Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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I talk to the animals. That’s right, in case you don’t read my column regularly you might not know that. Of course if you see me on the Eastern New Mexico University campus hollering up into the trees, I haven’t flipped my lid, I’m just talking to the squirrels. I do it on my way to and from my aqua fitness class. Although I speak fluent squirrel, I believe these carpetbagging squirrels quite possibly speak a different squirrel dialect than I learned during my time in Colorad... Full story
CLOVIS — In spite of some noted opposition, horse racetrack and casino proposals in Clovis are expected to bring more new dollars to New Mexico than either of the proposals in two other cities, according to a feasibility study recently completed for the New Mexico Racing Commission. The commission contracted the Convergence Strategy Group to examine the five applications for the state's sixth racino license in relation to the communities in which the projects would be established. The ensuing report, updated Thursday, f... Full story
CLOVIS — Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday congratulated Cummins Inc. on news the company was expanding its presence in Clovis. The company expansion, done through the Clovis Industrial Development Corporation, creates 10 new positions at the south Clovis plant. "When we lower taxes, cut through bureaucratic red tape and strengthen our incentives, companies choose New Mexico," Martinez said in a release. "Cummins is staying and growing in New Mexico. They are providing fantasti...
The following marriage licenses were filed through Thursday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Gerardo Valenzuela Mora, 18, to Rosa Elia Hernandez, 18, both of Clovis • Juan Reyes Medina, 37, to Veronica Jimenez Apodaca, 39, both of Clovis • Jose Alfredo Lopez, 41, to Guadalupe Pagua-Castro, 24, both of Hereford • Anthony Jermaine Dowdy, 27, to Raquel Lynn Barton, 20, both of Clovis • Leroy Encinias, 62, to Shirley Diane Campbell, 51, both of Clovis • Jonathan Mark Saiz, 27, to Briana Cheree Gallegos, 29, both of Clovi...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man faces up to 3 1/2 years in prison after being convicted last week of his sixth DWI offense. A Curry County jury found Gerardo Vasquez, 43, guilty of third-degree felony "driving while under the influence of intoxication liquor — 6th offense," and a misdemeanor, according to a news release from the 9th Judicial District Attorney. He faces up to 42 months in prison, with Judge Matthew Chandler ordering sentencing at a later date. District Attorney Andrea Reeb said she hopes Chandler will pursue the max...
The good news for Curry County and Roosevelt County public schools on Thursday? Everybody passed, although some — see Melrose — finished a little better than others. The bad news? It wasn’t quite honor roll-level good, with the C’s outnumbering the A’s. Melrose received the area’s only A, while four schools — Elida, Dora, Grady and Texico — received B’s. Clovis, Portales and Floyd received C’s. A detailed report for each school is listed at aae.ped.state.nm.us. • Clovis (C): Three of the 16 schools rated in the Clovis s...
DAKOTA CITY, Neb. — A 2016 Grady High School graduate went from judging meat as a kid in 4-H and FFA to last week becoming a national champion in the field. Koby Valentine, a junior at Texas Tech University who grew up between Clovis and Melrose, was named reserve grand champion last week at the 2018 American Meat Science Association International Meat Judging Contest in Dakota City, Nebraska. Valentine said there were over 100 students from 19 universities nationwide taking part in the competition. “It’s a great honor and h...
Remember that time when nobody was allowed to go to restaurants or to school or even to the movies? Fortunately, none of us are old enough to remember. But that’s what happened 100 years ago. Clovis was among cities that actually passed a law forbidding large numbers of people from gathering anywhere. The flu in 1918 was that bad. Health officials estimate it killed 20 million people worldwide in an 18-month period, thanks in part to troop movements during World War I. About 5,000 New Mexico residents died from influenza o...
A few election cycles ago, a reporter turned in an election story. The story included everything you’d expect. Vote tallies. Quotes from the winners. Quotes from the runnersup — at least the ones whose cell phones didn’t mysteriously straight to voicemail. Ended with notes about the turnout, and that the election still needed to be certified by the county commission. Another sentence appeared, noting that vote totals weren’t available until after 9 p.m. because of a mechanical error at the clerk’s office. “Who,” I...
First, let me congratulate Democrats for taking the U.S. House of Representatives from the Republicans. Whether that is good news, however, depends on what the party whose standard bearer is not a septuagenarian pre-adolescent does with its new-found power. I would request that the Democrats do not use their new-found hammer to take revenge, even if that means putting a lid on U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, who has shown herself to be as immoderate as a leftist as the near-extremists on the right who are emboldened...
TEXICO — As construction on an interim groundwater pipeline is on track to start by year's end, board members of The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility authority last week were hopeful to keep that momentum going. "We could be on the cusp of putting out a bid package for Fixed Water 3 in twelve to 24 months," ENMWUA Chair David Lansford said in a meeting Thursday in Texico. Lansford referred to the next phase of the long-reaching project to connect local communities with Quay C...
