Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES - Eastern New Mexico University announced Tuesday evening it would begin the fall semester as it ended the spring semester - online while the COVID-19 pandemic continues. A message to students and staff from Interim Chancellor Patrice Caldwell stated in part: "Although we have been excited to return to campus and see our Greyhound family in person again," Caldwell said, "we also know we must support efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. "The University will not...
CLOVIS — Crisis often spurs innovation. So, in these pandemic times, the Curry County Chamber of Commerce has had to be uniquely innovative. The Chamber’s initiative for pop-up patios — canopies that allow restaurants to seat customers outdoors — has been a howling success. They’ve certainly become a common sight around Clovis. “Yeah, they’re everywhere,” Curry County Chamber Executive Director Ernie Kos said. “Just in talking to people when we’re delivering them, the sense is definitely a sense of community. (People say), ‘Y...
In the Dr. Seuss classic “Horton Hears a Who,” the tiny citizens of a tiny society on a dust speck held tenuously in an elephant’s trunk get acknowledged by shouting in unison: “We are here, we are here, we are here!” Local business owners during these crazy times of COVID-19 can sometimes feel like those tiny citizens on the dust speck held by Horton the elephant. Their fellow townspeople aren’t always sure what is open, what is not. And that’s where the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce has entered the picture. Like...
Don’t plant the mystery seeds. That’s the message from the United States Department of Agriculture as reports of unsolicited seed packages arrive at nervous doorsteps across the country. “I can tell you what USDA is thinking … (T)hey think this is part of a brushing scam, which is the marketing scam where (a company) creates fake reviews to boost their credibility on whatever selling platform that they are using,” said Katie Laney, assistant director of feed, seed, and fertilizer at the New Mexico Department of Agricultu...
CLOVIS — The superintendent for Clovis Municipal Schools, while detailing plans to open the year, summarized feelings for a lot of people. “Today,” Superintendent Renee Russ said at Tuesday’s board meeting, “sure has been a long week.” Russ’ second year as superintendent will begin as her first one ended, with schools limited to online learning while New Mexico and the nation battle the COVID-19 pandemic. The district planned to open its campuses in late August with two cohorts that spent two days on campus and three days in...
Life isn’t just one big bowl of cherries for a small-town newspaper columnist. Some weeks it just doesn’t pay to hand in your copy. This week could be one of those weeks. Someone once told me to write about what you know and it’ll be easy. Writing about what we know leaves some of us at a distinct disadvantage because I know so little. The little I do know always seems debatable somehow. When good topics are fleeting, the temptation is to write about something I should know...
The following books are available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: “Hard Ride” by Elmer Kelton offers a superb collection of stories of the West that showcase the strength and power of the western spirit. Stories that are filled with marvelous characters — from a rodeo clown who seeks redemption via romance, to an outlaw who comes to the aid of ranchers with no other recourse to justice. Powerful Western women feature as importantly as the menfolk here, including a cattle buyer's daughter who can hold her o...
Curry Resident Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-762-9405 All meals served with 2% milk and tossed salad w/dressing Monday: Sloppy joe on a bun, potato wedges, mixed veggies, cake w/ fruit Tuesday: BBQ riblet, mac & cheese, seasoned peas, dinner roll w/ margarine, fruit salad Wednesday: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes w/cream gravy, broccoli, dinner roll w/margarine, peaches Thursday: Pork fried rice, oriental veggies, spring roll, mandarin oranges Friday: Chicken salad w/cranberry & almonds,...
With New Mexico being on lockdown for more than four months now, there may be more than a few residents eager for a getaway. But in the midst of a pandemic and lockdown, where does one go while maintaining social distancing and traveling guidelines? Here are five day trips eastern New Mexicans can take for a fun, social distancing getaway that will have you back home in time for bed. Ute Lake Location: 1800 540 Loop, Logan Distance: 80 miles from Clovis Restrictions: No...
Information on the domains of manifesting, pulled and drawn thread embroidery, and updating kitchen cabinet hardware will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Author and manifesting coach Tonja Waring says that there are four domains of manifesting: the law of vibration, divine guidance team, reticular cells which open our minds to see and experience what we want and the free will to get what we want. She...
If they put you in the zoo, friends and family can visit during regular business hours again. Clovis' Hillcrest Park Zoo had been closed to visitors since March 17 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened on Saturday. City officials announced in a news release Friday the zoo will reopen for normal business hours, though some restrictions will be in place. "Zoo visitors are asked to follow the one-way route signs, wear a face mask and practice social distancing during...
Up to voters to regain control of country The First Amendment allows for “the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The keyword here is peacefully. What we’ve seen in Omaha, Phoenix, Seattle, Chicago, New York City, Albuquerque and Portland, etc., has been anything but peaceful. Three months ago, we all watched in horror as one rogue policeman used a choke hold to kill George Floyd. The nation was unified that something needed to be done. There were peace...
The topics of prison and police reform are hot items, nationally. Lots of people are giving their opinions, whether solicited or not; but, no one is asking if the Bible gives us any guidance about these things. For the record, it does. As a bit of background, remember that the Mosaic law regarding the kings in Israel (found in Deuteronomy 17) kept the ruler on a tight leash. He was not allowed to veer from the commandments, to the left or the right. He couldn’t make it up as he went. If God did not tell him to do a thing, t...
