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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Clovis City Commission A small discrepancy in wording of a resolution has led to confusion for the Clovis City Commission, but the issue came closer to being resolved during a regular meeting Thursday at the Clovis-Carver Library’s north annex. On the agenda under unfinished business was a request for approval of discussion/action regarding resolution no. 2707-2013 concerning the use of electronic equipment during city commission meetings. The resolution had been brought up by Commissioner Tom Martin during the June 5 c...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] The Clovis community will soon be witness to a nearly 150-year-old celebration. With an extravaganza event set to take place at Potter Park on Saturday and another event at Legacy Life Family Church on Sunday, Clovis is set to mark Juneteenth — or the official end of slavery in the U.S. — this weekend. link Courtesy photo Selmus Price, a coordinator of the Sunday Juneteenth service at Legacy Life Family Church, is to keep alive the memory of... Full story
Senior writer [email protected] The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority continues to secure money for the Ute water project in small increments, but officials feel their case is getting stronger. At Thursday’s meeting, pipeline Project Manager Paul van Gulick said the New Mexico Water Trust Board recently awarded a $3.2 million grant for the project, and the project was the highest ranking water project in the state. “This is a big deal for us,” van Gulick said. The progress authority members are making doesn’t s...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Though a proposed “gentlemen’s club” would be located outside the Clovis city limits, several individuals attended Thursday’s City Commission meeting at Clovis-Carver Library to vent their frustrations about the club. Diana Duran approached the commissioners to inquire about how they feel about the possible gentlemen’s club, as well as to ask if anything can be done by the city to prevent the establishment from opening within Curry County. Duran referred to Dwight McDonald — the man alleged... Full story
Today Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 356-8598. Kids Tennis Camp — 8 a.m. to 8:55 a.m., Portales Rams Tennis courts. For 4-8 year-olds. The camp is free. Information: [email protected] or 760-4151. Kids Tennis Camp — 9 a.m. to 9:55 a.m., Portales Rams Tennis courts. For 9-14 year-olds. The camp is free. Information: [email protected] or 760-4151. Step aerobics — 4 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 356-8598. Christian Country Jamboree — 6:30 p.m., City Park. Informa...
Staff writer [email protected] Hannah Giles, Miss Southern New Mexico and first-time pageant contestant, will compete for the Miss New Mexico crown next week. The event manager for the Clovis Civic Center has been living in the area for seven years. Her older sister also competed for the Miss New Mexico crown. The Miss New Mexico Pageant is Tuesday through Thursday, with the crowing of the new Miss New Mexico on June 28 in Ruidoso.link Hannah Giles, Miss Southern New... Full story
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Religion columnist I want to discuss luggage, suitcases — you know, baggage. My first overseas trip was to Paris with my siblings. I am a very detailed, analytical thinker, therefore, I had packed a large suitcase, filled with everything that I thought I might need. The shock hit me in Paris, as we ascended the multiple stairs from the underground train up to the city street, that there were no handicap ramps and I could not lift the suitcase unless I used both hands, one s...
Portales police, sheriff, and fire call logs: Caller reported: Wednesday • 12:20 a.m.: Incomplete 911, 600 block of N.M. 88. • 1:01 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 1000 block of North Main Avenue. • 1:21 a.m.: Prowlers, 1500 block of South Avenue H. • 1:56 a.m.: Alarm activation, 1800 block of South Roosevelt Road K. • 2:23 a.m.: Suspicious circumstances, location unknown. • 2:41 a.m.: Domestic in progress, 300 block of East Rose Street. • 4:32 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 400 block of West 17th Street. • 7:37 a.m.: Animal complain...
Staff report CASPER, Wyo. — Eastern New Mexico University’s women had a rough night in breakaway roping competition on Thursday in the College National Finals Rodeo. Juniors Keely Weger and Taylor Smith both posted no-times for the Zias. ENMU had the top three finishers in the event in the Southwest Region and none will make Saturday’s s#hort-go finals, although senior TiAda Gray is still in tonight’s third go and could add some points. “They didn’t draw very good (stock),” ENMU rodeo coach Albert Flinn said of Weger and Smi...
Editor’s note: The “Meet the” series profiles the people behind groups, organizations and businesses in the community. Staff writer [email protected] With a degree in wildlife and fisheries sciences and currently working on a master’s in biology from Eastern New Mexico University, Cheyenne Lattin has found the perfect summer job for her. Lattin has been worked at Oasis State Park for two summers as a seasonal laborer. Lattin said she does a little bit of everything at the pa...
