WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY,JULY 28,2019 Inside: Clovis $1.50 siblings Anya and Maya Hammond are getting set for their next journey together on the UNM swim team. — Page 1B Vol. 91 ◆ No. 34

SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com One dead, others hurt in Portales incident ❏ District attorney Investigators with the Roosevelt outside the city of Portales. shooting took place mere feet from Saturday afternoon. County Sheriff Office, in conjunc- District Attorney Andrea Reeb the city line at his neighbor's resi- Hailer said he saw the body of a says people were tion with the 9th Judicial District's declined to confirm the identity of dence across the road on the 500 young man on the ground in front Major Crimes Unit, were "inter- the deceased or name victims and block of East 18th Street, just west of the house Saturday morning and ‘shot and stabbed.’ viewing persons of interest" in con- referred questions back to Parker. of its intersection with South pointed to what he said were blood- By David Grieder nection with the incident, Sheriff She said people were "shot and Kilgore Avenue. stains still in the dirt. He said he STAFF WRITER Malin Parker told The News on stabbed" and that there were sever- Hailer and two other neighbors picked up empty bottles leftover [email protected] Saturday morning. al individuals involved. Attempts said there had been a gathering that from the festivities while police Parker said he was notified on Saturday by The News to inde- night of young people and that the worked at the scene in the morning, PORTALES — One person was "around 3:30" of the shooting and pendently confirm victim identities residents there had only been at the and pointed out cars still parked at killed and others injured in an inci- declined to share further details as through family members and house the past month. None of the scene that afternoon from the dent early Saturday at a residence to the identities of those involved friends were unsuccessful. them knew who lived there, and just outside Portales. or the location, except that it was Bill Hailer told The News the nobody was inside the house SHOOTING on Page 8A

FLOUR MILL BLAZE Police identify officer in shooting ❏ Officer Jesus Sarabia discharged weapon during July 6 standoff. By David Grieder STAFF WRITER [email protected] CLOVIS — The New Mexico State Police on Thursday identified the police officer who discharged a weapon during a July 6 standoff. Officer Jesus Sarabia has been with the Clovis Police Department for three years. Sarabia was back on full duty June 10 after spending three days on adminis- trative duty. He discharged his weapon, officials said, in response to Damon Smith, 42, brandishing a weapon during a two-hour Staff photo: Kevin Wilson standoff that began around 5 p.m. July 6. The Clovis Fire Department battles a blaze at the Old Flour Mill near the intersection of Gidding and First Street Saturday after- Police were called to a report of a noon. Clovis Fire Department officials said they expected to battle the fire into the evening, but did not believe there were any domestic disturbance with shots fired on injuries or deaths at press time. The blaze damaged a power pole outside an Xcel Energy substation, leading to power outages the 2700 block of Wallace Street. Smith was released last week on a for nearly 2,000 customers around the Clovis downtown area. $5,000 appearance bond. He faces charges of aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault upon a household member with a deadly weapon, contempt Building sale, beer garden approved of court and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer. ❏ Red Door Brewing instances. soon after he’s able to designate helping people with substance In an interview with NMSP investiga- In regard to the Levine’s build- an off-site brewer distribution addictions. tors, Smith “stated the rifle did fire one Company involved ing, Red Door managing mem- license for the area. That will be Regarding the art festival, rep- round into the floor of the living room” ber Matt Biggs said his plans for addressed in a future commis- resentative Scott Knauer said and that he “Smith eventually stated he in both items. the open facility are to use it sion meeting, and require a vari- 300 people were interested in the intended on using the rifle on himself.” about half of the week as a out- ance because the building is event online so far with 16 Smith’s wife told investigators he fired By Kevin Wilson door taproom and let the com- within 300 feet of the Potter’s artists, yoga and zumba classes that gunshot while she was in the rest- EDITOR munity use it the rest of the time House church. and a pair of musical acts. room of the house and that he “was test- [email protected] as a place to either relax or bring That was one of the issues The beer garden would have ing the firearm.” Smith told NMSP offi- their lunch downtown. Elliott had with the brewery set- meet state requirements with a cer Justin Tiemann and Chester Bobbitt CLOVIS — A pair of events “I wouldn’t be coming back if ting up on Main. He said he fence of at least 3 feet and that he was carrying a “.22 bolt action involving one of Clovis’ newest we weren’t having a smashing heard about security concerns enclosed with one entrance/exit. rifle” and “did stand in the hallway lead- businesses drew some opposi- success,” Biggs said. “I’ve felt during a previous event on Main Biggs said staff would either do ing out to the front door with the rifle tion, but in general won support very welcomed by the public; we Street with Red Door. Biggs said ID checks upon every entrance down by his hip.” from the Clovis City have been very busy.” he’d never been approached or issue some kind of bracelet. Clovis Police Sgt. Travis Loomis told Commission after discussions Red Door was second on the about any concerns during or “If security is lacking,” Biggs NMSP investigators that during the about whether alcohol belonged list for bidders for the property, after that event. said, “we won’t serve.” ensuing police response “he did hear Mr. at certain places and certain and moved up to first when Mayor David Lansford said he Following the meeting, Elliott Smith say if officers came into his house, functions. Foote/Hyder withdrew its inter- would like some kind of claw- felt people could have soft drinks he wanted suicide by cop,” according to By separate 5-1 votes, the est. Clovis MainStreet Executive back provision in the contract, at the festival and still have fun an arrest warrant affidavit. commission approved the sale of Director Lisa Pellegrino-Spear given the city and Clovis at the festival. Attorney C. Barry Crutchfield, listed the Levine’s building on the 400 said she’s seen the property get MainStreet have worked for 13 In other business at the in court records as representing Smith, block of Main Street and allowed plenty of foot traffic even with- years to get the building in its Thursday meeting: did not return a message last week from a beer garden for the Aug. 6 out any vendor present. current shape. Biggs said he had ■ The city approved polling The News. Under Over Art Festival in “The place has got a lot of no issue with a clawback provi- places for the March 3, 2020 CPD Capt. Roman Romero did not Hillcrest Park. Both events charm,” Pellegrino-Spear said, sion, and the commission voted municipal election. respond last week to a request for inter- involved Red Door Brewing “even if from a technical eye we to approve the sale contingent on Voters, regardless of district, views with the department and/or Company, which is don’t see it that way.” addition of a provision. can cast ballots at Colonial Park Sarabia regarding the incident. Albuquerque-based but has The property comes at a Elliott said after the meeting it Golf Course, the Youth According to Thursday’s release and established a location inside $5,000 cost to Red Door, and wasn’t right for Potter’s House Recreation Building, Roy previous releases from the NMSP: Mainline Bowl. Biggs believes he’ll be able to to have to be so close to a place Walker Community Center, ■ Five officers were initially on scene, Commissioner Gary Elliott recoup the cost and generate that serves alcohol, given how cast the dissenting vote in both gross receipts taxes for the city much of its work goes towards CLOVIS on Page 8A STANDOFF on Page 8A

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Monday 1085 Blue Hole Road, Santa Rosa. ■ Public meeting for input on Annual meeting. Information: 575- the 2021-2025 City of Clovis 762-7714 Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) — 10:30 Thursday a.m., Friendship Senior Center, 901 ■ Clovis City Commission — W. 13th St., Clovis. Clovis residents 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis- are encouraged to participate. Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main Copy of the current ICIP may be St., Clovis. Information: 575-769- found at www.cityofclovis.org. 7828 Information: 575-769-7828 Friday Tuesday ■ Public meeting for input on ■ City of Clovis Economic the 2021-2025 Roosevelt County Incentive Board — 7:30 a.m., Infrastructure Capital Clovis City Hall assembly room, Improvement Plan (ICIP) — Noon, 321 N. Connelly. Information: 575- Commission Room, Roosevelt 763-9654 County Courthouse, 109 W. First ■ New Mexico State Auditor St., Portales. County residents are Brian S. Colón open office hours encouraged to participate. — 8:30-10:45 a.m., Clovis Information: 575-356-5307 Municipal Schools Central Office, 1009 N. Main St., Clovis. Colón and Aug. 6 Office of the State Auditor ■ Curry County Commission Constituent Services staff available — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, to meet with the public. No appoint- Curry County Administration ment necessary; first come, first Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. served. Information: Information: 575-763-6016 www.saonm.org ■ Portales City Council — ■ Roosevelt County 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 Commission — 9 a.m., E. 7th St., Portales. Information: Commission Room, Roosevelt 575-356-6662 County Courthouse, 109 W. First Staff photo: David Grieder St., Portales. Information: 575-356- Aug. 7 Clovis Police Officer Jesus Sarabia assists employees Friday afternoon in carrying in fruit overturned while 5307 ■ ■ New Mexico State Auditor Public meeting for input on unloading from a truck outside a business on the 1900 block of North Prince Street. Brian S. Colón open office hours the 2021-2025 Roosevelt County — 2:30-5 p.m., Portales Public Infrastructure Capital Libary, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Improvement Plan (ICIP) — 6 Colón and Office of the State p.m., Commission Room, Auditor Constituent Services staff Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 LOCAL ROUNDUP available to meet with the public. W. First St., Portales. County resi- No appointment necessary; first dents are encouraged to partici- pate. Information: 575-356-5307 Schools to hold State auditor to Maryland’s Larry Hogan Classroom assignments come, first served. Information: was named chair, and New are announced in the pro- www.saonm.org transition camp hold office hours ■ Aug. 12 York’s Andrew Cuomo vice gram before the school year Eastern New Mexico Water chair. Utility Authority — 3 p.m., ■ Portales Municipal Schools CLOVIS — Clovis State Auditor Brian S. begins, but are only available ENMWUA Offices, Sitterly board — 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Municipal Schools will hold Colón will hold office hours Other members are Charlie after enrollment is complete. Professional Center, 801 Pile Cozzens Administrative Offices, a transition camp for incom- Tuesday in both Clovis and Baker of Massachusetts, Steve Enrollment at clovis- Street, Clovis. Information: 575- 501 S. Abilene, Portales. ing sixth-graders Aug. 8 at Portales, according to a Bullock of Montana, Gary schools.org/registration.html 935-4262 Information: 575-356-7000 Gattis, Marshall and Yucca release from his office. Herbert of Utah, Jared Polis of must be done via web brows- ■ Clovis Municipal Schools ■ Clovis Astronomy Club — 7 middle schools, according to Office hours will be 8:30 Colorado, Kim Reynolds of er, as enrollment is not avail- board — 5:30 p.m., Board Room, p.m., Room 143 or 145 (look for a release from the district. a.m.-10:45 a.m. at the Clovis Iowa and Gretchen Whitmer of able in the Skyward app. CMS administration building, 1009 signs), Clovis Community College, Enrollment is available by Municipal Schools adminis- Michigan. Computers are available for Main St., Clovis. Information: 575- 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. calling or emailing the tration building on 1009 public use at the CMS 769-4300 Information: 757-846-7509 child’s respective school Main and 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m. at National Night administrative office at 1009 before 4 p.m. Wednesday. the Portales Public Library at Main for families without Wednesday To place an item on the meet- The camp covers an aver- 218 S. Ave. B. Out set for Aug. 6 ■ Eastern Plains Council of ings calendar, call the newsroom computer or Internet access. age school day, going from Residents are encouraged CLOVIS — The Clovis Enrollment help for Governments — 10 a.m., Blue at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: 8:20 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. The to attend and meet with the Police Department will host its Hole Dive and Conference Center, [email protected] Spanish speakers is available incoming students will auditor and staff for ques- annual National Night Out 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tuesday event 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 6 at explore the campus, meet tions, complaints, thoughts and Thursday, and 1 p.m.- Greene Acres Park. their teachers and learn or even general inquiries 3:30 p.m. Aug. 6, 8, 13 and about the office. The nationwide community- about the routines of middle 15. No appointment is neces- building event promotes police- school. Information: 575-769- JULY 28 sary, but individuals will be community partnerships and All students who attend 4300. receive lunch and school asked to sign in and will be neighborhood camaraderie, On this date ... supplies at no charge. seen on a first-come basis. with 15,000 communiities in 50 1969: Willie Hall, a 5- Reservations may be made states holding an event. Counties to hold 10, 180-pound tailback from by contacting: Governor named Although CPD is hosting the input meetings Clovis, was among high ■ Gattis Middle School, event, it will be joined by the school football stars slated Phillip Lemke, 575-769- to committee New Mexico State Police, Curry and Roosevelt coun- to play in the annual North- 4305 or phillip.lemke@clo- SALT LAKE CITY — New Curry County Sherriff’s ties have each scheduled South All-Star grid clash. vis-schools.org Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Department, Clovis Fire meetings to accept public Clovis coach Steve ■ Marshall Middle Grisham on Friday was named Department, Texico Police input on their Infrastructure Graham called Hall the best School, Cindy Terry, 575- as a member of the National Department, Portales Police and Capital Improvement running back in the state of 769-4410 or Governors Association Department, Roosevelt County Plans. University in Portales. New Mexico. cindy.terry@clovis- Executive Committee, accord- Sherriff’s Department, Cannon The ICIP is a document Hall had been clocked schools.org ing to a release from her office. Air Force Base Security Forces, revised annually to show running the 100-yard dash Pages Past is compiled ■ Yucca Middle School, This nine-member commit- New Mexico Game and Fish, major projects the govern- New Mexico State Parks, in 9.9 seconds and had by David Stevens. Contact Scott Schumpert, 575-769- tee of governors from around mental body hopes to accom- Parmer County Sherriff’s agreed to play college foot- him at: 4420 or the country guides the associa- plish within the upcoming Department and others. ball at Eastern New Mexico [email protected] scott.schumpert@clovis- tion’s priorities and activities. five years. Projects must also schools.org. “I am honored to join this The event will include a back fall under the responsibility of dynamic group of governors,” to school health fair courtesy of local government and not be Lujan Grisham said. “We have the Curry County Wellness related to private business. a unique opportunity to show Council, car seat clinics, child The ICIP list is used during ID kits, K-9 and SWAT demon- the nation that bipartisanship each legislative session to strations and food vendors. and pragmatism are alive and Information: Lt. Trevor help decide which projects well at the state level, despite Thron, 575-763-9481. receive capital outlay funding. what we hear from Roosevelt County will hold Washington. I look forward to its meetings noon Friday and working with Chairman Hogan Parents urged 6 p.m. Aug. 7, with both on his infrastructure initiative to enroll online meetings at the commission and advancing other New CLOVIS — Clovis room in the Roosevelt County Mexico priorities at the nation- Courthouse. al level.” Municipal Schools is encouraging parents and Curry County has sched- guardians of any student uled a meeting 4:30 p.m. Aug. planning to attend the 2019- 9 at the commission chambers 20 school year in the district of the Curry County complete online enrollment. Administrative Complex. Enrollment is available via Information: Roosevelt Skyward Family Access, the County, 575-356-5307; Curry district’s student database County, 575-763-6016. and primary tool to commu- nicate with families. — Staff reports

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By Kevin Wilson Sandy Chancey was glad to see related to private business. the city is working on a plan to bet- He also asked about how citi- turnout of around a dozen resi- The meeting included Chancey ter address ADA concerns. zens should address aggressive EDITOR ■ [email protected] dents. In previous years, ICIP and Tiffany Campion, the grant Brett Johnson said efforts dogs on the loose. meetings have failed to draw any- coordinator for the city. should be made to reduce the size Mayor David Lansford, who CLOVIS — A dozen people body outside of city staff. The following people spoke dur- of the floodplain in the city, noting showed up to the meeting, noted might not feel like a lot of people The ICIP is a document mandat- ing the meeting: that 1,700 homes in the city are in the city had recently passed a new ■ at many events, like a football ed by the state Legislature as a Daniel Eilenstine of Clovis a flood zone. law requiring any dog outside of ■ game or any restaurant on guide for where to best put capital addressed difficulties he faces as a Lisa Pellegrino-Spear, execu- its owner’s property to be on a Mother’s Day. But for a public outlay dollars. If a project’s not on wheelchair user, and noted a par- tive director of Clovis MainStreet, leash. He said in respect to the law, meeting about infrastructure, it’s the ICIP, Chancey said, it won’t ticular issue with a traffic light said the railroad district needed to a pet is viewed as property and certainly a crowd. receive funding. pole blocking access to the curb. go back on the ICIP. Many people should be held responsible About a dozen attended the “The state is wanting some type He asked what projects could be improvements have been made, if that property damages some- city’s Infrastructure and Capital of heads up on anything the city done to improve Americans with including restoration of an on-site Improvement Plan meetig may apply for,” said Chancey, the Disabilities Act compliance. rail car, but that more work is thing or hurts someone. Thursday at the North Annex of the executive director of Eastern “ADA has been on the books for needed to continue shifting the bal- Roosevelt and Curry counties Clovis-Carver Public Library. Plains Council of Governments. 29 years,” Eilenstine said. “I ance from eyesore to cultural land- also have upcoming ICIP meetings It is the first of two city meetings “This needs to be the city’s five- understand there’s a limit to how mark. — Roosevelt County’s noon to gather public input for the plan. year plan for infrastructure much money is available, but I ■ Scott Blazek of Clovis figured Friday and 6 p.m. Aug. 7 at the The second meeting will be 10:30 improvement.” think we need to put more effort it wouldn’t be a great expense, but commission room in the Roosevelt a.m. Monday at the Friendship The city wants the plan to into the high-traffic streets.” more of a shift in thinking at the County Courthouse, and Curry Senior Center. address major projects, defined as Chancey and Vincent Soule, a Prince Street Overpass. He asked if County’s 4:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the While most participants had sug- anything with a one-time cost transportation planner for EPCOG, it would be possible to change the commission chambers of the gestions that fell outside the exceeding $15,000. The projects noted that every street renovation right northbound lane of the over- Curry County Administrative umbrella of the ICIP, presenter must be city-owned and not be includes ADA upgrades, and that pass into a right turn only. Complex. Curry greets new fiscal year under budget

By Kevin Wilson county as a whole for being tion items — the addition of Legislature website. lights, and make about 16 concert. Tickets purchased EDITOR good stewards of the money, county precincts and the The realignment created a current light fixtures unnec- online are subject to around [email protected] while Commissioner Seth shuffling of commission dis- system moving forward that essary. County Facilities $4.50 in convenience fees. Martin noted it was good to trict numbers. puts odd-number districts in Manager Ben Roberts said • Sandoval gave a report CLOVIS — As it greets know the county would be Regarding precincts, presidential cycle ballots and the county could apply for an on his recent trip to a the 2019-20 fiscal year and OK if an emergency came Ancira said the county added even-numbered districts on $8,400 rebate following the National Association of waves goodbye to the 2018- up. four to bring the total to 42. gubernatorial cycle ballots. work, and would also benefit Counties conference in Las 19 fiscal year, the Curry “I’ve been here four-and- Precincts are split in cases Representation areas are from energy savings. Vegas, Nevada. He chose not County Commission heard a-half years and every year it where the area has either unchanged. The commission voted 3-0 to belabor commissioners phrases anybody would want turns out we’re doing great more than 2,000 residents or McDaniel (now District 1) to approve. Sandoval left the with information from the to hear — under budget and in our budget,” Spear said. “I more than 750 ballots cast in swapped district numbers meeting early to attend a dozen or so classes he $10 million in the general commend you, I appreciate the most recent general elec- with Bobby Sandoval (now funeral, and Thornton attended, and instead spoke fund. you, I thank you.” tion. District 2), while Martin abstained due to professional of the trip’s general foibles That was the financial pic- Commissioner Ben Precincts 38 and 39 came (now District 3) swapped involvement in the project. — including his late-night ture county officials gave McDaniel echoed those sen- from a split of Precinct 18, district numbers with Spear • Commissioners tabled a hotel check-in when he and during Friday’s special meet- timents, noting that he’d and Precincts 40-42 came (now District 4). Robert request for cameras to moni- his wife unlocked room 6407 ing largely dedicated to final been around for seven years. from splits of Precincts 19- Thornton remains District 5 tor the ticket offices at the to find another couple were passage of the $37.312 mil- County Manager Lance 21. Deputy Chief Assessor commissioner. county fair, noting they inadvertently checked into lion budget. Pyle said the county would Randa Jesko said to her While changes are effec- weren’t sure it was worth the the same room. County Finance Director be able to put $1 million knowledge, no focus was tive immediately, Pyle said expense when the fair has • Martin asked the com- Carol Pipes said every coun- toward courthouse security given to any particular the county website and sta- plenty of law enforcement mission at a future meeting ty department came in under upgrades, and retain $10 mil- demographics in the splits. tionery wouldn’t change onsite to deter any potential to look into whether it’s budget for the year, with the lion in the general fund. Pyle The commission district until the state supreme court robbery attempts. worth it for Curry County to departments averaging 19% said he has a goal to be able numbers were realigned, makes its final decision on • Regarding the fair, com- stay a member of the Eastern below budget, and revenues to put up $6 million next Ancira said, following a the realignment. mission members advised New Mexico Water Utility came in above projections year to pay for the remainder Monday meeting in Santa • The commission residents to pay with cash if Authority, since individual for property taxes (by 4%) of county judicial complex Fe. The New Mexico approved a $17,000 expense possible on fair and concert communities are authority and gross receipts taxes (by upgrades. Secretary of State’s Office to upgrade to LED lighting tickets. A fair ticket is $7 for members and he wasn’t sure 18%). • Chief Deputy Clerk held a meeting in the Capitol in the Kevin Robert Show adults, but $19 if paired with what the authority offered to Commission Chairman Adrian Ancira updated com- Building that was Arena. a ticket for either the county residents who live Chet Spear credited the missioners on a pair of elec- livestreamed on the The move will upgrade 56 Thursday or Saturday night outside those communities.

