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SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com Transition, tragedy in Clovis ❏ Three hold city manager position across 2017. By Kevin Wilson MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] CLOVIS — For the city of Clovis, 2017 was a year with nothing left out. Whether it was transition, tragedy or triumph, every- thing played a part. Most recently, the city approved the first steps in what Mayor David Lansford said would set the current Clovis City Commission apart as a visionary body. After nearly a year of forma- tion, commis- sioners unani- year mously approved a in review master water 2017 plan focused on ensuring a 40-year supply of water for the city. Staff photo: Tony Bullocks The draft includes five action plans — Clovis firefighters climb a ladder to reach the roof at a house fire Wednesday afternoon on Wallace Street. effluent water reuse, water banking, playa lake restoration, conservation land and water trust and the Ute Water Project. The final plan is the long-discussed plan to Cold weather brings out firefighters pump water from the Ute Reservoir in Quay County to Eastern New Mexico BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS visible in downtown Clovis before respon- Nolen said he was not sure how extensive Water Utility Authority members, with ders extinguished the blaze. the damage was but the utilities have been Clovis funding about three-quarters of the CLOVIS — It’s cold outside and that The entrance to the building appeared shut off due to the fire and the house cannot authority. means it’s house fire season. scorched as firefighters wrapped up but the be occupied. “I don’t think it’s going to make any Clovis firefighters were called to residen- building stayed intact. Nolen said the house won’t be inhabitable changes in my life,” Lansford said. “But it’s tial fires on Wednesday afternoon and “It’s just an abandoned, vacant building again until after the investigation is complete going to improve the quality of life for Thursday evening. and it was most likely arson,” said Battalion and the house has been determined to be up future citizens of eastern New Mexico.” While no injuries were reported, both fires Chief Dale Hand. “There’s no utilities to the to code. The water plan echoed to part of the caused damage and major problems for building.” Nolen said he did not know how many city’s transition, as well. Over the course of property owners. The official cause of the fire is still under people lived in the house or where they will the year the committee was led by On Thursday, firefighters were called to a investigation, Hand added. Firefighters have stay in the meantime, but an offer of assis- Commissioner Ladona Clayton, and more shed fire near 8th and Edwards streets in responded to a report of a fire at the same tance from the Red Cross was declined. than one city manager played a role. The Clovis about 5:15 p.m. A neighbor said she location at least once before in the past year. Nolen said there are always more fire haz- city had three overall for 2017. reported the fire a few minutes earlier after On Wednesday, firefighters responded to ards when the weather turns colder. First was Larry Fry, who came to the city seeing smoke from the small abandoned an attic fire at 1110 N. Wallace St. in Clovis. “All the heaters get turned on, the electric in April 2015. He left early in the year, suc- white building next to her house. It was under control in about 45 minutes, heaters are running more of the time and we ceeded by Tom Phelps as interim manager Two fire trucks and an ambulance were on Clovis Fire Chief Mike Nolen said. have more fires,” he said. in April. scene for close to an hour, with the intersec- Nolen said there was possibly insulation Nolen advised those especially with elec- Phelps’ run continued until October, tion on 8th Street blocked off by police burning in the attic and the fire was believed tric heaters to pay attention and make sure when Justin Howalt was hired for the spot. cruisers between Edward and Davis streets. to be electrical in nature, but the cause the cords do not get hot, as well as keeping In his six months, Phelps had plenty to deal A large plume of smoke from the fire was remains under investigation. children away from heaters. with. Just a few months into his time, the city faced tragedy when 12-year-old Gevion Lewis went under water during a July 4 swim with friends at Hillcrest Park. He was pulled out of the water a few min- Wind, storms pounded Roosevelt County utes later by first responders, but died two weeks later at a Lubbock hospital. The ❏ pond was drained when the water tested More than positive for cholera, and later filled. 60 miles of roads Additionally, new signs were placed at the pond to indicate swimming was not permit- damaged by weather. year ted there. Phelps was championed for his leader- By Eamon Scarbrough in review STAFF WRITER 2017 CLOVIS on Page 3A [email protected] this has mirrored or even exceeded, at this point, the dam- PORTALES — Roosevelt age that we sustained during the County had a wet and windy Goliath (snow) storm in 2015,” summer in 2017, with storms she said. flooding over 60 miles of roads and pulverizing homes and That work eventually culmi- File photo buildings. nated in a December declaration A large storm ripped through Roosevelt County on Aug. 3, by New Mexico Gov. Susana The weather ranked among severely damaging property, including Jon’s RV Storage on Martinez that the county receive the year’s top stories for county New Mexico 206. residents. up to $750,000 for “resources The largest storm of the sea- and services necessary to avoid miles,” she said. ing, our round pen was miss- or minimize economic and son hit on Aug. 3, flooding areas Several county residents were ing,” she said. north and west of Floyd through physical harm until the situation also affected by the Aug. 3 becomes stabilized.” Some structures were to parts of the county south of storm. destroyed in the storm, includ- Portales. Hamilton said the funds “Everything just went white ing Jon Skinner’s RV storage County Manager Amber would be used to repair roads, to because of the amount of hail Hamilton, seeing the scope of which rain damage was estimat- that was hitting the house,” said business. ed to be roughly $4.5 million. The building was devastated, the damage, met with state offi- Julie Rooney, who lives in south File photo cials just days after the storm hit “Though we will not be able Roosevelt County. with pieces scattered in a ditch to assess the situation. to repair each and every road “When it stopped briefly, we on the opposite end of New Teenager Nathaniel Jouett is charged “Our road department super- damaged this past summer, we looked out and our bird barn with the deadly shooting at the Clovis’ intendent said that, rurally, that will be able to repair numerous was missing, our shed was miss- ROOSEVELT on Page 3A library.

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Information: 575-762- mail: CLOVIS — Just like Glenn Frey’s hit and air compressor was stolen from a CLOVIS — The Clovis/Curry 6359 [email protected] song from 1984, the heat is on at the property by Portales resident Justin County Chamber of Commerce is Curry County Administration Complex. Husted, 43, and was received by accepting nominations for its 2017 Less than a week after the main boil- Roosevelt County resident Shawn annual awards until 5 p.m. today. er malfunctioned at the building, locat- Castaldi, 45, according to Sheriff The nomination form can be down- EC ed at 417 Gidding, heat has been Malin Parker. loaded from the chamber’s website at D . 29 restored, according to a county news The property was reported stolen on clovisnm.org. release. Wednesday and recovered at approxi- Annual awards include 2017 On this date ... The boiler stopped working last mately 1 p.m. the same day at Citizen of the Year, 2017 Chamber Friday morning due to a short that 1972: Elida students Castaldi’s residence east of Portales, Volunteer of the Year, 2017 Business burned the boiler’s circulation motors, said Parker, adding that the anony- were performing a play of the Year, 2017 Heart Award, the according to Facilities Maintenance mous tip led to the quick recovery. called “Thirty Minutes with 2017 Ken Huey Patriot Award, 2017 Santa Claus.” Superintendent Ben Roberts. “We followed up on that tip and The clerk’s, assessor’s and treasurer’s recovered the property,” Parker said. Ambassador of the Year, 2017 Young Cast members were Professional of the Year and the 2017 Rocky Burris as Santa offices and the district attorney’s office “We actually recovered the property were affected by the outage. before my deputy finished taking the Lifetime Achievement Award. Claus; Mark Daugherty and Those nominated should be mem- Jennifer Hurtt as Father and report from the victim.” Castaldi was arrested on one count bers of the Clovis/Curry County Mother; Jacque Wilcox as Tip helps police Chamber, according to a chamber Daughter; Katy Craig and sive collection of merchan- of receiving stolen property and dise and services to present recover stolen property Husted was charged with unlawful news release. Winners will be hon- Becky King as voices 1 and 2; ored at the chamber’s annual banquet, Sherry Jackson as Mary; Tim to the first baby born in the PORTALES — An anonymous tip taking of a motor vehicle, felony pos- scheduled Jan. 19 at the Clovis Civic Bob Wilson as Joseph; Lupe coming new year. helped the Roosevelt County session of a controlled substance, and Center. Contreras as the innkeeper; To win, the baby had to Sheriff’s Department quickly recover the use or possession of drug para- Danny Sadler, Leslie May, and be born in Curry County, over $2,500 in stolen property phernalia. Information: 575-763-3435 Donald Gibson as the wise and be the child of parents Wednesday afternoon. Both were in Roosevelt County jail men; Carey Lynn Moore as living in or stationed in Heavy emphasis on the quickly on Thursday. — Staff reports the angel; and carolers Mark Curry County. Anthony, Tony Gomez, The lucky newborn was Debbie Gurwell, Darla promised, among other Public record Jail logs Chenault, Sandra Smith, Sam treasures, a “baby exerciser” Southard, Shirley Wilson, from Sasser Drug, baby The following marriage Clovis Booked or possession of drug para- shoes from Children’s licenses were compiled ■ Brett Anthony Gamble, phernalia Ishmael Contreras, Jimmy The following were Vogue, $5 worth of pre- from court records through 26, to Kayala Marie Poppel, ■ Angel Lucero, 33, three Dale Ward, and Jackie booked into local jails Skipworth. scriptions from Kenner Wednesday at the Curry 26, both of Clovis bench warrants ■ Wednesday: Candle lighters were Drug, 10 quarts of milk County Clerk’s Office: Joshua Elias Strlek- ■ Jerry Owen, 50, felony from Campbell’s Dairy, $10 ■ Debbie Davis and Sandra Thomas Lee Orton- Brylski, 23, to Elizabeth possession of a controlled Beard. in a savings account at Mcintyre, 24, to Sherri Lynn Celeste Skermetta, 21, both Clovis Clovis National Bank, a substance, use or possession The production was under Santos, 34, both of Clovis of Clovis ■ James Dimas, 49, pro- baby ring from Holmberg’s ■ of drug paraphernalia the direction of Mrs. Edgar Antonio bation violation ■ Jewelry, and a bassinet from Mark Tapia, 23, proba- Rebecca Shelley, Mrs. Marroquin Chavez, 29, to The following divorces ■ Michelle Chavez, 25, J.C. Penney. tion violation Marion Shaw, Mrs. Bettye Melissa Ann Martinez, 25, were compiled from court concealing identity Lambirth, and Charles Clovis Ambulance both of Muleshoe records through ■ Service promised a free ride ■ Ventura Garcia, 28, pro- Gurwell. Rafael Leroy Marquez, Wednesday at the district bation violation Released home for the lucky mom 24, to Elicia Leona Howe, court clerk’s office in ■ and her new baby as long as Brandon Garza, 30, res- The following were Clovis merchants 22, both of Clovis Clovis: 1957: they lived within 25 miles ■ ■ idential burglary released from local jails were gathering an impres- Caleb Michael Sapp, Helen Page from Allan ■ Scott Foster, 42, traf- of Clovis. 20, to Ashley Nicole Bock, Page Wednesday: ■ ficking controlled substances 18, both of Portales Amanda Jones from ■ Michelle Torres, 41, Pages Past is compiled ■ Joshua David Stumpf, Joseph Lujan Jr Clovis* by Betty Williamson. ■ failure to appear on a felony 25, to Ashley Marie Duon Thuy Nguyen charge ■ Contact her at: McNealy, 24, both of Clovis Jamani McClendon, 20 from Canh Huu Truong ■ Victor Herrera, 34, fail- ■ [email protected] ■ Paul Rey Vincent Michael Day, 31 ure to appear at time and ■ Romero, 25, to Victoria — Compiled by the Staff Evelyn Martinez, 28 place stated in citation ■ Christopher Romero, 32 Andrea Flores, 32, both of of The News ■ Patrick Sengdara, 20, ■ Jake Deatherage, 26 Lottery trafficking (by distribution) ■ ■ Aaron Garcia, 32, pos- Bobby Bently, 29 Wednesday ■ Jon Hausmann, 37 session of a firearm or ■ Markets destructive device by a felon, Meshael Stewart, 28 ■ Powerball Dow Jones: 24,837.51 +63.21 (+0.26%) operating vehicle without Paula Dowell-Hurd, 29 3 9 16 56 60 Gold: 1,295.01/oz Silver: 16.89/oz Oil: 59.84/barrel required headlamps, driving while license suspended or Portales Powerball: 3 Closing Quotes The Coca-Cola Co 45.72 revoked Altria Group Inc 71.27 Southwest Airlines Co 65.87 ■ Angel Lucero, 33, other Powerplay: 3 AT&T Inc. 39.18 McDonald's Corporation 173.10 Atmos Energy Corporation 85.59 Merck & Co., Inc. 56.60 jail Bank of America Corp 29.80 Microsoft Corporation 85.72 Portales ■ Jamani McClendon, 20, Lotto Texas Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 61.77 Newmont Mining Corp 37.51 ■ Citigroup Inc 75.08 PepsiCo, Inc. 119.35 Patrick Burgess, 25, released by court order PNM Resources Inc 40.6 2 4 15 38 48 53 Chevron Corporation 125.58 bench warrant, two warrants ■ Sears Holdings Corp 3.60 Celestino Ruiz, 30, time Delta Air Lines, Inc. 56.35 Tenneco Inc 59.39 for arrest Edison International 63.94 served Verizon Communications Inc. 53.43 ■ Shawn Castaldi, 45, Exxon Mobil Corporation 84.02 ■ Juan Venegas, 45, other Washington Federal Inc. 34.55 receiving stolen property Ford Motor Company 12.58 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc 72.94 jail General Electric Company 17.36 Wells Fargo & Co 61.30 ■ Jesus Gonzales, 43, bat- GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) 35.50 Wal-Mart Stores Inc 99.40 tery Int’l Business Machines Corp. 154.04 Xcel Energy Inc 48.08 * The Curry County Intel Corporation 46.22 — NYSE, NASDAQ, Ino.com ■ Deborah Hudson, 43, felony possession of a con- Detention Center in Clovis trolled substance, concealing does not disclose the rea- identity, bench warrant sons for release in its daily ■ Justin Husted, 43, briefings. easternnewmexiconews.com unlawful taking of a motor Your source for local news and sports vehicle, felony possession of — Compiled by the Staff a controlled substance, use of The News

