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  • Former Clovis mayor: Masks are 'slave training.'

    Kevin Wilson - Staff|Updated May 24, 2020

    CLOVIS — Former Mayor David Lansford joined Thursday’s City Commission meeting by phone and said state-mandated mask-wearing during the pandemic should be the “line in the sand” for Clovis citizens. Lansford, a pharmacist, said wearing masks was detrimental to healthy people, called such a requirement sinister and a form of “slave training,” and that it should be called out and refuted as authoritarian. “I, for one, am not going to wear a mask,” Lansford said. “I’m not going to go to a store and wear a mask. It is more li...

  • Cooking with fresh herbs ahead on show

    Sheryl Borden|Updated May 23, 2020

    Information on cooking with fresh herbs and using dried and fresh figs will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Lee Clayton Roper is the founder and President of A Well-Seasoned Kitchen. She’s going to explain how to correctly handle fresh herbs, tell what to do with excess herbs, such as drying or freezing them, and she’ll demonstrate how to use dried herbs in cooking. She lives in Denver. Karla Stockli is the...

  • Governor sets legislative session start date

    Albuquerque Journal|Updated May 23, 2020

    SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday set the start date of a legislative special session, as her administration tries to juggle the pandemic’s financial impact with efforts to suppress the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Democratic governor said that approved spending increases will have to be slowed due to a drop of up to $2.4 billion in estimated revenue levels but that federal stimulus funds and state cash reserves could help the state avoid layoffs and furloughs of state workers and teachers. “We...

  • Menus - May 24

    Updated May 23, 2020

    Curry Resident Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-762-9405 Monday: Closed. Tuesday: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, cream gravy, broccoli, dinner roll w/margarine, peaches Wednesday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes w/brown gravy, peas & carrots, dinner roll w/margarine, pears Thursday: BBQ chicken, scalloped potatoes, seasoned green beans, dinner roll w/margarine, ice cream Friday: Baked fish, baked potato, mixed veggies, dinner roll w/margarine, lemon pudding Community Services Center 1100 Community Way,...

  • On the shelves - May 24

    Updated May 23, 2020

    These books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: “50 Things to See in the Sky” by Sarah Barker teaches the science behind blue skies, sun dogs, and the solar eclipse, showing how to observe nocturnal wonders such as lunar halos, Martian ice caps, and far-off galaxies. Celestial phenomena come to life with expert tips that help any explorer to become an adept observer, and more ambitious stargazers to discover more distant sights with the help of binoculars, a telescope, or a local astronomy group. “The Power...

  • Doctor paperwork out of control

    Karl Terry|Updated May 23, 2020

    Doctor appointment forms — designed to make sure you don’t get a chance to notice the age of the magazines in the waiting room. Anyone who has ever been to a doctor’s office knows the drill. The first thing they do is ask for your insurance and ID cards, then your credit card. If those all check out as current and the co-pay goes through you receive the clipboard of death. It is rare to see less than five pages of forms to fill out on that clipboard. Half of them have been...

  • Officials approve loan refinancing

    Kevin Wilson - Staff|Updated May 23, 2020

    CLOVIS — An ordinance approval for the Clovis City Commission on Thursday night was long in the title, but even longer in savings. Following a brief explanation that meant more than $500,000 in interest savings on existing loans, the commission approved $9 million in loan refinancing. The title of more than 250 words was read by Mayor Mike Morris in what was his first commission meeting with commission members in the room. The Thursday meeting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library was still closed to the public — except for...