For more than a century, a sense of urgency takes hold in the beginning of spring at the Clovis Rodeo Association’s headquarters in Old Town Clovis. That’s when preparations for the annual grand rodeo ramp up for members of the association and residents, often requiring hundreds of volunteers to beautify the city.
This year, they were helped by a group of teens who organized dozens of volunteers to clean up the city’s core in order to present its best face to the tens of thousands of visitors who will attend the 111th Clovis Rodeo at the end of the month.
Saturday’s “Cowboy Cleanup” marked the first time the newly formed Clovis Youth Commission hosted an official public event and flexed its vision to make the community a better place…