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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - After 39 years in Clovis and more than three representing its District 1, Clovis City Commissioner Ladona Clayton announced Thursday her resignation effective July 12. Clayton, who also resigned this year from her superintendent position at Clovis Christian Schools, is pursuing a new position as head of school at Tyler Street Christian Academy in Dallas. The announcement came at the close of Thursday's regular city commission meeting during the "future agenda items"...
TUCUMCARI - Be it a senator or a representative, Republican or Democrat, representatives of Quay County assured their constituents the challenges faced in Tucumcari were the same challenges in pretty much every city they represent. The populations are dwindling and aging, but the population that remains needs upgraded infrastructure and adequately funded schools. A key, Sen. Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas, said at Thursday's legislator forum at the Tucumcari Convention Center, was...
CLOVIS — Trustees and staff at Clovis Community College had a busy three-day stretch, considering it’s the start of June and the summer semester population isn’t nearly the fall or spring population. But it’s not every June the college is looking for a new president. A pair of public meetings, and a trio of forums that were simultaneously public and private, commenced on campus Wednesday through Friday. The goal: A guiding document for finding Becky Rowley’s successor. The trustees are working with the Association of Commun...
Breaking news: Some guy posted a doctored video of Nancy Pelosi. But fear not. The website The Daily Beast sprang into action. It tracked down the random, Trump-supporting man who allegedly posted the offending clip, hounded him until he talked, then published his name and other details about his life in a shocking instance of harassment masquerading as journalism. Journalists usually imagine themselves holding the powerful to account, but now they are happy to punch down — a...
There’s a lot of talk these days about “intellectual humility,” which most consider a virtue. It means you will occasionally admit when you’re wrong. It also means you’re open to new ideas, even from those who you think are wrong and learn from the experiences of people you disagree with. I try. President Donald Trump, the ultimate practitioner of intellectual arrogance, has a few ideas I actually agree with, even though, having never met the man, I hold him in deep disdain. I like the fact that he’s treating China like...
Eastern New Mexico University has always been proud to provide a green space for our community. The trees we plant, enjoy and care for are part of our proud history of being a tree-friendly campus, with 21 unique species including a New Mexico privet, a pinyon pine and a ginkgo. When our institution was founded in 1934, Floyd Golden worked with New Mexico State University to secure and plant 450 elm trees on ENMU’s campus, several of which still exist today. Recently, however, we had to begin the removal of 21 Siberian elm t...
I don’t get out to Tucumcari as much as I would like. Nearly every time I’ve been there, it was for a work related reason, and we have staff in Tucumcari far more competent than me to handle Quay County news. But I have good memories of the time I was interim managing editor there for four months while we searched for a long-term editor. The Rattler basketball team made the state tournament for the first time in more than a decade, the police chief wore his Atlanta Braves gear on casual Fridays and the Blake’s Lotab...
PORTALES — A four-mile stretch of U.S. 70 will have lane closures over the summer to allow for resurfacing work, according to a release from the New Mexico Department of Transportation. The work will take place between mile markers 423 and 427, and will run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. The department anticipates finishing the project this summer, weather permitting. Drivers are asked to adhere to temporary signage and watch for maintenance personnel working in the area....
For Teresa Todd, kindness was a crime. Todd, the Jeff Davis County attorney and mother of four, was driving one February evening in West Texas when three young migrants flagged her down. Seeing that one appeared ill, she invited them to come into her car out of the cold. As she was texting friends for advice, a sheriff’s deputy stopped and asked her to step out of the car. Todd spent almost an hour in a holding cell that night before she was released and became the subject of an ongoing federal investigation. The question of...
Staff for U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., will provide mobile office hours this week in Tucumcari and Fort Sumner. The office hours will be from 11 a.m. to noon each day — Tuesday at the Tucumcari Senior Center, and Wednesday at the De Baca Family Practice Clinic. Staff will answer questions on Social Security, Medicare, immigration, veterans benefits, student loans and other federal programs. Residents who cannot make the hour are advised to visit the “Helping You” section at: heinrich.senate.gov...
CLOVIS - Just after the turn of the century, the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce, with the help of Curry County pioneer woman Frances Blackburn, first created the Pioneer Women's Breakfast. That was a small but important gesture to honor women who helped build Curry County while they were still alive to be honored. With each passing year, those pioneer women go on to homestead in whatever afterlife awaits us. But plenty of memories remained as the breakfast entered...
PORTALES — The area-wide celebration of pioneer history and culture continues this week with the 35th annual Heritage Days celebration in Portales. The programming kicks off Friday evening with some classic dancing in the street from 7 p.m. in the parking lot of the city’s Memorial Building at 200 East 7th Street. Some food vendors will set up an hour early “to allow dancers to get a bite to eat before the boot-scooting starts,” with musical styling from The Blackwater Band offering “a variety of country favorites along with...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Felix Aguilar, 27, driving under the influence, failure to give immediate notice of accidents, criminal damage to property, leaving the scene of an accident • Lambert Campbell, 35, battery • Isaiah Gabaldon, 21, probation violation, possession of a controlled substance • Fernando Romero, 32, failure to pay fines • Uriel Ramirez, 25, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Cesar Chacon-Rascon, 19, possession of a controlled substance, possession...
