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Business Boom in Downtown Clovis ❏ Breweries, Fitness Center Among Businesses Moving In WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY,AUG. 23, 2020 Inside: $1.50 Livestock sale still open for donations — Page 6A Vol. 92 ◆ No. 42 SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com Business boom in downtown Clovis ❏ Breweries, fitness center among businesses moving in. By Lily Martin STAFF WRITER [email protected] CLOVIS — From breweries to fitness cen- ters, downtown Clovis is seeing a surge of incoming businesses as old buildings on and around Main Street are being renovated to house new endeavors. Range Movement opened its doors in April as founders Brooke McDonald and Meg Crawford combined childcare and fitness to create a unique workout space. Staff photo: Kevin Wilson “We are a fitness studio specializing in small Cowboys for Trump leads a parade north along Prince Street in Clovis Saturday morning. The group, along with Bikers for group classes. We do everything from strength, Trump, held an event that was part rally and part protest at the Lowe’s parking lot and Ned Houk Park. HIIT, yoga, barre, and recovery,” McDonald said. Along with adult classes, Range Movement also has “mini-ranger” classes for kids during Cowboys push for Trump support popular workout times. While parents are working out, their kids can be playing safely ❏ Couy Griffin: the park about various topics, nearby, making their workouts more accessible most notably the need for the to parents and caretakers. ‘Silent majority needs "silent majority" to elect Trump “We like the downtown area, we wanted to and other conservative leaders. kind of help bring some business to it,” to be a little louder.’ “It’s become necessary the McDonald said. “The prices were better down silent majority needs to be a lit- here and we ended up just kind of finding the By Kevin Wilson tle louder,” Grffin said, “and get ideal space.” EDITOR their voices back.” The fitness studio occupies the space that [email protected] Griffin responded to criticism housed Aucutt’s Paint Store in the 1970s. It has of him, notably his saying the been renovated to suit a workout space, and on CLOVIS — Hundreds of only good Democrat is a dead the east-facing outside wall a Southwest- political conservatives gathered one. He called the accounts inspired mural was painted by the founder’s in Clovis on Saturday, focused “fake news,” and said that the friend Stephanie F. Windhorst. on turning New Mexico into a Democratic Party needed to die more conservative state. because it wasn’t the same DOWNTOWN on Page 3A Representatives from various party it used to be. groups, most prominently He questioned the actions of Cowboys for Trump and Bikers Staff photo: Kevin Wilson Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s for Trump, dealt with near- administration during the triple-digit heat to attend what A group of counterprotesters speaks with Clovis Police Department officers outside of the Lowe’s hardware store COVID-19 pandemic, and said was called the High Plains while the virus is real it would Freedom Ride to push for the property where an event took place with Cowboys for Trump likely go down as “the biggest re-election of President Donald and Bikers for Trump. The counterprotesters wanted to show media deflection in history.” Trump and push back against they didn’t support Trump or the organizations. Griffin blasted public health Democrats who hold every orders that included a 14-day statewide and federal office in understanding" when the Curry The event began at the park- quarantine following out-of- New Mexico. County Republican Party ini- ing lot of Clovis' Lowe’s hard- state travel when he can test A planned rally drew national tially agreed to host the rally. ware store. From there the negative much sooner than that. attention, with Business Insider Earlier in the week, the New Cowboys and Bikers led a “It’s unconstitutional, it’s un- posting multiple stories about a Mexico Civil Guard — which parade of vehicles, many sport- American and it needs to be was supposed to be an honored ing Trump flags, up and down far-right rally and the called out,” Grffin said. “The Staff photo: Lily Martin Republican Party aligning itself guest — withdrew due to alle- Prince Street before gathering government does not have the with the event. The state and gations of racist statements again at the same parking lot. authority to quarantine healthy Andrew Logan is looking forward to open- county offices of the from scheduled participants, After that, participants headed people.” ing up Bandolero Brewery when public Republican Party soon dis- although NMCG members out to Ned Houk Park. The event drew about half a health orders on indoor dining are relaxed. tanced themselves from the declined to elaborate on those Couy Griffin, founder of It is one of two Main Street breweries event, saying there was "a mis- statements and who made them. Cowboys