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A petition drive to put Clovis' anti-abortion clinic ordinance before city voters has been derailed by the disqualification of about 48% of the petition's signers. The drive's organizers, Eastern New Mexico Rising, will have until the middle of next week to get those whose signatures weren't certified to go to the city clerk's office to clear up whatever matter invalidated their signature on the petition. The group's goal was the signatures of 269 registered voters in the...
CLOVIS – There was no lack of effort by Clovis High's girls on Friday night. The Lady Wildcats, 61-14 losers at Hobbs two weeks earlier, went toe-to-toe with the Lady Eagles for more than a half on Friday night at Rock Staubus Gym. In the end, though, they ran out of steam and Hobbs pulled away to a 73-42 victory. No question the Lady Eagles (20-3, 3-1 district), two-time defending Class 5A state runnersup, were the better team. Still, CHS (17-6, 1-3) hung around until the m...
DORA – Whatever hopes Dora's boys have of a deep postseason run this season rest largely on the shoulders of 6-foot-5 senior post Steven Masini. Fourth-year Coyotes coach Kris King said this week that Masini ranks in the top three in New Mexico in several categories, including points (25.4 ppg), double-doubles (21) and rebounds (16.9 rpg). King said the latter ranks him 11th among all high school players in the nation. On Friday night, Masini scored 24 points and added 20 r...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University's women hit their rivals from West Texas A&M in the mouth early on Thursday night. The Greyhounds knew it wasn't going to be easy, but they certainly sent an early statement. ENMU led 7-0 barely a minute into the contest, forcing the Lady Buffs into a quick timeout, and stayed ahead nearly wire-to-wire to hand the Lady Buffs a 68-62 Lone Star Conference setback at Greyhound Arena, greatly enhancing their chances to reach the LSC's post...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Chili cheese dog, baked potato wedges, Capri veggies, pears. Tuesday: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, roll with margarine, pudding. Wednesday: Chicken sandwich, tater tots, peaches. Thursday: Posole, pinto beans, Spanish rice sopa, apple slice. Friday: Green chile cheeseburger, French fires, cookie. Baxter-Curren Activity Center 908 Hickory, Clovis 575-762-3631 Monday: 8:30 a.m. Exercise, 10 a.m. Jewelry Pals, line dance, 1 p.m....
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: Waffles. Lunch: Chicken smackers, scalloped potatoes, seasoned mixed veggies, chilled fresh fruit, whole wheat roll or (grades 6-12) pizza or spicy chicken or corn dog and fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch: Pulled pork sandwich, baked spiral fries, mini-carrots, ranch dressing, chilled applesauce or (grades 6-12) sub sandwich or burrito and fries. Wednesday: Breakfast: Cinnamon swirl bun. Lunch: Pig in a blanket, baked French fries, veggie cup, ranch dressing, sidekicks or...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “The Crime That Binds” by Laurie Cass. Late March is prime reading weather in the small northern Michigan town of Chilson. Though snowfall and cloudy skies deter outdoor activities, life inside the bookmobile is warm and cheerful. But as Minnie and...
It’s Super Sunday and in answer to Bocephus’ question for years — yes, I am ready for some football. I’m a bit of a throwback in that the most important thing about this year’s Super Bowl is that Tom Brady won’t be playing quarterback in it. No, actually that’s the second-most important thing. The most important thing is the game itself — football. While I’m happy that Brady won’t be making an appearance, I’m sad that neither will my Denver Broncos. I’m also sad that it...
With Valentine's Day coming up on Tuesday, some last-minute shoppers may be wondering what gifts are popular for this year's holiday. According to Donice Strickland, the owner of Strickland's Floral & Gifts, red roses never seem to go out of style for Valentine's Day. "This year, I'm trying different things like preserved roses," Strickland said. Preserved roses are more expensive, she said, but they last longer than normal roses. She said chocolate, as always, is also big...
Robin Kuykendall currently serves as vice president of enrollment management and student affairs at Clovis Community College, and as a part-time instructor. For part of 2019, she served as interim president of CCC, between the presidencies of Becky Rowley and the college's most recent president, Charles Nwankwo. Kuykendall was at the time director of extended learning and division chair for occupational technology at CCC. Her career at CCC began 23 years ago, when, with a...
The Roosevelt County Road Department will be continuing work on South Roosevelt Road 20 until March 2, weather permitting. According to a news release from county Road Superintendent Ricky Lovato, crews will begin repair on the second mile of the project from South Roosevelt Road S to South Roosevelt Road T Wednesday. Lovato said this roadway is being enhanced to caliche from dirt as part of Capital Outlay Funding and as part of the county’s Five-Year Road Plan. In his news release, Lovato asks residents to drive slow and w...
Two matters involving cooperative agreements between Roosevelt County and the city of Portales were delayed Tuesday as the Roosevelt County Commission decided to continue negotiations with the city before making decisions. The county commission decided on Tuesday to arrange to get more information to the city on resurfacing city streets and county roads that converge at 18th Street, Roosevelt Road 6 and Industrial Drive. Heavy truck traffic from two businesses there have left these roadways in need of resurfacing, according...
