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Natural gas plant in works
May 28th, 2003
A key component in developing the natural gas surrounding Tucumcari in the Tucumcari Basin will be the plant scheduled for construction south of town in the next few weeks.
That plant will remove the...
Water group discusses budget
May 24th, 2003
Members of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority also discussed a proposed budget for the office staff at Wednesday’s meeting.
The proposed first-year budget of $223,000 includes $27,000 in s...
Tradition with a capital 'T'
May 24th, 2003
Tucumcari High School seniors stood in the back of trucks borrowed from the Arch Hurley Conservancy District, bouncing their way to the top of the town’s most recognizable feature.
“This is what w...
College squad repaints arena
May 24th, 2003
Before heading home for summer break, Mesalands Community College Rodeo Team members gave the Quay County Fairground rodeo facility a new coat of paint and a clean up. Visitors will see bright yellow...
City: No more second chances
May 24th, 2003
Tucumcari residents now have stricter deadlines for paying their water bills.
At Thursday’s City Commission Meeting City Manager Richard Primrose announced that the city will no longer be sending du...
State Police intercept 30 pounds of meth
May 24th, 2003
New Mexico State Police officers found more than 30 pounds of methamphetimes during a traffic stop Tuesday morning at the 334 eastbound milepost on I-40.
The 1998 Ford Explorer was stopped for a seat...
A place to come home to
May 24th, 2003
To the ancients, four elements — earth, water, air and fire — were the building blocks of all things.
While we now have a better understanding of the atomic and subatomic makeup of matter, these...
School board recognizes achievements
May 24th, 2003
At its meeting Monday, the Tucumcari School Board awarded plaques to Tucumcari students who earned awards in their respective academic and athletic competitions.
The following students placed in THS...
An exit strategy, ASAP
May 24th, 2003
The aftermath of the war in Iraq is not going as well as the lightning-quick victory. The country remains in chaos, with anarchy in many cities, including parts of Baghdad. The first U.S. official in...
Reading program boon to elementary
May 24th, 2003
Has your child read 78 books this school year? Second graders at Tucumcari Elementary School have! The Accelerated Reading Program (A.R.) helped make this possible. We have evaluated this program this...
Water authority discusses money
May 24th, 2003
The Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority met on Wednesday to once again discuss many pieces of the giant jigsaw puzzle that is the Ute water pipeline project.
The meeting included the bonding of...
Senior Olympians prepare for meet
May 24th, 2003
Quay County Senior Olympics will have a competition in track events, soccer kick, frisbee throw and baseball throw 4 p.m. May 28 at the Tucumcari High School track field.
The air gun competition will...
Horse ride in bar, play on tap for celebration
May 24th, 2003
Upcoming issues of the Quay County Sun will carry articles about the combination Route 66 Celebration Tucumcari has and Route 66 Roadie Gathering and combined event that is expected to bring three tho...
Comments from the Canyons
May 24th, 2003
When two country cousins set out to explore areas of the county, citified folks might tend to question our sanity. Yes, last Sunday, Cousin Tink and I made a hasty decision to check out the plains in...
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May 21st, 2003
Maxine Blitz Elliott
Maxine Blitz Elliott, 80, died Sunday, May 18, 2003, after a lengthy illness.
She was the daughter of Louis and Birdie Blitz.
She earned her BA and a Master’s Degree and was h...
Scam targeting elderly
May 21st, 2003
The Quay County Sheriff’s Office reports a phone scam targeting the elderly is working its way around Quay County.
Deputy Frank Conley said a Logan woman reported the call to him. While it is the on...
Water authority to meet Wednesday
May 21st, 2003
The passage of the tax increase gives Tucumcari officials some bragging rights as the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority meets at 2 p.m. today at The Roosevelt restaurant in Portales for its mon...
Voters approve tax increase
May 21st, 2003
Tucumcari voters approved a quarter-cent gross receipts tax increase Tuesday by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.
The voters approved the measure 255 to 87.
The new tax will add nearly $216,000 to a fund dedica...
First Christian Church
May 21st, 2003
Choices
It is said that the first step to wisdom is knowing how dumb you really are! I have personally found this to be 100-percent true. When I face a problem the first thing I should realize is ju...
Notes from the Church Lady
May 21st, 2003
“For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD...
NMSP find drugs, cash in men's car
May 17th, 2003
New Mexico State Police arrested two Indiana men Friday afternoon after finding methamphetamines and more than $30,000 in cash in their vehicle.
Officer Rigo Chavarria stopped the pair of 40 year olds...
County council meets, discusses competitions
May 17th, 2003
The Quay County 4-H Council met on May 6. Valtie Riddle called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. Roy Hampton did the American pledge and Lisa Mitchell did the 4-H pledge. Amy Byrd read the treasurer...
AHQA to have Tucumcari competition
May 17th, 2003
The NMQHA special event Working Cowhorse, an American Quarter Horse Association-approved special event will be May 23 at the Quay County Arena in Tucumcari.
