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June 28th, 2006
Wednesdays ongoing: Alcoholic Anonymous Unity Group meeting from noon to 1 p.m. at 1424 S. Sixth St.
Wednesdays ongoing: Vintage Quilting Society meets 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Citizen’s Buil...
You'll never get there on someone else's coattails
June 28th, 2006
Both criminals crucified with Jesus had joined the crowd in jeering him (Mark 15: 25-32; Luke 23: 32-43).
Eventually, the one widely known as “the thief on the cross” apparently realized his pre...
Police Blotter
June 28th, 2006
The following is a sample of calls received by the Tucumcari police during the last few days. According to the reports:
Friday
• At 11:47 a.m., officers accompanied a probation officer regarding an...
Turk's Turf
June 28th, 2006
Many Thanks to the Team Builders Folks during their scramble over the weekend.
Everyone had a great time in the class room and the golf course. Also many thanks to the patrons who let us use their...
Hale McClure
June 28th, 2006
Hale McClure
Services: Will be announced at a later date.
Hale McClure, 83, died Monday, June 26, 2006.
Mr. McClure was born July 8, 1922 in Tucumcari. He attended the Tucumcari School System and g...
Virginia Wright leaves chamber
June 28th, 2006
Virginia Wright has been the executive director of the Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce for nine years. But this week, as she sits in the chamber office and looks out at thepassing traffic on Route 66, s...
Overdue taxes prompt officials to seek auction by state
June 28th, 2006
Quay County is owed more than $535,000 in back taxes over a five-year period, from 2000 to 2005, county records show.
While more than half of that sum is expected to be paid by year’s end, there is...
Fire officials check out fireworks
June 28th, 2006
Tucumcari Fire Chief Mike Cherry made the rounds Monday making sure that retailers were not selling any fireworks that had been banned.
“He came by and explained to us what we could sell. He said t...
Rodeo arena could get super sprinkler
June 28th, 2006
County and city officials checked out a demonstration of a water cannon, or one heck of a large sprinkler, for the rodeo arena on Tuesday at the county fairgrounds.
Fairgrounds Manager Daniel Estrada...
Quay County history Lives and endures
June 24th, 2006
Last Saturday, several members of Tucumcari Historical Reserch Institute took a field trip to Forrest Cemetery, and Norton in order to learn more about our history, to have a good lunch, and to enjoy...
What do real New Mexicans eat?
June 24th, 2006
Real New Mexicans don’t eat green chile quiche, someone recently told me.
After thanking the person for the insightful information, I pointed out I never asked in the first place.
But it did get m...
Police Blotter
June 24th, 2006
The following is a sample of calls received by the Tucumcari Police Department in the last few days. According to the reports:
Friday
l At 7:57 a.m., a male reported a semi-truck on West Washington a...
Florida man dies in I-40 crash
June 24th, 2006
A Florida man was killed on Sunday, Father’s Day, in an accident on I-40 at the eastbound 330 mile marker, according to a release by New Mexico State Police.
Killed was Michael Hearn, 56, of Merrit...
Sharon L. Porter
June 24th, 2006
Sharon L. Porter
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church.
Sharon L. Porter, 51, died Friday, June 16, 2006, in Portales.
Miss Porter was born Feb. 18, 1955, in Tucumcari to Frances Shaw Po...
Jaramillo released
June 24th, 2006
Fred Jaramillo III, 23, was released at about 5 p.m. on Thursday on $10,000 bond, a jail official confirmed late last night.
Jaramillo had been in the Quay County Detention Center since he was arres...
Drought takes its tolls on wheat crops
June 24th, 2006
The hard red winter wheat that Quay and neighboring counties are known for growing has been one of the slimmest crops since the 1950s, said Johnny Beevers, manager of the Melrose Grain and Elevator Co...
Rain spells brief relief
June 24th, 2006
Thursday night’s rain brought sighs and smiles of relief to many ranchers and farmers in Quay County. And none could be happier than the Sidwells, a ranching couple, who own and operate the JX Ranch...
Turk's Turf
June 22nd, 2006
For all you ladies missing out on the Wed evenings clinics they are still going on at 6 p.m. We have had good participation and the ladies are having fun.
Sorry for all of the bad winds and heat. I b...
