Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Commission will hold a special meeting Monday to canvass Tuesday’s elections. The commission will review the elections in Portales, Causey, Dora, Elida and Floyd. Afterward the canvass, notable items on the agenda for the 9 a.m. meeting at the Roosevelt County Courthouse include: • The commission will receive reports on the detention center, road department and manager's office. • The commission will consider a request to re-establish a bank account for the Community Development Block Grant P...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Sunday: 2 p.m. Gospel singing. Monday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 8 ball pool, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance, 1 p.m. canasta, 5 p.m. social night, 5 p.m. business meeting, 5:30 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. social night. Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 8 a.m. quilting, 11 a.m. line dance, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. musical. Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 9 a.m. sew days, 8:30 a.m....
These books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: Definition: cozy mystery. A comedic, lighthearted murder mystery with plenty of humor, no graphic violence or sex, and an amateur sleuth from a close-knit community who solves crimes, all while juggling a day job, hobby, or other responsibilities. Check out the following “cozies,” just a few of those eligible for the Kensington Cozy Card program, offering readers a copy of their own cozy mystery to keep. “Elementary, She Read” by Vicki Delany. Gemma Doyle has ret...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Orange muffin top. Lunch — Battered waffle chicken bites, au-gratin potatoes, steamed carrots, fresh tangelos, whole wheat roll, veggie bar. Tuesday: Breakfast — Homemade sausage egg, cheese burrito and salsa. Lunch — Turkey and cheese on a pretzel roll, baked french fries, veggie dippers and ranch, fresh banana, veggie bar. Wednesday: No school. Thursday: Breakfast — Waffle. Lunch — Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes and gravy, garden salad and ranch, sliced cucumbers, fresh apple, WW r...
Today • Daylight saving time begins — turn clocks ahead one hour Monday • Rural Bookmobile East in Grady — 10-11:30 a.m., Grady Municipal Schools, 100 Franklin St., Grady; 11:35 a.m.-12 noon, Grady Post Office, 406 W. Main St., Grady. Information: 575-461-1824 • Produce to People — 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Free in-season fruits and vegetables; no proof of income necessary; bring your own bags. Information: 575-763-6130 • Teens and Tweens spring break programming: “Painted Fram...
Information on creating party themes, making custom cuff bracelets and making fun greeting cards for any occasion will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Susan Legits, independent demonstrator with Stampin’ Up, will start with a black and white party décor and use it as is or add a pop of color to create another party theme. She’ll show how to change elements to transform a basic design into a party theme for every occasion. Legits lives in Albuquer...
In our part of the world a person can tell spring is in the air without looking at the calendar because the signs of spring are literally in the air. A short drive in the country will tell you what I mean. Before you even see the black and white road kill cakes you’ll notice the aroma of what we refer to as polecat parfume. Apparently those boar skunks have received a seasonal hormone signal causing them to roam because I noticed the other day that a good number of them didn’t roam fast enough to get off the highway saf...
Editor’s note: On April 22, 1945, U.S. Army Cpl. Hayley Dandridge of Dora wrote a letter to friends about the horrors he witnessed at the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. Historians believe more than 50,000 prisoners died at Buchenwald. Many were executed, while others were victims of insufficient food, disease and human experimentation. Dandridge, who was with a medical detachment, toured Buchenwald less than two weeks after an estimated 21,000 p...
CLOVIS — A 2-year-old boy pulled from Dennis Chavez Lake on Friday afternoon was resuscitated and rushed to the Clovis hospital, officials said. Clovis Fire Department Battalion Chief Joel Gershon said the child was flown to Lubbock about 7:20 p.m. on Friday in critical, but stable condition. Gershon said the child was showing “good signs of life after resuscitation” Friday night. Updates on the child’s condition were not available Saturday morning. A police news release said officers responded at 4:14 p.m. to a report...
Everyone talks about the power of the Republican and Democrat party establishments. It’s real — just ask Bernie. He quickly found out how powerful the Democrat establishment is last week when Mayor Pete and Amy Klobuchar both called it quits just in time to help Joe Biden rack up some impressive primary wins on Super Tuesday. Bernie Sanders is a socialist, an outsider. Outsiders always have a tough time. But good, likable candidates like my father in 1980 can defeat the party establishment. Bernie isn’t exactly likab...
Donald Schutte, a longtime lawyer and a former assistant district attorney and district court judge in Quay County, died Feb. 25. He was 72. Attorney Roger Bargas, with whom Schutte shared a law office in Tucumcari, said he suddenly took ill at his home near Las Vegas, New Mexico, and was rushed to the hospital. Bargas said it’s believed Schutte died from a blood clot or massive heart attack. “It came out of the blue. It was a real shock for everybody. He was one of the healthiest people I’ve ever met,” Bargas said during...
The magnitude of the Colorado River’s decline (because of climate change) as outlined in the Science paper is “eye popping.” — Brad Udall, senior scientist at Colorado State University The latest research about the Colorado River is alarming and also predictable: In a warming world, snowmelt has been decreasing while evaporation of reservoirs is increasing. Yet no politician has a plan to save the diminishing Colorado River. If you followed the news about the Colorado River for the last year, however, you’d think that a po...
