Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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FOOTBALL Prep summaries Thursday Class 6A District 2/5 Eldorado 50, Clovis 14 Clovis 7 0 7 0 — 14 Eldorado 29 7 7 7 — 50 Scoring summary First quarter E — Shane Aspera 85 kickoff return (kick blocked), 11:45 E — Aidan St. John 1 run (Elias Franco run), 6:48 E — Aspera 11 pass from Franco (Franco run), 5:27 C — R.J. Nora 94 pass from Milo Acosta (Ki Cox kick), 5:04 E — Josiah Mitchell 16 pass from Franco (Cortland Dickman kick), :37 Second quarter E — St. John 1 run (Dickman kick), 2:29 Third quarter C — Nora 51 pass from...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal School district went just over a year without in-person art or music. Music Education Brandon Boerio told the board Tuesday how the students returned, almost without missing a beat, back to their winning ways. A pair of music programs were honored at the board meeting for their statewide victories, with the Clovis High School band taking its ninth consecutive state championship at the Zia Marching Fiesta Oct. 23 and choir students dominating the Southeastern New Mexico Music Educator’s Ass...
PORTALES — Roosevelt General Hospital and Clinics will host a free flu shot clinic 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday in the hospital parking lot. The clinic is free for adult vaccinations, and the hospital advises making an appointment for child vaccinations. The hospital also advises that due to COVID-19 concerns it will not have the health fair where it normally distributes flu shots. Information: 575-356-6652 or [email protected]....
PORTALES — Roosevelt General Hospital will have a celebration Thursday to mark its 20 years of service in Portales, according to an RGH release. The noon celebration will include a ribbon cutting ceremony, dedication of a new training room, a look over the last 20 years and a ceremony to honor 20-year employees. The event will also include guided tours and a to-go lunch. Information: myrgh.org....
CLOVIS — Construction work on the city’s effluent reuse pipeline will require a closure of the Mañana Boulevard/Thornton Street intersection beginning Monday, according to a city release. Work from K. Barnett and Sons is anticipated to go through late November. The intersection should reopen to eastbound and westbound traffic Thursday, but northbound and southbound lanes will remain closed through the length of the project. Detours using Duckworth, Horn and Plaza avenues will be marked. Work has already led to the clos...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County road department will begin work west of Elida on Monday that it anticipates will take about six weeks, according to a county release. Work on South Roosevelt Road 19 from South Roosevelt AQ to South Roosevelt AV will include a resurfacing with the existing base course, with a target completion date of Dec. 16. Motorists are asked to drive slowly in the work area and look out for equipment and personnel. Information: 575-356-5942 or 575-356-5307....
PORTALES — The Portales City Council on Tuesday got a first glimpse of possibilities for redistricting as a result of 2020 U.S. Census results. The council took no action on the districting choices, which will require more work sessions and public input, Mayor Ron Jackson said. Brad Morrison, a project manager and redistricting specialist for Research and Polling, an Albuquerque-based market research and public opinion firm, presented two options for redistricting the city, based on the firm’s reading of census results. Morri...
Community Services Center 1100 Community Way, Portales 575-356-8576 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (11:30 p.m.-12:30 p.m. grab and go) Milk, coffee and tea available Monday: Chili dog, baked beans, sauerkraut, baked apple slices Tuesday: Beef burrito, spanish rice/salsa , corn, lettuce/tomato, brownie Wednesday: Chicken breast, spinach, california vegetables, white bread, applesauce cake Thursday: Salisbury steak, mushroom gravy, wild rice, broccoli and cauliflower, cherries in cobbler Friday: Chicken fajita, peppers & onions, lettuce...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority officials had not viewed their intake structure at Ute Lake from out on the lake, and when they did recently, they found some work needed to be done. “We don’t see this side, because we’re not in the water,” Orlando Ortega, executive director, told the board on Thursday. The ENMWUA board on Thursday authorized the spending of $21,505 to have Clovis-based Preferred Painters clean and paint the fixtures on the lake side of the intake structure to improve appearanc...
Clovis elementary Monday: Breakfast, grape filled crescent, milk; Lunch, chicken smackers, au-gratin potatoes, seasoned mixed veggies, fresh cantaloupe, homemade roll, milk Tuesday: Breakfast, breakfast pizza, milk; Lunch, steak fingers, mashed potatoes & gravy, cucumbers, ranch dressing, chilled fresh fruit, whole wheat roll, milk Wednesday: Breakfast, breakfast bowl, milk; Lunch, corn dog, seasoned fries, fresh cauliflower & broccoli, ranch dressing, chilled mixed fruit, milk Thursday: Breakfast, orange muffin top, milk;...
Information on using essential oils in cooking, texturizing fabric, and discussing how colors affect us psychologically will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Kris Wrede is an aromatic alchemist and natural perfumer, and her business is Kismet Potions. In the aromatic kitchen, Wrede will show how to prepare unusual recipes using essential oils to make life more sensual and to help one appreciate the vib...
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. “Beyond the Tides” by Liz Johnson. When Meg Whitaker's father decides to sell the family's lobster-fishing business to her high school nemesis, she sets out to prove she should inherit it instead. Though she's never had any interest in running the...
