Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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After 17 years in the same room, at the same desk, in the same chair, I cleaned last week. Oh, I've allowed the cleaning crew to run a vacuum through a few times, and I dusted once, and Kevin Wilson wiped some stuff down that time he borrowed my office, but this was the first time since I moved in that I've actually cleaned out stuff. To be fair, a lot of the drawers and cabinets were stuffed with things that belonged to editors before me - personnel files, resumes,...
“None of the above” apparently is no longer an option for the New Mexico Racing Commission on whether to award a sixth horse-racing license. Rosemary Garley of the commission sent an email Friday afternoon, stating the agency’s board adjourned from its meeting in Albuquerque earlier that day “with a vote to move forward on the 6th Racetrack License.” License applicants from Tucumcari, Clovis and Lordsburg will make a final pitch Nov. 28 before the commission. Native American tribes that own casinos in New Mexico also are expe...
CLOVIS - Hark, for bell and kettle season is nigh upon us. Clovis' Salvation Army office is recruiting volunteers to take part in its iconic seasonal fundraiser, ringing the bell and collecting donations in a kettle container outside local businesses between Friday and Christmas Eve. Organizers are hoping the community will turn out with bells on, and they already have 40 or 50 volunteers enlisted from among supporting community entities. You may see them any time from 9 a.m....
There's no need to eat alone this Thanksgiving, not with free community meals prepared to serve hundreds in Portales and Clovis. Two such annual events are entering their 16th or 17th year running, according to their organizers. In both cases the meals run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the Lighthouse Mission planning to serve at least 500 in Clovis while the "Community Outreach" group is preparing to serve as many in Portales' Memorial Building. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post...
Monday • Clovis Parks, Recreation and Beautifcation Committee — 5 p.m., Clovis city hall. Information: 575-769-7870. Dec. 10 • Clovis High Plains Historical Foundation — 5:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-309-9893 To place an item on the meetings calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: [email protected]...
A consultant’s feasibility study for the New Mexico Racing Commission concludes three Clovis applicants for a horse-racing track and casino would generate the most revenue. The study also details downsides for each Clovis bid, and a frontman for a Tucumcari applicant called the study “fatally flawed.” The commission on Thursday posted on its website the 138-page study from Convergence Strategy Group, a gaming consulting firm based in New Orleans. A 46-page PowerPoint presentation Convergence gave to the commission durin...
Unlike those merry characters in the folk song, “Over the River and Through the Woods,” I’ve never once boarded a sleigh and raced through “white and drifted snow” to my grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving. The rambling house where I live grew from a core built by my grandparents long years ago. When my parents married, they built on an end for themselves and the two couples lived together but apart for the next few years. My grandmother died a year or so before I came alon...
PORTALES - Roosevelt County has a new clerk, made official Tuesday with the appointment of Stephanie Hicks and recognition of her predecessor in the county's commission meeting. DeAun Searle was recognized for her years of service, holding the head clerk position since December 2013 and retiring this month. Commissioners in turn voted unanimously to appoint Hicks, her deputy clerk, to the position. The position will be up for election again in 2020. "I love my job and I'm...
On this date ... 1899: Evelina Twilla was an infant, having been born Nov. 19, 1899. She was born in Tennessee, but her family settled in the Field community (west Curry County today) when she was about 8. The pioneer settler wrote about her life’s experiences in 1956, including this tidbit about what teenagers used to do for mischief: “(We) slipped out our mother’s coffee and smoked it,” she wrote. “We smoked cotton leaves, too, after the frost had come.” Twilla married Homer Roach in 1917. Their oldest son was Lee Roach,...
Today • GriefShare grief support group — 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Central Baptist Church, 2501 N. Norris St., Room 203, Clovis. Information: 760-917-3051 or 575-309-4208 • Deadline to enter a float in the Cannon Air Force Base Holiday Parade — 5 p.m. Parade is scheduled for 5 p.m. Nov. 29. Off-base entries require background check to participate. Information: 575-904-6117 Thursday • Portales Community Outreach Thanksgiving meal — 11 a.m-1 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Deliveries available 10:30 a.m.-12:30...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Monday: Clovis • Judas Gonzales, 46, parole violation • Marcello Garza, 42, failure to pay fines • Maria Olivas, 33, probation violation • Miguel Galvan, 31, aggravated battery against a household member, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia • Baynes Hoffman, 18, probation violation • Jerry Aleman, 30, concealing identity, no seat belts, probation violation • Josett Anaya, 36, fraudulent use of a credit card, theft of identity, res...
Picture this: An Arkansas preacher and teacher have six sons who grow up, get married and have children of their own. Then those children grow up and have their own kids. Even the cousins have cousins, and our extended families grow and grow … and so it goes. That’s my family. I’m one of those six sons. We’re scattered all over now, but every year this loud and large family finds its way back to our Ozark Mountain heritage for an epic Thanksgiving reunion. We take over a lodge on a secluded mountaintop, pack in plenty...
