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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Twisted pride is one of perfectionism’s pernicious symptoms. Perfectionists like to think they are a cut above ordinary folks. We have, we think, higher standards, work with more diligence, and see more clearly than pretty much everyone else. Granted, low standards, lazy workers, and the lousy outcomes produced by such are not hard to find. But those ills are never cured by perfectionists; if anything, they are made worse. Even folks who do an average to slightly above a...
Every night before we go to bed, we take the dog outside. That’s the time that sounds of the night are different. There is a certain distinct harmony during the nighttime that I do not hear during the day. Sounds oblivious to us during the day come through clear at night. On many nights, we can hear dogs yelping in the distance. We can hear house doors opening and train noises from the train yard over four miles away. Sometimes we can hear a distant conversation that has t...
When you live in a desert, rain is rare, by definition. When you live in a desert and are involved in agriculture, that rare rain is precious and always appreciated (even on the occasions when it also causes some inconvenience.) Usually when that water does fall from the sky, it is so quickly absorbed by the thirsty earth, that any perks other than just moister ground are not experienced. But every once in a blue moon, there comes a storm that really brings a big bucket and...
On this date ... 1957: During the first six months of the year, 180 telephones were gained by Clovis, according to the Mountain States Telephone Co. C.H. Forester, manager of MSTC, said this is slightly less than in 1956. The number of phones now in Clovis was 8,428. Overall, 8,100 telephones had been installed in New Mexico this year compared to 15,000 this time in 1956. 1957: The Clovis Board of Education inspected and accepted the new W.D. Gattis Junior High school...
CLOVIS — Justin Howalt will begin a three-year term as Clovis' city manager effective Oct. 2. City commissioners voted 7-0 on Thursday to approve Howalt's employment contract. Commissioner Juan Garza was absent. Howalt was the city's engineer before leaving in May 2015 to head the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority as its executive director. The city will benefit from having its old civil engineer back in the fold, said Mayor David Lansford. Howalt's baseline salary w...
Area students return to classes this month. Here’s when: New Mexico Clovis Christian All grades: Aug. 14 Clovis Kindergarten — 12th grade: Aug. 14 Pre-kindergarten: Aug. 17 Dora All grades: Aug. 11 Elida All grades: Monday Floyd All grades: Aug. 14 Fort Sumner All grades: Aug. 16 Grady All grades: Aug. 21 Melrose All grades: Aug. 14 Portales Third — 12th grade: Aug. 11 Pre-kindergarten — 2nd grade: Aug. 17 Texico All grades: Aug. 22 Texas Bovina All grades: Aug. 18 Farwell All grades: Aug. 16 Muleshoe All grades: Aug. 21...
CLOVIS — Firefighters will be at select intersections and businesses this weekend and Aug. 18-20, collecting money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Clovis Fire Department’s annual “Fill the Boot” fundraising event has run since at least 2000, said firefighter Charles Nunez. Since then the highest yearly donation from CFD to MDA was $19,000; this year the goal is to break $20,000, though firefighters hope to raise as much as $25,000, Nunez said. “This is pretty much the biggest charity that firefighters are known for...
PORTALES — District court Judge Donna Mowrer will take 48 hours to decide whether two Portales women charged with child abuse resulting in death and great bodily harm can be released from jail. Sandi Taylor, 31, and Mary Taylor, 62, were arrested July 25 after two children — Maliyah Jones, 22 months, and Aubrianna Loya, 2 — were left in a hot car outside the Taylors’ daycare. Maliyah was dead on arrival at Roosevelt County General Hospital. Aubrianna was transported to a Lubbock hospital where she remained Thursday in crit...
A Portales man accused of fighting roosters in Texas says police got it wrong — he was at a private “poultry show.” Kenny Grubbs faces felony charges of cockfighting following his arrest on July 28. That’s when law officers raided a house north of Levelland, Texas, where 45 individuals were detained in the midst of what police said was a rooster fighting match with gambling and illegal drug use. Police said they found a ring, bird cages, more than 100 birds — five of which were deceased — and blades for the rooster’s l...
Booked The following were booked into local jails: Clovis • Felix Acuna, 34, probation violation • Kendra Ammons, 29, theft of identity • L'Anna Glick, 20, failure to comply with specific requirements • PJ Fitzwater, 26, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer • Jordyn Tivis, 25, receiving stolen property (over $500) • Larry Balch, 28, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Abelino Chavez, 55, driving while under the influence, driving while license suspended or revoked, no...
Monday • Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Committee — Noon at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 • Water Policy Advisory Committee — 8:30 a.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Wednesday • Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Public meeting — 2 p.m. in Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library. The City of Clovis seeks to dis...
Today • Child Find screening clinic — 9 a.m.-noon at Elida schools. For children from birth-5 years. Information: 575-274-6211 Saturday • Blood drive — 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Clovis Civic Center. Information: 575-625-9743 • High Plains Women’s Expo — 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at Clovis Civic Center. Admission: $2. Information: 575-935-5000 • Backpack giveaway — 9 a.m.-noon at American Legion Post 25, 2400 West Seventh Street, Clovis. Information: 575-749-5294 • Clovis Fest Celebration — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Hillcrest Park. Food, music, gi...
