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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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It’s a tale of two cities when it comes to municipal election turnout. In Clovis, there are 19 candidates running, with five people running for the open mayor position, seven others running for an open District 1 commission spot and four of the five other races contested. City Clerk LeighAnn Melancon reported early voting was over 1,400 at Thursday’s Clovis City Commission meeting. That was already the highest early vote total according to city records dating back to 2000. By Friday afternoon that number had risen to 1,6...
CLOVIS - Over the last few months, Clovis Mayor David Lansford has spearheaded an effort to "put skin in the game" and try to get $90 million in funding to complete an interim underground pipeline to connect Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority members before the pipeline makes its final connection to the Ute Reservoir. At Wednesday's Clovis water policy advisory committee meeting, he began another effort to give the best chance to ensure groundwater is available for...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Bean and cheese burrito. Lunch — Chicken smackers, baked tater tots, mini carrots, celery, ranch dressing, chilled mixed fruit, veggie bar. Tuesday: Breakfast — Breakfast bowl and salsa. Lunch — Breakfast bowl and salsa, beef dipper bites, steamed rice, garden salad, ranch dressing, orange smiles, veggie bar. Wednesday: Breakfast — Churros . Lunch — Mini tacos, salsa, lettuce, tomato, Spanish rice, zucchini coins & ranch, fresh apple, veggie bar. Thursday: Breakfast — Waffle. Lunch...
Information on fund raising and making homemade soap will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Patty Waid is an event planner and marketer and she works with various organizations to help them raise money. She wrote a booklet titled “Fun and Easy Ways to Raise Money at Your Next Event” and she’s going to share some tried and true ideas from this booklet. Her business is Waid and Associates and she’s from Albuqu...
It’s really hard to get worried about a worldwide pandemic when you’re already suffering from the flu. As the fear surrounding the coronavirus spread last week so did the symptoms my body was experiencing. I really thought last Sunday that my scratchy throat was because of the effect the dust raised by 50 mph winds had on my sinuses. I decided on Tuesday it might be worth visiting the doctor when I found my temperature slightly elevated. As the nurse was taking vitals and not...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission on Thursday gave preliminary approval for a liquor license transfer to a reborn Clovis eatery. But the item might come back to the commission again, depending on the definition of a school. By a 7-1 vote, the commission approved the license transfer from Brickyard Pizza in Albuquerque to the Guadalajara restaurant set to open in the next few months inside the Master’s Centre. The Guadalajara, first opened in 1951 by Librado Casillas, was operated by the family near Clovis’ railyards until 2...
CLOVIS — In the last few weeks the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority received its biggest federal award in project history with $15 million, and its biggest award from the governor’s office with $1 million. Chairman David Lansford hopes this is a good launching point for future awards to fulfill the 20/30/40 plan to fund an interim groundwater pipeline. Members had an overall positive feeling about the recent legislative session that concluded a week before the authority met Thursday at the authority offices at the...
CLOVIS — Curry County’s fiscal year 2019 financial audit came back mostly clean this year, with just a few suggestions for county improvements to note. The Curry County board of commissioners received a presentation by Bobby Cordova of Cordova CPAs, LLC on its audit during a special meeting Wednesday. There was one notable finding in the financial statement regarding internal controls, which was addressed with a corrective action plan. Four findings in prior years were found to be resolved. Cordova noted that the cou...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis ∞ Joan Ramirez, 20, failure to pay fines ∞ Jaime Marin-Portillo, 23, driving under the influence of liquor, no drivers license ∞ Alec Chavez, 19, false imprisonment ∞ Anthony Abeyta, 23, aggravated burglary ∞ Antonio Sena, 34, receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle ∞ Joseph Lequeux, 30, probation violation ∞ Brandon Garza, 32, failure to pay fines ∞ Elias Ortiz, 20, failure to appear on a felony charge ∞ Daniel Robison, 23, battery against a...
Bernie Sanders may be on the verge of gaining an insurmountable lead in the Democratic nomination fight, but he’s not letting that get in the way of his socialist principles. Asked in a “60 Minutes” interview about old statements praising Fidel Castro’s supposed achievements in healthcare and education, Sanders stayed true to himself. “You know, when Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did?” he told interviewer Anderson Cooper. “He had a massive literacy prog...
When the 2018 election results were tallied and it was clear that New Mexico had moved into the “progressive blue state” category, it was destined to be a tough couple of years for fiscal conservatives. The 2019 session was indeed the worst we’ve seen. The just-completed 30-day session was not quite as bad, but again needed economic reforms took a back seat to round 2 of the Legislature’s spending binge. Thanks to the oil boom still going on in the Permian Basin, New Mexico...
Two weeks ago, I was happily sailing on a huge cruise ship in the Indian Ocean. My wife Colleen is a travel agent and I was tagging along with her and her group on a Celebrity Cruise Line ship as it sailed from Dubai to Singapore and back with 2,300 souls aboard. Everyone on board our ship knew what was happening that same week to the unlucky people stuck on the Diamond Princess cruise liner docked offshore Tokyo. Because a passenger who left Diamond Princess nine days earlier...
Bernie Sanders’ sweeping win in the Nevada Democratic caucus will surely prompt the Russians to pop Champagne. They’ve been reportedly boosting Bernie behind the scenes, having calculated that a 78-year-old socialist with a tricky ticker in his chest is the foe most likely to lose to their stooge. They’re surely marveling at their good fortune, at how easy it has been to conquer America without firing a shot. Even though I’m on record believing that Bernie would crash in November, and even though his lefty pipe dream of all-...