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salary was bumped to that ■ The city said goodbye to Clovis level because Howalt would a pair of former city com- also take back many of his missioners. Six-term com- from Page 1A engineer duties that were left missioner Isidro Garcia died unfilled when he first left the in November at age 87, ship in the aftermath of the city in 2015 to become exec- while Gloria Wicker died in Aug. 28 shooting at Clovis- utive director for the Eastern February at 86. Carver Public Library. New Mexico Water Utility ■ The commission Teenager Nathaniel Jouett is Authority. approved a new senior center accused in the shooting that Here are some of the other site near the Wellness took the lives of librarians items tackled by the city in Center, located inside Krissie Carter and Wanda 2017: Hillcrest Park. For years, Walters and injured four oth- ■ Commissioners in indications were that a new ers. March approved a hike to the senior center would utilize Lansford called the shoot- gross receipts tax, making the current Parkview ing senseless, while Phelps the rate 8.1875 percent. The Elementary building, desig- said the community was in change is equal to an extra nated to go to the city in shock. 25 cents per $200 spent on 2019 when the Clovis “You hear about this in other communities,” Phelps taxable items. Officials esti- Municipal School district said, “but not Clovis.” mated it would generate had completed a new cam- A state crime victims fund about $860,000 annually. pus near 14th Street and paid medical expenses for The hike, commissioners Schepps Boulevard. anybody injured in the said, was to help offset loss- However, a task force cre- shooting, and residents es from the phasing out of ated through the raised more than $30,000 to hold harmless — a provision Commission on Older Adults take care of unmet needs in by which the state paid found the city had to expend the shooting’s wake. municipalities for the rev- state money before that tran- The hashtag enue it lost following the sition would be complete, or #ClovisStrong soon 2005 elimination of gross face the risk of losing it. ■ emerged, a nod to the receipts tax collection on The commission voted #CannonStrong hashtag food and prescription drugs. 6-2 against an ordinance that started by local residents in ■ City commissioners in would allow residents to the wake of a March training September approved pay have backyard chickens. accident that claimed the raises for nearly every Proponents of the ordinance lives of three Cannon Air employee. said it boiled down to giving Force Base personnel. The pay plan, which neighborhoods control The city was undergoing comes at an annual cost of instead of the city and giving another transition by then, as $742,000, was the result of a residents a better shot at self- the commission approved study that created new job reliance. Howalt as city manager in classifications and salary Opponents of the measure, August. The former city ranges for city employees. who swamped commission engineer began again with The plan did not impact offi- members with calls and Clovis in October with a cers with the Clovis Police emails, said they didn’t want three-year term worth Department, as they collec- chickens in their neighbor- $152,000 annually. The tively bargain with the city. hood.

building formerly housed a rants in the courthouse. Roosevelt national guard armory). While no decision has Parker said his office been made on the issue, the from Page 1A could move into the Portales sheriff’s office has since Police Department’s current reclassified its three trans- Mexico 206, but most of the facility, but wanted to wait port officers as court vehicles inside survived, until that agency moved into deputies in order to provide according to Skinner. the former magistrate court security. “They had little scratches building. ■ A pilot program aimed here and there, but the build- “We’re all just trying to at reducing opiate overdoses ing held up good. The boats, work as best we can for among jail inmates was most everything is just dam- every situation. We don’t given the go-ahead by com- aged a little,” said Skinner, have a timeframe yet. There missioners in December. who added he plans to was no timeframe in the let- The program, provided by rebuild the $250,000 build- ter. We’ll wait and see,” a $550,000 statewide grant ing. County Manager Hamilton from the New Mexico Also in 2017: said. Association of Counties, was ■ County commissioners ■ In September, the coun- introduced in an attempt to were informed by Sheriff ty was informed by 9th address a “huge opiate over- Malin Parker in October that Judicial District Court Chief dose problem and opiate his department could soon be Judge Drew Tatum that misuse problem” in New in search of new headquar- bailiffs would no longer be Mexico, Roosevelt County ters. responsible for security dur- Detention Center Parker told the commis- ing court hearings in Administrator Justin Porter sion in a meeting that the Roosevelt County. said at a December commis- New Mexico attorney gener- This prompted the county sion meeting. al’s office sent a letter to consider commissioning a The program identifies expressing a desire for the security officer (a cost of detainees that could poten- sheriff’s office to either rene- between $50,000 and tially overdose on opioids gotiate its lease or relocate $55,000 to the county) who and provides them the building in favor of a would have the power to Naloxone, as well as training national guard unit (the make arrests and serve war- in the use of the drug.

Obituaries

Death notices William Charles Greenwalt January 11, 1929 - December 28, 2017 William Greenwalt William Charles "Bill" William Charles “Bill” Greenwalt, 88, of Clovis, NM Greenwalt, 88, of Melrose, died Thursday, December died Thursday, Dec. 28, 28, 2017, at Farwell Care 2017, at Farwell Care and and Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be held at 4:00 Rehabilitation Center. pm to 6:00 pm Friday, De- He was born Jan. 11, cember 29, 2017, at Muffley 1929, in Kittanning, Funeral Home, 1430 Thorn- Pennsylvania. ton. A graveside service will Services: 11 a.m. be held at 11:00 am Satur- Saturday at Lawn Haven day, December 30, 2017, at Memorial Gardens. Lawn Haven Memorial Gar- Information: 575-762- dens, 1601 E. Llano Estaca- do, with Bobby Jack Stewart 4435 officiating. All of his grand- children will be honorary pallbearers. Funerals Bill was born January 11, 1929, in Kittanning, PA to Rus- sell Henry Greenwalt and Ruby Eneska Cornman Green- Today walt. He married Helen Jennette Erick January 1, 1949. Bill Edna Minyen — 2 p.m. loved fishing, traveling, and hunting. He was an avid (CST) at First Baptist Nascar fan, his favorite driver was Dale Earnhart. Church, Bovina Survivors include: his children; Jeffery Greenwalt, Buzz Saturday (Terri) Greenwalt, Bobby (Terry) Greenwalt, Drooper (Sun- Jean Norris — Noon at nie) Greenwalt, Debbie (Carl) Avery, Teena (Richard) Mc- Timpanogos Stake Center in Donald, and Ellie Marin, 16 grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his Orem, Utah parents, wife; Helen Greenwalt, sister; June, son; Mike Rosa Delaney — 10 a.m. Greenwalt, grandson; Coby Greenwalt, and great-grand- at Grady Baptist Church son; Riley Greenwalt. Shelley Turner — 1 p.m. Arrangements have been entrusted to Muffley Funeral at VFW Post 3280, Clovis Home, 575-762-4435, www.muffleyfuneralhome.com Lucyann Bamforth —3 p.m. at The Chapel, Clovis William Greenwalt — 11 a.m. at Lawn Haven easternnewmexiconews.com Memorial Gardens Your source for local news and sports Page 4A Friday Dec. 29, 2017 The voice of Curry and Roosevelt Counties OICES and beyond V THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS Feed the cake and eat it, too here’s this week call it a feast. For a few cattle in the pens that need dark. A few problems are even as the work doesn’t between Christmas hours on that holy after- fed and cows in the pasture solved by the joining of stop, because there are Tand New Year’s that Audra noon, the work isn’t on top that need their water experience and bright enough leftovers, that the just seems to be the of everyone’s mind and checked too. upstarts alike. The closest evenings can be spent Brown there’s nothing but good Someone’s got a pickup things are checked before around the fireplace, instead strangest sort of time. No ◆ matter the work you have to times and family. that needs a little fixing, everyone goes home to bed of fixing food for some or Local Then, it’s time for dessert. and what better time to down. Morning will bring all of us. do or the places you have to columnist be, it still seems like time By the time the first poll the sandhill mechan- the long runs to the further For those few days, while and the world is just a little round of stuffing wears off, ics society than when places and back again. the dessert lasts, you might bit off from the speed that it the real world begins to we’re all together and A holiday isn’t much of a have some cake for yourself normally runs. spirit. come back too. Kids have have had at least one cup break from the daily doings while you cake the cows at Out on the farm and over The family manages to calves that need to be of coffee? That’s right. that agriculture requires. But the ranch. at the ranch, work doesn’t show up at Grandma’s for checked for sickness and to There’s not much of a bet- it does bring a rare pause stop because it’s the season Christmas dinner and most make sure they didn’t step ter time or a better mood. and time for family and Audra Brown hasn’t had for celebrating, but it still found the time to cook out of the fence onto the The wheels start turning good times. There’s more to cook yet. Contact her at: seems to soak up the festive enough food that you can road again. Parents have again before the day gets time for the next few days, [email protected] Let us be vessels for God’s love in 2018 hat are your the corner, the valve open hose that could be connect- sured water that shot out feelings, aspirations and declarations for and water shooting out of ed to the kitchen sink and over the field and totally hopes and dreams and, as a Wthe new year? Judy the hose far into the field. then taken all over the drenched it for hundreds of result, that obedience results Many people call them reso- Brandon The force of the thrust of house to water house plants. feet. The difference was in in a gushing of the love of lutions, but I say that in ◆ water was so powerful and It had a little valve on the the size of the hoses. God out of their lives and each of our minds, many of Religion it was just amazing to end so the water could be What is the spiritual par- people are touched and the us will declare that we are columnist watch. The children and I turned on at the sink, but allel? Some claim they are world is a better place going to do things different- would stop, and get out of the valve would stay closed Christians and profess to because they have lived out ly for the new year. So what the car and stand and watch until it came time to water love God and are connected the Gospel in their everyday areas of your life do you the water shooting some the plant. to the Source. But because lives. plan on making a declara- When Annie, John Scott 100 feet over that vacant I ordered that little hose of unforgiveness, pride, bit- When Jesus told the peo- tion that things will be dif- and Buffy were children, field down the street from because I had so many terness and sin in their ple on the side of the moun- ferent? we lived on the edge of our home. houseplants. It cost $9.99 lives, they suffocate and tain, “Blessed are those who I declare in my own heart town in a newly developed If there was a little and I was so excited when dampen the spirit. hunger and thirst for right- that I will be more attuned area and there was a large breeze, we could feel a the hose came in the mail. I Consequently, the love of eousness for they shall be to God’s will for my life. I vacant field in front of our damp mist on our faces attached my little hose, and God only dribbles out of filled,” (Matthew 5:6) it know many times he wants house. Many times I would from the spray of water. We walked all over the house. them in little amounts, if it might be a commentary on to use me but because of pick up the children from would watch as the once- From the living room to the does at all. the hoses. We can be filled personal hangups or time or school and come home to dry field became soaked bedrooms to the bathroom, On the other hand, there vessels in 2018 to carry the just plain stubbornness, I find a fire engine and a with water that was spew- the little half-inch hose did are those people who give love of God to all we meet. refuse to follow the oppor- smaller fire department ing out of that fire hose. the job for my houseplants. all that they have. They tunities of service he gives truck with several firefight- About that same time I Then one day it dawned acknowledge to God that Judy Brandon writes me each day. A good illus- ers positioned in the field. saw an advertisement on on me. The same water they have frailties and faults about faith for The Eastern tration of this is found in a The firefighters would be TV with one of those 1-800 source was behind the fire but they submit to God. New Mexico News. true story about my chil- there in place with a hose numbers. It was an adver- hydrant on the corner that They give every bit of them- Contact her at: dren. hooked up to the hydrant on tisement for a little watering spewed out the high-pres- selves — their attitudes, [email protected] Thank God for shepherds and stargazers hank the Lord for completely ignored if he time to stop. Or to learn. could “improve” that had derfully, delightfully topsy- shepherds and hadn’t wanted them on the And don’t forget the once been simple, and turvy if not altogether Tstargazers. Curtis tax roll. stargazers, the night sky struggling with such ignored. While muckety-mucks in And isn’t that just like watchers with their faces momentous questions as As Max Lucado writes, Rome were trying to figure Shelburne the king in whose kingdom turned upward focusing on whether shepherds and bak- “Were it not for shepherds, ◆ out new and improved ways the janitor waxing the floor another sort of heavenly ers both had to file the there would have been no to shake even more shekels Religion and whistling “Amazing host while Rome’s bean same Form CCLXI-revised reception. And were it not columnist from the pockets of the Grace” could easily be a counters had their noses or if Form CCLXI-EZ for a group of stargazers, subjugated populace and wealthier man and a truly buried in ledgers, figuring would do. there would have been no further filch the meager mightier citizen than the taxable income, gross At Bethlehem, God gifts.” bread of the common man, whom would be stronger CEO scurrying off to attend national product and formu- reminds us that almost Yes, indeed. Thank God the highest of kings was than an assembly of all of yet another “success” semi- lating plans to try to everything we take for for shepherds and stargaz- pretty much ignoring Rome’s best troops, to nar, completely unaware squeeze twice as much granted about power and ers. Rome. The most powerful that the janitor he bumped work out of tired employ- prestige, success and status appear before shepherds. of all earthly kingdoms was in the hall has already ees for half as much pay. — not to mention “general- Curtis Shelburne is pas- less than nothing compare Shepherds? found success and could Bureaucrats never change. ly accepted accounting tor of 16th & Ave. D. to his. The true king was Yes, shepherds. teach him where to find it if You can be sure they were principles” — in the king- Church of Christ in dispatching a troop of Minimum wage kinds of he’d stop and listen and looking for ways to further doms of men is in God’s Muleshoe. Contact him at angelic hosts, any one of folks Caesar would have learn? But he doesn’t have complicate anything they kingdom beautifully, won- [email protected]