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A few assignments ago I out was the one I’d been about me that are far nicer big figure in found myself at a local soft- specifically asked to photo- than I deserve. Best of all, she ball game, looking to fill a Kevin graph. said he was excited to see the small spot in the sports sec- I went back and forth for a photo. He wasn’t concerned at UK relations tion. Wilson little while. Does a picture of that moment that he got ◆ A member of the crowd rec- him about to get tagged out tagged out. He wasn’t con- ooking at the United Kingdom from ognized me as a photographer Editor look bad for him, and com- cerned at that moment that his this side of the Atlantic, it’s fair to say — the camera is apparently a pound his difficult times? team lost. that who becomes prime minister isn’t L dead giveaway — and asked Does it get shrugged off It was his first time in the always a crucial development. The “special for a favor. A player on one of because that one play would- newspaper for the first time, relationship” is solid — so keep calm and carry the teams had just gone six runs in the bottom of the n’t have done much to dent and it was a special thing for on, as the British would say. through a difficult family inning and he’ll get in the the final outcome? Tuesday brought something different. Not him even though hardened ordeal, and she said a picture game, I thought to myself, but I decided to go with the journalists might see context panic-inducing, but different: the ascension of of him in the newspaper never really focused on it too photo because: ■ like “tagged out” or “lost by a Boris Johnson, a quirky, cerebral figure, to the would mean so much. much. I liked the photo better post of prime minister. Johnson won a lot” and worry that photo I had no idea what would A few innings complete, than other options, and proba- Conservative Party election to succeed Theresa wasn’t a good thing. I’m glad unfold in the game, and I and I had photos of what bly would have run it had the May. the relative reached out, so I make no guarantees because looked to be a blowout — 18- pre-game conversation never Johnson will become a consequential figure news can break at any time. I didn’t spend the rest of my 2, I found out later. happened. in American eyes for three reasons: Iran, Brexit told the person I’d keep it in ■ I wasn’t showing the kid life wondering about that I wasn’t sure who was on and the mercurial presidency of Donald Trump. mind, but that I focus on the in question making a dumb choice. The United States views Iran as a menace ball more than I do any partic- the particular pictures, as I play. He took a calculated risk I felt like I should share to with dreams of having nuclear weapons. The ular player. hadn’t compared the photos to the opposing youth softball give an insider perspective. 2015 nuclear deal, struck between Iran, the U.S. Eventually, the game start- the lineup cards quite yet. You team wouldn’t execute on We approach every news item and Europe looks weak. Trump pulled out and ed. It was probably five min- look for photos with good defense, and the risk didn’t wondering if it’s the most imposed harsher sanctions to compel a renegoti- utes, but in 100-degree heat it action first, but you also like work out. That’s sports, and responsible way to reflect the ation that would address Tehran’s support of felt like a 45-minute wait. Top to find something that fea- that’s life to some degree as communities we cover, and terrorism and pursuit of ballistic missiles. of the first, the other team tures a player from each team. well. the small stuff matters too. Europe, including the U.K., has stuck with the scores six runs. The player I I had the latter. The play It turned out I didn’t ruin deal. promised to keep in mind was was a slide at home plate, the life of the young man in Kevin Wilson is editor of We’d like to see the pact renegotiated and a reserve, and not playing in with a fielder ready to make question. The person who first The Eastern New Mexico believe sanctions are the appropriate tool of the field. the tag. That was my photo ... inquired about a photo sent a News. Contact him at: persuasion. Those sanctions are more likely to Maybe his team will score except the kid getting tagged thank-you card, saying things [email protected] be effective if Europe signs on. The new British prime minister has good rea- son to join Trump’s harder line: The belligerent Iranians have put the U.K. in their sights. This Parties should seek next rising tide month, gunboats from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a British- flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. A July 16 column by the and 1960s. cial intelligence. Earlier, the British detained an Iranian tanker New York Times’ Thomas L. There were well-paid jobs I can’t see the next rising Friedman favors some moder- Steve for nearly everybody, enough tide, but I’m not that kind of for violating European Union sanctions. ate ideas he thinks the leisure time to turn many hob- visionary. Iran’s shenanigans at sea should not lead to a Hansen Democratic party should bies into industries, like I agree with Friedman that military confrontation. The U.S., Britain and ◆ adopt even as it lists leftward. Local columnist music and amateur radio. business, not government, other partners have the chance to cooperate to I agree. Friedman and I That boom faded in the will create the next such tide, protect shipping in the strait and thus dissuade share a belief that Americans 1970s, with oil crises and but that doesn’t mean govern- further Iranian aggression. That could — and tend to settle toward the cen- double-digit inflation. ment can’t help in the search should — be a first step by Britain to join ter even as the Republican We had good times in the and lay some groundwork. Washington in using sanctions to drag Iran back and Democratic parties gravi- Democratic candidates don’t 1980s after the OPEC oil car- While the parties argue to the negotiating table. U.S. sanctions are hurt- tate toward extremes. also talk about growing the tel collapsed and some good about border policy, health- ing. A tighter squeeze from Europe would help Friedman and I also concur pie.” times in the 1990s as the digi- care policy and which is more bring home the point. that people mostly miss good I have a different way of tal revolution and the internet racist, most Americans just Johnson makes for an intriguing would-be jobs. Yes unemployment is putting it: We should be took hold. want to get ahead. partner for Trump. Imagine Johnson as a British down, but, as Friedman points scouring the horizon for the Since then, however, we’ve The parties have no upper-class, egghead version of Trump and you out, “the wealth of the top 1 next rising tide that will lift all had bubbles but no rising tide. answers. wouldn’t be wrong. Johnson was schooled at percent equals that of the bot- the boats, an analogy appar- The housing bubble of the Instead, they popularize the Oxford and loves to flaunt his knowledge of tom 90 percent.” ently made popular by 2000s, sank all the boats it issues that polarize us. Latin, but in any language he’s a showman and At the same time, the type President John F. Kennedy in lifted, and then some, when it We should start demanding an economic nationalist, which is why he sup- of job that leads to increasing the optimistic early 1960s. collapsed in 2007 and 2008. they look at the future of ports Brexit — the U.K.’s exit from the success with hard, smart work By that I mean the next President Donald Trump’s work. European Union. The departure’s been messy has become as much an boom in production, be it in attempts to bring back an Otherwise they just might — shambolic, as the Brits also say — so it will endangered species as carbu- products or services, that American age of manufactur- paralyze us. be up to Johnson to avert a European economic retor repair mechanics in the brings back sustainable pros- ing won’t bring back the good crisis. age of fuel injectors. perity for everybody. jobs, because manufacturing Steve Hansen writes Trump isn’t afraid to ruffle the feathers of While Friedman thinks that I think the Republicans is increasingly automated. about our life and times friends as well as foes. If he and Johnson can raising taxes on the wealthy should think in those terms, The digital revolution may from his perspective of a develop a rapport, the U.S.-U.K. special rela- and reducing student loan too. result in the loss of as many semi-retired Tucumcari tionship will get a boost. burdens will help redivide the Pent-up demand in the good jobs as it creates. Even journalist. Contact him at: economic pie, he added, “I’m wake of World War II pro- well-paid middle manager stevenmhansen — Chicago Tribune disturbed that so few of the duced the boom of the 1950s functions are falling to artifi- @plateautel.net

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Focus on ‘dog whistle’ attempt to stop conversation

issouri arts and literature that Why resort to the word regardless of their politi- All sorts of academics Republican lamented, “The positive at all? The axis of the cal affiliation, are (or can routinely use the term, MSen. Josh Rich Soviet hero is derided and culture war in this coun- and should be) citizens in including in the titles and Hawley used a perfectly Lowry inferior before all things try has shifted to national a single community.” subtitles of books, since good word in its appropri- ◆ foreign and cosmopoli- identity, immigration pol- If the word is inherent- it is so useful in describ- ate context, and stands Syndicated tanism that we all fought icy, and citizenship, and ly a hateful term of ing a mindset and philos- accused of dog-whistle columnist against from the time of requires a new vocabu- opprobrium, it’s strange ophy. bigotry. Lenin, characteristic of lary. The welcome effort that it is embraced by Hawley’s speech isn’t At the National the political leftovers, is to rehabilitate the word people who hold the immune from criticism. Conservatism conference “If you’re Jewish and many times applauded.” “nationalism,” one goal worldview it describes. It’s overly reductive to in Washington, D.C., this the use of ‘cosmopolitan’ Yet, the connection of the National According to the New suggest all — or even month, Hawley gave a doesn’t scare you, read between Hawley, the over- Conservatism York University professor most — of our problems achieving 39-year-old for- Conference, is part of Kwame Anthony Appiah, keynote address that some history,” warned stem from the disconnect mer Supreme Court law this re-orientation. our challenge “is to take between the coasts and attacked the coastal elite New York Times op-ed clerk and attorney gener- But there also has to be minds and hearts formed the middle of the country. for being out of touch and writer Paul Krugman. A al of the state of a term for what the over the long millennia And filling out a plausi- out of sympathy with the columnist for the St. Louis Missouri, and the cruel, nationalists oppose, since of living in local troops ble policy agenda to give heartland. He called it Post-Dispatch opined, power-hungry Marxist- Big Government and and equip them with expression to Hawley’s “the cosmopolitan elite,” darkly, that Hawley Leninist dictator who is social liberalism aren’t ideas and institutions that worldview is very much a described its beliefs as the “chose the word purpose- one of history’s great apt. will allow us to live work in progress. But his “cosmopolitan consensus,” fully” (he had, just not in monsters ... is not obvi- Cosmopolitanism is the together as the global speech should be consid- and accused it of building a sinister way). James ous. natural choice. Per the tribe we have become.” ered a conversation a “cosmopolitan econo- Fallows of The Atlantic The word has also been Stanford Encyclopedia of What should we call starter. By focusing on my.” agreed that Hawley knew used to target Jews by Philosophy, the word this project? He considers one allegedly forbidden Even though there’s not “*exactly* the implica- other anti-Semitic “has been used to the possibility of “global- word, his critics hope, as a remotely plausible argu- tions of ‘cosmopolitan.’” lowlifes and haters, describe a wide variety of ization” and “multicultur- always, to be conversa- ment that Hawley was in There’s no doubt the although it’s a smear to important views in moral alism” as terms, but set- tion stoppers. any way targeting Jews, word has been abused for mention Hawley, who and socio-political phi- tles on “cosmopoli- his use of the C-word hideous ends. In 1946, gladly and forthrightly losophy. The nebulous tanism.” Indeed, the title Rich Lowry can be alone was enough for crit- Joseph Stalin gave a denounces anti-Semitism, core shared by all cosmo- of his book is reached at: ics to say he was making speech heralding the in the same breath as politan views is the idea “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics comments.lowry an anti-Semitic appeal. repression of Jews in the these cretins. that all human beings, in a World of Strangers.” @nationalreview.com

ANOTHER VIEWPOINT Mueller probe’s most important finding being ignored

ormer special counsel against more than 30 defendants thing within their collective it’s costly to replace aging vot- gence service as seriously as Robert Mueller’s long including 12 officers of the power to make sure that neither ing equipment and well beyond Mueller or Wray or his own Fday of testimony on Russian military. Russia nor China nor any other the $380 million Washington intelligence team. Capitol Hill had all the elements “Over the course of my foreign power that might benefit appropriated for that purpose Want to talk about Mueller’s one expects of political theater career, I’ve seen a number of from undermining the next U.S. last year. And that’s just about big day and all his hemming in these partisan times. Some challenges to our democracy,” election would be prevented direct manipulation of votes. and hawing? Maybe discuss day, scholars will have to ana- he concluded in his best Joe from doing so. And, of course, There’s also the matter of what exactly constitutes lyze all the questioning and Friday no-nonsense voice. “The you would be exactly wrong. hacking into email or using obstruction of justice or determine how much was pos- Russian government’s effort to The current scandal of the social media accounts under whether Democrats will ever turing by lawmakers and how interfere in our election is Mueller probe is not how it’s false names to manipulate pub- acquire the intestinal fortitude much was actual fact-finding (or among the most serious. As I been misrepresented or politi- lic opinion, as the Russians did to press an impeachment case at least maintained the appear- said on May 29, this deserves cized, it’s how its chief finding so successfully three years ago. that has zero chances in the ance of information gathering). the attention of every has been ignored by those in And then there’s Trump who GOP-controlled Senate? One imagines 2% would be a American.” power. The federal govern- seems to believe that any You can always laugh at how generous estimate. And while Perhaps this sounds familiar. ment’s efforts to protect the acknowledgment of Russian often the special counsel felt he there’s certainly value in It should. One day earlier, cur- 2020 election to date have been interference in 2016 delegit- had to keep his mouth shut and Americans hearing from the rent FBI Director Christopher modest at best. imizes his presidency and so he declined to answer. Or the man-of-the-hour that President Wray made a similarly chilling You want to point a finger? has frequently disagreed with imbecility of Republicans ask- Trump was not actually excul- point. In Senate testimony, he Start with Senate Majority his own administration over ing him over and over again to pated of wrongdoing (as much said Russia was preparing to Leader Mitch McConnell who exactly what happened and comment on matters related to as he and his minions continue hack and propagandize the 2020 has refused to allow his cham- what to do about next year. the so-called Steele Dossier, to falsely claim otherwise), the election despite U.S. sanctions ber to take up the bipartisan In a meeting with Vladimir which is being investigated by most important point to be made and other efforts. Secure Elections Act. He claims Putin just last month, the presi- someone else. showed up in the first 10 min- “They haven’t been deterred the federal government has dent was once again making But what is not the least bit utes. enough,” Wray testified at one appropriated sufficient funds to light of the issue, wagging a funny is what all Americans That was when Mueller, the point. states for them to protect the finger at the Russian president should be focused on right now former FBI director, decorated Top intelligence officials have process. who was laughing all the while. — insisting on a free, fair and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, apparently expressed similar What nonsense. What good sport it must be to clean election in 2020. lawyer and longtime federal worries. There are still a handful of put the planet’s most important That’s what the Mueller testi- prosecutor, observed in his Given these dire warnings, the states (Georgia, Louisiana and democracy at risk to the benefit mony really underscores, but it’s opening statement that Russian lessons of 2016 and the fears of South Carolina) that lack a of a foreign adversary. Clearly, in danger of getting lost for all interference in the 2016 election a 2020 repeat, one might assume paper trail to back up digital someone doesn’t take hacking the inside-the-beltway spin. was real and serious and result- that Congress and the White systems. Another 10 have only an election or accepting assis- ed in criminal charges filed House would be doing every- a partial paper trail. In reality, tance from a foreign intelli- — The Baltimore Sun

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Rep. Phelps Anderson Sen. Pat Woods Rep. Martin Zamora R-Roswell R-Broadview R-Clovis Phone: 575-625-9152 Phone: 575-357-8594 Phone: 575-309-2334 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Rep. Jack Chatfield Sen. Stuart Ingle Rep. Randal Crowder R-Mosquero R-Portales R-Clovis Phone: 575-673-2444 Phone: 575-356-3088 Phone: 575-763-3901 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] PAGE 6A ✦ SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 LOCAL THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS State officials file motion for water cleanup By Theresa Davis been exposed to the toxic sub- icals were in products like Teflon Air Force spokesman Mark right," Secretary Kenney told the ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL stances. and 3M's Scotchgard because they Kinkade said recently that the Journal earlier this month. "The Air "I am extremely frustrated that repelled water, oil and stains. branch took immediate action to Force does business in New ALBUQUERQUE — The New the Air Force has not been respon- Environmental Protection provide clean water to properties Mexico and brings people here and Mexico attorney general and the sive to protecting the health and Agency research links the chemi- near Cannon where PFAS levels in employs New Mexicans, but then Environment Department have safety of New Mexican families by cals to cancer, low infant birth drinking water tested above the when there is harm to the state, filed a motion asking that the U.S. addressing years of environmental weights and weakened immunity. EPA's lifetime health advisory. they are unwilling to fix the prob- Air Force be required to quickly pollution," state Attorney General Since the 1970s, PFAS were an "We provided bottled water at lem. This seems to be a pattern with clean up contamination from toxic Hector Balderas said in a statement ingredient in firefighting foam on first and have been working with federal agencies in our state." firefighting foam that leaked into Wednesday. "Because of their the nation's military bases. impacted property owners on The state agencies first filed a the ground on and near Holloman delay and failure to act, Cannon officially announced in longer-term, cost effective solu- notice of intent to sue in March, and Cannon Air Force bases. (Environment Secretary James) October 2018 that PFAS had tions, such as hooking up to city alleging that the Air Force had vio- The preliminary injunction, filed Kenney and I are asking the court seeped into groundwater on and water or filtration systems," lated the state's Hazardous Waste Wednesday in U.S. District Court, to ensure timely protection of New around the base. And in February Kinkade said. Act. Tuesday's filing adds a viola- asks the court to compel the Air Mexico's people, wildlife, and 2019, the Air Force reported PFAS Kinkade said that drinking water tion of the federal Resource Force to outline the contamination environment from this ongoing and levels at Holloman groundwater at Holloman meets the EPA health Conservation Recovery Act. The plume and test groundwater and devastating pollution." monitoring wells at 137 parts per advisories, so "access to alternate agencies said the request for emer- drinking water. Another demand is PFAS (per- and poly-fluorinated trillion. The EPA's current drinking water sources is not an issue." gency action would "ensure the that the Air Force provide alterna- alkyl substances) are a group of water advisory for PFAS is 70 parts "It's unfortunate that New health of New Mexicans and the tive water sources and voluntary 4,000 "forever chemicals" that are per trillion, but that advisory is not Mexico is yet again having to fight environment are protected as the blood tests to those who may have difficult to break down. The chem- enforceable. the federal government to do what's case proceeds." Portales city manager projects drawing down on reserves By David Grieder Fiscal Year 2019-2020," increase in their fee; other Mayor Ron Jackson and FY 19-20 general fund is another two-year term with STAFF WRITER Standefer forecasted draw- ideas he floated were incre- Councilor Dianne Parker $1,172,079, with $829,000 the Eastern New Mexico [email protected] ing down reserves by mental increases in the were not present. in reserves. Water Utility Authority. $1,428,252, $127,863 more municipal or hold harmless The FY 19-20 budget also The following also ■ Approval of a joint PORTALES — City than projected in the interim gross receipts taxes, or included some city reorgani- occurred at the Tuesday powers agreement for Manager Sammy Standefer budget. He maintained as he increases to property taxes. zation items, to include two meeting: renewing the School projected drawing down fur- had in previous council Commissioners were not positions being unfrozen ■ Approval of Publics Resource Officer Program ther on reserves for Portales' meetings that either rev- asked to approve any such from the police departments Works Department and com- general fund in a presenta- enues must be increased or adjustments, but did unani- and an increase of about mitee request for outside between Portales Municipal tion Tuesday evening on the expenditures decreased to mously approve the final $20,000 to salary and bene- sewer services to 501 Schools and the police coming fiscal year budget. protect the city's future budget for FY 19-20 after fits of the general services Broadmoor Acres, owned by department. In a public hearing before financially. closing the public hearing. department head and library Larry and Anna Brock. ■ No action following an the Portales City Council the That could mean a reduc- No public comments were administrator. ■ Appointment of executive session of about "Final Budget for 107th tion in services or an made. The final balance fo the Councilor Jim Lucero to 15 minutes. School board to consider policy revisions, staff retention

BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS and staff retention. have said they’re taking proactive department is scheduled to present on the agenda to speak to a consid- A “discussion of staff retention” approaches to meet those chal- on consideration of “disposal of eration for “Advanced Animal 3- CLOVIS — In their last regular is on the agenda under “employee lenges locally. goats through auction” and Vet Science Curriculum.” summer meeting before the new services,” and officials have previ- Also on the agenda is the intro- removal from district inventory of The board meets at 5:30 p.m. school year, the Clovis Municipal ously noted a turnover rate of 20- ductions of revisions to board poli- “sealed bids of color guard cos- Tuesday at 1009 Main Street. New Schools Board of Education will 25% among CMS personnel in cies on administering medicines to tumes and flags.” teacher orientation is scheduled to meet this week to consider some recent years. Teacher shortage is an students, emergencies and gradua- Deputy Superintendent of start the next day and K-12 classes policy revisions, inventory disposal issue statewide, and CMS staff tion requirements. The finance Academic Services Mitzi Estes is start Aug. 12. Governor signs order for establishment of fitness programs

BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS according to a release from each agency and department tive employees to know the force.” appraisals, blood pressure her office. will implement a fitness and state of New Mexico, as an The state personnel and cholesterol screenings, SANTA FE — Gov. The order directs the State wellness policy that facili- employer, is conscientious of office’s policy guidance illness and injury prevention Michelle Lujan Grisham on Personnel Office to develop tates work-life balance. and responsive to their needs allows for employees to take training programs, exercise Thursday signed an execu- fitness and wellness guid- “A healthy person is a pro- as human beings. Providing advantage of additional pro- tive order providing for the ance for state employees, ductive person,” Gov. Lujan for exercise time and encour- gramming relating to health, programs, and education establishment of fitness and including a policy template Grisham said. “I want our aging healthy habits is an fitness and wellness includ- related to smoking, alcohol wellness programs for its for agencies and departments employees to know they are important move in building ing employee awareness and drug abuse, among other 17,000-plus state employees, to implement. Per the order, valued, and I want prospec- and sustaining our work- campaigns, health risk potential programs. THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS LOCAL SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 ✦ PAGE 7A Roosevelt to BORDER TOWN DAYS finalize budget

BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS Roosevelt Road N, and appoint a road viewer com- PORTALES — The mittee for a request to close Roosevelt County two miles of South Commission will give final Roosevelt Road AL north of consideration to its 2019-20 South Roosevelt Road 21. budget and cover fourth- Lt. Col. Russell Gheesling quarter financials from the of Cannon Air Force Base is just-concluded 2018-19 fis- also slated to attend the cal year at its Tuesday meet- meeting for discussion of ing. enhancing North Roosevelt The commissioners will Road AV. also consider two road clo- Other items on the agenda sure requests at difference for the 9 a.m. meeting at the stages and a look at long- Roosevelt County term utilization of another Courthouse include: county road. ■ Consideration of retain- The commission will con- ing Doerr and Knudson for sider road view committee county legal services. recommendations regarding ■ An executive session to the closure of a 1-mile discuss six litigation cases stretch of South Roosevelt and limited personnel mat- Road 9 east of South ters.

