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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES - An emotional week of jury trial ended Friday with the second-degree murder conviction of Gerardo Marquez for the slaying last year of Erika Zamorano, a crime prosecutors described as an "intimate killing" borne of "drugs and paranoia." Zamorano, 32, was found April 19, 2018, inside her Portales residence on the 900 block of East 2nd Street, where she lay dead from a single gunshot wound to the head for what investigators estimated to be almost 12 hours. Family becam...
Clovis elementary Monday: Breakfast, bagel and cream cheese, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch, corn dog, seasoned corn, mini carrots, ranch dressing, apple, veggie bar, milk Tuesday: Breakfast, mini pancakes, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch, chicken nuggets, scalloped potatoes, zucchini coins, ranch dressing, chilled fruit, veggie bar, milk Wednesday: Breakfast, grape croissant, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch, bean and cheese burrito, salsa, seasoned corn, lettuce, tomato, chlled fruit, veggie bar, milk Thursday: Breakfast, breakfast bread,...
Information on making cards and wardrobe planning will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Susan Legits, an independent demonstrator with Stampin’ Up, will show how to make a simple card and then use stamps, ink and paper to step it up with a little layering to make the card different. Then she’ll do the process again with other supplies to make the card even better. Legits is from Albuquerque. Author, wardrob...
Once upon a time we had seasons of all sorts. These days things sorta just run together like melted Neapolitan ice cream dropped on a summer sidewalk. This past week as I set out to the store I asked the wife if she needed anything and she replied she really wanted a TV Guide magazine. I pointed out that she was actually holding a guide in her hand and if she pushed the left button a menu would appear on the screen. I guess she was feeling nostalgic for the days when the TV Gu...
Rick Keefer is a fixture in Clovis, though many people wouldn't know him by his face. Keefer, general manager of Zia Broadcasting in Clovis, has been on the air for decades at various stations. Though he spends much of his time behind the desk, he's happiest behind the microphone or on a motorcycle. Tell us about yourself in a few sentences: I've been a broadcaster my whole life. I was an Iowa farmer, and today love to inform and entertain listeners. My wife Margaret and I...
The zoning and planning commission met Thursday afternoon to approve a 14.874 acre tract of land for the Curtis Subdivision plat. The approved plat is located in the northeast quarter at Section 31, west of North Prince Street, north of Walmart. According to Committee Chairman Marcus Smith, authorizing the plat will give the business owners in that area more leeway to organize how they want and pave the way for further development. The designated tract lines do not follow the current ownership lines and will be flexible for...
CLOVIS — Curry County has been awarded a $1.458 million grant from the New Mexico Department of Transportation, according to a release from the county. The project was one of four approved for NMDOT District 2, which includes Curry, Roosevelt, De Baca, Lincoln and Chaves counties. County Manager Lance Pyle said the money will go towards Curry Road 7, located 2 miles south of Brady Avenue, and will go from U.S. 70 to NM 467. “We are very appreciative of Cabinet Secretary (Michael) Sandoval and the Transportation Com...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Bernard Parson, 55, probation violation • Ronald McDonald, 21, battery against a household member, failure to appear • Augustin Gonzales, 41, failure to pay fines, possession of a controlled substance • Allen Bartel, 31, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jacob Connors, 40, probation violation • Brandie Cordova, 35, aggravated assault (deadly weapon) • Raul Venegas, 28, residential burglary, receiving stolen property (receive) • Amber Wagle...
CLOVIS — In line with public and private interviews for its next president, the Clovis Community College Board of Trustees has scheduled six special meetings for October and moved its regular meeting. The board will hold a special meeting 2 p.m. each weekday this week at CCC Room 512. The meetings are essentially board interviews with each finalist in executive session. Following each meeting, the respective candidate will participate in a 4 p.m.-5 p.m. community meeting at CCC Room 101. The candidate schedule is as f...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Complete Count Committee held its first official meeting Thursday morning to lay the groundwork to support the 2020 United States Census. Darla Reed was appointed to serve as committee secretary. The committee began by soliciting ideas for its 2020 Census Integrated Partnership and Communications Plan. Ideas included producing printed fliers to put on notice boards around town, asking community organizations like local churches and schools to mention the Census after activities and setting up b...
PORTALES - Another easement agreement down and a few more outstanding. They all count, as discussed at Thursday's meeting of the board of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority. The board approved an offer and easement agreement of approximately $1,800 with Carl D. Moore to run the Finished Water III pipeline through his land just south of the Curry/ Roosevelt county line. ENMWUA Administrator Orlando Ortega said last month that 16 easements had been acquired and...