It’s not easy to find much we can be collectively thankful for in these divisive political times. So we’ll toss out a few issues that we think we can mostly agree on this holiday week: • While we’re not all thankful eastern New Mexico could soon be home to a racetrack/casino, surely we’re all thankful our economy is healthy enough that four private investor groups are competing for that opportunity. A feasibility study completed for the New Mexico Racing Commission found that Clovis could bring in as much as $66.2 million i...
In those moments when my skepticism falters, the recent midterm elections threaten to give me a little hope. It doesn’t last long. A Congress divided between Republicans and Democrats brings the promise of sweet gridlock, but they always seem to find a way to work together more than is healthy. I am naturally skeptical of those using theft and aggression against the individuals who comprise society — even when they call the theft and aggression “government” or “the law.” As...
RIO RANCHO - Harlie Roach of Logan went up high and smashed a shot into the Melrose line Saturday in the Class 1A Volleyball State Championship Match, then got a confused look on her face. She looked across the net looked behind her. "We were battling it out back and forth, back and forth," she said. "It could have been anybody's. I was kind of shocked. I didn't know what side the ball came on. I turned around and I was all, 'What happened,' then everybody started screaming....
Happy Thanksgiving, Quay County and all of New Mexico. To my media colleagues, however, I issue a warning. The media corps seems to think they have reason to gloat over their turkey dinners as President Donald Trump eats crow over a restraining order that re-admits CNN reporter Jim Acosta to the White House after the president kicked him out for acting like a reporter. Even Fox News protested Acosta’s removal. The media universally are reporting federal District Court Judge Tim Kelly’s restraining order as an unqualified vic...
Picture this: An Arkansas preacher and teacher have six sons who grow up, get married and have children of their own. Then those children grow up and have their own kids. Even the cousins have cousins, and our extended families grow and grow … and so it goes. That’s my family. I’m one of those six sons. We’re scattered all over now, but every year this loud and large family finds its way back to our Ozark Mountain heritage for an epic Thanksgiving reunion. We take over a lodge on a secluded mountaintop, pack in plenty...
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...
On this date ... 1968: The Quay County Commission soon will meet with the state tax commission in an effort to reduce all property valuations by 10 percent. The tax commission on Nov. 9 raised the assessment rate to 33 1/3 percent in an effort to establish a statewide, uniform assessment ratio of actual value. The state's action came under orders of the New Mexico Supreme Court to establish a uniform ratio. The action affected about half of the state's counties, including...
A Tucumcari woman was arrested and jailed in a 66-count complaint of identity theft and illegally using a debit or credit card for nearly $3,000 in transactions. Crystal Marie Jones, 34, was booked Nov. 9 into the Quay County Detention Center and released by court order five days later, according to jail records. No attorney for her was listed in court records. Frank Gutierrez, lead investigator for the 10th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Tucumcari, wrote the criminal complaint and filed it in magistrate court Nov. 8...
I’ve run into some avowed socialists online who claim Jesus was a socialist or at least taught doctrines compatible with socialism. Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry and told his followers to do likewise. Apparently, for some, that implies socialism. If we’re going to make progress discussing this, we need to define our terms Despite the rhetoric of compassion from modern enthusiasts, socialism is not defined by the belief poor people should be taken care of by those who have the means to help them. With the exc...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — No school. Thursday — No school. Monday — Breakfast: Cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich, ham and cheese sandwich, tomato soup, mixed vegetables, fruit, milk. Tuesday — Breakfast: Sausage breakfast pizza, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Tater tot nachos, ham and cheese wrap, pinto beans, Spanish brown rice, Romaine lettuce, fresh tomatoes, fruit, milk. Tucumcari Senior Center...
• Thursday — Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Serving from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., enjoy the meal and fellowship free of charge. First Baptist Church, 321 E. Center St., Tucumcari. • Dec. 1 — Parade of Lights. The fun begins at 6 p.m. as the floats cruise down Route 66 Boulevard from the old Kmart parking lot to the Tucumcari Convention Center. For more information or to register, contact the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce by phone at 575-461-1694 or email [email protected]. • Dec. 1 — Christmas Expo. Celebrate t...
About 80 percent of the audience for a historical presentation Friday night at The Gallery Etc. in downtown Tucumcari were women. That seemed appropriate, because the presentation was titled “Route 66 Women: Untold Stories of the Mother Road.” Documentary filmmaker Katrina Parks presided over the event supported by the New Mexico Humanities Council and the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program. She showed extended excerpts of her “Route 66 Women: Untold Stories of the Mother Road” film she said she expects to finish by fall...
Trying to strike a balance between free speech and order, the Mesalands Community College board of trustees unanimously approved a protests and demonstrations policy for the college during its Nov. 13 meeting. Officials decided to create such a policy after board members’ recent meeting with a consultant from the Association of Community College Trustees, based out of Washington, D.C., college President John Groesbeck said after the meeting. He said the new policy wasn’t pre-emptive, and not a response to anything occ...