Staff photo: David Grieder Clovis man Clovis' Jesse Trevino, astride his steed "Snap-On," leads a small team mounted near the tail end of the 53rd Annual Border Town Days parade Saturday morning from Texico to Farwell. killed in crash

BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS was struck on the door of his Chevrolet Silverado truck by easternnewmexiconews.com FRIONA — A 22-year-old a 2014 Freighliner pulling a Your source for local news and sports Clovis man was killed in a trailer in the eastbound lane. crash Thursday afternoon The truck driver, Jerry near Friona, officials said. Varnell of Portales, was Benjamin Arguello was unable to avoid the collision, leaving Cargill Meat the report shows. Solutions when he "failed to Officials said Arguello yield right of way and entered the eastbound lanes died at the scene. Varnell of U.S. 60 in the path" of a was not injured. tractor-trailer rig, according The wreck happened about to a report from the Texas 2:20 p.m. CDT. Department of Public Safety. Parmer County Sheriff Arguello was attempting Randy Geries said the vic- to turn left onto the high- tim was an employee of way’s westbound lane and Cargill.

Obituaries

Death notices Frank Allison Age: 81 City of Residence: Artesia, NM Date & Place of Birth: Dec. 21, 1937 in Portales, NM Date & Place of Death: July 25, 2019 in Artesia, NM Occupation: Truck Driver Services: Graveside services will be held at 10:00 AM, Wed., July 31, 2019 in the Inez Cemetery. Arrangements by Wheeler Mortuary, 575-356-4455, wheelermortuary.net

Funerals Monday Conception Catholic Lou Morgan — 2 p.m at Church, Muleshoe Calvary Baptist Church, Wednesday Portales Juana Ronquillo — 11 Frank Allison — 10 a.m. a.m. (CDT) at Immaculate at the Inez Cemetery PAGE 8A ✦ SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS

Assistant City Manager Clovis Claire Burroughes to take on Clovis earns partnership award the task with hopes from Page 1A Eilenstine could help. ■ BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS lives the MCEC vision to ‘ensure ered parents and supporting adults and District 1 inclusive, quality educational opportu- community of partners committed to Trinity United Methodist Commissioner David Church and Clovis Fire CLOVIS — Clovis, Clovis nities for all military-connected chil- the ensured success of military-con- Robinson participated in his Municipal Schools and Cannon Air dren,’” an award letter from the MCEC nected children. Department Station No. 5. first meeting, and took for- Early voting will be avail- Force Base were nationally recognized said. “Working together, you’re all The district was represented by mer Commissioner Ladona this week as recipients of the 2019 Pete making great things happen for great Superintendent Renee Russ and able at city hall and North Clayton’s positions as Plains Mall. Taylor Partnership of Excellence kids.” Deputy Superintendent of Employee District 1 representative for ■ Daniel Eilenstine of Award, according to a CMS release. The coalition works toward a vision Services Joe Strickland. Representing the Public Works Committee Clovis inquired about creat- The award is the highest honor the that every military-connected child is the city were Clovis City ing a committee for and the Chamber of Military Child Education Coalition college, workforce and life-ready. Its Commissioners Chris Bryant and Fidel Americans with Disabilities Commerce’s railroad com- gives during its annual award ceremo- goals are meeting the academic, social Madrid. Act compliance. Eilenstine, mittee. ny, held Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and emotional needs of military-con- Information about MCEC is avail- a wheelchair user, also Lansford said he would “Your community partnership truly nected children, and having empow- able at militarychild.org. encouraged city commis- take over for Clayton on the sioners and staffers to take water policy advisory com- on the wheelchair challenge mittee, “because I’m so where they use a wheelchair wrapped around the axle of for a set amount of time and water anyway” as chair of discover, “you just don’t see the Eastern New Mexico the issues others would see.” Water Utility Authority. Lansford said before cre- ■ The next meeting is ating a committee, he’d like scheduled for 5:15 p.m. to see the 10 highest-prob- Aug. 8 at the North Annex of lem areas for wheelchair the Clovis-Carver Public users addressed, and asked Library.

Sarabia discharged his Standoff department-issued weapon. Smith was not struck or from Page 1A injured. ■ Following the shot, with Smith and a 39-year- officers fell back until old female inside the resi- SWAT arrived. A team nego- dence. The initial call to dis- tiated with Smith, and even- patch came from an anony- mous caller who reported tually used a Taser to take the two arguing and heard a him into custody. He was gunshot. treated on scene by emer- ■ Clovis officers gave gency personnel, then taken Smith verbal commands to the Curry County Adult from an open front doorway Detention Center. to exit the room. They said ■ A 12-gauge pump shot- they heard what sounded gun, which investigators like a pump shotgun being believed to be the weapon loaded. Smith pointed at officers, ■ Smith brandished a rifle was located along with sev- towards the officers, and eral other weapons. Staff photo: David Grieder Three neighbors identified the residence at 510 East 18th Street as the scene of a fatal shooting early Saturday morning just outside Portales.

Hailer said his wife woke around 8 a.m. and that was "a bit hectic" in the Shooting up around 2:45 a.m. to police cleared from the area middle of the night flashing lights on the street and opened barriers from Saturday during the initial from Page 1A outside. Cory Griffith, in the the block about two hours police response but that he house beside the residence, later. night before. didn't pry. said his wife had awoken Bob Gaudern stayed that "I saw (the body), but I "They probably scat- around 2:30 a.m. to the night at his grandparents' tered," Hailer said of the sound of several gunshots residence beside the scene tried very hard not to look at people in attendance. "But I and called police. of the shooting and said cars it," said Gaudern. "My heart don't think I ever heard "It was their third big started arriving at sundown goes out to the families of fighting there before." party this month," added Friday, estimating over 40 all those hurt. The lives of Griffith, who said the body people in attendance at the many changed (Saturday) was removed from the scene gathering there. He said it night."

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Cerrillos Road, 2nd (575)763-6016; or online BY SECTION 7-20E-9 417 Gidding Street, TX, is looking for YOU! Public Relations and Floor, Santa Fe, NM. at www.currycounty.org. NMSA 1978 PURSUANT Clovis, NM; to discuss We are a small 1A Design Associate The Hearing Officer for TO LAWS 2019, CHAP- major projects/purchases school with a big heart, RF Broadcast Engineer this Application is Bids will be accepted TER 274 AND SECTION that should be included and we are looking for Charmaine Martinez who until 2:00 p.m. Mountain 7-1-6.13, NMSA 1978; on the County’s some great people who Support: can be contacted at 505- Time on Tuesday, August PLEDGING THE LOCAL Infrastructure and love teaching great kids. Broadcast Engineer LEGALS 476-4804 or by email at 27, 2019 at the office HOSPITAL GROSS Capital Improvement LOST AND FOUND Teachers with no experi- Trainee, KENW Charmaine.martinez2@s mentioned above, at RECEIPTS TAX REV- Plan (ICIP). Residents of ence start at $38,160! Financial Aid Clerk Legal 8231 tate.nm.us which time and place, all ENUES TO THE REPAY- Curry County are invited (Salary Scale at July 21, 2019 A hearing will be held on bids will be opened pub- MENT OF AMOUNTS to attend and provide https://www.mortonisd.ne Job announcements and July 28, 2019 August 7, 2019 at 10:00 licly. OWED UNDER THE input on projects they t/job-opportunities- online applications are August 4, 2019 a.m. regarding BONDS; APPROVING believe should be includ- e87baa76#) Available available at Application No. 1137581 BID’s must be submitted THE FORMS AND ed. If you have any positions: first grade, 6-8 www.enmu.edu/jobs. All STATE OF for a Restaurant Liquor in a sealed envelope that TERMS OF THE questions, please feel math, secondary sci- employees must pass a NEW MEXICO License to Coronado is clearly marked: BONDS; RATIFYING free to contact Curry ence, special education pre-employment back- COUNTY OF BBQ, LLC, d/b/a Rib Crib “BID No. 2019/20-01— ACTIONS HERETO- County Administration at and shop (auto-mechan- ground check. ROOSEVELT BBQ, located at 4020 Do Not Open” along with FORE TAKEN; REPEAL- 575-763-6016. ics/wood working). AA/EO/Title IX Employer. NINTHE DISTRICT North Prince Street, the Bidder’s name and ING ALL ACTION Please call 806-266- Call (575) 562-2115 for COURT Clovis, New Mexico address. INCONSISTENT WITH Legal 8245 5505, ext 202 and ask more information. 88101 THIS RESOLUTION; July 28, 2019 for Karen Saunders or No. D-911-DM-2019- Curry County reserves AND AUTHORIZING email karen.saun- CONSTRUCTION ALL 00051 Legal 8241 the right to reject any or THE TAKING OF CER- INVITATION TO BID [email protected]. phases. Experience July 28, 2019 all proposals and to TAIN ACTION IN CON- ITB# 2020-02 need apply. Non-smok- Francisco Javier August 4, 2019 waive any formalities NECTION WITH THE EMULSION TUCUMCARI PUBLIC er. House & trans. Calamaco and technicalities. BONDS AND PLEDGED MATERIALS SCHOOL is looking for a Provided. Petitioner, NINTH JUDICIAL REVENUES. ROOSEVELT COUNTY Middle School, Family 806-678-9187 DISTRICT Troy Hall ROAD DEPARTMENT Consumer Science vs STATE OF Purchasing Agent. 575- A general summary of DUE DATE: AUG. 26, teacher. Apply on line at NEW MEXICO 763-6016 ext. 133 the Resolution is: 2019 - 2:00 P.M 2 CATS MISSING tucumcarischools.com or Maria Delrefugio COUNTY OF CURRY Missing a female long contact Dave Johnson, Carranza-Robledo Legal 8244 The Resolution authoriz- Roosevelt County hair grey and black cat Asst. Supt. at 575 461 Respondent. IN THE MATTER OF July 28, 2019 es the issuance and sale extends an Invitation to and a Male short hair 3910. New Mexico certi- THE PETITION FOR of hospital gross receipts Bid from entities desiring grey and black striped fication or ability to get NOTICE OF SUIT CHANGE OF NAME OF NOTICE OF ADOPTION tax revenue bonds in to provide Emulsion cat from the 900 block of certified required. Cammille Roxanne OF BOND one or more series in the Materials for the Comer Drive in Clovis. TO Maria Delrefugio Martinez RESOLUTION aggregate principal Roosevelt County Road Both are fixed & very HEARTLAND IS LOOK- Carranza-Robledo, amount of $5,285,000 Department. missed! 714-3422. ING for RN’s, LPN’s and HOMES FOR SALE RESPONDENT: No. D-905-CV-2019- Notice is hereby given of designated as the The Board of Roosevelt CNA’s full and part time 000511 the title and of a general Roosevelt County County Commissioners with competitive pay and CURRY COUNTY Take notice that a lawsuit NOTICE OF CHANGE summary of the subject Special Hospital District reserves the right to a great benefit package. OF NAME matter contained in an Hospital Gross Receipts reject any and all bids, to Apply in person at 1700 has been filed against PRICE REDUCED! TAKE NOTICE that in ordinance duly adopted Tax Revenue Bonds, accept the bid which in S Ave O Portales you. OWNER FINANCE accordance with the pro- and approved by the Series 2019 for the pur- its judgment is most suit- 301 Merrill, Nice com- visions of Sec. 40-8-1 Governing Board of pose of designing, con- able and in the County’s BOVINA FEEDERS INC. The subject of this law- pletely remodeled 3 through Roosevelt County structing, equipping, and best interest, to be the seeking Mill workers and suit is: Dissolution of BD 2 BA approximately Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, Special Hospital District furnishing of the sole interpreter of the Maintenance workers. Marriage 2400 sq ft. Brick home, the Petitioner Cammille (the “District”), Portales, Roosevelt General intent of any clauses of 401K, paid vacation, granite counter tops, R. Martinez will apply to New Mexico, on July 23, Hospital facility and its the specifications and medical insurance. If you do not file a marble showers. the 2019 relating to the related clinics, including the sole judge as to Physical and drug test response or responsive HELP WANTED $170,000 575-742- Honorable David P. authorization and but not limited to the whether an offer com- required. Please come pleading with the above- 2600 please leave Reeb, Jr., District Judge issuance of the District's emergency room depart- plies with specifications. by and fill out application titled Court within 30 Construction workers message days after the third publi- of the Ninth Judicial Hospital Gross Receipts ment, by the District, needed for framing 1355 FM 145 Farwell cation of this Notice, the District Tax Revenue Bonds, funding the Reserve ITB 2020-20 can be houses in Clovis area. TX. 806-825-2103 EOE at the Curry County Series 2019. Complete Fund and paying found online at under Court may enter a Call 575-799-2857 HOME FOR SALE default judgment against Courthouse, 700 N. Main copies of the Resolution Expenses; provides that Current RFPs/ITBs and EASTERN NEW you. Street, Suite 14, in are available for public the 2019 Bonds will be is available in the County RECEPTIONIST MEXICO UNIVERSITY BY OWNER Clovis, inspection during the payable and collectible Administrative Offices NEEDED FOR Petitioner’s New Mexico at 8:00am normal and regular busi- from the revenues located at 109 West First K Barnett & Sons Professional: MOVE-IN READY! Name: Francisco Javier on the 14th day of ness hours of the District derived from the pledged Street, 3rdFloor, answering phones and Admissions Recruiter Stunning views from this Calamaco August, 2019 for an 42121 US Highway 70, Hospital Gross Receipts Portales, NM 88130. data entry. Academic Specialist unique well-maintained Mailing Address: S. Order for Change Portales, NM 88130. Tax imposed by Invitations for Bids, any Bilingual and HUBZone Career Technical home sitting on 5 irrigat- Roosevelt Rd. 11 of Name from Cammille Roosevelt County and future addenda, and all preferred. Apply in per- Leadership Project ed acres. Enjoy the open City/State/Zip: Portales, Roxanne Martinez to The title of the transferred to the District related information are son at 2405 W 7th Street Coordinator concept living, large NM 88130 Camille Roxanne Resolution is: pursuant to a Joint available under “Current in Clovis or fax resume Clovis Career Coach MBR/BA, custom built- Telephone#: 575-749- Martinez. Powers Agreement; pro- RFPs” on the County’s to (575) 904-7286. Clovis Youth Career ins, special kitchen fea- 1882 AUTHORIZING THE vides the maturity dates, website at www.roo- K Barnett & Sons is an Coach tures, tons of storage, Shelly Burger ISSUANCE AND SALE interest rates, redemp- seveltcounty.com or by EEO Employer. HSI STEM Outreach and private covered back WITNESS the honorable District Court Clerk OF ROOSEVELT tion provisions and other contacting the Coordinator patio. 2311SF, 3BR, Donna J. Mowrer, District COUNTY SPECIAL details of the 2019 Procurement Officer, RETIRED TOO International Student 2.5BA, 2-car attached Judge of the Ninth D. Stoddard HOSPITAL DISTRICT Bonds; approves execu- (575) 356- EARLY?? Looking for Officer garage, 4-sides brick, Judicial Distrcit Court of Deputy Clerk HOSPITAL GROSS tion a Bond Purchase 5307,lrivera@roosevelt- that first teaching job? Manager, Custodial metal roof, $249K, 619 the State of New Mexico RECEIPTS TAX REV- Agreement with the New county.com Morton ISD in Morton, Services S. 20th, Fort Sumner, and the seal of the Submitted by: ENUE BONDS, SERIES Mexico Finance District Court of /s/ Cammille Martinez 2019 IN AN AGGRE- Authority, as purchaser Sealed Bids must be Roosevelt, this 1st day of Petitioner Pro Se GATE PRINCIPAL of the 2019 Bonds, and received by 2:00 PM July, 2019. AMOUNT OF certain documents relat- (MST) on Aug. 26, 2019 Legal 8238 $5,285,000 TO DESIGN, ing to the 2019 Bonds; at the Roosevelt County Vicki J. Wilkerson July 28, 2019 CONSTRUCT, EQUIP ratifies action previously Administrative Office, Clerk of District Court August 4, 2019 AND FURNISH THE taken in connection with bearing the return ROOSEVELT GENERAL the 2019 Bonds; and address of the firm and By: Rita L. Herrera CURRY COUNTY HOSPITAL FACILITY repeals all action in con- clearly marked ITB No. Deputy DEMOLITION OF AND ITS RELATED flict with the Resolution. 2020-01-Emulsion STRUCTURES CLINICS TO SERVE Materials ~ Roosevelt Legal 8237 THE HEALTH CARE This notice constitutes County Road July 28, 2019 BID NO: 2019/20-01 NEEDS OF THE DIS- compliance with § 6-14-6 Department. TRICT AND THE RESI- N.M.S.A. 1978. The Curry County Board DENTS OF ROO- TERESA SAID, “Thank MEMBERS OF THE you so much for run- PUBLIC of Commissioners are SEVELT COUNTY; Legal 8243 are invited to provide requesting competitive PROVIDING FOR THE July 28, 2019 ning the ad for our comment on hearings for sealed bids for the PAYMENT OF THE August 4, 2019 lost Jeep key. It was the issuance of or trans- Demolition of Structures PRINCIPAL AND INTER- returned today by the fers of liquor licenses as for Curry County. Written EST ON THE BONDS THE COUNTY OF person who had forms for ITB No. SOLELY FROM THE CURRY outlined below. This found it after they 2019/20-01 may be DISTRIBUTION OF will hold a public meeting Hearing will be conduct- read it in the ed at the NM Alcoholic obtained in the following ROOSEVELT COUN- on Friday, August 9, manner from the Curry TY'S LOCAL HOSPITAL 2019 at 4:30p.m.in the Classifieds.” Beverage Control Awesome! Division on the date County Administration GROSS RECEIPTS TAX County Commission specified in the Toney office, 417 Gidding REVENUES PUR- Chambers located at Anaya Bldg., 2550 Street, Suite 100, Clovis, SUANT TO SECTIONS Curry County NM 88101-7500, 7-20C-1 AS REPLACED Administrative Complex, Advertising Works! ✦ THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS CLASSIFIED PAGE 10A SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019

