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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission will hold a special meeting 5:15 p.m. Tuesday at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The meeting will cover three topics: • An update to the operating and use agreement between the city and the Curry Resident Senior Meals Association for the Friendship Senior Center, as requested by the state’s aging and long-term services department. • Consideration of an application for 2020 state general obligation bonds for construction of a new senior center at Hillcrest Park. The cur...
CLOVIS - For the second straight year, artwork created by Clovis students will be on display at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, scheduled for April 22. Arts Academy at Bella Vista Principal Shelly Norris said the school was contacted by the U.S. Department of Education a few weeks ago to say that the school had been recommended for creating a painting for the event, which was made official at the end of March. Norris then enlisted Sharon Cathey, a fifth-grade teacher...
Joe Biden wants us to believe that all his touching speaks to how deeply he cares about other people. It’s really a testament to how much regard he has for himself. As everyone has always known, Biden is prone to weird and wildly overfamiliar interactions with women, which are extensively on the record and have been the subject of jocular commentary over the years. The #MeToo era has put his grabby style in a different light, and now he’s had to tweet out a video saying he...
I recall a particularly pompous area school administrator. He loved to tell us how educated he was, to the point he sent one of his published research papers to us instead of returning a phone call. He never understood, nor tried to understand, why we didn’t publish it. I ran into him at a school event. After he began the conversation with an insufferable remark, he asked why our stories didn’t refer to him as Dr. So-and-so. “Associated Press style dictates we only use the term when referring to people who practice medicine,...
If you weren’t already convinced that the blanket federal prohibition on marijuana is illogical, counterproductive and confusing, consider this: Despite the ban, all but three states have legalized some form of cannabis. That creates a serious and obvious conflict. To address it, the federal government — under President Trump as well as President Obama — has for the most part opted not to enforce its own prohibition, so that marijuana growers and sellers in California and elsewhere are effectively permitted to violate feder...
PORTALES — By a 594-207 count, Portales voters authorized the city to expand the use of Local Economic Development dollars to attract businesses. Results are unofficial until a Monday afternoon canvassing by the Roosevelt County Commission. The mail-in ballots were counted Thursday night. According to the ballot, the city will be authorized to consider “retail business, arts and cultural districts, and cultural facilities as being eligible to utilize revenues generated by the Municipal Local Options Gross Receipt Taxes Act...
CLOVIS - Wednesday's meeting of the Clovis Community College Board of Trustees began on a somber note as the board recognized the passing of trustee Russell Muffley. Muffley, a member of the board since 2003 and former municipal judge for the city of Clovis, died Tuesday after an 18-year battle with cancer. At Wednesday's meeting, a rose was placed in front of Muffley's name plate and the robe he would wear at graduation was draped over his usual seat. "Russell was an...
FLOYD — The Floyd Community Center will be host to a road viewer committee 9 a.m. Wednesday. The committee is meeting to view a stretch of road approximately half a mile for closure consideration. The road is North Roosevelt Road AK between Roosevelt Roads R 2 1/2 and 3....
PORTALES — The speed limit for trains traveling through Portales will increase later this month, according to a letter to City Manager Sammy Standefer from Joe Sloan, a public affairs representative for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. According to the letter, some crossings in Portales had been under a permanent slow order of 20 mph due to design issues. Sloan wrote that those crossings have been improved and, starting April 15, all crossings will have a 49 mph speed limit. Standefer said he has reached out to Sloan a...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education plans to hold a special meeting Wednesday to review applications and select finalists for the district’s superintendent position. According to the agenda, the board will discuss the applicants during an executive session before reconvening from the closed meeting to select finalists. The special meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the administration building, 1009 Main St. Superintendent Jody Balch announced his plans to retire at the end of the school year dur...
CLOVIS — Yucca Middle School was placed under a brief lockdown Wednesday while police investigated a student bringing a BB gun to the school, Superintendent Jody Balch told The News on Friday. Balch said a student saw a BB gun in another student’s backpack and alerted a teacher, who contacted the police. He said the weapon was not used to threaten anyone. Balch said he was unsure of how long the lockdown lasted “but I don’t believe it was very long.” Balch said there was no notice sent to parents on Wednesday due to “a per...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Commission plans to canvass a vote and take a field trip during a special meeting Monday afternoon. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the commission room of the Roosevelt County Courthouse, where commissioners will first canvas the 2019 mail-in election from the city of Portales. City officials reported Thursday night that citizens approved by a 594-207 margin authorizing the city to use Local Economic Development Act dollars for retail businesses. The commission will then recess, and r...
PORTALES — The Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education will begin looking ahead to the 2019-2020 school year this week, with the district calendar and applications for pre-K and bilingual multicultural education funding included on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting. The agenda also includes recognition of winners of the Destination Imagination and Patriots Pen Essay competitions and approval of the La Casa Summer Lunch Program to use the Valencia Elementary cafeteria kitchen. Monday’s meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m....
