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Today United Blood Services: Blood Drive — Noon Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-625-9743 Hoops for Water — 9 a.m. Entry fee: $150. Register at currycountywatercoop.com Clovis Community College, south east parking lot, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 505-804-0714 Attorney General OMA and IPRA Training — 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. RSVP: [email protected]. Memorial building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 505-827-6070 Church Wide Rummage Sale — 8 a.m. -3 p.m. Living Word Ch...
On this date ... 1976: Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford squared off in their first televised debate, but most of Clovis learned little or didn’t watch. “However it should be noted that since the telephone survey was conducted during the morning hours of a work day, most of the respondents were housewives,” according to the report by Jill Buzzard and Jerry Large. Mrs. Pete Cervantez, a counselor at Marshall Junior High, said she felt Carter won, “because of his answers on the CIA and national defense.” She also said, “I think...
Local columnist If your motor-vehicle of record never leaves the paved road and only has encounters with those of its own kind and the occasional stationary object that — of course — just leaps out in your way, then the stories it tells are usually known as accidents and are hopefully forgotten and fixed rather than displayed and told tales about for years and years down the road. The first thing about vehicles is that contrary to common belief, no large concentration of motors is required to make dents, wrecks, or run...
Religion columnist I’m not fluent in Spanish. I speak Spanglish, a mix of Spanish and English, but I conveniently understand bad words and when someone offers me food. Someone once asked me if I make tamales. No, I don’t, unless you count the once a year I help out at my church. With that said, I do have aspirations of hosting my own tamale cook-off in my home, like maybe this Christmas season. Sometimes you just have to sink your manos into the masa, a la Nike, and just do it! I remember watching my parents and tios and tia...
Religion columnist Warning! Some mice were harmed in the research for this column. Some of the images contained herein may not be appropriate for small children or squeamish adults. I mean to say a few words regarding varmints (a good word that comes from “vermin”) of the rodent variety. Humans share the world with an incredible variety of creatures. Many are beautiful, even inspiring. Some are also amazingly useful. (I’m thinking filet mignon and boots.) But some are pests...
Religion columnist Why is it some memories that seemed uneventful as a child, stay with a person throughout a lifetime? Let me explain. When Susie and I were little and our family living in Kansas City, Mother often took us into the city to explore museums or shop at Macy's. Those excursions were recreational and educational. Downtown Kansas City was a remarkable world, and we were in awe of the inner city energy with all of its action. I remember one cold January day we...
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Courtesy photo: The Champion Group Children in Kenya receive meals provided through The Champion Group’s Feed the Need fundraiser, which Clovis Christian Schools will launch in New Mexico for the first time on Monday. Staff Writer [email protected] Clovis Christian Schools will set a precedent on Monday when it brings the Feed the Need campaign to New Mexico for the first time. Feed the Need is a fundraiser offered through The Champion Group, a company that conducts v...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday • 8:04 a.m.: Battery, 14th and Mitchell streets. • 8:54 a.m.: Leaving scene of crash with property damage, 2900 block of Gidding Street. • 10:58 a.m.: Unattended motor vehicle, Mercury and Sunrise Drive. • 10:50 a.m.: Embezzlement 9$2,500 - $20,000), 600 block of East Llano Estacado Boulevard. • 12:18 p.m.: Criminal damage, 1500 block of Echols Avenue. • 12:50 p.m.: Burglary -no force, 1500...
Staff photo: Kevin Wilson David Hudson, president of Xcel Energy for New Mexico and Texas, makes the first clip during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the expanded center in Clovis. Staff Writer [email protected] Nearly nine months after Winter Storm Goliath plowed through eastern New Mexico, leaving more than 7,500 Clovis customers with power outages, Xcel Energy is still recognized locally for its power restoration efforts. Mayor David Lansford praised the company for this...
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Anyone who thinks Pharisees became extinct with the dawning of the New Testament need only review Hillary Clinton’s remarks to her audience of elite donors when, with a casual flick of her wrist, she asserted that 50 percent of Trump supporters were in a “basket of deplorables” that included racists, sexists, homophobes, xenophobes and islamophobes. Rube Render One could almost hear in her voice a hypocritical Pharisee speaking from the front of the temple intoning pious...
If you want something done, do it without forcing your will on anyone else, and without forcing others to pay for what you want. Good ideas don’t require force. Kent McManigal After the recent SpaceX rocket explosion, I saw someone arguing that this was why space exploration should be left to governments, thus financed with taxation. After all, the apparent cause of the blast was something NASA solved 50 years ago. While this may be true, you’ll also notice tax-financed spa...
Habitual truancy has been on New Mexico’s radar, and in its public coffers, since at least 2003, when then-Gov. Bill Richardson tried to launch a million-dollar-a-year program to combat it. Since then, habitual truancy, defined as 10 or more unexcused absences in a year, has been a given in New Mexico. State statistics from 2006 to 2014 show between 47,000 and 60,000 students ditch to excess regularly. New federal numbers from the advocacy group Attendance Works and Johns Hopkins University’s Everyone Graduates Center support...