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Sunday Editor July 28, Kevin Wilson 575-763-3431, ext. 320 2019 [email protected] Your source for complete Staff Writer Peter Stein PORTS 575-763-3431, ext. 322 local sports coverage S THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS [email protected] B Park to make first defense of title ❏ LFA’s lightweight Fighting Alliance’s lightweight into the Aug. 6 title bout. champion on April 26 with he took Here’s the tale of the tape: belt-holder, Morales care of Demarques Jackson of ■ Both fighters are 33 years old, Florida with two seconds to go in with Morales a negligible five set for Aug. 6 battle. Round 1 of their bout at the Sanford months older. ■ BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South According to their most recent Dakota for the then-vacant crown. official weights, Morales had the Harvey Park crossed a huge mile- Park (12-2) is still hoping for a slight advantage, 155.8 pounds to post in his career last April when he shot in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Park’s 153.0 pounds. became a Mixed Martial Arts cham- Championship). He had hoped to ■ Park has a height advantage, pion. follow the path of prior LFA light- standing an even 6 feet tall to He’s approaching another one — weight champion Austin Hubbard, Morales at 5-10. trying to defend that championship. who went directly to the UFC with- ■ Advantage Morales in reach: Park will attempt to do so against out even having to defend the LFA 74.0 inches to Park’s 72.0. Venezuelan-born Omar Morales on belt. Park, though, is still awaiting an Park has the notable advantage of Aug. 6 at Las Vegas’ UFC Apex, in Ultimate Fighting Championship entering as the defending champion, the main event of a night that opportunity, so for now his best no longer the challenger trying to includes four fights on the under- option is to defend the LFA belt dethrone someone, but the man who holds the crown, daring opponents to card. against Morales on Aug. 6. Courtesy photo: Ryan Blevins Park, a Curry County sheriff's Morales, now based in Florida, try and take it away. deputy originally from Melrose, has less pro fights than Park, but has Harvey Park during his April Legacy Fighting Alliance title match crowned himself the Legacy won them all, carrying a 7-0 record PARK on Page 2B against DeMarques Jackson. Fox in ‘great place’ ❏ Former Hound excited for future with Cal-Berkeley. By Peter Stein STAFF WRITER [email protected] Quick, now. What comes to mind when you think about University of California ath- letics. Aaron Rodgers? Jared Goff? If you’re old enough you probably remember when Cal football’s kick-return laterals beat Stanford while New Mexico native Joe Kapp was coaching the Golden Bears. If you’re older still, you might remember when Kapp was California’s quarterback. Cal men’s basketball? Kevin Johnson likely comes to mind. “KJ” in 1992 became the first California men’s bas- Submitted photo ketball player to have his jer- Maya, left, and Anya Hammond, twin sisters born 1 minute and 10 seconds apart, helped the Clovis girls swim team win a District 3/4 cham- sey number retired by the pionship last February and will both swim for the University of New Mexico’s Division I program, beginning in the 2019-20 school year. school, a year before helping the Phoenix Suns reach the NBA Finals against Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. California men’s basketball this decade? If you know that ex-Brooklyn Net and current Atlanta Hawk swingman Still inseparable Allen Crabbe played for Cal, ❏ Clovis High grads Maya, (1:57.0), with Maya contributing to the first-place you would probably score “UNM’s under a mandate that they 200 free relay team (1:45.2) that included Mykala 1600 on your Basketball SAT, Anya Hammond getting set have to have a certain number of New Chavez, Shyann Kissinger and Nina Mead. if there was such a thing. And At the state meet in Albuquerque two weeks though Crabbe may be a solid to swim at Division-I UNM. Mexico kids. But they’re not just taking later, Anya captured second in the 200 freestyle workaday NBA player, his anybody. Those two for sure are going to (1:55.4) and fourth in the 500 free (5:10.5). She biggest impact on the league By Peter Stein help them.” and Maya were part of a school-record-setting, has probably been when the STAFF WRITER third-place 400 free relay team (3:36.6), along Nets traded him to the Hawks [email protected] with Luscombe and Zamora. this offseason, creating — Clovis swim coach Gordy Westerburg Anya helped the 200 medley relay team — that enough cap space to reel in CLOVIS — When Anya Hammond first came on Maya and Anya Hammond being also included Luscombe, Zamora and Mead — Kevin Durant and Kyrie into the world, she didn’t have a sister. recruited to the University of place fourth (1:50.9) in states. And Maya was part Irving. That lasted for 1 minute and 10 seconds. New Mexico swim program of the 200 free relay team — along with Mead, Cal men’s basketball in Then, Anya was joined by her twin Maya, and Kissinger and Chavez — that took fifth (1:45.1). 2018-19? 8-23 overall, 3-15 the pair has been close to inseparable ever since. But? Solid numbers. And yet, the Hammond twins conference. 12th in the Pac- Oh, they’ve had their own personalities, sepa- “Sometimes it’s annoying,” Maya added. For the most part, though, a cool deal. who began swimming at an Albuquerque YMCA 12. rate interests, especially when they lived in “Especially in swimming,” Anya said, when they were about five years old didn’t Now tasked with getting Albuquerque. Since moving to small-town “because swimming’s so rigorous and mentally always think they were destined to be Division I Berkeley abuzz about men’s Clovis, however, they’ve had to run — and swim hard. To have someone to relate to, it helps.” athletes. hoops is 50-year-old Mark — in the same circles more often than not. Twins can be a great gift and a caution at the “No, not really,” Maya said. “Until this year, Fox, a former Eastern New The Hammonds have been integral parts of same time. In soap operas there’s often an evil swimming in college was an option.” Mexico University player and Clovis’ swim program in recent years and will one wreaking havoc on the fictional town where “College was just to get our degree, not to 1991 ENMU graduate. Fox’s continue the family tie back in Albuquerque the story is set. But neither Anya nor Maya is evil. swim,” Anya said. “Gordy said, ‘You can do challenge is daunting, but the beginning about two weeks from now when they There isn’t even any twin high-jinx like switching both.’” ex-Greyhound is up for it. launch their college educations at the University clothes to mess with their parents’ and teachers’ Anya was referring to Gordy Westerburg, who And then some. of New Mexico and swim for the Division I minds. had already coached swimming in Albuquerque “I don’t know how you Lobos. “No,” Anya said, “because we’re fraternal, so for 36 years when he took over for Vincent gauge excitement, but I’m They’ll even be roommates. we don’t look alike. I don’t think we look alike.” DeMaio as Clovis’ head swim coach last year. really thankful, I’m over- Their studies won’t intersect much, as Anya Probably not enough for the clothes-switching “Coach DeMaio did a lot for us,” Maya said. joyed, I’m excited,” Fox said plans to major in Biology, Maya in Exercise gag, but enough for people who don’t know them “He built the platform and then Gordy kind of last week in a telephone inter- Science. But the girls who have been a box set for to assume they might be twins. gave us that little push.” view with the Eastern New the last 18 years plan to be one for at least four In the pool, they’re equally deadly. Each Both coaches may have helped. But Mexico News. “This is a great more. helped Clovis’ girls win a District 3/4 champi- Westerburg gives credit to Anya and Maya, who place, we’ve got a storied his- That’s quite a bond for sisters who have been onship Feb. 9 at Hobbs High School. The Lady had to do their part in finding their way to the tory. And so I’m really, really on this earth together for all but that minute-and- Wildcats won by 18 points over second-place Las Division I level. “They’re both really hard work- excited to be here.” 10-second gap. Cruces, who had won the previous year’s meet by ers,” he said. The feeling is mutual. “I usually just say a minute,” Anya noted. 40. Westerburg says that New Mexico State and “Mark Fox is a man of Whatever the time difference, since both Anya set a new district record in the 500 the University of New Mexico both wanted the unparalleled integrity with a Hammonds officially arrived they’ve had a phys- freestyle (5:16.0) that day, and contributed to a twins to come swim for them. UNM, proven record of success as a ical and emotional connection that few siblings new district and Clovis mark in the 400 free relay Westerburg’s alma mater, may have needed them head basketball coach,” Cal enjoy. (3:39.1), with a quartet that also included Maya, a tad more. athletic director Jim “It’s having a best friend,” Maya said, “when- Hannah Luscombe and Bella Zamora. ever you go to a new school or a new classroom.” Anya also took first in the 200 freestyle HAMMOND on Page 2B FOX on Page 2B PAGE 2B ✦ SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 SPORTS THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS ScoreboardScoreboard

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Clovis Softball Association Women’s League Wednesday Night league A Division A Division Team W L Team W L Bad Apples 5 2 D.T.P. 8 0 Down-N-Dirty 4 3 BOO/AA Loans 4 3 New Skillz 2 3 Aftermath 3 2 Mas Fina 2 5 No Skillz/HomeSpot 3 2 B Division Most Hated Familia 3 5 Team W L Mayhem 2 4 No Glove No Love 5 1 M.T.C. 2 5 Funsized 4 2 Snider Electric 1 5 Rukus 3 3 B Division Bazinga 2 3 Team W L Good Times 2 3 Los Piratas 4 0 Vipers 1 5 Sucios/Canteros 4 0 C Division Freddy's Auto 4 2 Team W L Top Notch 4 2 Hit Squad 5 1 Maximum Effort 3 2 Mixed Up 5 1 DC Softball 3 3 The Tribe 4 1 Hit n Run 2 3 Xtreme Heat 4 1 Team Supreme 2 3 Lady Seadogs 3 2 Members Only 2 5 Dirty Girlz 3 3 Gun Slingers 2 5 Lady Outlaws 3 3 M.O.G. 0 5 Shenanigans 2 3 C Division SWAT Latinas 1 4 Team W L Rugrats 0 5 Carnalismo/LaFamila 5 2 New Era 0 6 Los Dorados 4 1 D Division B.T.S. 4 1 Team W L That's It 3 4 Patronas 6 0 Can U Dig It 2 3 VooDoo Dolls 4 0 Deez Guyz 2 3 Diablas 4 1 N.M.F. 2 3 Pyscho Pitches 4 1 AMMO 2 3 Scorpions 4 1 Courtesy: Cal athletics Detox/Logan Annex 2 4 Manny's Girls 2 4 Night Crawlers 2 4 Pitch Slap 2 4 1991 Eastern New Mexico University graduate Mark Fox, right, conducts offseason men’s basketball practice Scum 1 2 Cruel Intentions 1 4 recently at the University of California in Berkeley, Calif. Fox was hired in the spring to be the Golden Bears’ new Those Girlz 1 4 Wednesday’s scores Venom 0 4 head coach. Freddy's Auto 18, Gunslingers 9 Pitches @ Work 0 5 MTC 13, Mayhem 2 “Obviously, when this job I was considering,” Fox said. lowed by Fox’s nine-year run NMF 25, AMMO 11 Last week’s scores Sucios/Canteros13 , MOG The Tribe 21, Seadogs 5 Fox came about I was excited to “The timing worked out (for at Georgia, during which he BTS 23, Night Crawlers 12 Diablas 7, Cruel Intentions 0 have a chance to be involved, Eastern), and one of my team- coached Kentavious Caldwell- BOO/AA Loans 15, Most Hated Familia 5 Good Times 19, No Glove No Love 12 From Page 1B and I always thought that this mates (Dennis Chambers) was Pope, the eventual eighth Xtreme Heat 25, Lady Outlaws 7 DTP 21, BOO/AA Loans 4 was a special place.” going there, so it’s where I overall pick of the 2013 NBA Maximum Effort 7, Hit n Run 0 Mixed Up 15, Swat Latinas 12 Knowlton said in a statement That impression came from ended up.” Carnalismo/Lafamilia 15, Los Dorados 13 Down N Dirty 7, Mas Fina 0 released after Fox was hired Draft who is currently a Los MTC 17, Snider Electric 16 New Skillz 22, Bad Apples 7 his days coaching at Nevada, Fox was a wing in Diddle’s Angeles Lakers teammate of Top Notch 21, Freddy's Auto 13 Funsize 9, Rukus 8 last March. “He is an inspiring both as an assistant and the system, but was limited late in LeBron James and Anthony BTS 15, Detox/Logan Annex 5 Pitch Slap 25, Pitches @ Work 10 leader, a teacher and an excep- head man. his college career after under- No Skillz 25, Aftermath 13 Hit Squad 14, Dirty Girlz 7 tional communicator who has “I lived in Reno, Nevada for going elbow surgery two days Davis. DTP 20, Mosthated Familia 3 Bad Apples 7, Mas Fina 0 Prior to Georgia’s struggles Members Only 15, Gunslingers 14 Down N Dirty 14, New Skillz 1 displayed a strong commit- nine years,” Fox said. “That’s before the start of his senior Maximum Effort 17, Gunslingers 13 Bazinga 24, Vipers 23 ment to developing the entire just 3 1/2 hours from here.” season, “which really kind of during Fox’s last season, he Sucios/Canteros 7, DC Softball 0 Patronas 21, Scorpions 11 student-athlete on the court For Fox, the Cal job is derailed any chance of play- did coach the Bulldogs into Top Notch 18, Team Supreme 8 Manny's Girls 11, Those Girlz 3 and off the court. another step along a basketball ing,” he said. tournament play the four pre- “We had an exceptional path, another part of a basket- Fox was an Eastern New vious seasons and five times in owned and operated by trainer pool of candidates, and ball passion that began during Mexico teammate of guard the previous seven. They Park Eric Suan. through the entire process, one his early childhood in Kansas. Ron Milam, who 10 years reached the NIT in 2014, ’16 Park now looks to keep that person clearly rose to the top.” “I know I made a basket after graduation died in the and ’17, and the NCAA Fox last coached in 2018, From Page 1B journey on the right path, win when I was three years old 9/11 terror attack on the Tournament in 2011 and ’15. when he guided the Georgia because I have the rim,” Fox Pentagon. his first defense, move closer Now it’s on to California, His road to that distinction men’s basketball team to an said. “It was always the sport Those ENMU days have where Johnson will be one of to a chance at the UFC. 18-15 overall record, 7-11 in was a 10-year battle that that I was drawn to.” stayed in Fox’s thoughts, have Fox’s assistant coaches. Fox is began after his military dis- Because, as Park said after the Southeastern Conference. It didn’t hurt that he grew up helped mold him. already impressed with the charge, and included hours of taking the championship last The Bulldogs were 11th in the in an athletic family, in a state “Your memories are always players he is inheriting. hard work at Force of One spring, “It’s always awesome SEC and at season’s end did that bleeds Jayhawk blue and of your teammates and the Martial Arts gym in Clovis, to win.” not even qualify for the NIT. Wildcat purple. He knew he experiences you have with “Kids are resilient, first of So after nine years with wanted to be a basketball them,” Fox said. “At that time all, but change is hard for kids Georgia, Fox was gone. coach since elementary Coach Diddle was still trying at the same time,” Fox said. team next year. “It wasn’t mutual, they let school, but he was young and to reshape the program and put “But they have been really Hammond Westerburg was already me go,” he said. “Obviously, still had plenty of playing his stamp on it, so he worked open to a new coaching staff familiar with Niemczak, that’s part of the business. We years ahead of him. us hard. I remember his condi- and hopefully they see a bright From Page 1B having coached her during parted ways and I moved on.” After high school, Fox con- tioning; some of those things future for themselves.” his Albuquerque days, so he Fox was out of coaching tinued his basketball career at you can’t forget because they What will it take for Fox “UNM’s under a mandate during the 2018-19 season, Garden City (Kansas) were difficult. I still do a vari- that they have to have a cer- knew she was a standout and his staff to elevate those which wasn’t all that terrible. Community College. He says ation of the conditioning drills players, to rescue Cal’s pro- tain number of New Mexico swimmer before the MWC “I think a chance to recharge he wasn’t yet prepared to take we did, I still use those today. kids,” Westerburg said. “But championships. Niemczak, gram from the doldrums? was welcome,” said Fox, a his game to the four-year col- I think every place you go you “That’s a great question,” they’re not just taking any- with all her credentials, married father of two. “I did a lege level. have things you learn and Fox said. “We also have an body. Those two for sure are squared off against Anya at lot of stuff for USA “At that time I had never draw from.” going to help them.” athletic director who had not the orientation. Basketball, but it was really a played one game of basketball Trent Johnson, who would Since both sisters swim even been here a year when he “And on the first day, her chance to catch my breath and in the summer. There weren’t become a longtime friend and distance freestyle, they will recharge, so that was really hired me, so I think the infra- and Anya were pretty com- camps and weren’t all the coaching colleague, helped swim the 500 and the mile healthy.” opportunities kids have in Fox get a graduate assistant structure in our basketball pro- for UNM. Anya is also capa- parable,” Westerburg said. While Fox was recharging, summer ball,” Fox recalled. “I job at Washington. Fox went gram will continue to change. ble in the backstroke, Maya “On the second day, Anya the Golden Bears were strug- played at the junior college on to an assistant coaching I think as we recruit players in the breaststroke, so they was miles ahead of her. And gling, and last season was only because that was the only position at Kansas State, then we’ll continue to adjust the tal- can complement each other, that’s huge. So for them to part of it. They were 16-47 option that I had. I’m thankful to another at Nevada, Reno, ent level, but it’s not just play- too. see, ‘Hey, I can train with over the past two seasons, so for that experience. Ultimately when Johnson was the head ers. It’s how we operate, how They recently attended these guys,’ that’s going to on March 24, Wyking Jones it changed the path of my life coach there. we’re funded. And hopefully UNM orientation where they be big-time, big-time.” was fired and the program because I was just an average Fox became Nevada, we’ll compete nationally once had a chance to train in a went searching for its 18th player, but it gave me a chance Reno’s head men’s basketball Sounds like a ‘big-time’ we have those things checked non-formal setting with head coach. Enter Fox, who to get a college education and coach in the late spring of swimming future is in store off our list.” other swimmers, some from had been the Nevada, Reno to go to Eastern and finish my 2004, days after Johnson Even in the challenging other schools, and the twins for Clovis’ dynamic duo. men’s head coach prior to his degree.” resigned to coach the Stanford early days, it should be an had success against that for- They won’t be a duo forever, Georgia stint, and had a 286- Fox earned a full basketball men’s team. Fox guided exciting time for Fox, his staff midable competition. 176 (.619) career coaching scholarship from ENMU and Nevada, Reno into the NCAA though. and California men’s basket- Among the swimmers from record. Earl Diddle, who was then just Tournament his first three sea- “I think once we graduate ball. outside of UNM was Zofia and figure out what we want “The one thing that I told one season into what would be sons there, and the last two led Niemczak, who won this my agent in the last year, I a 10-year coaching run high- them into the College “Yeah, I hope so, I hope so,” to do,” Maya said, “I think year’s Mountain West said, ‘I’m not going to have a lighted by a Lone Star Basketball Invitational, a tour- Fox said. “We have a lot of Conference 200 butterfly it’ll be OK to go separate conversation with anybody Conference Tournament nament including 16 teams work to do. The team has championship last February. ways.” that has a sitting coach.’ I just championship in 1993. that hadn’t qualified for the struggled a bit the last couple Niemczak is also vying to For more than 1 minute think that’s not the right way “I had a couple of schools in NCAA Tournament or NIT. of years, so we’ve got a lot of make the Polish Olympic and 10 seconds. to go about it,” Fox said. the Big Sky (Conference) that Five years in Reno were fol- work in front of us.”

WhatWhat’’ss happeninghappening ■ Eastern New Mexico University is now Team registration is $40 for the cornhole according to a release from the district. The camp will go 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and competitive games selling 2019-20 memberships for the tournament, with two people per team. To The sale will be open first to reserved each night, and is open to players from from 2:30 p.m-5 p.m. Greyhound Club, with club membership register, contact Yolanda Gallegos at 575- seat season ticket holders from the 2018 grades K-7. Registration is $40 per To register online visit the camps section required to buy season tickets for football, 749-2799 or email [email protected]. season, who have until Aug. 15 to either camper and due by Friday. of enmuhoops.com. volleyball and basketball. Team registration for sand volleyball is renew their season tickets at $60 each or Information: 575-356-8598 or jdiaz@por- Information: Tres Segler, Memberships start at $100 with different $120 per co-ed team, which can be relinquish their seats. talesnm.gov. [email protected] benefits for donation tiers of up to $5,000, between four and six players. To register, Any remaining seats after Aug. 15 will be and money may be directed to support contact Amy Kelley at 575-309-8516 or sold for $60, with a $20 discount to active ■ The New Mexico USSSA state cham- ■ The Eastern New Mexico University specific programs. Season tickets in gen- email [email protected]. duty and retired military. pionships are scheduled for Friday eral admission are $35 for volleyball, $40 Registrations and waiver forms must be Tickets may be purchased and picked up through Sunday, with the men’s and softball program will have three camps in for football and $50 for basketball, while in by Monday. All checks should be made at the CHS athletic office at 1900 women’s E tournaments in Ruidoso and September — prospect elite camps Sept. reserved basketball season tickets are payable to CHS Wildcat Boosters. Thornton. the men’s and women’s D and C tourna- 7 and 21 and a Lil’ Hounds Camp Sept. 14. $60 and chair-back season tickets for foot- The tickets are good for all five regular- ments in Las Cruces. All three camps are at Greyhound ball are $75. ■ Colonial Park Golf Course will hold a season home games, beginning Aug. 23 Entry fees for each tournament are Softball Field. Greyhound Club members from the junior golf camp Aug. 5-8. against Hobbs. Clovis will hold homecom- $315, payable to local USSSA area direc- The elite camps are for girls entering 2018-19 year have until Thursday to renew The camp is for golfers 10-18 and goes ing Oct. 4 against Sandia. If any are still tor Roger Jackson. Payment is due grades 9-12, and each respective camp their membership and reserve season tick- from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. daily, with snacks and available in-season, single-game reserved Monday. will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. with check-in ets. After that point, season tickets will be water provided. A limited amount of clubs seat tickets will be $12 each at the gate. Information: 575-762-8977 or clovisuss- and same-day registration for $60 per available for all Greyhound Club members will be available for players who don’t have General admission tickets are available [email protected] player at 8:30 a.m. Each camp will be lim- on a first-come, first-served basis. any. Campers are asked to register in in advance at the athletics office. Tickets ited to the first 40 participants that register. are $5 for adults and $3 for students, ■ To join or renew, call 575-562-2153 or advance at the pro shop and arrive 15 min- The Eastern New Mexico University The Lil’ Hound Camp will be held 9 a.m.- email [email protected], or visit utes before camp each day. active or retired military (with ID) and sen- men’s basketball program is running an noon Sept. 14 for girls or boys, with regis- goeasternathletics.com. The camps are $75 each, but partici- ior citizens (62 or older). Family athletic elite ID camp Aug. 10 at Greyhound Arena. tration beginning at 8:30 a.m. Registration pants pay $35 with the Blake Berry passes are not accepted for football The camp, with a $95 registration, is is $30 per participant. ■ The Clovis High volleyball booster Memorial Scholarship fund covering the games. open to all high school athletes, and is club will hold a pair of tournaments remaining amount. Information: Cindy Gulley, 575-769- designed to prepare athletes for the speed Information: [email protected]. Saturday at the sand volleyball courts Information: 575-762-4775. 4350, ext. 1023. and physicality of college basketball while adjacent to the Hillcrest Park Zoo. giving ENMU staff a chance to evaluate Sports events or sports-related activ- A cornhole tournament will be offered, ■ The Clovis High Athletics office is sell- ■ A youth tennis camp will be held this participating athletes as potential recruits. ities to list? Call: 575-763-3431. Fax: along with a four-on-four co-ed sand vol- ing reserved seat season tickets Monday week at the Bill Wahlman Tennis Center in The camp will have check-in starting at 9 575-762-3879. Drop it off at 521 Pile St, leyball tournament. for the upcoming Wildcat football season, Portales. a.m., following by skill development from Clovis. Email: [email protected] PAGE X Sunday July 28, 2019 IFE L THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS

Courtesy photos Above: Taken on the Fourth of July, 2018, in Clovis. Xavier, 11, and Xander, 5.

Right: The family in Japan in 2017. World-wide traveler

y name is Kim OUR PEOPLE Cho. I am from MBrooklyn, New ◗ Name: Kim and Sol Cho York. (We moved to ◗ America when I was 2.) My Age: 37 husband is Sol, and we have ◗ Where were you born? two boys: Xavier, 11; and Saigon, Vietnam Xander, 5. Sol joined the ◗ Where do you live military in the summer of now? Clovis 2002. We have traveled to many places overseas. Our favorite was Japan. We love only three months old. learning all of the cultures and customs in their lives. IF YOU COULD HAVE A We move around a lot, so I SUPER POWER, WHAT have had a lot of jobs. Some WOULD IT BE AND WHY? include substitute teaching, I would have a healing bank teller, secretary, sales power. I would love to heal associate, The Red Cross, any pain that anyone is hav- and I currently work as the ing or going through. If I manager of the Cannon can take that away from Thrift Shop. someone, I would be hon- ored to do so. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE? WHAT ARE YOU READ- We met in the Summer of ING? 1997 at my sister’s junior “The Last Lecture,” by high school graduation. We Randy Pausch. didn’t start dating until months later. 22 years later, WHAT DO YOU COLLECT? here we are, married with I love to collect currency two beautiful, handsome from all the different places boys. we have gone to.