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Today 7:30 p.m. Albuquerque ■ Moscow Ballet’s Great Wagner Noel Performing Arts Tickets: $20 Russian Nutcracker Center, Midland Information: 505-764-0249 7 p.m. Tickets: $50-$70 Wagner Noel Performing Arts Information: 432-552-4430 Feb. 10 Center, Midland ■ Backcountry Film Festival ■ Bettman & Halpin Tickets: $25-$177 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Information: 432-552-4430 Pajarito Environmental Flickenger Center, Education Center, Los Alamos Alamogordo Sunday Admission: $12 advance, $15 at Tickets: $10-$30 ■ Cirque Ziva door Information: 575-437-2202 3 p.m., 8 p.m. Information: 505-662-0460 ■ Jo Koy Route 66 Casino, 7 p.m. Albuquerque Jan. 26 Wagner Noel Performing Arts Tickets: $25 ■ Portland Cello Project Center, Midland Information: 505-352-7829 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $32-$112 NM Tech Performing Arts Information: 432-552-4430 Monday Center, Socorro ■ Lil Xan ■ Disney Live! Mickey & Tickets: $10-$20 7 p.m. Minnie’s Doorway to Magic Information: 575-835-5688 Sunshine Theater, 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. ■ Penn & Teller Albuquerque Wagner Noel Performing Arts 8 p.m. Tickets: $15-$89 Center, Midland Route 66 Casino, Information: 505-764-0249 Tickets: $23-$53 Albuquerque Information: 432-552-4430 Tickets: $28-$59 Feb. 11 Information: 505-352-7829 ■ Classy Glass - Heart to Tuesday Heart glass painting ■ Disney Live! Mickey & Jan. 27 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Minnie’s Doorway to Magic ■ Machine Head Heart of the Desert Winery, 1 p.m., 4 p.m. 8 p.m. Alamogordo Wagner Noel Performing Arts Sunshine Theater, Cost: $35, reserve a space Center, Midland Albuquerque Information: 575-434-0035 Tickets: $23-$53 Tickets: $20 ■ Anthrax, Killswitch Information: 432-552-4430 Information: 505-764-0249 6 p.m. ■ August Burns Red: The El Rey Theater, Albuquerque Jan. 6 Phanton Anthem Tour Tickets: $35-$86 ■ Bird Walk: Los Luceros 2 p.m. Information: 505-510-2582 Historic Site El Rey Theater, Albuquerque 6:30 a.m.-noon Tickets: $23-$40 Feb. 12 Pajarito Environmental Information: 505-510-2582 ■ The Expendables, Through Education Center, Los Alamos the Roots, Pacific Dub Cost: $24 Jan. 28 8 p.m. Information: 505-662-0460 ■ Classy Glass - Winter Sunshine Theater, Wonderland glass painting Albuquerque Jan. 7 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Tickets: $17-$65 ■ Colt Ford, Davisson Heart of the Desert Winery, Information: 505-764-0249 Brothers Band Alamogordo 8 p.m. Cost: $35, reserve a space Feb. 14 Sunshine Theater, Information: 575-434-0035 ■ Tribal Seeds, The Original Albuquerque ■ STS9: Mountain Tour, Wailers, The Expanders Tickets: $22 Modern Measure 8 p.m. Information: 505-764-0249 7 p.m. Sunshine Theater, El Rey Theater, Albuquerque Albuquerque Jan. 11 Tickets: $27-$38 Tickets: $22 ■ Crowder Information: 505-510-2582 Information: 505-764-0249 7 p.m. Wagner Noel Performing Arts Jan. 30 Feb. 15 Center, Midland ■ STRFKR ■ Abba Mania Tickets: $21-$42 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Information: 432-552-4430 El Rey Theater, Albuquerque Flickenger Center, Tickets: $17-$25 Alamogordo Jan. 12 Information: 505-510-2582 Tickets: $19-$40 ■ Rob Schneider - An ■ Jenness N Friends Information: 575-437-2202 Evening of Lies 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Wagner Noel Performing Arts Feb. 17 Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center, Midland ■ Dwight Yoakum Center, Midland Tickets: $37-$52 8 p.m. Tickets: $35-$60 Information: 432-552-4430 Route 66 Casino, Information: 432-552-4430 ■ Full Moon Snowshoe Albuquerque Outing and Potluck Dinner along Tickets: $40-$79 Jan. 13 Canada Bonita Trail Information: 505-352-7829 ■ Laser Spectacular featuring 5 p.m.-8:30 p.m. ■ Red Dot to Blue Dot Trail music of Pink Floyd Pajarito Environmental Hike at White Rock Canyon 8 p.m. Education Center, Los Alamos 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wagner Noel Performing Arts Cost: $5 Pajarito Environmental Center, Midland Information: 505-662-0460 Education Center, Los Alamos Tickets: $32-$47 Cost: $5 Information: 432-552-4430 Feb. 1 Information: 505-662-0460 ■ Ultimate David Bowie ■ STOMP Experience 5 p.m. buffet Feb. 19 8 p.m. 7 p.m. show ■ Black Veil Brides, Asking Route 66 Casino, Spencer Theater, Alto Alexandria, Crown the Empire Albuquerque Tickets: $20 buffet, $39-$69 5:30 p.m. Tickets: $22 show El Rey Theater, Albuquerque Information: 505-352-7829 Information: 888-818-7872 Tickets: $32-$53 Information: 505-510-2582 Jan. 14 Feb. 3 ■ Art of Wine - Winter ■ Joan Jett and The Feb. 20 Wonderland glass painting Blackhearts ■ National Players - Great 1 p.m.-4 p.m. 8 p.m. Gatsby Heart of the Desert Winery, Route 66 Casino, 7 p.m. Alamogordo Albuquerque Flickenger Center, Cost: $35, reserve a space Tickets: $40-$79 Alamogordo Information: 575-434-0035 Information: 505-352-7829 Tickets: $10-$30 Information: 575-437-2202 Jan. 18 Feb. 5 ■ Brass Transit ■ Walk the Moon, Company Feb. 21 7 p.m. of Thieves ■ The Quebe Sisters Flickenger Center, 8 p.m. 7 p.m. Alamogordo Sunshine Theater, Wagner Noel Performing Arts Tickets: $18-$38 Albuquerque Center, Midland Information: 575-437-2202 Tickets: $28-$179 Tickets: $7-$35 ■ Gladys Knight Information: 505-764-0249 Information: 432-552-4430 8 p.m. Wagner Noel Performing Arts Feb. 6 Feb. 22 Center, Midland ■ Tonight Alive & Silverstein, ■ The Ten Tenors Tickets: $59-$89 Broadside, Picturesque 5 p.m. buffet Information: 432-552-4430 7 p.m. 7 p.m. show Sunshine Theater, Spencer Theater, Alto Jan. 20 Albuquerque Tickets: $20 buffet, $39-$69 ■ Red River Songwriters: Tickets: $18 show Drew Kennedy, Josh Grider, Information: 505-764-0249 Information: 888-818-7872 Walt Wilkins, Susan Gibson, ■ 4B, Dubloadz, Gammer Brandy Zdan Feb. 8 JSTJR 6 p.m. ■ Golden Dragon Acrobats 9 p.m. The Liberty, Roswell 7 p.m. El Rey Theater, Albuquerque Tickets: $20 Marshall Auditorium, Clovis Tickets: $20-$27 Information: 575-627-2121 Tickets: $15-$20 Information: 505-510-2582 Information: 575-769-4031 Jan. 21 ■ Jerry Seinfeld Feb. 23 ■ Chris Mann 7 p.m. ■ Popovich Comedy Pet 8 p.m. Wagner Noel Performing Arts Theatre Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center, Midland 7:30 p.m. Center, Midland Tickets: $85-$125 NM Tech Performing Arts Tickets: $60 Information: 432-552-4430 Center, Socorro Information: 432-552-4430 Tickets: $10-$20 Feb. 9 Information: 575-835-5688 Jan. 23 ■ Scaffolding Theatre: ‘Five ■ The Price Is Right Live! Course Love’ Feb. 24 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. ■ Cirque Eloize - Saloon Wagner Noel Performing Arts NM Tech Performing Arts 7 p.m. Center, Midland Center, Socorro Wagner Noel Performing Arts Tickets: $37-$54 Tickets: $8-$18 Center, Midland Information: 432-552-4430 Information: 575-835-5688 Tickets: $30-$65 ■ Golden Dragon Acrobats Information: 432-552-4430 Jan. 25 7:30 p.m. ■ Motionless in White, Every ■ Portland Cello Project Wagner Noel Performing Arts Time I Die, Chelsea Grin, Ice 7 p.m. Center, Midland Nine Kills Marshall Auditorium, Clovis Tickets: $25-$45 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15-$20 Information: 432-552-4430 Sunshine Theater, Information: 575-769-4031 ■ Aaron Watson, Josh Ward Albuquerque ■ Ronnie Milsap - Farewell 8 p.m. Tickets: $23 Tour Sunshine Theater, Information: 505-764-0249 PAGE 6A ✦ FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2017 LOCAL THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS Portales community calendar Clubs/organizations p.m. every fourth Monday each month, 117 Women’s Community Prayer Alliance AA, Men only group — 6 p.m. Monday at United Methodist Church. Information: Dr. 9 to 5 Club meeting — Third Tuesday East 3rd Street. All Masons welcome. luncheon — 11:45 a.m. third Wednesday Church of Christ student center, 207 S. Keith Wilks at [email protected] or each month. Information: 575-356-2132 Information: Vern Newlin 575-626-4408 each month ar Victory Life Coffee House. Avenue K. Information: 575-769-6052 356-8597. Bethel Club meeting — 2 p.m. second Portales Traditional Jam — 2 p.m.-5 Information: 575-359-0050. AA, Twisted Sisters women only group Hope for Hurting Women — 6 p.m. Tuesday each month. Information: 575-356- p.m. Sundays at Wesley Foundation, 1417 S. — 6 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Tuesdays at 1513 S. Roosevelt Rd. 3. 4519. Ave. K. Old time, bluegrass, Celtic music. All Education Church Fellowship Hall, 108 S. Avenue F. Prayer, support and encouragement for Causey Club meeting — Second instruments, ages and skills welcome. Blackwater Draw Museum — 10 a.m.-5 Information: 575-769-6052 women. Information: 575-760-0598. Monday of each month. Information: 575- Information: 575-356-1051. p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Al-Anon: Serenity Circle — 6:30 p.m. NA, Milagro Group — 6 p.m. Sunday, 276-4220 Promise Keepers — 5:45 a.m. Mark’s Sunday. Information: 575-562-2202. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Church of God, 1427 E. Elida Club meeting — Second Thursday Grill, 1126 W. First Street. Information: John 108 South Ave. F. Information: 575-769- Amazon. Information: 575-309-7593. of each month. Information: 575-607-6157 Pugh 575-799-2000. Health 6052 Narcotics Anonymous — 6:30 p.m. Friendship Club Meeting — 1 p.m. sec- Roosevelt County Literacy Council — ENMRSH — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday Bereavement Group — 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Mondays and Saturdays at Christian ond Wednesday of each month. Information: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday at Portales free development screening for infants from second and fourth Monday each month. Campus House, 223 South Avenue K. Public Library. Free GED, ABE, ESL and citi- birth to 35 months. Call 575-742-9032 in Plains Regional Medical Center Home Information: Rick B. at 575-309-7593 575-973-2007 zenship classes. Volunteers needed. Clovis/Portales, 575-487-2372 in Logan, Health/Hospice, 1701 S. Ave. P. Support Parents Anonymous — 7 p.m. Tuesdays High Plains Breastfeeding Alliance — Information: 575-356-8500. 575-461-0212 in Tucumcari and 575-472- group for people whose loved ones have died at 1411 S. Ave. O. Parents can share their Weekly play group, location and times vary. Roosevelt County Association of 3111 in Santa Rosa. and who would like help coping with grief, questions, concerns, problems and solutions Information: Heidi Zamora at 575-763-7964. Educational Retirees — 2 p.m. third HIV/STD testing — By appointment loss and living again. Information: Sandy about parenting. Information: Monica Hayes Masonic Lodge No. 26 — 7:30 p.m. Thursday each month at L.C. Cozzens Monday-Friday at Roosevelt County Health Turner at 575-769-7399. at 575-693-5867. fourth Monday each month, regular commu- administrative offices, Zia Room. Information: Office, 1513 W. Fir Street. Information: 575- Brain Injury Support — 6 p.m. nication, 117 East 3rd Street. All Masons wel- 575-799-9615. 356-4453. Thursdays at Wesley Foundation Building. Seniors come. Infomation: Vern Newlin 575-626- Roosevelt and Curry County Right to Pregnancy and TB Tests — 8 a.m.-11 Contact 575-359-1964 or Portales Senior Dance — 7 p.m.-10 p.m. 4408 Life — Call for time and place. Information: a.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Wednesday [email protected]. Saturdays at Portales Senior Center, 421 N. Mood Elevators fellowship group — 3 575-714-0455 or 575-714-0160 at La Casa Family Health Center, 1515 W Fir. Cancer survivors/caregivers support Industrial Drive. Live band and potluck. $5. p.m. Sunday at Bowl-A-Matic in Fort Sumner, Seasoned Prayer Warriors — Noon Information: 575-356-6695. — 5 p.m. first and third Tuesdays at Mental Information: 575-356-8741. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Calvary Baptist each Wednesday at Emmanuel Baptist Health Resources, 300 East First Street. Seniors commodity distribution — 8 Church Fellowship Hall. Meetings subject to Church. Love the Lord? Non-denominational Support groups Information: 850-797-1153 a.m.-noon third Wednesday of each month at change. Information: 575-478-2525. prayer warriors, Praying for Portales. AA, Lamplighters group — 7:30 p.m. Diabetic Support — 6 p.m. Tuesdays at Los Abuelitos Senior Center. Food distributed Peanut Valley Toastmasters — 7 p.m. Information: 575-356-3588. Sunday, Friday at Church of Christ student the auditorium, La Casa Family Health to people age 60 and up. Application: 575- Thursdays at ENMU broadcast center. Starlight Square Dance Club — 6:30 center, 207 S. Avenue K. Information: 575- Center, 1515 W Fir. Information: 575-356- 356-5056 or at the senior center, 1515 W. Fir Information: Donna Labatt 575-799-3215. p.m. Tuesdays at Portales Senior Citizens 769-6052. 6695. Street. Portales Lions Club — Noon first and Center, 421 North Industrial. Information: AA, Willow group — 6 p.m. Tuesday Divorce Care — 6:15 p.m. Wednesdays Square dance lessons — 7 p.m. third Thursday of each month at Portales 575-760-1170. book meeting, Wednesday, Thursday, at First United Methodist Church parlor. Tuesdays Starlight Swingers offers square Senior Center, Industrial Drive. Information: United Daughters of the Confederacy Saturday open meeting at Central Christian Support/recovery for those going through dance lessons at the Portales Senior Center, 575-760-2417 — Noon first Saturday of each month. Church, 1528 S. Main Street. Information: divorce. Information: 575-356-8597. 421 Industrial Drive. Call 575-356-5509 or Portales Masonic Lodge No. 26 — 7:30 Information: 575-742-0307. 575-769-6052. Grief support — 6 p.m. Mondays at First 575-477-2318. THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS LOCAL FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2017 ✦ PAGE 7A Clovis community calendar Charity Clovis Community Chorus rehearsals p.m. Thursdays, second Tuesdays at various Community, theater room on second floor, Community College, room 101, unless other- Food and clothing — 9 a.m. - 10:30 — 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. rehearsals on locations. General meeting. Information: Jerry 4701 N Prince Street. Speaking and leader- wise scheduled. Pre-registration recommend- a.m., Saturdays, Bread of Life Ministries, Tuesdays at First United Methodist Church Bailey 575-693-2511. Facebook: Clovis ship club. Information: Donna Labatt 575-799- ed. Fees: $15 members, $20 non-members Matt 25 Hope Center. Information: 575-762- sanctuary, 1501 Sycamore Street. Desert Cruzers. clubs.hemming.com/desert- 3215 or Kevin Wilson 575-760-9616. (payable by check only). Register by phone: 2843. Information: 575-762-0479 cruzers. Home at Heart Extension Club — 6 p.m. David Tanner 575-769-1468 Lighthouse Mission — 9 a.m.-11:30 Clovis Evening Lions Club — 6:30 p.m. Eastern New Mexico Amateur Radio third Tuesday each month at 818 Main Street. CPR and First Aid Classes — 8:30 a.m. a.m. and 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. clothing give- Thursdays at K-Bob’s Restaurant, 1600 Mabry Club — 9 a.m. third Saturday each month at Information: Jana Hudson at 575-639-1581 and 1:30 p.m. third Saturday each month for away, Monday through Friday, 407 L. Drive. Information: Joe Whitehurst 575-760- DAV Hall. Information: www.ka5b.org , Roy International Defensive Pistol AHA HeartSaver and BLS classes. Four differ- Casillas Blvd. Information: 575-762-1933. 1379 Creiglow 575-791-3734. Association — 12:30 p.m. third weekend ent classes you can take. Fee includes course Curry County Crime Stoppers — Help Clovis Masonic Lodge No. 40 — 7:30 Eastern Plains Council of Governments each month. Shooting in Muleshoe. Map: bor- book and completion card. Please call for the take a bite out of crime. Cash rewards for p.m. first and third Tuesday each month at the Board — 10 a.m. second Wednesday each der-sport-shooters.org. Information: Joe fees. Information: 575-742-3031 or 575-799- anonymous tips. Information: 575-763- lodge, 3100 Thornton Street, all Masons wel- month at EPCOG office, 418 Main Street, Stanford 806-777-2217. 4114. 7000. come. Information: Randy Stansell 575-762- unless otherwise notified. Information: 575- Joint Veterans Council — 7 p.m. meet- Clovis Municipal Schools Early 4371 762-7714. ings first Wednesdays monthly at various loca- Intervention Services — Developmental Clubs/organizations Clovis-Portales Community Orchestra El Desayuno Kiwanis Club — 6:45 a.m. tions. Call for information: 575-749-3628 screenings by referral for children age 2-5 with American Legion Unit 25 — 7 p.m. rehearsal — 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Thursdays at Taqueria Jalisco, 217 West Just Us Extension Club— 5:30 p.m. sec- suspected disabilities at Student Support ladies auxiliary meeting third Wednesday First Presbyterian Church of Portales. Seventh Street. Information: Allan Isbell, 575- ond Tuesday each month at First United Center, 1600 Sutter Place. No charge to fami- each month; 7 a.m.-11 a.m. first Saturday Information: Ashleigh Talbert, 575-219-2160. 763-6559 or Methodist, Melrose. Information: Carol Moore lies. Information: Mayte Flores 575-769-4490. each month, $6 breakfast, open to the pub- Clovis-Carver Public Library — 10 a.m. [email protected]. at 575-714-4781 Eastern Plains Headstart — 8 a.m.-4 p.m. lic; 2 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays Toddler time; 10 a.m. Thursdays Elida Senior Center— 1 p.m. meeting first Llano Estacado Quilt Guild — 9 a.m.-3 at 901 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Open bingo; 9 p.m.-1 a.m. dance every Friday. Preschool Story Hour. Information: 575-769- Wednesday of each month, board and card p.m. fourth Saturday every other month in enrollment for children ages 3 to 5 years old. 2400 West Seventh Street. Information: 7840. games second Wednesday each month, art May, July, September, November at Trinity Deadline by August. Information: 575-742- 575-763-5392. Clovis Quilters’ Club — 1 p.m.-3 p.m. sec- classes third Wednesday each month, floor Lutheran Church. Information: Shelley Winn 3426. American Legion Post 117 — 5:30 ond Monday each month at Trinity Lutheran games fourth Wednesday of the month. 401 575-763-4398 GED classes — 8:30 a.m. -11:45 a.m. or 5 p.m. ladies auxiliary meeting first Tuesday Church. Open to all quilters, beginners to Clark Street, Elida. Information: 575-274- Martin Luther King Meeting— 6:30 p.m. p.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Clovis each month, 2900 W. Grand Ave. advanced. Information: Shelley Winn 575- 6448. second Monday each month at Clovis-Carver Community College. 8-week classes. Must Information: 575-309-5673; 6:30 p.m. bingo 763-4398 Elida Senior Center Pancake Public Library, 701 N. Main Street. Information: register. New students must attend orientation. at Red Arrow bingo hall, 320 W. 21st Street. Clovis Shrine Club — Noon Mondays at Breakfast— 8 a.m. second Saturday of each 575-762-2752 or 575-777-4721 Information: 575-769-4095. Doors open two hours early. Information: K-Bob’s Steakhouse, 1600 Mabry Drive. All month. 401 Clark Street, Elida. Information: Military Order of the Cooties — 7:30 p.m. Parenting classes — 2 p.m.-4 p.m. 575-763-4030 Shriners welcome. Information: Jerry Shade 575-274-6448. first Friday each month at VFW Post 3015, Tuesdays at Hartley House, 900 Main Street. AMVETS Post 14 — 6 p.m. ladies auxil- 575-762-3781. Encanto Garden Club — 9:30 a.m. sec- 2815 West Seventh Street. Information: 575- Information: 575-762-0050. iary meeting first Tuesdays monthly; 7 p.m. ‘Coffeehouse’ open mic night — 7 p.m. ond Wednesday each month at Muffley’s 763-6561. QPR Suicide Prevention Training — 10 Sons of AMVETS meeting second second Saturday each month except Backdoor. Visitors and new members wel- MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) — 8:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m. first and third Fridays at Matt Tuesdays monthly; 7 p.m. AMVETS meet- December at First United Methodist Church. come. Information: 575-799-5378. a.m.-11 a.m. first and third Tuesday at Central 25 Hope Center, 1200 N. Thornton, Bethesda ing third Tuesdays monthly; 5:30 p.m. Share your Christian favorites. Information: Fairfield Extension Club — 10 a.m. sec- Baptist Church. Information: 941-744-7040 Room on second floor. Free training, RSVP Riders meeting second Saturdays monthly. 575-799-2696 ond and fourth Fridays at Cheyenne Meadows Noon Day Kiwanis Club — Noon first and required. Information: 575-935-8522. All meetings at Post 14, 2010 West Community Bible Study — 9:30 a.m. - Community Center, Clovis. Information: 575- third Thursday each month at various loca- Seventh Street. Information: 575-762-9355 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays. An interdenomina- 763-6505 tions. Information: Elaine Williford 749-0231 Health services Border Sport Shooters (an IDPA Club) tional Women’s Bible study. Open to women of Freedom Foundation — 5:30 p.m. meet- for locations. Birth certificates — 8 a.m.-10 a.m. and 1 — 5:30 p.m. third Saturday each month at all denominations and Bible knowledge. ing first and third Mondays monthly. All meet- Oddfellows Club — 2 p.m. second and p.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday at Health the club range. Call for directions. Central Baptist Church, 2501 N. Norris Street. ings at 913 Mitchell Street. Information: 575- fourth Thursdays each month at 405 N. Main Department. Cost: $10. Information: 575-763- Information: Joe Stanford 806-777-2217. Children's classes for infant to age 5 and spe- 749-3628 Street. Information: 575-762-4843. 5583. Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts Roundtable cial classes for home schoolers through Friends of Bluegrass — 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Order of the Eastern Star — 7:30 p.m. ENMRSH, Inc. Early Childhood Services — 7 p.m. second Thursday each month at school year only. Information: 575-760-8565. Thursdays at Farwell Community Center. first and third Tuesday each month at Melrose — 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday. 2700 E. 7th Saint James Episcopal Church, 1117 N Cub Scout Pack 411 — 6:30 p.m. Bring your instruments for a picking good time. Masonic Lodge. Information: 575-355-2800. Street. Serves Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Main Street. Information: Brian Chambers Tuesdays at First United Methodist Church, Information: Tressie Stroud 575-276-8284. Pintores Art League — 6:30 p.m. first Quay, and Roosevelt counties. Free develop- 575-760-9203 Sycamore. Information: Michelle Bjorklund Friendship Rebekah Lodge — 1 p.m. Thursday each month at CCC Phase V build- mental screenings to children birth to 3 years Boy Scout Troop 226 — 7 p.m. 248-790-3126. second and fourth Thursdays each month at ing, room 524. Information: 575-985-2337. old. Bilingual staff available. Services are free Mondays at Kingswood Methodist Church. Curry County Republican Women — 405 N. Main St. Information: 575-762-4843. Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 to all families. Information: 575-742-9032. Information: Cheryle Csakan 575-760- 11:30 a.m. second Tuesday each month at K- Girls Circle — 4 p.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays p.m. second Wednesday each month at City Free pregnancy testing — 1 p.m.-5 p.m. 6048. Bob’s Steakhouse, 1600 Mabry Drive. at Matt 25 Hope Center. Information: 575-763- Hall. Information: 575-769-7828. Monday-Thursday at Pregnancy Resource Boy Scout Troop 411 — 6:30 p.m. Information: Judy Jennings 575-762-2524 or 7725. United States Civil Air Patrol Clovis High Center, 621 North Main Street. Information: Mondays at Parkland Baptist Church, 921 575-763-4390 Grady Alpha Extension Club — 1:30 p.m. Plains Composite Squadron — 6:30 p.m.- 575-935-5433. Parkland Drive. Information: Calvin Poppen Curry County Health Council — 3 p.m.-4 first Thursday each month at Grady Senior 9:30 p.m. every Tuesday at National Guard Pregnancy tests — 9 a.m.-11 a.m. and 2 575-218-4432. p.m. every third Thursday each month at Center. Information: Katy Machechnie 575- Armory, 601 S Norris Street. Information: beat- p.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Friday 9 Christian Believers Community Hartley House, 900 N. Main Street. 799-5117. [email protected] a.m.-1 p.m. at Women’s Medical Center, Prayer Brunch — 10 a.m. third Saturday Information: 575-763-6009. Gold Wing Road Riders Association — VFW Ladies Auxiliary 3015 — 7:30 p.m. 2000 West 21st Street. Information: 575- each month. Provides Christian counseling Daughters of the American Revolution 6:30 p.m. first Saturday each month at Red first Thursday each month at Post 3015. Men 762-8055. 8 a.m.-11 a.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. for substance abuse, provides a life coach — 10 a.m. second Saturday each month Lobster. Information: Tom Weingates at 575- and women groups meet at same time. at La Casa Family Health Center, $15, 1521 and information for referrals. Christian September through June. Information or 762-5445. Information: 575-763-6561. West 13th St. Information: 575-769-0888. 8 Believers Center, Fifth and Main streets. venue: Pam Wallace 575-760-2127 or Nancy High Plains Drifters Motorcycle Club — Water Policy Board — 9 a.m. second a.m.-4 p.m., $15, La Casa Family Health Information: Sistar Yancy 575-763-1715. Bauder 575-769-3146. 8 a.m. Saturdays and 6 p.m. second Thursday Tuesday each month at City Hall. Information: Center, 1515 W. Fir, Portales. Information: Clovis Astronomy Club — 7 p.m. sec- Disabled American Veterans Chapter 6 each month at various locations. All bikes and 575-769-7828. 575-356-6695. ond Monday each month at CCC room 145, — 7 p.m. second Wednesday each month at non-members welcome. Information: Gary Youth Services Lifeskills Class — 4 p.m.- TB follow-up services — Monday-Friday Third Friday after dark at Ned Houk Park. DAV, 220 West Fourth Street. Information: Baker 575-799-1993 for locations. 5:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at Matt 25 by appointment only at Clovis Health Annual fee: $10. Information: 757-846-7509 575-762-5335. High Plains Patriots — 7 p.m. last Hope Center. Information: 575-763-7725. Department. No charge. Information: 575-763- or Clovis Astronomy Club Facebook page. Disabled American Veterans Chapter 6 Thursday each month at Master’s Center. 5583. Clovis Breastfeeding Support Group Bingo — 6:30 p.m. Monday nights at Red Information: Tim Ashley 575-760-5423 or Education TB testing — 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday- — 6:30 p.m. first Tuesday of each month. Arrow Bingo, Hilltop Plaza. Information: 575- www.highplainspatriots.com AARP Smart Driver Safety Program — 8 Wednesday at La Casa Family Health Center, Plains Reginal Medical Center, Cannon 762-5335 Hi-Plains Toastmasters Club — 7 p.m. a.m.-noon. third Tuesdays in January, March, 1521 West 13th Street. $21. Information: 575- Room. Information: 575-219-2359. Desert Cruzers Car Club cruises — 6:30 Tuesdays at Wheatfields Senior Living May, September and November at Clovis 769-0888. PAGE 8A ✦ FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2017 SOUTHWEST THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS SOUTHWEST New Mexico drug overdose ROUNDUP Family sues police over civil rights death rate drops to 12th SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of due in part to an increase in fen- and family of those who use opi- Public Safety is being sued By Katy Barnitz Fast facts by a Grants family who ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL tanyl overdoses, particularly in oids, as well as the users them- Eastern states, the department said. selves, to have naloxone on hand claims officers used exces- Once home to the nation’s high- Common drugs involved in drug over- Overall, the United States had in case of an emergency. sive force while searching dose deaths in New Mexico from 2013 to est fatal overdose rate, New more than 63,600 drug overdose In a news release announcing the for an escaped prisoner. Mexico fell to 12th place in 2016 2016: deaths in 2016. New Mexico had Lawyer Adam Flores is ■ improved rank, the Health as it was outpaced by Eastern Prescription opioids: 46 percent 500 of them, and of those, the state representing the family. He ■ Department touted other efforts to states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Heroin: 32 percent Health Department said, nearly prevent drug overdoses. Those tells the Santa Fe New ■ Control and Prevention reports. Benzodiazepines: 24 percent half involved prescription opioids. include: Mexican that his clients ■ “This is the first time since Methamphetamine: 21 percent Lou Duran, prevention specialist ■ Expanding methadone clinics, were victims of a massive, we’ve been measuring this that ■ Cocaine: 12 percent with Healing Addiction in our along with the number of such misguided show of police we’re out of the top 10, and that’s Note: In some cases, more than one drug Community, said New Mexico was clinics that accept Medicaid. power. a big deal,” said Laura Tomedi, may have been found in the person’s system, among the first states hit by the ■ Encouraging use of a database The lawsuit was filed head of the state Department of and therefore the numbers do not add up to opioid epidemic, so it had a head that keeps track of the controlled last week in state district Health’s Substance Abuse 100 percent start in launching programs to substances prescribed to patients court. It claims officers Epidemiology Section. fight back. so that those struggling with addic- entered the subdivision “Unfortunately, it’s not because “What the rest of the country is tion can’t seek multiple prescrip- where Rueben Olveda was our rate decreased; it’s because our doing now, we were dealing with tions from multiple providers. hosting a barbecue in cele- rate has plateaued while other and 14.7 in 2014. five years ago,” said Duran, whose ■ bration of his 21st birthday New Mexico’s latest ranking is Requiring law enforcement states have increased.” nonprofit agency offers substance in June. While New Mexico’s rate fell down from second place in 2014 abuse education. agencies to provide officers with The complaint states the slightly, from 25.3 deaths per and eighth in 2015. From 1999 to New Mexico has increased naloxone. people in Olveda’s home 100,000 in 2015 to 25.2 in 2016, 2003 and from 2005 to 2009, New access to naloxone, or Narcan, a Tomedi said the new, lower the rate in top-ranked West Mexico ranked first in the nation drug used to reverse opioid over- ranking is welcome news, but were ordered outside while Virginia soared from 41.5 per for fatal overdoses. Those rankings doses. Duran estimated the drug is there’s still work to be done. officers pointed guns at 100,000 in 2015 to 52 in 2016, do not include the District of saving the lives of hundreds of “While that’s still something to them. They were hand- according to the CDC. Columbia. New Mexicans each year. celebrate, and I think that all the cuffed while the home was Nationwide, overdose death New Mexico was among just 10 “Without Narcan, they would good work the state has been doing ransacked. rates continued to rise across all states in which deadly overdose have just been another number to . contributes to that, I definitely The agency declined to age groups and among both men rates decreased or leveled off from add to the death toll,” she said. don’t think we should rest on our comment on the lawsuit. and women in 2016, reaching 19.8 2015 to 2016, according to the Tomedi said the state Health laurels,” she said. “We kind of Police finally recaptured per 100,000, up from 16.3 in 2015 state Department of Health. That is Department encourages friends have to keep pushing at it.” the prisoner several days later. He had no connection to the family. Texas charter schools struggle with overcrowding Sophia, Noah are THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 22 students per teacher independently from tradi- result of growing demand sizes, said he doesn’t think top baby names during the 2016-2017 tional school districts and for charters. classroom size matters as SANTA FE — Sophia has school year. don’t have to follow many “Many public charter DALLAS — An annual much as teacher quality. overtaken Mia as the top More than half the state regulations, such as schools have not been able report suggests that several “I think if traditional name for baby girls in New schools averaging at least caps on class size. to expand quickly enough charter schools in Texas school districts fired the Mexico, and Noah is the have some of the state’s 30 students per classroom Officials with the Texas to enroll all who seek to bottom 20 percent of teach- were charter schools. Charter Schools favorite for boys. largest class sizes. attend them,” the associa- ers and put more kids with Charters only make up Association said many tion said in a statement. The New Mexico The Texas Education the higher-performing 80 about 7 percent of Texas charters use teacher aides, Education advocates Department of Health percent of teachers, you’d Agency report said most of public schools, the Dallas which can skew class-size have said that smaller class released the list of top baby see a dramatic change in the state’s roughly 8,700 Morning News reported. averages. They also said sizes significantly affect names Thursday. The list is public schools had about Charters usually run larger class sizes are a how well students learn. academics,” Torkelson compiled by the agency’s But Tom Torkelson, who said. “I know that’s not a vital records and health sta- founded IDEA Public popular opinion. But focus- tistics bureau based on birth Schools, a nonprofit that ing on classroom size certificates submitted to the operates charter schools, rather than teacher quality state. including 10 of the 34 is a failed policy that actu- The Health Department charters with the largest ally drives down student has been releasing the top 10 average first-grade class performance.” list since 2014. For 2017, Olivia, Isabella and Emma rounded out the top five for girls. Aurora and Charlotte also made their debuts in the top 10 while Aria returned to the list after dropping off in 2016. Aside from Noah, the top names for boys in 2017 included Santiago, Elijah, Ezekiel and Josiah. Big rig crash spills avocados FORRESTON, Texas — About 40,000 pounds of avo- cados spilled across a major interstate in Central Texas when the big rig hauling them crashed and caught fire. WFAA-TV reports that the spill in Forreston, Texas, Thursday snarled traffic and diverted drivers, closing Interstate 35E for three hours. The 18-wheeler went up in flames. The Texas Department of Public Safety has not released the cause of the incident or the condition of the driver. Police identify Roswell body ROSWELL — Authorities are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found along a street on the north side of Roswell. The woman has been iden- tified as 39-year-old Marlena Guzman. An autopsy will be performed by the Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque to determine the cause of death. Police spokesman Todd Wildermuth says officers were called to the scene after a passer-by discovered the body about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. There was no identifica- tion found on the body, but Guzman’s identity was later confirmed by her family. They told police they had not seen or heard from her since before Christmas Eve. Wildermuth said investi- gators are treating the death as suspicious.

