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SATURDAY,AUG. 12, 2017 Inside: 75¢ Experts: Eclipse maps inaccurate. — Page 4B Vol. 89 ◆ No. 115 SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com Giving back to the base ❏ Cannon Appreciation 27th (Special Operations Wing),” Cannon Appreciation Day, said the said Clovis/Curry County Chamber Chamber’s Executive Director Day includes picnic, of Commerce President David Ernie Kos. The event hasn’t Robinson. “Clovis and Cannon changed much in that time, she raffle at base park. have always been close, and Clovis said, noting there’s, “no reason to likes it that way.” mess with a good thing.” By David Grieder Robinson spoke to a crowd of Air “It just gives us an opportunity to STAFF WRITER Force families sprawled across let (Cannon community members) [email protected] Cannon’s Unity Park, standing know how much we appreciate before a wall of raffle prizes award- them,” she said. “For them, it’s an CANNON AIR FORCE BASE ed during the afternoon shindig. opportunity to come out and have — Community leaders of Clovis “I’m thrilled,” said John Gaylord, an end-of-summer picnic.” and Curry County came together brandishing a vacuum cleaner he The Friday festivities were also Friday to host a picnic in the park received from the heap of $4,000 in hosted by the Chamber’s military- Staff photo: Tony Bullocks for the airmen, families and civilian prizes. “I don’t ever win these affairs specific “Committee of personnel of Cannon AFB. things.” City Commissioner Helen Casaus serves up food Friday during “Clovis is not Clovis without the This marks the 30th year of CANNON on Page 5A Cannon Appreciation Day at the base’s Unity Park. LUNCH FOR TEACHERS Roosevelt road work rising in priority ❏ Other items include courthouse renovations. By Eamon Scarbrough STAFF WRITER [email protected] PORTALES — Road rehabilitation is climbing the priority list in Roosevelt County. The item is ranked fourth on the county’s draft of an Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan, County Manager Amber Hamilton said at a public hearing Friday at Staff photos: Kevin Wilson the Roosevelt County Courthouse. The draft will be submitted to the state Above: Volunteers Department of Finance and Administration from Central Baptist to show major projects for the next five Church in Clovis years and vie for funding. serve lunch for “At this point, we are in excess of 50 employees of Clovis miles of county roads that have been dam- Municipal Schools on aged or destroyed, and we felt that it was Friday morning. The vital to work this in as a priority to our plan church has put on the as we begin to seek additional funding opportunities to seek with the repairs,” free appreciation Hamilton said. lunch for 22 years, The renovations are projected to cost $1.9 with this year’s event million over the next three years. That’s in featuring about 75 addition to the county’s top infrastructure volunteers serving an priority: to improve various county roads. anticipated 650 peo- Roads will remain a priority for years to ple. come, according to Special Projects Coordinator Carol Acosta-Flores, because of “the cost that it takes to maintain the Right: Evelyn 1,230-plus miles” of road in the county. Warmuth, a volunteer Other items on the priority list include with Central Baptist renovations to the Roosevelt County Church, has a laugh Courthouse. That’s ranked second because with a Clovis of security and functionality concerns, Municipal Schools Hamilton said. staff member from “That would look at all five of our main her serving table. entrances and look at replacing the doors. We also have some weather resistance issues Warmuth and partner at our doors. We’ve had a substantial Carol Rothwell boast- amount of rain, wind,” she said. ed they were the best Priorities three and five concern the cake servers you would see anywhere. ROADS on Page 2A Forecast: Today Sunday Monday Index Calendars..........................2A Puzzles..............................4A Reach us at: High: 85 High: 88 High: 87 Classified ..........................6B Markets ............................2A (575) 763-3431 Comics ..............................5B Obituaries..........................2A Low: 66 Low: 65 Low: 66 National news....................4B Sports ............................1-3B PAGE 2A ✦ SATURDAY, AUG. 12, 2017 LOCAL THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS SIGN INSTALLED AUG. 12 On this date ... 1947: Tamale cart owner Robert Rogers had all of his tamales stolen after he left his cart unaccompanied on the sidewalk. Rogers went into an office and returned to find the empty cart. He reported the theft to police. city council. Clem was born in 1887 1947: A pioneer of and spent most of his life in Roosevelt County died after Roosevelt County. a months-long illness. John W. Clem had moved Pages Past is compiled to Portales from the Rogers by Anna George. She can community several years be contacted at: earlier and served on the [email protected] Events calendar Today Sumner schools. For children ■ Melrose Old Timers’ Day from birth-5 years. Information: — 7 a.m.