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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Editor’s note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Mandy Carpenter of Clovis Municipal Schools was recently named administrator of the year by the New Mexico School Personnel Association during its annual conference in Albuquerque. Q: Did the New Mexico School Personnel Association tell you how you came to be its administrator of the year? A: This was a nomination process by my fellow colleagues from across the state of New Mexico. Q: Talk about some of the initiatives or projects y...
POJOAQUE – Clovis High’s wrestlers finished off the regular season over the weekend in the Pojoaque Invite, with the boys placing ninth out of 15 teams with 195 points while the girls were 12th out of 18 squads with 28 points. Los Lunas took the boys’ team title, scoring 626 ½ points to 556 ½ for runnerup Aztec. On the girls’ side, Moriarty edged Kirtland Central 102-101 for team honors. Highlighting performances for the Wildcats were sixth-place finishes by senior Eduardo Torres at 160 pounds and sophomore Kaleb King at 215....
PANHANDLE, Texas – Farwell's boys opened a 28-point halftime lead on Tuesday night and cruised past Panhandle 59-41 to maintain the top spot in District 3-2A. The Steers (17-9, 4-0 district) posted their sixth consecutive victory. They have a one-game lead over Vega (11-7, 3-1) while the Panthers (12-10, 2-2) fell two games off the pace. Farwell outscored Panhandle 24-6 in the second frame for a 41-13 cushion. The Panthers then limited the Steers to four points in the third s...
Annual awards from the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce were handed out Thursday night at the "Uptown Soiree." Liane Schmidt was awarded the Ambassador of the Year award. The honor is handed out to the Chamber ambassador who shows up at the most events and meetings, according to award presenter Kathy Mead. Two Harley and Faye Borden awards went to the Portales Walmart and Western Commerce Bank. Walmart was recognized for its complete remodel in 2023. Amid this major...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s swimmers had a challenging time in the Albuquerque Academy Invitational. First off, they had to leave by 4:30 a.m. on Friday to get there. Then the meet itself proved to be quite competitive. The CHS girls took third in a field of 19 teams while the boys were fourth out of 20 squads, with Academy sweeping the team titles, as expected. Academy won the girls’ division with 543 points to 257 for Artesia and 222 for the Lady Cats. The Chargers took boys team honors with 385 points, followed by St. P...
RUIDOSO – Clovis High’s girls finished fourth while the boys were fifth in Saturday’s nine-school Sierra Blanca Invite, hosted by Ruidoso H.S. Roswell Goddard took both team titles, winning the boys’ event with 169 points to 164 ½ for Roswell High and taking girls team honors with 100 points to 65 for Mayfield. Clovis’ boys finished with 99 points while the girls scored 35. The Lady Wildcats placed in five divisions. Sophomore Sophie Collasco was second at 138, losing her final match 3-2 to Mayfield’s Alyssa Michel, while sop...
Really, there was never a doubt that Clovis High's girls were going to win Friday's matchup against Santa Fe High at Rock Staubus Gym. It certainly took the Lady Wildcats a while to get going, though. Trailing 7-3 early and leading only 16-11 with just over two minutes left in the half, CHS went to fullcourt pressure and allowed the Lady Demons to score on just two more possessions – a 3-point basket to open the second half and a four-point play in the final stanza – en rou...
TUCUMCARI – Clovis High’s girls finished second in a field of seven teams while the boys were eighth out of 12 on Saturday in Tucumcari’s Rattler Invitational. The Lady Wildcats posted a pair of individual champions and finished with 30 points to 39 for Bushland. West Las Vegas came in third with 27 points. On the boys’ side, Los Lunas took team honors with 225 ½ points to 171 for Amarillo Tascosa and 229 for West Las Vegas. The Wildcats tallied 64 points. “It’s great to see the focus on improvement as the season progr...
POJOAQUE – Portales High’s boys got a second consecutive blowout in Saturday’s finale of a three-game, six-team event hosted by Pojoaque. Coming off wins over the host Elks (57-55) and Dulce (84-44) on Friday – first-day games were pushed back by Thursday’s snow in the northern part of the state – the Rams overwhelmed Monte Del Sol 65-16 to become the unofficial tournament champions as the meet’s lone unbeaten team. Junior Paxton Culpeper scored 11 points and collected nine steals on Saturday en route to most valuable play...
On this date … 1862: Washington Ellsworth Lindsey was born in Belmont County, Ohio. He moved to New Mexico Territory in 1900, settling in Portales where he opened a law office. Lindsey and John Brown Sledge formed the Portales Townsite Co. and sold lots from 1902 to 1911, according to the New Mexico office of the state historian. Lindsey became Portales’ first mayor and was New Mexico’s third governor. The statue outside the Roosevelt County Courthouse honors Lindsey, who i...
On this date … 1940: A 16-year-old boy was in Clovis’ jail waiting for railroad officials to question him about an incident that occurred in Dalhart, Texas. The boy told police he wanted to turn himself in to authorities because he was wanted for escaping parole in Kansas. That was not the case, but police inquiries led to the Dalhart connection. “I don’t know whether it was his conscience bothering him as much as his stomach,” Clovis Police Chief R.M. Witherspoon said. “He wa...
JAL – Texico squads used big second quarters Thursday night to take control en route to a season-opening sweep of Jal. In the boys' matchup, the Wolverines outscored the Panthers 18-7 in the second period to build a 13-point advantage on their way to a 69-36 victory. Meantime, the Lady Wolverines opened a 20-point halftime cushion with a 14-2 run in the second stanza and went on to win 42-26. Junior Alex Fuentes tallied 21 points for Texico's boys, while brothers Blake and J...
