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Brooke McDonald came to Clovis just a few months before the world closed down with COVID-19 last year. McDonald's husband is in the Air Force and together with their young son, the couple moved here from Florida in January of 2020. Before moving to Clovis, the Oklahoma native only knew one family here - the Crawfords. Together with Megan Crawford, McDonald decided to chase a dream and open a fitness studio in her new home. She was prepared by a marketing degree, prior work...
PORTALES — A committee of Portales Municipal Schools teachers on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the New Mexico Public Education Department’s proposed Social Studies standards, which the PED wants to launch next fall. The school board, at Superintendent Johnnie Cain’s suggestion, decided it will continue discussion of the proposed standards at a work session scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Monday in the school board room at 501 S. Abilene. Without mentioning critical race theory, middle school teacher Scott Schumpert said, propos...
FOOTBALL Prep summaries Thursday Non-district Clovis Christian 62, NM School for the Deaf 6 NM School for the Deaf 6 0 — 6 Clovis Christian 38 24 — 62 Scoring summary First quarter CCS — Noah Gershon 38 punt return (Manu Garbarino 2PAT kick), 9:25 CCS — Isaiah Garcia 1 run (Garbarino 2PAT kick), 9:13 CCS — Jaden Martinez 38 run (Garbarino 2PAT kick), 7:06 NMSD — Adrien Ercolino 4 pass from Alex Gonzalez-Lopez (2PAT kick failed), 5:15 CCS — Easton Adair 8 run (Garbarino 2PAT kick), 4:25 CCS — Matthew Lusk 7 pass from Adair...
What: "Joanna Fields: The Culling" By: Wolfren Davis is a Portales resident and Eastern New Mexico University graduate. What it's about: If Joanna Fields can survive a post-apocalyptic wasteland then keeping her two best friends from foolishly getting themselves killed should be easy. It's not. Between kidnappers, a new type of undead, plans that all go awry, and an oddly-named goat, the trio might just be in over their heads....
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Come Back to Me” by Jody Hedlund. The ultimate cure that could heal any disease? Crazy. That’s exactly what research scientist Marian Creighton has always believed about her father’s quest, even if it does stem from a desire to save her sister Elle...
Information on preparing salads, travel tips and an online resource for living gluten-free will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Connie Moyers represents Mrs. Cubbison’s Kitchens, and she’s going to talk about the abundant selection of pre-packaged salads available in most supermarkets, as well as all the add-ons that can be used, including croutons, tortilla strips and wonton strips. Moyers lives in Clovis....
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about my trip to Denver but I didn’t talk about the great temptation. No, it wasn’t the wonderful ice cream I fetched for my wife and I one night but it did occur on that excursion. Downtown those Lime scooters (Lime being the company brand) were everywhere. Young people were weaving in and out of sidewalk traffic and weaving in and out of vehicle traffic and basically causing old folks like myself to fret over being run down by one of the gre...
CLOVIS — At the Civil Aviation Board meeting on Tuesday, the board voted to recommend to the city commission an increase in its markups on full service gasoline prices at the airport from $1.00 to $1.50 a gallon for low lead and an increase from $1.30 to $1.75 a gallon for Jet A-1 fuel. The board also voted to recommend adding markups of 25 cents a gallon to the cost of self-service low led gasoline at the airport and a markup of 50 cents a gallon for self-service Jet A-1 fuel. In other business, the board recommended c...
The following is a Q&A with candidates for District 1 of the Clovis school board. Kyle Snider is running for re-election against Sharon Epps and Rosa Sanchez. Candidates were each asked the same questions via phone. The election is Nov. 2. Why did you decide to run? Epps: I decided to run because I have a passion for Clovis schools and student achievement is my No. 1 goal. I am a native of Clovis and attended all 12 years of school in Clovis. Sanchez: I decided to run because there are issues currently on the surfaces and in...
Every four years, Americans flock to the polls in droves to elect a new president. Last year, more than 155 million people cast their ballots, most of them just happy that the campaign was finally over, at least for a minute. Two years later, we have the midterm elections, where we elect a new governor, and all members of both the state and U.S. House are up for re-election. Next year, voters will get to weigh in for the first time on the governor’s aggressive public health order to combat COVID-19. In odd-numbered years l...
Dear Mike Pence: Most of them are fervid adherents of bizarre conspiracy theories and fascist dogmas that might yet burn this country down. Many of them spew a noxious slurry of racial, religious and sexual hatreds that defame the principles we purport to hold dear. And on Jan. 6 of this year, a mob of them broke into the U.S. Capitol. They injured police officers. They drove Congress from its own house. They looted government property. They called for federal officials — i...
I was watching TV the other night, and one of those ubiquitous campaign ads popped up. This time, it was a female candidate for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, discussing all of her accomplishments. Other than the fact that it was refreshingly positive and didn’t engage in any vitriol there was nothing particularly notable about the ad. But something stuck with me, something that others might consider completely innocuous but that has been bothering me for years. The c...
Gifted students have to check their privilege and get over themselves. It doesn’t matter whether they are minorities. It doesn’t matter whether they were brought to the United States as children. It doesn’t matter how poor their families may be. It doesn’t matter if they have inspiring personal stories. It doesn’t matter how hard they work. No, the very fact that they are getting accommodated in classrooms and programs that don’t necessarily represent the demographic...
