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On this date ... 1961: Miss New Mexico, Sug Conn of Clovis, had returned home after competing in the Miss America pageant. Conn placed among the top 10 in the national competition. She was greeted at the Clovis airport by Mayor Ted Waldhauser, Eastern New Mexico University officials, the Jaycees, the Elks Club, the Clovis High School band and Clovis police, who led an escort into the city. 1956: Clovis Municipal Schools reported enrollment was at 4,666. The junior high had the most students with 719, followed by Clovis High... Full story
Tuesday Portales city meeting — 6:30 p.m. Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Dora city meeting — 7 p.m. City Hall, 220 Ave A., Dora. Information: 575-477-2411 Farwell city meeting — 5:30 p.m. (CDT) City Hall, 100 Ninth St., Clovis. Information: 806-481-3620 Bovina city meeting — 6:30 p.m. (CDT) City Hall, 205 North St., Bovina. Information: 806-251-1116 Wednesday Families A.S.A.P Focus Group Meeting — 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Mental Health Resources, Inc., 1100 W. 21st St., Clovis. Informati... Full story
Today Reality Check Day: Breakfast — 7 a.m. Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce, 105 E. Grand Ave., Clovis. Church-wide Rummage Sale — 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Living Word Church of God, 3719 W. 21st St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6796 VFW Post 3015 Auxiliary: Free Breakfast — 7 a.m. - 10 a.m. VFW, 2815 W. Seventh St., Clovis. Saturday 50th Anniversary Block Party — 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Free food. Entertainment. Games Parkland Baptist Church, 921 Parkland Dr., Clovis. Flapjack fundraiser For Clovis Meals on Wheels — 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.... Full story
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Tuesday • 12:57 a.m.: Consuming in public places, 900 block of North Thornton Street. • 2:2 a.m.: Robbery strong arm. • 1:29 a.m.: Driving under the influence, Maple and Seventh streets. • 8:13 a.m.: Burglary (auto). • 9:20 a.m.: Criminal damage up to $1,000, 900 block of Calhoun Street. • 9:40 a.m.: Driving on streets laned for traffic, 100 block of South Prince Street. • 10:32 a.m.: Abandoned veh... Full story
Clovis Music Festival enjoyable The Clovis Music Festival was greatly enjoyed by us. We were pleased the concerts were held in the Marshall Auditorium. The acoustics were great. We also appreciated the affordable ticket prices. Terry and Sue Potter Clovis Column, festival both a pleasure I was in Clovis, as I have been nearly every year, for the Norman and Vi Petty Music festival. It was especially fun this year with the change of venue back to Marshall Junior High School. Also, I read the Wendel Sloan column “Some things m... Full story
Religion columnist I’m Helena Rodriguez and I’m a coffee drinker. As I confessed last week, I’m also an aspiring “early bird.” One age-ism which I can’t seem to embrace just yet, though, as my countdown to the half century mark begins, is talking about surgeries and illnesses. That’s going to take some reconstructive brain work on my part as I turn 49 in two months and still have a whole year to hit the half century mark and AARP’s mailing list. If possible, I will run and hide. I may further protest and return to drink...
Religion columnist Shhh! If in our society you are about to walk out your front door, it’s important to remember these days that you’re about to step into the temple of secularism. You must be very careful to be quiet and reverent lest you cause any stir in the temple and upset the worshipers in the midst of their devotions. It is rather striking how religious modern secularists are about their irreligion, how very “tolerant” they are of anything except “intole...
Religion columnist John McArthur wrote: “Who do you say Jesus is? Your response to Him will determine not only your values and lifestyle, but your eternal destiny as well.” (McArthur, Grace to You https://www.gty.org/resources/Articles/2425, 2016) That is a telling question with a very specific answer. We each have to individually decide what Jesus means to us. Let me make my point with this true story. One semester in my early college years, I needed an English lit...
