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Club Notes — May 19
May 18th, 2013
Altrusa International of ClovisAltrusa International of Clovis held its monthly program meeting on May 13at Muffley’s Back Door.Me...
School Menus — May 19
May 18th, 2013
Clovis elementary schoolsMonday: Breakfast — egg & cheese biscuit. Lunch — chicken spaghetti, garden salad, mini carrots and ra...
WPA footprints still evident
May 18th, 2013
On May 6, 1935, the Works Progress Administration was created to help provide economic relief to the citizens of the United States who were suffering through the Great Depression. The Federal Art P...
Reunions — May 19
May 18th, 2013
Class of 1948 celebrated their 65th anniversary on April 20. Front row, from left, Gloria Crain Wicker, Virginia Beckwith, Lucy Hardestry Harrison, Naomi Brandon Williams, Chris Laughlin Barnett an...
Anniversaries — May 19
May 18th, 2013
GomezJoe and Maria Gomez of Clovis will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 1, 2013, at the American Legion in Clovis.The c...
Engagements — May 19
May 18th, 2013
Sultemeier-SmithBrad and Lisa Sultemeier of Fredericksburg, Texas, along with Bro. Steve and Kathy Smith of Portales, announce the engage...
Senior Happenings — May 19
May 18th, 2013
La Casa Senior Center1120 Cameo St., ClovisMonday: Daily Activities 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.; 1 p.m...
On the Shelves — May 19
May 18th, 2013
The following books are available at:Clovis-Carver Public Library Exploring...
Creative Living: Quilting, skin care coming on shows
May 18th, 2013
Information on creating background designs for quilts and new findings in skincare products will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday.
I’m not just related; I’m one of them
May 18th, 2013
It seems I couldn’t swing a dead cat around here without hitting a kissin’ cousin.Said another way: “I’ve got more shirt-tail relatives than I can shake a stick at.&r...
Our People: Busy baker
May 18th, 2013
Sharla Beevers co-owned Pawpaw’s Pet Grooming in Clovis until she had a stroke in June 2008. The stroke paralyzed the left side of her body, and although she is walking now, she is not fully...
Segments of the cattle business draw certain people
May 18th, 2013
The cattle business today has evolved into several distinct segments. Each draws certain people whose personality, skill and savvy make them best suited to that segment.We'll start with the...
Clovis, Cannon team up to clean up highway
May 18th, 2013
The stretch of Highway 60/84 between the Clovis city limits and Cannon Air Force Base has been commonly referred to as an eyesore, a reference to the run-down properties that put uneasiness into th...
New superintendent to be announced
May 18th, 2013
The Board of Education of Portales Schools is set to announce the district’s new superintendent Monday at a special meeting.The search for a new leader, which began after current Super...
Graduates prepare to enter world of colleges and careers
May 18th, 2013
Another year has passed and a new legion of high school graduates are excited to enter the world of college and careers. After 13 years of school, these graduates will be finally free to make their...
Events Calendar — May 19
May 18th, 2013
TodayPortales High School Baccalaureate — 6 p.m., PHS Auditorium.Information: 356-7000.
Area Road Construction — May 19
May 18th, 2013
Area road construction and closure information for this week:State and Federal In Portales, Constructors Inc. will be w...
Habitat for Humanity helps family build new home
May 18th, 2013
Gay Luna and her two daughters, Tori and Devyn Alvarado, got straight to work building their home Saturday with the help of Habitat for Humanity during Women Build Week. With no previous bui...
Official: Enrollment declining
May 18th, 2013
Officials at Portales Municipal Schools say a decline in enrollment is the reason for a dip in this year’s budget.The budget is down $885,000 from last year’s budget of $22.4 mil...
Young Rams squads hold their own at state
May 18th, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales girls track coach Sandie Shillings acknowledged her team didn't have a lot of entries in this weekend's Class 3A state track meet at the University of New Mexico trac...
Police Blotter — May 19
May 18th, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for:ThursdayCaller reported:• 12:00 a.m.: Intoxicated...
Marketplace Fairness Act is unfair
May 18th, 2013
The U.S. Senate, with the support of New Mexico’s Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, recently passed legislation called the “Marketplace Fairness Act.” The idea is...
Graduates, take time to ponder the long road ahead
May 18th, 2013
An open letter to the class of 2013: Your day has arrived. You’re taking another big step on your life’s journey.You’ve walked across a stage, received a...