CLOVIS — A SWAT team response and evacuation/lockdown on properties near the Clovis Apartments on Wednesday ended with the arrest of a Clovis man accused of kidnapping. Cesar Murillo, 38, was accused of holding a woman "against her will at gunpoint" in her apartment on the 1000 block of North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to court records. By Friday, however, court records showed the kidnapping charge was quashed as "additional investigation is needed in this m...
CLOVIS — Though it wasn't listed among the baker's dozen of action and discussion items on the agenda for the Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, Deputy Superintendent of Operations Carrie Bunce provided an update on several of the district's construction projects. Bunce said the projected completion date of October for the high school's tennis courts was delayed because the surface of the courts needs to be applied when temperatures are 50 d...
For those of us old enough to remember when television brought families together — in the same room at the same time, with commercial interruption because that was the only choice back then — Thursday was a sad day. Roy Clark died. He was country, the song goes, when country wasn’t cool, back when Tammy Wynette was standing by her man. But he was more than a singer, more than a gifted entertainer. He was a generation’s best friend, maybe your dad’s buddy from work or a local cotton farmer who chose to spend his Saturday night...
Whether you lean red or blue when it comes to politics, everyone should demand clarity when it comes to costs. And a draft rule now working its way through the halls of our federal government promises to bring a little clarity to the opaque subject of health care. Sure, it’s coming from the Trump administration, but critics should keep in mind their local pharmacy doesn’t take voter registration into account when it rings up prescriptions. Then the only color that matters is green. Health and Human Services Secretary Ale...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission on Thursday approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the Clovis Police Department, in most ways similar to the existing framework. With no discussion and by a 7-0 vote — Helen Casaus was absent — the commission gave the go-ahead to the contract. The deal between the city and the Clovis Police Officers Association — the collective bargaining group for the CPD employees — runs through Aug. 15, 2021. City Manager Justin Howalt said the agreement was largely the same as before, with...
CLOVIS —A sex-crime case ending in mistrial earlier this year resulted in a conviction last week. Glenn Gumbrecht, 56, of Clovis, was found guilty of third-degree felony criminal sexual penetration following a two-day trial before Judge Matthew Chandler, according to a news release from District Attorney Andrea Reeb. Testimony included law enforcement, a DNA lab analyst, a sexual assault nurse examiner and the victim, who told police in July last year that Gumbrecht "had forced himself sexually on her." He faces up to t...
Information on ways for parents to implement mindfulness in their own parenting styles and patterns and information on making mandalas will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and at noon on Thursday. Mental health counselor Michelle Ontiveros will explain how parents can identify ways to implement mindfulness in their own parenting styles. Mindfulness can help children stay more centered and safe at home or away from home. Ontiveros is fro...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday-Thursday: Clovis • Roberto Medina, 23, driving while license suspended or revoked • Earl Large, 26, driving while license suspended or revoked • Amber Segovia, 32, probation violation • Amber Finch, 24, failure to appear on a felony charge • Allen Bartel, 31, aggravated driving while under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while license suspended or revoked, speeding, possession of marijuana • Vernon Devenport, 51, failure to pay fines • Lexy Gar...
Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, 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 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Dec. 4 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 Dec. 10 • Clovi...
Sunday • Community-wide Thanksgiving service — 7 p.m. Central Christian Church, 1528 S. Main, Portales. Information: 575-356-6001 Monday • Stitch Addicts — 6:30 p.m., 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Pam Shuler faculty clarinet recital — 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Information: 575-562-2377 Tuesday • Blood drive — 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Red Lobster, 2601 N. Prince St., Clovis. Register online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Information: 87...
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library “The Map of True Places” by Brunonia Barry begins with a brief visit home to Salem yet turns into the beginning of a larger journey. Suddenly having to care for her ailing father, Zee must come to terms with a strained and awkward relationship that was always marked by half-truths and haunted by the untimely death of her mother. Overwhelmed, Zee must chart a new course, one guiding her not only into her future, but into her past as well. “Ca...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, 10 a.m. beginning line dance, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. trivia mania Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: Closed Friday: Closed Daily activities: 8-ball pool Community Senior Center 1100 Community Way, Portales Monday: Spaghetti and meat...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Bagel w/cream cheese. Lunch — Nacho chicken pasta, steamed broccoli and carrots, apple, whole wheat roll. Tuesday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch — Sloppy joe on a bun, baked fries, veggie cup w/ranch, chilled fruit. Wednesday-Friday: Closed • Breakfast includes 100 percent fruit juice, fresh fruit, milk, choice of cereal, toast or graham cracker. Salad bar offered daily. Clovis Middle Monday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch — Lasagna, pizza, popcorn chick...
My name is Brian Berry. I own Back Road Designs where I do everything from motorcycles to custom restorations and general fabrication. I consider myself a hippie at heart. I try to live as self sufficient as possible from raising and growing my own food to focusing on the simple joys in life. I put my family above anything else and believe in working to live and not living to work. I am a maker, there is nothing that I cannot create with my own hands. My wife Jena and I have...