Once upon a time, Bernie Sanders would have had another political vulnerability besides his socialism — namely, his atheism. In 2016, a Democratic National Committee staffer had to apologize after the WikiLeaks hack exposed an email he wrote that suggested using Bernie’s atheism against him in the primary. This year, Bernie’s religion, or lack of it, has barely made a ripple or even occasioned any comment. It used to be expected that serious presidential candidates would have religious faith and discuss it, in keeping with th...
At least Michael Bloomberg gave it a try. Having done poorly in a prior debate, he joked during the Charleston, South Carolina, debate that he was surprised the other candidates showed up — because he “did such a good job beating them last week.” His poorly timed attempt at humor was ridiculed on social media. So what has happened to humor among our presidential candidates? Partisanship makes way too many of us way too serious way too much of the time. But the American sense of humor has a deep history and most presi...
Well, President Trump’s first reaction to the Center for Disease Control’s announcement two weeks ago that a coronavirus epidemic was nearly inevitable was his usual stamping of feet. He denied facts that disagreed with his gut, which is motivated by what favors his immediate political needs. His lackeys moved in. They said nefarious, insidious, crafty, sinister Democrats had infiltrated the CDC to make it say horrible things about a major outbreak of corona virus’ COVID-19 with the sole purpose of scoring political point...
The best words spoken by a candidate during the municipal elections in Clovis came from the city’s new mayor, Mike Morris. “I won with about 34 percent of the vote,” Morris told The News Editor Kevin Wilson. “Most of the citizens didn’t vote for me. I want to demonstrate to all citizens I am everyone’s mayor.” The new mayor seems humbled, which is a good place to start. Too many politicians misinterpret their Election Day victories to mean the majority of people will support their decisions that follow. That could not be...
Monday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Clovis Astronomy Club — 7 p.m., Room 143 or 145 (look for signs), Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 757-846-7509 Tuesday • City of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee — 8:30 a.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 • Civic Center Policy Committee — 3 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Cl...
PORTALES — Brady Brunson said he’s been doing his best to clean up the aftermath of a structure fire on his property from last summer. But progress has been slow-going and the Portales City Council has decided to take action to clean up the “dangerous” debris. Council members on Tuesday approved the filing of a formal complaint with the district court to abate the nuisance property at 210 N. Ave., which was burned in a structure fire last July and declared dangerous during a meeting in August. Brunson was in attenda...
CLOVIS — Charles Nwankwo’s first board of trustees meeting as president at Clovis Community College was a short one, with board members joking they may hold him to that standard. The trustees met for 20 minutes Wednesday morning at the college, approving a variety of routine items with Nwankwo taking over for Interim President Robin Kuykendall at the trustee table. Nwankwo thanked Kuykendall for her service, noting “She left the college in a stronger position, and I am pleased for that.” He reported his initial meeting...
PORTALES — Monica Eppinger wants to save as many Portales animals as she can from euthanasia at the local shelter. She even founded the non-profit Labor of Love Project to help do that. But she faces one major problem: The Labor of Love’s president has been barred from the shelter’s property and said she doesn’t know why. Linda Sumption, an English professor at Eastern New Mexico University and volunteer at the Portales shelter, went before the Portales City Council on Tuesday to bring attention to a string of “misund...
CLOVIS — City voters chose a new direction Tuesday, selecting Mike Morris as their next mayor. Morris, a longtime insurance agency owner in Clovis, took a five-way race with 33.6% of the vote. He had 1,510 votes to finish ahead of Stephen North (1,132) and former city manager and police chief Raymond Mondragon (943). His first meeting with the mayor’s gavel will come when the commission meets April 2. Votes are unofficial until Thursday’s canvassing at the Curry County Commi...
CLOVIS — Voters on Tuesday picked first-time office seeker Mike Morris as their new mayor. But downballot races ran all across the spectrum of experience as Clovis voters retained two incumbents and added two new commissioners who are Clovis High graduates — 29 years apart. Leo Lovett won the most crowded field for a city office in 18 years, taking 28.4% of the vote in a seven-way race for District 1. The seat was won by Ladona Clayton in 2016; after she left Clovis for a job in Dallas, David Robinson accepted an app...
PORTALES — The city of Portales is seeking donations for its annual Easter Egg Hunt, according to a city release. Donations of candy will be taken at City Hall through April 9, with the hunt scheduled for April 12. City Hall will be closed April 10 in observance of Good Friday. Deputy City Clerk Veda Urioste said the city is confident it has sufficient plastic eggs from previous years’ donations, and asks donors avoid chocolate or other candies likely to melt. Information: 575-356-6662, Option 1-2....
CLOVIS — No one in New Mexico had tested positive for coronavirus, at least as of Saturday. But it was in 28 states and the number of confirmed cases, and deaths, continue to rise around the nation. That’s why the New Mexico Department of Health was on hand Friday in Clovis to update residents on novel coronavirus and how to prepare. “We are encouraging people to take this seriously,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Michael Landen said, “but not to panic.” The Friday afternoon f...
CLOVIS — Mayor David Lansford has argued for months that “putting skin in the game” was eastern New Mexico’s best shot at getting federal funding for a major infrastructure component of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System. Then the City Commission approved a property tax to generate $15 million, on the condition the federal government chips in $40 million and the state $30 million by March 2022. Since then, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority has received federal and state awards of $15 million and $1 mill...