Wondering if names influence graduate futures
May 18th, 2013
Sometimes I wonder if the names of new graduates will influence their futures.For example, will…Ms. Summers become a global warming expert? Mr. White and Ms. Black argue incess...
Rams' youth shows in first day of 3A meet
May 17th, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales’ track teams didn’t have the day they’d hoped for on Friday in the Class 3A state meet.The PHS boys put five points on the board, getting a fou...
Portales eliminated at state
May 17th, 2013
Portales couldn’t cobble together another magical run through the loser’s bracket at the state tournament a third time.Senior Erin Torrez’ home run over the centerfield fen...
Clovis has solid first day
May 17th, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — Truth be told, Clovis High's track teams would certainly have liked to do better on Friday's first day of Class 5A state track competition at the University of New Mexico trac...
Parks getting prepped
May 17th, 2013
Temperatures in eastern New Mexico are heating up just in time for residents to spend quality time cooling down in city pools and relaxing in local parks.
Guthals will be missed
May 17th, 2013
Charles Guthals passed away a few weeks ago. I’m going to miss him.Lots of High Plains folks knew him far better than I did. To me, he was the guy who knew everything about plan...
In search of ponies: Funnels funny, but effective
May 17th, 2013
The T-shirt had nothing to do with fashion; it was hiding something, or better yet, protecting it. Underneath the black cotton there was a shoulder wrapped in bandages which were...
Texico's magical playoff run ends in 11-1
May 17th, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — All that could be heard was the “click-clack” of their spikes on the concrete as they trudged from the field, up the stairs, and funneled into the concourse at Isoto...
In a place of joy forever
May 16th, 2013
Our house will be 5O years old in June. I guess you could say we are the antiques of 18th Street. We thought we were building our house in the country. It was just a pasture all around us then. Our...
Events Calendar — May 17
May 16th, 2013
TodayAerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598.
My Turn — ‘Gangster Squad’ a story of vigilantism
May 16th, 2013
I like the newly released film “Gangster Squad,” which I watched two weekends ago. With all the gunfire and violence, it’s probably not one you want to rent for the kids to...
Seniors reflect on school career
May 16th, 2013
The senior high school students of Dora, Elida, Floyd, Faith Triumphant and Portales will leap into the next phase of their lives when they graduate next week. Here are what some graduates have to...
Student refuses to let disorder hold her back
May 16th, 2013
A person of few words, Sarah Walker’s action speaks volumes about her passion to help others. Walker, a special need student at Dora High School, spearheaded her second fo...
Familiar spot
May 16th, 2013
RIO RANCHO — To an outsider, it looks like the Portales softball team has a penchant for sabotage.The best way to explain the Lady Rams this time of year is as follows: They have a fla...
Horseracing safety and integrity act to set national standard
May 16th, 2013
Sen. Tom Udall is preparing to take a needed run at cleaning up the horse racing industry by creating a national standard for the use of performance-enhancing drugs in races with interstate simulca...
Using right tool for the job is key
May 16th, 2013
Humans have always created tools to give them more power than would be available with bare hands. Hammers, can openers, computers, and guns are tools.The state — wha...
Police Blotter — May 17
May 16th, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for:WednesdayCaller reported:• 1:33 a.m.: Residential...
State engineer plans metering of water wells
May 16th, 2013
SANTA FE — Irrigators, municipalities and industry in parts of drought-stricken eastern New Mexico will be required to install meters on their underground wells to measure water use under a p...
Three Greyhounds receive Daktronics team slots
May 16th, 2013
Three Eastern New Mexico University baseball players, the most in program history, were named to the Daktronics All-South Central teams Thursday.Senior Peter Creamer was named to the first t...
Events Calendar — May 16
May 15th, 2013
TodayMovie and Popcorn — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library. “Here Comes the Boom” will be featured, rated P...
My Turn — Long lost art of letters
May 15th, 2013
My mother is a prolific writer of letters.A few months ago, a life-long friend of hers passed away. Marian was the kind of person who kept every piece of paper which crossed her path. Happil...
Q&A: Farm girl wins Employee of the Quarter
May 15th, 2013
Susan Baysinger was born and raised on a family farm outside the Quad Cities in Illinois. She earned both a bachelor’s degree in history and political science and a master’s degree in g...
