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Jacob Sivers, 16, of Ignacio, Colo., is reflected in a puddle as he leaves the Curry County Mounted Patrol Arena after a practice round Saturday for the Curry County Fair Arenacross event. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) CNJ staff reports Clovis is on pace for its wettest year in more than a decade after an early-morning thunderstorm dropped seven-tenths of an inch of rain on the city on Saturday. Weather watcher Nancy McPherson said Clovis has received 2.92 inches of rain in August and 16.64 inches for the year. If the city sees a...
Eastern New Mexico said thanks to Cannon Air Force Base personnel on Friday, with games and $6,000 worth of giveaway prizes highlighting the 15th annual Cannon Appreciation Day. Events included a dunking booth, a bouncy castle for the kids, horseshoes, a tug of war and volleyball contest as Air Force personnel enjoyed a day of recreation away from work. “No Air Force Base operates in a vacuum. We are part of a community,” said Col. John Posner, Cannon’s 27th Fighter Wing Commander. “For a community to have a great deal of...
CNJ Staff Reports Most government agencies will be closed on Monday in observance of the Fourth of July Holiday. Many local banks are also closed, along with some retail businesses. The Clovis News Journal offices will be closed, but subscribers who do not receive their Monday papers may call 763-3431, extension 1, between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. for assistance. The News Journal’s newsroom will be open from 3 p.m. to midnight on Monday and can be contacted at 763-6991....
David Gutierrez, of Clovis, finishes a drive on the 18th tee during the Clovis City Golf Championship on Sunday at the Clovis Municipal Golf Course. He won the title with a two-round total 137. (CNJ staff photo, Loretta Kos) CNJ staff reports Some golfers are eternal pessimists. Dave Gutierrez won the Clovis men’s city championship tournament Sunday, after a seven-year layoff from the tournament. But all he could talk about was what he could have done better. “I just didn’t make any putts today,” he said. Gutierrez finishe...
CNJ STAFF REPORTS The Clovis City Commission voted at a special meeting Monday night to send Mayor David Lansford to Washington D.C. this month to request funding for the Ute Water Project. Lansford, chairman of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority, and Project Manager Scott Verhines will make the trip, which could take place late this month. Lansford said he and Verhines will present the project to a House and Senate subcommittee. The plan will request about $245 million in federal funding. The subcommittee will... Full story
CNJ STAFF REPORTS Air Force Headquarters announced Thursday afternoon that the maintenance group at Cannon Air Force Base has been named the best in the Air Force for the year 2003. The 27th Fighter Wing Maintenance Group includes a number of different units responsible for repairing airplanes and keeping them ready to fly. “I am extremely proud of every member of this wing,” said Col. John Posner, 27th Fighter Wing commander. “It takes a combined and focused effort to win an award of this magnitude.” Cannon’s maintaine... Full story
The National Weather Service reported hail in Clovis and the surrounding areas early Sunday evening. Cannon Air Force Base received the brunt of the wet weather reporting 1 3/4 inches of golf-ball size hail and 0.30 inches of rain. Five miles north of Clovis received an inch of hail and had wind gusts near 60 mph, the NWS reported. Areas one mile west Pleasant Hill received nickle-sized hail, the NWS reported. Officials with the NWS did not have official totals for Clovis, but said a trace of rain fell and some light hail.... Full story
CNJ STAFF REPORTS Clovis Community College President Beverlee McClure on Wednesday declined a visit from Austin Community College school officials, an ACC spokeswoman said. McClure is one of two finalists for the Austin college’s president position. The other candidate is Robert Aguero, vice chancellor of educational affairs at Dallas Community College. The ACC Board of Trustees announced at a Tuesday meeting to send visiting groups to the two candidates’ schools. Cile Spelce, director of public information at ACC, said the...
CNJ STAFF REPORTS Austin Community College officials did not select a new school president at Tuesday evening’s board meeting in Austin, Texas. Clovis Community College President Dr. Beverly McClure is one of two finalists vying for the open position. Robert Aguero, vice chancellor of educational affairs at Dallas Community College, is the other candidate. According to Cile Spelce, director of public information at ACC, the board divided faculty and board members into two groups to will travel to Clovis and Dallas in u... Full story
The City of Clovis has the following volunteer board vacancies: Three vacancies exist with the Economic Development Tax Advisory Board, which makes recommendations to the Clovis City Commission regarding the disbursement of funds generated by the economic development tax. The vacancies include representatives from District 1, District 2 and from banking/finance. Vacancies also exist on the Civil Aviation Board. This board makes recommendations to the Clovis City Commission regarding the Clovis Municipal Airport. Anyone...
Curry County deputies and the New Mexico State Police responded about 11:30 p.m. Saturday to a shooting incident in a trailer at the 1300 block of County Road 13. Details were sketchy at press time, but preliminary reports indicated that a young adult male was shot in the head by another person, possibly while engaging in horseplay at a party. New Mexico State Police confirmed they called for the office of the medical investigator but had no details on the condition of the shooting victim. Further information was not...
All candidates planning to run in the June primary must file with the county clerk or the Santa Fe office of the Secretary of State by 5 p.m. today. Candidates who are running for county offices or with only one county in their districts may file in the county clerk’s office. Candidates with more than one county in their districts must file in the Secretary of State’s office. To file, a candidate must have his or her required number of petition signatures and a declaration of candidacy. The required number of signatures can...
CNJ STAFF REPORTS A two-car crash involving a police vehicle led to both drivers being carried from the scene, according to a preliminary police report on the incident. Neither driver had been cited as of Monday evening and the incident remains under investigation, according to Lt. Patrick Whitney, who said he didn’t have additional information on the incident. The crash occurred about 10:30 p.m. Friday night at the corner of Seventh and Beta streets, according to the police report. A 19-year-old Clovis female driver with f...
