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THURSDAY,APRIL 12, 2018 Inside: 75¢ Trump: ‘Missiles coming’ against Syria. — Page 4B Vol. 90 ◆ No. 10 SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com ❏ Local dispatchers keep Who you gonna call? calm, prioritize emergencies. By David Grieder they have the formidable task of not directly on scene with people, said. “We have more administrative have to be able to multi-task. We STAFF WRITER prioritizing multiple calls at once, but just knowing that I can answer stuff during the day, but any call have to have compassion and car- [email protected] ranging from a dire emergency to that phone and be that calm voice can come in at any given time.” ing, but the biggest deal is multi- an accidental dial, while also coor- and be the help they need, I love It’s not only the initial calls for tasking because we’re always CLOVIS — Before the ambu- dinating follow-up information and it.” service, either: dispatchers may doing multiple things at one time,” lance or the fire truck or the police service for responders. Speed is Ruiz has dealt with plenty in her need to provide information on she said. “It’s a lot about team work cruiser, there’s usually a phone call. important, but so is calmness. time on the job, including fielding warrants and license plates for offi- in there. You’ve got to be a team Before you speak with any officers, That’s the situation for Amber calls Aug. 28 during the shooting cers on scene, while also arranging you talk with a dispatcher, some- Ruiz, a dispatcher of almost five incident at the Clovis-Carver additional support as needed. They player in there to accomplish all times called the first of the first years with the Clovis Police Public Library. Dispatchers rotate train for three weeks at an acade- that and have that good outcome.” responders. Department. through daytime, evening and my, and in addition to police codes What is a good outcome? That Taking those calls is no small “It’s just something I thought overnight shifts every three and the NATO phonetic alphabet, would be “getting people the help job, either. There are usually only about for a long time. I love to help months, but there’s no telling what they quickly learn to recognize that they need and knowing that two, sometimes three dispatchers people,” she told The News in a may happen when. officers by voice alone. on duty during any given shift, and phone interview Wednesday. “I’m “You never really know,” she “I think the main (skill) is you DISPATCH on Page 5A PIANO MAN Financial items top trustees’ agenda ❏ Budget adjustment requests include $2,691.81 for energy contract. BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS CLOVIS — The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees is expected to tack- le several financial items at today’s meeting. The board will vote on a budget adjustment request for fiscal year 2017-18 and the pro- posed operating budget for fiscal year 2018- 19, set to begin July 1. Chief Financial Officer Tom Drake said the largest budget adjustment is for the energy performance contract, a project that involves several energy-savings improvements at the college, in the amount of $2,691.81. “The rest are just adjustments that are made Staff photo: Tony Bullocks for the second half of the fiscal year to get us Sam Marquez, 86, of Clovis entertains members of the Friendship Center on Wednesday afternoon. Marquez said he’s to June 30 and they’re related to a few minor capital projects and some internal service been playing the piano and other instruments since he was 16, but he doesn’t play much now due to arthritis in his hands. department expenditures,” Drake said. Drake said the proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-19 is “very similar” to last year’s budget, with the biggest changes being the inclusion of the energy performance contract and other capital projects, a $50,000 increase in state appropriated funds and a 2 percent salary increase for all full-time college 50 years of service employees, as approved by Gov. Susana Martinez last month as part of House Bill 2. ❏ Duane Ryan, KENW’s director of broadcasting, honored at Spirit of Eastern Awards. Also on the agenda for today’s meeting, scheduled for 8 a.m. in room 512 at CCC, 417 days of the station, when Ryan Schepps: By Eamon Scarbrough ■ STAFF WRITER was “a little tight with the The board will vote on a proposal to [email protected] buck.” increase salary for part-time faculty. “He told us in the first meet- Beverly Aragon, administrative assistant to A lot can happen in 50 years. ing that we didn’t have much President Becky Rowley, said the current rate Radio and television stations money for office supplies, is $585 per credit hour and the proposed rate can be formed, and a plethora (and) would we mind stopping is $625 per credit hour, an increase of 6.8 per- of students can go on to suc- by a bank to pick up some cent. cessful careers in broadcasting. pens,” he said. ■ The board will hear a review of Upward For Duane Ryan, that scenario In the station’s first years, Bound, a program designed to prepare high is a reality. 115 students were trained by school students from low-income and first- The KENW director of Ryan to help with all of the pro- generation college families for higher educa- broadcasting was honored at grams produced there, accord- tion. the Eastern New Mexico ing to Criss. All CCC grant-funded programs are University Spirit of Eastern “I have always thought that a required to make a presentation to the board Awards for half a century at the person ought to spend the time once a year. station. of their lives doing something ■ The board will vote on the college cata- KENW Community Services to make the world a better Staff photo: Eamon Scarbrough log for the 2018-19 school year. Consultant Don Criss gave a place. Duane has done that ■ Employee service award recipients will presentation on his boss, who through KENW-TV and KENW Director of Broadcasting Duane Ryan is honored for be honored. Aragon said CCC presents he has worked with for 44 Eastern New Mexico 50 years of service by Eastern New Mexico University awards to employees after every five years years. President Jeff Elwell and his wife Edwina at Wednesday’s with the college and 19 employees qualified He remembered the early RYAN on Page 5A Spirit of Eastern Awards. this year. 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Booth rentals Information: www.ticketleap.com Today fight against bullying ■ ■ Clovis Community College for companies are $35 and must be Meet the Author — 3 p.m. Board of Trustees — 8 a.m. in ullying has been School staff remains con- secured by 11 a.m. today. reading and Q&A with Nell Jones at Information: 575-762-7714 Clovis-Carver Public Library. CCC Room 512, 417 Schepps defined as the “use sistently vigilant, of course, Cindy ■ Bookends: Music of Simon Information: 575-769-7840 Blvd. Information: 575-769-4001 Bof superior strength but it is impossible to see and Garfunkel — 7 p.m. at or influence to intimidate Kleyn- and know everything, Marshall Auditorium, 100 Sunday Monday someone, typically to force Kennedy whereas students are gener- Commerce Way, Clovis. Admission ■ Weekend Warrior ■ Floyd Board of Education him or her to do what one ◆ ally aware of everything is $20. This performance is part of Bootcamp — Noon to 5 p.m. at — 6 a.m. at Floyd Municipal wants.” Somehow the defi- Clovis going on, including aggres- the Clovis Community College Patriot Outdoors, 1250 Clovis Schools, 1564 New Mexico 267, nition doesn’t sound as bad Municipal Cultural Arts Series. Information: Road 16, Clovis. This free event Floyd. Information: 575-478-2211 Schools sive undercurrents. Brady ■ as bullying is. continued: “The first thing http://clovisarts.org will explain the mission of the Grady Board of Education ■ — 6 p.m. at Grady Municipal Like it or not, bullying we want to make sure of Preschool storytime — 10 Americans for Prosperity has always been around, as added to the mix is the a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Foundation and teach attendees Schools, 100 Franklin St., Grady. before anything else, even long as people have lived incorporation of a program Library. Information: 575-769-7840 how to run grassroots movements. Information: 575-357-2192 ■ together in communities. As called, “Stop!T,” which has before academics, is that ■ Book to Movie for teens — Information: http://americansfor- Muleshoe Board of long as imbalances in power quickly become widely used kids are safe. There are no 5 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public prosperityfoundation.org Education — 7 p.m. (CDT) at the longer any more entirely Library. Information: 575-769-7840 Muleshoe Independent Schools occur, the potential for bul- across the country. ■ lying exists, and this is Superintendent Jody Balch safe places due the power of Travis Sherwood Faculty Monday Administration Building, 514 W.