Robbery at gunpoint
June 22nd, 2006
On Monday at 4:59 a.m., an employee reported an armed robbery at a hotel at I-40 and First Street. The woman said she had been robbed at gunpoint.
Police Chief Larry Ham said police are still investi...
Jaramillo's request to lower bond denied
June 21st, 2006
A man accused of supplying alcohol to a minor who drowned last month will not receive a lower bond, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
Judge Edwin Bruhn said bond for Fred Jaramillo III, 23, would remain at $...
Campers paint the town
June 21st, 2006
This summer five campers are creating their own petting zoo of sorts.
But not to worry – even though most of these critters are larger than life – they won’t bite.
And what better place to s...
Superintendent's fate still unknown
June 21st, 2006
The fate of Tumcumcari School Superintendent William Reents – who was placed June 6 on paid administrative leave - was expected to be learned at Monday night’s regular meeting of the Tucumcari B...
City agrees to pay $20,000 toward MainStreet
June 21st, 2006
City commissioners agreed Tuesday to spend $20,000 to assist the start-up of a MainStreet development program. The money will come from the city’s economic development tax fund.
It’s hoped that...
Ethel L. Ernest
June 21st, 2006
Ethel L. Ernest
Services: 2 p.m., Friday at First
Baptist Church of Tucumcari. Interment at the Tucumcari
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Ernest, 99, died Sunday in Clayton following an extended illness...
Phyllis Allen
June 19th, 2006
Services: Have been held.
Phyllis Allen, 95, died June 14, 2006 at Elizabeth Jane Bivins Home for the aged in Amaraillo.
Mrs. Allen was born November 9, 1910 in Bellview to John and Agnes Phillip...
Tragedy can teach lessons
June 17th, 2006
On May 19, alcohol claimed another victim.
But this DWI was different than most we read about. Augustine "Augie" Montiel drowned while intoxicated. And he was only 12 years old.
The Tucumcari fifth...
Fed up with the heat? Go metric
June 17th, 2006
Summer is still a few days away, but that means nothing to New Mexico.
Temperatures have already blasted well beyond the “comfort zone” defined by local meteorologists as 82.61347 degrees and the...
Services for Pat Morris
June 17th, 2006
Pat Morris
Services: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anne’s Catholic Church.
Pat V. Morris, 90, died Thursday, June 15, 2006 in Abuquerque.
Mrs. Morris was born March 20, 1916 in Logan. For many years she m...
Video hearings add safety, cut costs
June 17th, 2006
Video technology is now part of the legal proceedings in the Quay County Magistrate Court in Tucumcari.
One of the last magistrate courts in New Mexico to have the technology installed for arraignme...
Fate of old grain plant may be known soon
June 17th, 2006
In possibly four weeks time, the fate of the old grainery plant on a 20-acre site on Rock Island Road could be decided, said Pete Kampfer, executive director of the Greater Tucumcari Economic Develop...
Motel Safari back in hospitality business
June 17th, 2006
There’s a new player on Route 66’s motel row.
On Wednesday, Nita and Shawn Berryhill of Globe, Ariz., became the new owners of the Motel Safari on Route 66, said Nina Berryhill. That’s when she...
Bikers Rally for Cause
June 17th, 2006
You’ve heard them on the street. That deep low roar from the mufflers of their fine tuned and highly polished machines. And you know: The bikers are back.
They’ve been arriving all week in antici...
Things to do
June 14th, 2006
June
16-18 — 22nd annual Heritage Days, Portales City Park, live music, food, art, car show, Portales
23-25 — Badlands Motorcycle Rally, Clovis Civic Center
24 — Dai...
Officials hope to open pool by end of summer
June 9th, 2006
Closed since the summer of 2004, Tucumcari’s city swimming pool could possibly be open by the dog days of summer, said city officials.
The city has received a conditional permit to begin repairs an...
Superintendent questions go unanswered
June 9th, 2006
Tucumcari school board Chairman Rex E. Kirksey on Friday declined to explain why Superintendent William Reents has been placed on paid administrative leave.
“It’s related to personnel matters and...
Fireworks restriction in place
June 9th, 2006
Severe drought conditions in Tucumcari prompted city officials to impose a fireworks restriction on the sale and use of missile-type rockts, helicopters, aerial spinners and stick-type rockets.