Contributions to the Salvation Army’s Empty Stocking Fund, which is used to provide Christmas gifts to needy families, fell far short of the organization’s goal, according to results released Friday. According to Capt. Hector Diaz, the Salvation Army raised only $4,781.23 for the fund, a bit more than half of the organization’s $9,000 goal. Despite the financial shortfall, Diaz said that by Christmas, the fund had received a significant number of non-cash donations such as toys. Contributions to Empty Stocking Fund: Anonymous...
Curry County deputies took a 36-year-old Clovis man into protective mental custody Wednesday after he drove onto the rail line dividing Texico and Farwell about 8:45 p.m., according to Curry County Sheriff Roger Hatcher. “We could charge him with trespassing because he did drive down the rail, but if we charge him it makes it more difficult for us to get a psych evaluation,” Hatcher said. “If we do charge him we will charge him tomorrow after we get him evaluated.” Hatcher said officers believe the man intentionally drove o... Full story
The Clovis school board will discuss tonight possible changes to the policy of placing items on meetings agendas. The board of education will hold its meeting at 7 tonight at the administration building at 1009 Main St. A meeting will also be held at 6:30 a.m. today at the administration building to discuss the same items that will appear on the night meeting’s agenda. Both meetings are open to the public. School Superintendent Neil Nuttall’s evaluation will also be discussed in an executive session and the board will con...
The Clovis Fire Department is still searching for the cause of a fire that did about $65,000 damage Thursday morning to a one-family home at the 1800 block of Gerry. According to fire department reports, the department responded at 7:49 a.m., arriving at the scene five minutes later with six trucks and 10 firefighters to a single story brick veneer home and found heavy smoke coming from a converted garage window. The entire room was engulfed in flames upon arrival, so firefighters used two fire lines to attack the blaze from... Full story
Curry County Sheriff deputies and Clovis firefighters investigate the scene of a two-vehicle accident Tuesday at the corner of Curry Roads N and 11. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth. A two-vehicle crash west of Clovis injured two people on Tuesday, one of whom was airlifted to Lubbock, according to Curry County Sheriff Roger Hatcher. Hatcher said one victim was able to escape from her car before it caught fire. According to Hatcher, a pickup truck and a small two-door sedan crashed shortly after 5 p.m. at the corner of County Road...
Clovis police shut down a gas station for more than five hours Saturday afternoon and closed off Seventh Street for about 2 1/2 hours following discovery of a methamphetamine lab in a parked car. According to Lt. Patrick Whitney, the proximity of the mobile meth lab to the gas pumps gave police no choice but to shut down the area. “The store personnel weren’t very happy about it but public safety comes first and we have to do what we have to do,” Whitney said. “There can be a very powerful explosion depending on what method...
Holly Glenn has been named coordinator of marketing and events for Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico. Glenn will be in charge of coordinating public events for all FNNM enterprises and for developing key marketing strategies for all news departments and for Freedom Printing, said Ray Sullivan, senior publisher for the Clovis News Journal, Portales News-Tribune and Quay County Sun. Glenn was marketing director at North Plains Mall from May 2000 until last February. She worked as an administrative assistant for the Clovis-Curry...
The 54th Annual Floyd Lions Club Jamboree will hold auditions at 1 p.m. on Jan. 25 at the Floyd Community Building. These are auditions, not training sessions, Lions Club officials say. Each group or solo artist should have two traditional country/western or gospel songs to audition with. The Lions Club will also hold auditions for special acts. For more information contact Noel Rippee at 274-6370 or 478-2237....
More than a dozen people were booked into the Curry County Adult Detention Center on New Year’s eve and early Thursday morning, in a night that one police spokesman said kept officers running from one part of town to another. Police Lt. Patrick Whitney said Thursday that officers were so busy answering calls they had no time to fill out reports. He said he could not provide a list of charges for those arrested or even estimate the number of calls officers responded to because of the lack of reports. Sgt. Roger Grah, who w...
Because of rising business costs, Clovis News-Journal subscription rates will increase by 25 cents per month beginning Jan. 1. The price of individual papers will remain 50 cents for weekdays and $1 for Sundays. Subscription rates still will provide a 44 percent savings, compared to “off-the-rack” prices, for those getting home delivery and a 24 percent to 34 percent savings for those getting the paper through the mail, said Circulation Director Lynn Berry. Home delivery rates for the paper will go from $8.75 a month to $9 a...
All city and county offices will be open until 5 p.m. today for Christmas Eve, officials said. However, most city and county offices will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Christmas holiday, they added. City sanitation trucks will not make pick ups Thursday, Christmas Day; however, the trucks will make commercial pick ups Friday, a spokeswoman said. All city parks will be closed both Thursday and Friday, a spokesman said. All county offices will be closed both days, officials said. At the News-Journal, all business... Full story
CNJ STAFF REPORTS Many churches in and around Clovis are conducting special services today for Christmas Eve, or on Christmas Day. Here is a partial list of area services, listed by time. Today St. James Episcopal Church, 12th and Main. 5 p.m. candlelight service. (Also 8 p.m.) Details: 763-4638. Sacred Heart Catholic Community, 911 Merriwether. 5:30 p.m. Children’s Mass. (Also 10 p.m.) Details: The Rev. Carlos Chavez, 763-6947. St. Helen Catholic Church of Portales, 1600 S. Ave. O. 5:30 p.m. Spanish Mass, preceded by P...