CLOVIS — The figures say one thing, the residents say something else. It will take some additional review before more action can come to a stretch of road in northwest Clovis. Officials in the city’s Public Works Committee meeting on Wednesday discussed traffic control on Sandia Drive, following reports of chronic speeding motorists from residents near the road’s 500 block. Traffic Superintendent Kevin Musick gave a detailed presentation on patterns at the 100 and 300 block of the road and said the average speed there is 22...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County Commissioners will this week consider approving a state tourism department grant to the tune of $9,425. The funds are through the "Litter Control and Beautification Act" and detail a "state-coordinated plan of education, control, prevention, and elimination," according to meeting packet documents. The agreement would be effective through June 2020. Also on deck for the commission meeting, 9 a.m. at the county courthouse: • A presentation from the state Dept. of Health on Roosevelt County hea...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission will discuss a tort claim against the U.S. Air Force that seeks $5 million in damages from PFOS/PFOA contamination during its Tuesday morning meeting. According to the claim, the use of firefighting foam has led to contamination of the groundwater, “causing the property to no longer be usable for dairies, for farming, for grazing or other agricultural purposes.” The loss in businesses and residents on that land, the claim said, will impact tax revenues to the county. Other items on the a...
We need Think New Mexico Executive Director Fred Nathan in the journalism business. He spanked the New Mexico Lottery Sept. 3 when he called out New Mexico Lottery Authority Board Chair Dan Salzwedel regarding the board’s recent decision to give Lottery CEO David Barden a 26 percent pay raise. Salzwedel told the Albuquerque Journal in a July 19 article that Barden’s new $220,000 salary was “below market, comparatively speaking,” according to the article. Nathan’s letter states, “Based on your statement, we presumed th...
Greta Thunberg needs to get a grip. The celebrity teen climate activist addressed the United Nations and excoriated the assembled worthies for coming “to us young people for hope. How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.” Someone may have stolen her childhood, but the guilty parties can’t be found at Turtle Bay. A 16-year-old from Sweden, Thunberg thundered, “I should be back at school on the other side of the ocean,” which would hav...
Feels like I have less time than I need I was going to title my letter “I don’t have time for this.” It was going to be about how time is speeding up, and not just for my generation. But for the sake of scientific accuracy, I guess I can’t say time itself is speeding up. So let us assume time is now as it always has been. My husband and I had time, 37 years ago, to make ice cream in a vat, and we had time left over to play cards. In between games, our friend, Roy, tried to help our baby dance with his little baby feet on the...
I remember when every office in Congress had at least one calendar on the wall. That is either not the case now or, if they have calendars, no one is turning the pages. Democrats currently running Congress appear to be stuck in December 2016, wondering how Hillary lost and what they can do about getting rid of the winner. Grasping at straws doesn’t begin to define their desperate mindset and monomaniacal focus. First, it was maximizing the leaks and innuendo concerning the Mue...
I never met my great-grandfather, although I’ve seen pictures of him. The one I treasure most is a family photo, similar to those images on an Ancestry.com commercial, where he is sitting with his wife and older daughters. (The sons would arrive later.) He’s wearing a hat and a solemn expression, but you get the impression that he’s content with the life he’d created since emigrating from Italy a few years before. You would be wrong, though. Some years after that photo was taken, this patriarch of five daughters and three s...
“Kevin, you look like you’ve been chewing.” I had some pretty dumb things said to me during high school, but this was one of the dumbest. Yes, the principal is clearly going to think I am a fan of chewing tobacco, which discolors your teeth, makes you spit black saliva, causes pain to your mouth and tastes kinda disgusting. Must be addictive if you do that. Nope, those black marks were from something less addictive, but still a mainstay in my life — the Oreo. Part of me wants to call it the chocolate sandwich cookie, as an ac...
“The industry is investing in workforce development and programs, which will lead to better careers for our students and more jobs in New Mexico.” — Economic Development Secretary Alicia J. Keyes Consider it a case of the reviews not quite matching the script. Keyes is correct that college film programs can lead to jobs and careers. Go ahead and take it a step further — New Mexico is lucky to have a jobs program beyond government. But don’t let the “Give” in the “Give Back Program” fool you. The film and television industry i...
On this date ... 1969: The Eastern New Mexico University Symphony was preparing to make its season debut at the annual Pops Concert Banquet in the Campus Union ballroom. Symphony director was Arthur Welker. He planned to present selections from “My Fair Lady,” “South Pacific,” “Sound of Music” and “Carousel.” The banquet menu called for prime rib, baked potato, fruit cup, a vegetable and dessert. Admission was $2.75. That included the meal. Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact: dstevens@thenews...
Monday • Community interview with Clovis Community College president finalist Gregory South — 4-5 p.m., Room 101, Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis Information: 575-769-2811 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Clovis Community College Board of Trus...
CLOVIS — Teachers for Clovis Municipal Schools will no longer need to obtain a master’s degree or face the prospect of losing their jobs following a decision at Tuesday’s board meeting. The board voted to omit Board Policy G-3600, which required level II and level III teachers to obtain a master’s degree by the end of their fifth annual employment contract to qualify for continued renewal. The district issued a press release on Friday stating that since 2008 the policy saw several revisions over the year, but was finally...
PORTALES — Designing a house can be difficult for a newlywed or even a long-married couple, between the discussions on materials, the floor layout and what rooms serve what purposes. But compromises are made because at the end of the day, the couple will have to live together in that house. Now imagine the process is done by a committee whose members aren’t sure what to compromise because they aren’t sure who’s going to live there. That process is about to come to an end at Eastern New Mexico University, with Regent Terry O...