— Wire reports Friday Dec. 29, 2017 Your source for complete PORTS local sports coverage S THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS B Cotton Bowl smells like Roses ❏ Pac-12 champion, Big Ten winner more used to battling in Pasadena. By Stephen Hawkins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARLINGTON, Texas — Coach Urban Meyer could have easily stoked a debate about expanding the four-team College Football Playoff after his Buckeyes were the first team left out this season. Instead, he focused — as much as he could — on the Cotton Bowl matchup Friday night against Southern California, another conference champion. “We’re on the outside looking in twice. We’re in the play- off twice, and twice we’re right on the edge of not being in it. If they extended the playoff ... but I don’t see that happening,” Meyer said Thursday. “College football is just hitting on all cylinders right now, so I don’t know how much I’d change.” The Big Ten-winning Buckeyes won the first champi- onship in the four-team CFP era three years ago. That game was at AT&T Stadium, where Ohio State (11-2) returns tonight to play Pac-12 champion and No. 8 Southern California (11-2) in the second Cotton Bowl for both teams. USC coach Clay Helton mostly agreed with Meyer after initially deferring to Ohio State’s coach with CFP experience to first answer the question posed about if it was time to con- sider an eight-team playoff. “The playoff system has been great for our game,” Helton said. “You’re talking about two teams that were in that con- Tribune News Service photos: Allen J. Schaben (left) and Sam Riche troversy and in that discussion right down to the end, and have the ability to have this game against two really premier Quarterback Sam Darnold, left, will lead USC against Ohio State, coached by Urban Meyer, right, in tonight’s teams in the country. That’s what you focus on.” Cotton Bowl, a matchup of schools usually found in the Rose Bowl. Had the Rose Bowl not been a CFP semifinal this season, the Cotton Bowl is being played for the 82nd time, the ninth “This is just a classic, classic matchup on every level,” Trojans and Buckeyes almost certainly would have been spend- since moving from its namesake stadium to the home of the ing this week in Pasadena, California. The Rose Bowl tradition- Helton said, mentioning the schools, teams and bands. “I NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. think it’s great for college football for this to be able to hap- ally hosts the Big Ten and Pac-12 champions, but this year will This is the eighth time Ohio State and USC have played in a host Oklahoma and Georgia for a bid in the Jan. 8 title game. bowl game. The first seven were all in the Rose Bowl, the last Instead, the two powerhouse programs with more than coming 33 years ago. 1,700 wins combined meet in another traditional bowl. The COTTON on Page 3B ENMU Lady players ’Cats honored ❏ Two ’Hounds named Preseason coast All-Americans. BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS By Peter Stein STAFF WRITER PORTALES — As Eastern [email protected] New Mexico’s 2017 baseball campaign draws near, two CLOVIS — Though it Greyhounds took a little while for the are already Clovis girls basketball team receiving hype to find its before the sea- rhythm Greyhounds son even Thursday, once begins. Middle the Lady infielders Alex WILDCATS Wildcats did de la Cruz and Endy Villalona so, they were were named to Collegiate off and running. Baseball Newspaper's They coasted to a 60-10 Staff photo: Jamie Cushman Preseason All-American Team. victory over Rio Grande on Clovis senior Teya Morris drives to the hoop against Rio Grande sophomore Nadine Vallez in the first quarter of De la Cruz, a second base- the opening night of the the Wildcats 60-10 win Thursday in the Plateau Holiday Tournament at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. man, set a program record Plateau Holiday Tournament last year with 65 runs scored at Rock Staubus short turnaround hoop. But, against Farmington. Tip-off Weaver’s hoop, a Rio Teya Morris had the assist. the floodgates were official- time is 5:50 p.m. Grande miss was followed Baskets from Madison in 2016. He also posted the Gymnasium. second-highest single-sea- Clovis didn’t score until ly open, and Clovis posted a The Lady Wildcats scored by a Weaver defensive Tolbert and Antanishwa not-too-surprising win over the first eight points rebound, leading to a posses- Molett doubled the Wildcats’ son batting average in team 1:40 had gone by in the history (.441). game, finally getting on the hard-working but struggling Thursday, taking charge after sion that ended with her hit- lead to 8-0. board with Kaydee Weaver’s Rio Grande, advancing to the slow start. With Clovis ting an inside basket under tonight’s second round leading 2-0 by virtue of tough defensive pressure. CLOVIS on Page 3B ENMU on Page 3B ’17 was good for Roosevelt County sports

