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Like many families, mine has a group chat for texting. I feel like my mom, Robin Widner, is the most active in it, because she’s always warning us to look out for this or watch out for that. She manages a bank in Melrose, so she’s up to date with the latest scams going around. On Wednesday, she told us what to do if we get a call from someone saying they had your loved one and would kill them if you don’t wire them money. “It’s a scam,” she said. “Hang up the phone and call your loved one to check on them.” She’s known how...
David Sprissler said the words were the most terrifying he’s ever heard: “We have your daughter, and we need money.” The man on the phone told Sprissler, who lives near Tolar in Roosevelt County, that his daughter would be killed if instructions were not followed. The call was a scam, Sprissler’s daughter was never in danger, and no money was exchanged. Sprissler told his story because, “I don’t want any parent to go through this.” The incident began around lunchtime on Wednesday. Sprissler said he received a phone call fr...
The creation of Clovis Municipal Schools Sixth Grade Academy at Marshall means a relocation for seventh and eighth graders who would have gone to Marshall Middle School this upcoming school year. Depending on which option the school board chooses, Gattis would receive the majority of the former Marshall seventh and eighth graders – at least 206 and maybe as many as 294. Yucca could gain between 20 and 128 students, depending on the proposal selected. That will be decided later this month or in April, officials said. All f...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Pork roast with gravy, baked potato, corn, cornbread with butter, cherry cobbler. Tuesday: Taco Tuesday, pinto beans, chips and salsa, cookie. Wednesday: Chicken Alfredo, broccoli and cauliflower, bread stick, cake. Thursday: Frito pie, salad, spiced apples. Friday: Crispy fish or chicken nuggets, baked potato, okra, biscuit with margarine, pudding. Baxter-Curren Activity Center 908 Hickory, Clovis 575-762-3631 Monday: 8:30 a.m. Exercise, 10 a.m. Line...
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. “All the Lost Places” by Amanda Dykes. When a baby is discovered floating in a basket along the canals of 1807 Venice, a guild of artisans takes him in and raises him as a son. Although the boy, Sebastien Trovato, has wrestled with questions of his...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: Muffin. Lunch: Spaghetti and meatballs, garden salad and ranch, childed fresh fruit, cheesy breadstick or (grades 6-12) pizza or spicy chicken or corn dog and fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: Go-gurt and graham cracker. Lunch: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes and gravy, seasoned corn, chilled peaches, whole wheat roll or (grades 6-12) pulled pork odr hamburger or burrito and fries. Wednesday: Breakfast: Breakfast bread. Lunch: Chili cheese fries, mini carrots and celery with ranch, sidekicks or (grades...
Around here folks used to say the sand would blow for three days straight before the wind would lay. I’m just glad we didn’t get three days in a row as bad as last Sunday. I don’t know if that old saying about a three-day blow has any basis in statistical fact or not, but I remember a lot of times in the spring when it would blow several days in a row, sometimes with a cold front accompanying the wind, but always with dirt in the air. But when it broke we always had the prett...
Stacy Henrikson is originally from Troy, Missouri, a little town north of St. Louis. She is the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Academic Clinical Coordinator of Education at Clovis Community College. She has been a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant for over 13 years, working in many different clinical settings throughout her career. Her role at CCC includes coordinating with clinics throughout the region to organize student clinical rotation sites as well as instructing...
On this date ... 1946: The Harlem Globetrotters “treated a sardine-packed Clovis Junior High gymnasium to a Broadway version of hoosier basketball,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. The gym’s windows “rattled from the wind of the guffaws of the multitude,” reporter Charles Stanfield claimed. The Globetrotters defeated the House of David, 55-39. The ’Trotters trailed 12-0 early, but made their comeback after a timeout. They huddled up — with one of their bearded opponents listening in and reporting plans back to his team ...
Booked The following were booked into local jail (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Woodrow Nease, 26, failure to pay fines • Mary Trujillo, 52, criminal trespass • Hugo Gonzalez, 35, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jon Diaz-Escarzega, 26, attempt to commit a felony, to wit: criminal sexual penetration in the second degree, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, criminal sexual contact of a minor in the fourth degree • Juan Gutierrez, 23, negligent use of a deadly weapon • Adrianna Cordova, 24, concealing...
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday announced 10 appointments to the boards of regents for Eastern New Mexico University and five other colleges and universities. The appointees must be confirmed by the Legislature. According to a news release from the governor, her appointment for Eastern New Mexico University is Logan O’Brien, student regent, for a two-year term through Dec. 31, 2024. Attempts to reach O’Brien for comment were unsuccessful. “These individuals play a critical role in guiding the future...
A Clovis man sentenced last month to 34 years in prison for shooting at police will be appealing his case. Marcus Lewis, 22, was found guilty Feb. 9 by a Curry County jury of multiple allegations he shot at three law officers who were attempting to arrest him in connection with a shooting in July. “Anytime we go to trial on a case and get a sentence like this we appeal,” Lewis’ attorney Sandra Gallagher said. “The defendant has a right to appeal, so when they request it we appeal.” Gallagher said she plans to review he...
