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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - The rotating spotlights shone outside the Clovis Civic Center Friday night, with shimmers in the light from rain that would graduate into snowfall by the time the evening was complete. On the inside, there were instead warm feelings, with red carpets, red-and-white guitar trophies and plenty of sincere thanks as the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce celebrated its most recent year with the annual banquet. "Eighty-sixth annual," outgoing Chamber President Thom...
A motorcycle accident occurred at the intersection of State Road 245 and State Road 311 Thursday at approximately 1:15 p.m. Deputies from the Curry County Sheriff's Office, members of the Clovis Fire Department and officers from the New Mexico State Police responded to the crash. The motorcycle was the only vehicle involved and both the driver and a passenger were transported to the Plains Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The cause of the crash is still under investigation....
Monday • Rural Bookmobile East in Grady — 10-11:30 a.m., Grady Municipal Schools, 100 Franklin St., Grady; 11:35 a.m.-12 noon, Grady Post Office, 406 W. Main St., Grady. Information: 575-461-1824 • Produce to People — 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Free in-season fruits and vegetables; no proof of income necessary; bring your own bags. Information: 575-763-6130 • Rural Bookmobile East — 2:20-2:40 p.m., St. Vrain. Information: 575-461-1824 • Rural Bookmobile East in Melrose — 2:55-3:20 p.m., M...
These books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: “Live a Little” by Howard Jacobson: At the age of ninety-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything. Her tongue, meanwhile, remains as sharp as ever. She spends her days stitching macabre messages into her needlework and tormenting her two long-suffering care takers. Shimi Carmelli can do up his own buttons, walk without the aid of a frame, and speak without spitting. He's whispered about as the last of the eligible bachelors. Unlike Beryl, he for...
B.J. Pierce’s life may have been very different if he’d been born a few decades later, but if you ask those who he mentored, taught and entertained over the years with a collection of stories from his rodeo days, he may not have had it any other way. Growing up in the Clovis area, Pierce and his family farmed and raised cattle and horses during his childhood. He roped for fun as a boy and continued to do so even during high school when his family moved to the city. Pierce graduated from Clovis High School and went on to stu...
Curry County Association of Educational Retirees The CCAER met Tuesday with a two-fold program. First, Clovis City Commissioners Fidel Madrid and Chris Bryant presented a petition regarding city resolution 2019-98, which requests a repeal of state taxes on Social Security benefits for New Mexico seniors. Attending CCAER members were each given a copy of the resolution and opportunity to sign the petition. Second, area legislators spoke on topics related to educators’ interests, with Educational Retiree Board and retiree h...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Sunday: 2 p.m. Gospel singing. Monday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8 ball pool, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. canasta, 1 p.m. line dance, 5 p.m. social night, 5 p.m. business meeting, 5:30 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. games. Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 8 a.m. quilting, 1o p.m. jewelry pals, 11 a.m. line dance, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. musical. Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 9 a.m. sew days,...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch — Spaghetti and meatballs, garden salad, mini carrots, ranch, orange smiles, homemade wheat roll, fresh veggies. Tuesday: Breakfast — Waffle. Lunch — Turkey and cheese wrap, veggie dippers, ranch dressing, fresh apple, fresh veggies. Wednesday: Breakfast — Homemade sausage and egg breakfast burrito. Lunch — Chili cheese fries, fresh broccoli, ranch dressing, fresh fruit, cookie, fresh veggies. Thursday: Breakfast — Cinnamon roll. Lunch — Battered waffle...
I was blessed with strong women for grandmothers. They were great role models to me and to my parents as well. Just knowing what they’d been through and what they regularly did meant you weren’t about to whine about your own life or tell them you couldn’t do something. My maternal grandmother wound up on a homestead north of Fort Sumner that had to have been one of the loneliest places on Earth. With her father away in Portales making a living to support life on the homes...
Information on hand painting signs using Oramask stencil film, making three dimensional items to use in scrapbooks, and benefits of fresh and dried figs will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Erica Plank is a designer and owner of Unseen Hands. She’s going to demonstrate how to make handpainted signs using Oramask stencil film. She also has a video that shows how to do the lettering, background, and addin...
PORTALES — The first meeting of the year was a brief one for the Portales City Council as it addressed only a few items before wrapping up. To start the new year, the city made some changes to its Portales Area Transit Passenger policy, which was adopted last October. The policy update contained several small changes like title and program names being referred to instead of generic references, as well as minor rule changes. The main change was to alter suspension time for passengers who break the rules from a mandatory 3...
In the torrent of idiotic commentary unleashed by the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Colin Kaepernick’s deserves a place of honor. The NFL washout and Nike persona who makes sure the company doesn’t produce any overly patriotic sneakers tweeted, “There is nothing new about American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people for the expansion of American imperialism.” For Kaepernick, Soleimani is just another dark-skinned man brutalized by the United States. The Iranian...
It didn’t take long for “World War III” to become a trending topic on Twitter in the hours after news broke that a drone strike by U.S. forces resulted in the death of a top Iranian military commander. Almost simultaneously, those who’d never heard of the now-late Qasem Soleimani until cable news and social media blared his name began debating whether the latest escalation in tensions between the United States and Islamic Republic of Iran would inevitably result in a hot war between the two countries. There is biparti...
