Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Voting by mail may be a hotly contested political issue, but local county clerks say mail-in ballots are a secure and safe way to participate in the 2020 election. “Absentee voting is very secure. The trouble we have seen in the past is two-fold: mail not being delivered or being undeliverable and the voters waiting too long to vote the ballot and return it to our office,” said Stephanie Hicks, Roosevelt County clerk. Curry County Clerk Annie Hogland said voting by mail was not a problem for her office in the 2020 pri...
Like nearly all of us, Chelsea Starr may not have been around when women received the right to vote 100 years ago. But the associate professor of sociology at Eastern New Mexico University studies social movements and can compare it to modern-day examples. “The attacks on suffragists are eerily similar to modern attacks on feminists,” Starr said. “Voting was cast as ‘unfeminine’ and men were seen as being emasculated should women get the vote.” This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave women...
For Portales' Jim Warnica, the end of World War II was another day on the job. “I don't think I ever saw much celebrating. You just kind of accepted what was going on and went about your business,” said Warnica, who was 19 when Japan announced it would surrender 75 years ago, on Aug. 15, 1945. Warnica, now 94, said he was stationed on a ship in the western Pacific during WWII. When the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan, Warnica was in the Philippines with his unit getting some rest. “We had just come back from Okina...
One resource that has remained open to the public this summer despite numerous businesses and attractions being closed is the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Closed from March 18, the library was able to reopen its doors on May 18 with regular hours. "I believe we were one of the first libraries to reopen," said Margaret Hinche, library director, "but we did it under very strict guidelines and under my boss, the city manager. The city assistant manager came in and made sure...
CLOVIS - Jerrica missed us. So did Jo. They seemed thrilled Hillcrest Park Zoo is open to visitors again for the first time since March, according to zoo clerk Mary-Lou McAnulla. "Jerrica, our younger giraffe who is basically just a giant golden retriever, she missed the interaction," McAnulla said. "Jo, our chihuahua raven - the one who says 'Hang man's coming' and talks to everyone - noticed because there's nobody for her to play with." More than 500 people came to visit...
The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced thousands of New Mexico parents to consider homeschooling this fall. That’s according to numbers from the state’s Public Education Department and homeschool organizations. “Our membership has definitely increased dramatically,” said Cathy Heckendorn, a board member for Christian Association of Parent Educators, a state-wide homeschool support organization. Though the public school system is providing fully online learning options, CAPE-NM has seen an increase in parents contacting them wi...
Clovis' Ibukun Adepoju, a public defender, was one of 43 New Mexicans appointed to the recently established Governor's Council for Racial Justice. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the appointees on July 31 after first stating her intent to create the council in the wake of protests seen worldwide after George Floyd's death. The goals of the group stated in the governor's press release include "counseling the administration and monitoring state institutions, holding them...
It's showtime. Future farmers across Curry County are hustling to get their livestock ready after their stock show was approved and finalized by the Curry County Commission on July 28. While the effects of the pandemic are becoming more widely visible, local teens have been working through it all summer while raising their animals in hopes of showing this fall. "I've been having to work pretty hard to get them back in shape. Before the pandemic and everything I was working...
The pandemic has resulted in halting one of the fastest growing parts of New Mexico’s economy — the outdoor recreation industry. A New Mexico senator is asking Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to amend some restrictions in her public health order and let the visitors return. “While we must continue to protect our communities from the spread of COVID-19, other states have demonstrated that this can be achieved in a way that still permits safe and smart tourism.” Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, wrote in a July 30 letter to the...
Don’t plant the mystery seeds. That’s the message from the United States Department of Agriculture as reports of unsolicited seed packages arrive at nervous doorsteps across the country. “I can tell you what USDA is thinking … (T)hey think this is part of a brushing scam, which is the marketing scam where (a company) creates fake reviews to boost their credibility on whatever selling platform that they are using,” said Katie Laney, assistant director of feed, seed, and fertilizer at the New Mexico Department of Agricultu...
