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The annual Clovis Home and Garden Show is designed for all sizes of upgrades for the average home. But the biggest upgrade for some families this weekend will be for their little furry friend. CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Holly Stockstill of Clovis lays out decorations for the front of the Coldwell Banker Realty-sponsored doghouse Friday at the Clovis Civic Center. The house is one of 15 that will be awarded via silent auction during the Clovis Home and Garden Show, with...
The annual Clovis Home and Garden Show is designed for all sizes of upgrades for the average home. But the biggest upgrade for some families this weekend will be for their little furry friend. CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Holly Stockstill of Clovis lays out decorations for the front of the Coldwell Banker Realty-sponsored doghouse Friday at the Clovis Civic Center. The house is one of 15 that will be awarded via silent auction during the Clovis Home and Garden Show, with...
Following an update from New Mexico State University employees at the Ag 50's Tuesday luncheon, Chairman Sid Strebeck had the perfect summation. CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson New Mexico State University President Barbara Couture addresses Ag 50 members during the group's quarterly luncheon Tuesday at Alltech. "This conversation is a reminder," Strebeck said, "everything in New Mexico revolves around agriculture or athletics." Both were discussed in detail during the quarterly...
Members of the Eastern Plains Council of Governments learned Monday morning they would not be on the hook for $200,000 improperly spent on a lease, purchase and remodel of the Clovis Workforce Connections Center. Executive Director Sandy Chancey informed members of the development during the council's board of directors meeting — also held at the Workforce Connections Building. In 2007 and 2008, Chancey said, the Eastern Area Workforce Development Board, acting as part of EPCOG, was seeking out a building for its various s...
Members of the Eastern Plains Council of Governments learned Monday morning they would not be on the hook for $200,000 improperly spent on a lease, purchase and remodel of the Clovis Workforce Connections Center. Executive Director Sandy Chancey informed members of the development during the council's board of directors meeting — also held at the Workforce Connections Building. In 2007 and 2008, Chancey said, the Eastern Area Workforce Development Board, acting as part of EPCOG, was seeking out a building for its various s...
Roughly a week into its annual drought management plan, city staff is trying to find a balance between keeping the public informed of the need to conserve and unnecessarily starting a panic. By an ordinance approved in July by the Clovis City Commission, April 1 began the six-month period, which most Clovis residents know as the time when they're asked to observe a lawn-watering scheduled based on addresses. The city water policy advisory board discussed the four-stage plan during its regular meeting Tuesday morning. At the...
Curry County representatives, from member communities large and small, gave brief updates on what was happening in their area during a county luncheon held Tuesday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Curry County Commissioner Wendell Bostwick, in his role as master of ceremonies, jokingly chastised some of the presenters for not talking long enough for him to eat his sandwich between guest introductions. Addresses during the hour-long function included the following: • Lance Pyle, Curry County manager: Pyle mostly touched o...
With a non-district game at stake, the Portales and Clovis softball teams took the field. Decked out in Clovis red and Portales purple, the weather was ... wait, what? CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis sophomore outfielder KyLeigh Guthals said she always plays for herself and her teammates, but the annual "Strike Out Cancer" fundraiser game means more because, "I'm playing for someone I've really close to and love a lot." Her grandmother, Juanita Spinks, is a cancer...
Above objections by local restaurant owners, the Clovis City Commission approved keeping restaurant management at the Colonial Park Golf Course tied to management of the course. CNJ staff photo: Gabriel Monte Robert Cordova, a Clovis animal control officer, plays golf Thursday at the Colonial Park Golf Course. Cordova said he has been golfing for five years and played regularly at the Clovis municipal and Farwell golf courses. By a 7-1 vote, the city commission approved...
PORTALES — A Tucumcari city commissioner requested help Tuesday from the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority. At the end of the authority's meeting at Portales City Hall, Robert Lumpkin said he made the trip because Tucumcari and Quay County needed help resolving a pair of issues, and he figured the authority had more pull with the Interstate Streams Commission than he did. He first said he was in full support of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System — a pipeline from Ute Reservoir to authority members in Cur...
PORTALES — A Tucumcari city commissioner requested help Tuesday from the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority. At the end of the authority's meeting at Portales City Hall, Robert Lumpkin said he made the trip because Tucumcari and Quay County needed help resolving a pair of issues, and he figured the authority had more pull with the Interstate Streams Commission than he did. He first said he was in full support of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System — a pipeline from Ute Reservoir to authority members in Cur...
A new cosmetics company is producing a trial run of cosmetics, the first step in what it hopes will be hundreds of jobs for Clovis. Beauty Health and Science Innovations — the result of merging Los Angeles-based COBE Chem Labs and Minneapolis-based Z. Bigatti — announced in November it had selected Clovis for its manufacturing site. "Right this second, we are doing trial runs on our equipment as we speak," said Drew Martin, plant manager for Beauty Health and Science Inn...
Tres Amigas is moving ahead at full power for a $1.5 billion electricity transmission superstation in Curry County, but a competition is on for its additional control center and headquarters. Officials with Tres Amigas plan to make a decision in mid-May regarding the control center, which would bring 100 jobs to either Clovis, Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Belen or Amarillo. "I can't say which way they're leaning," Tres Amigas Public Information Officer Adrienne Smith said. "We're still getting some final information coming in. We...
Though it took little action in its inaugural meeting, the city's new Parks and Recreation Committee had a full slate. The committee, which phased out the Parks and Recreation Board, the Ned Houk Park Board and the Keep Clovis Beautiful Committee, met for about an hour and 20 minutes at City Hall Monday night. "The three boards this replaces dealt with specific areas of parks and recreation," City Manager Joe Thomas said. "In looking at it, we found there was some overlap. As the meetings progress, it's going to be a varied...
The adage goes that a bad day of fishing is better than a good day doing almost anything else. CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Kevin Sanchez of Vaughn shows a caught fish to Ian Garcia of Portales during the Oasis State Park fishing derby Saturday. The derby continues today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the park. Saturday at Oasis State Park, the adage could have been that few things beat a great day of fishing — except maybe two of them. The park's third annual fishing derby, with an 80-degree day and little wind, had what f...
Clovis' parks and recreation director isn't sure when, but Colonial Park Golf Course will temporarily be a nine-hole course for a few months. CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Hunter McLemore does maintenance on the putting green at Colonial Park Golf Course Thursday afternoon. The course had 709 rounds played in Februrary. Bill Bizzell said bids are still coming in on labor for fixes to the irrigation system at the Colonial Park Golf Course, purchased last year and taken over in May by the city. Bizzell said the challenge is...
If your driving route takes you through southwest Clovis, get set to stop a little more often. The city is installing 39 stop signs in the area surrounded by Eighth, Cameo, 14th and Reid streets over the next few months. CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson This stop sign at Ninth and Hull Streets will move from Ninth Street to Hull Street as part of a series of traffic changes in the area. The city is planning to add 39 new stop signs in the area over the next few months. City Engineer Justin Howalt said citizens raised concerns...
It's the last year for a Clovis trio in Abilene, Texas — and in another way, it's a last year for the McMurry basketball team they're a part of. Coached by former Clovis High coach J.D. Isler, with former Wildcat guards Jaden Isler and Bryce Hill in their senior seasons, the McMurry University War Hawks get set to make their final, and they hope, greatest run in the Division III men's basketball tournament. The War Hawks (20-8), who will make the move to Division II next season, take on Whitworth University 5:30 p.m. (CDT) to...