TELL US ABOUT A TIME HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOU CRIED. TO BE REMEMBERED? It was during one of Sol’s I just want to be remem- deployments. My oldest was bered as a kind, loving per- son. Someone who is about to turn 7. We took my Courtesy photos always thinking and caring husband to the airport to Above: My husband Sol and I in Hirosaki, Japan. My husband, send him off. It wasn’t until about others. Most impor- we got into the car that the tantly, as a wonderful moth- Sol, and myself. tears started falling. I saw er to my children — how that Xavier was crying much they mean to me and Top left: Having fun in the snow with the family at Christmas. silently and wiping away what I would do for them. I tears. He was so brave not love them with all my Bottom left: The boys having photos done off of Route 60/84. showing daddy his tears. As might! a mother, I couldn’t bear seeing him hurt! I pulled DO YOU HAVE A CELEBRI- over and held him and cried TY CRUSH? with him and told him Dwayne “The Rock” everything would be okay. This was when Xander was CHO on Page XB Timmy’s tell-all ruined more than just ‘Lassie’ urns out Timmy is not kind of trouble or save someone burst a few childhood bubbles that the opening credits of “The Andy stuck in a well and, fur- else in danger in pretty much I wish had remained intact. Griffith Show.” The one where Tthermore, he never has Karl every episode. That was the tem- For instance, Lassie wasn’t a Andy and Opie are seen strolling been stuck in a well. plate of the show. Timmy does lass at all. He was a she, the first down the trail with fishing poles Terry something stupid, he finally gets television transvestite apparently. over their shoulders as Opie stops What deception! ◆ I caught a Fox News interview out of the jam with Lassie’s help, They even had an episode every to skip a stone. That iconic scene Local Mom welcomes him home with a year of Lassie having puppies, I is apparently a location right with Jon Provost, better known as columnist Timmy Martin, where he confess- tearful hug and Dad turns the inci- guess just because puppies are below Mulholland Drive, a short dent into a teachable moment with cute. es that Timmy never was trapped distance from Hollywood. a moral around the country kitchen Another deceit: that wonderful Timmy is no longer my best in a well in any of the TV classic characters over the years that got table. farmhouse with its yard full of friend. In fact I hope he does fall serials of the show “Lassie.” He trapped in abandoned wells (a “Flipper” and “Gentle Ben” chickens, barn and country kitchen down a well some day. Just see if says he’s not exactly sure where popular Hollywood predicament of used exactly the same format with was just a soundstage at Desilu Lassie comes to his rescue now the modern-day myth came from, the era). Timmy was trapped in equally cute kids and just substi- Studios. after all of his tell-all stories. but before he penned his autobiog- more than one mine, fell into lakes tuted a fish and a friendly bear for Worst of all, Timmy couldn’t He never could hold a candle to raphy “Timmy’s in the Well,” he and was likely one of the most the collie. It was good TV and stick to ruining just “Lassie.” Oh Ron Howard’s Opie anyway. reviewed every episode just to accident-prone youngsters on TV. responsible largely for my morally no, he ventured off into the televi- make sure he never spent time at So that’s likely how comedians sound fiber and ability to get into sion heaven that is Mayberry, Karl Terry writes for Clovis the bottom of a well. picked up the joke. all kinds of trouble. North Carolina. He talks about Media Inc. Contact him at: Apparently there were other Timmy had to get into some The interview with Timmy did filming at the same lake shown in [email protected] PAGE 4B ✦ SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 LIFE THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS Hero’s Journey, home remodeling ahead on show

nformation on the gadgets, Laura Bray, crafter in Mission, Texas. She’s is served in reusable glass postable materials. Hero’s Journey and and designer, will show how going to go over all the dif- mason jars, with a cloth What is clean food: Ihome remodeling will Sheryl to make a kindle cozy that ferent ways you can use a napkin and real silverware, ■ Organic (as much as be the featured topics on protects against scratches grapefruit section. She’ll all in a canvas bag. You also possible), third party certi- Borden also show how to section a “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. ◆ and dents when traveling. have the option to bring in fied. Tuesday and noon Thursday She represents Velcro USA, grapefruit quickly. your own container or ther- ■ Chemical-free, low Creative (all times Mountain). Living Inc. and lives in Aliso Viejo, mos and receive a discount. allergen and unprocessed. Sharon Barnes is a thera- California. Two Mothers We get many of our ingredi- ■ Free of sugar and artifi- pist for sensitive and gifted Christy Kabbani and ents from the Chicago cial sweeteners: we only use children and adults. She is Nicky Poloski are business Foods Green City Market and the honey from a local farm. going to discuss how highly op your scope of work as partners, and their company Two Mothers Foods Geneva Green Market, and ■ Absolutely no factory creative people can learn to well as your financial budg- is Two Mothers Foods. began by offering a lunch we have super-sized CSA’s farmed animal products. overcome discouragement. et can pay off. Brooks’ They pride themselves on program for the Four Winds with local farms to supply ■ Most of our foods are She’ll talk about how the company is Brooks Interior serving only “clean” food, Waldorf School in us much of the year. We try free of nutrient-poor ingre- Hero’s Journey can be help- in Clovis. which is free of high aller- Warrenville, Illinois. We are to be approachable to all. At dients, such as wheat, sugar, ful to a highly creative per- Information on making a gens, low nutrient density expanding, and now have a least 50% of our menu is corn syrup and gluten-free son. Barnes is from kindle cozy, preparing and ingredients and preserva- reduced-waste lunch shop in vegan, gluten free, sugar mixes. Littleton, Colorado. serving “clean” food and tives. They’ll demonstrate Naperville, Illinois. They free, dairy free, soy free, Interior decorator Latriece different ways to use grape- one of their recipes and hope to share their venture and nut free. We are “Creative Living” is pro- Brooks will explain why fruit sections will be the fea- show how it is served. with other conscientious absolutely committed to duced and hosted by having an Interior Decorator tured topics on “Creative They are from Naperville, eaters who like the idea that sustainability: We do not Sheryl Borden. The show involved in your remodeling Living” noon Tuesday and 2 Illinois. their lunch creates minimal want to be a food company is carried by more than 118 or building projects can save p.m. Saturday. Eleisha Ensign is the waste. that creates waste from PBS stations. Contact her money in the long run. For those who can’t go Executive Director for Healthy clean food: paper, plastic, or even one- at: Having someone help devel- anywhere without computer TexaSweet Citrus Marketing Minimal waste means food use recyclables or com- [email protected]

Senior calendar Baxter Curren Senior Center Community Senior Center cream power walking, 9 a.m. zumba, noon Other activities: 11 a.m. general meet- 908 Hickory St., Clovis 1100 Community Way, Portales Tuesday: Chicken fried rice, Oriental Friendship Next Generation (science activ- ing second Tuesday each month, 1 p.m.-5 Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 Monday: Hamburger macaroni, green vegetables, salad, spring rolls, tropical fruit ities) p.m. dance, third Sunday each month, 1 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance beans, buttered corn, peanut butter cook- Wednesday: Baked fish, scalloped Thursday: Daily activities, Spider-Man p.m.-3 p.m. jam/potluck, last Friday each Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise ie, watermelon potatoes, blended vegetables, salad, movies all day month equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. Tuesday: Grilled pork chop, mashed breadstick, banana pudding Friday: Daily activities, 1 p.m. bingo pinochle class, 11 a.m. novice line potatoes and gravy, green beans, biscuit, Thursday: Burrito with beef, potatoes, Daily activities: Crafts, 8-ball pool, cof- Los Abuelitos Senior Center dance, 1 p.m. pinochle, 5:30 p.m. ladies’ cherry cobbler cheese and pinto peans, salad, fruit cock- fee, snooker, games, darts and puzzles 1515 W. Fir St., Portales night out Wednesday: Green chile cheeseburg- tail Monday: Daily activities er, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, tater tots, Friday: Chicekn sandwich with lettuce La Casa Senior Center Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise Tuesday: Daily activities, ICAN pears and tomato, tater tots, baked beans, fruit 1120 Cameo St., Clovis equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 Wednesday: Daily activities Thursday: Biscuits and gravy, ham, salad Monday: Daily activities, 9 a.m. exer- a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang scrambled eggs, cubed potatoes, fruit cise, 1 p.m. bingo Thursday: Daily activities, loteria Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and cocktail Friendship Senior Center Tuesday: Daily activities, 1 p.m. bingo Friday: Daily activities biscuits $5, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 Friday: BBQ beef sandwich, mixed 901 West 13th St., Clovis Wednesday: Daily activities, 10 a.m. Daily activities: 9 a.m.-9:45 a.m. exer- p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance vegetables, plums Monday: Daily activities, 8:30 a.m. exercise, 1 p.m. bingo cise, sewing/crafts, 8-ball pool Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equip- power walking, 9 a.m. zumba, 1 p.m. lote- Thursday: Daily activities, 1 p.m. lote- Other activities: 11 a.m. general meet- ment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. CRSMA Senior Diner’s Club ria ria ing, second Thursday each month, 1 p.m.- needle gang, 1 p.m. pinochle, 7 p.m. 901 West 13th St., Clovis Tuesday: Daily activities, 3 p.m. fun Friday: Daily activities 5 p.m. dance, second Sunday each month, dance (Curry County Outlaws) Monday: Cheeseburger, lettuce, toma- night Daily activities: Sewing/crafts, 8-ball 8 a.m.-noon commodities, third Daily activities: 8-ball pool to, onions, baked beans, tater tots, ice Wednesday: Daily activities, 8:30 a.m. pool Wednesday each month for ages 60-plus.

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Johnson and Jason Stratham are a couple I words help promote gender equality? will name. By Gracie Bonds Staples ANALYSIS FAVORITE QUOTE? THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- “I’ve learned that people CONSTITUTION will forget what you said, people will forget what Since reading about the Berkeley you did, but people will City Council’s vote to replace never forget how you made more than two dozen terms used in them feel.” — Maya the city’s municipal code with gen- der-neutral words, I’ve been trying Angelou to remember a time when I felt words like chairman or manpower IF MONEY WERE NO or fireman made me feel less than OBJECT, WHAT WOULD or excluded. YOU DO TO MAKE EAST- I can’t. That could be my way of ERN NEW MEXICO A BET- dealing with the pain that one TER PLACE? might feel, but I don’t think so. I I would bring in more do think this California city coun- retail stores and eateries. cil just made, excuse the cliché, a The one thing I would love mountain out of a molehill. to change is adding more If you haven’t heard, the city’s educational facilities for municipal code will no longer fea- the children. Museums ture words like “manhole” and “manpower.” It will use instead would also be a good addi- “maintenance hole” and “human tion for the young ones. effort” or “workforce.” Gender- Growing up in New York, specific references to job titles, we had so many levels of like “policeman” and “craftsmen,” museums to go to. We will also be changed in the code, to could learn and interact “police officer” and “craftspeople” and it was great. or “artisans.” “Sorority” and “fra- ternity” would change to “colle- WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE giate Greek system residence.” FOR YOUR LAST MEAL? And the use of gendered pronouns, Dreamstime photo via TNS like “he” and “she,” would be I love Dim Sum. That The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to replace more than two dozen terms often used in the city's replaced with specific titles, like would definitely be my last municipal code with gender-neutral words. meal. During this “brunch” “the attorney” or “the candidate.” meal, so many different The measure passed unanimous- ly. describe the world also shapes it, Worcester, Massachusetts. express ourselves all take in what’s types of food are being I was surprised but then I helping to form our own ideas of Albuquerque, Detroit, Memphis, happening in society. We’ve seen served, so I would have remembered similar stories out of what feels right and wrong, how Minneapolis, New York and this in references to racial groups, plenty to eat. New York, where the city has the world should be, how it really Seattle have all made language less ability differences, and gender added a gender-neutral option to is,” she said. “If you only ever hear gender-specific, but these changes more broadly. Terms such as WHAT’S THE BEST GIFT birth certificates, and the decision of ‘Mommy and Me’ baby yoga are usually incremental and hap- ‘Latinx,’ ‘differently abled’ and YOU’VE EVER GIVEN? by the Boy Scouts to drop “Boy” classes or first responders as ‘fire- pen without much fanfare, she ‘transgender’ were simply not part RECEIVED? from its flagship program. men,’ you get a certain picture of said. of the lexicon until recently, nor The best gift I have I raised an eyebrow even then, the world: A dad would seem Back in 1990, Johnson said, for were the now infamous LOL-type received is something that but Elizabeth Markovits, a profes- absurd at Mommy and Me class — instance, Sacramento officially expressions.” is not a material item. It is sor of political science who has or at least a funny or praise-worthy changed “manhole” to “mainte- Are there naysayers? all of the bonding through worked to promote the use of gen- addition. Definitely out-of-the- nance hole” (Berkeley’s chosen Sure. Social change always the friendships I have der-inclusive language at Mount ordinary. And a woman in the fire- term), and it’s not uncommon draws detractors. house is likewise remarkable and today to see terms such as “service “Some object because they do made during this military Holyoke College, reminded me causes us to do a double take hole,” “utility hole” and “access not see language as important or journey. With each and that my experiences aren’t the only ones that count here. because this language is so embed- chamber.” they think it’s somehow cemented every friendship, we have “I urge folks to look at the result ded in us and shapes how we see There are also cities other than in tradition,” Johnson said. “Even all gained and learned on our society, rather than their the world.” Berkeley where language changes a short history of language usage from one another. They are own experience,” she said. Markovits said that gendered have been adopted, but these shows contrasts from one time to all like a family to me, and Point taken but even knowing language helps create a world haven’t made the national head- another. My grandmother at my that has no value. the power of words, I don’t get where women are seen as naturally lines. own age would have been termed how this matters when it comes to suited … to the task of parenting, “Rarely are they voted on more ‘an old lady’ and ‘elderly’ but def- WHAT DO YOU HOPE gender equity. and less fit for physically demand- widely, as when Philadelphia resi- initely not a ‘senior citizen.’ YOUR LIFE WILL BE LIKE Markovits, on the other hand, ing jobs or political leadership. dents passed a ballot measure in “Many of my own schoolmates in IN 10 YEARS? believes gendered words help This leads to the division of all May that made the term ‘coun- the early 1960s were ‘Negroes.’ That we will finally set- explain why gender inequality per- sorts of things from housework cilmember’ official,” Johnson said, Not today.” tle into one place that we sists, why more of us think moms and child care to income inequali- adding the broader context for The only thing that seems for can call our forever home. should stay home with young kids ty and glass ceilings. So tackling these changes is evident every- sure is the ways in which we use this where we can — in our local where. language are constantly evolving A home that we can start rather than dads and why Congress is composed overwhelmingly of political life and everyday speech “It’s hard to find a publishing with social changes, and that building memories for our men. — is one tiny piece of moving us house that does not have guide- includes vocabulary. kids. And hopefully, maybe Can using gender-neutral words closer to equality. lines for gender-inclusive lan- Johnson said gender-neutral lan- we can add another baby to instead change the way we see A lot of people agree. guage, and journalistic style manu- guage is quickly becoming the our family. each other? For sure, Berkeley isn’t the first als have changed, too,” Johnson norm. So much so when a person Markovits doesn’t think they are city to give its municipal codes a said. “This is because language or organization uses male-laden — Compiled by the answer, but she is convinced it linguistic cleansing, said Fern changes in tandem with changes in forms, it sticks out like a sore correspondent Celina plays a role. Johnson, a senior research scholar society. The words and phrases we thumb as it screams of sexism. Avallone McHale “The language we use to of English at Clark University in use and the manner in which we That’s news to me. THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS LIFE SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 ✦ PAGE 5B Honors Bradsher Euteneier Katrina Bradsher of Clovis graduated from Jenna Euteneier of Muleshoe graduated the University of Utah May 2 with a Master from the University of Utah May 2 with a of entertainment arts & engineering degree. Master of occupational therapy degree. She was among 8,465 students receiving She was among 8,465 students receiving degrees degrees.

On the shelves The following books are “Mama's Last Hug” by stole everything from him. available for checkout: Frans De Waal discusses “What Doesn't Kill facial expressions, the emo- Her” by Christina Dodd: Clovis-Carver tions behind human politics, Kellen Adams suffers from the illusion of free will, ani- a yearlong gap in her mem- Public Library mal sentience, and, of ory. A bullet to the brain “Anthony Bourdain course, Mama's life and will cause that. But she's Remembered” by CNN: death. The message is one discovering the truth, and Anthony Bourdain of continuity between us what she learns changes her Remembered brings togeth- and other species, such as life, her confidence, her er memories and anecdotes the radical proposal that very self. She is carrying a from fans reminiscing about emotions are like organs: we priceless burden she must Bourdain's unique achieve- don't have a single organ protect at all costs. The con- ments and his enduring that other animals don't sequences of failure would effect on their lives as well have, and the same is true break her. And Kellen as comments from chefs, for our emotions Adams does not break. “Confessions of an journalists, filmmakers, “The Bride Test” by Innocent Man” by David musicians, and writers Helen Hoang: Khai Diep R. Dow Rafael: Zhettah rel- has no feelings. Well, he inspired by Bourdain. ishes the simplicity and “Cutting Machine freedom of his life. He is feels irritation when people Crafts” by Lia Griffith: the owner and head chef of move his things or content- This book includes beautiful a promising Houston restau- ment when ledgers balance items you can make using rant. Then, lightning strikes. down to the penny, but not just about any electronic die When he finds Teresa sitting big, important emotions-like cutting machine, by down- at one of his tables, he also grief. And love. He thinks loading the SVG templates, finds his soul mate and his he's defective. His family running your materials life starts again. And just as knows better-that his autism through your machine, and fast, when she is brutally means he just processes following the instructions to murdered in their home, emotions differently. When assemble your cut materials. when he is convicted of the he steadfastly avoids rela- Discover graphic crime, it is all ripped away. tionships, his mother takes Scandinavian patterns to But for Rafael Zhettah, matters into her own hands decorate aprons and tea tow- death row is not the end. It and returns to Vietnam to els, paper succulent center- is only the beginning. Now, find him the perfect bride. pieces, and dozens of with his recaptured freedom, blooms for bouquets, gar- he will stop at nothing to — Summaries provided lands, and crowns. deliver justice to those who by library staff

Dreamstime photo via TNS Researchers from the University of South Australia recently conducted a study, pub- lished in the Nutrients journal, to explore the association between chili intake and cognitive function. Study: Spicy diet linked to dementia By Najja Parker decline was even more significant for slim THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION participants. “Chili consumption was found to be bene- Do you add hot sauce to many of your ficial for body weight and blood pressure in favorite dishes? Beware, because a spicy diet our previous studies. However, in this study, could raise your dementia risk. we found adverse effects on cognition among Researchers from the University of South older adults,” lead author Zumin Shi said in Australia recently conducted a study, pub- a statement. lished in the Nutrients journal, to explore the Chili is one of the most commonly used association between chili intake and cogni- spices in the world, but it’s particularly more tive function. popular in Asia, according to the study. It’s To do so, they examined 4,582 Chinese uncommon to consume more than 50 grams of chili daily in Western countries. However, adults aged 55 and older for 15 years. The “in certain regions of China, such as Sichuan subjects recorded their food intake and and Hunan, almost one in three adults con- underwent cognitive screen tests throughout sume spicy food every day,” co-author Ming the assessment. Li said. After analyzing the results, the team found The scientists revealed those who ate lots those who ate more than 50 grams of chili a of chili had a lower income and body mass day had a faster cognitive decline, compared index and were more physically active than to those who consumed fewer than 50 grams those who didn’t consume as much chili. of chili daily. Fifty grams of chili is equiva- They also noted people with a normal body lent to about three to four tablespoons of weight may be more sensitive to chili intake dried chili peppers. than overweight individuals. Those who had more than 50 grams of the The team now hopes to continue their stud- spice a day almost had double the risk of ies to determine if reducing chili intake can memory decline and poor cognition, and the lower dementia risk. PAGE 6B ✦ SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 LOCAL THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS Area events