The T...
Nearly one-third take part in primaries
June 9th, 2006
In Quay County, less than a third of the 5,938 registered voters participated in the primary. In all, 1,808 votes were cast.
Of the 3,585 registered Democrats, 40 percent or 1,406 voted.
Of the 1,80...
Queen lives life full of rodeo
June 9th, 2006
From the tip of her white, felt cowboy hat to the toes of her navy blue boots, Ashlee Stallings personifies rodeo royalty.
On her way to the title of Miss Rodeo New Mexico, the Clovis native braved c...
Couple "very lucky" to find wallet
June 9th, 2006
By Kevin Wilson
Quay County Sun
A lost wallet is an unlucky day. A lost wallet in a city garbage truck is exponentially more unlucky.
All things considered for Dallas and Katheryn Howard, their luc...
Canvassed Quay County Vote Totals
June 9th, 2006
QCS Staff
The Quay County Commission canvassed the votes for Tuesday’s county primary races. The following votes were cast in the election.
Democrat
U.S. Senator
Jeff Bingaman 1,171
U.S...
June 10, 2006 Library Books
June 9th, 2006
The following books are available at the Tucumcari Public Library:
Fiction
Dead Watch by John Sandford. A political operative investigates the murder of a former senator.
Suite Francaise by Irene...
June 10, 2006 Police Blotter
June 9th, 2006
The following is a sample of calls received by the Tucumcari Police Department in the last few days:
Tuesday
• At 11:05 a.m., a female on East Center Street called to say that she had been bitte...
Connections make all the difference
June 9th, 2006
May I introduce myself? I’m Chelle Delaney (Chelle is short for Rachelle), fresh from Jacksonville, Fla., where I was born and worked on the local newspapers.
Sure, it gets just as hot in Florida...
Ride through the country educational
June 9th, 2006
Aggie has decided she may not take any more Sunday drives unless I assure her I know where we are going. She tends to get a little excited when I tell her we are hopelessly lost and may not be able to...
County 4-H Results
June 9th, 2006
Livestock Judging
Novice
1. Randall Rush
2. Savannah Thompson
3. Hannah Rogers
4. Trace Rogers
5. Kyeli Stowe
Junior
1. Chase Thompson
2. Richard Rush
3. Bethany Bishop
Senior
1....
June 10, 2006 Calendar
June 9th, 2006
Saturdays ongoing: Alcoholic Anonymous Unity Group meeting from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 1424 S. Sixth St.
Saturdays ongoing: Narcotics Anonymous Roadrunner Group meeting from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Anne...
Some jobs harder with New Mexico weather
June 9th, 2006
The air is stagnant. Hot. Preheated to at least 350. A blazing light beats down upon slightly greased metal. Everything on it begins to bake.
No, it’s not a batch of cookies in the oven. It’s jus...
Many races unopposed
June 7th, 2006
Sue Moore spent Tuesday night at the Quay County Courthouse, doing what she's done every two years for the last 42 years.
This time it was different, but not necessarily better for Moore.
Moore won...
Quay County unofficial vote totals
June 7th, 2006
Quay County Unofficial Vote Totals
Official totals will be available Friday after canvassing.
Democrat (1,614 voters)
U.S. Senator
Jeff Bingaman 1,171
U.S. Representative
Tom Udall 1,141
Governor
B...
Schallert wins Democratic sheriff primary
June 7th, 2006
Quay County Undersheriff Joe Schallert won Tuesday’s primary and will the Democratic candidate for the Quay County Sheriff’s Office.
He will face Republican candidate James L. Witcher in the Nov...
County Commission stays intact
June 7th, 2006
Robert Lopez can now rightfully claim status as Quay County's choice for commissioner.
Lopez won re-election Tuesday night with a 44-vote win in a three-way race in District 1 with Jimmy Sandoval and...
Superintendent put on paid leave by board
June 7th, 2006
Tucumcari Schools Superintendent William Reents, who has been with the school system nearly four years, was placed on paid administrative leave during Tuesday's special meeting of the Tucumcari School...
June 7, 2006 Obituaries
June 7th, 2006
Helen Harlow
Services: 2:30 p.m. today at Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery.
