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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Today Toddler Time — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Library. Information: 575-769-7840. Public Works Committee meeting — 8:30 a.m., City Hall. Information: 575-769-7828. Thursday City Commission meeting — 5:15 p.m., Clovis-Carver Library, North Annex. Information: 575-769-7828. Saturday Heartbeats of Love for Hanna Benefit Concert — 3 p.m. (CDT) (Auction) 5 p.m. (CDT) (Music), donations accepted, City Park in Muleshoe. Sunday Ride for Bully Awareness — 11:30 a.m. registration begins at Walmart parking lot, 1 p.m., ride will star...
link Joshua Lucero: Staff photo Chandyn Southern, 1, chases pigs with excitement Tuesday afternoon during the Roosevelt County Fair Booster Swine Show. Children not old enough to compete in the swine show were given a chance to show what they could do with their families and pigs during Tuesday’s show. Staff writer [email protected] It was an exciting day at the Roosevelt County Fair for first-time swine show competitor Madea Geezay. Geezay, 14, had two pigs primed and r...
Senior writer [email protected] Portales city councilors see no way around raising base rates for utilities for all residents to compensate for the new $27 million wastewater treatment plant and reuse center. Councilors approved the Public Works Committee’s recommendation Tuesday to raise fees an additional $31.50 for all water customers, a change that is planned to begin Jan. 1. Base rates for water, sewage and trash services are currently about $50. Officials said they know this won’t be a popular change. “Th... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] Roosevelt County residents may soon be able to purchase flood insurance from the National Flood Insurance Program at a lower rate than going through a private company according to Christopher Wood, branch manager of Frost Mortgage Banking Group in Portales. The Roosevelt County Commissioners voted to apply to enroll in the NFIP, which is offered by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), at their Tuesday meeting. NFIP is a voluntary program for communities, which allows property owners to...
Today Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 575-356-8598. Roosevelt County Fair — 10 a.m. to midnight, Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Information: 575-356-4417. Step aerobics — 4 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 575-356-8598. Thursday Roosevelt County Fair — 8 a.m. to midnight, Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Information: 575-356-4417 Yoga Fit — 8:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 575-356-8598. Friday Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information...
link Christina Calloway Staff writer If you’ve taken my call at 8 p.m. because I’m pushing deadline to make sure my story is right, thank you. If you’ve offered me tea or any form of comfort while I was in your home (even though I’m probably not supposed to take it), thank you. If you’ve slammed the door in my face because you didn’t want to talk to me, umm, thank you. I’m not sure you’re aware, but you all have contributed to the long-lasting memories of what was my first jo... Full story
County commission The following took place at Tuesday’s Roosevelt County Commission meeting held at the L.C. Cozzens Administration Offices: • The meeting went into a public hearing for the 2016-2020 Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan. Mandi Park, the county health care assistance administrator, presented the plan which included 35 total projects, with 13 new projects added. Some of the projects for 2016 include the reconstruction of three miles of South Roosevelt Road 8, Roosevelt County Fairgrounds improvements and sec...
Senior writer [email protected] Portales city officials have no immediate plans to make changes at the Portales Convenience Center after the Roosevelt County Commission voted to stop funding county residents’ dumping services. The county’s move is expected to cost the city $60,000 to $80,000 per year. Suggestions to compensate for the loss included reducing the days the center is open and charging county residents, but the city’s Public Works Commission suggested holding off on any major changes until the county hires...
link Lillian Bowe Staff writer I have loved all things geeky since I was little, but there is one show that launched my obsession into overdrive. “Sherlock” is the show that got me obsessed with Benedict Cumberbatch, solving crimes and reading fanfiction. For those not familiar with the show, it is a modern retelling of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. So Sherlock and Dr. Watson are not in Victorian London, but modern London. It is the same Sherlock and John. They have a g...
link Kevin Wilson Staff columnist Less than a decade ago, a group of researchers took a few bowls of candy to the lobby of an apartment complex. Over several days, the researchers placed a bowl full of M&M’S on a table, with a spoon and a note that said, “Take what you want.” The bowl and note never changed, but the size of the spoon did. A similar process was performed with the bowl and Tootsie Roll candies; the amount of candy didn’t change, but the individually packaged siz...
Portales police, sheriff, and fire call logs: Caller reported: Monday • 12:33 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident hit and run, Fir and Main streets. • 8:19 a.m.: Prisoner transport, 100 block of Airport Road. • 9:18 a.m.: Prisoner transport, 100 block of Airport Road. • 9:35 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 1100 block of North Avenue A. • 10:25 a.m.: Alarm activation, 1000 block of East Third Street. • 11:45 a.m.: Animal complaint, 1800 block of South Industrial Drive. • 12:40 p.m.: Domestic in progress, 300 block of South Avenue D. • 1...
It’s been a very long time since I sat in a classroom in the Old Main building at Abilene Christian University and listened to Dr. Lemoine Lewis lecture on church history. Dr. Lewis knew whereof he spoke. Harvard-educated and with more knowledge, wisdom, and experience in the tip of his little finger than I had in my whole body, his eyes sort of glazed over as he began telling stories as if he were seeing pictures from another world, though it wasn’t another world he was seein...