FORT SUMNER — Mike Scott, the longtime cartoonist and western humor writer for the De Baca County News and the Clovis Livestock Market News, has been honored as one of the winners of the 27th Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Awards. A former vocational agriculture and science teacher at Fort Sumner High School, Scott has long been known for his love for horses and team roping. He has worked for several ranches over the years and owned his own small farm. A graduate of New Mexico State University, Scott worked as a count...
Clovis - Ron Allen was born on November 27th, 1949 and died on November 6th, 2023 in Amarillo, TX . In between that time, he had a life full of experiences around the world. Born to Delbert Allen and Kewpie Dee Craig, he spent the majority of his childhood with his grand-parents, Duey and Agnes Allen. After they passed away, he went on to live at Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, TX until his graduation in summer of 1968. After some listless years (and by his own words) of "honky...
On this date … 1952: Two airmen from Clovis Air Force Base reported seeing a “flying saucer” west of the city limits. They described it as a “full, bright orange, twice as big as a full moon.” The airmen were on their way home about 1:30 a.m. when they spotted the object that varied in shape from a “frying pan to that of a big cigar,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. 1962: A number of local dignitaries were part of a capacity crowd at the dedication of the new chapel at Can...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Freshmen Elijah Zeh and Andre Jones were named to the All-Lone Star Conference football team on offense in an announcement on by the league office on Thursday. Jones was also chosen the offensive freshman of the year in the conference. Zeh, from Burleson, Texas, helped lead a rushing attack which finished third in NCAA Division II at 284 yards per contest. He carried 194 times for 792 yards and five touchdowns, highlighted by a two-touchdown, 194-yard performance in a last second loss at Midwestern S...
Nov. 11 was Armistice Day, a day designated to honor those lost in the Great War, or the “war to end all wars.” Would that it was so. Armistice Day became Veterans Day in 1954 and honors those who serve or served in all branches of the U.S. military. My heartfelt thanks to all who served and continue to serve in the military forces of our country. Nov. 10 was the 248th birthday of the U.S. Marines, and I would be remiss if I did not say to Marines everywhere, “To all who s...
It’s basketball time at Eastern New Mexico University. ENMU men’s and women’s squads open the 2023-24 campaign at home this weekend, taking on Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference members Fort Lewis and New Mexico Highlands at Greyhound Arena in the South Central Region crossover event. Four games are scheduled each day, with ENMU’s women playing at 2:30 p.m. and the men at 7:30 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. The women face Fort Lewis on Friday and Highlands on Saturday while the men’s get Highlands first and then Fort Lewi...
Edith "Faye" Dunn, former resident of Portales N.M. was taken home to be with Jesus on October 25th in Amarillo, Tx. after a long battle with Alzheimer's that robbed her brilliant mind and took away most all of her memories. She was born on August 18, 1936 in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was 87 years old. Faye was a passionate, loving, and unwavering women who was full of a devotion to God and family. She had a gift of helping and educating others, devoting most of her life...
On this date … 1937: Danny Villanueva was born in Tucumcari. The future kicker for the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams was the son of an itinerant Methodist preacher assigned to minister to migrant farm workers in the Quay County area. The family moved on to their next assignment, in Phoenix, about a year later. 1946: Snowfall had blanketed more than half of New Mexico as voters headed to the polls. Officials said some Northern New Mexico voters in rural areas might be snowbound and unable to cast ballots. In eastern N... Full story
They are the champions ... again. Clovis High School's marching band, for the 11th consecutive year, won New Mexico's unofficial state championship Saturday at the Zia Marching Band Fiesta in Albuquerque. The Wildcats captured the outstanding musical achievement, outstanding visual effect and highest general effect awards, sweeping the honors among 19 bands. "Not only did they win the awards, but more importantly they performed so well," band Director Bill Allred said. "They...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s men were chosen eighth out of 16 teams in the Lone Star Conference preseason basketball poll on Monday. The Greyhounds garnered 377 points in the poll. West Texas A&M had 34 of 45 first-place votes and finished with 703 points. Coach Brent Owen returns seven players from last year’s 17-12 squad (12-10 LSC), including four who earned some level of All-LSC honors. Senior forward Jahcoree Ealy was listed among “players to watch” in the conference. Ealy led the Hounds with 12.7...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High junior Sammy Fuentes posted a time of 17 minutes, 9.24 seconds over five kilometers to place 18th in a field of 154 runners in the Class 5A boys division of Saturday’s Albuquerque Academy cross country race. Rio Rancho, led by individual winner Charlie Vause in 15:32.41, captured team honors with 32 points to 73 for Rio Rancho Cleveland. CHS was 15th out of 20 teams with 459 points while among District 4-5A rivals, Hobbs took seventh place at 199, Carlsbad was 10th at 358 and Roswell High placed 18t...
At the freshly revived Guadalajara Restaurant in Clovis, Mike Mendoza has been called "The King of the Kitchen." So says restaurant management leader John Rink. Mendoza returns the compliment by describing Rink and the restaurant's management team as "one of the best he's seen anywhere." Mendoza, grandson of Guadalajara's founder Librado Casillas, took some time Wednesday afternoon to talk about his life and the new Guadalajara Restaurant, just off the corner of North Prince a...
Eastern New Mexico University will recognize its 2023 Homecoming honorees at the annual ENMU Foundation Breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Campus Union Ballroom. The annual banquet will present awards from the ENMU Alumni Association, ENMU Foundation, ENMU Educators Hall of Honor, and the ENMU Athletics Hall of Honor. “This is an excellent opportunity to thank those who support ENMU with their time and also to treasure and celebrate those who have achieved so much,” said James Johnston, ENMU chancellor. “These indiv...
