Tracy Byrd rained out - before or after 'Gump?'

It happened 20 years ago ... or 25 years ago ... or 30 years ago.

Can you match the calendar year with the event?

• Tracy Byrd was the headline act at the Clovis Music Festival. His concert was rained out after three songs.

• Ealy Furniture was celebrating its 50th year in business. Clovis’ “oldest furniture store” first opened next to Hotel Clovis.

• Sprint Cellular was pleased to announce its grand opening in Clovis. Its “Executive Plan” offered unlimited local usage.

• Dick Smith, Dan Blair and David Lansford all participated in a Gus Macker tournament at Hillcrest Park. Smith was the new administrator at Plains Regional Medical Center. Blair worked for Clovis Police Department. Lansford was Clovis’ mayor.

• The Orient had recently changed its decor. Its most popular feature was its buffet. And “If you don’t like it, you don’t pay for it,” the owner proclaimed.

• The crew of the Starship Enterprise encountered the floating head of Zsa Zsa Gabor in Gary Larson’s “The Far Side.”

• The city of Clovis defeated Cannon Air Force Base personnel, 35-8, during their annual softball game.

• Video Village Movie Rentals was closing in on its one-year anniversary. It operated 365 days a year.

• The village of Grady received $59,012 to resurface all 2.7 miles of its streets.

• “Angels in the Outfield” and “Forrest Gump” were showing at local Allen Theatres.

• A 19-year-old Portales police officer helped Clovis police in an undercover liquor sting. Lance Smith reported he was able to illegally purchase alcohol from 11 Clovis distributors. Officials said Smith’s identification was checked in only two stores, and one of them sold him alcohol anyway.

Answers:

Tracy Byrd performed at the Clovis Music Festival in 1999. Also in ’99, Smith, Blair and Lansford all played in the Macker tournament.

Ealy Furniture celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1989. Video Village was one year old that year, which was also the year the Portales teenage cop caught all those Clovis businesses selling alcohol to minors.

All of the other events happened in 1994.

David Stevens writes about regional history for Clovis Media Inc. Contact him at:

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