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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - Sergio Sanchez has been playing golf for about a year. His buddy, Adrian Romero, has been playing for 23 years, since he was 5. Both are equally avid golfers, though, and both had been denied the opportunity to play in Clovis due to restrictions put in place to combat the coronavirus. Thursday brought good news for Sanchez, Romero and anyone else who likes golfing in Clovis and throughout the state. In a remote news conference, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham amended her...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Commission will handle various agreements when it meets Tuesday morning. The 9 a.m. Tuesday virtual meeting can be accessed at: anymeeting.com/PIID=EE56D881844C3B One contract request will be an agreement with Lea County for juvenile detainee housing. The county has reached agreements with other counties for juvenile services with Curry County closing its juvenile detention facility. The commission approved an agreement with Dona Ana County at its April 20 meeting, and the agreement with Lea C...
My true hair color is blonde. I’m not so sure about my wife’s color. I knew when I got married I was getting a bottle blonde, but she was hot looking and I was in love so I didn’t really care. Had I taken the time to calculate the investment that would be required of the family budget over the years I might have thought twice. Averaging her own figures of $7 to $14 per dye job and the four-week interval she claims the peroxide bill for our marriage comes to about $3,400. I thi...
Texas is open again, to a degree at least. And how noticeable the difference is seems to depend on where you go. Gov. Greg Abbott let Texas' stay-at-home order expire on Thursday, so the state began what was considered Phase 1 of re-opening on Friday. Restaurants, retail stores, malls, libraries, state or locally run museums, golf courses with restrictions, and outdoor sports with fewer than four participants were allowed to return. National museums, bars, breweries and...
CLOVIS - The sign on the front door of Traci's Greenhouse is good news. Sort of. Though in mid-April the sign informed Traci's customers that the business had set up shop just off Highway 60 in Farwell, the current sign on the main Mabry Drive location front door tells the greenhouse's faithful to just come around back. One of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's orders to help contain COVID-19 had forced Traci's Greenhouse to close and seek a temporary home across the state line in...
Sid Strebeck had an idea. Clovis’ steakhouse owner understood he had to comply with the governor’s social-distancing guidelines during this COVID-19 pandemic, but he also wanted to keep his business going. And so he proposed “a different dining experience.” • He would set up 30 picnic tables in the KBob’s Steakhouse two-acre parking lot. • Each table would be at least 30 feet from the next table. • Customers would order and pay online. • On arrival, customers would remain in their vehicle until the food was placed on an assi...
We had to destroy the hospitals to save them. You could be forgiven for thinking that’s the upshot of the coronavirus lockdowns that have suspended elective surgeries and generally discouraged people from going to hospitals. Many hospitals are getting pushed near, or over, the financial edge. At a time when we feared that hospitals would get overwhelmed by a surge of patients, they have instead been emptied out. At a time when we thought medical personnel would be at a p...
California was well down the road to becoming a Bernie Sanders-model socialist state when the coronavirus crisis came along. But fighting COVID-19 and slowing its spread gave “liberal” Gov. Gavin Newsom a perfect excuse to unleash his inner dictator and greatly expand his power over the social and economic lives of his subjects. Like other authoritarian Blue State governors across the country, he quickly ordered the shutdown of all nonessential activity in the entire sta...
We are waiting for things to get back to normal. Just waiting. We are waiting until our government tells us what to do. A lot of us are killing time, trying to make the best of it — cleaning closets, hanging with our children, being “productive.” Making things fun — I sometimes feel there is a competition for the coolest quarantine family and neighborhood. Waiting for normal to happen. We are told to wear masks to protect other people from us if we are carrying the virus, but we see many people not bothering to do that. W...
This is a Humpty Dumpty economy. New Mexico has had a great fall. There are cracks in the economy everywhere. With the governor’s latest health order, New Mexico is still barely open for business. Moms and Pops are kicked to the curb while the governor’s message continues to be- shop inside the big-box stores and be with the crowds there. All businesses and offices need to be open to the public now, with owners, employees and customers taking health safety measures and practicing social distancing. Customers need to be abl...
If you’re confused by the conflicting messages the public has received on the necessity — or uselessness — of wearing a mask in public, you’re not alone. Of the many sound guidelines and safety suggestions delivered over the past month to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, this is one area where health officials have been far too slow to react, and alarmingly indecisive. At first we were told not to buy masks because it would diminish the supply for the medical professionals who need them most. That was the Twitter message...
CLOVIS — The Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce is seeking local small businesses to take part in an EpicBox promotion. The boxes combine items from various businesses, with a price of $140 and items valued at nearly twice that amount, according to a Chamber news release. So far, seven area businesses have joined the effort. Any business interested in taking part can call 575-760-7176 or email: [email protected] The Chamber notes boxes are in the planning stage for Mother’s Day and teacher app...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council will discuss adopting a COVID-19 relief program and creating an application process for the city’s eligible small businesses when it meets Tuesday evening. The 6:30 p.m. meeting will be virtual due to state public health orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be streamed from the city’s Facebook page (facebook.com/cityofportales). The meeting will also include a bid award to American Airport Maintenance for pavement maintenance on Taxiway A at the Portales Municipal Airport. The m...