-5 p.m. activities at var- 575-355-7766 ious locations. Early breakfast, ■ Produce to the People — parade, car show, turtle race, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Memorial barbecue in the park. Admission: Building, Portales. Bring your free. Meal: $6. Information: 575- own bags. Information: 575-359- Staff photos: 253-4530 1048 ext. 1. Kevin Wilson ■ Second Saturday Main Above: Korben Street market — 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Wednesday Kron, a sopho- ■ Main Street, Clovis. Information: Stitch Addicts — 7:15 p.m. more at Texico 575-769-0231 at Clovis-Carver Public Library. ■ Immunization clinic — 9 Lesson: Tea towels and scrub- High School, a.m.-noon, Portales Public bies. Information: 575-763-9687 lines up a Health Office. No cost. camera phone Information: 575-356-4453 Ongoing picture of the ■ ■ American Legion break- Pintores artist of the new Curry fast — 7 a.m.-11 a.m. at Post 25, month — Brackston Taylor is the 2400 W. Seventh St., Clovis. Pintores Art League featured County Events Eggs, bacon, sausage, hash- artist for August at Clovis-Carver Center and browns, biscuits and gravy, red Public Library. Information: 575- Fairgrounds and green chile, toast, donuts, 769-7840 sign he and his juice and coffee will be served. classmates $7 adults, $3 kids. Information: The events calendar is a daily 575-763-5392 listing of area events. To place an helped build in item on the calendar, call the their ag Monday newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e- mechanics ■ Child Find screening clin- mail: classes. The ic — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Fort [email protected] sign was unveiled on Friday. County Meetings calendar officials said Monday 7828 they are ■ Dora schools — 6 p.m., ■ Roosevelt County optimistic the conference room at 100 School Commission — 9 a.m. in com- all-steel, St., Dora. Information: 575-477- mission room at county court- powder-coated 2211 house. Information: 575-356- sign will last ■ Portales schools — 6 p.m., 5307 board room at L.C. Cozzens the county for Administrative Building, 501 S. Wednesday decades. Abilene, Portales. Information: ■ CCC Board of Trustees 575-356-7000 study session — 11:30 a.m. in Right: Kolten room 512 at the college. Wines, a 2017 Tuesday Information: 575-769-2811 ■ Curry County Commission Texico High — 9 a.m. in commission cham- This calendar is a daily listing School gradu- bers at county offices. of area public meetings. To place ate, poses with Information: 575-763-6016 an item on the calendar, call the the sign at the ■ Cultural and Ethnic Affairs newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e- Committee — Noon at city hall, mail: fairgrounds’ Clovis. Information: 575-769- [email protected] Brady Street entrance. Wines did the computer- Obituaries assisted design for the Funerals Death notices all-steel sign. Today Helen Harrison Elisa Dixon — 11 a.m. at Helen “Ann” Harrison, The Chapel, Clovis 62, of Portales, died Jean Lewis — 3 p.m. at Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, at The Chapel, Clovis overall facility, which her home. includes replacing some of Markets She was born Jan. 11, Roads our security cameras,” Dow Jones: 21,858.32 +14.31 (+0.07%) 1955, in Portales. from Page 1A Hamilton said. Services: Private. Gold: 1,291.24/oz Silver: 17.11/oz Oil: 48.77/barrel “We are also looking at Information: 575-762- Roosevelt County Detention installing some additional Closing Quotes PepsiCo, Inc. 116.51 4435 Altria Group Inc 64.31 Center: Security improve- perimeter fencing around the PNM Resources Inc 41.20 AT&T Inc. 38.10 Sears Holdings Corp 8.88 ments and HVAC upgrades, unit and dealing with some Atmos Energy Corporation 87.16 Tenneco Inc 53.42 respectively. of the concerns in terms of Bank of America Corp 23.86 Verizon Communications Inc. 48.06 “After meeting with traffic increase.” Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 56.73 (RCCDC Administrator Citigroup Inc 66.80 Washington Federal Inc. 31.85 The ICIP draft will come Chevron Corporation 109.23 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc 80.72 Justin Porter), we’ve identi- before the Roosevelt County Delta Air Lines, Inc. 49.48 Wells Fargo & Co 51.94 Edison International 79.53 fied some opportunities to Commission for approval at Wal-Mart Stores Inc 80.40 Exxon Mobil Corporation 78.21 just further enhance the its Tuesday meeting. Ford Motor Company 10.77 Xcel Energy Inc 48.19 General Electric Company 25.20 — NYSE, NASDAQ, Ino.com GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) 38.79 Int’l Business Machines Corp. 141.84 These are the high and low prices Intel Corporation 35.87 for grain as reported by the N.M.