American Quarter Horse Shows test horses’...
Bingaman submits bill for canal study
May 17th, 2003
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman submitted legislation on Friday that gives the Bureau of Reclamation $500,000 to study lining the Arch Hurley Canal and what effect that lining would have on irrigated and muni...
'Angels in Black' look to stop DWI
May 17th, 2003
Educating citizens about the effects and dangers of excessive drinking and driving is how New Mexico’s “Angels in Black” will be spending their Memorial Day weekend.
Over the upcoming holiday, N...
City to vote on gross receipts tax Tuesday
May 17th, 2003
Tucumcari voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to tax themselves an additional one-quarter percent. The proceeds of that tax will go toward building a water delivery system from Ute Lake...
5/17
May 17th, 2003
Lisa Marie Henry
Lisa Marie Henry, one day old, died Monday, May 12, 2003.
The daughter of Clifton and Kimberly Henry of Amarillo, Texas, she was born May 12, 2003, in Amarillo.
Services were this mo...
More local news would be welcome
May 17th, 2003
Recently, our young editor seemed a bit chagrined because a reader mentioned the lack of local news in our paper. Editor Gragg then listed the local items that appeared in a recent edition and reminde...
School reforms will benefit New Mexico
May 17th, 2003
A river of hope and opportunity is flowing once again to New Mexico’s public schools. It is a dream I have had for a number of years now.
Thanks to the leadership and hard work of a pro-public educa...
McFarland's column got facts wrong
May 17th, 2003
In (Kelly McFarland’s) article he stated that he was distressed to read the account of the House School Board actions reported in the Quay County Sun on Wednesday, April 23. Well I was equally distr...
If we don't keep water flowing, people will be going ... away
May 17th, 2003
Eastern New Mexico is running out of water. A series of stories in last week’s newspapers makes that clear to everyone.
We must do two things: Find another source for water and reduce our water-usa...
Church of Christ
May 14th, 2003
The Heart Condition
The Parable of the Sower (Read Luke 8: 4-8, 11-15) describes four heart conditions. The first three hearts are weak and help us understand the fourth, which is strong and healthy...
Notes from the church lady
May 14th, 2003
“Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your...
'It's like an orchestra'
May 14th, 2003
A wheel ditcher digs a trench more than 5 feet deep as another crew a couple of miles down the line puts 42-foot sections of pipe next to the trench.
Behind the pipe-stringing crew, another crew bends...
County denies fair board's key request
May 14th, 2003
Recent changes in the Quay County Fairgrounds have not set well with the Quay County Fair Board.
Representatives of the board, including President Tommy Thompson and Vice President Eric Rusk, asked th...
Natural gas pipeline construction half finished
May 14th, 2003
Finding enough natural gas to make digging a well worth the while isn’t the problem around Tucumcari, said Rick Partain.
“Geologists think there’s 30 to 40 years worth of natural gas in the Tuc...
What if water use is restricted?
May 11th, 2003
In the Sandia Mountains community of Madrid near Albuquerque, lack of water translates to lack of toilets.
The New Mexico town with its population of 149 attracts a number of tourists due to its shops...
Small towns at risk
May 11th, 2003
Could water shortages produce ghost towns throughout eastern New Mexico any time soon?
It’s possible.
“We do have the prospect of ghost towns in the future with the Ogallala Aquifer drying up,”...
State oversees water issues
May 11th, 2003
In New Mexico, water is such a precious resource it naturally follows that many people and organizations devote their efforts to researching and managing it.
The two major state organizations that con...
Too much flouride can stain teeth
May 11th, 2003
Most experts agree Clovis’ main water supply is low in chemicals that could cause major health problems. But it is not problem free.
“The water in the Clovis area is a little high in naturally occ...
Cloud seeding director undaunted by critics
May 11th, 2003
Duncan Axisa believes he can make it rain.
Axisa said this power is available to him through cloud seeding, the process of dropping silver iodide crystals into the supercooled upper parts of clouds. T...
Agriculture chief water user in area
May 11th, 2003
Agriculture is the foundation for eastern New Mexico’s economy.
The cotton gins that didn’t stop production even on Thanksgiving Day, the farm implements seen along the roads and highways every sp...
Dryland farming may not be a viable solution
May 11th, 2003
Since the High Plains’ economy is based on agriculture, and since water for crops and livestock may soon be in short supply, one solution seems obvious: Farmers should stop irrigating and raise dryl...
Dairies large, efficient water users
May 11th, 2003
Dairy operations in the region tend to use large amounts of water, but proponents say they use it efficiently — with little impact to the area’s ground-water source.
“Sure they use a lot of wate...
Cattle operations criticized over wastewater
May 11th, 2003
Cows have long had homes in eastern New Mexico, in pastures and feedlots. So why are environmentalists concerned about dairy farms?
Wastewater.