Staff report The Democratic candidate for Curry County probate judge announced Tuesday he is withdrawing from the race due to health limitations. Charles “Benny” Adams, who ran unopposed among Democrats and faces Republican Mark Lansford and Independent Michael Wells in the November general election, said he formally withdrew from the race and his name will not appear on the ballot. “I have realized that my health limitations not only affect me but if I were elected as the probate judge they would impact my performance at a...
Staff report LOVINGTON — Ashley Gallagher had a career day, and Clovis High’s girls rolled to an easy 10-0 win over Lovington in Tuesday’s season opener. Gallagher had five goals, including the opener four minutes in and the closing goal in the 72nd minute, as Clovis outshot Lovington 25-0. Clovis coach Traci Sievers said the mercy-rule win wasn’t something the team expected going in, even though it was the first game in school history for Class 4A Lovington. “You sometimes don’t know what to expect,” Sievers said. “They h... Full story
Staff report LOVINGTON — The Clovis High boys soccer team was caught a bit off-guard when Lovington, playing its first match in school’s history, jumped in front early. Not to worry, though. The Wildcats regrouped to take the lead just before halftime, and a late penalty-kick goal from senior midfielder Juan Ramos finished off a season-opening 3-1 victory on Tuesday. Clovis coach Greg Trujillo acknowledged the Lovington goal, coming from Francisco Alvarez about midway through the half, wasn’t what he expected. “We came ou...
Staff writer [email protected] The number of homeless veterans in the area alarms Tommy Knight and Lori Brunsen, two community leaders who work with veterans. The two dedicate time daily to help veterans, but when they were told by a New Mexico Workforce Solutions official that more than 70 area homeless veterans visited the Clovis Veterans’ Service Office within a five-month period, it motivated them to take action. Knight, who is the AMVETS Post 14 commander in Clovis, reached out to area organizations, such as United...
Projects Editor [email protected] “I hate to raise taxes,” said Curry County Commission Chairman Frank Blackburn, then he did just that Tuesday along with three other commissioners. The unanimous 4-0 vote — Commissioner Ben McDaniel didn’t attend — sets the stage for a .25 percent increase in gross receipts taxes. Some of the cash generated will be used to pay for what Commissioner Tim Ashley called the “outright theft” of county tax proceeds by the state Legislature. The bulk of the money, however, will be used to fi...
Projects Editor [email protected] Curry County commissioners offered support in the form of a resolution Tuesday backing Clovis Mayor David Lansford’s plan to ease pressure on the Ogallala Aquifer, the only source of drinking water across much of eastern New Mexico. Lansford’s plan is to use available federal money to pay area farmers about $400 an acre to switch from irrigation to dryland farming. About 90 percent of annual withdrawals from the declining aquifer are from agricultural irrigation in Curry County. Dur... Full story
Curry County Commissioners approved the following at their meeting Tuesday in the Clovis-Carver Public Library’s north annex: • A resolution supporting water conservation efforts by Clovis Mayor David Lansford. • Reauthorization of a $107,085.57 state Department of Transportation capital appropriation project. • A five-year road maintenance and construction program. • Reusing old flashing by the contractor performing roof replacement on the Women’s Annex portion of the jail. • A new contract with Trinity Services Grou... Full story
link Staff photo: Tony Bullocks Editor’s note: This decade is the 50th anniversary of the 1960s. We’ve asked area residents to list some of their memories. Trademarked in 1962, Mattel’s Vac-U-Form allowed children in the 1960s to melt a piece of plastic and mold it into a whole new toy: A car, a boat, a dog, a house or a turtle, to name a few creations. Because of its hot plate, the Vac-U-Form would never be sold as a children’s toy today; but for Clovis Community College...
On this date … 2003: Ridge Whiteman, the Portales man who introduced Clovis Man to the world, died at age 93. On Feb. 5, 1929, he wrote a letter to the Smithsonian Institute reporting he’d found an arrow point with elephant bones at the site now known as Blackwater Draw. Anthropologists and archaeologists soon realized the discovery was proof that man was living in North America 13,000 years ago. 1962: A Cannon Air Force Base pilot was killed when his plane collided with another Cannon plane whose pilot ejected to saf... Full story
Clovis police, sheriff, and fire call logs: Caller reported: Monday • 12:19 a.m.: Concealing identity, 1300 block of West 15th Street. • 12:19 a.m.: Domestic in progress, 1300 block of West 15th Street. • 5:40 a.m.: Vehicle theft, 200 block of North Maple. • 7:47 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, 1800 block of Debra. • 8:21 a.m.: Door knockers, 1800 block of Mabry. • 8:45 a.m.: Dispute, 800 block of Ross. • 9:05 a.m.: Burglary, 200 block of North Main. • 9:20 a.m.: Public assist, 700 block of Corrales Road....
Staff reporter [email protected] Mayor David Lansford attended the Water Policy Advisory Committee meeting Tuesday morning at City Hall to discuss a conservation plan aimed at preserving the Ogallala Aquifer. Lansford said the New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts is requesting funding for USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program — a Farm Bill program — for fiscal years 2015-2019. This initiative includes several programs for farmers; including one that would incentivize them for switching from irrig...
