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Archive For July 2003
Organizers thank volunteers for Gus Macker
July 26th, 2003
Dear Editor,
Please let me take this opportunity to publicly offer a special “Thank You” to all of those individuals who helped me make the 2003 Gus Macker Tournament a success for Tucumcari. THA...
Marine thanks area for support
July 26th, 2003
I would like to let it be known across the country that I appreciated everyone’s thoughts and prayers concerning my well-being during Operation: Iraqi Freedom. The Marine Corps had a very significan...
Man drowns in Ute Lake
July 23rd, 2003
Police believe alcohol is involved in the accidental drowning death of a 20-year-old Logan man at Ute Lake’s Oldham Overlook over the weekend.
Family members told police Amner Moreno-Ortiz was a poo...
State closes Route 66 bridge
July 23rd, 2003
Travelers looking to get their kicks will have to take a detour off old Route 66 for the immediate future.
On Friday, the state Department of Transportation closed one of the road’s bridges over the...
7/23
July 23rd, 2003
Lena Luvany Davidson Buttram Newman
Lena Luvany Davidson Buttram Newman, 90, died Friday, July 11, 2003, at the Albuquerque Manor.
The daughter of Carlton and Elizabeth L. Rector Davidson, she was b...
Trinity gets new pastor
July 23rd, 2003
Fred Caton, a local farmer and rancher and Tucumcari High School graduate, was called by Tucumcari’s Trinity Baptist Church to be their pastor as of June 16.
His wife Rita is a school teacher. The...
First Christian Church
July 23rd, 2003
A Time
Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived. He knew many, many things. He tells us that there is a time for everything. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NIV)
“There is a time for everything, and a season...
Notes from the Church Lady
July 23rd, 2003
“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; Not slothful i...
Rotary car show results
July 23rd, 2003
Best of show 1958 Corvette — Dr. Avery Rush of Amarillo
People’s choice 1968 Chevy pickup — Rob McClelland of Tucumcari
Long distance 1955 Chevy Wagon — Adam Twigg of Rhode Island
Best paint ...
Comments from the Canyons
July 19th, 2003
When Aggie and I can’t think of anything else to do on a hot day, we take lengthy drives. Last weekend, we wandered around in our country for several hours and 190 miles. We were trying to capture a...
Collectors still showing wares
July 19th, 2003
“Sweet old Bob” Gaines and Harold Jehle pondered tinkered with the little brass contraption for several minutes before finally giving up on it.
They figured out that one piece was stuck and anoth...
Solar cars make pit stop
July 19th, 2003
Stop-and-go driving has an all-new meaning when the automobile being driven is powered by nothing but the sun.
Tucumcari is just past the half-way mark for 20 solar-powered cars in the 2,300-mile Ame...
But there's nothing to do in Tucumcari
July 19th, 2003
I’m sitting in front of a blank computer screen, trying to figure out what to write for this week’s column.
I mean, Tucumcari is such a dull little burg. There’s nothing to write about.
There’...
Tourism workshop to be in Tucumcari
July 19th, 2003
A program designed to help rural communities add to their local economies by increasing tourism will have its first Quay County event since adding the county to its list earlier this year.
Tuesday’...
Travellers still get their kicks
July 19th, 2003
Quay County residents stood side by side with hundreds of Route 66 aficionados from across the country to make unique memories this weekend during Tucumcari’s third annual Route 66 celebration.
The...
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July 12th, 2003
Clinton J. Cox
Clinton J. Cox, 18, died Wednesday afternoon, July 9, 2003, near Tucumcari in a motor vehicle accident.
Born Feb. 8, 1985, in Tucumcari, he had been a lifetime resident of the Logan an...
Collectors coming
July 12th, 2003
“Eclectic” is one word for it.
So is “A whole lot of people who collect a whole lot of stuff,” but that’s not really one word, is it?
Collectors from 10 states will be in Tucumcari next wee...
Roadies hit town
July 12th, 2003
Call it a Tucumcari tradition.
Six cowboys and cowgirls took a trail ride through the Trails West Lounge on Thursday night, kicking off this weekend’s Route 66 celebration with a throwback to an ear...
Man dies when vehicle falls in canal
July 12th, 2003
An 18-year-old Tucumcari man died Wednesday afternoon when the truck he was riding in fell into an irrigation canal north of Tucumcari.
Clinton Cox was in the passenger side of an older model Internat...