As I opened my spring 2020 University of Houston College of Engineering magazine, I am reminded of an incident that occurred some time ago. Bobby, a friend of mine, challenged me to a shoestring tying contest. Bobby tied his shoestring so fast that I was astonished. I just stared at him. I never even got started. Now you are probably thinking this was when I was a kid. No, picture two 50- to 60-year-old men challenging each other to a shoestring tying contest. What is incredible is that Bobby only has one arm. On the cover...
I have good reasons to be worried about catching the coronavirus. I fit the demographic profile for the most typical victim — I’m 75 and I have a serious medical precondition. And here in Los Angeles, where about 4,500 of the state’s 9,000 coronavirus deaths already have occurred, the pandemic is still hanging around. My immediate family members and I haven’t had so much as a sniffle or cough in four months, but the virus has claimed a few people around me. The brother...
“Burn it down” is rarely a wise or prudent sentiment. A cadre of Republican opponents of President Donald Trump is nonetheless calling for a purifying fire to sweep through the GOP in the fall, taking down as many Republican officeholders as possible. Only this willy-nilly bloodletting will teach the party the hard lesson it needs to learn for accommodating Trump over the past four years. As a Soviet commissar once put it: “We must execute not only the guilty. Execution of th...
The Olympic Games are magic. I love watching the parade of nations on opening day. Every athlete has a smile wide as a mile because they are parading behind the flag of their country. The younger me did not care so much for the parade; give me the 100-meter dash. Show me the four-man bobsled. But now the mile-wide smiles of each nation’s athletes are far more meaningful, and far more gratifying to me than the standing of any medal ceremony. May the pandemic soon subside and the Olympic parades resume. In every Olympic o...
On this date ... 1970: Sheila Garner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Garner of Farwell, had been crowned queen of the annual Border Town Days celebration in Texico-Farwell. Reporters estimated 2,000 to 3,000 people attended the three-day celebration, which included a rodeo and parade. Border Town Days did not take place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact: [email protected]...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns Monday • Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Trustees special meeting — 3 p.m., Fred Anthony Conference Room, RGH, 42121 US-70, Portales. Information: 575-359-1800 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., teleconference. Information: https://www.currycounty.org/open-government/meeting-portal or 575-763-6016 • 2020 Census Complete Count Committee — 2 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 • Portales City...
Monday • Community Prayers with No Walls — 6-7 p.m., City Park, East Ninth Street, Portales. Non-denominational gathering in support of first responders and businesses. Information: Deborah Hahn at 575-810-5055 Tuesday • “Deliberate Practice: Building Language and Vocabulary Skills” — 2-3 p.m., ENMU Reads Facebook page. Video presentation by Dr. Kathleen Wagner, ENMU Department of Educational Studies. Information: http://www.facebook.com/ENMUReads/ Wednesday • Free preschool screening clinic — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. by appointment onl...
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court will hear a case Tuesday concerning the state’s authority to enforce public health emergency orders by imposing civil administrative penalties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lujan Grisham v. Reeb was first filed as a civil case in the Ninth Judicial District. It includes numerous plaintiffs, including Clovis’ Sid Strebeck and the K-Bob’s Steakhouse he operates. The suit named Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Public Safety Secretary Mark Shea and Health Secretary Kathy Kunkel in their o...
PORTALES — Roosevelt General Hospital will on Monday begin rerouting emergency room visits by individuals and ambulances due to construction. The hospital anticipates construction of its new emergency department will require the rerouting until at least February. For visitors and ER patients: Make a right turn after entry screening and use the parking spots marked with “Reserved ER Parking” signs near the RGH cafeteria. Patients will come through the main hospital entry doors and proceed to an ER registration window. For a...
Curry and Roosevelt county jails on Thursday announced employees have tested positive for COVID-19. An officer in the Roosevelt County Detention Center was tested on July 16, but results were not provided until Tuesday, according to a county news release. The officer is quarantined at home, County Manager Amber Hamilton said. “This employee had tested negative on five prior tests and was asymptomatic at the time of testing positive,” Hamilton said in the news release. In Curry County, a contract employee for the jail was test...
CLOVIS — The company that purchased the Allsup’s Convenience Stores chain last year is beginning plans to close its corporate office in Clovis, with the first phase to include eliminating 18 positions in late September. Yesway, which acquired the chain’s 304 locations last October, made the announcement in a letter received by Curry County Commission Chairman Ben McDaniel. The letter notes the Sept. 26 downsizing is the first phase, and would provide information about additional phases later. “This action is expected to be pe...
New Mexico’s business restrictions and face-covering mandate are set to remain in place until Aug. 28, as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Thursday it’s still not safe to downshift amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Also Thursday, a second nursing home in Clovis was added to the state’s list of facilities with positive COVID-19 tests. Wheatfields Senior Living officials on Thursday confirmed two positive tests. The governor, who has faced pressure from Republicans and some local officials to relax restrictions, said...