“Feedlots tend not to be generating a large volume of...
Aquifer history goes back millions of years
May 11th, 2003
The word “aquifer” comes from two Latin words, which together mean “to bring water.” That is what the Ogallala Aquifer has done for the High Plains for nearly a century.
Named after the town...
Area could be dry by 2040 -- or maybe sooner
May 11th, 2003
The question of how much water is left in the eastern New Mexico area has bedeviled politicians and business owners, scientists and ordinary consumers for decades. The answer is still unknown.
New Me...
Farmers already feeling effects of disappearing water supply
May 11th, 2003
Donald Jones has been farming 29 years, but he has had enough. He loves farming and would continue, but said he’s running out of water on his Farwell farm.
And Jones is not the only area resident w...
Local governments consider control of senior centers
May 10th, 2003
By Dave Gragg
Quay County Sun
Quay County commissioners will discuss taking control of area senior centers at their meeting Monday.
For the past year, the Pioneer Senior Center in Tucumcari and the Lo...
Arts festival prepares to kick off
May 10th, 2003
The Quay Council for Arts and Humanities is looking for more artists to join an already impressive lineup during a three-day arts festival.
The festival will run Friday, Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, M...
Buildup, neglect preceded fire
May 10th, 2003
Tucumcari city crews worked Friday to spread around the still-smoldering remains of a Tuesday night brush pile north of town.
The massive pile of branches had been gathering for years, waiting for cit...
May 10, 2003
May 10th, 2003
Camilia L. Apodaca
Camilia L. Apodaca, 74, died Friday morning, May 9, 2003, in the Trigg Memorial Hospital following an extended illness.
Born June 18, 1930, in Dalhart, Texas, she had been a homema...
A new perspective on the canyons
May 10th, 2003
Although I read last week that some people don’t like to read my column, I told the slave that I might continue to write for my fan club because they like dogs and understand our language.
She woul...
Why water at noon?
May 10th, 2003
Everyone is concerned about the water shortage. Most of us do what we can to conserve. I have a question for whomever is in charge of the timer on the park sprinklers.
Why is it that they always go on...
School board allowed mob to rule
May 10th, 2003
This is an open letter to the House Community.
I was distressed to read the account of the cowering of the House School Board, resulting from mob actions as reported in the Quay County Sun, Wednesday,...
Tucumcari would do well to pass tax increase
May 10th, 2003
Tucumcari residents might not notice the extra dime or two they leave at the grocery store.
People traveling through Tucumcari, who contribute an estimated 40 percent of the city’s gross receipts ta...
Cattle group to meet in Roy
May 7th, 2003
The Northeastern New Mexico Livestock Association, Mesa Soil and Water Conservation District and the Harding County Extension Service will host a livestock seminar, potluck meal and scholarship fund...
May 7
May 7th, 2003
Angela Christine Reuther
Angela Christine Reuther, 23, died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, in San Miguel County.
Born Sept. 14, 1979, in Tacoma, Wash., she attended schools at Anchorage, Alaska; Flagstaf...
Abundant Life Church
May 7th, 2003
Once there was a young lady who returned home to find that her house had been burglarized. Many valuables were missing and the place was trashed. Immediately, she called the police.
The police dispatc...
Notes from the Church Lady
May 7th, 2003
“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” Ephesians 6:2-3
Webster’s Dictionary defini...
City's brush pile burns
May 7th, 2003
A massive pile of dead branches caught fire Tuesday around 9:30 p.m., sending an orange glow that could be seen throughout Tucumcari.
The branches were at the wastewater treatment plant north of town....
Sheriff's office investigating House incident
May 3rd, 2003
The Quay County Sheriff’s office is investigating an incident at the House Baptist Church in which House school superintendent Harold Sloan called 911 for assistance.
According to sheriff’s office...
Tucumcari man, Fort Sumner woman, die in collision
May 3rd, 2003
Alvin Romero was a man who shook hands with everybody.
That one sentence, repeated again and again by those who knew him, summed up the life of the man who died Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle acc...
5/3/03
May 3rd, 2003
Alvin Theodore Romero
Alvin Theodore Romero, 43, died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, in Garita.
Born May 11, 1959, in Las Vegas, he had been a rancher in Garita at the Hage and Webb Land and Cattle Compa...
What's in a name?
May 3rd, 2003
I received a plain manila envelope on Friday addressed to “Quay County Sun Paper,” no return address.
“Oh, goody,” I giggled. “These can be interesting.”
Sometimes a letter with no return...
Route 66 writers wanted
May 3rd, 2003
Do you like to write? Would you like to see your story published in an international magazine? Would you like to get paid for it and receive a plaque and hear it read in public by a Pulitzer Prize nom...
Trip sends columnist tilting at windmills
May 3rd, 2003
You have noticed through the years that this country person is just a little slow in accepting the many changes in our way of life. Well, last Sunday, Aggie and I returned to the Ima area in order to...