Incidental take rule for lesser prairie chicken draws ire
May 15th, 2013
Environmentalists are concerned a new rule under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed lesser prairie chicken listing will weaken protections for the bird if it’s listed as thre...
Police Blotter — May 16
May 15th, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for:TuesdayCaller reported:• 12:24 a.m.: Shots fired,...
Police Blotter — May 15
May 14th, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for:MondayCaller reported:12:13 a.m.: Noise disturbance, 90...
Television series makes comeback
May 14th, 2013
It’s my favorite icebreaker, or maybe it’s a crutch. I’m telling a story of something dumb I did, and I’ll stare off into space and deadpan, “I’ve made a huge mi...
Events Calendar — May 15
May 14th, 2013
TodayAerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598.Prescho...
My Turn — I could be fair queen!
May 14th, 2013
I walked into the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce and see a Roosevelt County Fair Queen application on the counter.I asked the girls who work up front if they think I could win if I ent...
Model T club coming through Portales
May 14th, 2013
If you see a group of Ford Model T vehicles riding around Portales and Clovis between Thursday through the weekend, it is not because you time traveled back to the 1920s.The Tin Lizzies of A...
Gas prices heating up
May 14th, 2013
Sumer Garcia said she’ll have to limit the number of trips outside of Portales after seeing gas prices jump more than 60 cents a gallon within two days.The gas station attendant and mo...
Lady Rams improve, but still finish last
May 14th, 2013
SOCORRO — If senior Paige Hartman had been able to make a few more putts, she likely would’ve finished in the top six and earned a medal in Class 1A-3A girls state golf .As it wa...
Government records seizure crosses the line
May 14th, 2013
The U.S. Justice Department appears to have crossed a bright line that shields one of the cherished tenets of the nation’s Constitution that the agency’s top officers take an oath to pr...
In my mind, I've gone to Carolina
May 14th, 2013
“In my mind I’m gone to Carolina,” sings James Taylor. Ever since my mind and the rest of me went to Carolina last week, that tune’s been playing in my head, and it s...
Third pipe bomb found in Clovis
May 14th, 2013
A pipe bomb — the third found in Clovis since March 5 — was discovered by city workers about 8 a.m. Tuesday near the entrance to the landfill.It is the second pipe bomb found nea...
Lady Rams stuggle on first day of 1A-3A state golf
May 13th, 2013
SOCORRO — It wasn’t the kind of start the Portales Lady Rams were hoping for on Monday.Only senior Paige Hartman broke 100 for PHS as the Lady Rams found themselves in last place...
Zias' Wilson moving on to Fresno Pacific
May 13th, 2013
Eastern New Mexico University is looking for another women’s head coach.Days after softball coach Lauren Sigwing stepped down, basketball coach Lindsey Wilson turned in her resignation...
Students present reports on historic American figures
May 13th, 2013
Lindsey-Steiner Elementary School’s gifted and talented social studies class put on the Night of the Notables on Monday in which students researched and presented historic American figures.
Meetings Watch: Portales Schools Board of Education — May 14
May 13th, 2013
The following took place at the Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting Monday night:The board recognized presented the New Mexico School Boards Associati...
Bloomfield eliminates Rams
May 13th, 2013
In Game 3 of a high school playoff series, it sometimes comes down to the little things.The Portales Rams struggled much of the day, then positioned themselves to win the first-round Class 3...
Dora School News — May 14
May 13th, 2013
Awards assemblyThe academic awards for grades seven through 12, along with scholarship presentations, will be done 2 p.m. today in the school a...
Events Calendar — May 14
May 13th, 2013
Today Roosevelt County Budget Workshop — 9 a.m., Roosevelt County Courthouse Commission Room. Information: 356-53...
My Turn — Old toys are treasures
May 13th, 2013
She's 3 years old, so she talks all the time, but you have to listen carefully to catch all the words. She lives hundreds of miles away, and only comes to my home a couple of times a year. I...
Superintendent search continues
May 13th, 2013
The search continues for the next Portales schools superintendent as the last pair of community meetings with candidates are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.Portales Municipal Schools D...
Police Blotter — May 14
May 13th, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for:FridayCaller reported:• 12:55 a.m...
Portales girls tennis squad eliminated
May 11th, 2013
The Portales Lady Rams were ousted from state Class 1A-3A tennis competition on Friday with an 8-1 loss to top-seeded Bosque at Albuquerque Academy H.S. The Lady Rams’ only win c...