America has an inspiring, disturbing history, and its telling has been incomplete for a long time. Consider our founding fathers. George Washington is known as the “father of our country” for good reasons — he led us to victory in the Revolutionary War, became our first president and, perhaps more importantly, stepped down rather than rule as a king. But he also owned other people, Black people, through the cruelest of America’s original institutions. Same for Thomas Jefferson, the author of this nation’s original “sacred t...
Last month, the Yale School of Public Health held a ceremony to celebrate Bobbi Wilson, a 9-year-old Black kid from Caldwell, N.J., whose efforts to eradicate spotted lanternflies was seen as an environmentally progressive gesture. The ceremony also served as an opportunity to recognize Wilson’s donation of her personal spotted lanternfly collection to Yale’s Peabody museum, where she is now listed as the donor scientist on its official database. “Yale doesn’t normall...
A recent episode of a Disney+ cartoon has woke kids performing a skit around the theme: “Slaves built this country.” The installment of “The Proud Family” series -- in which the kids find out the founder of their town was a slave owner -- is a cartoon version of “The 1619 Project,” although “The 1619 Project” is cartoonish in its own right. Hulu has just released a documentary (using the word loosely) version of The New York Times production, hosted by “The 1619 Project’s” c...
I’m sure that regular readers of this column think all I ever talk about, write about, ruminate on and care about is abortion. Those who think I write too often about abortion tend to think women should have access to the procedure with relatively few limitations, and that my continued harping on the essential inhumanity of the act is just wrong, self-defeating, offensive and my favorite recent critique, “misogynistic.” I might even concede I spend far too much time focus...
President Joe Biden, his approval ratings underwater for most of the past two years, made his case for a second term on Tuesday. It’s doubtful he changed many minds. The 80-year-old Democrat droned on for 73 minutes during his State of the Union address, urging voters to let him “finish the job.” He insisted that all is well, that his economic policies have put the nation on a prosperous path. “Two years ago our economy was reeling,” Biden said. “As I stand here tonight, we have created a record 12 million new jobs — more...
Are you concerned or angry that the Chinese government has a social control app on practically every cell phone and it is used by most American teenagers -- and others -- every day? Me too. The clock is tick-tocking and the damage is being done. If you believed a Chinese spy (or bioweapon) balloon was the bigger threat you haven’t been paying attention. But a government ban isn’t the way to address the matter. Are you upset that government schools -- usually inaccurately cal...
MELROSE -- A Lovington man was arrested Thursday on charges of residential burglary, breaking and entering and possession of stolen property, the Curry County Sheriff’s Department reported. Chad Williams, 42, was being held Friday in the Curry County Adult Detention Center on $3,000 cash bond. According to a news release from Undersheriff Michael Brockett: Deputies about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday responded to an address on Curry Road 9 regarding a possible burglary in progress. The victim provided a description of the suspect v...
The Curry County Commission acknowledged a number of items of business in their regular meeting Tuesday morning. The future of a liquor license at the Curry County Events Center (CCEC) and fairgrounds, and opioid settlements within the county, to name a few. General manager of the CCEC and fairgrounds, K.C. Messick stood in front of the commission to request action on doing away with one of the two liquor licenses they currently hold and expanding the remaining one. Right now, there is one license for the event center and one...
Roasting drums emerge on New Mexico streets and parking lots during August and September. That’s when green chile crops come in, and the aroma of chiles sizzling in the late summer air captivates many New Mexicans. But does that mean the state should declare this enticing scent as the official state aroma? State Sen. William Soules seems to think so. His 37th Senate district includes Hatch, the unofficial center of the green chile universe. Soules’ Senate Bill 188 would make the smell of roasting green chiles the official sta...
Curry County Association of Education Retirees The Curry County Association of Educational Retirees held their February meeting at K-Bobs in Clovis Monday. CCAER President Eileen Massey welcomed Shelly Norris, Superintendent of Clovis Christian School and Kassie Caponi, Principal and Executive Director of Admissions and Student Affairs of Clovis Christian Schools. Caponi began the program, speaking of “Ten Reasons Why You’ll Want to Come to Clovis Christian Schools” which detailed the framework and positive points that have...
Administrators at Eastern New Mexico University’s Portales campus reported last week that spring enrollment numbers are up by 7.8% from spring 2022. The spring 2023 total headcount is 4,849 students, up from 4,490 in spring 2022. Newly appointed President and Chancellor James Johnston said he believes that as the university moves away from the COVID-19 pandemic, students are starting to desire in-person learning experiences again. “Maybe some students put their education on pause” during the pandemic, he said. “We’r...
A petition drive calling for an election over the Roosevelt County anti-abortion clinic ordinance has been withdrawn over what organizers termed possible “safety” concerns. In addition, Krista Pietsch, a Portales woman who said she intended to file a lawsuit calling for an election on the issue with presentation of signed petitions, said she no longer intends to file the action, because the petition is being withdrawn. “The petition drive was stopped due to what took place in Clovis with the possibility of the names of those...
SANTA FE -- Alec Baldwin's lawyers are seeking to have state Rep. Andrea Reeb, R-Clovis, disqualified as a special prosecutor in the criminal case tied to the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust,” claiming the role conflicts with her position as a legislator. Three lawyers representing the Hollywood actor and producer filed a motion Tuesday in state District Court requesting a judge disqualify Reeb based on a clause in the state constitution they say bars individuals from simultaneously exercising powers in mor...