Living passionately is what Misty Rains is known for as both a mother and administrative assistant to District Attorney Andrea Reeb. Rains is a "local girl" through and through. Born in Clovis, she was raised in Elida before moving to Portales after finishing high school. About 13 years ago, Rains took a job as a secretary in the Portales office of the district attorney and has worked her way up to her current role, which she considers an honor. As much as she loves her job,...
As I cruised slowly through the school zone at the junior high, my afternoon slowed even more as a young man appeared at the curb near the crosswalk. I stopped and the student stepped into the street, facemask still over his nose and his cell phone inches from his eyes. To say the pace he set was a leisurely stroll would have been inaccurate because it was much slower than a stroll. If I hadn’t been carefully watching his body language I might have thought he was messing w...
State Treasurer Tim Eichenberg has apparently decided that if the weak and subservient New Mexico Legislature will not stand up for itself, he’ll do it for them. Eichenberg, who previously served in the state Senate, has written a court brief in support of a lawsuit filed by two senators, Republican Greg Baca and Democrat Jacob Candelaria, challenging the authority of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to spend federal relief money without going through the legislative process. This is the second time in the last few weeks that I’ve...
Condoleezza Rice wants to move on. She concedes that what happened on Jan. 6 was “wrong.” It was, she told the hosts of “The View,” an “assault on law and order, and an assault on our democratic processes.” And Rice, a former national security adviser and secretary of state, thinks those who attacked and ransacked the U.S. Capitol should be punished. That day, she said, made her cry for the first time since Sept. 11. So yes, it was a terrible day. It was a stunning da...
I was watching “The View” the other day, and while I’d normally come away from that experience scarred by the smirking face and screeching cackle of Joy Behar, this time was different. This time there was a woman with a brain at the table. This time, it was more than just a group of caffeinated dames pretending to have gravitas when they’re nothing more than Real(ly) Annoying Housewives. Condoleezza Rice was the guest. This is the first woman of color to fill the role of secr...
George Orwell famously said “there are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.” His adage now applies to anyone associated with academia in any capacity. The New York Times ran a report the other day on the canceling of University of Chicago geophysicist Dorian Abbot for his dissenting views on affirmative action. The paper quoted a Williams College geosciences professor, Phoebe A. Cohen, who supports Abbot’s shunning. She explained her dim view of a...
The term “constitutional crisis” isn’t one that should be tossed around carelessly. And it might overstate the importance of the simmering dispute between Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and lawmakers of both political parties over who has authority to decide how to spend roughly $1.1 billion in unspent federal stimulus funding doled out by Washington, D.C., during the pandemic. But if it is an overstatement, it’s not by much - and the term “constitutional emergency of generational importance” used by two state senators ch...
A recent “USA Today” article by Rebecca Morin contains a wealth of information on intelligence gathering and analysis as it pertains to the U.S. border. Morin points out that, “The administration was caught flatfooted by roughly 15,000 Haitian migrants who camped out last month under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told the paper Del Rio was “most certainly a challenge that we had not encountered previously.” Mayorkas also said, “We...
PORTALES — The Federal Emergency Management Association has made Flood Insurance Rate Maps available for review in Roosevelt County. Updated maps are available at the Roosevelt County Courthouse, and were created in coordination with local, state and FEMA officials. They may also be viewed online at msc.fema.gov/fmcv. A 90-day appeal and comment period began in September and runs through Dec. 21 for the city of Portales, the town of Elida, the village of Floyd and the unincorporated areas of the county. Residents may s...
CLOVIS - The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees is a five-member organization again, with former instructor Jan Bradburn welcomed back into the fold. In a 28-minute meeting, trustees voted to select Bradburn from a field of four applicants. Bradburn, who retired from CCC in 2013 as director of its Workforce Training Center, will serve out the final two-plus years of the term that expires in 2023. She replaces Arnold Martinez, who resigned in August due to a move out...
Jean Grissom, 94, has been keeping a diary since she was a 'tween. I started sharing some of her stories in Wednesday's paper. I couldn't stop with one column. She's too fascinating to capture in just 1,000 words. So here's part two. A boy from Artesia Jean gave higher education a try in 1944, enrolling in what was then Eastern New Mexico College that fall. But she was small in stature and had a miles-long walk to and from campus. With no lockers available, she had to carry...
With early turnout light, Tuesday’s Election Day could play a significant role in reshaping local school boards as seven contested races hang in the balance. Election Day runs from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Curry County polling places are Colonial Park Golf Course, the Youth Recreation Building, Roy Walker Community Center, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Curry County Road Department Road Barn, Pleasant Hill Fire Department, Grady Senior Citizens Center, Melrose City Hall and Texico Community Building. Roosevelt County p...
CLOVIS — Whether it comes by a school alert or a child’s text, a school lockdown is a message a parent never wants to receive. Since Oct. 19, Clovis Municipal Schools has had to initiate five of them throughout their various campuses. Four of the lockdowns were lifted in 30 minutes or less, the fifth was lifted after nearly two hours and the district reported no injuries from any of the incidents. Clovis Police Capt. Roman Romero said of the five incidents between Oct. 19 and Wednesday, one did not include a citable or arr...
