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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The Friendship Senior Center opened its front door on Thursday for the first time since the onset of the pandemic in March of 2020, according to Barbara Riggan, director of the city of Clovis Senior Services. Although the state has reopened 100 percent, some safety guidelines will remain in place at the Friendship Senior Center, Riggan told the Clovis City Commission at its meeting on Thursday. Based on guidelines by the New Mexico State Aging & Long Term Services Department, if 85 percent or more of the staff are vaccinated,...
Senior centers across the state are reopening on July 1, according to a release from the New Mexico Aging & Long-Term Services Department. Barbara Riggan, director of city of Clovis Senior Services, said the state has directed them to review the reopening guidance and formulate their own plan for the Friendship Senior Center. “We are working with city officials to put a plan into place,” Riggan said. She hopes to meet with the city today and then bring the plan before the city commission on Thursday for approval, she said. Ch...
The New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (NMDVR) State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) announced Clovis' Kayla Damron as a 2021 award winner. Damron was named the top vocational rehabilitation counselor for Area IV, which includes Clovis, Roswell, Hobbs and Carlsbad. "(Kayla) is a mentor to everyone around her and has a wealth of knowledge," said Tracy Agiovlasitas, chairperson of the awards committee. "She is really good at meeting different people with different...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis has $700,000 to spend on paving roads in residential neighborhoods. At the city Public Works Committee meeting Wednesday, Public Works Director Clint Bunch said each district needs to select some roads that need repaving. Each district will have at least one paving project. Helping in the decision over what roads to prioritize, Bunch said, is a vendor called Roadbotics that drives and photographs every stretch of city road and assesses both overall condition and problem areas. In other business d...
CLOVIS — Friendship Senior Center reopened to 20-seat limited capacity on April 16 and attendance has steadily increased since June 1, Senior Services Director Barbara Riggan said at Thursday’s Senior Services meeting. The center has had 74 seniors attend since June 1, Riggan said. The meal site has had 256 attendees. In other matters discussed at the Thursday meeting: • Committee member Shelley Winn said most activities at the Baxter-Curren Center have resumed with the exception of bingo and dance. An in-person gener...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission listened to presentations Tuesday related to a grant program that would help pay for the creation of easements that would encumber the bulk of local farmers’ water rights with the ultimate goal of conserving water. By entering into conservation easements with local farmers, who would otherwise use the water to irrigate crops, the city would hope to conserve drinking water for future generations, the presenters discussed. Former Clovis Mayor David Lansford said he has been working on thi...
Clovis native Sandy Massey received an email Jan. 19 that shed light on a mystery she had wondered about since July 1966. A story about the young woman’s death, and the 55-year effort to identify her, is featured in the most recent issue of Texas Monthly. Every summer Sandy, then 15, would stay with her grandparents in Pecos, Texas, where they owned The Ropers Motel. On July 5, 1966, in the morning her granddad checked in a young man and a young woman, Massey said. Her granddad said the girl “was so young and (the man) loo...
The city of Clovis Commission heard a plan to revitalize two Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas in the city at its meeting Thursday. Jacqueline Fishman, principal/planner for Consensus Planning, a planning consulting firm based in Albuquerque, explained the plan in detail. She and her staff identified “opportunity sites” within two redevelopment areas and using information from a survey of the residents identified properties and development strategies. Assistant City Manager Claire Burroughes said the city has two Met...
Both Martha Aylesworth and her son Brian Aylesworth passed away within a few weeks of each other in May. Both were described as great people who will be missed dearly by their families. Martha died on May 17th. Brian died on May 1st . Martha and her husband, Bill Aylesworth, lived in Clovis for about 60 years. Sarah Stevens, Martha's niece, said the couple moved around some early in their marriage and so when they moved to Clovis, Martha told Bill, "I hope you like this house...
Eli Terry, 17, was elected Governor of Boys State New Mexico early this month. Terry, a Floyd High graduate, said normally Boys State is held at Eastern New Mexico University but this year because of the COVID-19 restrictions, it was held online from June 1-4. He said he won three trips to Washington, D.C. this year from various groups but could not attend any of them due to the pandemic. He said he likes to "make the best of it" and so some of the time he lost not being able...
Sixto Paiz of Portales finished in the top 10 in the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Nashville, Tennessee last weekend. Paiz was named the organization's rookie of the year, but has not yet been notified of his ranking within the top 10. Paiz, a former oil field worker, decided on auctioneering as a career in 2015 when the price of oil per barrel dropped drastically. "I didn't know what else to do," he said of his decision to attend auctioneer school the following...
CLOVIS — At the Civil Aviation Board meeting on Tuesday, the increase in passenger traffic at the airport was discussed and Airport Director James Harris said the parking lot was nearly filled over the past weekend. Passenger travel at Clovis Regional Airport is 40% higher than any data back to at least 2017, said Jon Coleman, director of business development for Denver Air Connection. The increase in the demand for passenger service started this May at the city-owned airport, located six miles east of downtown Clovis. ...
The state of New Mexico continues to lead the country as the most efficient distributor of the COVID-19 vaccines, state representatives said in their latest semi-weekly gating criteria update Wednesday. Health Secretary Tracie C. Collins said 65.7% of the 16 and older population have received one shot of the vaccine, and 56% of New Mexicans in that age category have been fully vaccinated. All counties are now coded turquoise and “will remain there barring exceptional circumstances for the duration of the state’s use of the...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis is applying for a $4.5 million grant from the Defense Community Infrastructure Program to pay for Phase 2 of the Clovis Wellness Center, which Assistant City Manager Claire Burroughes discussed at the commission meeting Thursday. Construction of the next phase will consist of a warm-up pool, an aerobics room, a weight room, men’s and women’s locker rooms, a mechanical room and a lifeguard area, Burroughes said in an interview after the meeting. The construction is estimated to cost $5,25...