Helen T. Harlow, 93, died May 2, 2006, at Laurel Skies Health Care in Qlbuquerque.
Mrs. Harlow was born Dec. 20, 1912 in...
June 7, 2006 Calendar
June 7th, 2006
Wednesdays ongoing: Alcoholic Anonymous Unity Group meeting from noon to 1 p.m. at 1424 S. Sixth St.
Wednesdays ongoing: Vintage Quilting Society meets 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Citizen’s Buil...
June 7, 2006 Notable Notes
June 7th, 2006
Summer reading program starts Monday
Registration for the 2006 summer reading program, titled “Lasting Impressions,” will begin Monday at the Tucumcari Public Library. The program is for children...
June 7, 2006 Police Blotter
June 7th, 2006
The following is a sample of calls received by the Tucumcari police during the last few days. According to the reports:
Saturday
• At 9:12 p.m., a male reported a theft at Third Street. The call...
June 7, 2006 Tuck's Turf
June 7th, 2006
Results from the weekend’s Mesa Country Club Two-Man Las Vegas Scramble
Red flight: First, Jim Norris/J.W. Norris. Second, Pete Sierra/Hale Allen. Third, Roger Bowe/John L Frost.
Blue flight: Firs...
Life is not all roses
June 7th, 2006
Rejoice evermore. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16, 18
I came home a few nights ago from scrapbooking with friends and foun...
Wheat harvest looks promising
June 7th, 2006
As the wheat harvest approaches, we are all hoping the threat of hail holds off for at least a few more weeks. But, even before this year’s wheat crop is out of the field, planting plans for next fa...
June 3, 2006 Calendar
June 3rd, 2006
Today: Girl Scouts newspaper drive, 9 a.m. to noon, Mesalands Community College.
Saturdays ongoing: Alcoholic Anonymous Unity Group meeting from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 1424 S. Sixth St.
Saturdays ongoi...
Beames leaving as Trigg administrator
June 2nd, 2006
When Hoyt Skabelund left Trigg Memorial Hospital for Socorro General Hospital in 2004, New Mexico native Bo Beames took over as the Tucumcari hospital’s administrator. Now Skabelund has left Socorro...
Local representative all spelled out
June 2nd, 2006
Lucas Donaldson says he is all spelled out.
The Clovis elementary school student traveled to Washington, D.C., to compete in the 79th Scripps National Spelling Bee. Unfortunately, Donaldson, eastern...
June 3, 2006 Police Blotter
June 2nd, 2006
The following is a sample of calls received by the Tucumcari Police Department over the last few days:
Wednesday
• At 3:19 a.m., an unknown male reported an erratic driver on Fourth Street. Offi...
June 3, 2006 Notable Notes
June 2nd, 2006
The Custom Classic softball tournament, in its 23rd year, is accepting team entries.
The tournament, scheduled June 23-25 in Clovis, will have five divisions, all USSSA sanctioned — men’s competi...
Clovis considered as movie site
June 2nd, 2006
Clovis is being considered as a site for a movie called “Seasons of Dust,” Mayor David Lansford said.
Set in 1930, the movie will portray an Oklahoma farming family forced to move to the city a...
No goodbyes; instead, thanks
June 2nd, 2006
In this Quay County Sun you’re holding, you see me, Kevin Wilson, as the Sun’s interim managing editor.
On Monday, Chelle Delaney will join Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico as the QCS managing ed...
Snake stories always worth hearing
June 2nd, 2006
Now that hot weather is blasting the High Plains — as if hot weather isn’t usually blasting the Plains — it’s high time for one of the coolest creatures to come lurking from its hole.
Welcome...
The highway has come a long way
June 2nd, 2006
Those of us who grew up along Highway 66 during its heyday had no idea that it would become Historic Route 66. Nor did we realize when we were swimming at Metropolitan Park, built by the Civilian Cons...
June 3, 2006 Obituaries
June 2nd, 2006
Dean Vernon
Services: Have been held.
Dean C. Vernon, Sr., 69, died Friday, May 12, 2006, at his home in Carlsbad.
Mr. Vernon was born June 7, 1936, in Caney, Kan., to George W. and Maude Adcock...