ENMU tracksters honored
May 11th, 2013
By virtue of wins in last week’s Lone Star Conference meet at Canyon, Texas, Eastern New Mexico University’s Kaspars Briska and Joseph Metcalf are on the All-LSC men’s track squad...
What the heck kind of name is Baxter?
May 11th, 2013
Back in the days before satellite tv, cell phones, video players, Netflix and laptops, many ranchers in the west were isolated from civilization. Most had land line telephone service if they were a...
Events Calendar — May 12
May 11th, 2013
MondayAerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598.Zumba
Area Road Construction — May 12
May 11th, 2013
Area road construction and closure information for this week:State and Federal Constructors Inc. will be working in Por...
Mother knows best
May 11th, 2013
Jamie Wilsher gets no bigger joy than seeing her children grow. She only wants the best for them, to know that they’re safe and happy and like most mothers, one of the hardest parts is lettin...
ENMU grads prepare to take next step
May 11th, 2013
After flipping their tassels from right to left, the Eastern New Mexico University class of 2013 tossed their caps into the air Saturday and Greyhound Arena exploded with cheers from students, fami...
Lost: Four rules of success
May 11th, 2013
Decades back, in some hotel conference room in some city, a guy who owned the Burlington (Vt.) Free Press lectured to our newspaper management seminar about the Ten Rules of Success. &nb...
Stay-at-home mom position without breaks
May 11th, 2013
Perhaps you’ve taken part in a conversation that goes something like this: “And … where do you work?”“Oh, I’m just a housewife, a stay...
Actions speak louder than words
May 11th, 2013
Several readers have emailed that I am headed to an eternity warmed by, apparently, the mother of all campfires. After telling them I will stock up on wieners and marshmallows, t...
Top-seeded Rams roll
May 10th, 2013
Even a flooded field couldn’t slow down the top-seeded Portales softball team.In a game relocated to Clovis, the Lady Rams blanked Soccoro 15-0 in a run-rule shortened game Friday in t...
Hollis’ distance double effort comes up short
May 10th, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — The strategy for Texico’s Colton Hollis in the Class 2A boys 3,200 meters could be classified as a simpleton’s game plan.“I just wanted to come out and...
Lady Buffs lead after first day
May 10th, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — Caley Barnard’s foot was mummified in athletic tape, yet the Melrose sophomore still managed to put the nail in everyone’s sarcophagus at Friday’s Class 1A gir...
Portales girls second at district, boys third
May 10th, 2013
As a Portales High freshman in 2009, Sutton injured her back playing volleyball, something she said had been coming on for a while. “Doing sports all my life, it probably just finally gave ou...
Clovis dominates at district track meet
May 10th, 2013
Clovis High sophomore Kane Bender needed a new pole after breaking his during pole vault practice earlier this week.Suffice it to say, the new one — actually an old one found by CHS as...
Residents 'relay big'
May 10th, 2013
Area residents gathered at Ned Houk Park north of Clovis on Friday night to “relay big” and honor those who have battled cancer as well as raise funds to fight cancer in the Relay For L...
CCC students take next step
May 10th, 2013
Family, friends and faculty packed the Clovis Civic Center as Clovis Community College honored this year’s graduates at a commencement ceremony held Friday evening.
Scaring Mom has potential to backfire
May 10th, 2013
Mother’s Day is tomorrow. I’ll catch up with mom and see how she’s doing. I’ll tell her she’s “The Greatest Mom Ever” and how much I love her. ...
In search of ponies: Celebrate your pet this week, or month
May 10th, 2013
Did you know it’s national pet week (or month depending on the source)? They made sure I did, which I suppose is a good thing since it’s not something I would normall...
Clovis man found guilty of child porn charges
May 10th, 2013
A 58-year-old Clovis man faces 33 years in prison after a jury convicted him Friday on multiple counts of possessing and distributing child pornography, according to District Attorney Matt Chandler...
On The Shelves
May 10th, 2013
The follow books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: Nelson Mandela: A Force for Freedom by Christina Scott chronicl...
Fire tower one of state's many hidden gems
May 10th, 2013
It looks like a lighthouse, this forest service fire tower hidden in plain sight on Monjeau Peak, just outside of Ruidoso. That is, of course, a contextual association, feasible only for one like m...
