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CLOVIS - The 4th of July is "always the busiest day of the year for the fire department," said Clovis Fire Dept. Chief Mike Nolen, and this year was no exception. Nolen told The News on Friday that didn't yet have a count as to how many fires his units addressed on Independence Day, but that "as far as the number of calls, every year is right on track." CFD keeps a minimum staffing of 20, Nolen said, "but each of the fireworks shifts we allocate to hire extra staff," and even...
CLOVIS - The Lodger's Tax Advisory Board on Tuesday approved recommendations for over $50,000 in community programming hoping to bring tourist dollars into Clovis, subject to final approval this week by the city commission. The funds come from an excise tax on hotel stays within the city and are intended to defray promotional costs of events that bring visitors to town. The board heard requests for eight different initiatives among seven groups, and they are scheduled to go...
CLOVIS — The city stolen last week and recovered Tuesday was back in the care of Clovis' Parks and Recreation Dept. this week, officials said. "It was in no worse condition than what it was when it was stolen," city manager Justin Howalt said of the 1995 Ford Ranger truck reported stolen June 28 from outside the golf course at Hillcrest Park. "But we're in the process of changing the locks and ignition because the keys were not in it (when it was recovered)" Clovis Police Chief Doug Ford said the truck was recovered late T...
Like thousands of families shattered by drug overdoses, Becky and Mike Savage needed time and space — a breathless, agonizing canyon of pain — to begin to come to terms with the deaths of their two teenage sons. The Savages of Granger, Indiana, a town near South Bend, lost two of their four sons on the same night due to accidental overdoses. Smart, athletic and talented, 19-year-old Nick and 18-year-old Jack went to a graduation party together on June 13, 2015. Nick, a soon-to-be sophomore at Indiana University, and Jac...
We live in an era of public ugliness, of architects who deliberately make their forms unsightly and inhuman, and of public art installations that are invariably ridiculous. The most obvious exception is the ballpark, which has gotten more beautiful rather than less in a great example of renewal through a return to tradition. Paul Goldberger, a former architecture writer for The New York Times, traces this journey in his wonderful new book “Ballpark.” He rightly calls the bal...
The July 4 temblor that rattled Southern California and even Las Vegas, Nevada, shook up some memories for me. The last time Southern California had a quake that measured as high as 6.4 on the Richter scale was about 20 years ago, and I was living there for that one. It registered 7.1, a big one, and occurred at 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 16, 1999. Its epicenter, for which quakes are named, was at Hector Mine, an abandoned quarry in the middle of California’s desolate high desert. It rumbled all over all over Southern California a...
SANTA ROSA — There’s trouble on the horizon, and I’m not talking about city hall across the street. No matter how much I get into my hometown news-gathering operation, I’m still plugged in to the bigger national and international issues out there. And while everyone should know by now that I don’t like Trump, there’s an even more troublesome issue for me: Climate change. Now don’t stop reading, all you deniers out there, just because I bring up a sore topic for you. It must be tough to abandon your long-held contention th...
A former coworker of mine moved to the east coast, and found a great life for herself. That included a boyfriend, who later became a fiancee, who later became a husband. It was more difficult than it should have been, because she’s white and he’s black. Her favorite question from a friend had to be, “Aren’t you concerned your babies are going to have a different skin color?” I wasn’t there to witness, so I don’t know for sure if it contained the not-good qualifier, “I’m not a racist, but ...” I’m sure that friend of hers m...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Softball Association is working to have one of its smallest, but most meaningful tournaments this weekend. The “Batting Out Cancer” tournament is set for Friday and Saturday at Guy Leeder Softball Complex, provided enough teams sign up for either a men’s division and a women’s division — and hopefully both. Tournament director Roger Jackson sent an email to CSA members noon Saturday noting the tournament only had three men’s teams and one women’s team entered. About two hours later, Jackson said th...
SHAWNEE, Okla. — A trio of young area rodeoers are trying to show out on a world stage, and the stage is just two states away. John Hisel of Clovis, Hayden Powell of Rogers,and Trent Wood of Portales are competing in the 27th annual International Finals Youth Rodeo, running Sunday through Friday at Shawnee’s Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center. The IFYR is the world’s richest youth rodeo, with participants hoping to win their share of more than $250,000 in prize money and c...
Rep. Duncan Hunter should resign from Congress so he can spend more time with his lawyers. He’s really going to need it. The six-term congressman from California and his wife, Margaret, were co-indicted in August on 60 criminal counts alleging they misused $250,000 in campaign cash over six years, and then tried to hide that fact from federal election officials. Both pleaded not guilty to the charges, but last month Margaret Hunter, who managed her husband’s campaign and handled the family’s finances, suddenly changed her sto...
• The Dream Big Clovis Wildcat volleyball camp is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. The camp is separated into two sections. The morning session, 9 a.m.-11 a.m. will be for players entering grades 1-4 at a registration price of $30. The afternoon session is noon to 3 p.m. and will be for players entering grades 5-8 with $50 registration. Registration will be 30 minutes prior to each Monday session. Information: Ruth Chavez, 575-607-6071 or [email protected] • The Jaye Rock Athletics Bas...
