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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Let’s try an experiment. For 30 years, let’s require that young people are taught nothing about the moon. Let’s scrub Earth’s satellite from books and online articles. Let’s rebuff kids’ questions and discourage them from asking. Then, let’s assess the result. Does it change the moon? No, it doesn’t. Does it change the Earth? No, it does not. The only thing it changes is millions of us. At nighttime, there is a light in the sky that waxes and wanes, but they can’t explain i...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission agreed in November to pair with the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority on hiring Colorado attorney Peter Nichols to help set up a land trust. Little has transpired since then, and the commission decided Thursday to rescind that agreement and create its own engagement letter for Nichols, which will include an in-person workshop to cover land trust goals and requirements. Commission Chairman Robert Thornton and Commissioner Chet Spear said there’s been talk of water conservation and...
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: Roast pork, baked potato, black eye peas, dinner roll, peaches Tuesday: Sloppy joe, potato wedges, salad w/ dressing, Jell-O Wednesday: Chili relleno, pinto beans, mixed veggies, fruit Friendship Senior Center 901 W. 13th St. 575-769-7908 All Facebook Live events are on the City of Clovis Senior Center Facebook Page Monday: 9 a.m. virtual exercise, 1 p.m. Facebook Live Tuesday: 9 a.m....
CLOVIS — Seeking logo creator. Local artists preferred. Apply within. That’s what the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce is telling Clovis citizens, with informal request for proposals to hire a graphic designer to create a logo in support of the new Clovis community brand. Designers are encouraged to attend an 8 a.m. Monday pre-proposal meeting. Registration for the virtual meeting is available at business.clovisnm.org/form/view/22292. Proposals are due March 7. The brand, being developed with the chamber and Once A D...
Clovis elementary Monday: Breakfast, French toast; Lunch, General Tso’s chicken, steamed rice, seasoned corn, strawberry cup, homemade roll, fresh veggies Tuesday: Breakfast, breakfast bowl; Lunch, pulled chicken sandwich, seasoned French fries, veggie cup, ranch dressing, chilled applesauce, fresh veggies Wednesday: Manager’s choice, grab-and-go meals available 8 a.m.-noon Tuesday Thursday: Breakfast, frudel; Lunch, pepperoni pizza, mini carrots &, celery sticks, ranch dressing, chilled peaches, fresh veggies Friday: Man...
Death is the one human experience that connects everyone, regardless of color, creed, class or bank account. The inequity comes only in its manner and timing. For Ted Flowers, my father, it came on a beautiful May morning, the day before Mother’s Day in 1982. It came after a year of agony, in the form of a brutal tumor in his lungs that had exploded into the farthest reaches of his battered, beloved body. He was a 43-year-old man who looked as if he’d lived twice that spa...
I realized lying awake one morning about 4:30 that I played the air guitar left-handed — or maybe not. Since I couldn't sleep I was thinking about column ideas and I recalled a story on handedness and how science was trying to figure out what makes you right- or left-handed. The article interested me because it talked about people who are mixed, or ambidextrous, possibly tended to be more creative. I myself tend toward ambidextrousness. I'm still a definite right-hander, b...
BOVINA - DeLayne Duffy doesn't know what inspired her to write a children's book about a hippopotamus and a tutu. She just knows she's happy to see it bringing joy to children in a world currently lacking a lot of joy. Duffy, a teacher for the Bovina Independent School District, wrote the story 15 years ago. "I was lying in bed and all these thoughts were going through my mind, so I got up and started typing it out," Duffy said. "When I wrote it, I was working at a school in...
Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is very upset about Neera Tanden, the well-qualified woman tapped by President Biden to run the Office of Management and Budget. He is shocked, shocked! that tweeting is going on in American politics, and that Tanden has done some of it. Cornyn, speaking for virtually all Senate Republicans, says that Tanden shouldn’t be confirmed to run OMB because she has frequently tweeted harsh criticism of GOP bigwigs. He says that, “in light of her...
Say what you will about the personal and political failings of Donald Trump, at least he was an optimist. Along with being a cheerleader for America, he talked positively, sometimes when he shouldn’t have, and he could always see the sunshine. President Biden is the exact opposite. In a month he has not said anything that has uplifted the spirits of a single American who’s not a member of the teachers union. For Biden and the left-wingers he’s been appointing to his Cabin...
When Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham penned her name to Senate Bill 10, she signed a death warrant. She, along with dozens of New Mexico Democratic lawmakers, approved the order to end the lives of thousands of unborn children. The new law is an immoral, dangerous one -- a law that allows late-term abortion and offers no protections for girls, women or health professionals. It permits the murder of the unborn, endangers the health and lives of women and eliminates any conscience provision to allow a doctor to opt out if he or...
Thanks to some transparency about how the Governor’s Office spends discretionary funds, we recently learned Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham used taxpayer money to buy almost $13,500 of goods and services over a six-month period in 2020. If we hadn’t been under a travel quarantine and a five-person limit on gatherings, that would have made sense — under normal conditions the governor entertains folks interested in investing in New Mexico. In fact $13,500 would be a bargain. But we were in the midst of a pandemic. And as tens of th...