Did you realize that Jan. 19 marks the 100th birthday of that indefatigable advocacy group the American Civil Liberties Union? People have a visceral reaction to the inescapable headlines about the ACLU; you either love it or hate it. (As in “Yay! I’m being protected from racial profiling” versus “But I didn’t KNOW using the Lord’s name around a SCHOOL of fish was a violation of the separation of church and state!”) For a full century, the group has worked tirelessly to defend the Constitution of the United States. Of co...
With former housing secretary Julian Castro departed, the oversized Democratic presidential field reaches a critical point: More candidates have dropped out than remain in the race. But that still leaves 14 — a bulky ballot as the marathon moves closer to actual primaries and caucuses beginning next month. It’s to Democrats’ credit that the race started with so many compelling candidates: Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Kamala Harris, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Rep. Beto O’Rou...
On Sunday, I found myself doing laundry that was probably three years overdue. Don’t worry, the shirt I’m wearing is laundered and smells quite fresh. My concern was with the clothing I hadn’t worn recently and had put into what we’ll call the “D” stack. As 2020 bloomed, I looked into a walk-in closet I could barely walk in anymore, full of shelves and books and clothes. So many clothes. A former coworker who was a big believer in fashion told me, “Every year you should go through your closet and audit it. If you haven’t w...
Eastern New Mexico and our Texas neighbors have produced some of the world’s greatest athletes. Hank Baskett (2006-2010) and Jerry Nuzum (1948-1951) played pro football. Bubba Jennings was a major college basketball star (Naismith Award winner in 1985). Amber Campbell threw the hammer in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. But our best sport is rodeo. Sonny Davis, Glen Franklin, Charmayne James and Homer Pettigrew are among locals who’ve been inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. B.J. Pierce is a member of the National Cow...
Temperatures ranged from 104 degrees on July 21 to 8 degrees on March 4. And it rained a lot — New Mexico State University’s Agriculture Science Center at Clovis recorded 25.16 inches of moisture in 2019; that’s almost 7 inches more than the annual average. The ag center, located 15 miles north of Clovis, compiles daily weather records released at the end of each month. A few notable numbers from 2019: • The center recorded six days in which the temperature reached 100 degrees. Four of those days were in July, includi...
CLOVIS - State Rep. Randy Crowder shared one of his key 2020 legislative session mantras during Wednesday's Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce legislative breakfast. "Calvin Coolidge said it's more important to kill a bad bill than pass a good one," Crowder said. "I believe that." Crowder and other local legislators are likely to revisit that thought repeatedly during the upcoming 30-day session, which runs noon Jan. 21 to noon Feb. 20 in Santa Fe. The state reserves...
The City of Portales and Roosevelt County have a lot on their plates this year as they focus on their ongoing road improvements and infrastructure capital improvement projects. In Roosevelt, there are three major projects the county will pursue this year, as well as several specific legislative goals. The county's road improvement plan is ongoing across the county, with projects scheduled through 2021 and a budget of $500,000. “We only ask for the amount of money our team can complete for roadwork,” said Roosevelt County Man...
Monday • Portales Municipal Schools board — 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 • Clovis Astronomy Club — 7 p.m., Room 143 or 145 (look for signs), Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 757-846-7509 Tuesday • City of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee — 8:30 a.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administ...
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department on Thursday fined the U.S. Air Force nearly $1.7 million for failing to monitor potentially cancer-causing pollution discharged at a base near Clovis and allowing a wastewater permit to lapse. The state agency has asked the Air Force for the money within 30 days and says the military branch could still be emitting carcinogenic chemicals known as PFAS even after the state filed a lawsuit over the issue in March. The suit, brought by the state Attorney General’s Office and Env...
CLOVIS - A Clovis hotel got an unexpected guest Thursday afternoon, and what the owner estimates to be $100,000 in damage as a result. The Colonial Heritage Hotel, just southwest of the Cameo and Seventh streets intersection, had multiple worker and public areas damaged when a vehicle owner Ali Ghaffari and hotel staff described as a Chevy Suburban barreled down Sixth Street and came into the hotel through a wall. Johnny Moreno, who does maintenance for the hotel, said he was...
CLOVIS — Five people will vye to replace David Lansford as Clovis’ mayor, and all five of the city’s other municipal positions on the March 3 ballot are contested. A total of 20 candidates signed up for Clovis’ municipal elections, including seven for City Commission District 1 and two each for Districts 2, 3 and 4 and the municipal judge race. Only one race is contested in Portales. Municipal elections are scheduled for March 3, with early voting starting Feb. 4. Mayoral candidates, by position on the ballot, are Raymond...
PORTALES - Inside the Yam theatre, at tables adorned with clocks, hourglasses and all other manner of timepiece sat members of the Roosevelt and Portales community celebrating another successful 10 years. The 2019 Annual Chamber Banquet was held Thursday night with all 160 seats sold according to Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karl Terry. Roosevelt County Commission Chairman Matt Hunton emceed the event, sharing the county and city's biggest accomplishments o...