Monday-Friday Schools; Sherri Suzanne Pierce-Perry, ■ Blood drive — 3-7 p.m., meet- 600 S. Norris, Clovis. Information: College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. ■ Youth Tennis Camp — 6:30- Portales Junior High School; Suzan P. ing room, Central Baptist Church, 575-935-7000 Register online at http://www.blood- 7:30 p.m. daily, Bill Wahlman tennis Lundy, Marshal Middle School; and 2501 N. Norris St., Clovis. Register hero.com. Information: 877-258-4825 courts by Portales Junior High School, Yvette Tarango, Clovis High School. online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Aug. 13 between Abilene and East Third Information: 575-562-2373 Information: 877-258-4825 ■ Back to school immunization Aug. 26 Streets, Portales. Open to youth from ■ First United Methodist Church clinic — 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3:30 ■ First day of preschool for Elida kindergarten through seventh grade. community yard sale — 5-8 p.m., Aug. 8 p.m., Clovis Public Health Office, 1216 Schools. Information: elidaschools.net Cost is $40 per camper. Space is limit- Fellowship Hall, FUMC, 200 S. Ave. C, ■ First day of classes for Elida Cameo, Clovis. Open to the public; or 575-274-6211 ed; call to check on availability. Portales. Information: 575-356-8597 Schools kindergarten through free immunizations. Bring shot records ■ First day of preschool for Information or to register: 575-356- ■ Kids’ Bike Night — 5:30-8:30 grade 12. Information: and proof of insurance, including Texico Schools. Information: 8598 or email [email protected] p.m., High Plains Harley-Davidson, elidaschools.net or 575-274-6211 Medicaid. Information: 575-763-5583 www.texicoschools.com or 575-482- 4400 Mabry Drive, Clovis. Strider ■ Tucumcari Field Day — 4:30-9 3801 Monday races, bouncy house, and stunt show. p.m., Agricultural Science Center at Aug. 14 ■ United Way of Eastern New ■ Back to school immunization Strider races begin at 6 p.m. Tucumcari, three miles northeast of ■ First day of classes for Clovis Mexico Women’s Initiative Network clinic — 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3:30 Information: 575-769-1000 Tucumcari on Highway 54. Keynote Christian School. Information: clo- (WIN) luncheon — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., p.m., Clovis Public Health Office, 1216 speaker: Tom Sidwell, New Mexico viseagles.com or 575-935-2278 Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Cameo, Clovis. Open to the public; Saturday Cattle Growers Association president. Blvd., Clovis. Tickets $15-$20, avail- free immunizations. Bring shot records ■ Sand Volleyball and Cornhole Includes meal and hay wagon tour. Aug. 15 able online at and proof of insurance, including Tournament supporting Clovis High Information or directions: call 575-461- ■ Blood drive — 10 a.m.-2:30 http://www.mkt.com/uwenm/item/win- Medicaid. Additional clinics scheduled School Girls’ Volleyball — 8 a.m., 1620 or email [email protected] p.m., Cannon Room, Plains Regional luncheon. Information: 575-769-2103 for Aug. 5 and Aug. 13. Information: Little Safari (formerly Luck-E Dawg Medical Center, 2100 N. Martin Luther 575-763-5583 Kiddy Land), 1201 Sycamore, Clovis. Aug. 9 King Jr. Blvd., Clovis. Register online Aug. 27-31 ■ Scouts BSA (Boy Scouts of Teams must register by July 29. ■ First day of classes for Dora at http://www.bloodhero.com. ■ Roosevelt County Fair, America) Girl Troop Signup Night — Registration cost for 6-person co-ed Schools kindergarten through Information: 877-258-4825 Fairgrounds, Portales. Information: 6:30-7:30 p.m., American Legion Post volleyball teams is $120. Registration grade 12. Information: ■ Stoney LaRue in concert with 575-356-4417 25, 2400 W. Seventh St., Clovis. for two-person cornhole teams is $40 www.doraschools.com or 575-477- Micky and the Motor Cars — doors Information event for girls ages 11-17 per team. Free admission for specta- 2211 open 7 p.m .; concert 8 p.m., Curry Aug. 28 who are interested in a new troop tors; concessions will be available. For ■ Free preschool screening clin- County Events Center, 1900 E. Brady, ■ Summer Movie Under the forming soon. Hosted by Scouts of volleyball registration or information, ic — 8 a.m.-noon by appointment Clovis. Tickets $15-$19 include admis- Stars — 8:15 p.m., Wheatfields Clovis and Portales. Information: email email [email protected] only, Dora Consolidated Schools, 100 sion to the Curry County Fair. Senior Living Community, 4701 N. [email protected] or call 248-790- or call Amy Kelley 575-309-8516. For School St., Dora. Sponsored by Available in advance at http://www.out- Prince St., Clovis. Free movie on the 3126 cornhole registration or information, Regional Education Cooperative #6 housetickets.com. Information: 575- back lawn; popcorn and soda provid- email [email protected] or call and open to children ages birth to 5 in 935-7000 ed. Information: 575-762-8700 Tuesday Yolanda Gallegos 575-749-2799 the Dora school district. Information or ■ New Mexico State Auditor ■ Raptor Skies with falconer to make appointment: Stacy Smith Aug. 16 Sept. 6 Brian S. Colón open office hours — Tom Smylie — 9-11 a.m., covered 575-477-2211 ■ Brigade Freestyle Motocross ■ Blood drive — 12:30-4:30 p.m., 8:30-10:45 a.m., Clovis Municipal shelter, Oasis State Park, 1891 Oasis ■ Clovis Back to School Health — doors open 5 p.m .; showtime 7 Bloodmobile, Clovis-Carver Public Schools Central Office, 1009 N. Main Road, Portales. Presentation and live Center Celebration — 4-7 p.m., La p.m., Curry County Mounted Patrol Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. St., Clovis. Colón and Office of the demonstration with peregrine falcon Casa Family Health Center Clovis, Arena, Fairgrounds, 600 S. Norris, Register online at State Auditor Constituent Services and Harris’ hawk. No pets allowed. 1521 W. 13th St., Clovis. Family event Clovis. Tickets $18-$22 include admis- www.bloodhero.com. Information: 877- staff available to meet with the public. Free, but $5 per car state park admis- with free immunizations, blood pres- sion to the Curry County Fair. 258-4825 No appointment necessary; first come, sion applies. Hosted by Friends of sure checks, dental screenings, car Available in advance at http://www.out- first served. Information: Oasis State Park. Information: 575- seat clinic, blood drive, interactive housetickets.com. Information: 575- Sept. 7 www.saonm.org 356-5331 games, community vendors, bounce 935-7000 ■ Norman Petty Studios Alumni ■ Allen Theaters free Tuesday ■ “Painting a Better Story” art house, food, music, face painting. ■ Curry County Fair junior live- Reunion — 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Norman & movie: “How to Train Your Dragon: project — 10 a.m.-2 p.m., North Information: Jasmine Johnson at 575- stock auction — 6:30 p.m., Curry Vi Petty Rock & Roll Museum, 105 E. The Hidden World” — 9 a.m., 11:20 Plains Mall, 2809 N. Prince St., Clovis. 359-3825 County Events Center, 1900 E. Brady Grand Ave., Clovis. Basement of the a.m., 1:40 p.m., North Plains Cinema In conjunction with tax-free weekend ■ Blood drive — 4-7 p.m., Ave., Clovis. Information: 575-935- Clovis Chamber of Commerce build- 7, 2809 N. Prince St., Clovis. First Children ages 3-18 invited to create Bloodmobile, La Casa Family Health 7000 ing. Public is invited. Press will be in come, first served. Information: 575- paintings to be sold in a September Center Clovis, 1521 W. 13th St., ■ Drake Hayes concert — 10 attendance noon-1 p.m. Information: 218-7106 fundraiser auction to benefit The Clovis. Register online at p.m., Curry County Events Center, 575-763-3435 ■ Blood drive — 1:30-5:30 p.m., Oasis Children’s Advocate Center in http://www.bloodhero.com. 1900 E. Brady Ave., Clovis. Follows ■ Desert Cruzers Run to Hillcrest Battle of the Badges Bloodmobile, Clovis. Free; all materials provided. Information: 877-258-4825 the junior livestock sale. Free for any- — 8 a.m. registration; 11 a.m. opening Clovis Fire Department, 320 Mitchell Sponsored by the Rotary Club of ■ Melrose Old Timers’ Music one at the Curry County Fair. ceremonies, Hillcrest Park, 808 St., Clovis. Register online at Clovis. Information: Amy Corbin 575- Festival — 7 p.m., PE complex, Information: 575-935-7000 Sycamore, Clovis. Annual car show, http://www.bloodhero.com. 749-1118 Melrose Schools, 100 E. Missouri open to street-driven vehicles from Information: 877-258-4825 ■ First United Methodist Church Ave., Melrose. Cost: $5 children 3-12; Aug. 17 1999 and earlier. Registration fee $30 ■ New Mexico State Auditor community yard sale — 7 a.m-1 $8 ages 13 and up. Full concessions ■ 2019 Moo-ve It!: The 9th before Sept. 1; $40 after. Information: Brian S. Colón open office hours — p.m., parking lot, FUMC, 200 S. Ave. available from Melrose junior class. Annual Southwest Cheese Jerry Bailey, 575-693-2511; Red 2:30-5 p.m., Portales Public Libary, C, Portales. Information: 575-356- Information: 575-760-5439 Fundraising Truck Pull Competition Nevins, 575-309-5172; Mike Camp, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Colón and 8597 ■ Marriage Night — 7-9:45 p.m., benefiting the United Way of 575-714-4737. Office of the State Auditor Constituent Faith Christian Family Church, 3401 Eastern New Mexico — 10 a.m.- Services staff available to meet with Aug. 5 N. Norris, Clovis. $10 per person noon, parking lot, Curry County Ongoing the public. No appointment necessary; ■ Back to school immunization includes barbecue, fun, games, guest Events Center, 1900 E. Brady Ave., ■ New Mexico and West Texas first come, first served. Information: clinic — 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3:30 speakers. Fundraiser for Faith Clovis. Fifteen-member teams com- Art Educator Exhibition — through www.saonm.org p.m., Clovis Public Health Office, 1216 Christian youth group. Singles wel- pete to pull a loaded milk tanker truck. Friday, Runnels Gallery, Golden ■ Meet and greet with State Cameo, Clovis. Open to the public; come. Childcare available. Advance Registration 9:30-10 a.m. day of Student Success Center, ENMU, Auditor Brian S. Colón — 5:30-7 free immunizations. Bring shot records tickets encouraged; space is limited. event, but advance registration Portales. Open during regular building p.m., Landall’s Box Office, 421 S. Ave. and proof of insurance, including Information: 575-762-7751 encouraged. Entry fee is $400 per hours. Artists’ reception 3 p.m. Friday. C, Portales. Hosted by the Roosevelt Medicaid. Additional clinic scheduled team; 100 percent of money goes to Featured artists include Alyssa Lopez, County Democratic Party. Information: for Aug. 13. Information: 575-763- Aug. 10 UWENM. Must be 18 and over to par- Muleshoe High School; Christopher 575-791-3021 5583 ■ Melrose Old Timers’ Day — 7-9 ticipate. Multiple levels of event spon- Don Rabb, Clovis High School; Corey a.m., pancake breakfast, Melrose sorship also available. Information: R. Pickett, Clovis Municipal Schools; Wednesday Aug. 6 Senior Center, 427 Main St., Melrose; email [email protected] or call Julia L. Woodruff, Elida Municipals ■ Free preschool screening clin- ■ First day of classes for Floyd $3 ages 12 and under, $5 ages 13 575-769-2103 Schools; Sherri Suzanne Pierce-Perry, ic — 9-11:30 a.m. by appointment Schools. Information: www.floydbron- and up. 9:30 a.m., parade on Main ■ Brigade Freestyle Motocross Portales Junior High School; Suzan P. only, Texico Municipal Schools, 520 N. cos.com or 575-478-2211 Street. 11 a.m., Chamber of — doors open 5 p.m .; showtime 7 Lundy, Marshal Middle School; and Griffin St., Texico. Sponsored by ■ Free preschool screening clin- Commerce pulled pork sandwich p.m., Curry County Mounted Patrol Yvette Tarango, Clovis High School. Regional Education Cooperative #6 ic — 8 a.m.-noon by appointment lunch in the park, $6 per person. Arena, Fairgrounds, 600 S. Norris, Information: 575-562-2373 and open to children ages birth to 5 in only, Melrose Municipal Schools, 100 Activities all day in Melrose Park, Clovis. Tickets $18-$22 include admis- ■ Clovis and Portales Farmers the Texico school district. Information Missouri Ave., Melrose. Sponsored by including car show, class reunions, sion to the Curry County Fair. Markets — Clovis: 10 a.m. Saturdays, or to make appointment: Debbie Regional Education Cooperative #6 turtle races, food vendors. Information: Available in advance at http://www.out- 5 p.m. Tuesdays, parking lot of Ulibarri 575-482-3492 and open to children ages birth to 5 in 575-760-5439 housetickets.com. Information: 575- Goodwin Lake Walking Trail, 3201 N. ■ Blood drive — 9:30 a.m.-1:30 the Melrose school district. Information ■ Blood drive — 10 a.m.-1:30 935-7000 Prince St., Clovis. Portales: 5 p.m. p.m., Battle of the Badges or to make appointment: Karla Moore p.m., Bloodmobile, La Casa Family ■ Tejano Concert featuring Los Mondays and Thursdays during July Bloodmobile, Clovis Fire Department, 575-253-4266 Health Center Portales, 1515 W. Fir, Palominos, Rick Fuentes and and August, parking lot of First Street 320 Mitchell St., Clovis. Register ■ Allen Theaters free Tuesday Portales. Register online at Brown Express, Grupo Mezcal — and Avenue B, Portales. Information: online at http://www.bloodhero.com. movie: “Smurfs: The Lost Village” http://www.bloodhero.com. doors open 7 p.m .; concert 8 p.m., 575-760-0690 Information: 877-258-4825 — 9 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 1:40 p.m., North Information: 877-258-4825 Curry County Events Center, 1900 E. ■ Pintores Art League Artists of ■ Summer Movie Under the Plains Cinema 7, 2809 N. Prince St., ■ Back to School Expo — 11 Brady, Clovis. Tickets $15-$19 include the Month displaying for July at Stars — 8:15 p.m., Wheatfields Clovis. First come, first served. a.m.-4 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 admission to the Curry County Fair. Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Senior Living Community, 4701 N. Information: 575-218-7106 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Local Available in advance at http://www.out- Main, Clovis, are members of the Prince St., Clovis. Free movie on the ■ Blood drive — 11 a.m.-3 p.m., exhibitors, businesses, non-profits, housetickets.com. Information: 575- Muleshoe Art Association. Information: back lawn; popcorn and soda provid- Bloodmobile, Roosevelt General organizations, art classes, demonstra- 935-7000 806-946-9221 ed. Information: 575-762-8700 Hospital, 42121 Highway 70, Portales. tions, fashion shows, live music and ■ Curry County Summer Food ■ Free online class: Children in Register online at http://www.blood- performances, and a cornhole tourna- Aug. 19 Service Program — free nutritious Hot Cars — available all day long at hero.com. Information: 877-258-4825 ment. Information: 575-935-5000 ■ First day of classes for Clovis breakfasts and lunches served at training.nsc.org/hot-cars. In honor of ■ Under Over Festival — 3-7:30 ■ “Painting a Better Story” art Community College. Information: numerous locations to children 18 and Heat Stroke Awareness Day. p.m., Hillcrest Park, 1201 Sycamore project — Noon-4 p.m., Clovis Civic www.clovis.edu or 575-769-2811 under through Friday. Sponsored by Certificate of completion provided at St., Clovis. Free arts/crafts activities, Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. In ■ First day of preschool for La Casa Family Health Center; the end of training. classes, art show, giveaways, enter- conjunction with Back to School Expo. Clovis Schools. Information: New Mexico Children, Youth, Families tainment. Information: Email under- Children ages 3-18 invited to create www.clovis-schools.org or 575-769- Department Family Nutrition Bureau; Friday-Sunday [email protected] paintings to be sold in a September 4300 and the United States Department of ■ New Mexico tax-free holiday — ■ “Painting a Better Story” art fundraiser auction to benefit The ■ First day of preschool for Dora Agriculture. Information: 12:01 a.m. Friday through midnight project — 3-7:30 p.m., Hillcrest Park, Oasis Children’s Advocate Center in Schools. Information: http://www.lacasahealth.com or 575- Sunday; taxes waived on many back- 1201 Sycamore St., Clovis. In con- Clovis. Free; all materials provided. www.doraschools.com or 575-477- 359-3764 to-school items. Information: junction with Under Over Festival. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of 2211 ■ Roosevelt County Summer www.tax.newmexico.gov/tax- Children ages 3-18 invited to create Clovis. Information: Amy Corbin 575- ■ First day of classes for Food Service Program — free nutri- holiday.aspx paintings to be sold in a September 749-1118 Portales Schools kindergarten tious breakfasts and lunches served at fundraiser auction to benefit The ■ Public star viewing — 8-10 through grade 2. Information: numerous locations to children 18 and Friday Oasis Children’s Advocate Center in p.m., Oasis State Park, 1891 Base www.portalesschools.com or 575-356- under through Friday. Sponsored by ■ Free preschool screening clin- Clovis. Free; all materials provided. Line Road, Portales. Hosted by Clovis 7000 La Casa Family Health Center; NM ic — 8 a.m.-noon by appointment Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Astronomy Club and Friends of Oasis CYFD Family Nutrition Bureau; and only, Elida Municipal Schools, 103 Clovis. Information: Amy Corbin 575- State Park. Event is free, but park Aug. 20 the USDA. Information: Church St., Elida. Sponsored by 749-1118 entry is $5 per car. Multiple telescopes ■ First day of classes for http://www.lacasahealth.com or 575- Regional Education Cooperative #6 available for use. Information: 757- Eastern New Mexico University. 359-3764 and open to children ages birth to 5 in Aug. 7 846-7509 Information: www.enmu.edu or 575- ■ Kids’ College — Clovis the Elida school district. Information or ■ First day of classes for 562-1011 Community College, 417 Schepps to make appointment: Peggy Eimen Melrose Schools. Information: Aug. 12 ■ First day of classes for Blvd., Clovis. Wide variety of classes 575-274-6211 www.melroseschools.com or 575-253- ■ First day of classes for Clovis Portales Schools pre-kindergarten. and activities for ages 3-17. New ■ Artists’ reception for the New 4269 Schools kindergarten through Information: www.portalesschools.com classes beginning regularly through Mexico and West Texas Art ■ Free preschool screening clinic grade 12. Information: www.clovis- or 575-356-7000 Thursday. Costs vary; scholarships Educator Exhibition — 3 p.m., — 8 a.m.-noon by appointment only, schools.org or 575-769-4300 ■ First day of classes for Texico available. For a complete listing, visit Runnels Gallery, Golden Student Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, 1001 ■ First day of classes for Schools kindergarten through http://www.clovis.edu/kidscollege Success Center, ENMU, Portales. Sumner Ave., Fort Sumner. Sponsored Portales Schools grades 3-12. grade 12. Information: www.texi- Information: 575-769-4760 Featured artists include Alyssa Lopez, by Regional Education Cooperative #6 Information: www.portalesschools.com coschools.com or 575-482-3801 Muleshoe High School; Christopher and open to children ages birth to 5 in or 575-356-7000 To place an item on the events Don Rabb, Clovis High School; Corey the Fort Sumner school district. Aug. 22 calendar, call the newsroom at 575- R. Pickett, Clovis Municipal Schools; Information or to make appointment: Aug. 13-17 ■ Blood drive — 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 763-6991 or e-mail: Julia L. Woodruff, Elida Municipals Robyn Drake 575-355-7766 ■ Curry County Fair, Fairgrounds, Gymnasium, Clovis Community [email protected] THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS LOCAL SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 ✦ PAGE 7B GAME INVENTORS

Staff photos: Kevin Wilson Right: Candice Gibbs, left, and Ana Estrada show classmate Gabriel Vasquez deliver his pre-recorded explanation Wednesday at Clovis Community College on the “Worm Holes” board game — an outer space version of “Chutes and Ladders.” The three were part of a group project in a CCC English 104 class. Instructor Greg Rapp said the students worked for seven weeks creating a board game from scratch for presentation.

Above: From left, Joseph Lewis and Peter Wafula demonstrate their group’s “4 2 1,” a combination card and dice game.