CLOVIS — The Curry Commission took a stand on a pair of bills moving through the New Mexico Legislature Thursday, opposing a civil action measure and approving one on capital outlay. By a 5-0 vote at its Thursday meeting, the commission approved a resolution opposing House Bill 4, which creates a state civil rights act and prohibits a public body, or those acting on the public body’s behalf, from using qualified immunity as a defense of alleged act violations. According to the resolution, the county finds the original bil...
MULESHOE — Six people were taken to area hospitals Wednesday afternoon following a Muleshoe school bus crash near the Parmer-Bailey County line on U.S. 84. The most serious injury appears to have been to a passenger in a red sport utility vehicle that collided with the bus. The Lubbock Avalanche Journal reported Jaynee Bibbs was taken by helicopter to University Medical Center in Lubbock with "incapacitating injuries." Her condition was not known late last week. The driver o...
CLOVIS — A Clovis police officer was taken to Plains Regional Medical Center on Wednesday night after being involved in an auto accident at First and Sycamore streets. The unnamed officer and another driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Police on Thursday issued a news release summarizing the incident, but provided few details. The release stated police and fire services at 5:02 p.m. were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with injuries in the 1...
PORTALES — Three people were arrested Wednesday night following an evening shootout with law enforcement at a Portales residence. Jordan Venegas, 21, Manuel Venegas, 19, and a 17-year-old male were arrested in the incident. Both Jordan and Manuel Venegas are being held at the Roosevelt County Detention Center on charges of aggravated assault upon a peace officer. Jordan Venegas also faces a charge of aggravated assault. Both Jordan and Manuel Venegas are due for a first appearance Monday at Roosevelt County Magistrate Court....
SANTA FE – New Mexico's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Clovis man's convictions for first-degree murder and raping the victim after she had died. A Supreme Court news release stated: "In a precedent-setting decision, the Court unanimously concluded that a murder victim need not be alive at the time of a rape for a conviction under the law against criminal sexual penetration (CSP). In the Clovis case, Lorenzo Martinez fatally stabbed the victim and an hour later (raped h...
U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix on Thursday told Juan Anthony Cordero that the facts of his case outweighed the lenient punishment both his defense attorney and federal prosecutors requested. However, the judge acknowledged Cordero's role - after his arrest - in the capture of the man he helped escape from a Muleshoe jail and reconsidered the heavier punishment he planned to dole out and sentenced Cordero to 14 months in a federal prison. Cordero, 25, has been held at the Lubbock County Detention Center since August...
CLOVIS — Following a 90-minute executive session, the Clovis school board on Tuesday night voted to keep Superintendent Renee Russ at the helm through the 2022-23 school year with a one-year contract extension. The extension will keep Russ’ current salary of $159,120 in place, but board members said a future increase could happen provided other district employees receive them. Also, the board allowed Russ to carry over 30 days of leave, commensurate with other 12-month employees of the district. Board members voted 4-0 on...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis • Michelle Martinez, 20, possession of a controlled substance, shoplifting • Albert Armijo, 38, probation violation • Frank Lasky, 35, burglary of a vehicle, injuring or tampering with a motor vehicle • Dion Hodge, 36, failure to pay fines • Deon Cleare, 29, probation violation • Eric Walker, 31, failure to pay fines • Daniel Gallegos, 38, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Isaac Castillo, 33, failure to appear on a felony charge • Joshua...
CLOVIS — More than seven miles of pipeline, signed, sealed and delivered. That was the report from Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Administrator Orlando Ortega, who reported he signed the certificate of completion Wednesday for the authority’s Finished Water 2 project. “This has been a good project,” Ortega said during the authority’s Thursday meeting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, “with good people that guaranteed its success.” The project is part of the authority’s interim groundwater project, a pipe...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns Tuesday • City of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee — 8:30 a.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. No public access. The public is invited to view the meeting on Suddenlink Chanel 10, www.cityofclovis.org, and on Facebook at City of Clovis, NM (City Government). Questions to be shared with the board may be called in at 575-763-9200. Information: 575-763-9654 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County...
Today • ENMU College of Fine Arts presents “Everybody” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins — 2 p.m., online at enmu.edu/TheaterLive. Free. Directed by Ricky Quintana. Modern riff on a 15th century morality play. Finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize. Information: 575-562-2373 Monday • “Origins of Ancient India” — 10 a.m., ENMU Reads Facebook page. Video presentation by Dr. Richard Allington, ENMU assistant professor of history. Presented by the ENMU Department of History, Social Sciences, and Religion. Information: http://www.face...
SANTA FE — A $200 million pandemic relief bill aimed at propping up hard-hit New Mexico essential workers and restaurants is headed to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's desk for approval, after breezing through the state House on Wednesday. The 66-1 vote to approve the bill, part of a larger pandemic stimulus package, happened at the end of a long House floor session. Perhaps tired and screen-weary after lengthy debate on several other measures, House members did not offer any debate on the relief bill before voting to pass it. "...
SANTA FE – As expected, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed into law Senate Bill 10, repealing a 1969 state statute that criminalized abortion. “A woman has the right to make decisions about her own body,” the governor said in a news release. “Anyone who seeks to violate bodily integrity, or to criminalize womanhood, is in the business of dehumanization. New Mexico is not in that business – not any more.” Republicans had argued strongly against the bill, proposing multiple amendments, including attempts to ban abor...