Club Notes
May 10th, 2013
PRMC Auxiliary Plains Regional Medical Center held a Pink Ladies Tea and Fashion Show on A...
Knit garments, thinning tips on broadcasts
May 10th, 2013
Information on ways to look thinner, preparing toffee and fitting and designing knit garments will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursda...
Engagements May — 12
May 10th, 2013
Potts-Grimsrud Craig and Jerri Grimsrud of Wolf Point, Mont., announce the engagement and...
Honors — May 12
May 10th, 2013
JonesTrenton P. Jones has been awarded a $500 educational award in a national competition with other s...
Claytons role models to all of us
May 10th, 2013
I went to the funeral of my high school principal last week.Emmitt Clayton showed his male students it was OK to be gentle and kind and he demonstrated to female students that even handsome...
Our People — College town guy
May 10th, 2013
Why did you decide to start your practice in Portales? I was attracted to Portales because it was a college town and I’ve been in college towns for a while. I liked the thoug...
Each day is one day closer to Jesus
May 9th, 2013
Have you ever returned to the home of your childhood and find it to be almost unrecognizable? You had remembered it so vividly but now it looks so different?My grandmother lived by the highw...
New ENMU College of Business dean named
May 9th, 2013
Janet Buzzard has been named the new dean for the College of Business at Eastern New Mexico University, according to an ENMU press release. Buzzard earned her bachelor’s degree of scie...
Events Calendar — May 10
May 9th, 2013
TodayAerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598.Dale Ha...
My Turn — ‘Transylvania’: Good family fun
May 9th, 2013
One of the most recent animated movies I’ve watched is Hotel Transylvania, which puts an interesting and humorous spin on Dracula and other infamous monsters.Let’s face it, certa...
Woody Guthrie sing-along draws locals
May 9th, 2013
Woody Guthrie did what he was famous for Thursday night at the Portales Yam Theatre, organizing and uniting people.Locals sang with passion as they clapped along to the folk icon’s tun...
Zias softball coach resigns after four seasons
May 9th, 2013
Eastern New Mexico University softball coach Lauren Sigwing has announced her resignation after four seasons at the school.Sigwing, who came to ENMU from Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College...
Clovis to host District 4-3A track meet
May 9th, 2013
CLOVIS — Clovis High School will host combined District 4-5A and District 4-3A track meets today at Leon Williams Stadium. The 4-5A meet consists of Clovis, Hobbs and Carlsbad, while t...
PHS doubles team bows in 1A-3A quarterfinal round
May 9th, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales High’s third and final entry in Class 1A-3A state doubles competition was ousted on Thursday morning.Juniors Emily Walker and Jessie Privett took a one-set...
Lady Rams seeking elusive 3A title
May 9th, 2013
Portales Lady Rams softball coach Robbie Crowley is excited to lead this year's squad into the state tournament. But she also feels the heat because of thei team's No. 1 seed, and its rece...
Rams begin bid for repeat 3A baseball title
May 9th, 2013
The defending 3A state champion Portales Rams begin their quest toward a second consecutive state baseball title this weekend with a three-game, round-of-16 series against Bloomfield at Ram Field,...
Fugitive has evaded justice far too long
May 9th, 2013
For four years, Francisco Melgar-Cabrera has escaped American justice. And Stephanie Anderson has been dead. The first half of that equation needs to change, because the second part can’t.
Government supremacy belief is wrong
May 9th, 2013
I find it sad that whenever someone wants to do something, the first question most people ask is whether government allows it, requires a license, or forbids it. That&rsqu...
Meetings Watch: Local Growth Management Committee — May 9
May 8th, 2013
The Local Growth Management Committee met Wednesday at 321 North Connelly to discuss the following: The LGMC approved of an extension for the LGMC’s Regional Grow...
Setting it Straight — May 9
May 8th, 2013
A story about the Roosevelt County Commission meeting in Wednesday’s edition included incorrect information. The commission rejected a $43,000 bid to purchase a forklift because $26,000 was s...
Events Calendar — May 9
May 8th, 2013
TodaySuperintendent candidate meet-and-greet — 3 p.m., L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices Board Room. Henry Montano, di...
Zias add trio of locals
May 8th, 2013
The Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team has added three former small-school state champions with local roots to play for the 2013-14 squad.The signings bring aboard j...