By Eric Murray against Hope Christian at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, in However, the Cardinals got their revenge this time around, STAFF WRITER which the Rams won 8-4, to finish the season with 13 wins in 20-14. [email protected] 14 games. In Elida, meanwhile, the girls basketball team made seven Prior to that feat, the boys and girls basketball teams a truly lucky number. For the seventh-consecutive year, the PORTALES — The Residents of Roosevelt County have looked to make runs at titles of their own. The boys finished Tigers were the girls basketball 1A champs, matching the become accustomed to prep athletic success over the years, 25-5, but came up just shy at The Pit in Albuquerque, falling volleyball team’s equal success. including in recent memory. Once again, the county proved to to Hope Christian in the 4A final, 58-46. Elida won six in a row to end the year, and capped-off a 26- be one of the most competitive in the state, thanks to a strong The girls, meanwhile, had to reload in ‘16-17, and experi- 6 campaign with a 49-38 win over arch-rival Melrose in the 2017 showing that crowned state champions in Portales and enced some early growing pains, which ultimately led to an championship game, 49-38. Speaking of Melrose, the Elida, while others came up just shy of winning championships. 11-loss season. However, despite youth and inexperience, Buffaloes were also responsible for some heartbreak for the Portales had already notched one state title in the 2016-17 Wade Fraze’s team still managed to make a run to the 4A Tigers in 2017. school year when the football team took the 4A crown. semifinals, before bowing to — not surprisingly, Hope Elida volleyball sought an eighth-straight title this past fall, However, this past spring, coach Dusty Nusser’s Rams gave Christian, 55-40. only to have their dreams crushed by Melrose. The Tigers the school another cause for celebration, as his squad finished In the fall, meanwhile, Jaime Ramirez’ team was seeking a had taken three out of four previous matchups between the 24-7 and took the NMAA’s 4A baseball crown. championship repeat in football. After an early season loss at two in 2017, including the district championship game. But, The Rams clobbered Ruidoso in the quarterfinals, 14-4, St. Michael’s, his Rams got on a roll, carrying a seven-game when push came to shove, the Buffaloes rose to the occasion before taking down St. Michael’s, 4-3, in the semifinal. winning streak into their semifinal showdown at Robertson in the 1A title game in Rio Rancho, sweeping the Tigers in Portales then carried that momentum into the title game — whom they beat in the 4A championship game in 2016. three sets, avenging their 2016 title game defeat.