for Trump, spoke at RALLY on Page 7A developed over the last few months. Officials: NM meeting criteria to relax restrictions ❏ No announced with the Southeast area that The state, as of Aug. 16, had a plex and the four other regions sur- Texas has reached somewhat of a includes Curry and Roosevelt 0.7 transmission rate, a 2.16% test rounding it. The Southeast region is plateau, so our Southeast region is changes to public counties remaining problematic. positivity rate, more than 5,000 averaging 19.3 new cases per seven mimicking the Texas plateau.” The state announced, through a daily tests, 244 hospital beds avail- days as of Aug. 16. That was near- The Southeast’s mortality rate health orders. Thursday webinar with Human able and a seven-day rolling aver- ly double the Northwest region among COVID-positive patients, Services Secretary David Scrase age of 132 new cases a day. (9.3) and more than double the however, was at 1.0%, less than a By Kevin Wilson and acting state Epidemiologist “If we can sustain that,” Scrase remaining three regions — quarter of the state overall (4.1%) EDITOR Chad Smelser, that it was meeting said, “we have the room to do a lit- Southwest (7.6), Metro (4.3) and and well below the Northwest [email protected] all of its gating criteria to relax tle bit more reopening, and I want Northeast (3.6). region (6.2%). A question regard- restrictions. to emphasize a little bit.” While other regions are seeing ing mortality rates was not CLOVIS — New Mexico is not However, there were no The state set the benchmark for more precipitous drops, Scrase said addressed as of Saturday morning. without its successes in combating announced changes to public health the seven-day rolling average at the region is appearing to plateau When asked what residents could the COVID-19 pandemic, with orders that expire Friday, or to any 168 cases, with Scrase noting the after it began the pandemic with the do to push infections lower, Scrase nearly three dozen states showing a new ones that may be released after number was reached by using an 80 state’s lowest infection rates. said the best action is more of the higher prevalence of infection than that. cases per million baseline. “We are hoping in the near future current actions of mask-wearing, the Land of Enchantment. “I know that's the question of the The state has five public health it will be going down,” Scrase said, social distancing and avoiding trav- But the state is not without its hour,” Scrase said. “My honest regions, with a Metro region that “but it's not that surprising because issues, state officials said Thursday, answer is I don't know.” includes the Albuquerque metro- of the heavy influence of Texas. VIRUS on Page 3A Forecast: Today Monday Tuesday Index Calendars..........................2A Sunday Reader ................2B Reach us at: High: 95 High: 94 High: 94 Classified ......................7-8B Obituaries ......................6-7A (575) 763-3431 Life ................................3-5B Sports................................1B Low: 64 Low: 63 Low: 64 Voices ............................4-5A PAGE 2A ✦ SUNDAY, AUG. 23, 2020 LOCAL THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS Area meetings Clovis approves Meetings are subject to change due 763-9654 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1bHckY to coronavirus concerns ttNQnmm6ymJhWaXQ and a recording of the Thursday meeting will be saved as a public video and employee raises Tuesday ■ Eastern New Mexico Water Utility linked from the county website, https://www.roo- ■ City of Clovis Revenue Review seveltcounty.com, following the public meeting. Authority — 3 p.m., ENMWUA Offices, Sitterly By Kevin Wilson located near the Clovis High Committee — 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis- Professional Center, 801 Pile Street, Clovis. Information: 575-356-5307 EDITOR School softball field, and Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Public invited to attend via phone because of ■ Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., audi- [email protected] Howalt said the city had an Information: 575-763-9654 public health seating restrictions. Conference torium, Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., opportunity to show commu- ■ Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 call-in number is 857-799-9602. Information: Portales. Covid-19 social distancing and face CLOVIS — The Clovis nity pride. The 42-foot, 4- p.m., virtual meeting, Zoom ID 88929445908, 575-935-4262 covering restrictions will apply. Information: 575- City Commission on inch by 25-foot logo would passcode 604018. Information: 575-769-4300. 356-6662 Thursday night approved an cost about $23,000, but ■ Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Sept. 1 update to its 2017 pay plan, Howalt noted the current 1D Trustees — 5:30 p.m., teleconference. For dial- ■ Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., via Sept.
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