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Tucumcari Schools cited for compliance issues
April 28th, 2011
The New Mexico Public Education Department cited Tucumcari Public Schools for "major compliance issues" based on an audit of school state funding and enrollment reports.
Other state school d...
Rodeo team likely regional champs
April 26th, 2011
After competing at the Northland Pioneer College Rodeo last weekend, the Mesalands Community College men’s rodeo team is currently ranked first in the Grand Canyon Region. The women’s t...
Looking back — April 27
April 26th, 2011
April 1963
Lydia Willis of Tucumcari was honored by the Eastern New Mexico Teachers Association. Willis retired after 48 years of teaching. She spent 43 of those years i...
Calendar — April 27
April 26th, 2011
Tuesday
Senior Advisory Board at 9 a.m., Senior Center
Museum Advisory Board at 3 p.m., Tucumcari Historical Museum
Golf Course Advisory Board at 5:30 p.m., Golf Course
...
Tuesdays take after Tetris
April 26th, 2011
There’s nothing quite like the excitement of Tuesdays, or “terrific Tuesdays” as we like to call them at the Quay County Sun. Here at the office, we spend Tuesdays hustling and bu...
National Review helped end Soviet era
April 26th, 2011
Americans today are blessed with many, many diverse opinions in print, online and on cable TV. But in the mid-1950s, only a few publications, and none of the three major TV networks, espoused conse...
Blotter — April 27
April 26th, 2011
The following is a sampling of calls recently received by the central dispatch office for Quay County, based at the Tucumcari Police Department.
Friday
• At 12:47 a...
Vargas to take anger management classes
April 26th, 2011
A Tucumcari police officer charged for assaulting his wife over text messages to another man will attend anger management classes.
Robert Vargas pleaded not guilty to the charge of aggravate...
Dorothy Randals always helped
April 26th, 2011
Few people have done more to help preserve our area history than has Mrs. Dorothy Randals, who served on the Tucumcari Historical Research Institute Board for 37 years.
During those years sh...
Pain of losing loved ones takes patience
April 26th, 2011
To my aching friend,
Thanks for writing about your mother. I empathize with your need to let the air out before you blow your top. It’s the reversal of roles. Now you...
Prayer can prevent hasty decisions
April 25th, 2011
“Trust in the LORD… he shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5-6
I enjoy watching the television series “Wind at My Back”. Produced by the same pe...
Q&A: Tamy Willard, rescue volunteer
April 22nd, 2011
The New Mexico Search and Rescue Council is holding its Emergency Services Annual Preparedness Event (ESCAPE) May 13-15 at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Tamy Willard, a Logan resident, bookkeeper...
Transportation proves worrisome
April 19th, 2011
Whilst checking out the March of Dimes car show Saturday, I was reminded of the fascination we Americans have with our methods of transportation. Of course, when I think of travel, danger is the ne...
Collision complicates rancher's plans
April 19th, 2011
Ron said it was just one of those days. In fact, it was the day before the regular auction in Ft. Pierre, SD. He had sorted off a truckload of cows he needed to get rid of. They were in a rain-s...
TSA needs privatization, not union
April 19th, 2011
If you think the Transportation Security Administration is pushy and intrusive, just wait until they unionize. Tuesday was the last day 44,000 TSA workers vote on whether they will join a union. Th...
Looking back — April 20
April 19th, 2011
April 1970
Tucumcari Lions Club President Sam Shami was honored with the President's Pin by Lions International President W.R. Bryan of Ohio.
Mayor Kenneth...
Shrimp boil nets more than $20,000 for Mesalands foundation
April 19th, 2011
Nearly 225 Tucumcari area citizens recently celebrated the 12th Annual Mesalands Community College Foundation’s Mardi Gras Cajun Shrimp Boil in a big way. Preliminary net proceeds are more th...
Calendar — April 20
April 19th, 2011
Wednesday
Tucumcari/Quay Regional Emergency Communication Board at 10 a.m., City Hall
Thursday
Cemetery Advisory Board at 10 a.m., City Hall
Friday
City offices c...
Blotter — April 20
April 19th, 2011
The following is a sampling of calls recently received by the central dispatch office for Quay County, based at the Tucumcari Police Department.
Friday
• At 5:59 a....
Chuckwagon cookoff draws crowd to Logan
April 19th, 2011
By Thomas Garcia
Quay County Sun
Attendance and participation were higher during Logan’s 10th annual Chuckwagon Cookoff despite an earlier start date.