Jail log Booked against a household member ■ Denise Cervantes, 35, con- ment, aggravated assault (deadly ■ Ruben Rubio, 47 ■ Kaleb Dewitt, 27, aggravated tempt of court (misdemeanor), hold weapon) ■ Jimmie Dockter, 58 The following were booked battery (no great bodily harm), fail- for other agency ■ Francisco Navarrete, 26, ■ Arturo Vaca, 30 into local jails Tuesday - ure to pay fines ■ Tyler Davis, 21, bench warrant parole violation ■ Tyrel Langdon, 33 Thursday: ■ Katie Abernathy, 31, unlawful ■ Darnell James, 45, driving ■ Vernon Devenport, 52 use of an atm card while license suspended or Released ■ Abel Chavez, 60 Clovis ■ Jorge Ordonez, 25, failure to revoked, no proof of insurance, dis- ■ Isaiah Gabaldon, 21 The following were released ■ appear on a felony charge play of registration plate, stop or ■ Devion Mills, 26 Ruben Rubio, 47, possession from local jails Tuesday - ■ ■ John Reese, 46, failure to yield intersection Manuel Duran, 46 of a controlled substance, posses- Thursday: ■ sion of drug paraphernalia, driving appear on a felony charge ■ Jose Sanchez, 19, warrant for Juan Medrano, 31 under the influence of drugs, fail- ■ Steve Jurado, 31, aggravated arrest ure to obey traffic control devices battery on a household member, ■ Raul Sanchez, 18, burglary Clovis* Portales ■ ■ Jimmie Dockter, 58, probation battery against a household mem- (commercial), criminal damage to Javier Balbuena, 28 ■ Michael Encinias, 34, time violation ber property ■ Kelvin Gooden, 44 served ■ ■ ■ Larry Sena, 62, driving while Jeremy Claudio, 29, child Robert Wiltse, 66, receiving ■ Davin Waters, 25 ■ Jose Villalta, 20, other jail license suspended or revoked abuse - intentional (no death or stolen property ■ Brandon Brophy, 35 ■ Abel Barron, 46, bond ■ ■ Steven Lujan, 35, probation great bodily harm) Abel Barron, 46, bench war- ■ Daniel Rodriguez, 53 ■ Rafael Gamez, 29, bond violation ■ Selestino Owen, 37, failure to rant ■ Abriana Gomez, 25 ■ Angelo Garcia, 19, other jail ■ Ramon Archuleta, 35, parole appear on a felony charge, resist- ■ Rafael Gamez, 29, no seat belt ■ Bobby Owen, 35 ■ ■ Joshua Berta, 32, bond violation ing, evading or obstructing an offi- Gaby Lucero, 42, bench war- ■ Joshue Martinez, 36 ■ Lionel Ornelas, 60, bond ■ Arturo Vaca, 30, failure to pay cer, failure to appear on misde- rant ■ Rebecca Bueno-Vanleer, 43 ■ Leticia Ramirez, 41, bond ■ fines meanor charge, driving while Ronnie Lujan Jr, 22, falsely ■ Ethan Beltran, 23 ■ Jose Sanchez, 19, bond ■ Juan Medrano, 31, driving license suspended or revoked, no obtaining services ($250 or less), ■ Tyler Davis, 21 ■ Raul Sanchez, 18, bond under the influence of liquor, fail- insurance, failure to display regis- battery (household member), crim- ■ Ted Cleveland, 40 ■ Kevon Titues, 21, bond ure to maintain traffic lane, no driv- tration plate, failure to have operat- inal damage to property (household ■ Darnell James, 46 ■ Barrett Williamson, 28, bond ■ er license ing tail lamps member) Arturo Vaca, 31 ■ Shea Moten, 34, child abuse - ■ Julio Pacheco, 45, driving ■ Jose Flores-Espana, 33 * The Curry County Detention negligently caused (no death or while license suspended or revoked ■ Damarick Harris, 33 Center in Clovis does not dis- great bodily harm) Portales ■ Israel Rodriquez, 47, proba- ■ Freddie Sanchez, 21 close the reasons for release in ■ Pablo Madril, 18, ■ Joshua Berta, 32, battery upon tion violation ■ Samone Betancourt, 24 its daily briefings. receiving/transferring stolen motor a health care worker, receiving ■ Barrett Williamson, 28, abuse ■ Cesar Sanchez, 26 vehicles stolen property (over $500 but not of a child - no death or great bodily ■ Simon Billegas, 46 — Compiled by the Staff ■ Tywayne Hampton, 40, battery more than $2,500) harm (first offense), false imprison- ■ Moses Ortiz, 23 of The News

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The following marriage ■ John Arthur Fury, 37, ■ Arturo Rossel Garcia, Sanchez, 19, of Tatum York were filed through licenses were filed through and Gina Nicole 29, and Chrystal Garza, 23, Thursday at the Roosevelt Thursday at the Curry MacFarlane, 31, both of both of Lubbock The following marriage The following divorces County court clerk’s office: County Clerk’s Office: Clovis ■ Timmothy Jordan licenses were filed through were filed through ■ Jessica Jean Smith and ■ Jered Trevor Kitteell, ■ Zachariah Brad Warren- Smith, 28, and Victoria Thursday at the Roosevelt Thursday at the Curry Clinton Nicholas Smith 36, and Morgan Blaque Cantu, 23, and Mandy Rhea Roxanne Chapman, 26, both County Clerk’s Office: County court clerk’s office: ■ Virginia Leigh Murray Kilgore, 27, both of Clovis Rush, 26, both of Clovis of Clovis ■ Joshua Ryan Winters, ■ Brooke Sparks and and Kyle David Murray ■ Nathaniel Martin ■ Wesley R Fraker, 40, ■ Sergio Garcia- born in1996, of Portales, and Casey D. Sparks Faulkner, 29, and Yesenia and Linda Marie Crouch, 39, Rodriguez, 28, of Clovis, Sabrena Ann Smith, born in — Compiled by the staff Ramirez, 29, both of Clovis both of Portales and Ibet Michelle Villa- 1996, of Napanoch, New The following divorces of The News

Clovis community calendar Charity 806-777-2217. Clovis Masonic Lodge No. 40 — Curry County Republican Jalisco, 217 West Seventh Street. Saturday each month at Red Lobster. Food and clothing — 9 a.m. - Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts 7:30 p.m. first and third Tuesday each Women — 11:30 a.m. second Information: Allan Isbell, 575-763- Information: Tom Weingates at 575- 10:30 a.m., Saturdays, Bread of Life Roundtable — 7 p.m. second month at the lodge, 3100 Thornton Tuesday each month at K-Bob’s 6559 or 762-5445. Ministries, Matt 25 Hope Center. Thursday each month at Saint James Street, all Masons welcome. Steakhouse, 1600 Mabry Drive. [email protected]. High Plains Drifters Motorcycle Information: 575-762-2843. Episcopal Church, 1117 N Main Information: Randy Stansell 575-762- Information: Judy Jennings 575-762- Elida Senior Center— 1 p.m. Club — 8 a.m. Saturdays and 6 p.m. Lighthouse Mission — 8:30 Street. Information: Brian Chambers 4371 2524 or 575-763-4390 meeting first Wednesday of each second Thursday each month at vari- a.m.-4:30 p.m. clothing giveaway, 575-760-9203 Clovis-Portales Community Curry County Health Council — month, board and card games second ous locations. All bikes and non-mem- Monday through Friday, 407 L. Boy Scout Troop 226 — 7 p.m. Orchestra rehearsal — 6:30 p.m.- Noon-1 p.m. third Thursday each Wednesday each month, art classes bers welcome. Information: Gary Casillas Blvd. Information: 575-762- Mondays at Kingswood Methodist 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at First month at the Curry County third Wednesday each month, floor Baker 575-799-1993 for locations. 1933. Church. Information: Cheryle Csakan Presbyterian Church of Portales. Administrative Complex, 417 Gidding games fourth Wednesday of the High Plains Patriots — 7 p.m. last Curry County Crime Stoppers 575-760-6048. Information: Ashleigh Talbert, 575- St. Information: 575-763-6009. month. 401 Clark Street, Elida. Thursday each month at Master’s — Help take a bite out of crime. Cash Boy Scout Troop 411 — 6:30 219-2160. Daughters of the American Information: 575-274-6448. Center. Information: Tim Ashley 575- rewards for anonymous tips. p.m. Mondays at Parkland Baptist Clovis-Carver Public Library — Revolution — 10 a.m. second Elida Senior Center Pancake 760-5423 or www.highplainspatri- Information: 575-763-7000. Church, 921 Parkland Drive. 10 a.m. Wednesdays Toddler time; Saturday each month September Breakfast— 8 a.m. second Saturday ots.com Information: Calvin Poppen 575-218- 10 a.m. Thursdays Preschool Story through June. Information or venue: of each month. 401 Clark Street, Hi-Plains Toastmasters Club — Clubs/organizations 4432. Hour. Information: 575-769-7840. Pam Wallace 575-760-2127 or Nancy Elida. Information: 575-274-6448. 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Wheatfields American Legion Unit 25 — 7 Christian Believers Community Clovis Quilters’ Club — 1 p.m.-3 Bauder 575-769-3146. Encanto Garden Club — 9:30 Senior Living Community, theater p.m. ladies auxiliary meeting third Prayer Brunch — 10 a.m. third p.m. second Monday each month at Disabled American Veterans a.m. second Wednesday each month room on second floor, 4701 N Prince Wednesday each month; 7 a.m.-11 Saturday each month. Provides Trinity Lutheran Church. Open to all Chapter 6 — 7 p.m. second at Muffley’s Backdoor. Visitors and Street. Speaking and leadership a.m. first Saturday each month, $6 Christian counseling for substance quilters, beginners to advanced. Wednesday each month at DAV, 220 new members welcome. Information: club. Information: Donna Labatt 575- breakfast, open to the public; 2 p.m. abuse, provides a life coach and Information: Shelley Winn 575-763- West Fourth Street. Information: 575- 575-799-5378. 799-3215 or Kevin Wilson 575-760- Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays, information for referrals. Christian 4398 762-5335. Fairfield Extension Club — 10 9616. bingo; 9 p.m.-1 a.m. dance every Believers Center, Fifth and Main Clovis Shrine Club — Noon Disabled American Veterans a.m. second and fourth Fridays at Home at Heart Extension Club Friday. 2400 West Seventh Street. streets. Information: Sistar Yancy Mondays at K-Bob’s Steakhouse, Chapter 6 Bingo — 6:30 p.m. Cheyenne Meadows Community — 6 p.m. third Tuesday each month at Information: 575-763-5392. 575-763-1715. 1600 Mabry Drive. All Shriners wel- Monday nights at Red Arrow Bingo, Center, Clovis. Information: 575-763- 818 Main Street. Information: Jana American Legion Post 117 — Clovis Astronomy Club — 7 p.m. come. Information: Jerry Shade 575- Hilltop Plaza. Information: 575-762- 6505 Hudson at 575-639-1581 5:30 p.m. ladies auxiliary meeting first second Monday each month at CCC 762-3781. 5335 Freedom Foundation — 5:30 International Defensive Pistol Tuesday each month, 2900 W. Grand room 145, Third Friday after dark at ‘Coffeehouse’ open mic night — Desert Cruzers Car Club cruises p.m. meeting first and third Mondays Association — 12:30 p.m. third Ave. Information: 575-309-5673; 6:30 Ned Houk Park. Annual fee: $10. 7 p.m. second Saturday each month — 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, second monthly. All meetings at 913 Mitchell weekend each month. Shooting in p.m. bingo at Red Arrow bingo hall, Information: 757-846-7509 or Clovis except December at First United Tuesdays at various locations. Street. Information: 575-749-3628 Muleshoe. Map: border-sport-shoot- 320 W. 21st Street. Doors open two Astronomy Club Facebook page. Methodist Church. Share your General meeting. Information: Jerry Friends of the Clovis-Carver ers.org. Information: Joe Stanford hours early. Information: 575-763- Clovis Breastfeeding Support Christian favorites. Information: 575- Bailey 575-693-2511. Facebook: Library — 11:30 a.m. third Tuesdays 806-777-2217. 4030 Group — 6:30 p.m. first Tuesday of 799-2696 Clovis Desert Cruzers. clubs.hem- each month in the conference room at Joint Veterans Council — 7 p.m. AMVETS Post 14 — 6 p.m. ladies each month. Plains Reginal Medical Community Bible Study — 9:30 ming.com/desertcruzers. the library. Information: 575-309-4576 meetings first Wednesdays monthly auxiliary meeting first Tuesdays Center, Cannon Room. Information: a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays. An Eastern New Mexico Amateur Friendship Rebekah Lodge — 1 at various locations. Call for informa- monthly; 7 p.m. Sons of AMVETS 575-219-2359. interdenominational Women’s Bible Radio Club — 9 a.m. third Saturday p.m. second and fourth Thursdays tion: 575-749-3628 meeting second Tuesdays monthly; 7 Clovis Community Chorus study. Open to women of all denomi- each month at DAV Hall. Information: each month at 405 N. Main St. Just Us Extension Club— 5:30 p.m. AMVETS meeting third rehearsals — 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. nations and Bible knowledge. Central www.ka5b.org , Roy Creiglow 575- Information: 575-762-4843. p.m. second Tuesday each month at Tuesdays monthly; 5:30 p.m. Riders rehearsals on Tuesdays at First Baptist Church, 2501 N. Norris 791-3734. Girls Circle — 4 p.m.-5 p.m. First United Methodist, Melrose. meeting second Saturdays monthly. United Methodist Church sanctuary, Street. Children's classes for infant to Eastern Plains Council of Wednesdays at Matt 25 Hope Center. Information: Carol Moore at 575-714- All meetings at Post 14, 2010 West 1501 Sycamore Street. Information: age 5 and special classes for home Governments Board — 10 a.m. sec- Information: 575-763-7725. 4781 Seventh Street. Information: 575- 575-762-0479 schoolers through school year only. ond Wednesday each month at Grady Alpha Extension Club — Llano Estacado Quilt Guild — 9 762-9355 Clovis Evening Lions Club — Information: 575-760-8565. EPCOG office, 418 Main Street, 1:30 p.m. first Thursday each month a.m.-3 p.m. fourth Saturday every Border Sport Shooters (an IDPA 6:30 p.m. Thursdays at K-Bob’s Cub Scout Pack 411 — 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise notified. Information: at Grady Senior Center. Information: other month in May, July, September, Club) — 5:30 p.m. third Saturday Restaurant, 1600 Mabry Drive. Tuesdays at First United Methodist 575-762-7714. Katy Machechnie 575-799-5117. November at Trinity Lutheran Church. each month at the club range. Call for Information: Joe Whitehurst 575-760- Church, Sycamore. Information: El Desayuno Kiwanis Club — Gold Wing Road Riders Information: Shelley Winn 575-763- directions. Information: Joe Stanford 1379 Michelle Bjorklund 248-790-3126. 6:45 a.m. Thursdays at Taqueria Association — 6:30 p.m. first 4398 PAGE 8B Sunday July 31, 2019 UNDAY READER S THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS

Los Angeles Times: Brian van der Brug Caesar Flores is serving in the Air Force in Texas. His mother, Juana Maria Flores, was deported and now lives in Tijuana. Patriot parents ❏ Congressman proposes bill to protect military parents from deportation.

By Brittny Mejia onset of a presidential campaign previous administration used it related benefits,” Stock said. and remain in the country while LOS ANGELES TIMES in which fighting illegal immigra- simply as a way to amnesty Because Flores re-entered the they do so. Unlike parole in place, tion will be a cornerstone of whichever sympathetic group of country after she was caught and it wouldn’t be up to the case-by- GOLETA, Calif. — Every day, Trump’s pitch for re-election. illegal immigrants got their atten- removed at the border in 1999, case discretion of the administra- Caesar Flores, a senior airman in tion.” she did not qualify for “parole in tion. the Air Force, thinks about his ■ ■ ■ But some question the fairness place.” Over the last few years, In May, the bill was referred to mother. of punishing those who volunteer however, she received several the subcommittee on immigration She supported his decision to Months have passed since Juana to serve the country. extensions of her stay of removal. and citizenship, a panel of the enlist at 19 and was there to cheer Flores’ return to Mexico, but “We’ve always had this strong Time felt measured through an House Judiciary Committee. him on when he graduated from activists, lawyers and retired tradition in America of taking care hourglass that would flip just “This would obviously provide basic training in September 2016. judges have vowed to fight to of the troops,” said Margaret before reaching the final grains of a path, a reprieve in allowing the Now, as he goes about his day bring her back. The group suc- Stock, an immigration attorney sand. parent to be here while pursuing cessfully lobbied two city coun- and retired lieutenant colonel in She was able to attend her son’s to day work as a medical techni- that process and not place any cian, the 22-year old’s mind is cils, in Santa Barbara and Goleta, the U.S. Army Reserve. “Now wedding last year and spend burden or stress on servicemen weighed down by the fact that to pass resolutions in support of they’re sending a message that, Thanksgiving with her family. Juana Flores, who was in the returning her home and pushed for ‘We don’t care if you’re putting “I thought there was a way to and women,” Carbajal said. country illegally, won’t be around legislation that would help parents your life on the line for the U.S., fix it somehow, because of how ■ ■ ■ to celebrate other milestones. of military members like Flores to we’re not going to take care of long I’d lived there,” she said in a The cause was a fateful decision adjust their status without having you.’” phone interview from Flores made decades ago: to leave to leave the country. U.S. Citizenship and Aguascalientes, Mexico. “I never On a recent afternoon, Cristina California to visit her ailing moth- “What Republican can say, ‘I Immigration Services confirmed it thought they would separate us.” Flores busied herself in the er in Mexico. She was arrested don’t want to help our service is reviewing the categorical use of But earlier this year, ICE denied kitchen making quesadillas and when she tried to cross back into members, because I’m more parole. If the parole in place pro- her request for another extension. reheating rice for lunch. Since her the U.S. illegally. afraid of a 56-year-old woman gram were to end, many families Flores’ attorney blames her mother’s deportation, the siblings In April, 20 years later, she because she’s not a U.S. citizen,’” could find themselves in the same deportation on the Trump admin- either go out to eat or make sim- faced a choice: get into a van with said Kraig Rice, an immigration position as Flores. istration’s lifting nearly all restric- ple dishes. Immigration and Customs attorney involved in the effort to American Families United, a tions on removing those in the Juana Flores isn’t there to cook Enforcement to be deported or bring Flores back. “How do you national immigration advocacy U.S. illegally. breakfast in the mornings, or to leave on her own. She chose to justify that that military service group, estimated that as many as “Under previous administra- send them off each day with a self-deport. member doesn’t deserve our 11,800 military members are deal- tions, ICE was weighing discre- “Dios te bendiga.” God bless you. Inspired by the deportation of absolute dedication and support?” ing with a spouse or family mem- tionary factors and saying, ‘What There are no family gatherings the airman’s mother, a California In the last few years, attorneys ber who is facing deportation. is the positive of leaving her here after church on Sundays. The congressman proposed a bill that have cited a pattern under the Immigration and Customs or letting her stay here, versus the house feels empty. aims to protect “patriot parents.” Trump administration of making it Enforcement said the agency is negative,’” Rice said. “Now “There’s no one really that It is unclear how likely it is to more difficult for foreign-born unable to provide a breakdown of they’re not looking at what harm comes here because she’s not pass. A bill to protect “patriot” people to enlist in the military and removals of people who have a would come.” here,” Cristina said. become U.S. citizens through their familial relationship with service When U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, spouses was reintroduced this year “Our centerpiece is missing,” after stalling in the House last service. More recently there have members, so it is unclear how D-Calif., learned of Flores’ case, said Flores’ 14-year-old grand- year. been reports of a potential scaling often it has happened. In a case he wrote letters to plead her case, Loud support for the military back of “parole in place,” a pro- last fall, the spouse of a Marine citing her son’s military service daughter, Andrea Gomez. has often united Republicans and gram that protects undocumented veteran left for Mexico after a and her caretaking of another son It’s equally as hard for Juana Democrats in the past. But under family members of active-duty lengthy battle to stop her deporta- who suffers from schizophrenia. Flores, who recently taught her the Trump administration, illegal troops. tion. Inspired by the case, Carbajal daughter from 2,000 miles away immigration — and even some “Parole in place is a mechanism “It used to be that (Department — an immigrant who served in how to make pozole over legal migration — has become an to amnesty illegal aliens without a of Homeland Security) would the Marine Corps Reserve — FaceTime. all-or-nothing battle, with little vote of Congress,” said Mark knock themselves out and do introduced the “Protect Patriot “I wake up in the mornings and room for compromise by either Krikorian, the executive director things for military families, and Parents Act,” legislation that there’s no one here to take care of side. Even on issues related to of the Center for Immigration now they’re more likely to be put would allow all parents of service or cook for,” she said, breaking military service. Studies, which supports tighter in deportation proceedings, less members or honorably discharged down crying. “A mom is always This is especially the case at the controls on immigration. “The likely to be granted any military veterans to apply for a green card there for her kids.”

“What Republican can say, ‘I don’t want to help our service members, because I’m more afraid of a 56-year-old woman because she’s not a U.S. citizen. How do you justify that that military service member doesn’t deserve our absolute dedication and support?” — Kraig Rice, immigration attorney THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS NATION SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 ✦ PAGE 9B White House, Guatemala sign pact