In honor of Brain Injury Awareness Month, the Curry County Health Council is distributing 235 bicycle helmets of all sizes to the community. The helmets are being supplied by the New Mexico Governor’s Commission on Disability. Sam Thrash, the Health Equity and Community Rebuilding Coordinator for the county said she is excited to take part in something like this. “This is one of the first big projects I’ve helped with,” she said. “I hope the kids will wear them and decorate them, and we can prevent any injuries.” According t...
Facing unrelenting fiscal pressures, Presbyterian Healthcare Services on Thursday announced it is exploring the formation of a parent organization with Iowa-based UnityPoint Health to consolidate administrative functions and ease cost burdens on both not-for-profit health systems. President and CEO Dale Maxwell said patients will not be affected by the change. Jobs related to patient care and the health plan will not be affected. He said it’s too soon to tell what — or if — jobs will be impacted on the administrative side for...
Change at the New Mexico Legislature usually comes in small steps taken over a long period of time. That’s especially true with gun laws. The last significant changes came in 2019 with a bill to expand background checks and in 2020 with one to allow the courts to file an emergency order temporarily taking guns from those proven to be at risk to themselves or others. This year, I had high hopes for House Bill 101, which would ban assault rifles and high-capacity magazines. It cleared its first committee fairly early in the pro...
This year’s Black History Month got me to thinking about Black people who have influenced me personally. On occasion, I write about L.T. Williams, my favorite professor at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. He took a multidimensional approach to America’s history, and his insights into our great American heritage had a profound and expanding impact on my eager young mind. I grew up straddling a segregated and a desegregating South; I went to an all-white elementary school and a fully integrated high school. Well, not...
New Mexico’s woeful hugging of 51st place nationally in education could improve with the passage of House Bill 325, at this writing awaiting a hearing before the House Education Committee. It comes from education improvements proposed by Think New Mexico, an independent think tank known for its many non-partisan reforms making New Mexico a better place to live. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Natalie Figueroa (D-Albuquerque), a high school teacher, and Rep. Gail Armstrong (R-Magdalena), a former school board member. The bill a...
The whole “conservative” versus “liberal,” “left” versus “right” rivalry is a lie. In the ridiculous political world where most people view each idea as either “conservative” or “liberal,” (or whichever word the political left prefers at the moment), those who love liberty confuse everyone. In the real world, though, there is only liberty versus authoritarianism. The rest is a diversion. Often one part of the political divide supports me on one topic while disagreeing with...
In late September of last year, a series of explosions destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines that connected Russia with Germany. After several weeks of investigation, the Swedish government ascertained that the pipeline was destroyed by sabotage. Initial media reports implicated Russia as the perpetrator of this disaster, but the Swedes declined to name any particular nation state as the culprit. Since that initial investigation, Sweden has refused to share any information on...
We can all agree Alec Baldwin did not mean to kill cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, leaving her husband a widower and her then-9-year-old son motherless. He should not be, and was not, charged with murder. But, nor should this killing be brushed off as an accident, a tragedy of working with superstars in which a family’s only hope is to squeeze some money out in civil proceedings. Baldwin should be charged, as he was, with involuntary manslaughter, which involves the “commission of a lawful act which might produce death … w...
The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting in Room 512 on the CCC campus, Monday at 8 a.m. A number of routine business items are on the agenda for the session such as action on approval for purchasing welding booths and action on upgrades to the college’s fire alarm system. An executive session is scheduled for the meeting. The subject matter of the executive session is listed as “regarding acting or interim president of Clovis Community College.” An option of viewing the meeting by Zoom...
In their regular meeting Tuesday night, the Portales City Council acknowledged a number of items of business. A presentation from Portales Police Chief Christopher Williams on an automated traffic enforcement study made the council realize drivers in the city aren’t too compliant when it comes to obeying the speed limit. Williams was joined by Heidi Traverso with NovoaGlobal via Zoom. According to their website, NovoaGlobal is “dedicated to developing high-technology solutions that help communities become safer places for...
Cattle raising plays a huge role in Eastern New Mexico agriculture, as well as the entire state. It doesn’t come much as a surprise that most are in favor of House Bill 153, which would increase the penalty for livestock thievery. On Feb. 22, the House Judiciary Committee moved to send a committee substitute for House Bill 153 out of committee with a “do pass” recommendation. It will now move to the House floor. “This is something that is definitely needed,” said Bronson Corn who is the President Elect for the New Mexico Ca...
New Mexico State Rep. Jack Chatfield’s campaign committee has published an advertisement claiming a bill going through the New Mexico Legislature would remove parent involvement for minors who may receive reproductive care, including abortion, or gender-changing care. Chatfield represents District 67, which includes parts of Curry, Quay, Harding, Colfax and Union counties. The advertisement is running in today’s edition of The News. Chatfield was not available Thursday to comment on the advertisement, but on his cam...
Curry County commissioners learned Tuesday of $281,250 in law enforcement retention and recruitment funds coming to the county treasury. Clovis City commissioners learned such funds were on the way to the city from the same program. Commissioners learned from City Manager Justin Howalt and City Attorney Jared Morris a plan on how to use the money that was being put into place involving bonuses set to be distributed to city officers who have been with the Clovis Police Department for a number of years. Curry County Manager...