The following marriage licenses were filed through Thursday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Efrain Anselmo Galvan, 41, and Deseray Jeanelle Peralez, 35, both of Clovis • James Gary Vallejos, 52, and Melissa Rae Walker, 49, both of Clovis • Ruben Noe Flores, 45, and Selena Marie Sanchez, 45, both of Clovis • Victor Garcia, 56, of Clovis, and Maria Montoya, 53, of Roswell • Jonathon Andrew Jouett, 19, of Clovis, and Jamy Gisel Aguilar, 19, of Bovina • Mario Joskanyy Camarena Tena, 25, and Eliazar Varela, 22, both of D...
CLOVIS — Sharing a stage is not for every musician. Sharing a piano is for even fewer. An exception to the rule is set for First United Methodist Church, as visiting musicians Denise Parr-Scanlin and Maria Garzon will perform a piano duet recital 7 p.m. Friday. There is no charge for the recital. Ferrell Roberts, a longtime friend of Parr-Scanlin, said the event isn’t a church event, but more a musical event that happens to be taking place at a church. Parr-Scanlin, a member of the music faculty at West Texas A&M, said she ha...
On this date ... 1969: Alvin Woodburn, Clovis’ official weather watcher, had recorded 1.27 inches of rain for the month, all of it coming July 5, most of it coming in about 15 minutes. Temperatures dropped 20 degrees during the day’s downpour, which also saw dust, high winds, lightning and cars stalling in the streets “which ran deep with water,” according to the Clovis News-Journal. The storm hit about 6 p.m.; the skies grew so dark the city’s automatic street lights came on until the rain passed. Pages Past is compiled...
CLOVIS — Many Clovis city employees checking their bank balances Friday might have found they were a little short. City officials said a glitch in new payroll software greeted them on Friday, causing delays in scheduled pay to its employees. “We are implementing a brand new financial software,” City Finance Director LeighAnn Melancon said. “We had a few glitches in getting our payment process. Our employees are being paid sometime throughout the day, depending on the bank.” The city has 369 employees on its payroll....
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 Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St.,...
PORTALES — No, that’s not a convention in town next weekend at Portales’ Memorial Building, and it’s not open to the public. It’s just a big family reunion. For the first time since 1979, when the Elliott family tradition first started, descendants of Seymour Elliott will meet up in Portales. Elliott, originally from Tennessee, homesteaded on a ranch west of Floyd in 1906. “The other side of the Melrose bombing range, right there beside of it,” his granddaughter Burma Stark told The News. “We had milk cows and range cows,...
CLOVIS — In a few weeks, you can cross the state’s largest retailer off of your list for firearms purchases. Effective July 27, Walmart plans to stop selling firearms at all New Mexico locations, including its stores in Clovis and Portales. The stores will continue to sell ammunition, along with BB guns, airsoft guns and similar items. “It will be good for us small dealers,” said Larry Reeves, who has owned the R&S Gun Shop in downtown Clovis for 47 years. “It will be good for the bigger dealers too, like Big 5 and Gebo’s. I...
CLOVIS — There was discussion aplenty Tuesday night regarding Clovis’ parks, particularly the future shooting range at Ned Houk Park. But no actions were taken, partially by circumstance and partially by design. The city’s parks, recreation and beautification committee met Tuesday evening at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, and an hour after its meeting representatives from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish had a public listening session on a proposed shooting range at Ned Houk Park. The committee did not take...
Monday through Wednesday • Vacation Bible School: “International Spy Academy: Agents for the One True God” — 5:30-7:30 p.m., First Baptist Church Texico, 224 Turner Street, Texico. Open to kindergarten through sixth grade. Information: 575-482-3632 Monday • 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. Information: 575-461-1824 • Portales Summer Reading Program STEAM Explorations: Eggstronaut Drop — 10:30 a.m.,...
The following books are available for checkout: Clovis-Carver Public Library “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein: Donated in memory of Heather Nippert Irwin. Narrated by Enzo, a dog with a nearly human soul of a philosopher, this heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope takes a look at the wonders and absurdities of human life....as only a dog could tell it. “The American Agent” by Jacqueline Winspear presents an immersive tale of wartime grief and grit, s...
Sanchez Kaicee Sanchez of Portales was named to the the Wichita State University dean’s honor roll for the spring 2019 semester. Sanchez was one of more than 3,000 students on the list, which requires a student be enrolled with at least 12 credit hours and a grade point average of 3.5 or better....
Information on using a product called Kraft-tex and a discussion on patient-centered health science will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Gailen Runge is the Creative Director for C & T Publishing, and she’s going to discuss a relatively new product called Kraft-tex as she demonstrates how to use it to make easy wristlets. This project only uses a little Kraft-tex and two notions and no sewing is required. Ru...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. canasta, 5 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. musical Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 9a.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. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise...
