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PORTALES — Despite a pandemic-forced change in how it was conducted, Eastern New Mexico University reported a mostly clean audit for the previous fiscal year, as presented to its board of regents Friday morning. Vice President of Business Affairs Scott Smart, along with Audrey Jaramillo and Scott Eliason of Jaramillo Accounting Group, went over the recently completed audit before regents accepted it on a 3-0 vote. “Our financial condition remains relatively unchanged and our reserves continue to be healthy,” Smart said....
Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Williams of Cannon Air Force Base isn’t just an air commando. He’s a storyteller — a lifelong passion that is responsible for the creation of the Cannon Air Force Base Theatre Group. “When I was a little kid, I had a dream of being an author, and I started writing stories at 5 years old, and I just kept writing,” said Williams, who threw theater writing, producing, and directing into the mix when he began studying theater performance in college. Williams...
Most of our calendars tell us Feb. 22 is George Washington’s birthday. But there are other great American heroes to honor on Monday. The Food Industry Association has declared it “Supermarket Employee Day.” The campaign is intended to spotlight grocery store workers as “the backbone of their communities,” FIA reports on its website. The role of the supermarket “has never been more essential than it has been for the past 10 months” during the COVID-19 pandemic, Food Marketing Institute President Leslie Sarasin tells us. And...
LITTLEFIELD — Juniors Grayson Waldrop and Leo Nunez hit 3-point shots on Farwell’s first two possessions and the Steers were off and running toward a 65-37 victory over Lockney on Friday night in a Class 2A boys bi-district playoff clash, played at Littlefield High School. Farwell (25-3) faces Clarendon in an area round matchup set for 6 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday at Vega High School. The Broncos defeated Sanford-Fritch in their first-round tilt on Friday. The Steers converted five 3-pointers in the contest, and all came bef...
Tina Dziuk, formerly of Portales, has been appointed to the Republican National Committee’s newly formed Committee on Election Integrity. Twelve men and 12 women, representing 21 states and the District of Columbia, were selected to the committee, according to an RNC news release. “I’m truly honored to have been chosen to serve on this important committee,” Dziuk said. “I believe election integrity is the core issue moving into the 2022 midterm elections. Voters who do not have faith in the election process will not want...
FORT SUMNER - A pair of Fort Sumner men were arrested Wednesday on charges of second-degree murder in connection with the death of a man Feb. 8 at Plains Regional Medical Center. Casey Cortese, 31, and Arron Harden, 38, are being held at the De Baca County Detention Center in connection with the death of Michael Gutierrez, 26, of Fort Sumner. They also face charges of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and assault with intent to commit a violent felony. Both are due... Full story
His fans knew it was coming, but they were still crushed to hear the news that Rush Limbaugh had died. His political enemies and the liberal mainstream media, on the other hand, fell all over themselves trying to see who could spit the most venom and hatred on his grave before he was even in it. They called him names, misrepresented his personality and, in the end, succeeded only in betraying how little they had listened to his show during the last 30 years. The bums who run...
Well, it’s on. Donald Trump ended his post-presidency silence not with a blast at President Joe Biden, or at the left, or at the House impeachment managers, but at the true enemy — Mitch McConnell. The Trump forces aren’t forming a third party, but they do want to take over — or more accurately — maintain their current grip on the GOP, and McConnell is an obstacle. The Senate minority leader declared his independence from Trump in his lacerating speech at the end of the Senat...
Once upon a time — just a few weeks ago — Republicans in Texas were talking about seceding from the union. If memory serves, their state attorney general concocted a crackpot lawsuit that sought to overturn the free and fair presidential election, arguing that Joe Biden’s win was illegitimate. Yep, it looked like Texas wanted to be its own red independent country, practicing its freedom far from the clutches of the socialist White House. But suddenly, a few days ago, Texas...
Uh-oh. Joe Biden is talking unity again. It came last week at a CNN town hall in Milwaukee in response to a question about how he will bring Americans together. “I take issue with what everybody says about the division,” he replied. “The nation is not divided. You go out there and take a look and talk to people, you have fringes on both ends, but it’s not nearly as divided as we make it out to be.” Regular readers will be familiar with my take on unity, last offered in January...
One of my favorite allegories is the one about the frog in the pot of water, who got used to the slowing rising temperature of a warming pot and ended up boiled to death. In some ways, I feel as if society has been on the menu for quite some time now. But here we are, in 2021, and life is very different from the way it was when I was born in 1961. It all happened incrementally, while very few of us noticed that the temperature was rising in the societal pot. The most obvious example is abortion. Who would have thought 60...
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 clovis.polarislibrary.com or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Leave the World Behind” by Rumaan Alam. When Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island, they're expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenagers, and a taste of the good life in the lux...
Clovis elementary Monday: Breakfast, mini pancakes; Lunch, meatloaf or hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, gravy, celery sticks, ranch dressing, fresh grapes, fresh veggies Tuesday: Breakfast, bean burrito, grapefruit; Lunch, french bread pizza, veggie cup, ranch dressing, chilled pears, fresh veggies Wednesday: Manager’s choice Thursday: Breakfast, waffle chicken bites, lasagna rollups, garden salad, sliced cucumbers ranch dressing, fresh apple, whole wheat roll, fresh veggies Friday: Breakfast, breakfast pizza; Lunch, i...