“We served 27...
Linda Lambert placed on paid leave
April 19th, 2011
A Tucumcari teacher who claims she was reassigned in retaliation for filing a sexual harassment complaint was placed on administrative leave Thursday while school officials say they investigate cha...
Dean McCormick stood strong
April 19th, 2011
Last week, I drove to Las Cruces to attend memorial services for a close friend, Dean Flavia McCormick. The drive south was during one of the windiest days of the year and reminded me of many other...
Elks Lodge post raises funds
April 19th, 2011
On April 11 the Tucumcari Elks Lodge #1172 made a number of donations to youth groups in Quay County. The lodge donated $2000 to the Tucumcari High School Family, Careers and Community Leaders of A...
School menus — April 20
April 19th, 2011
House
Monday
Breakfast: Assorted muffins, variety of cereal, juice, milk.
Lunch: Frito pie, corn, Spanish rice, salad bar, peaches, milk.
Tuesday
Br...
Senior menu — April 20
April 18th, 2011
The following are the lunch menus for April 21 - 27 for the Tucumcari Senior Center.
Thursday
Lasagna, mixed vegetables, garden salad, French bread, plum cobbler.
Forgiveness facilitates salvation
April 18th, 2011
A man in our congregation presented an excellent sermon recently on what Christianity does. With his permission, this article is based on several of his points.
Most people know that Christi...
Paywall prevents patronage
April 12th, 2011
I am a pretty cheap person. A bottle of water typically lasts me about a month, I buy toilet paper one roll at a time and it will be a cold day in Guam before I buy high-grade gasoline. If I don&rs...
Rep. Ryan's proposal could save health care
April 12th, 2011
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., last week proposed a dramatic change to nudge us closer to market-based health care’s inherent economic freedom and away from Nanny State entitlements’ inevitabl...
Family, friends make life better
April 12th, 2011
This weekend I had a great time spending time with my family in Clovis. It was my cousin Nathan Saiz’s birthday and, as close as my cousin and I are, it was bound to be fun.
I’ve...
Arch Hurley board allows absentee voting
April 12th, 2011
The Arch Hurley Conservancy District Board of Directors approved a resolution updating election rules, timetables and forms during its regular meeting Tuesday.
“This will make particip...
Local students awarded scholarships
April 12th, 2011
Scholarships were awarded to local graduating seniors by Cielo Wind Power of Austin, Texas and businesses that have partnered with Cielo to build wind developments currently under construction....
Extension office offers tip moth management tips
April 12th, 2011
By Tom Dominguez
Special to the Quay County Sun
Facts
• Tip moths are caterpillars that feed on and kill back new growth of various pines.
• Damage by tip moth...
Senior menu — April 13
April 12th, 2011
The following are the lunch menus for April 14 - 20 for the Tucumcari Senior Center.
Thursday
Trailblazer, California vegetables, wild rice, beets, roll with margarine, pineapple upsi...
Clanedar — April 13
April 12th, 2011
Thursday
City Commission work session at 5 p.m., City Hall
City Commission at 6 p.m., City Hall
Friday
Library Advisory Board at noon, Tucumcari Public Library
Mo...
Blotter — April 13
April 12th, 2011
The following is a sampling of calls recently received by the central dispatch office for Quay County, based at the Tucumcari Police Department.
Friday
At 1:03 a.m.., a man reported a...
Artists create in different ways
April 12th, 2011
I wonder if he starts at the head?
I mean to sculpt a horse that will one day stand in front of the stockyard gate. Or does he picture in his mind the kind of horse it will be? Would he st...
Governor recounts lessons learned to Clovis crowd
April 12th, 2011
District Attorney Matt Chandler surveyed the audience of about 350 at the Clovis Civic Center Tuesday morning.
“This is our biggest crowd,” Chandler said of the seventh annual ar...
Q&A with Gov. Susana Martinez
April 12th, 2011
Gov. Susana Martinez has been on the job for nearly three months in New Mexico. The former district attorney for the 3rd Judicial District, which serves Dona Ana County, is the state’s firs...
School menus — April 13
April 12th, 2011
House
Monday
Breakfast: Cinnamon rolls, variety of cereal, juice, milk.
Lunch: Ham sandwich, chicken noodle soup or vegetable soup, apricots, salad bar, milk.
