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CLOVIS - A 12-year-old boy who nearly drowned Tuesday afternoon at the Hillcrest Park pond has been taken to Lubbock for treatment. The boy, who was not named in a release from the Clovis Police Department, is listed in critical condition. A call came into CPD dispatch just after 2 p.m. on a possible drowning. At the scene, Clovis Police Chief Doug Ford said he was coming to the scene from Greene Acres Park and that the city's fire and police departments arrived at the pond...
Folks with Kars4Kids — the nonprofit that ranked New Mexico as having the second-most polite drivers in the nation — have clearly never driven in the Land of Enchantment. The group sent out a nonscientific, 10-question survey online and got back 50 anonymous responses from each state. Idaho took the top spot; New York the last. (Welcome to the bottom, N.Y., we can use the company.) Questions like the one asking what to do if you are being tailgated included options A. Move to the lane to your right; B. Increase your spe...
Given its ongoing safety problems — ranging from a kitty litter packaging error that shut down the nation’s only permanent nuclear waste repository for nearly three years to improperly shipping nuclear material to other federal facilities by commercial cargo plane — it’s laudable that the National Nuclear Security Administration is moving forward with its plan to put Los Alamos National Laboratory’s multibillion-dollar management contract out to bid. Organizations planning to bid for the multiyear contract should be painfu...
Those who value liberty are often labeled “anti-government” by those who don’t understand. It’s easy to see how they make this mistake. People have come to believe liberty — or “freedom,” as they usually call it — requires government protection in order to exist. Because of this they’ll cry out to government whenever they feel threatened or violated. This is a sign the indoctrination has succeeded. However, even when government claims to support liberty, it’s harming it. Government has made itself the enemy of liberty wi...
My copy of “Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary” defines allegiance as, “the fidelity owed by a subject or citizen to his sovereign or government.” This week as we celebrate Independence Day we should take a moment to contemplate that the founding of the United States of America made that definition obsolete for us. We are the first country whose constitution makes clear that we are not subjects owing loyalty to any sovereign or king but are rather free citizens who choose those who govern us. We should remember...
Thousands around eastern New Mexico celebrated Independence Day on Tuesday. Here's how they did it: A day for each other Though a ton of fireworks and grilled delights are important, Portales couple Chrisstopher Brown and Rachael Keeney consider the most essential ingredient of the Fourth of July to be each other. "I think family's really important to spend all holidays with, not just the Fourth," Brown said. The holiday is a prime opportunity to be around people one normally...
On this date ... 1937: Dozens were enjoying the swimming pool at Clovis' Hillcrest Park as temperatures neared triple digits. The Clovis Evening News-Journal reported the pool was being used by "kiddies and many grownups." 1937: Dr. Clyn Smith was "pleasantly surprised" when a group of friends from the First Methodist Church honored him on his birthday with a "delightful party and lawn supper," the newspaper reported. Smith lived at 420 Rencher St. in Clovis. Pages Past is...
CLOVIS — A proposed project intended to improve water use efficiency at local dairies is scheduled to come for consideration by the city commission Thursday night at its regular meeting. The Clovis Industrial Development Corporation and the City of Clovis Water Task Force seek to partner with Envirotech Systems Inc. of Lawton, Iowa on a 5-month pilot project of new technology that hopes to reduce the groundwater needs of a local dairy by up to 50 percent, according to documents in the commission agenda packet. The Economic I...
Thurday • Roosevelt County Land Use Committee — 5:30 p.m. at Roosevelt County Courthouse commission room. Public Town Hall meetings regarding land use plans. Information: 575-356-5307 • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. in north annex of Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 • Community Awareness Subcommittee — Noon at emergency management conference room, city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9494 Friday • Roosevelt County Land Use Committee — 10 a.m. at Elida Community Center. Public Town Hall meeti...
Today • Toddler Time — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library for ages 10 months-3 years. Information: 575-769-7840 • Blood drive — 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Red Lobster, Clovis. Information: 575-625-9743 Thursday • Childrens’ Storyhour — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library for ages 3-6. Information: 575-769-7840 Friday • Blood drive — 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at Wheatfields Senior Living Community, Clovis. Information: 575-625-9743 Ongoing • Pintores artist of the month — Pat Weekley is the Pintores Art League featured artis...