CLOVIS — After a week out of service, Clovis Municipal Schools has decided to resume grab-and-go meal service for school-aged children at Sandia Elementary, beginning 8 a.m. Monday. Meals will be given 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. weekdays, with breakfast and lunch provided at the same time. The district had closed Sandia following a potential risk of exposure to COVID-19, but determined the site to be essential with approximately 100 students served daily and the nearest school a mile away. The district has enacted COVID-19 exposure p...
CLOVIS — Mayor Mike Morris was appointed Thursday to a mayor’s panel of 16 from across New Mexico, according to a city release. Morris, who took over as Clovis mayor on April 1, is part of a council appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to provide “a source of input, advice, ideas and support a plan for reopening,” Chief of Staff John Bingaman said. Morris said in the release that he will continue to advocate for safe practices and personal responsibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, but, “I expressed my belief that Clov...
CLOVIS — A Curry County youth has recovered following a Tuesday morning crash in Clovis. According to a release from the Clovis Police Department, officers were dispatched to the intersection of 21st and Mitchell for a motor vehicle crash. The caller described a white Ford truck that “passed the light at 21st and Thornton Street,” then left the roadway and crashed into another vehicle and a light pole in the parking lot of an apartment complex. The driver of the truck, 18-year-old Chisum Rush, was not responsive at the scene...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Road Department has scheduled chip seal overlay work for three days, according to a county release. Work is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, with the area closed to traffic at the following locations: • Monday: Laguna Vista Addition subdivision, including South Tennessee Street, Hidalgo Circle, Luna Road, Prado Road and Altos Drive. • Tuesday: Curry Road 9 from Curry Road G to Mary Street. • Wednesday: Curry Road L from Curry Road 6 to Curry Road 8. Motorists are asked to seek an alternate route, and sch...
CLOVIS — There were no action items, no votes to be taken during the superintendent’s report at Tuesday’s Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting. But the report from Superintendent Renee Russ was by far the most voluminous and the most well received portion of the meeting as she spoke about the challenges and successes the district has had managing the COVID-19 pandemic on the fly. “We have employees who have shown extreme flexibility,” Russ said, “and just a willingness to step in stride with us at the distric...
CLOVIS — Police in Clovis on back-to-back days made arrests following reports of burglaries in progress, court records show. The burglaries, reported on Monday and Tuesday, do not appear to be related. Four people were arrested in the two incidents — Gary Marez, 39, and Martha Rodriguez, 32, on Monday afternoon and Isaiah Willmot, 18, and Christopher Rodriguez, 34, on Tuesday afternoon. All four face multiple charges, including aggravated burglary. Records show Marez and Martha Rodriguez were arrested after brief pur...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., teleconference. Information: https://www.currycounty.org/open-government/meeting-portal or 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., teleconference. Information and a link on how to listen live will be on the county website: https://www.rooseveltcounty.com/. Meeting will also be recorded and available on the website. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., audio meeting. Public may listen...
On this date ... 1965: George Maddox, chief of Clovis’ inspectional section, had submitted his resignation to accept a job with the Federal Housing Administration. Maddox had been with the city 32 years. He would remain in Clovis with the FHA position, working under direction of state FHA Director Roy S. Walker. Maddox, his wife and three children lived at 121 Sunland. Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact: [email protected] For more regional history, see the website: pagespast.net...
CLOVIS - Different carrier, different planes, different direction. A quick transition was made Friday at Clovis Municipal Airport, with Denver Air Connection taking over Essential Air Service operations at the facility. The U.S. Department of Transportation selected Key Lime Air in February for a two-year order to take over for Boutique Air, which had offered Clovis residents service to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport since 2014. Denver Air Connection, a subsidiary of...
Tuesday • Giving Tuesday Now: A Global Generosity Movement — all day. Global day of giving and unity in response to Covid 19. Individuals are encouraged to give voice, goods, time, or money to organizations or individuals to help people in need. Information: https://www.givingtuesday.org/ Thursday • National Day of Prayer May 30 • Virtual commencement for Eastern New Mexico University — 10 a.m., pre-recorded and broadcast statewide on KENW 3-1 and 3-2; available as a live webcast at enmu.edu. Information: 575-562-2...
Staff and wire reports Curry and Roosevelt counties have had just 26 positive cases of COVID-19 reported between them as of Saturday morning, with no deaths. That's the good news. The bad news comes from west of the region, and especially from the east. New Mexico surpassed 3,500 cases of the virus on Friday and the state's death toll reached 131 - up from 2,726 cases and 99 deaths last Sunday. The greater concern is just 100 miles to the east, where Texas Panhandle numbers ha...
CLOVIS - Kent Pearson strolled into Clovis Municipal Airport on Thursday afternoon, then checked in, dropped off his rental car key and checked his bag like he's done at countless other airports. Then he was told to help himself to the front counter spread with sodas, a meat and cheese tray and dozens of cupcakes creating the Boutique Air logo with a border of vanilla and chocolate. Unaware of what he'd stumbled into, he asked himself, "Is this how they treat EVERY...