Portales drops two in doubles
May 8th, 2013
Due to what coach Brian Kirchner estimated to be tight play, Portales’ doubles teams went 0-for-2 Wednesday in the first round of doubles competition at the Jerry Cline Complex in Albuquerque...
Capitan edges Floyd in pitchers’ duel
May 8th, 2013
CAPITAN — Floyd played in the type of game a purist would love Wednesday afternoon in Capitan, with four runs allowed and 25 total strikeouts with both pitchers going the distance in the Clas...
My Turn — Many road signs can counter logic
May 8th, 2013
I’m the kind of person who is always looking for signs. No, literally.Two that I pass on my regular forays up and down New Mexico 206 are “Watch for water” and “Dust...
Q&A: Queen of the Dance
May 8th, 2013
Trenna McKinley has been dancing since she was 8 years old. McKinley, an eighth grader, will be transitioning into high school next year and said she will be performing with the Portales High Schoo...
Portales man charged with sexual assault
May 8th, 2013
A Portales man charged with the criminal sexual penetration of a 14-year-old girl was released from jail Tuesday on a $30,000 cash bond.Jose Zamora, 29, of Portales has been accused of rapin...
ENMU employee charged with embezzlement
May 8th, 2013
An Eastern New Mexico University employee has been charged with embezzling more than $15,000 from the university.Jeremy Phillippi, 26, was arrested Saturday after admitting to using a univer...
Police Blotter — May 9
May 8th, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for:TuesdayCaller reported:• 1:19 a.m.: Neighbor dispu...
Rams, Lady Rams set for 1A-3A state doubles
May 7th, 2013
While Portales coach Brian Kirchner was a little disappointed with the way his boys team was treated in the Class 1A-3A state tennis seeding meeting on Sunday, he said the Rams and Lady Rams intend...
Farmers to get payouts
May 7th, 2013
Farmers waiting on payouts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their participation in an insurance program for grazing losses can expect to see the money as early as Friday, according to a...
Meetings Watch: Portales City Council — May 8
May 7th, 2013
The following took place at the Portales City Council meeting Tuesday night:A presentation of the first Employees of the Quarter Award to Susan Baysinger, capital proje...
Senator opening local office
May 7th, 2013
Portales Mayor Sharon King is enthusiastic about U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., opening an office in Portales, a first for the area.“I’m very excited because he’s always been...
Meetings Watch: Eastern Plains Council of Governments — May 8
May 7th, 2013
The Eastern Plains Council of Governments met Tuesday at 418 Main Street to discuss the following: The 2013-2014 fiscal year budget was reviewed. The proposed operating...
Quick to mock what needs mocking
May 7th, 2013
Anybody who’s known me for five minutes knows I’m quick to mock something that needs mocking. They know this in five minutes because that’s usually the amount of time it takes for...
Meetings Watch: Roosevelt County Commission — May 8
May 7th, 2013
The following took place at the Roosevelt County Commission meeting Tuesday:The commission received an update on the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Project....
Events Calendar — May 8
May 7th, 2013
TodayAerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598.Prescho...
My Turn — It truly is a small world
May 7th, 2013
Do you remember your 10th birthday? Adrian Vandevender does. When working on last week’s weather story, I tried to find someone who was alive in 1935, during the Great Depression, for that wa...
Police Blotter — May 8
May 7th, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for:MondayCaller reported:• 1:36 p.m.: Suspicious acti...
Abortion case has reignited national debate
May 7th, 2013
The death penalty trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has reignited the national debate about abortion, specifically late-term abortions. Abortion is never total...
Treasures in heaven only thing worth piling up
May 7th, 2013
A few weeks after my father passed away in January 2000, my siblings and I re-gathered to go through his stuff. And I resolved to keep less stuff. Dad left us, and many more people as well,...
Meetings Watch: Portales City Council — May 7
May 6th, 2013
The Portales City Council will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Memorial Building.Agenda items include:An ordinance prohibiting aggressive panhandling within city boun...
Meetings Watch: Roosevelt County Commission — May 7
May 6th, 2013
The Roosevelt County Commission will meet 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Roosevelt County Courthouse.Agenda items include:An update on the status of the Eastern New Mexic...
Meetings Watch: EPCOG — May 7
May 6th, 2013
The Eastern Plains Council of Governments will meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at 418 Main Street to discuss the following: The fiscal year 2014 budget will be reviewed. Of...
