Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Staff writer [email protected] It’s going to be a dry spring in Clovis this year — at least that’s what a local weather predictor says. Almost every year on March 22, Clovis resident Chief Joseph Weldon Crim, 80, observes the weather at sunrise on his ranch in Lazbuddie, Texas. By looking at the direction of the wind blowing through his campfire, Crim said he can predict how the spring weather will turn out for the year. Crim is a descendant of the Plains Indian tribe. Crim is one-eighth Plains Indian, but he said his a...
Education columnist Today, we highlight the next two CMS Education Foundation’s Hall of Honors recipients. In the Government and Service category is Lonnie Leslie, CHS graduate of 1966. Leslie received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Eastern New Mexico University. He began his career as a high school drafting teacher, followed by a move into administration, serving as Assistant Superintendent for Business, followed by the position of Assistant Superintendent for Operations for the Clovis Schools. Leslie retir... Full story
Staff report The National Weather Service will hold a weather spotting training class from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 7 in the Ingram Room of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The training will cover NWS operations, flash floods, tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and lightning. The NWS is also looking for volunteers to become official SKYWARN weather spotters. Information: 575-763-9494....
Staff report The Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico is moving its March Produce to People event to the Curry County Fairgrounds. The first giveaway of produce at the new location is set for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday. Citizens are asked to bring their own bags, with a suggested amount of two to five bags, to the arena grandstand at 1900 E. Brady. The event is a cooperation with the food bank, iCan and the Three7 project and is held on the fourth Monday of each month. The food bank partners with 19 schools and 32 agencies to... Full story
Staff report The Business Enterprise Center, housed at the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce, will host an hour-long seminar today to help small business owners expand worldwide. The 1:30 p.m. “Exporting IS an Option,” conducted by New Mexico International Business Accelerator Executive Director Jerry Pacheco, is sponsored by Clovis Community College’s Small Business Development Center. The event is free, but reservations are recommended and can be made either by contacting the SBDC at 575-769-4136 or sbdc@... Full story
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Tuesday • 12:19 a.m.: Battery, 300 block of Dawn Loop. • 4:18 a.m.: Contempt of court, 14th and Norris streets. • 8:01 a.m.: Extortion, 1200 block of Elm Street. • 8:31 a.m.: Aggravated assault with firearm, location unknown. • 11:04 p.m.: Runaway, location unknown. • 11:13 a.m.: Larceny up to $500, 300 block of North Main Street. • 11:31 a.m.: Larceny up to $500, 400 block of Hall Street. • 1:12 p.m.:...
Today Color Creator’s Adult Coloring Club — 10 a.m.-Noon. Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 Melrose City Meeting — 4:30 p.m. City Clerks Office, 105 E. Avenue B., Melrose. Information: 575-253-4274 City Commission Meeting — 5:15 p.m. Clovis-Carver Public Library, north annex, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 United Way of Eastern New Mexico Banquet — 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. $40 a person or $300 a table of 8 RSVP by March 10. ENMU, ballroom, 1500 S Avenue K, Portales. I...
On this date ... 1976: Danny Boone, a seventh-grader at Yucca Junior High School in Clovis, won the Curry County Spelling Bee. Danny spelled “pilfer” and “accent” in the final round, defeating 30 competitors. The bee went 59 rounds before Danny won for the second year in a row. 1956: A Portales woman was packing her things and planning to move away from her husband, who told police he’d had a dream that he killed her. John Ratliff told police “vague stories” about a dream in which he choked his wife and might have disposed of... Full story