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Portales vs. Albany St. Teachers Coll., 3 p.m. Prep basketball Today Dora at Elida, 6 p.m. Girls Western New Mexico at ENMU, 5:30 p.m. Staff Writer Eric Murray 575-356-4481, ext. 32 Prep basketball Grady at Springer, 6:30 p.m. Lubbock Coronado at Clovis, 6:30 p.m. Men Girls Clovis in Grieder and Sons Classic Portales at Artesia, 7 p.m. [email protected] Dora at Elida, 4:30 p.m. Western New Mexico at ENMU, 7:30 p.m. PAGE 2B ✦ FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2017 SPORTS THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS InIn briefbrief Portales basketball teams Larry Fitzgerald mum on future TEMPE, Ariz.— Larry Fitzgerald might well be the most popular athlete in the history of the state of Arizona. The wide receiver’s resume is packed with Hall of split tournament openers Fame-caliber statistics accumulated over 14 seasons with the Cardinals team that drafted him third overall in 2004. BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS stepped up on Thursday, as Vince Gardner had 12 of Portales’ Add to that his easy-going personality combined with a 53 rebounds, while Tyrese Dawson filled up the stat sheet remarkable durability — he’s missed six games of his 224 LITTLEFIELD, Texas — The Rams boys basketball team with nine boards, eight assists and five blocks. since joining the league — and off-the-field contributions. scored 60 points in the final three quarters of their win over For McBroom, seeing so many of his players contribute A year ago, Fitzgerald and the Giants’ Eli Manning Sundown, 69-49, in the first round of the was key to taking down the Roughnecks. “The good thing shared the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. Littlefield Wildcat Classic on Thursday morn- about today is that we had a number of kids contribute in a And impressively, at age 34, he’s still playing at a high ing. number of ways,” McBroom said. level, all while staying mum on whether he will return for Portales (5-3) trailed 13-4 in the early going, another season. “The kids battled back and it was a great team win.” The and were held to just nine points at the end of Rams will now advanced to today’s winner’s bracket semifi- Last week, he said he would take some time off when the first period. “We were getting really good the season ends to figure it out. nal against Levelland (5-2), played at 3:30 p.m. (Mountain shots in the first quarter — whole first half, real- Time). Should Portales win, it will play in the title game His uncertainty matches big questions with other ly,” Rams coach Rickie McBroom explained. Cardinals, including whether coach Bruce Arians will stick Saturday night at 6:30. “But, we weren’t making them. The difference in the sec- As for the Rams girls (9-2), things didn’t go as well for around for a sixth season, and whether quarterback Carson ond half is that we started making those shots.” Another big Palmer will be back with a mended broken arm at age 38. them on Thursday in Littlefield. Stratford (13-4) knocked difference for the Rams was holding the Roughnecks’ (0-2) down 10 3-pointer’s and built a double-digit lead by halftime, Fitzgerald found it pointless to speculate. offense in check beyond the first period. “What happens after Sunday moving forward, none of en route to a 71-56 win over Portales. Ab Bocanegra scored 20 points on the day, but most of “No. 1, I think they’re good, and nobody shoots like they us can control that on Thursday,” he said. “We just need to those came early. According to McBroom, Bocanegra scored focus on the things that we can control.” shoot,” Rams coach Wade Fraze said of the Elks. “None of 13 of Sundown’s first 16 points, before the Rams switched those girls play volleyball — they play basketball all year into a zone defense, which limited the Roughnecks, a team long, and it shows. We weren’t finding our man in transition Johnny ‘Canadian’ Football? that typically sees more man defense. defense. They’ve got good passers, great shooters and while TORONTO — The Canadian Football League said The rest of the Sundown squad was held to seven points or they’re not real deep, their top three are tough.” less, and as a team, the Roughnecks scored just 18 points Thursday it would approve a contract for quarterback While Portales had an early 7-6 lead, that quickly evapo- after halftime. As for Portales, Braden Bridges lit up the Johnny Manziel if one is reached with the Hamilton Tiger- rated as Stratford hit four of their 10 3’s in the first quarter to Cats, who have the former Heisman Trophy winner on scoreboard with 27 points, including 14th in the fourth quar- ter alone. break the game open. Stratford led by six after one period and their negotiation list. carried a 36-23 lead into the half. The team has 10 days to make an offer to the 25-year- “In the second half, we changed to our zone defense, which allowed (Braden) to be up top when we rebounded,” The Elks’ big three proved to be lethal, as Audrain scored old Manziel, who would remain on the list for another year 30 points, Burr had 19 and James added 14 of her own. As for even if he rejects the bid. McBroom said. “It allowed him to get the ball deep, as Sundown posted him up and he managed to get a lot of shots Portales, Zamorye Cox scored 24 points, while Taylee The league in September said it would not approve a con- Rippee had 21 points and eight rebounds. tract for Manziel until next season and only if he met certain under the basket in the second half.” Besides Bridges, a countless number of other Rams The Rams will now play Friona in today’s loser’s bracket conditions stipulated by Commissioner Randy Ambrosie. semifinal at 8 a.m. MT. The former Texas A&M star played two tumultuous seasons in the NFL until the Cleveland Browns released him in March 2016 amid a number of off-field issues. Hamilton (6-12) finished third in the East Division last year and missed the playoffs. The team said it appreciated COREBOARD the league’s “diligence” and Manziel “for thus far demon- ALL TIMES MOUNTAIN • REPORT SCORES: 575-763-3431 strating the attributes necessary to continue his career in our great league.” S — Wire reports Away 18 18 22 13 — 71 Tucson, Ariz. Home 12 11 15 18 — 56 Basketball Football New Mexico State (5-6) vs. Utah State (6- 3-pointers — Stratford, Audrain 5, Burr 3, Gonzalez 1, Audrain 1. Portales, Zamorye Cox 3. 6), 3:30 p.m. (CBSSN) NBA glance College bowl glance Cotton Bowl Classic NFLNFL SStandingstandings EASTERN CONFERENCE Saturday, Dec. 16 Arlington, Texas Atlantic Division Boys Celebration Bowl Southern Cal (11-2) vs. Ohio State (11-2), The Associated Press • All Times Mountain W L Pct GB Portales 69, Sundown 49 At Atlanta Boston 28 10 .737 — Sundown (0-2) — Ab Bocanegra 20, Gus NC A&T 21, Grambling State 14 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) AMERICAN CONFERENCE Toronto 23 10 .697 2 1/2 Davis 7, Steven Quintanilla 6, Brice Legan 5, New Orleans Bowl Saturday Justin Torrez 4, Christian Huey 4, Jeremy East New York 17 17 .500 9 Troy 50, North Texas 30 TaxSlayer Bowl Philadelphia 15 18 .455 10 1/2 Hernandez 3, Totals 20 3-6 49 Cure Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div Brooklyn 12 22 .353 14 Portales (5-3) — Braden Bridges 27, Rico Orlando, Fla. Louisville (8-4) vs. Mississippi State (8-4), Diaz 14, Vince Gardner 9, Tyrese Dawson 8, y-N. England 12 3 0 .800 432 290 5-2-0 7-1-0 9-2-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 Southeast Division Georgia State 27, Western Kentucky 17 10 a.m. (ESPN) W L Pct GB Isaac Gomez 4, Austin Davis 3, Kellan Las Vegas Bowl Liberty Bowl Buffalo 8 7 0 .533 280 343 6-2-0 2-5-0 6-5-0 2-2-0 2-3-0 Washington 19 16 .543 — Hightower 2, Jase Wallace 2, Totals 29 5-10 69 Boise State 38, Oregon 28 Memphis, Tenn. Miami 6 9 0 .400 265 371 4-3-0 2-6-0 5-6-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 Miami 18 16 .529 1/2 Sundown 14 17 8 10 — 49 New Mexico Bowl Iowa State (7-5) vs. Memphis (10-2), Charlotte 12 22 .353 6 1/2 Portales 9 19 18 23 — 69 Albuquerque 10:30 a.m. (ABC) N.Y.Jets 510 0 .333 292 356 4-4-0 1-6-0 5-6-0 0-4-0 2-3-0 Orlando 12 24 .333 7 1/2 3-pointers — Sundown, Ab Bocanegra 5, Marshall 31, Colorado State 28 Fiesta Bowl South Atlanta 9 25 .265 9 1/2 Brice Legan 1. Portales, Braden Bridges 2, Camellia Bowl Glendale, Ariz. Central Division Tyrese Dawson 2, Rico Diaz 1, Austin Davis 1. Washington (10-2) vs. Penn State (10-2), W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div Montgomery, Ala. W L Pct GB Middle Tennessee 35, Arkansas State 30 2 p.m. (ESPN) y-Jacksonville10 5 0 .667 407 253 6-2-0 4-3-0 9-2-0 1-3-0 4-1-0 Cleveland 24 11 .686 — Hockey Orange Bowl Detroit 19 15 .559 4 1/2 Tuesday, Dec. 19 Miami Gardens, Fla. Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 319 346 5-2-0 3-5-0 7-4-0 1-3-0 4-1-0 Milwaukee 18 15 .545 5 Wisconsin (12-1) vs. Miami (10-2), 6 p.m. NHL glance Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Houston 411 0 .267 325 414 3-5-0 1-6-0 3-8-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 Indiana 19 16 .543 5 (ESPN) EASTERN CONFERENCE FAU 50, Akron 3 Indianapolis 312 0 .200 241 391 2-5-0 1-7-0 2-9-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 Chicago 12 22 .353 11 1/2 Atlantic Division Monday, Jan. 1 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Wednesday, Dec. 20 North WESTERN CONFERENCE Outback Bowl TTampa Bay 36 27 7 2 56 136 88 Frisco (Texas) Bowl Southwest Division Tampa, Fla. W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div Boston 36 20 10 6 46 109 94 Louisiana Tech 51, SMU 10 W L Pct GB Michigan (8-4) vs. South Carolina (8-4), Toronto 37 22 14 1 45 122 104 y-Pittsburgh 12 3 0 .800 378 284 5-2-0 7-1-0 9-2-0 3-1-0 5-0-0 Houston 25 7 .781 — Thursday, Dec. 21 10 a.m. (ESPN2) Florida 37 16 16 5 37 106 121 San Antonio 24 11 .686 2 1/2 Gasparilla Bowl Peach Bowl Baltimore 9 6 0 .600 368 272 5-2-0 4-4-0 7-4-0 2-2-0 3-2-0 Montreal 38 16 18 4 36 100 120 New Orleans 18 16 .529 8 At St. Petersburg, Fla. Atlanta Detroit 36 13 16 7 33 97 116 Cincinnati 6 9 0 .400 259 322 4-4-0 2-5-0 5-6-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 Memphis 11 24 .314 15 1/2 Temple 28, FIU 3 UCF (12-0) vs. Auburn (10-3), 10:30 a.m. Ottawa 35 11 16 8 30 93 119 Dallas 11 25 .306 16 (ESPN) Cleveland 015 0 .000 210 382 0-8-0 0-7-00-11-0 0-4-0 0-5-0 Buffalo 37 9 20 8 26 80 123 Northwest Division Friday, Dec. 22 Citrus Bowl West Metropolitan Division W L Pct GB Bahamas Bowl Orlando, Fla. GP W L OT Pts GF GA W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div Minnesota 22 14 .611 — Nassau Notre Dame (9-3) vs. LSU (9-3), 11 a.m. New Jersey 36 22 9 5 49 116 104 Oklahoma City 20 15 .571 1 1/2 Ohio 41, UAB 6 (ABC) Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal) y-Kansas City 9 6 0 .600 388 315 6-2-0 3-4-0 7-4-0 2-2-0 4-1-0 Washington 39 23 13 3 49 118 111 Denver 19 16 .543 2 1/2 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Columbus 38 22 13 3 47 109 104 L.A. Chargers 8 7 0 .533 325 262 4-3-0 4-4-0 5-6-0 3-1-0 2-3-0 Portland 17 16 .515 3 1/2 Boise Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Georgia (12-1), 3:10 N.Y. Rangers 37 20 13 4 44 118 104 Utah 15 21 .417 7 Wyoming 37, Central Michigan 14 p.m. (ESPN) Oakland 6 9 0 .400 291 343 4-4-0 2-5-0 5-6-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 N.Y. Islanders 37 20 13 4 44 133 129 Pacific Division Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal) Carolina 36 17 12 7 41 102 110 Denver 510 0 .333 265 355 4-3-0 1-7-0 4-7-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 W L Pct GB Saturday, Dec. 23 New Orleans Golden State 28 7 .800 — Pittsburgh 38 19 16 3 41 109 122 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Clemson (12-1) vs. Alabama (11-1), 6:45 L.A. Clippers 14 19 .424 13 Philadelphia 37 15 14 8 38 101 106 South Florida 38, Texas Tech 34 p.m. (ESPN) Phoenix 13 23 .361 15 1/2 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Armed Forces Bowl Sacramento 12 22 .353 15 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE East Fort Worth, Texas Monday, Jan. 8 L.A. Lakers 11 22 .333 16 Central Division W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div GP W L OT Pts GF GA Army 42, San Diego State 35 College Football Championship Dollar General Bowl Atlanta Wednesday’s Games Nashville 36 22 9 5 49 118 100 y-Phila. 13 2 0 .867 457 289 7-0-0 6-2-010-1-0 3-1-0 5-0-0 Mobile, Ala. Rose Bowl winner vs. Sugar Bowl winner, Boston 102, Charlotte 91 Winnipeg 38 21 11 6 48 125 108 Appalachian State 34, Toledo 0 6 p.m. (ESPN) Dallas 8 7 0 .533 348 332 3-5-0 5-2-0 6-5-0 2-2-0 4-1-0 Dallas 98, Indiana 94 St. Louis 39 23 14 2 48 114 96 Dallas 38 20 15 3 43 112 110 Washington 7 8 0 .467 332 370 5-3-0 2-5-0 5-6-0 2-2-0 1-4-0 Atlanta 113, Washington 99 Chicago 92, New York 87 Minnesota 37 19 15 3 41 106 108 Sunday, Dec. 24 Saturday, Jan. 20 N.Y.Giants 213 0 .133 228 378 1-6-0 1-7-00-11-0 2-2-0 0-5-0 Minnesota 128, Denver 125, OT Chicago 35 17 13 5 39 103 94 Hawaii Bowl East-West Shrine Classic Colorado 36 17 16 3 37 113 116 Honolulu South New Orleans 128, Brooklyn 113 At St. Petersburg, Fla. Oklahoma City 124, Toronto 107 Pacific Division Fresno State 33, Houston 27 East vs. West, 1 p.m. (NFLN) W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div Sacramento 109, Cleveland 95 GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-N. Orleans 11 4 0 .733 424 295 7-1-0 4-3-0 8-3-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 Golden State 126, Utah 101 Vegas 35 24 9 2 50 123 101 Tuesday NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Memphis 109, L.A. Lakers 99 Los Angeles 37 22 11 4 48 109 85 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Carson, Calif. x-Carolina 11 4 0 .733 353 305 6-2-0 5-2-0 7-4-0 4-0-0 3-2-0 Thursday’s Games San Jose 34 19 11 4 42 95 84 Utah 30, West Virginia 14 American vs. National, 2 p.m. (FS1) Atlanta 9 6 0 .600 331 305 4-3-0 5-3-0 8-3-0 1-3-0 3-2-0 Orlando 102, Detroit 89 Anaheim 38 16 14 8 40 102 112 Quick Lane Bowl Houston at Boston, 8 p.m. Calgary 36 18 15 3 39 101 106 Detroit Saturday, Jan. 27 Tampa Bay 411 0 .267 304 358 3-4-0 1-7-0 2-9-0 2-2-0 0-5-0 Milwaukee 102, Minnesota 96 Edmonton 37 17 18 2 36 111 117 Duke 36, Northern Illinois 14 Senior Bowl North New York at San Antonio, late Vancouver 37 15 17 5 35 98 121 Cactus Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arizona 39 9 25 5 23 88 134 W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div Philadelphia at Portland, late Phoenix North vs. South, 12:30 p.m. (NFLN) Today’s Games NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for Kansas State 35, UCLA 17 y-Minnesota 12 3 0 .800 359 242 6-1-0 6-2-0 9-2-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 Houston at Washington, 5 p.m. overtime loss. Top three teams in each divi- sion and two wild cards per conference Transactions Atlanta at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Detroit 8 7 0 .533 375 365 3-4-0 5-3-0 7-4-0 1-3-0 4-1-0 advance to playoffs. Brooklyn at Miami, 6 p.m. Independence Bowl Green Bay 7 8 0 .467 309 349 4-4-0 3-4-0 5-6-0 2-2-0 2-3-0 Dallas at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Shreveport, La. Thursday Wednesday’s Games Indiana at Chicago, 6 p.m. Florida State 42, Southern Mississippi 13 The Associated Press Chicago 510 0 .333 254 297 3-5-0 2-5-01-10-0 4-0-0 0-5-0 N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 2, OT Milwaukee at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Pinstripe Bowl West Carolina 3, Montreal 1 BASKETBALL Phoenix at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Bronx, N.Y. Boston 5, Ottawa 1 National Basketball Association Charlotte at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Iowa 27, Boston College 20 W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div Pittsburgh 5, Columbus 4, SO CHICAGO BULLS — Assigned F Cristiano L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. Foster Farms Bowl y-L.A. Rams 11 4 0 .733 465 295 4-3-0 7-1-0 7-4-0 4-0-0 4-1-0 New Jersey 3, Detroit 1 Felicio to Windy City (NBAGL). Saturday’s Games Santa Clara, Calif. Nashville 2, St. Louis 1 INDIANA PACERS — Signed F Alex Seattle 9 6 0 .600 342 306 4-3-0 5-3-0 7-4-0 2-2-0 4-1-0 Miami at Orlando, 5 p.m. Purdue 38, Arizona 35 N.Y. Rangers 1, Washington 0, SO Poythress to a new contract that ends his New York at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Texas Bowl Arizona 7 8 0 .467 269 337 5-3-0 2-5-0 4-7-0 3-1-0 2-3-0 Minnesota 4, Dallas 2 two-way designation. San Antonio at Detroit, 5 p.m. Houston Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 3 LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Assigned Cs San Francisco 510 0 .333 297 370 3-5-0 2-5-0 2-9-0 3-1-0 0-5-0 Portland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Texas 33, Missouri 16 Thomas Bryant and Ivica Zubac to South Bay Cleveland at Utah, 6 p.m. Arizona 3, Colorado 1 Vegas 4, Anaheim 1 (NBAGL). Memphis at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. Thursday MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Assigned F Ivan x-clinched playoff spot Philadelphia at Denver, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games Florida 3, Philadelphia 2 Military Bowl Rabb to Memphis (NBAGL). y-clinched division Washington 4, Boston 3, SO Annapolis, Md. NBA G-League Prep summaries Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 1 Navy 49, Virginia 7 DELAWARE 87ERS — Traded the returning Girls Toronto at Arizona, late Camping World Bowl player rights to F Jerrelle Benimon and a Sunday’s Games Thursday Vegas at Los Angeles, late Orlando, Fla. 2018 first-round draft pick to Northern Arizona N.Y.Jets at New England, 11 a.m. Clovis 60, Rio Grande 10 Chicago at Vancouver, late Oklahoma State 30, Virginia Tech 21 for G Askia Booker and a 2018 fourth-round Rio Grande (0-6) — Briyanna Rodriguez 2, Calgary at San Jose, late Alamo Bowl draft pick. Washington at N.Y.Giants, 11 a.m. Yiselle Garcia 2, Kershawna Maryboy 3, Today’s Games San Antonio FOOTBALL Chicago at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Miranda Berrios. Buffalo at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Stanford (9-4) vs. TCU (10-3), late National Football League Clovis (6-4) — Kaydee Weaver 11, N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Holiday Bowl BUFFALO BILLS — Released S Trae Elston. Dallas at Philadelphia, 11 a.m. Madison Tolbert 9, Antanishwa Molett 8, Teya Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. San Diego Activated S Colt Anderson from injured Green Bay at Detroit, 11 a.m. Morris 10, Mikyla Harkley 5, Sydni Hill 8, Brittni Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. Washington State (9-3) vs. Michigan State reserve. Chavez 2, Annabelle Martinez 5, Aydan Columbus at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. (9-3), late MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed DT Vincent Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. Everett 2. Nashville at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Taylor on injured reserve and WR Leonte Houston at Indianapolis, 11 a.m. N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Today Carroo on the non-football injury list. Signed WR Rashawn Scott and DT Gabe Wright Rio Grande 4 0 4 2 — 10 St. Louis at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Belk Bowl Cincinnati at Baltimore, 2:25 p.m. from the practice squad. Clovis 16 23 12 9 — 60 Toronto at Colorado, 7 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed DE New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 2:25 p.m. Chicago at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Wake Forest (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), Hau’oli Kikaha on injured reserve. Claimed 3-pointers — Rio Grande, Maryboy, Calgary at Anaheim, 8 p.m. 11 a.m. (ESPN) Kansas City at Denver, 2:25 p.m. LB Kasim Edebali off waivers from the L.A. Berrios. Clovis, Morris, Martinez. Saturday’s Games Sun Bowl Rams. Jacksonville at Tennessee, 2:25 p.m. Boston at Ottawa, 5 p.m. El Paso, Texas NEW YORK GIANTS — Named Dave Stratford 71, Portales 56 New Jersey at Washington, 5 p.m. NC State (8-4) vs. Arizona State (7-5), 1 Buffalo at Miami, 2:25 p.m. Gettleman general manager. Stratford (13-4) — Audrain 30, Burr 19, Montreal at Florida, 5 p.m. p.m. (CBS) WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed RB Arizona at Seattle, 2:25 p.m. James 14, Audrain 5, Gonzalez 3, Totals 26 9- Minnesota at Nashville, 6 p.m. Music City Bowl Kenny Hilliard to the practice squad. San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 2:25 p.m. 14 71 Carolina at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. Canadian Football League Portales (9-2) — Zamorye Cox 24, Taylee Los Angeles at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Kentucky (7-5) vs. Northwestern (9-3), Oakland at L.A. Chargers, 2:25 p.m. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Re-signed Rippee 21, Lindsay Blakey 7, Kinzie Davis 2, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) DT Drake Nevis to a one-year contract. Carolina at Atlanta, 2:25 p.m. Aaliyah Austin 2, Totals 21 8-11 56 Arizona Bowl THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS SPORTS FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2017 ✦ PAGE 3B Gettleman is Giants’ new GM ❏ Former Panthers exec coach. Interim coach and defensive coordi- nator Steve Spagnuolo, who replaced will be only fourth Giants McAdoo, has been promised an interview. It would not be surprising for him to inter- general manager since ’79. view Panthers defensive coordinator Steve By Tom Canavan Wilks, whose unit has played a big part in helping Carolina (11-4) fight for the NFC THE ASSOCIATED PRESS South title with New Orleans heading into EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New the final week of the regular season. York Giants have hired former Carolina The Giants interviewed four men for the Panthers executive Dave Gettleman as their job: interim general manager Kevin Abrams, general manager. the assistant G.M. for 16 years; Giants vice The Giants (2-13) announced the hiring of president of player evaluation Marc Ross; the 66-year-old Gettleman on and former NFL personnel executive and Thursday and planned to intro- current ESPN analyst Louis Riddick. duce him at a news conference Gettleman interviewed on Dec. 20 with today. Mara, Tisch and former general manager Ernie Gettleman has a history with Accorsi, who consulted in the hiring process. the Giants. He spent 15 seasons Gettleman originally joined the Giants in with the franchise before the spring of 1998 as then-pro personnel becoming Carolina’s general director Tim Rooney’s assistant. He was pro- manager from 2013-2016, a span in which moted to pro personnel director the following the Panthers played in the Super Bowl after year upon Rooney’s retirement. Gettleman the 2015 season. Though the Panthers missed stayed in the position 13 years, traveling to the playoffs in 2016, finishing last in the scout the Giants’ upcoming opponents and NFC South, Gettleman was initially retained gathering information on every NFL player. by the team, but was fired in July, reported- He became the team’s senior pro personnel ly due to his handling of some of the players. analyst in 2012 and went to the Panthers the Gettleman will be the Giants’ fourth general following season. manager since 1979, following George Young, Ernie Accorsi and Jerry Reese, who held the In his four seasons, Carolina was 40-23-1 job for 11 seasons before he was dismissed on and won three consecutive NFC South titles. Dec. 4 along with coach Ben McAdoo. In 2015, Gettleman was chosen The Sporting “Given where we are as a team, we News’ NFL Executive of the Year after the thought it was important to bring in someone Panthers finished with an NFL-best 15-1 with experience as a general manager and a record and advanced to Super Bowl 50. proven track record,” co-owners John Mara Gettleman has been a part of seven Super and Steve Tisch said in a statement. “Dave’s experience is unparalleled. He did an out- Bowl teams, including three winners. He was with Buffalo in 1990 and 1991; Denver in standing job as general manager in Carolina, Charlotte Observer: David T. Foster III 1997; the Giants in 2000, 2007 and 2011; and and he was vital to our success during his Then-Carolina Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman speaks at the team’s tenure here. Dave is going to bring his own the Panthers in 2015. The Broncos and the end-of-season press conference on January 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina. approach to our organization in how we draft 2007 and 2011 Giants won the champi- Gettleman, who was fired by the Panthers in July, was hired as the New York Giants’ and acquire players through free agency.” onship. Gettleman has been associated with general manager on Thursday. Gettleman’s first job will be to hire a 16 playoff teams in his 30-year NFL career.

