Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASKETBALL Prep State pairings (Seeds in parentheses) Boys Class 5A At The Pit, Albuquerque Wednesday’s quarterfinals (5) Organ Mountain 59, (4) West Mesa 55 (3) Los Lunas 46, (11) La Cueva 45 (2) Sandia 64, (7) Rio Rancho Cleveland 62 (1) Volcano Vista 54, (9) Atrisco Heritage 49 Thursday’s semifinals Sandia 49, Los Lunas 45 Volcano Vista 48, Organ Mountain 46 Saturday’s championship Volcano Vista 43, Sandia 31 Class 4A At The Pit, Albuquerque Wednesday’s quarterfinals (6) Hope Christian 59, (3) St. Pius 45 (1) Albuque...
Today *Daylight saving time begins – move clocks ahead one hour *Blood drive — 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Chapel 2, Legacy Church, 3401 N. Norris St., Clovis. All March blood donors are automatically entered for a drawing for “groceries for a year” - one of two $10,000 prepaid gift cards. Register online at www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. Information: 877-258-4825 *Clovis Evening Lions Club Gun, Knife, and Coin Show – 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Curry County Events Center, 1900 E. Br...
A proposed overhaul of New Mexico’s public education system — eliminating the Cabinet secretary position and reestablishing a statewide board of education — is headed to its last stop, the House floor. The House Education Committee voted 9-2 Wednesday to support Senate Joint Resolution 1, which calls for a November 2024 general election ballot question asking New Mexico voters to decide on a constitutional amendment making the change. The Senate already has approved the resolution, which does not need the governor’s signatu...
Monday *Clovis Astronomy Club – 7 p.m., Room 101, Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Use west parking lot entrance. Information: 757-846-7509 Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *Clovis Municipal Schools board special meeting — 5:30 p.m., Board Room, CMS administration building, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4300 *City of Clovis Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board – 5:30 p.m., North Ann...
SANTA FE — In 1912, Doña Dolores “Lola” Chávez de Armijo, state librarian of New Mexico, filed a lawsuit when Gov. William C. McDonald tried to remove her from office. McDonald claimed that women were unqualified to hold office according to the Constitution and laws of New Mexico. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham trumpeted Armijo’s courage and resolve during a presentation Wednesday marking International Women’s Day, and celebrating New Mexico’s Historic Women Marker Program. Armijo won her lawsuit, which allowed her to keep h...
How did “Rams” come to be the mascot for Portales High School? There is some evidence the nickname for Portales’ school sports teams was the “Yams” in the 1920s. PHS Principal Art Ontiveros said that’s probably because Portales was known for having high-yielding sweet potato crops. The flag of The Portales Valley News in 1926 referenced Portales as “The Sweet Potato Town, U.S.A.” The school’s 1926 yearbook was titled “The Yam,” and has a picture of a large sweet potato on the front cover. But the Yams were mostly out and t...
Curry County Association of Educational Retirees The Curry County Association of Educational Retirees (CCAER) held their March meeting Tuesday at K-Bob’s Restaurant in Clovis. Club Secretary Sandra Bates reports member Bill Reed introduced Winona Johnson, an instructor from Clovis Community College, who shared information about the upcoming Kids College. Kids College is an annual collection of non-credit classes for children in grades K-12. Johnson said there are opportunities for CCAER members to teach at Kids College t...
Daylight saving time for 2023 officially began this morning at 2 a.m. with clocks moving ahead one hour. According to a news release from New Mexico State University (NMSU), the time change “is a perfect way to remember to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.” Clovis Fire Chief Mike Nolen agrees. “First I want to remember the time change, it sure would look bad if the fire chief showed up late,” Nolen said. “But absolutely, test your smoke detector and your batteries of the device wi...
Today’s Daylight Saving Time system — spring-to-fall DST followed by winter Standard Time — is an excellent compromise, providing DST’s many advantages the majority of the year and yet avoiding winter Standard Time’s difficulties during the dark, cold months. One proposed alternative is year-round Standard Time. This would cut short 240 beautiful spring, summer and autumn evenings and eliminate eight months of Daylight Time’s benefits. Numerous studies show that spring-to-fall DST increases public health and the quality of...
Almost everyone hates springing forward and falling back every year. Moving clocks ahead one hour in March only to return them to their previous settings in November wastes time — literally. No adjustments to clocks change the length of the day, which is determined by latitude (distance from the equator) and season of the year. Daylight Saving Time, which kicked in this year at 2 a.m. today, simply shifts an hour of sunshine from the beginning of the day to its end. “Saving” an hour of sunlight requires losing an hour of sl...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: French toast bites. Lunch: General Tso, egg roll, fried rice, steamed mixed veggies, chilled applesauce or (grades 6-12) pizza or spicy chicken or corn dog and fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: Cinnamon swirl bun. Lunch: Burrito, Spanish rice, garden salad and ranch, chilled mixed fruit Jell-o or (grades 6-12) pulled pork or hamburger or sub sandwich and fries Wednesday: Breakfast: Frudel. Lunch: Mac and cheese, seasoned green beans, veggie cup and ranch, whole wheat roll, chilled pears or (grades 6-12)...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Green chile chicken enchiladas, pinto beans, Spanish rice, chips and salsa, sopapilla with honey. Tuesday: Baked ham, sweet potatoes, mixed veggies, roll with butter, cake. Wednesday: Pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes, Italian green beans, biscuit with butter, pudding. Thursday: Barbecued country-style rib, macaroni and cheese, blended egetables, roll with butter, fruit salad. Friday: Fish sandwich or chicken patty sandwich, French fries, sherbet....
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. “Honor Bound” by Hallee Bridgeman. It may seem odd to seek peace by moving to a war-torn African country, but for medical missionary Dr. Cynthia Myers, it provided a way to escape a shallow life of unearned wealth, a philandering fiancé, and a fathe...
When I was growing up, my Granddad Ruby laid across the bed every afternoon and took a nap. It didn’t make sense to me back then, but it does now. Several years ago, I got my sleep apnea under control with a CPAP machine and that kept me from dozing at my desk. But as I’ve aged, I still love a nap in my chair. Give me 20 minutes at lunch and I finish the day refreshed. Of course I’ve found, even with the CPAP, I don’t sleep very long at night as an old fart. But with the CPAP...