If your motor-vehicle of record never leaves the paved road and only has encounters with those of its own kind and the occasional stationary object that — of course — just leaps out in your way, then the stories it tells are usually known as accidents and are hopefully forgotten and fixed rather than displayed and told tales about for years and years down the road. Audra Brown Down on the Farm The first thing about vehicles is that contrary to common belief, no large con...
Tucumcari (0-4) at Fort Sumner (4-0) When: 7 p.m. today Last week: Tucumcari lost at Dexter 56-6, while the Foxes cruised past Hagerman 60-21 at home. Last meeting: 2015, the Rattlers edged Fort Sumner 28-27 at Tucumcari. Of note: The game against the Class 3A Rattlers marks the fourth time Class 2A Fort Sumner has played “up” this season. The Foxes already own wins over Class 4A New Mexico Military and Class 3A Santa Rosa and Texico. … Senior FB Kyle Lopez scored Tucumcari’s lone touchdown against Dexter, on an 8-yard...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] High school students and youth pastors from the Portales community are gathering for a morning of student-led prayer on Wednesday. “See You at the Pole” will bring together junior high and high school students and their families at 7 a.m. Wednesday at Portales High School. The event coincides with the “Global Week of Student Prayer,” where students around the globe gather in their communities to pray for their families, their schools and friends, according to Central Christian Church...
Warning —some mice were harmed in the research for this column. Some of the images contained herein may not be appropriate for small children or squeamish adults. I mean to say a few words regarding varmints (a good word that comes from “vermin”) of the rodent variety. Humans share the world with an incredible variety of creatures. Many are beautiful, even inspiring. Some are also amazingly useful. (I’m thinking filet mignon and boots.) But some are pests. Let pests multipl...
Saturday • Special food distribution — 9 a.m.-11 a.m. at Central Christia Church, 1528 S. Main Street. Information: 575-769-2103 • ‘Other Desert Cities’ play — 7 p.m. at ENMU University Theater. Admission: $5. Information: 575-562-1011 Sunday • ‘Other Desert Cities’ play — 2 p.m. at ENMU University Theater. Admission: $5. Information: 575-562-1011 Tuesday • Afterschool S.T.E.A.M. — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Activity: Play your way. Information: 575-356-3940 Wednesday • ENMU Fall Jazz Concert ...
On this date ... 1976: Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford squared off in their first televised debate, but most of Clovis learned little or didn’t watch. “However it should be noted that since the telephone survey was conducted during the morning hours of a work day, most of the respondents were housewives,” according to the report by Jill Buzzard and Jerry Large. Mrs. Pete Cervantez, a counselor at Marshall Junior High, said she felt Carter won, “because of his answers on the CIA...
I’m not fluent in Spanish. I speak Spanglish, a mix of Spanish and English, but I conveniently understand bad words and when someone offers me food. Someone once asked me if I make tamales. No, I don’t, unless you count the once a year I help out at my church. With that said, I do have aspirations of hosting my own tamale cook-off in my home, like maybe this Christmas season. Sometimes you just have to sink your manos into the masa, a la Nike, and just do it! I remember wat...
STAFF REPORT At Tuesday’s Portales City Council meeting, councilors approved the renewal of a transmission and access easement for the proposed Roosevelt II Wind Project. Infinity Renewables of Santa Barbara, California, plans to have the wind farm built in Roosevelt County, but a location and size for the project has not yet been determined. Christina White, a project developer with Infinity Renewables, requested that councilors approve the easement, which is to be located near the city’s Blackwater well field, along New Mex...
STAFF REPORT A string of graffiti vandalism took place in Portales Wednesday night, according to Portales police officials. Portales Police Department Public Information Officer Charlie Smart said police officials have not identified any suspects at this time, and there was no pattern to the vandalism with incidents occurring at random locations across town, including Eastern New Mexico University buildings and Wal-Mart. Smart said police are investigating the situation, and residents with any information should contact the...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Members of local government agencies, media and the general public will have an opportunity today to better understand laws which directly relate to government transparency in New Mexico. The New Mexico Office of the Attorney General will be at the Portales Memorial Building providing a free “road show” that will train participants in the requirements of the Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) and the Open Meetings Act (OMA), also called sunshine laws, according to Assistant Att...
Staff photo: Kevin Wilson Clovis City Commissioner Bobby Sandoval, center, shares a laugh with former Commissioner Len Vohs, left, and Commissioner Chris Bryant before a ceremony honoring him for 13 years of service to the commission. Sandoval’s official last day is Sept. 30. Staff Writer [email protected] The Clovis City Commission to set the wheels in motion toward selecting a District 3 resident to fulfill the first half of departing Commissioner Bobby Sandoval’s ter...
