By Dave Wagner: Freedom New Mexico After going through an un-Tarleton State-like 3-8 campaign in 2010, second-year Texans coach Cory Fowler is looking to change the culture of the program. Forty-three of the 100 players on Tarleton’s roster are in the freshman class as Fowler tries to steer away from a reliance on transfers and […]
Racing commissioner has Clovis ties
Eddie Fowler of Ruidoso is vice chairman of the New Mexico Racing Commission, which will be in Tucumcari on Thursday to hear a proposal for a racetrack and casino.
Portales football coach resigns position
By Tony Parra: Freedom Newspapers PORTALES — Portales School District Superintendent Randy Fowler announced the resignation of Portales High School football coach Glenn Johnson during Monday’s school board meeting. Johnson has been the head football coach for the Rams for the last seven years. Before that, he was the defensive coordinator at Eastern New Mexico […]
Portales schools name leader
By Tony Parra: Freedom Newspapers PORTALES — A former Portales school teacher was named the district’s superintendent on Monday night. Randy Fowler, a field service agent for the Region 18 Education Services Center in Midland, Texas, the past six years, said he worked for the Portales school district for 19 years — from 1974 to […]
Fowler, Ruby
Ruby Lee (Lain) Fowler, 80, of Clovis, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, at her home in Clovis. She was born on May 24, 1924, in Lockney, Texas, to Jack and Minnie Lain. She married Gerald Fowler in Raton on Dec. 24, 1945. She worked for Meals on Wheels and the Crisis Center. She was a […]
Rodeo to make Lubbock stop: Reporters Notebook
There will be some major prizes up for grabs when the Top Ranch Hand Rodeo makes its first-ever stop in Lubbock in a few weeks. The rodeo in association with the National Cowboy Symposium will be held Sept. 10 and 11 starting at 7 p.m. and Sept. 12 starting at 1 p.m. at the Texas […]
Care is only a phone call away
By Eric Butler Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series of United Way agency profiles scheduled for publication each Sunday, Wednesday and Friday through Nov. 21. Every weekday morning, “I Still Care” program coordinator Mary Odegaard gets on the phone to call 40-to-50 people. It’s a task she begins at 7:00 a.m. and […]