Monday • United Way of Eastern New Mexico Women’s Initiative Network virtual luncheon — noon-1 p.m., via Zoom. Tickets: $20 for WIN members; $25 for non-WIN members. Program by Trina Walley. RSVP by texting winrsvp on 41444 or go to unitedwayenm.org/winrsvp. Information: 575-769-2103 or 2-1-1. • Clovis-Carver Public Library Stitch Addicts stitch — 6:30 p.m., via Google Meet. Contact Sara at [email protected] to RSVP or to obtain Google Meet link. Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday • Starting Conversatio...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns Monday • Roosevelt County Commission special meeting — 9 a.m., Jake Lopez Building, Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, 705 E. Lime, Portales. No public access. Livestream available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1bHckYttNQnmm6ymJhWaXQ and a recording of the meeting will be saved as a public video and linked from the county website, https://www.rooseveltcounty.com, following the public meeting. Information: 575-356-5307 • City of Clovis Parks, Recre...
SANTA FE — Legislation aimed at creating grant funding for small businesses that have struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic has passed both the House and the Senate. The New Mexico Senate passed House Bill 11 on a 41-1 vote on Thursday. Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, cast the sole dissenting vote. He didn’t like taking the bill’s $200 million from the general fund, and he felt giving businesses recovery dollars will have limited impacts with business restrictions still in place. “It’s like you’re standing on their throat,” Wo...
There was a mixture of confidence and relief across three local school districts Tuesday night, as voters passed bond measures in a series of three all-mail elections. Voters in Curry and Roosevelt counties approved bond or mil levy questions in all-mail elections that concluded Tuesday evening for the Clovis, Portales and Floyd school districts. Tax rates will not change for voters in any school district. Clovis’ election had a pair of questions. The first question to renew $10 million in bonds, last renewed in 2017, p...
CLOVIS — The infection rates for COVID-19 continue to trend downward, with Roosevelt County reporting three days without a case during the week and a statewide outlook that may see a healthy majority of New Mexico’s 33 counties in the yellow and green zones on Wednesday. During a Wednesday webinar from Human Services Secretary David Scrase and now-confirmed Health Secretary Tracie Collins, there were warnings the COVID-19 pandemic was far from over but exponential drops in infections should start to reveal themselves wit...
CLOVIS - Defeated in their October effort to seek industrial revenue bonds through the city, a group of developers for a hotel in north Clovis made a second pitch Thursday with more favorable terms to the city. But the devil was in the deal, not the details, as the commission again rejected a temporary tax abatement for the Xenia project by a 5-2 vote. The project, when complete, will add 149 hotel rooms to the city and create 28 jobs. Chase Gentry, executive director of the...
Power was lost and water lines burst, but officials say that last week's frigid temperatures and snow could have caused more damage. The most severe impacts occurred on Tuesday when the Southwest Power Pool instructed local energy entities to implement controlled interruptions of electrical service in Curry and Roosevelt counties. Officials on Monday had asked customers to cut back on energy use, warning demand was exceeding availability. "So much of our issue this time was be...
CLOVIS - Megan Palla, and four other longtime community staples, were asked Thursday night why she would want to join the Clovis City Commission and fill its vacant District 4 position. "I'm a firm believer in the adage 'to whom much is given, much is expected,'" Palla said. "Clovis gave me my first home, Clovis gave me my first real job out of college, and Clovis has helped raise my family. This city has given much to me, and this is me giving back." The commission gave...
CLOVIS — Finally, with some improvement in the coronavirus pandemic situation across the state, New Mexico High School sports, circa 2020-21, is ready to make its belated debut this week. Full-team practice sessions for football, volleyball and cross country are slated to begin on Monday, with boys and girls soccer to follow later in the week. The New Mexico Activities Association and its member schools have been waiting patiently through a myriad of changes and delays authored by the state through Gov. Michelle Lujan G...
CLOVIS — The Ranchvale Volunteer Fire Department received an upgrade last week in its public protection classification, earning Class 7 status, according to a Curry County release. The rating, the result of an Insurance Services Office Inc. inspection, has moved the department up from the Class 10 rating it had when it started up in 2018. “Curry County congratulates and commends the Ranchvale Fire Department and the Ranchvale community for the hard work in improving the protection classification in such a short period of tim...
Curry Resident Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-762-9405 All meals served with 2% milk and tossed salad w/dressing Monday: Beef tacos, Spanish rice, pinto beans, pudding with fruit Tuesday: BBQ riblets, macaroni and cheese, peas & carrots, dinner roll, cottage cheese with mandarin oranges Wednesday: Cheeseburger, potato chips, BBQ beans, peaches Thursday: Roast pork w/gravy, sweet potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower, cornbread, applesauce Friday: Baked fish or chicken, potato wedges, BBQ beans, bread stick, p...
Buying on time was an important thing in eastern New Mexico in the 1960s and ‘70s and Poynor’s White Store was one of the best places where you could buy on time. With the recent death of Marlin, half of the Poynor brother team that made it happen for lots of people in Portales, the method of retail starts to pass into history. The first things I bought with money I earned myself came from their White Auto Store. While paper route money was paying good for a teen in Por...
