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New Members
We’d like to welcome the following
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Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce, 105 E. Grand Ave., Clovis, NM 88101 • (505) 763-3435 • www.clovisnm.org
Clovis Music Festival receives
Statewide award nomination
Ribbon Cutting
Music Festival
High Plains Junior
Rodeo finals to be
held in Clovis, NM
American Red Cross
Zia Service Center
1200 Thornton, 763-4129
Scrap N’ Stuff
1204 W. 21st St., 762-9447
MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP
BREAKFAST
April 25, 7 a.m.
ACI ISSUES
ROUNDTABLE
Clovis Civic Center
Event Calender
Please inform us of your event so we can
include it on our calendar of events.
Call 575-763-3435 with your information.
Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce
105 E. Grand Ave., Clovis, NM 88101, 575-763-3435
www.clovisnm.org
The Clovis Chamber has
successfully bid and won to
host the High Plains Junior
Rodeo finals in Clovis.
The finals will be held July
14-19, 2008, at the Curry
County Fairgrounds.
The Finals have been held
in Clovis since its inception
in 1974 and brings approximately 150 contestants and
their families to Clovis for the
week.
A committee is being
formed to help host the finals.
Anyone interested in serving
on this committee should call
Liz at 575-763-3435 or
E-mail [email protected]
The Chamber sponsored Clovis
Music Festival is one of two events
that have been nominated for the
‘Most Outstanding Event’ in the
state of New Mexico.
The winner will be announced
on April 17 during the Tourism
Association of New Mexico’s conference in Roswell.
The Chamber feels very honored
to be nominated for this award
which is a reflection of all the hard
work the committee and volunteers
contributes towards the event.
We would like to take this
opportunity to thank everyone that
helps us with the festival and a
special thanks to Southwest Cheese
and Tallgrass Broadcasting, the
Lodgers Tax Board, and all the other
Southwest Cheese sponsors local MS walk
Southwest Cheese is sponsoring a
walk to raise money to help with the
fight to find a cure for multiple
sclerosis.
The walk is on April 26 at Clovis
Community College. Registration
starts at 9 a.m.
We would like to encourage
people to join a team, raise funds and
walk to help people affected by MS.
MS is a chronic, and often
disabling disease that attacks a
person’s nervous system.
The
progress, severity and specific symptoms of the disease cannot be
predicted; symptoms may range
from numbness to paralysis and
blindness.
For more information go to
walkMS.org or call 806-468-8005.
APRIL CALENDAR
April 2
April 2
many local sponsors of the event.
The first committee meeting is
today at noon at the Chamber and is
open to anyone that is interested in
helping with the festival.
Sponsorship opportunities are
being mailed this week to all Chamber members.
The dates for this year’s festival
are Sept. 4-6, 2008. The lineup
includes The Crickets, Bobby Vee
and the Vees, a Ritchie Valens
tribute show and a Buddy, Roy and
Elvis act.
The festival will also include the
official grand opening of the
Norman and Vi Rock ‘n’ Roll
Museum.
www.clovismusicfestival.net has
more information on the event.
11:30 a.m., Ambassador’s Meeting, Juanito’s
UWENM Community Matters Speakers
Series, 769-2103 for info.
April 5
Clovis Hold’em Poker Tournament
Civic Center 6:30 p.m.
April 5-6
Trade Days, Curry County Fairgrounds
9:00 – 6:00 (Sat) 12:00 – 5:00 (Sun)
April 9
Leadership Clovis
April 10-12 Realtors Associations of NM Conference
Civic Center
April 11
CAFB Spouses Club Golf Tournament
Whispering Winds Golf Course, 1:00 p.m.
April 12-13 Clovis Livestock Auction Horse Sale
April 12
Word Worm 2008, Java Loft, 1:00 p.m.
April 15
Ribbon Cutting, 9:00 a.m., 2416 N. Main
KWS Independent Insurance Service, Inc.
April 14
Chamber Board of Directors, 11:30 p.m.
April 19-20 Hank Baskett III Golf Tournament
Whispering Winds Golf
April 19
11:30 AM, United Way Fashion Show
Clovis Civic Center
April 25
7:00 AM, ACI Issues Roundhouse
Chamber Breakfast, Clovis Civic Center
April 26:
3:00 PM, Dance & Cheer Force
Marshall Auditorium
Brenda Miller and Mary McWilliams
of Southwest Cheese presented the
National MS Society with a check for $5,000
Greg Skarda
Memorial Golf
Tournament
The Clovis Leadership alumni will hold
their annual golf tournament this Saturday,
March 29. Registration
ends tomorrow, March
27.
Tee time is 9:00 a.m.
at the Chaparral Country Club. There will be 2
flights of prize money $1,000 first, $500 second
and $250 third (prize
money is based on a
30-team minimum).
Registration forms
are available at the
Clovis Chamber, 105 E.
Grand
Ave.
Call
575-763-3435 for more
information. Registration forms can also be
faxed.
Clovis Hold’em
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The 2008 Leadership
Clovis Class is hosting a
poker tournament as a class
project that will raise money
for local charities.
The tournament will be
held on April 5 at 6:00 p.m. at
the Clovis Civic Center.
Local celebrities are slated
to be dealers. Prizes include a
trip for two to Las Vegas, NV,
and a trip for two to Sandia.
Pre-registration is encouraged as the tickets are selling
fast. Tickets are available at
the Clovis Chamber, 105 E.
Grand Ave. and cost $30.