Congratulations to the Roosevelt County Commission. That was some impressive politicking it did on Tuesday. Commissioners seem to have successfully walked a fine line — supporting the county sheriff who doesn’t want to enforce the state’s newest gun law, while declining to defy the governor who championed that law. Commissioners passed a resolution “Declaring Opposition to the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act.” Sheriff Malin Parker and his supporters no doubt left the meeting believing they have commissioners’ permission...
Michael Bloomberg may not be my first choice for president, but I very much object to some of the objections that have been raised against him. Let me take those one at a time: 1. He’s rich: Yes. He built a media empire through innovative entrepreneurial skill and effectively led a growing business through all the stages of its development to the point where it’s now worth $60 billion (with a “B”). His opponents hold that against him. Most of us out here call that success. 2. He’s a racist: He instituted “stop-and-frisk” poli...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council will meet Tuesday to consider a special use permit to operate a daycare at 1637 E. Brazos. Claudia Reza would be the daycares operator. The meeting will be at the Memorial Building in Portales and starts a 6:30 p.m. Other items on the agenda include: • The council will consider renewing the non-exclusive use of recreational facilities by the Roosevelt County Little League. • The council will consider a request to file a formal complaint to abate a nuisance at 210 N. Avenue I/Bru...
On this date ... 1965: Clovis voters approved a $2.3 million bond issue intended to finance school construction. Voters approved the measure by a 6-1 margin after rejecting a similar proposal two years earlier. The latest bond issue was for construction of 91 classrooms, a new elementary school and extension of cafeteria facilities. The 1963 proposal had included $400,000 for athletic program construction, which was not part of the 1965 plan. Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact: [email protected] For more...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees will meet for the first time Wednesday morning with its new president aboard. Charles Nwankwo is slotted for presidential remarks as part of the 8 a.m. meeting at CCC Room 512. He began his tenure at CCC on Feb. 17. Action items on the Saturday agenda include: n Fee changes for the fall 2020 semester. Most fees are unchanged from the previous semesters, with some rises in welding and cosmetology classes. • A contract with BBA Corp. to operate the CCC bookstore. The con...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Fair will feature an exhibit honoring those fallen in recent military conflicts, according to a county release. The Gold Star Tribute Wall, a 67-foot memorial, will be on display Aug. 13-15 at the Curry County Fairgrounds to honor fallen militay from the Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The 16 upright panels making up the wall are covered with gold stars marking the name of the fallen, the branch of military and the years of service. “Curry County is proud of the men and women who have served and...
PORTALES — The Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education will receive details on a Portales High School senior/junior trip to Lubbock on May 6 during its regular meeting this week. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday at the district administrative office at 501 S. Abilene. Other notable items on the agenda include: • Ratification of several budget adjustments. • A proposal letter to match funds for the Portales High School parking lot. • Various revisions to its policy manual, including bus driver drug testing...
SANTA FE — James Burns spent months pushing for the New Mexico Legislature last year to pass a bill that would allow occupational licenses from one state to be accepted in New Mexico for incoming military spouses, only to see it die during the session. When the then-chair of Committee of Fifty was told at a September military and veterans’ affairs committee meeting that legislation was on the books since 2013, he was admittedly at a loss for words. Even though he’d just heard of the legislation, it clearly hadn’t been wo...
The following marriage licenses were recently filed at the Curry County Clerk’s office: • Kevvan Deion Young, 25, and Auryana Laeandra Gonzales, 23, both of Clovis • Ernesto Pachi Avila, 66, and Tomasa Hernandez Hernandez, 50, both of Clovis • Jesus Alcantara Lopez, 37, and Okini Sarabeth Loya-Bustillos, 35, both of Clovis • Daryl Anthony Roberts, 30, and Laura Estelle Russell, 33, both of Texico • Fidel Joe Madrid, 42, and Nicole Catherine Roybal, 34, both of Clovis • Jacob Leon Cunningham, 21, of Clovis, and Baley Jean Well...
Municipal election ballots 7 a.m.-7 p.m. March 3 City of Clovis Mayor • Raymond Mondragon • Michael A. Morris • Stephen B. North • R.L. Rube Render • Sandra Taylor Sawyer City Commission District 1 • George Talmadge Jones • Kenneth R. Lindsey • Leo Lovett • Marcus Alan Smith • James Matthew Whittington • Rhonda Payne Bargman • Eric A. Collings City Commission District 2 • Lauren D. Rowley • Jamaal R. Williams City Commission District 3 • David W. Bryant • Helen Casaus City Commission District 4 • Rodney Mike Lusk* • Chris Bry...
Monday • Curry County DWI Task Force — 4 p.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Special meeting; open to the public. Information: 575-763-6016 • Portales Municipal Schools board — 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 Tuesday • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Wednesday • Clovis Community College Board of Trustees — 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepp...
While New Mexico has yet to see any coronavirus cases, authorities and hospital officials are preparing for the worst. “People are worried about the unknown and this is a new virus,” said Dr. Michael Landen, the state epidemiologist for the New Mexico Department of Health. “(W)e’re still learning about it, but we do know it causes a fever, cough and shortness of breath as the main symptoms.” While most of the region is still focused on the annual influenza outbreak, Texas had identified 11 confirmed coronavirus cases as...