By Molly O’Toole the earliest possible point,” and Eli Stokols McAleenan said. “Instead of putting themselves in the LOS ANGELES TIMES hands of smugglers all the WASHINGTON — way to the U.S. border, they Guatemala has signed an would be removable back to agreement with the Trump Guatemala.” administration that would Whether the same rules require asylum-seekers tran- would apply to asylum-seek- siting the Central American ers from elsewhere in the country to make their claim world was left unclear. there instead of in the U.S., Typically, such “safe third President Donald Trump said country” agreements, such Friday. as the one the U.S. has with “We have long been work- Canada, apply to all asylum- ing with Guatemala, and seekers. Although now we can do it the right Guatemalan officials did not way,” Trump said in the Oval use the label “safe third” to Office. “This landmark describe the agreement, the agreement will put the coy- White House did. otes and smugglers out of Trump implied in a tweet business,” he continued. that the agreement would “These are bad people.” allow the U.S. to send back Trump looked on as acting Guatemalan asylum-seekers, Homeland Security who make up about one- Secretary Kevin McAleenan third of all those apprehend- San Diego Union-Tribune: K.C. Alfred signed the document along- ed at the U.S. border. Safe third country agreements do President Donald Trump tours the border wall prototypes near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego County, side Guatemalan Interior not apply to nationals of the California, on March 13, 2018. Minister Enrique Degenhart. countries making the agree- In a statement released on ment, only to those from Twitter, the Guatemalan third countries. government confirmed it had Immigrant advocates and Supreme Court rules for Trump entered into an agreement. outside experts have warned Neither government that Guatemala does not released details, leaving meet the legal definitions of major questions unanswered a “safe” country. Its homi- in border wall funding dispute about how the deal would be cide rates are among the carried out. Guatemala’s highest in the world and the attorney Dror Ladin. he had the authority to transfer already highest court previously By David G. Savage country suffers from persist- LOS ANGELES TIMES Last month, the chief justice cast the appropriated funds to extend the border ruled that the country’s pres- ent issues of corruption, deciding vote to block Trump’s plan to wall. ident could not sign such an poverty and climate-driven WASHINGTON — The Supreme add a citizenship question to the 2020 Lawyers for the Sierra Club, the agreement. displacement that render it Court on Friday handed President census. But in the border wall dispute, Southern Border Communities “Guatemala is definitely incapable of providing for its Donald Trump a major victory by clear- Roberts cast a decisive vote to clear the Coalition and the ACLU sued, arguing clear on the responsibility own citizens, much less ing the way for him to divert $2.5 bil- way for the wall construction to go for- that construction of a 30-foot-high wall that it has,” Degenhart said absorbing what could be tens lion from the military’s budget and use ward. would harm wildlife and damage the when asked about the court of thousands of asylum seek- it to build an extra 100 miles of border The court issued a one-paragraph environment in remote areas. decision. ers from other parts of wall in California, Arizona and New statement saying Trump’s appeal had In the last two years, U.S. Solicitor McAleenan told reporters Central America. Mexico. been granted, saying in part: “Among General Noel Francisco has repeatedly after leaving the White “Guatemala is in no way The justices, by a vote of 5-4, lifted the reasons is that the government has gone directly to the Supreme Court to House that steps needed to safe for refugees and asy- orders by a federal judge in Oakland, made a sufficient showing at this stage be taken in Guatemala to challenge orders issued by district lum-seekers, and all the Calif., and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of that the plaintiffs have no cause of judges in fast-moving cases. Normally, authorize the deal, but that strong-arming in the world Appeals in San Francisco that had action to obtain review of the Acting he expected that it would be the high court chooses to review cases won’t make it so,” barred the administration from using Secretary’s compliance” with the fund- only after they have gone through the in effect in August. Refugees International the Pentagon’s money to build a border ing law. The agreement may also lower courts. President Eric Schwartz wall. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia But Francisco asked the justices face legal challenges in the said in a statement. “This Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Sotomayor and Elena Kagan said they U.S. Immigrant advocates again to get involved, noting the grow- agreement also violates the court’s four other conservatives had voted to deny the appeal. Justice ing number of nationwide injunctions say Guatemala cannot be U.S. law and will put some joined in ruling for the Trump adminis- Stephen G. Breyer said he would have considered safe and has no that have blocked executive proclama- of the most vulnerable peo- tration. They questioned whether the allowed the government to proceed tions or regulations issued by the adequate means to process ple in Central America in Sierra Club and other plaintiffs had with contracts, “but not to begin con- tens of thousands of asylum Trump administration. grave danger.” standing to challenge the government’s struction” because “that would cause His appeal in Trump vs. Sierra Club applications. McAleenan, who just spending policy. irreparable harm to the environment.” contended the border wall was needed The Guatemalan govern- returned from a trip to Trump’s lawyers had asked the high The court’s four liberals dissented. to combat drug smuggling. The Sierra ment said the agreement Guatemala, rejected that crit- court to intervene, saying the adminis- Though the environmental group’s Club’s “interest in hiking, birdwatching would specifically apply to icism. lawsuit challenging the wall will con- tration faced a Sept. 30 deadline to and fishing in designated drug-smug- Hondurans and Salvadorans, “It’s risky to label an tinue in lower courts, Trump can begin spend $2.5 billion from the Pentagon’s gling corridors do not outweigh the who typically travel through entire country as unsafe,” he using the money for the wall in the budget before the fiscal year ended and Guatemala en route to said. meantime. the money was no longer available. harm to the public from halting the gov- Mexico and the U.S. Under It’s unclear how the Trump Trump celebrated the decision on Lower courts had said Trump’s move ernment’s efforts to construct barriers the agreement, they would administration managed to Twitter. “Wow! Big VICTORY on the to divert the money was an end run to staunch the flow of illegal narcotics have to seek asylum in secure the migration deal Wall,” he tweeted. around Congress, which had specifical- across the southern border,” Francisco Guatemala and could not with Guatemala, but the The decision could allow the presi- ly refused to allocate money for a wall. said. claim asylum in the United Guatemalan statement sug- dent to finally deliver on one of his “The Constitution assigns to According to the Defense States unless they were gested that the U.S. would biggest campaign promises: to erect a Congress the power of the purse,” the Department, he said, the disputed funds denied refuge there. If they allow more Guatemalans to Southern border wall to block immi- 9th Circuit said on July 3 in upholding “will no longer remain available for arrive at the U.S. border, travel north as legal agricul- grants from illegally crossing into the the injunction issued by U.S. District obligation after the fiscal year ends on they would be returned to tural workers. U.S. The refusal by Congress to allo- Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. “It is Sept. 30.” Guatemala, McAleenan said. Guatemala’s cate wall money has long frustrated Congress that is to make decisions In response, the Sierra Club said the Hondurans currently Constitutional Court granted Trump, particularly as he approaches regarding how to spend taxpayer dol- court should not allow the administra- account for about 30% of all three injunctions in recent the 2020 presidential election. lars.” tion “to swiftly spend billions of dollars those apprehended at the weeks that blocked President Despite his claims to the contrary, That was a reference to the deadlock that Congress denied.” To do so would U.S. southern border — Jimmy Morales from enter- Trump has not built a single new mile between the president and Congress show “the shutdown was essentially a about 205,000 people in the ing into such an agreement, of border barrier since taking office. over the border wall. It led to a 35-day charade,” the lawyers said. current fiscal year — while and Morales abruptly can- American Civil Liberties Union partial government shutdown, which The Sierra Club had told the court Salvadorans make up about celed a planned trip to lawyers said they would continue to ended in February with a budget deal that the border wall construction could 10%. Washington. The fight. that included just $1.4 billion for border damage “protected public lands such as “A Honduran family com- Guatemalan government “This is not over. We will be asking security, but nothing for a wall. It was Organ Pipe National Monument, ing across through also issued a statement say- the federal appeals court to expedite the well short of the $5.7 billion Trump had Coronado National Memorial, the Guatemala to the U.S. bor- ing it had “never considered” ongoing appeals proceeding to halt the sought for a wall. Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge der, we want them to feel signing a safe third country irreversible and imminent damage from After signing the deal, the president and the San Bernardino National safe to claim protection at agreement. Trump’s border wall,” said ACLU declared a national emergency and said Wildlife Refuge.” Ruling theoretically invalidates thousands of convictions By Kristina Davis immigrant to “elude examination or who cross along other parts of the Charging migrants under the Still, he said the government is THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE inspection by immigration offi- border should be charged under a “entry/attempted entry” section required “to march in a straight cers.” different section of the law, means other legal defenses can line” when it comes to charging SAN DIEGO — Federal prose- This is the section that prosecu- 1325(a)(1), which makes it a crime come into play, Hartzler said — one these cases, but urged the country to cutors in San Diego have been tors had been using to charge “to enter or attempt to enter the of the reasons she suspects the gov- “clean up our own mess under using the wrong criminal code to migrants who appear in the United States at any time or place ernment had avoided using the sec- 1325(a)(1) at the first opportunity.” charge migrants with misdemeanor “Streamline” court — a program other than as designated by immi- tion in the first place. Judge Ferdinand Fernandez dis- illegal entry under its fast-track meant to quickly adjudicate most gration officers.” One defense that can be argued is agreed with Bybee and Judge Kim prosecution program, an appeals illegal-entry cases under the admin- The “eluding” section of the law that the “entry/attempted entry” McLane Wardlaw, writing in a dis- court ruled this week. istration’s “zero tolerance” policy. should be reserved for unauthorized section of the law doesn’t apply to senting opinion that the govern- The opinion from the 9th U.S. Most migrants were arrested after immigrants who cross through ports asylum-seekers who cross between ment’s broader interpretation of the Circuit Court of Appeals in theory crossing illegally between ports of of entry while concealed in vehicles ports of entry and then flag down law was valid, and that just because invalidates thousands of convic- entry. The migrant in this case, or those who try to sneak past near- authorities to be arrested. That is the the interpretation may make the tions that have come out of the Oracio Corrales Vazquez, crossed by inspections officers, the panel method many asylum-seekers have overall law somewhat redundant Trump administration program — about 20 miles east of the Tecate added. taken to over the past year as a way that didn’t mean it should be nar- known informally as “Operation Port of Entry in June 2018. He was Government prosecutors have to potentially speed up the applica- rowly read. Streamline” — since it began in found by Border Patrol several already stopped charging tion process. The U.S. attorney’s office in San California in April 2018. hours later hiding in brush about “Streamline” cases under the “elud- Judge Jay Bybee, who authored Diego declined to comment In practice, however, each defen- four miles north of the U.S.-Mexico ing” section as of a few weeks ago, the majority opinion, addressed Thursday. The Department of dant who was improperly convicted border. according to Kara Lee Harztler, an “sympathy for the government’s Justice could ask for a rehearing on under the criminal code will have to But on Wednesday, the three- attorney with Federal Defenders of position in this case” in a separate the matter or could petition the U.S. file his or her own appeal, a process judge panel ruled in a split decision San Diego, which filed the lawsuit. concurring opinion. He wrote he Supreme Court. made more difficult because the that the “eluding” section of the law The change came a few weeks after understood the government’s It’s unclear how many convic- vast majority of defendants were did not apply to Corrales because he oral arguments were heard on the impulse to charge the way it did, tions this ruling could affect. A total deported shortly after their convic- did not enter at a time and place case in mid-June. adding “much of our illegal-entry of 6,461 cases of misdemeanor tions. designated for examination and Similar “Streamline” courts in and illegal-reentry jurisprudence is unlawful entry were filed in San At the center of the debate is the inspection by immigration officers Arizona and Texas, which have a mess.” Diego in 2018, according to the dis- section of the misdemeanor illegal- — namely at a port of entry that is been operating longer, already He noted problems with applying trict court, although it is unclear entry law, 1325(a)(2), which makes open for inspection. charge under the “entry/attempted the law to asylum seekers who seek how many were filed improperly it a crime for any unauthorized Rather, the panel ruled, migrants entry” section of the law. capture. under the “eluding” section. PAGE 10B ✦ SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 NATION THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS Sprint’s merger with T-Mobile clears hurdle By Steve Vockrodt, cluded it would benefit Kevin Hardy and Kansans by expanding wire- less coverage and speeding Bryan Lowry up the deployment of 5G THE KANSAS CITY STAR technology. “I am comfortable with WASHINGTON — assurances from T-Mobile, Antitrust regulators with the Sprint and Softbank leader- Justice Department will not ship of the merged compa- stand in the way of a $26.5 ny’s commitment to Kansas billion merger of T-Mobile and to investing in our state and Sprint, a major and near- to improve services and ly final barrier crossed on the expand competition that path to combining the third- will benefit Kansas con- and fourth-largest wireless sumers,” Schmidt said. carriers 14 months after the The new T-Mobile will idea was proposed. face billions in fines if it The Justice Department, doesn’t live up to the obli- which evaluates corporate gations under its agreement mergers on the basis of with the Justice Department, whether a deal harms con- Delrahim said. sumers by stifling competi- Getty Images: Scott Eisen There’s still the matter of tion, had its concerns allayed whether several other state William "Rick" Singer leaves Boston Federal Court after being charged with racketeering conspiracy, money laun- by concessions from the two dering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and obstruction of justice on March 12 in Boston, attorneys general will con- companies — namely, an tinue to pursue litigation to Massachusetts. Singer is among several charged in alleged college admissions scam. agreement to sell $5 billion block the deal, given Dish in wireless and spectrum Network’s involvement. In assets to Dish Network in an June, attorneys general from attempt to create a new, nine states and Washington, viable competitor to the new D.C., sued to stop the merg- Clues to college admissions scandal T-Mobile, Verizon and er, citing potential harm to AT&T. consumers if there was one In a statement Friday, fewer major wireless carrier found in a Medicare fraud case Justice Department officials in business. The Wall Street said under a settlement with Journal has reported that By Matthew Ormseth gators, working in Boston on flexible moral compass, who ed him in July 2016. In a the two companies and five Justice Department officials states, including Kansas, and Joel Rubin an altogether different case, was willing to pay top dollar string of text messages are negotiating with those caught a second glimpse of to boost his kids’ prospects at obtained from one of the Sprint has to divest itself of LOS ANGELES TIMES state attorneys general to his operation in 2018 and getting into elite colleges. phones, Esformes sought its prepaid businesses in obtain their support for the LOS ANGELES — unraveled it. By the time Esformes was Singer’s opinion of his son’s Boost Mobile and Virgin current merger proposal. Federal authorities were Andrew Lelling, the U.S. charged with healthcare fraud SAT score. Mobile to Dish Network, Delrahim said Sprint and combing through the finances attorney in Massachusetts, and arrested in July 2016, he “I think total was 2000,” which is based in Colorado. T-Mobile engaged with reg- and phone records of a Miami unveiled that investigation in had paid Singer to bribe one Esformes reported. The two companies also ulators with their merger businessman suspected of March. Fifty people were child’s way into school and “Very good for starter,” have to provide Dish access proposal, drawing a contrast Medicare fraud when they charged, including dozens of fix a college entrance exam Singer replied. to 20,000 cell sites and hun- to a failed bid by AT&T to came across a curious name: parents and coaches at such for another, according to com- The two men went back dreds of retail locations, the buy T-Mobile in 2011 for Rick Singer. elite schools as Yale, ments by a prosecutor in the and forth, with Esformes ask- Justice Department said. $39 billion, a transaction Philip Esformes, who was Stanford, Georgetown and the college admissions case and ing what score “gets u in all?” Dish can also use T- that both companies aban- accused of farming out University of Southern sources with knowledge of Singer explained athletic Mobile’s network for seven doned after the Justice patients from his nursing California, who were accused Singer’s operation. recruits were held to a lower years, giving the satellite Department signaled mis- homes to steal millions in of selling spots that their Esformes paid Singer in test-score standard than regu- television provider time to givings about the deal. bogus insurance claims, had schools reserved for recruited 2012 to have his oldest child, lar applicants. build out its own fifth gen- The Justice Department’s sent hundreds of thousands of athletes. a daughter, admitted to USC The distinction would take eration, or 5G, wireless net- approval follows indications dollars to a foundation Singer Esformes has not been as a fake soccer recruit, a on importance when authori- work. by the Federal controlled. And in text mes- charged in the college admis- prosecutor said when a former ties learned Esformes had Assistant U.S. Attorney Communications sages discovered on sions case. Convicted in April USC assistant soccer coach hired an associate of Singer, General Makan Delrahim Commission that it, too, Esformes’ phone, the men of paying and receiving kick- pleaded guilty in May. Singer Martin Fox, to provide one- told reporters in agrees with Sprint’s tie-up discussed how one of backs in connection with a bribed the coach to falsely on-one basketball coaching Washington, D.C., that this with T-Mobile, signifying Esformes’ sons had per- federal healthcare program portray the girl as an accom- for his son. As with Singer, latest development was a that no federal regulators formed on his college and other crimes, he faces plished soccer player and give prosecutors found Esformes’ “historic settlement” that stand in the way of the all- entrance exams. decades in prison when a her an admissions slot payments to Fox significant protects competition and stock transaction. Only years later would judge sentences him in reserved for athletic recruits, enough to tally the $114,000 that the divestiture to Dish Both companies believe authorities learn what September. His attorneys said the prosecutor, Eric Esformes paid him and have sets the newcomer to the the merger was the only way Esformes had paid Singer to declined to comment. Rosen. the jury hear testimony about wireless industry as a “dis- either one could compete do: Slip his daughter into Spokespeople for federal The ex-coach, Laura Janke, Fox during trial, according to ruptive force.” with its larger rivals. USC as a fake soccer player prosecutors in Boston and has admitted to steering sev- transcripts of the trial. “Without the remedy, it Together, T-Mobile and and fix his youngest son’s col- Miami declined to comment. eral children of Singer’s Fox, a basketball coach in would have harmed con- Sprint said they could more lege entrance exam, accord- It is unclear how much fed- clients into USC, crafting fake Texas and well-connected fig- sumers by raising the prices quickly roll out a 5G wire- ing to statements a prosecutor eral authorities uncovered of athletic profiles that depicted ure in national youth and col- of mobile wireless servic- less network to enable wire- made in court and sources Esformes’ dealings with them as promising recruits lege basketball circles, has es,” said Delrahim, who less customers to access familiar with the case. Singer while investigating his and at times using Photoshop been charged in the college leads the Justice faster download speeds than Singer has said he struck case. But at his trial in March, software to superimpose their admissions case for allegedly Department’s antitrust divi- what’s broadly available. similar deals with dozens a fraud expert used by the faces onto pictures of real ath- relaying bribes from Singer to sion, at a press conference The companies also pledged more parents, an admission government to make sense of letes. She has pleaded guilty two coaches and an exam announcing the settlement. to spread their 5G network that has roiled higher educa- his finances testified that to racketeering conspiracy. proctor. Fox has pleaded not He said the Justice deep into rural areas while tion and implicated elites Esformes had made $400,000 The daughter, who could guilty and his attorney Department would have also offering a commitment from Hollywood, Silicon in payments over several not be reached for comment, declined to comment. sued to block the deal with- to hold steady on customer Valley and the Newport coast. years to Singer’s foundation. was enrolled at USC for a When it came time for his out Dish’s involvement. rates for three years, con- But in 2016, when agents At least some of the money year before transferring to a son to apply to college, On Friday, the Justice cessions that earned the seized the iPhone Esformes was traced to Medicaid and fashion school in New York Esformes appears to have Department and attorneys favor of an apparent majori- used to text Singer and Medicare funds, the expert City, according to a source taken a page from Singer’s general with five states, ty of FCC commissioners. obtained their messages, testified. with knowledge of the case playbook. In a bribery deal including Kansas Attorney South Dakota Attorney Singer was a peripheral, if Singer has since admitted and her LinkedIn profile. similar to what prosecutors General Derek Schmidt, General Jason Ravnsborg curious, player in an enor- that his Key Worldwide Esformes reconnected with say Singer pulled off for his filed a civil antitrust lawsuit told reporters that the merg- mous healthcare fraud investi- Foundation was little more Singer in 2014 as his older daughter, Esformes paid the in federal court in er will provide more rural gation. The Esformes case than a sham used to launder son began applying to col- head basketball coach at the Washington. They simulta- wireless coverage, while marks the first time Singer is money from clients and parcel lege, text messages show. The University of Pennsylvania neously filed a settlement noting that the states known to have crossed the out bribes to coaches, test messages were filed in court more than $300,000 to put his with Sprint and T-Mobile, involved in Friday’s settle- radar of law enforcement. proctors and bagmen. during Esformes’ trial. son on a list of recruited play- the terms of which will have ment are from the Midwest, Singer would run his Singer found an ideal client FBI agents seized three ers, according to testimony to be approved by a judge. including his own state, admissions scam undisturbed in Esformes, an enormously iPhones from Esformes’ luxu- from the coach, Jerome Schmidt said his office Nebraska, Oklahoma and until another team of investi- wealthy businessman with a ry high-rise when they arrest- Allen. studied the merger and con- Ohio Source: Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-cop cellmate says he saved him By Stephen Rex Brown and silver spoon in your mouth and with Epstein’s injuries. “About a week ago, (Tartaglione) is, they brought officers down, Rocco Parascandola then you’re put in a cesspool.” “The guy is on suicide watch. woke up, got up, looked down at searched every cell in his tier Bruce Barket, a lawyer for You don’t go on suicide watch if his cot and apparently he smoth- NEW YORK DAILY NEWS except for his, searched every Tartaglione, refused to go into you’ve been assaulted, do you?” ered, unbeknownst to him, a rodent inmate on the tier except for Mr. NEW YORK — Jeffrey detail about the incident but did not the source said. that was dead on his cot,” the attor- Tartaglione, and then marched Mr. Epstein’s cellmate — a former cop dispute the account. The Bureau of Prisons did not ney said, according to a transcript Tartaglione, around, asking him to charged with quadruple murder — Epstein, 66, appeared to have respond to an inquiry. from the Monday hearing in White point out the conditions that we had genuinely believed he was going to The multimillionaire sex offend- Plains District Court. told authorities he came to the per- complained of in court.” verted multimillionaire’s rescue get bail and return to his $77 mil- er and accused killer cop bunked Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason lion Upper East Side mansion, a together for roughly two weeks, Swergold said at the hearing that The stunt appeared to be an effort after he attempted to hang himself, to put Tartaglione in the crosshairs alerting correction officers and pos- source previously told the Daily sources said. MCC staff wondered whether the sibly saving his life, a source told News. The cell had no windows, stand- rat was a Godfather-style warning of his fellow inmates. Fortunately, the New York Daily News on He was found on the floor of his ing water, rodents and insects, and had “concerns that it was put Barket told the judge, he faced no Friday. jail cell with bruises on his neck Barket said during a hearing in there by a cell mate, perhaps as further retribution. A law enforcement source con- early this week while awaiting trial White Plains earlier this week on some kind of message.” But Still, the conditions had taken a firmed that the cellmate, Nicholas on sex-trafficking charges, sources conditions Tartaglione was endur- Tartaglione’s lawyer assured them toll. Tartaglione often has no way Tartaglione, claimed to have helped said Thursday. ing in the SHU. there was no tension. of knowing what time of day it is. Epstein after finding him uncon- Epstein has pleaded not guilty. Tartaglione — a former Briarcliff “Mr. Barket assured that it seems He struggles to concentrate and scious. Investigators were still try- One of his attorneys did not Manor cop facing the death penalty they’re getting along fine, so that analyze important evidence in his ing to determine if an assault had respond to a request for comment. for the alleged kidnapping and that’s not the issue,” Swergold said. case, Barket said. occurred or if the sex offender fac- Barket said that contrary to murder of four people in 2016 — Tartaglione has complained “He is so emotionally and physi- ing up to 45 years in prison had in reports that Tartaglione inflicted was in the SHU because earlier this about conditions at the jail for years cally depleted he doesn’t have the fact tried to take his own life, the harm on Epstein in the Special month correction officers found a since being arrested in 2016. He’d energy or the motivation to discuss Housing Unit of the Metropolitan cellphone in his cell in general pop- pleaded for books to read and bat- law enforcement source said. it,” he said. “You’ve got a guy who is a mil- Detention Center, the two cell- ulation. Epstein was there because, teries for a radio in the SHU, which lionaire who is now living among mates get along just fine. according to The Daily Beast, he’d Barket said prompted a frightening “It’s borderline torture.” rats and mold and wants to go “They became more than cor- been threatened by other inmates warning from a staffer named Lt. The jail is famous for its tight home,” the source said. dial,” Barket said. “In the short after his arrest for alleged sex traf- Rice. security and notorious inmates, “This is a disgusting place and time they were together, they ficking of underage girls as young “Stop complaining or it’s gonna who have included terrorists, Wall the people there, they treat you dis- became friends.” as 14. get worse,” Rice told Tartaglione, Street schemers and, until recently, gusting. Who wouldn’t be suicidal The source also insisted that The conditions in the cell were according to Barket. Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El in that kind of place? You have a Tartaglione, 51, had nothing to do deplorable, Barket said. “After that, what the facility did Chapo” Guzman.