Events Calendar — May 7
May 6th, 2013
TodayRoosevelt County Commission meeting — 9 a.m., Roosevelt County Courthouse in the Commission Room.Information...
My Turn — Public was spellbound with ‘The Waltons’
May 6th, 2013
Reality television isn’t my cup of tea. Occasionally I catch a glimpse, and the time spent watching isn’t with fascination of the program. No, I’m more fascinated with why t...
Farmers lose thousands
May 6th, 2013
New Mexico farmers who signed up with a U.S. Department of Agriculture insurance program for grazing losses are out thousands of dollars and fear things will only get worse.New Mexico Cattle...
Portales dry spell broken
May 6th, 2013
Scott Parker says if a few days of sun follow Monday evening’s thunderstorm, his lawn and shrubs may have a chance. “There’s nothing like a good rain,” said Parker, P...
Police Blotter — May 7
May 6th, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for: FridayCaller reported:• 12 a.m.: Request for case...
Rams, Lady Rams play at home in first round
May 6th, 2013
Portales High’s baseball and softball teams will start out Class 3A state tournament bids at home this weekend.The defending 3A champion Rams, who dropped a pair of District 4-3A doubl...
Lady Rams come up short in district
May 6th, 2013
ROSWELL — The Portales High girls golf team is hoping for a strong performance in next week’s Class 1A-3A golf tournament at Socorro.Lady Rams standout Paige Hartman didn’t...
Press release: Great White, Night Ranger highlight Clovis Music Festiv...
May 6th, 2013
From the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of CommerceThis year will mark the 26th anniversary of the Clovis Music Festival which honors one of Clovis' most influential and succe...
Pair of benefit races scheduled
May 4th, 2013
MainStreet running 13th editionPortales MainStreet will host its 13th annual Heritage Days 5K Run/Walk and 10K Run 8 a.m. June 15. The race begins at the Yam Theatre, 219 S. Ma...
Girls tennis squad punches ticket to state
May 4th, 2013
The Portales Lady Rams know they’ll be playing in next week’s Class 1A-3A state team tennis tournament in Albuquerque. The PHS boys are crossing their fingers.
ENMU teams both finish eighth at LSC championships
May 4th, 2013
CANYON, Texas — Sophomore Kaspars Briska gave Eastern New Mexico University’s men their second event win in the Lone Star Conference track championships on Saturday, taking the 5,000 wi...
Wheatland School Reunion
May 4th, 2013
Wheatland School The Wheatland School Reunion will be held May 25 in the new Allen Hall ac...
On the shelves — May 5
May 4th, 2013
The following books are avavaile at the: Clovis-Carver Public Library ...
Machine embroidery featured on the show
May 4th, 2013
Information on making “accidental landscapes” on quilts and creating dimensional canvases will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon...
Pinewood Derby more than child's play
May 4th, 2013
Child’s play, as a description of something easily accomplished, takes on a whole new dimension when what one is throwing himself, or herself, into, becomes far more than child’s play.
Too wired to sleep
May 4th, 2013
You can only nod off into your corn flakes so many times before you begin to question why you’re so sleepy. That awakening recently occurred to me, so I asked the doctor about it. ...
Great veterinary medicine Master's Degree thesis ideas
May 4th, 2013
I've been pondering the state of veterinary medicine in the new millennium. These subjects deserve deeper thought or at least a Master's Degree thesis:Why a barber an...
Events Calendar — May 5
May 4th, 2013
MondayAerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598.Zumba
Area Road Construction — May 5
May 4th, 2013
Area road construction and closure information for this week:State and Federal Constructors Inc. will be working in Por...
ENMU honors seventeen retirees
May 4th, 2013
As Eastern New Mexico University’s school year comes to an end, graduates aren’t the only group of the ENMU family to start a new chapter in their lives.ENMU recognized 17 retire...
Portales gets prehistoric
May 4th, 2013
Linda Milbery of Portales sat beneath a tent in Blackwater Draw wearing a tear skirt and learning how to flint knap obsidian as part of the Prehistoric New Mexico Open House this Saturday. A...
Harsh social realities can be overcome if we work together
May 4th, 2013
“Nobody livin’ can ever stop us, as we go walkin’ that freedom highway.” — Woody Guthrie, from “This Land is Your Land.”The...
