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As goes McDonald’s, so goes the rest of the fast-food world? At least we hope that will be the case when it comes to McDonald’s recently announced policy to start using only chicken raised without medically important antibiotics. This commitment will help reduce the overuse of antibiotics in meat. That, in turn, is a public health boon. Overuse of antibiotics leads to superbugs that are difficult to treat, killing some 23,000 Americans a year. Many privately owned restaurants and some chains moved before McDonald’s did to st...
As goes McDonald’s, so goes the rest of the fast-food world? At least we hope that will be the case when it comes to McDonald’s recently announced policy to start using only chicken raised without medically important antibiotics. This commitment will help reduce the overuse of antibiotics in meat. That, in turn, is a public health boon. Overuse of antibiotics leads to superbugs that are difficult to treat, killing some 23,000 Americans a year. Many privately owned restaurants and some chains moved before McDonald’s did to st...
State columnist link Tom McDonald It’s no secret this year’s legislative session was pathetically unproductive; on the day of adjournment, lawmakers couldn’t even pass the capital outlay bill. But it was an Albuquerque Journal report by Dan Boyd that quantified it: Of 1,365 bills introduced, only 191 made it to the governor’s desk for signing. The Journal also charted the number of bills passed during 60-day sessions as far back as 1995, when 424 bills were passed. Since t...
State columnist link Tom McDonald It’s no secret this year’s legislative session was pathetically unproductive; on the day of adjournment, lawmakers couldn’t even pass the capital outlay bill. But it was an Albuquerque Journal report by Dan Boyd that quantified it: Of 1,365 bills introduced, only 191 made it to the governor’s desk for signing. The Journal also charted the number of bills passed during 60-day sessions as far back as 1995, when 424 bills were passed. Since t...
Deputy editor [email protected] Curry County Magistrate Judge Duane Castleberry struck down a local attorney’s attempt Tuesday to get District Attorney Andrea Reeb and her staff removed as prosecutors against his client in a controversial case. Castleberry ruled Reeb had no bias against attorney Dan Lindsey’s client, Jorge Corona, 28, of Clovis, who is charged in two separate cases — one that prompted an internal investigation against Clovis Police Officer Brent Aguilar. A video of Aguilar’s August 2014 takedown of a ha...
Deputy editor [email protected] The first day of April is getting off to a hot start with a red flag warning and howling winds, low humidity and warmer air mean fire season is just around the corner. According to Clovis Fire Department Battalion Chief Montie Powell, the fire department prepares for fire season by watching videos, reading books and having instructors come in to teach classes on how to battle big blazes. “We have some (firefighters) that recall (how to react) on their own experiences,” Powell said. “If...
Staff writer [email protected] Residents and business owners in the Clovis flood plain will be hit with National Flood Insurance Program rate increases starting today. The president signed the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 into law last March, which repeals and modifies certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. City Planning and Zoning Administrator Louis Gordon provided residents with information regarding the changes at the Clovis Home and Garden Show March 28. He...
Deputy editor While waiting for the oven to finish my dinner, I took a brief trip online to find a friend had photographed his dessert. I normally abhor such things, but he had a blueberry Newton. Wait, what? I had no idea these existed. I knew of the standard fig variety, and of the strawberry, and the long-ago discontinued apple — which were awesome from the fridge or the microwave. But never the blueberry. I talked to my friend the next day, and asked how long the blueberry Newtons had been around. I love blueberry, and f...
Staff writer [email protected] The fate of one recreational area in town is causing a rift between some city officials. At the Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee meeting on Monday, things got heated between committee members regarding the future of Hillcrest Park and whether the par-3 course should be preserved. One of the plans presented by Consensus Planning of Albuquerque would eliminate the par-3 course and use the area as a disc golf course. Committee member Natalie Hobbs brought up the conversation,...
Staff report Elida Municipal Schools has decided to opt out of including a spring break in its schedule this year. Superintendent Jim Daugherty said the decision was based on a combination of testing and school activities pushing the break so far back into the school year. “Last year when we were looking at our school calendar, we wanted to place spring break after our testing period was over, and we also wanted to place it after the state FFA contest because we had a lot of students participate in that,” he said. “Because it...
Staff report The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office will be closing its office doors on Fridays for the next two months to conserve on electricity costs. Sheriff Malin Parker said deputies will still be out on patrol on Fridays; the administrative office just won’t be open for business. “We don’t know that it will make much of a difference, but we are hoping it will,” Parker said of shutting down all the utilities each Friday. Parker said his office is about to reach the maximum they can spend on utility costs for the current... Full story
Local columnist Music is on my mind. I seem to sing often at work lately, and not because I like to whistle while I work, but because many little things set off a song in my mind. One day one of my students was singing a song by one of my old favorite music groups, Los Tigrillos. “Ay Esther, ay Esther,” she was humming. Naturally, I finished the verse for her. “Tiene las piernotas como Lucifer.” In translation, “She has huge legs like Lucifer.” It is a catchy song because of its bouncy cumbia beat. A cumbia is a shake-your-...
Deputy editor Sometimes when people ask me what my tattoo means, I will brace myself for an unpleasant conversation — you never know who may be opposed to equal rights. My tattoo is a simple, small equal sign that cost me around $70 and half an hour at a Knoxville, Tennessee, tattoo parlor. A friend of mine at a party last weekend made a comment about it that stuck with me. “I like it,” she said. “It’s simple, but so powerful.” She’s right. I got this tattoo because equality is something I feel passionately about. Deep d...
On this date ... 1975: Texas International Airlines announced the end of its four-month strike and said most of its flights would be operating again by week’s end. That included TIA service to Clovis Municipal Airport, said Jim Malloy, chairman of the Clovis Civil Aviation Board. 1965: Eastern New Mexico had a new club — “Mollie’s Knitting Club,” named for a Hereford woman who was the club’s instructor. Members at the initial gathering ate sack lunches at a Bellview woman’s home “to give more time for the ladies to knit...
• Assembly Of God Good Friday 7 p.m. Easter Sunday 10:45 a.m. Bethel Assembly of God 1521 Norris Information: 575-762-6155 • Calvary Chapel Clovis Easter Sunday 10:30 a.m. 1320 W. 21st Information: 575-218-5701 • Central Baptist Easter Sunday Morning worship 8:30 a.m. Bible Study 9:45 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. 2501 N. Morris Information: 575-762-4727 • Clovis Ministerial Alliance Good Friday celebration 5:30 p.m. Grace Fellowship Church 500 Schepps Blvd. Information: 575-762-9300 • Faith Christian Good Friday 6 p.m. Easter Su... Full story
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations. Monday • 9:36 a.m.: Dead on arrival, 1100 block of Oakhurst Road. • 10:38 a.m.: Missing person, 900 block of Rencher Street. • 10:41 a.m.: Domestic in progress, 1400 block of Sheldon Street. • 10:43 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident hit and run, 1400 block of West Street. • 11:37 a.m.: Warrant service, 200 block of North Pile Street. • 12:32 p.m.: Burglary in progress, 2000 block of Jonquil Park. • 1:38 p.m.... Full story
Today Clovis Community College Board of Trustees — 8 a.m., Room 512 Information: 575-769-4001 Toddler Time — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 Clovis Chamber Ambassador meeting — 11:30 a.m., The Lunch Box, 321 N. Main St. Information: 575-763-3435 Thursday Pre-K Story Hour — 10:05 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 City Commission — 5:15 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, North Annex. Information: 575-769-7828 New Mexico Municipal League District meeting —10 a.m.,... Full story
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