CLOVIS — The first time Keaton Greenwalt talked with a Major League Baseball scout, he figured there was an outside chance he could be drafted. But he just put his head down and went back to work on the diamond at Lubbock Christian University. It gets harder to ignore by the 12th time. “I really tried not to think about it,” Greenwalt said. “But coming towards the end of this year, and getting some looks, I realized it might be a possibility.” Now it’s a reality. Greenwalt was...
CLOVIS — Ropin’, rustlin’ and ridin.’ Three words that are a surefire sign the rodeo was in town. In a tradition that began in 1971, cowboys and cowgirls from throughout the southwest descended on the Curry County Events Center Thursday, Friday and Saturday for this year’s installment of the Pioneer Days Rodeo. Bucking broncos, rope tricks, riders trying to rope steers or tie calves while the steers and calves tried to avoid being roped and tied, men and women literally...
Officially, high school sports season ended in May. For Texico it was May 18 in Albuquerque to be exact, as the Wolverines baseball team routed Estancia 13-3 at the University of New Mexico’s Santa Ana Star Field to win the program’s fourth consecutive state championship. Two months earlier, Texico’s basketball team had its state championship quest halted by Pecos in the 2A semifinals at The Pit in Albuquerque, just a few hundred feet from Santa Ana Star Field. Both of the above are now in the days-gone-by file. But, there...
• The J.D. Isler Memorial Basketball Camp is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon Monday and Tuesday at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. The camp is for boys or girls entering grades 1-8. Camp fees are $55 per camper, with a $45 fee for additional siblings. Lunch will be served following each day’s session. Registration is available Monday morning. Checks should be made payable to Jaden Isler, Clovis High boy’s basketball coach. Information: 575-769-4350, ext. 1023 or 806-283-4712. • The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish will begin o...
Monday • Portales Municipal Schools board — 12-1:30 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 Wednesday • Eastern Plains Council of Governments — 10 a.m., EPCOG office, 418 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-762-7714 Thursday • Curry County Health Council — 12-1 p.m., Commission Room, Curry County Administration...
Today through Thursday • ENMU Choir Camp — Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Open to all high school students. Paid registration required. Information: http://www.enmu.edu/choircamp or 575-562-2377 Monday • Clovis Summer Reading Program: Wonder on Wheels — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Rural Bookmobile East in Grady — 10-11:30 a.m., Grady Municipal Schools, 100 Franklin St., Grady. 11:30 a.m.-12 noon, Grady Post Office, 406 W. Main St., Grady. Informati...
CLOVIS - For more than half a century she was an ambassador of soul food on the High Plains, a matriarch of Clovis and one of the first women locally to run her own business. To countless Clovis residents over the decades, she was known more simply as Velma. "That's what we would say, Velma is Velma," recalled Ben Salazar. "And I would say, oh the food is great and she doesn't charge for the attitude." Salazar frequented Velma Jackson's soul food restaurant in his childhood...
The following books are now available for checkout: Clovis-Carver Public Library “Triple Jeopardy” by Anne Perry brings investigative and courtroom drama into the early 20th century when young lawyer Daniel Pitt must defend a British diplomat who's accused of a theft that may hide a deadly crime. Growing suspicious that he's not getting the whole story, the lawyer puts on his detective hat to parse through the evidence and find what information may be missing. “The Saturday Evening Girls Club” by Jane Healey is an escape...
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, 5 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 11 a.m. beginning line dance, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. musical Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 9 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $5, 8:45 a.m. board meeting, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance, Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exerc...
Information on perfectionism, and antiquing furniture with homemade chalk paste will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday. All times are Mountain. Jane Bluestein will discuss perfectionism and tell how it can create tremendous stress and anxiety in life. She will reference her newest book Perfection Deception, as she talks about how parents can avoid raising a perfectionist child. Her business is Instructional Support Services, Inc...
My name is Sylvia Villanueva. My husband Sammy and I have been married for 25 years. I am the mother of three boys: Andrew, 26, who is getting married next month; and Alex and Anthony, who are 22-year-old twins. My husband is an electrical journeyman lineman (foreman). We have been together for 28 years. My mother is Flora and my father is Pete Sr. We have lived in Portales our entire lives. What would you do if you won $1 million? I would build a recreation center for our...
Songs can tell a story, but the best ones leave a little something out of the story. As I was watching and listening to a made-for-pledge-week PBS special called “Story Songs” I realized I had a few questions about the lyrics of some of the most famous songs. In Jimmy Dean’s hit from the early 1960s, “Big Bad John,” what made Big John stay to himself? Was it just because he’d killed a man over a Cajun queen? Was he Cajun? Was he a black man that wasn’t too accepted in the coal...
