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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — When school's out for summer, the plan is to tear it down. At least that's the plan Clovis school board members have for Highland Elementary, which would be rebuilt in time for the 2019-2020 school year. Board members on Tuesday night unanimously approved Highland's demolition, contingent on state approval. The process would begin this summer, with the new school opening at the same location, 100 E. Plains St., in the fall of 2019, Superintendent Jody Balch said. H...
ALBUQUERQUE — A dozen Curry and Roosevelt county seniors were selected for the North-South football all-star teams, released Wednesday by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. There are three games, all scheduled for sites to be determined in Albuquerque in June. Defending eight-man champion Melrose is sending four players to the Class 2A/Six-Man/Eight-Man game, scheduled for 1 p.m. on June 5. The quartet of Blake DeVaney, Carson Fraze, Jordan Jasso and Sterling Sena will be joined by Dora’s Zac Dewbre and Hay...
Twila Watkins has a mystery on her hands, and it’s one that surfaced — most appropriately — just in time for Christmas. A few weeks ago, Watkins was helping her nephew go through some old family belongings that had been in storage for years. They came across a battered cardboard box labeled “The 12 Days of Christmas.” “I said, ‘I think I know what that is,’” Watkins recalled. Her husband Gary chimed in, “The look in her face was priceless.” It was a box that took Watkins strai...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds signed three football recruits on Wednesday, as part of the NCAA’s new early signing period. Greyhound football coach Kelley Lee announced the signings of three offensive linemen — James Morris, David Saunders and Guseppe Scalise — as part of the Hounds’ ongoing recruiting class for 2018, which will conclude with several more signings in early February. The new early period is intended for Division I programs only, but ENMU is allowed to use the period to sign transfers. Saunders...
Walking into the Clovis Schools central office the other day, the first thing I saw was a table laden with enormous platters of cookies. Several ladies were organizing the plates, clearly getting ready to load for transport. Walking over to chat (no, not to get a cookie), I asked what was going on. I was told this was part of the 1,000 cookies the CMS school cafeterias bake and take to the Lighthouse Mission annually. Surprised, I headed on in to find Paul Klein, director of...
On this date ... 1977: Yucca Junior High students collected 1,259 cans for the annual Salvation Army holiday food drive. Student council officers counted and sorted cans after the drive. Mike Gunnels was president, Gregg Burch was vice president, Kelley Roose was secretary, and Michele Loftus was treasurer. The Yucca student who collected the most cans was Mike Wieland from Jack Burch's home room. 1977: David G. Brown had been appointed the new chief of the Portales Police...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission will be asked to approve a master water assurance plan during tonight's regular meeting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The meeting includes the water plan, created by the ad hoc water policy strategic planning team. The planning team was created to help secure sustainable water for the city over the next 40 years. Members of the team include EPCOR New Mexico Vice President and General Manager Daniel Bailet, Eastern Plains Council of G...
CLOVIS — Firefighters responded to a debris fire originating at 3008 Weston St. around noon on Wednesday. “We had a resident burning rubbish in the back of his yard, wind got a hold of it and it just got wild,” Fire Department Battalion Chief Joel Gershon said. “Ended up burning through a fence and into another neighbor’s yard. So we got a shed burned down, a couple fence lines and a bunch of rubbish.” Gershon said CFD arrived around 11:50 a.m. and had the blaze under control in about 10 minutes. There were no injuries, h...
CLOVIS — The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority will consider a request for condemnation on a property near southwest Clovis, following multiple unsuccessful efforts to agree on an appraisal price for access to the landowner’s property. “The condemnation request is because we have not settled our differences for the easement and they have not accepted the appraiser’s total,” said ENMWUA Interim Executive Director Maggie Chapman. Chapman said she did not have the name of the property owner or size of the property...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Monday-Tuesday: Clovis • Cordney Cooper, 26, probation violation • David Aragon-Sena, 61, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Edwin Carrilio, 23, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Joshua Phillips, 29, probation violation • Allen Tapia, 40, driving under the influence of liquor • Nedra Sandoval, 25, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Joseph Garcia, 36, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Manuel Ronquillo-Salazar, 20, probation viola...
Today’s family in need: This mother of two wants to provide her children a merry Christmas in the face of devastating illness. Salvation Army Lt. Kelly Berggren knew the woman suffered from polio, but discovered she had also been diagnosed with breast cancer when she requested a gas voucher to travel to Lubbock. “This news was devastating to all concerned,” he said, adding that she wants to give her two children, age 8 and 10, a merry Christmas. About the Empty Stocking Fund: The fund is a joint venture of the Salva...
Clovis FFA students take home honors CLOVIS — Eleven Clovis FFA students took home honors at the District IV FFA Leadership Development event last week, according to a press release from Clovis Municipal Schools. In the Jr. High Illustrated Talk competition, Thomas Palla finished fourth, John Hisel finished fifth, Cara McWilliams finished 10th and Syan Olguin finished in the top 20. Hisel also finished fifth in the Jr. High Prepared Public Speaking competition. In the Chapter Prepared Public Speaking competition, Jack P...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council voted on Tuesday to sign a document reiterating its commitment to paying two loans by the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, but it had some questions first. The loans were in the amount of $1.5 million and $1.6 million for the Ute pipeline project, which would bring water from Ute Lake to Portales, Clovis, Melrose, Elida, and other eastern New Mexico communities. The signing of the loan agreement was the second time the city has committed to paying its portion of loans on the pro...
Today • Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority — 1 p.m. at the Curry County Commission chambers at county administration office. Information: 575-935-4264 • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. in North Annex at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 The meetings calendar is a daily listing of area meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-356-4481 or e-mail: [email protected]...
Ongoing • Artist of the month — Art from Sarah Bice will be on exhibit all month at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-762-6359 The events calendar is a daily listing of area events. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-356-4481 or e-mail: [email protected]...
