Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Editorial Politicians, environmentalists and professional planners all claimed the 2004 passage of Measure 37 in Oregon, which forces governments to compensate people when zoning rules or development restrictions lower a property’s value, would mean the end of the world. And it has spelled the end — for cost-free regulating. But the empowerment of property owners has meant a new beginning for 82-year-old Vern Waite, who credits passage of the law with finally allowing him and his wife to build their Clackamas County dream hom... Full story
Chaos reigns for a moment in the poultry barn as a chicken flies into the rafters. A crowd gathers to catch the hen, and she flies out and into the arms of a woman. With a surprised look and a cheer from the crowd, the woman hands her off to the owner. With the hen caught, area 4-H Club and FFA members continue to bring their poultry entries into the barn for the Roosevelt County Fair. “The American Poultry Association has a judging standard and we want the poultry to match those standards,” said Poultry Superintendent Ste...
Clovis’ Daniel Maes rides his motorized wheelchair in a circle up and down a slight slope in the floor, pausing only long enough to change directions. Joe Garcia watches his 8-year-old grandson motor around the Portales Fire Department with joy. “He’s everything,” Garcia said. “He loves music. He can mix music like a DJ.” Born autistic and with muscular dystrophy, Daniel was at the station last week to meet some of the firefighters who raised money to send him to Muscular Dystrophy Association camp this summer. The firefig... Full story
Roosevelt General Hospital will receive two new diagnostic imaging machines in the next three months, according to the hospital’s chief financial officer. CFO Eva Stevens reported at Tuesday’s board meeting the hospital purchased a CT scanner and an MRI machine. Stevens said the new CT scanner allows staff to diagnose trauma patients in a quicker and safer manner. She also said it will have better resolution, 3-D reconstruction, shorter scan times and lower doses of radiation. “The (new) scanner has considerably more capab... Full story
Fueled by monsoon rains, the water level at Conchas Lake is the highest it’s been in at least five years, according to officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. With higher water levels, more water will be available to irrigate farm and ranch operations south of the dam as well as for recreational activities at the lake, according to Gary Cordova, operations manager for the Corps Conchas Dam Project. Cordova said the area has received 6.5 inches of rain since the beginning of the month. “Models that we used in the spri... Full story
Two Clovis city commissioners are calling for changes to the Parks and Recreation Board because of what they believe to be a lack of communication from members. Commissioners Lunelle Winton and Fred Van Soelen proposed an ordinance at an Aug. 10 commission meeting that would change the current board makeup of seven citizens and Van Soelen. The two commissioners have recommended the board be changed to include four city commissioners and four citizen members with both groups representing all four districts within Clovis. The...
The Clovis Municipal Schools Board met Tuesday evening at 1009 Main St. The following is a summary of the meeting: • Enrollment figures for the first week of school are comparable to last year, according to Clovis Schools Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm. She reported about 8,040 students enrolled in the district’s 17 schools. In the district’s three junior high schools, enrollment is lower than last year, she reported. Combined, enrollment has dropped by 103 students, according to figures provided by school officials. “Kids... Full story
Editor’s note: Staff Sgt. James Coppi, 27, stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, talked about his upcoming deployment. Cannon officials would not give details regarding Coppi’s deployment, citing security reasons. They said only that he will leave this fall to go to southwest Asia. He is married and he and his wife recently had a baby girl. What is your job? Munitions controller for the 27th Equipment Maintenance Squadron. I work in the munitions storage area also known as the...
Smoke causes school evacuation Odor and smoke from a fluorescent light fixture prompted the evacuation of Yucca Junior High School Tuesday afternoon, according to fire officials. Firefighters responded to a call of smoke and odor in the office area of the school toward the end of the school day, according to Battalion Chief Ike Burns of the Clovis Fire Department. An investigation determined there was no fire. Burns said it is common for fluorescent light fixtures to overheat. There were no reported injuries, and students...
So I read in the paper where another man is about to be lied to death. The first such story I am aware of was published last year in the Houston Chronicle. It concerned a street punk named Ruben Cantu, who was executed in 1993 for shooting two men, killing one. Cantu was sentenced based on the word of a single witness, the shooting survivor. That man now says it wasn’t Cantu who shot him and that he was pressured to say otherwise by police. The Chronicle concluded that C... Full story
As I prepared for my 10th high school class reunion, I couldn’t help but think about the class motto we’d decided on that fateful senior year: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step.” A decade later, I realize that’s a load of bull. If you’re a consistent reader of my column (and if you’re not, you made a bad choice because this is neither funny nor insightful), you’d know that I’d been getting ready for my 10-year high school reunion in Montana. Maybe a journey of a thousand miles starts with a small step...
Last week’s decision by U.S. District Court Judge Ann Diggs Taylor in Detroit, holding that the National Security Agency’s unwarranted surveillance program on U.S. residents in contact with suspected terrorists overseas is unconstitutional and illegal, may not stand up in the course of the appeals process for various reasons. Nonetheless it is a welcome opening to an essential discussion. How do you call a president to account if he violates a law passed by Congress or the Constitution? How do you terminate an illegal pro...
As I prepared for my 10th high school class reunion, I couldn’t help but think about the class motto we’d decided on that fateful senior year: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step.” A decade later, I realize that’s a load of bull. If you’re a consistent reader of my column (and if you’re not, you made a bad choice because this is neither funny nor insightful), you’d know that I’d been getting ready for my 10-year high school reunion in Montana. Maybe a journey of a thousand miles starts with a small step... Full story
By July 26, Jennifer Flower had resigned from her civilian job at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. With her husband, Army SSgt. Brian Flower, expected home within days after a tough year in Mosul, Iraq, Jennifer planned to welcome him home and then to pack for reassignment to Fort Knox, Ky. That morning, however, Jennifer heard a news report that shocked her. The 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Brian’s unit, might see its year-long combat tour extended for up to 120 days. Army Gen. George W. Casey, commander of Multi-National F...