ALBUQUERQUE — Hearing objections from other applicants, a judge on Thursday declined to rule on a motion to dismiss the lawsuit that last year halted the racino award selection process. If new objections from other applicants are taken to heart, the process might stretch much longer yet. The New Mexico Racing Commission, previously poised to announce in December which of five applicants would receive the state’s sixth racing license, delayed that decision following a petition for injunctive relief filed Nov. 28 in the 2nd...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission didn’t need 30 days to fill its municipal judge vacancy. It didn’t even need to look outside of the municipal court. The commission unanimously approved the appointment of Vicki Kelley to the position, not too long after Jan Garrett was awarded the key to the city as a same-day retirement gift. “Your years of service as alternate judge made that decision so easy,” Mayor David Lansford said following the vote to appoint Kelley, who has worked in the court for 37 years, with the last 17 a...
The following marriage licenses were filed through Thursday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Jose Antonio Salgado-Vela, 43, and Maricela Quiroz-Cortes, 34, both of Clovis • Roberto Hermosillo Morales, 65, and Maria De La Luz, 56, both of Clovis • Abigail Garcia, 23, and Antonette Arabian Garcia, 24, both of Texico • Megan Rachelle Duffy, 24, and Destinee Anne-Marie Warford, 21, both of Muleshoe • Matthew Scot Jamieson, 32, of Clovis, and Amanda Lynn Swanson, 27, of Gilsum, New Hampshire • Mario Antonio Diaz, 57, and...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Lawrence Caldwell, 56, probation violation • Carlos Lopez, 34, driving while license suspended or revoked • Julian Montoya, 41, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Clarisa Garcia, 25, probation violation, out of state fugitive • Manuel Salazar, 60, probation violation • Joseph Steward, 52, probation violation • Ashley Timmons, 24, larceny (over $500 but not more than $2,500) • Ethan Beltran, 23, arson (over $500) • Fernando Martinez, 19, con...
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library “The Whispered Word” by Ellery Adams intrigues with the story of Nora Pennington and her friends as they encounter Abilene, a secretive young woman in need of a new beginning. After the suspicious death of a customer, Nora discovers a connection that points to Abilene as either a suspect or another target. “The Range Detectives” by William W. Johnstone keeps the suspense going to the last page when two range detectives are hired by the Cattle Raisers...
Curry County Association of Educational Retirees Our program featured a presentation by guest speakers Crystal Rodriguez and Sharon Null from Kindred Hospice Volunteer Service. Speaking first, Null told us what volunteer services could be awaiting us, should we decide to volunteer with their hospice: either office help or patient support. There are opportunities to answer the phone, create goodies or socialize with patients. There is a Veterans Caring for Veterans Program as well. Following Null’s talk, Rodriguez, a nurse a...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes w/gravy, mini carrots w/ranch, chilled fruit. Tuesday: Breakfast — Cinnamon roll. Lunch — Cheeseburger on a bun, baked fries, veggie cup w/ranch, chilled fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast — Pancake. Lunch — Soft chicken taco, salsa, seasoned pinto beans, seasoned corn. Thursday: Breakfast — Grape crescent. Lunch — Pig in a serpe, garden salad w/ranch, chilled fruit, cookie. Friday: Breakfast — Breakfast frudel. Lunch — Bean tostada, s...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. musical Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 8:45 a.m. board meeting, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m....
Apparently when a person reaches the age of 60 he realizes his body is never going to be the same. These days, when the doctor asks what body part hurts and/or doesn’t work, it’s easier to just list the things that don’t hurt. My upper lip doesn’t hurt. That’s all that doesn’t hurt. Even it quivers a bit when I think about my age and condition. Hitting 30 hit me hard but 30 x 2 has proven to be the hardest yet. When you close in on 50, AARP sends you that fake membership...
My name is Janelle Duffey. I was born and raised in Rosewell and have lived in Clovis for the past six years. I have spent my entire life involved with agriculture. I grew up on a large farm east of Roswell where my family raised sheep, grew alfalfa, corn, cotton, barley and pecans, and still do to this day. I was very active in 4-H and FFA in high school, and it was these organizations that led me to pursue a degree in animal science from New Mexico State University. I have...
Monday • High Plains Historical Society membership meeting — 6 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-309-9893 • Portales Municipal Schools board — 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 • 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 • Clovis City Commission special meeting — 5:15 p.m., North Ann...
Today • Do It Yourself Expo — 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Free demonstrations and paid classes. Information: 575-935-5000 • Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show — 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Curry County Events Center, 1900 E. Brady Ave., Clovis. Information: 575-762-4342 • Enchilada fundraiser dinner — 1-3 p.m., Portales Church of God, 1427 E. Amazon, Portales. Benefit to send youth to church camp. Information: 575-356-8484 Monday • Produce to People — 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St.,...
