearty break...
Sheryl Borden: Creative Living Information on centerpieces and quick dinnertime menus will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m. (All times are MST). “Creative Living” airs on public broadcasting station, KENW-TV, from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. Patty Waid is an event planner with Waid & Associates in Albuquerque. She will show how to make sensational centerpieces and also explain the basic rules for a centerp...