Local columnist Summer is not a vacation when you live on a farm. Growing up, I didn’t go to school, but I had heard of this mysterious thing known as summer break. Despite a couple of obvious interpretations, it was clear that this term was intended to denote some sort of reprieve, rather than what sort of plow you would be using. Eventually, I began college, my first experience with the semester system of scheduling — and low and behold, I thought it would be my chance to understand that great vacation I’d heard of known... Full story
Staff report The city of Clovis has a pair of vacancies for Clovis residents on the Planning and Zoning Commission. The commission, which meets at 3 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at City Hall, makes recommendations to the Clovis City Commission on zoning matters. Applications are accepted through Sept. 30. Information: 575-769-7828 or [email protected]... Full story
Staff report The city of Clovis will hold a farewell reception for outgoing City Commissioner Bobby Sandoval from 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Thursday at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The reception, with presentations at 4 p.m., precedes Sandoval’s final regular meeting with the commission. He plans to vacate the position Sept. 30. Sandoval has been on the commission since 2003, when he was appointed to serve the remainder of the late Robert Moreno’s term. He retained the seat in 2004 and was re-elected thr...
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Staff photo: Brooke Finch Ervin Stidham, left, discusses the upcoming 75th anniversary of Prince Street Baptist Church with Pastor Tommy Hohstadt. Staff Writer [email protected] Ervin Stidham hasn’t attended his church in a year, but he’s still considered by its staff to be one of the congregation’s most active members. Stidham, turning 90 years old in October, relies on a walker to get around his Portales home and weekly phone calls with his pastor to stay involved in hi... Full story
Managing Editor [email protected] A Clovis woman facing multiple arson charges had a status conference Thursday, following a judge’s concern there had been no movement on some charges. Angie Madrid, 41, will be back in court at 9 a.m. Oct. 13 for pretrial conference and possibly a hearing to reconsider conditions of release. She remains in the Curry County Adult Detention Center on cash-only bonds totaling $145,000. The hearing covered five 2015 cases — two with arson charges — against Madrid. Defense counsel Tye Harmo...
Eunice (1-2) at Texico (0-3) When: 7 p.m. today Last week: Eunice got on the board with a 40-13 victory at home over Lubbock Trinity Christian, while the Wolverines suffered a 35-34 loss at home to Fort Sumner. Last year: 2015, the Cardinals thumped Texico 48-20 at Eunice. Of note: Despite the Wolverines’ slow start, coach Ryan Autrey said they’re coming off a good effort against the Foxes. “Our kids played well last week,” he said. “Fort Sumner is a good team and they made some plays, but I feel like our kids played hard.” T...
Staff report After two days of deliberation, a Curry County district court jury found a Clovis man guilty of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Ninth Judicial District Attorney Andrea Reeb’s office said the jury rendered the verdict against Robert J. Burke, 47, who was arrested Sept. 22, 2013, after he was alleged to have struck another man with a metal baseball bat while the man was getting out of his car at his residence. The victim was taken by ambulance to the hospital for treatment of injured ribs. According to a...
Staff Writer [email protected] In the wake of storms that rumbled through the area Wednesday night into Thursday morning, much of Clovis woke up to find they had slept through a tornado warning. City officials confirmed a tornado warning was posted for a portion of the county, but it never reached the stage of using the city’s emergency sirens. “There was a tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service for the extreme southwest corner of Curry County, which included Melrose,” Clovis Emergency Management Direc...
Staff report Magician Mike Super leads off this year’s running of the Clovis Community College Cultural Arts Series, with a 7 p.m. Sept. 24 show at Marshall Middle School Auditorium. The Cultural Arts Series began 16 years ago, according to Series Director Christy Mendoza, with a goal to “bring the world” to the Clovis community. “This season is no exception,” Mendoza said in a release from the school. “It is full of remarkable and astonishing artists of different cultures, traditions and backgrounds ... Each one of them is... Full story
The Hillary Clinton interviews recently released by the FBI indicate she answered many of the questions concerning her email server with “I don’t remember.” Among the details she could not recall were the date she got her security clearance and the specialized training required to manage Special Access Programs. When pressed, she further explained that, “Based on her doctor’s advice, she could only work at State for a few hours a day and could not Rube Render recall every bri...
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What’s the difference between a libertarian and an anarchist? Libertarians advocate liberty. Specifically, maximum liberty and minimum government, because the two are inversely related. The more of one you have, the less you have of the other. What’s the minimum level of government you can impose on others? Kent McManigal “That government is best which governs least,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. The best government is zero government. In the Tao Te Ching, written around... Full story