Tuesday
Folks debate weather easily
April 12th, 2011
We have arrived at that time of year during which we haven't a clue as to what
type of weather to expect from one day to the next or even from one hour to the next. We tend to be able to enj...
Agency rules retaliation claim has merit
April 12th, 2011
The state human rights bureau determined a Tucumcari special education teacher’s retaliation complaint has merit.
The bureau issued a determination of probable cause March 31 stating L...
Raymond Mondragon named to EPCOG post
April 11th, 2011
Former Clovis police chief and city manager Raymond Mondragon has been hired as economic development director for the Eastern Plains Council of Governments.
Mondragon began in the position M...
Local all-district athletes, academics
April 11th, 2011
All-District players
District 2B
Girls basketball
Grady/House:
Mandy Rush
Brenna Thomas
Joni Lample...
Heaven not too far away
April 11th, 2011
As a young girl and up into my early teens, I had a recurring dream. I never knew when it would occur, sometimes every week and then less and less until it was finally gone. However,...
U.S. 54 fire contained
April 11th, 2011
A grass fire that started at U.S. 54 mile marker 310 around 1 p.m. Saturday has been contained by area fire crews, Tucumcari Fire Department Chief Mike Cherry said.
“It’s not con...
Man charged in Tucumcari killings wanted for two slayings in Ohio
April 8th, 2011
New Mexico State Police said Friday that a man accused of killing two men in a Tucumcari hotel is also a suspect in two Ohio slayings.
Muziwokuthula Madonda, 33 of Chicago, is awaiting extra...
County unemployment rate above national, state averages
April 7th, 2011
The unemployment rate in Quay County is above the state and national average, according to data from the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions.
Data collected by Workforce Solutions i...
Transmission lines, regulation discussed at luncheon
April 7th, 2011
Class 4 Winds and Renewables advocacy group hosted a networking luncheon at the Tucumcari Convention Center March 31. Class 4 Winds is an organization that promotes wind development, primarily in W...
Haters going to hate
April 5th, 2011
Just about everybody has them. Nobody wants them, but if you don’t have any at all, odds are you’re doing something wrong. In fact, some might say it’s better to have more than le...
Republicans should stick to their guns
April 5th, 2011
The current appropriations bill — the Continuing Resolution — funding the federal government is set to expire Friday. If it does, it would cause a shutdown of some portions of the gover...
Police honored for enforcement
April 5th, 2011
The MCCH Substance Abuse Committee awarded area law enforcement officers for their underage drinking and DWI enforcement for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 at its Law Enforcement Officer Appr...
Blotter — April 6
April 5th, 2011
The following is a sampling of calls recently received by the central dispatch office for Quay County, based at the Tucumcari Police Department.
Friday
• At 12:45 a.m., a woman r...
Calendar — April 6
April 5th, 2011
Monday
Quay County Commission at 9 a.m., Quay County Courthouse
Economic Development Corp. at 5:15 p.m., EDC
April 14
City Commission work session at 5 p.m., City Hall
Cursive resistance shows sign of times
April 5th, 2011
A number of my younger friends like to point out that I am out of touch with what is happening today and tend to rely on knowledge of the past rather than trying to live in the presen...
Looking back — April 6
April 5th, 2011
April 1975
Two fires destroyed two buildings in Tucumcari within 2 1/2 hours. The first Building claimed by the fire was Gamble's store. The auditorium was the last building to...
Police affidavit: Madonda was staying in hotel
April 4th, 2011
A man suspected of killing two Tucumcari men in a hotel was renting the hotel room next door to the two men found fatally shot, according to New Mexico State Police Agent Joshua J. Armijo’s a...
Senior menu — April 6
April 4th, 2011
The following are the lunch menus for April 7-13 for the Tucumcari Senior Center.
Thursday
Pork ribs, corn, broccoli, whole wheat bread with margarine, cherry crisp....
Bull fiasco injures officer
April 4th, 2011
June was taking a renegade bull with a tendency to “wander” to the sale barn in Dodge City. Her son helped her load the beast in to their stock trailer. It was an authentic ranch trai...
Christians need to be ready
April 4th, 2011
While I teach regularly at church, I rarely preach. Recently, our preacher was ill and the men of the congregation scrambled to see who’d teach a class and present two sermons that Sunday. I...
U.S. 54 reopens
April 2nd, 2011
Firefighters have reopened U.S. 54 off Route 66 Boulevard. The road was closed since about 4:30 p.m....