In less than three months, Jan. 6 will be upon us again. You remember Jan. 6, the day the news media report as the deadliest insurrection since the Civil War, don’t you? The insurrection that resulted in the arrest of hundreds of protesters to be charged with attempting to overthrow the government. The same insurrection that resulted in the death of five people. If you Google, “How many protesters from Jan. 6 are being charged with insurrection?” you will be rewarded with...
Republican politicians once defended a “hands-off” approach to local government and entrepreneurship. Local governmental units like school boards knew how best to educate and protect local kids without meddling from distant capitals, went the thinking, just as private businesses knew best how to make their own workplace policies. That’s apparently out the window with today’s GOP in places like Missouri, where Attorney General Eric Schmitt is suing school districts to prohibit mask mandates, and Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott...
The village of Melrose and city of Portales have scheduled water system work this week that will require shutting off service. The Portales work will require Eastern New Mexico University to close campus on Tuesday. On Monday, the west side of Melrose will have water shut off at 10 a.m. for the village’s Water Improvements Project, with service to resume after valves are installed. The Facebook post from the Village did not give an estimate of completion. On Tuesday, the city of Portales is doing water line repairs on 17th S...
CLOVIS — Investigation of a homicide that was discovered on Oct. 10 continues, Clovis police said, but no arrests have been made as of Friday. Police found the victim, Ivan Leuvano, 28, with “multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso area” in a house at 125 El Camino, Clovis, after receiving a call at 10:40 a.m. Oct. 10. Leuvano died soon after arriving at Plains Regional Medical Center via ambulance. On Friday, Clovis Police spokesperson Robert Telles wrote in an email, “The investigation is continuing, and all informa...
CLOVIS — After wins in its first three competitions, the Clovis High band decided to pull out of its fourth scheduled competition at Saturday’s Pageant of Bands in Albuquerque. In a letter to the band boosters, Director Bill Allred said the cancellation was made with its Oct. 23 trip to Albuquerque for the Zia Marching Festival in mind. Allred highlighted two reasons for the decision — first as a measure to avoid any unnecessary risk or quarantines, and second from a feeling the students and staff had earned a break befor...
Today • 48th annual Peanut Valley Craft and Music Festival — 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, 705 E. Lime St., Portales. 11 a.m., Medieval Life demonstration, slab. Noon, Fusion World Dancers, slab. 12:30 p.m., Kenny Allen, stage. 2 p.m., Wild Bill Cathey, slab. 2:30 p.m., Randy Chavez y Sol, stage. 3:30 p.m., Dance Studio Extreme, slab. 4 p.m., Randy Chavez y Sol, stage. Information: 575-356-8541 • 4th annual Men vs. Women Chili Cook-off — noon-3 p.m., Living Word Church of God, 2101 E. 21st Street, Clovis....
Monday • City of Clovis Parks, Recreation, and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Meeting may also be viewed on Suddenlink Chanel 10, www.cityofclovis.org, and on Facebook at City of Clovis, NM (City Government). Questions to be shared with the board may be called in at 575-763-9200. Information: 575-763-9654 Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Livestream available on YouTube...
CLOVIS — The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, while building its initial water infrastructure to connect Clovis and Portales, aims to add laterals to also deliver bulk water to authority members Texico and Elida. The city of Clovis, meanwhile, has received state economic development funds to extend its water system to the Clovis Regional Airport off of NM 523, which connects Clovis and Texico. During an hour-long Wednesday study session, authority members and Texico village representatives felt it just made s...
PORTALES - Supply chain issues are wreaking havoc on home renovations, and Eastern New Mexico University is no exception. Still, university officials are hopeful a completed renovation for the University House could be quite the Christmas gift. University Chancellor Patrice Caldwell provided a tour of the work in progress Friday to ENMU Regent Lance Pyle and members of the Sodexo food service team. The News was invited on the tour by Pyle. The house, which the university...
PORTALES — A Portales man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for charges that included trafficking methamphetamines, according to a release from the district attorney’s office. Dante Fossett, 35, was convicted Sept. 16 of trafficking a controlled substance, conspiracy to commit trafficking, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a firearm by a felon. According to the release: • The charg...
Melrose Village Council, at large (vote for up to two) • Meadow Forget • James Dewey Mitchell Grady Village Council, at large (vote for up to two) • Emory Wesly Jones • Kathy D. Edwards • Qualified write-in candidate • Qualified write-in candidate Clovis School Board, District 1 • Rosa Maria Sanchez • Kyle D. Snider • Sharon Epps Clovis School Board, District 2 • Cynthia K. Osburn Texico School Board, Position 4 • Troy Lance Teague • Dustin Porter Ptolemy • Mark Steven Peabody Texico School Board, Position 5 • Bo Garrett S...
Causey Village Council, Position 3 • Jimmy Ray Stokes Causey Village Council, Position 4 • Teresa M. Nance Dora Mayor • Jack M. Burkett Dora Village Council, Position 1 • Billy Bob Cathey Dora Village Council, Position 2 • Lewis L. Walker Dora School Board, Position 2 • Kerry A. Osburn Dora School Board, Position 4 • Shauna E. Wade • Jana C. Roberts Dora School Board, Position 5 • Brandon W. Dewbre Elida School Board, Position 3 • Garland G. Creighton Elida School Board, Position 4 • Virginia Ann Clemmons Elida School Board,...