Comments from the Canyons
July 12th, 2003
Last Sunday, Aggie and I took a little 150-mile tour of the southwestern section of our county in order to appreciate the beauty, to capture a few photographs, and to be alone with our thoughts.
Beca...
Where's the pledge?
July 12th, 2003
It has been confirmed that the class of 1973 does not intend to say the pledge of allegiance to our flat at this year’s class reunions banquet. It was wrong not to honor our flag!
The red white and...
Thanks for a great visit
July 12th, 2003
My mom and I visited Tucumcari recently and we had a great time. I have never visited such a friendly town. Our family homesteaded in Quay County back in 1906 and mom wanted to see the place again.
W...
Numbers up for Logan bash, but not as high as expected
July 9th, 2003
The combination of a three-day weekend and the drought that has dried up many lakes in New Mexico brought more people to Ute Lake over the Fourth of July holiday than last year, although there weren...
Motor vehicles show stuff at celebration
July 9th, 2003
The fascination with Route 66 is a reflection on the nation’s fascination with the vehicles that drove down it, so a celebration of the Mother Road wouldn’t be complete without activities for cars...
City says ambulance does well in first year
July 9th, 2003
City officials say they have been able to run the ambulance service cheaper without sacrificing quality after taking over the service from a private company last year.
The city had contracted with Tu...
Route 66 Celebration schedule
July 9th, 2003
2003 Roadie Gathering & Route 66 Celebration
Schedule of Events
Thursday
o 6 p.m. Horse Ride through the Trails West Lounge
Friday
o 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cruise — Tucumcari Conv. Center
o 8 p.m. ...
Notes from the Church Lady
July 9th, 2003
“Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Psalms 25:4,5
“I wait for the LORD, my s...
Lessons and paper clips, what could be better?
July 5th, 2003
Sometime last year, I got a call from Sgt. Andy Baldridge at the New Mexico State Police. Seems he was trying to start up a Citizens Police Academy and he wanted to know if I would be interested in be...
Route 66 celebration nears
July 5th, 2003
The days are counting down to the second annual International Roadie Gathering in Tucumcari.
While the event features celebrities such as Martin Milner and Michael Wallace, the real guests of honor ar...
Solar cars return to Tucumcari
July 3rd, 2003
The strange little cars that buzzed through Tucumcari two years ago are making their way back as the second biennial American Solar Challenge comes back down Route 66.
The 2,300-mile race is the longe...
Mack's back
July 3rd, 2003
By Dave Gragg
Quay County Sun
The deadline to sign up for this year’s edition of the Gus Macker three-on-three basketball tournament was last week, but teams have another chance to get themselves or...
Tumbler pigeons win honors
July 3rd, 2003
The 20 birds vaulted from their loft and headed skyward in a tightly knit spiral. Silhouetted against the grey of an overcast sky, the birds seemed to tumble from the air only to right themselves in...
Family honors man with hand-dug grave
July 3rd, 2003
Family members say Clarence Fought was a cowboy at heart. And he took the cowboy code to heart.
Out of respect for that code, his family decided they would pay him one final tribute.
“He was an old...
Tourism head says interest in outlaw could bring in more tourism
July 3rd, 2003
Tucumcari and Quay County must assess on what will draw in tourists and then market those assests, New Mexico’s secretary of Tourism told about 20 people Friday at the Tucumcari Convention Center.
T...
Peformance puts new face on fairy tale
July 3rd, 2003
??¬ -wife team of Jonathan and Katie Brantley, members of the Missoula Children’s Theatre based in Missoula, Mont.
The Brantleys task even more difficult than getting the kids to set the stage: Tu...
Tucumcari way station for caravans
July 3rd, 2003
Old ’vette, new ’vette; red ’vette, blue ’vette.
Not to mention yellows, oranges, blacks and silvers.
In fact, there were more than 200 Corvettes in Tucumcari on Monday and Tuesday as they hea...
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July 3rd, 2003
Iva Lee Haines Evitt, 93, of Amarillo died Monday, June 23, 2003, at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital.
She was born May 13, 1910 to Bobe and Ellen Brown in Hugo, Okla.
She attended school in Logan an...
Notes from the Church Lady
July 3rd, 2003
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24
“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of...
Church of Christ
July 3rd, 2003
So help me God
(Thanks to Jeannie Pepper for the concept of this article)
“Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” We’re all familiar with...