Join the Clovis/ Portales Sunday Fun-Day Folks at the park
May 4th, 2013
For those expecting satire or a wrestling match with critics, I apologize for today’s column. I am inviting everyone on the High Plains to come to City Park on South Abilen...
Conduct of both parties pushing away potential voters
May 4th, 2013
According to the Oxford Dictionaries it means “dumb.” Urban dictionary says it means “idiot.” Wiktionary says it’s “a stupid person.”
Old-school workout
May 3rd, 2013
Getting in shape for the summer is always hard work, and many local residents are taking their fitness to the next level with boot camp-style workouts.
Governor pays visit to cheese plant
May 3rd, 2013
Gov. Susana Martinez got a slice of local economics Friday during a brief visit to the Southwest Cheese plant in southern Curry County.The first-term governor did not arrive in time for a to...
In search of ponies: Glowing sheep not so baaaa-d
May 3rd, 2013
It’s long been understood that nature has balance and us humans have come to understand — usually about the time we realize we’ve destroyed an ecosystem — that here are reas...
Cats unable to get third leg for state golf
May 3rd, 2013
ROSWELL — Clovis High’s golfers came up short of the third leg needed to qualify for Class 5A state golf. Meantime, the Portales Rams are still without a leg in Class 3A. Both te...
Feds revise proposal for lesser prairie chicken
May 3rd, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — Environmentalists are criticizing federal wildlife officials for their plan to revamp proposed protections for a prairie grouse found in several western states.The U.S. F...
Two senators appointed to interim legislative committees
May 2nd, 2013
Senate Minority Leader Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, and Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, have each been appointed as a voting member for three interim state legislative committees.Ingle, whose Dist...
Police Blotter — May 3
May 2nd, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for:WednesdayCaller reported:3:55 p.m.: Male is holdin...
Windscorpions a value to nature
May 2nd, 2013
Not long ago I received a telephone call from my college buddy, Guido Zecca, who resides in Gallup. He said, “Hey, Ton, I have something I want you to identify.” My comment was, “...
I will never forget you
May 2nd, 2013
Editor’s note: Joan Clayton’s husband, Emmitt, died on Wednesday. She pays tribute with Emmitt’s first-person account of his life.“Please take care of my son.”...
Events Calendar — May 3
May 2nd, 2013
TodayAerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598.
My Turn — Disney still teaching values
May 2nd, 2013
If I were a parent, I would probably be strict about the television shows and movies that my children would be allowed to watch.Many of today’s generation of parents are relaxed with t...
Blackwater Draw site host to open house
May 2nd, 2013
George Crawford says he expects “children” ages 8 to 80 lining up for atlatl (spear) throwing this weekend at Blackwater Draw just six miles north of Portales.Sure the fun stuff...
Local doesn't allow deafness to dictate life
May 2nd, 2013
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of features about the deaf community. An interpreter was used to speak with Jerradan Jones.Jerradan Jones hasn’t let...
Order without coercion is possible
May 2nd, 2013
I have heard people say there is no point in being libertarian because there will never be a libertarian society. Or because there will always be bad guys who will take advantage of others. Or beca...
Portales students celebrate U.S. Law Day
May 1st, 2013
Ninth Judicial District Judge Drew Tatum enlisted the help of children from Brown Early Childhood Center and James Elementary to redecorate his courthouse.Hundreds of Portales students recog...
Q&A: Children’s librarian discovers career by chance
May 1st, 2013
Tawna Luscombe grew up in Roosevelt County, living in Portales and Causey during her school years. After high school, Luscombe went to Clovis Community College and worked as an office manager and p...
Events Calendar — May 2
May 1st, 2013
TodayFriends of the Library — Noon, Portales Public Library. The Eastern New Mexico University’s Swanee Singers wi...
My Turn — Monty can help you find what you want
May 1st, 2013
It’s possible that the best-kept secret in Portales has been hiding in plain sight for the last five years: Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, which operates from the confines of an old co...
Cold weather plunges into High Plains
May 1st, 2013
Unless you were alive during the Great Depression, today might be the first time you’ve seen snow in May in the Clovis and Portales area.According to the National Weather Service&rsquo...
From court to track, Jones excels
May 1st, 2013
Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Alesha Jones, who set Eastern New Mexico University’s record in the women’s 800 meters this spring, started her college athletic career as a bask...
Police Blotter — May 2
May 1st, 2013
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for:TuesdayCaller reported:• 2:22 a.m.: Unwanted perso...
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