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Staff report CASPER, Wyo. — Eastern New Mexico University’s women had a rough night in breakaway roping competition on Thursday in the College National Finals Rodeo. Juniors Keely Weger and Taylor Smith both posted no-times for the Zias. ENMU had the top three finishers in the event in the Southwest Region and none will make Saturday’s short-go finals, although senior TiAda Gray is still in tonight’s third go and could add some points. “They didn’t draw very good (stock),” ENMU rodeo coach Albert Flinn said of Weger and Smi...
Portales High’s summer baseball team will be part of a round-robin tournament to be played Friday through Sunday at Ram Field and Clovis’ Bell Park, featuring six teams. Clovis will play all five games at home and Portales four, while the other teams will vary their road and neutral-site games. The Rams will play 2 p.m. today against Lubbock Monterey and 4:30 p.m. against Las Cruces Centennial. Saturday will feature a 2 p.m. game against Wayland (Texas) Baseball Club and 4:30 p.m. against Hobbs. Clovis will also play hom...
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Clovis police, sheriff, and fire call logs: Caller reported: Wednesday • 12:13 a.m.: Narcotics, 200 block of Navajo Road. • 2:47 a.m.: Domestic in progress, 4700 block of North Prince Street. • 7:40 a.m.: Burglary report, 300 block of Circle Drive. • 8:22 a.m.: Burglary report, 3700 block of Cesar Chavez. • 10:04 a.m.: Criminal damage, 100 block of Sandzen Drive. • 11:35 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, 1800 block of East Brady Avenue. • 12:05 p.m.: Theft report, 900 block of Axtell Street. • 12:14 p.m.: Motor v...
Today 2014 Clovis Rocks 42 Domino Championship Tournament — 7 p.m., Entry fee is $30/team (cash only). Registration 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m., Norman & Vi Petty Rock & Roll Museum. Information: 218-2321. Saturday Clovis Juneteenth Extravaganza — 11 a.m., Potter Park, Seventh and Upsilon streets. Fourth annual Pathway To Freedom Rally — 1 p.m., 101 Acoma (Across from Stansell’s). Information: 219-2670 or 309-3527. Free Family Fun Day — 11 a.m., Hillcrest Park. Information: 763-0338. Run for the Zoo 5K Fun Run/Walk — 8 a.m., cost...
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link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Christopher Shuster, a nine-year lifeguard veteran, keeps watch over children playing in the Potter Pool Thursday afternoon. link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Potter Pool lifeguard Jonathan McCormick watches over a lone swimmer in the deep end. By Joshua Lucero STAFF WRITER [email protected] With summer in full swing, pools are filling up with children and adults alike looking to cool off and have fun. More bodies in the water means more work...
Wonderful things happen every summer at Greene Acres Park in downtown Clovis, from skateboarding to tennis, from picnics to fishing. But the 24 acres featuring a lake that’s at least a century old has also been the scene of some of Clovis’ greatest tragedies. The lake has taken the lives of at least three children, including one this month 26 years ago. Aric Arnold was 9 on June 8, 1988, when he braved the water trying to rescue his sister and a cousin who’d ventured in after fishing, according to a witness who helped pull... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority continues to secure money for the Ute water project in small increments, but officials feel their case is getting stronger. At Thursday’s meeting, pipeline Project Manager Paul van Gulick said the New Mexico Water Trust Board recently awarded a $3.2 million grant for the project, and the project was the highest ranking water project in the state. “This is a big deal for us,” van Gulick said. The progress authority members are making doesn...
Solitary confinement is “a tool that needs to be managed appropriately,” said New Mexico Corrections Secretary Gregg Marcantel. After spending 48 hours in solitary at the State pen, New Mexico’s top prison guard now has some personal experience to motivate him to carry out his vow to reduce the hundreds of inmates in segregation, which was 9.6 percent of the prison population in November, and 9.8 percent in May, to just 5 percent by 2015. Critics might dismiss Marcantel’s two-day stint in solitary, chronicled by Albuque...
Solitary confinement is “a tool that needs to be managed appropriately,” said New Mexico Corrections Secretary Gregg Marcantel. After spending 48 hours in solitary at the State pen, New Mexico’s top prison guard now has some personal experience to motivate him to carry out his vow to reduce the hundreds of inmates in segregation, which was 9.6 percent of the prison population in November, and 9.8 percent in May, to just 5 percent by 2015. Critics might dismiss Marcantel’s two-day stint in solitary, chronicled by Albuque... Full story
link Kent McManigal Local columnist Not a day goes by I don’t witness a complaint by someone saying their freedoms are being trampled on and legislated away. Almost everyone can point to something they enjoy that has been regulated into illegality — or severely restricted — by government edict. Yet, if you question most of those same people you’ll find they are enthusiastic about violating the liberty of others to do certain things. That’s how Americans find themselve...