Cowboys’ Bryant mulls battled for a rebound. Rio Clovis Grande was called for a foul on the play, and on the ensu- From Page 1B ing Wildcat possession, struggles, nixes pay cut A high-arcing shot by Tobert scored off a Hill dish. Briyanna Rodriguez put Rio On the Ravens’ next posses- Grande on the board, and a sion, Hill came up with a yards and two touchdowns in the top-seeded Cowboys’ play- basket from Yiselle Garcia ❏ steal and drove for a hoop, Star receiver looks back on tough off loss to Green Bay. brought the Lady Ravens to season for Super Bowl-minded team. Overall, though, the numbers are sobering for a player due within 8-4, as they tried to stretching Clovis’ lead to 16- to make $12.5 million with a salary cap hit of $16.5 million make a game of it. 4 to complete the first-quar- By Schuyler Dixon in 2018. Clovis, however, scored 35 ter scoring. straight points, a staggering THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In the three years before the big contract, Bryant averaged The second-quarter scoring 91 catches, 1,312 yards and 14 touchdowns per season. With run that began quietly enough FRISCO, Texas — Dez Bryant didn’t seem sure how to a game he might not play remaining, the averages in the three with a Morris free throw and also ended with a crackle, as respond when asked if he would be willing to take a pay cut years since are 49 catches, 671 yards and six TDs. ended in the third quarter Annabelle Martinez canned a after perhaps the most difficult season of the “I’m a grown man, and I should be able to sit there and with Sydni Hill’s runner in three-pointer, stretching a 36- Dallas receiver’s career. have my frustrations in check, regardless of whatever the sit- the lane, making it 43-4. 4 lead to 39-4. Once the 2014 All-Pro came to his senses, he In between, there was uation might be,” Bryant said. “All I know is if my mind’s Clovis continued rolling, was emphatic. not cluttered, I can beat whoever, whenever, anybody at any some intense play. Late in the “Hell no, man,” Bryant said Wednesday, time. It’s just sometimes I let certain things get to me that I first quarter and Clovis up all the way to tonight’s sec- three days after the Cowboys were eliminated 12-4, Tolbert’s glasses started ond-round game against Cowboys shouldn’t.” from playoff contention with a loss to Seattle. Offensive coordinator Scott Linehan brushed off Bryant’s coming off her nose as she Farmington. “I believe in me.” comments about the scheme, saying it’s the same one Dallas Bryant opened up in his first lengthy session with reporters used on a franchise-record 11-game winning streak last sea- in weeks, taking responsibility for a subpar season by saying son during the sensational rookie years for quarterback Dak he let frustrations affect him during games. But he also said Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott. some of those frustrations were rooted in the offensive “That whole word ‘frustration,’ that’s what everybody’s scheme, which he said he would probably address with focus is on if you don’t win,” Linehan said. “The system has- owner Jerry Jones and coaches in the offseason. n’t changed and there’s no difference. When you don’t win, The eighth-year pro also blamed some of his struggles on people aren’t in as good a mood, I guess.” knee tendinitis, something that hadn’t been revealed. Bryant Bryant has by far the most targets on the team with 124, but was listed on the injury report for three weeks earlier in the has connected with Prescott just 53 percent of the time (66 season, including one week when he missed two practices catches). Again, Bryant pointed to the staff, which didn’t when an ankle injury also was listed. seem to bother coach Jason Garrett. But Bryant didn’t miss any games, and is on the verge of “There’s been a number of those that have been very posi- going all 16 without a 100-yard outing for the first time in his tive for us this year and there are other times it hasn’t been as career unless he sits for a meaningless finale Sunday at good,” Garrett said. “You always look at the things you’re Philadelphia. In his second season in 2011, Bryant didn’t asking players to do, how you’re asking them to do it, when reach 100 yards in 15 games, missing one for injury. you’re asking them to do it, how you’re preparing for them to “I consider myself a warrior,” Bryant said. “If I can walk, do it. You can always do it better.” I can move, I’m going to go out there and try to play. That’s The Cowboys could save $12.5 million in cap room by probably dumb, but hey, that’s just who I am. I love this designating Bryant as a post-June 1 cut. While Bryant dis- game, and I try to push it, but for the most part, yeah, I have missed as “dumb” a question about whether he wanted to been pretty banged up.” remain with Dallas, he didn’t ignore the idea of ending up Injuries are part of the reason Bryant hasn’t lived up to the elsewhere. Staff photos: Jamie Cushman $70 million, five-year contract he signed after his All-Pro “If that came about, I’m still Dez Bryant,” he said. “I’m season. He had career lows across the board in 2015 because Above: Clovis freshman Mikyla Harkley fights through still going over the top. If it’s there where I can grab it, I’m a pair of defenders, including Rio Grande junior of foot and ankle issues that kept him out of seven games. going to grab it. That’s just who I am.” Kershawna Maryboy, right, during the Wildcats 60-10 A knee injury knocked him out of three games last year, but Bryant hasn’t been that guy nearly as often the past three he was productive otherwise and capped the season with 132 seasons. win Thursday night. Below: Clovis junior Brittni Chavez puts up a shot as time expires in the first quarter as teammate Madison Tolbert, center, and Rio Grande single-season top ten lists junior, he ranked fourth in the just three errors in 153 defen- sophomore Briyanna Rodriguez look on. ENMU including, slugging (third), nation in batting average. sive opportunities. on-base percentage (second), Villalona, a shortstop, bat- The Greyhound baseball From Page 1B hits (fourth), doubles (T- ted .383 with 12 extra-base 10th), total bases (sixth), hits in 2016. As a junior, he team will open the 2018 sea- Beyond that, De la Cruz stolen bases (sixth), stolen led the nation in fielding per- son on Friday, Feb. 2, at the also made numerous ENMU base attempts (seventh). As a centage. He also committed Dallas Christian Tournament.

6,873 yards with 57 touch- before making a bulking-up The Buckeyes beat Oregon Cotton downs and 21 interceptions in motion. “He’s just built. ... 42-20 for the national cham- his two seasons. He’s been eating good. I pionship three years ago. The From Page 1B should have gotten on his diet Trojans lost their 2016 season LONE STAR RUNNERS back when I was a freshman.” opener there, 52-6 to defend- pen and to happen right here Both teams have 1,000- ing national champion in the Cotton Bowl.” yard rushers from Texas: BYE-BYE BARRETT Alabama. They recovered USC junior Ronald Jones J.T. Barrett, Ohio State’s from their most-lopsided loss A few things to know about (1,486 yards, 18 TDs) from winningest quarterback with in a half-century to finish last the first Cotton Bowl in 31 the Dallas suburb of 37 wins as a starter, will play years to match conference season as Rose Bowl champs. McKinney and Ohio State his 50th and final game with champions: true freshman J.K. Dobbins the Buckeyes. Barrett is from (1,364 yards, seven TDs). NO ROSES DARNOLD DECISION The 6-foot, 200-pound Jones Wichita Falls, Texas, about a two-hour drive from AT&T While Meyer has a nation- This is could be the final has seen him play but doesn’t al title, he still hasn’t been to game at USC for third-year Stadium, and acknowledged know Dobbins, the 5-10, the Rose Bowl in his six sea- sophomore quarterback Sam 208-pounder from La that it is cool to play his last sons as Ohio State’s coach. Darnold , an expected top Grange, which is between game near home. NFL pick who hasn’t said yet Austin and Houston. “Hopefully get there some if he will return to the Trojans “He looks like he’s from JERRY’S WORLD day,” he said. Meyer was a or declare for the draft. He has Texas. He’s definitely a hard Ohio State and USC are graduate assistant on the until Jan. 15 to decide. The runner, he’s going to have a both playing at the Cowboys’ Buckeyes staff for their only All-Pac-12 QB has thrown for bright future,” Jones said stadium for the second time.. other Cotton Bowl. PAGE 4B ✦ FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2017 NATION THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS Cold snap highlights higher energy costs

