Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Despite amateurish photography skills, I enjoy taking photos of rustic buildings in rural areas. While recently chauffeuring a teacher to the small West Texas towns of Morton, Muleshoe, Lazbuddie, Dimmitt, Wilson and Meadow for interviews for elementary positions, I killed time by snapping photos of old houses. Wendel Sloan I assumed the dilapidated structures — with missing shingles, peeling paint, draped sheets and even boarded-up windows — were vacant, but then rea... Full story
Little can rattle me faster than a word, or piece of punctuation, used incorrectly. As an editor, it’s part of my job to stop them so they don’t rattle you wonderful readers. Wilson But why stop at my desk? Here are a handful of pitfalls, mostly linguistic, with some definitions and personal rules added: • Regarding time zones: If we’ve most recently fallen back, we New Mexicans are in Mountain Standard Time. If we’ve most recently sprung forward, we are in Mountain Daylight...
Little can rattle me faster than a word, or piece of punctuation, used incorrectly. As an editor, it’s part of my job to stop them so they don’t rattle you wonderful readers. But why stop at my desk? Here are a handful of pitfalls, mostly linguistic, with some definitions and personal rules added: • Regarding time zones: If we’ve most recently fallen back, we New Mexicans are in Mountain Standard Time. If we’ve most recently sprung forward, we are in Mountain Daylight...
Staff photo: Kevin Wilson Paige Harris, right, gets ready for her race against Dillon Raney during the Clovis Soap Box Derby Saturday morning on Sycamore Street. Staff Writer [email protected] When Matthew Lusk was asked to compete in Saturday’s 15th Clovis Soapbox Derby, he jumped at the chance. And now the 9-year-old is headed to the All-American Soapbox Derby next month in Akron, Ohio. “I feel really confident,” said Lusk, after winning the Clovis Rotary Club organ... Full story
Staff report Clovis pastor Darrell Underwood had just gotten accustomed to seeing Ramon Rollings’ face every weekend at church. He didn’t expect to see it Saturday morning when he picked up the newspaper. Rollings, 52, died at Plains Regional Medical Center about 4 a.m. Friday, succumbing to head injuries suffered in an altercation at the Clovis Apartments. Clovis police had no update on the case Saturday, but noted the matter was under investigation by the Major Crimes Unit. Rollings and his wife, Bethenia, had just sta...
Staff writer Clovis will serve as the first part of a 10-city tour around the state to gauge the interest and ability for a statewide paid leave policy. The meeting is set for 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Anybody is invited, but feedback will largely be sought from businesses on challenges with both paying an employee who takes leave and making sure the work is done in their absence. The Southwest Women’s Law Center has taken up the cause since late 2014, when it pushed for l...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Thursday • 6:55 a.m.: Missing person (child). • 9:51 a.m.: Failure to pay fines, 1600 block of Sheldon Street. • 9:53 a.m.: Failure to appear (felony), 100 block of Edwards Street. • 10:03 a.m.: Probation violation, 900 block of South Prince Street. • 10:45 a.m.: Embezzlement ($500 - $2,500), 100 block of East Second Street. • 11:35 a.m.: Probation violation, 1500 block of East Seventh Street. • 3:42 p.m.:... Full story
Work is scheduled for this week on a dip of Curry Road 12 between Curry Roads G and H. The section of road will be closed to through traffic Monday through Friday. Motorists are asked to seek an alternate route. Detours will go through 21st Street. Information: Dennis Fury, 575-762-1501....
Monday Grady Village Meeting — 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 219 W. Main St., Grady. Information: 575-357-2005 Fort Sumner City Council — 5:30 p.m. City Hall, 173 E. Avenue C., Fort Sumner. Information: 575-355-7481 Muleshoe City Meeting — 5:30 (CDT) City Hall, 215 S. First St., Muleshoe. Information: 806-272-4528 Tuesday Floyd City Meeting — 7 p.m. City Hall, 1569 NMHWY 267, Floyd. Information: 575-478-2585 Texico City Council — 6:30 p.m. City Hall, 219 Griffin St., Texico. Information: 575-482-3314 American Legion Auiliary...
Today 15th Annual Myers Electric ’Lil Custom’ Softball Tournament — 8 a.m. Guy Leeder Softball Complex, Norris and 14th streets., Clovis. Tuesday Care Givers Care Group — 2 p.m. Wheatfields Senior Living, 4701 N. Prince St., Clovis. Information: 575-762-8700 Friday The Kicker Clovis Arenacross Event — 3 p.m. Mounted Patrol Arena at Curry County Fairgrounds, 600 S. Norris St., Clovis. Information: 575-935-7000 Veterans Resource Day — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Roy Walker Community Center, 316 W. Second St., Clovis. Information... Full story
