Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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This last week I was reading an article in Psychology Today about giving. The name of the article was “Well Being and Giving” by Steve Taylor. This is what the writer wrote: “If anything, it appears that there is a relationship between non-materialism and well-being. While possessing wealth and material goods doesn’t lead to happiness, giving them away actually does. Generosity is strongly associated with well-being.” (January 9. 2015) Are Taylor’s observations right? In a...
PORTALES — Before a football team can celebrate state championships and all the glory that comes with them, it must first think about getting better everyday. July and August may be the dog days of summer for baseball, but in football, it could be the difference between a playoff berth and sitting home in November. On Thursday night, Portales hosted 7-on-7 scrimmages against Eunice, Lovington and Muleshoe. The round-robin scrimmages lasted 20 minutes apiece, with the first g...
CLOVIS — Local police have recovered at least two trucks stolen this week, with other recent property crime cases still under investigation. On Monday night, at least two home burglaries were reported on the same street on the city's west side. In one, a couple returned around 8:45 p.m. to their residence on the 1000 block of Cypress Street to find "the back sliding glass door had been destroyed and their house had been ransacked," according to a police report. A 19-inch TV w... Full story
Students in eastern New Mexico and around the state continue to show progress on English and math exams but are still falling short of proficiency. The New Mexico Public Education Department on Thursday released the results of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests students took in April. Both Clovis and Portales experienced increases in proficiency for English language arts and math, but the 2018 results in both subjects show still nearly seven out of 10 students are not reaching... Full story
CLOVIS — Charged in September with sending nude images to a student, a former assistant track coach for Clovis Christian School is scheduled for a plea conference next month. Garrett Scott Fly, 24, was scheduled for a jury trial next week on a fourth-degree felony charge of criminal sexual communication with a child, according to court records. That was canceled this week and his attorney Dan Lindsey filed a “notice of intent to plea and disposition,” instead. Per the agreement signed Tuesday by Fly, Lindsey and Distr...
On this date ... 1968: An 8-year-old Clovis boy suffered a fractured skull and was in critical condition after falling out the back of a pickup near his home on West Street. Dennis Meas, who lived at 520 West, fell out of the pickup between the 400 and 500 blocks of West, officials said. He was rushed to Clovis Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Lubbock Methodist Hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. Dennis remained in critical condition the next...
CLOVIS — The third in a trio of bounty hunters charged with kidnapping and other felonies for an incident last year in Clovis came into custody this week and was released on personal recognizance, according to court records. Yeira Sanchez, a.k.a. Yeira Arreola, 35, of Dodge City, Kansas, was at large since May 31, when police filed charges against her and two others. She and her husband Fabian Arreola, the latter of which was arrested last month in Kansas, are accused of serving a non-extraditable warrant from Kansas in c...
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records through Thursday at the Curry County clerk’s office: • Jordan Xavier Craig, 21, to Sarah Alexus Thoms, 20, both of Clovis • Salvador Gomez-Diaz, 49, of Loving, to Lorenza Ballesteros-Pena, 52, of Lenoir, North Carolina • Austin James Kelley Harvel, 24, to Chrystal Abigail-Marie Sanches, 26, both of Clovis • Michael Thomas Stevens, 29, to Sabrina Marie Budney, 31, both of Clovis • Zachariah Niall Washington, 18, to Isabel Angelica Longoria, 19, both of Clovis T...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday: Clovis • Sonia Venegas, 29, battery upon a peace officer, assault upon a peace officer, criminal damage to property, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Timothy Saiz, 36, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, aggravated driving while under the influence, breaking and entering, littering, speeding, open container • Nicole Jackson, 41, probation violation • Israel Acosta, 24, failure to appear • Curtis Rittenhouse, 24, failure to appear • Fidel S...
Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission chambers at county administrative building. Information: 575-763-6016 Wednesday • Clovis/Curry Chamber Board — 11:30 a.m. at the Chamber. Information: 575-769-7828 • Local Emergency Planning Committee — 1 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Finance Committee — 2 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at north annex of Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 • Wate...
Today • Friday Flix — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940 • Nat’l Collector Car Appreciation Day car show — 5:30 p.m. at Courthouse Square, Portales. Free admission. Information: 575-226-3783 Saturday • Youth Photography Clinic — 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Yam Theatre, Portales. Cost: $5 for lunch. Information: 575-356-4417 • Rosie the Riveter performance — 2 p.m. by Ann Beyke at Clovis Carver-Public Library. Admission: Free. Information: 575-769-7840 Monday • Full STEAM Ahead — 10:30 a.m. at Portale...
It was a joy last week to finally come out of the closet. Well, perhaps I’d better rephrase that lest you get the wrong idea. And, to be completely accurate, I probably should say “out of the closets.” Two of them. For clarity, maybe I’d better back up and take another run at this. One of my sons and his sweet family are moving into a new old house. New to them. But very old. And they’re involved “up to their eyeballs” in serious renovation. Part of the renovation involves the...