By Dabid Sharp to request a fuel delivery thanks increases will effectively reduce THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to federal aid, but only when her the purchasing power by $330 gauge dips to one-eighth of a million, making it imperative that PORTLAND, Maine — tank. the remaining funding be Plunging temperatures across half “I couldn’t get along without released, said Mark Wolfe, execu- the country on Thursday under- it,” said Parker, who lives with tive director of the National scored a stark reality for low- her 93-year-old husband, Robert Energy Assistance Directors’ income Americans who rely on Parker, along with a cat, a dog Association. heating aid: Their dollars aren’t and four birds. This winter, energy costs were going to go as far this winter Prolonged, dangerous cold projected to grow by 12 percent because of rising energy costs. weather this week has sent advo- for natural gas, 17 percent for Forecasters warned people to cates for the homeless scrambling home heating oil, 18 percent for be wary of hypothermia and frost- to get people off the streets and to propane and 8 percent for elec- bite from an arctic blast that’s bring in extra beds for them. tricity, according to the U.S. gripping a large swath from the Frozen pipes and dead car batter- Energy Information Midwest to the Northeast, where ies added to the misery across the Administration. the temperature, without the wind region. But energy prices this winter chill factored in, dipped to minus In western New York and Erie, may even be higher than those 32 (minus 35 Celsius) on Pennsylvania, residents were still projections. According to Wolfe, Thursday morning in Watertown, cleaning up from massive snow- colder weather could lead to even New York, and set a record for the fall. Firefighters had to use a higher levels of consumption, and day of minus 34 (minus 37 bucket loader to rescue someone resulting prices could push the Celsius) atop the Northeast’s trapped in her home in Lorraine, cost of winter heating up to highest peak, Mount Washington, New York. $1,800 this winter for those using in New Hampshire. In Ohio, a third body was heating oil, 45 percent more than Even before the cold snap, the recovered near a car that slid off last year’s level. Department of Energy projected an icy road and flipped into a The cold air is lingering with that heating costs were going to canal days earlier in Oregon, near more artic air sweeping into the track upward this winter, and the Lake Erie shoreline. region, reaching as far south as many people are keeping a wary Despite the cold, there was Texas and the Florida Panhandle eye on their fuel tanks to ensure some good news for recipients of through the weekend. weather observer Adam Gill emp- the teens (minus 11 Celsius to they don’t run out. federal aid from the Low-Income In northern New England, the tying a pitcher of boiling water minus 7 Celsius) when the ball Elizabeth Parker, 88, of Home Energy Assistance region is experiencing one of the into the air, where it immediately drops on New Year’s Eve in New Sanford, Maine, said she lives in Program. President Donald longest, most intense cold snaps turns to snow in the cold and hur- York City. fear of running out of fuel and Trump released nearly $3 billion, on record. At Mount Washington, ricane-force winds. It was so cold officials in New remains vigilant in monitoring or 90 percent, of the funding in where the previous cold record In the Midwest, temperatures in Jersey canceled a New Year’s the gauge outside her trailer, just October after previously trying to was minus 31 (minus 35 Celsius), Minneapolis aren’t expected to Day polar bear plunge, in which in case, especially during cold eliminate the program. set in 1933, the observatory post- top zero (minus 18 Celsius) this swimmers dash into the Atlantic weather. She said she is allowed But projected energy cost ed a Facebook video showing weekend, and it likely will be in Ocean. Democrat Jones officially declared winner

By Kim Chandler going to work for the peo- eleventh-hour legal fight. numbers certified permanently suspended Republican or Democrat THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ple of Alabama in the new Moore had refused to Thursday showed that last year for urging pro- issue as election integrity year. concede his loss to Jones Jones slightly expanded bate judges to deny mar- should matter to every- MONTGOMERY, Ala. “As I said on election and filed a last-ditch law- his lead over Moore. Jones riage licenses to same-sex one,” Moore said in a — Democrat Doug Jones’ night, our victory marks a suit hours before the certi- had a lead of 20,715 in the couples in defiance of fed- statement Wednesday. historic victory over new chapter for our state fication, saying he unofficial returns and was eral court rulings. Rick Hasen, an election Republican Roy Moore and the nation,” he said. “I believed there were voting ahead 21,924 in the certi- Moore’s campaign was law expert and professor at was declared official will be an independent irregularities that should fied result. In all, more deeply wounded by the the University of Thursday as Alabama elec- voice and work to find be investigated. A judge than 1.3 million people sexual misconduct accusa- California, Irvine, said tion officials certified him common ground with my denied his request to stop voted in the special elec- tions. Moore denied the Moore’s complaint did not the winner of the special colleagues on both sides of the election certification. tion, including 22,850 accusations and said in the raise the sort of issues that Senate election, despite the aisle to get Washington Alabama Secretary of write-in votes. lawsuit that he had passed lead courts to overturn an Moore’s last-minute law- back on track and fight to State John Merrill said his Jones is a former U.S. a polygraph test to prove election. He said Moore’s suit claiming voter fraud. make our country a better office has so far found no attorney best known for they are false. complaint might just be a Jones defeated Moore on place for all.” evidence of fraud. prosecuting two Ku Klux Moore’s attorney wrote way for him to fundraise Jones will be sworn in In a brief statement, Klansmen responsible for in the wide-ranging com- Dec. 12 by 21,924 votes in and throw “red meat to his a stunning victory in a tra- on Jan. 3, narrowing the Moore stood by his claims Birmingham’s infamous plaint that he believed loyal supporters.” ditionally red state, GOP’s advantage in the that the election was 1963 church bombing. there were irregularities Merrill said Moore has a becoming the first U.S. Senate to 51-49. He fraudulent and said he had As he launched his cam- during the election, Alabama Democrat elect- takes over the seat previ- to fight Democrats and paign, he said he saw an including that voters may few options left, such as ed to the Senate victory in ously held by Attorney over $50 million in oppo- opening for a rare have been brought in from offering to pay for a a quarter-century. The win General Jeff Sessions. sition spending from the Democratic win against other states. He attached a recount within 48 hours. came after Moore, best In a brief meeting Washington establishment. Moore, a polarizing figure statement from a poll “I can say this. I don’t known for stands against Thursday at the Alabama He said he had no regrets. in the state. Moore was a worker that she had think there is any doubt gay marriage and the pub- Capitol, the governor, “I have stood for the twice removed from the noticed licenses from from the minds of anybody lic display of the Ten attorney general and secre- truth about God and the position of chief justice of Georgia and North that’s in the room that if Commandments, was tary of state signed paper- Constitution for the people the Alabama Supreme Carolina as people signed there was ever a question dogged by accusations of work certifying the final of Alabama,” he said. Court. Once was for defy- in to vote. The complaint about whether Alabama sexual misconduct involv- ballot numbers. It was a On election night, ing a federal court order to also noted the higher-than- conducts honest, fair elec- ing teenage girls that quiet punctuation mark to Moore had pegged his remove a Ten expected turnout in the tion safe and secure elec- occurred decades ago. a tumultuous election hopes on votes from mili- Commandments monu- race, particularly in tions, that question has Jones said in a statement marked by the misconduct tary serviceman and provi- ment from the state judi- Jefferson County. been eliminated,” Merrill that he looked forward to accusations and Moore’s sional ballots. The official cial building. And he was “This is not a said. Academia faces MeToo movement By Maria Danilova legal action. She has filed a allegations of sexual miscon- versities reports being sexual- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS federal lawsuit against the duct. Brett Sokolow, who ly harassed by a faculty mem- school alleging that it mishan- heads an association of sexual ber. And in more than half of WASHINGTON — dled its sexual harassment harassment investigators on those cases, the alleged perpe- WASHINGTON — When investigation into the profes- campuses, estimates that the trator is a repeat offender, Celeste Kidd was a graduate sor’s actions and then retaliat- number of reported com- according to the study. student of neuroscience at the ed against her and her col- plaints has risen by about 10 “Often schools might turn a University of Rochester she leagues for reporting the mis- percent since the accusations blind eye toward sexual says a professor supervising conduct. against Hollywood mogul harassment that they know her made her life unbearable “We are trying to bring Harvey Weinstein surfaced in about or have heard about by stalking her, making transparency to a system that early October, spurring more because a professor is bring- demeaning comments about is corrupt,” Kidd told The women to speak out against ing in a big grant or is adding her weight and talking about Associated Press. harassment in various fields. to the stature of the universi- sex. Academia — like The increase is mostly from ty,” said Neena Chaudhry, Ten years on and now a Hollywood, the media and women complaining of senior counsel at the National professor of neuroscience at Congress — is facing its own harassment by faculty mem- Women’s Law Center. the university, Kidd is taking (hash)MeToo movement over bers who are their superiors. The Education Department But the Trump administra- did not respond to a request tion has viewed the issue of for comment. sexual harassment on campus Activists say young women in a different light. Education pursuing graduate studies are Secretary Betsy DeVos has especially vulnerable to sexu- scrapped Obama-era regula- al misconduct because they tions on investigating sexual depend heavily on their aca- assault, arguing that they were demic adviser to complete skewed in favor of the accus- their degrees, pursue research er. New instructions allow in their field of study and get universities to require higher recommendations for future standards of evidence when jobs. Reporting misconduct handling such complaints. could endanger an academic A forthcoming study of career. And besides damaging nearly 300 such cases in the the women’s mental health Utah Law Review found that and well-being, sexual harass- one in 10 female graduate stu- ment can chase some of them dents at major research uni- out of academia altogether. THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS NATION FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2017 ✦ PAGE 5B Hold your fire on New Year’s Eve

By Linda Robertson car, their windows, their MIAMI HERALD roof, their sidewalk. “We’re shooting up the MIAMI — What goes up night. For young males, it’s must come down. That a strong sense of proving includes confetti — and they’ve got a weapon. But bullets. that’s not manly. That’s Each year as New Year’s showboating. We’ve got Eve approaches, police too many guns and too chiefs and community many people who don’t leaders warn the public care about life.” about the basic law of Starling used to spend physics and the annual New Year’s Eve riding with misguided tradition of neighborhood police and shooting guns in the air. issuing warnings. Now he’s Each year, people don’t lis- likely to be inside his ten and engage in celebra- church “where you can tory gunfire that causes hear bullets firing like property damage, injury crazy.” and even death. Around midnight is a Alcohol, stupidity and dangerous time to be out- irresponsibility are a dan- side. gerous mix, said Miami- “I’ve worked the holiday Dade Police spokesman and whether I’m on the Det. Alvaro Zabaleta. truck or at the station, I’ll “It’s a crime, and you seek cover,” Lay said. “We can kill someone,” he said. tell everybody to be mind- “You’re talking charges of ful of the loud, sharp sound careless discharge of a and if in doubt, seek cover. firearm and reckless Somebody always gets hit. endangerment. Have the “I don’t go out on New foresight to lock your arms Dreamstime: Gary Lewis Year’s Eve because that’s away on New Year’s Eve. Police are calling on people to use common sense on Sunday night through their “One Bullet Kills the Party” cam- when the amateurs go out. I You’re having a party and paign. prefer to stay in and have a now you’ve got a drunk chill time than risk dealing guy with a gun in his sky and firing — also police promote New Year’s are to the head, feet or ach by a falling bullet as he with people drinking and hands. It’s a horrible for- known as aerial firing and Eve safety with such slo- shoulders. and his family ate New doing drugs.” mula for a terrible happy fire — is practiced gans as “You spray, you “When fired into the air, Year’s Eve dinner in the Zabaleta said he expects tragedy.” throughout the world on pay!” and “This ain’t the bullets can return to the Design District; they were Sunday night will be Police are calling on peo- special occasions, holidays Wild West, partner,” a state ground at speeds greater on vacation from Italy. In another busy end of the ple to use common sense and weddings. congressman was shot in than 200 feet per second, a 2008, an 11-year-old boy year for 911 operators. He on Sunday night through In 2003, at least 20 peo- the head and wounded and sufficient force to penetrate was shot to death in Opa- advises people to put their their “One Bullet Kills the ple were killed in Iraq by another man was shot in the human skull,” and bul- locka when a family friend guns in a secure place. Party” campaign, while the celebratory gunfire follow- the head and killed in the lets fired at an angle other fired rounds in celebration, “I was on call last year Rev. Jerome Starling ing the deaths of Saddam past two years. than vertical are more dan- including one into an old and it wasn’t too crazy, but pleaded for “No More Hussein’s sons Uday and “It’s part of the culture in gerous because they travel sofa by a dumpster — not we’re in a melting pot here Stray Bullets” at the Jordan Qusay, and in 2007 four some places where the at velocities much higher knowing that the boy was and people stick to their Grove Missionary Baptist people were killed in sound of the gun replicates than a bullet in free fall, hiding under it. customs,” he said. “The Church on Wednesday. Baghdad following a major the noise of fireworks,” the report said. “We’re not good old parties, the loud music, the “We ask you not to fire soccer victory. In 2003, said Miami-Dade Fire In South Florida most boys whooping it up in the car crashes from drinking your weapons because you there were reports of wed- Rescue Lt. Felipe Lay. recently, a man was grazed country like I was as a kid and driving. Then you’ve don’t know where that bul- ding guests accidentally “Nobody intends harm, but in the shoulder in 2013. In back in rural Georgia when got gunplay with intoxicat- let is going to land and an shooting down a small air- they just don’t realize that 2007, Corey Baker, a father we could shoot in the ed people hurting each innocent person could be plane in Belgrade, Serbia. the bullet will come down. of five, was killed in woods because there were other. I don’t like to be on hit,” said Starling, whose In 2005, a woman was shot And it’s illegal. These inci- Miami when a bullet hit the no houses around us,” the street because there are 5-year-old niece, Rickia in the eye and killed when dents are 100 percent pre- top of his head, and Audley Starling said. “This is a too many careless people Isaac, was struck and killed a bullet came through the ventable.” Banks, 69, was killed in city with lots of potential looking for trouble. I tend 20 years ago as she walked window of her fifth-floor The Centers for Disease Plantation when a bullet victims. When I owned to stay put.” home from a parade. apartment in Queens, New Control and Prevention from an assault rifle pene- restaurants in Overtown, Make a safe party and Shooting guns should not York. A random bullet studied the tradition in trated his shoulder and I’d hear hundreds of transportation plan, be as intrinsic to the holi- pierced a police helicopter Puerto Rico and found that lodged in his heart. In rounds fired into the air on Zabaleta said. day as popping champagne in Riverside, Calif., in two people die and 25 are 2009, a little boy named New Year’s Eve. I’ve had “Yes, have fun,” he said. bottles. But the custom of 1994 and hit the pilot’s injured on a typical New Andrea Fregonese was hit numerous people tell me “But let’s have an unevent- pointing a gun toward the foot. In Texas, where Year’s Eve. Most injuries and wounded in the stom- about bullets hitting their ful New Year’s Eve.” PAGE 6B ✦ FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2017 THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS COMICS FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2017 ✦ PAGE 7B

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