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County plans to privatize solid waste clean up
July 29th, 2004
Quay County Commissioners let it be known Monday they are serious about getting out of the trash business. They held an open meeting to discuss dropping the solid waste collection business.
The thing...
Agriculture welcomes summer rains
July 29th, 2004
The recent steady rainfall in the Tucumcari area which began late Friday evening and lasted until Saturday afternoon, was welcomed by Quay County farmers and ranchers.
Although some parts of the coun...
Chamber gets new officers
July 29th, 2004
The Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce recently chose new officers. Chosen to take over the direction of the Chamber were Will Cantrell, of the First National Bank of New Mexico as president, P...
Forrest Fire Department to acquire new fire truck
July 29th, 2004
FORREST - The Forrest Volunteer Fire Department are not crazy about Forrest fire puns, but they are even less fond of Forrest fires. That is one of the big reason they are getting another fire truck.
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Marcos Leandro Baca
July 29th, 2004
Marcos “Lee” Leandro Baca died Sunday, July 25, 2004 near Santa Teresa in a roll-over accident.
Lee Baca was born February 12, 1983 and was a 2001 Tucumcari High School graduate. He played high sc...
Construction to begin on 1-40
July 29th, 2004
Fisher Sand and Gravel of Albuquerque is the low bidder for the reconstruction of I-40 between Newkirk and Tucumcari, according to New Mexico Transportation Secretary Rhonda Faught.
Construction will...
Horse show, rodeo end
July 29th, 2004
While the rodeo arena that the 4-H rodeo and horse show competitors used over the weekend looked more appropriate for mud wrestling than rodeoing and horse showing, the show and the rodeo went on Frid...
Football begins practice Aug. 9
July 29th, 2004
Tucumcari High School football coach Dub Smith said his 2004 Rattlers will begin practice Aug. 9 and a time has been scheduled for all players to get their physicals next Wednesday morning at Rattler...
Vic Breen Golf Tourney deemed success
July 29th, 2004
Despite weather more suited for duck hunting than golf, the annual Vic Breen Memorial Golf Classic took place over the weekend with 43 golfers competing in the tournament.
According to Tucumcari Clu...
Water rates hiked
July 29th, 2004
Marty Garcia, Assistant City Manager said Tucumcari city management recently decided to raise water rates for residential and commercial customers both within and outside city limits.
Average water b...
City gets new mayor
July 25th, 2004
As of Thursday night Tucumcari has a new Mayor. City Commissioner. Mary Mayfield became the first woman in Tucumcari’s history to become mayor.
“I feel very honored,” said Mayfield who was elec...
13 speak out about city police
July 25th, 2004
The largest crowd in most people’s memories to attend a Tucumcari City Commission meeting gathered at city hall Thursday evening to air their opinions about the Tucumcari City Police Force and in re...
West Nile shots needed
July 25th, 2004
The West Nile virus is making its appearance again in New Mexico this year according to veterinary experts, although it does not appear to be as active as last year’s outbreak. Still, Flint Taylor,...
Norma Jean Baum Gray, Rex B. Foote
July 25th, 2004
Rex B. Foote
Rex B. Foote, 84, died in Tucumcari on Monday July 19, 2004 following an extended illness.
Rex Foote was born Dec. 3, 1919 in Orlando, Okla. He was a farmer in the Tucumcari area for many...
Girls Scouts learn of emergency careers
July 25th, 2004
Thursday morning a group of Girl Scouts listened to Quay County emergency and law enforcement personnel talk about their professions while the local Girl Scouts took part in a special career day set u...
FCCLA pair visit Chicago
July 25th, 2004
FCCLA state officer Maria Garcia of Tucumcari and the local FCCLA sponsor middle school instructor Jodie Lamm recently returned from Chicago where they attended the FCCLA National Leadership Meeting.
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A question of non-gayness
July 25th, 2004
My wife has decided I’m definitely not gay.
This insight did not come from the risque magazines that she found around the house when we were first married (I tried to tell her they were left by a p...
Number of years changes but not zest
July 25th, 2004
By the time you are reading this, I will have done the unthinkable and changed from 69 to 70!
Land sakes alive! Who would have ever thought I’d have lived this long? Who would have ever thought I...
Economic Development head resigns
July 25th, 2004
Ben Kendrick, director of the Tucumcari/Quay County Economic Development Corporation, turned in his resignation to economic development corporation CEO Leo Thrasher of Citizens’ Bank of Tucumcari Th...
Allen E. Walters, James Davis, Rowena A. Daniels
July 22nd, 2004
Rowena A. Daniels
Rowena A. Daniels, 49, Satanta, Kan. Died Monday, July 12, 2004 at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kan.
Rowena Daniels was born April 1, 1955 at Las Vegas, N.M..
She moved t...
State patrol officer commands area
July 22nd, 2004
Lieutenant Nathan Wallace of the New Mexico State Police is in charge of a large portion of eastern New Mexico from an area west of Santa Rosa all the way to the state border with Texas.
Based in Tuc...
Woman offers free violence counseling
July 22nd, 2004
“I would say we have a pretty big domestic violence problem here in Tucumcari,” said Ronni Wright, “and it doesn’t seem to matter what ethnic background people are from or how much money they...
San Jon sets registration
July 22nd, 2004
The San Jon School District has already shifted into high gear for the upcoming school year as they hold their middle and high school registration on July 26-29.
According to San Jon Schools Guidanc...
Diabetes workshop set
July 22nd, 2004
The Quay County Extension Office will once again be sponsoring an “On The Road To Living Well With Diabetes” program.
During the program, individuals learn of five tests regarding diabetes. In ad...
Locals study Oklahoma football
July 22nd, 2004
Tucumcari Middle School football coaches, Eddie Encinias and Brian Dunlap, took 21 middle school football payers to a football camp in Goodwell, Okla. last month.
The seventh and eighth graders learn...
Players learn from camp
July 22nd, 2004
Coach Alicia Trujillo said that almost 30 young people are out for her “Pass it, Set it, Spike it” volleyball camp going on this week at the Rattler Gymnasium each morning and afternoon.
‘Thing...
No school for Conchas
July 22nd, 2004
CONCHAS LAKE - At its height it educated 25 students grades kindergarten through sixth grade, but those days are long gone, and because of that, Conchas Elementary School held its last class in May.
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Helen Marie Edwards, Bonita Faye Roe
July 18th, 2004
Helen Marie Edwards
Helen Marie Edwards, 86, of Friona, Texas died Thursday, July 15, 2004, at Parmer County Hospital in Friona, Texas.
Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Church of Christ of Fort Sumner.
Hele...
Mesalands goes on the air
July 18th, 2004
Subscribers of Comcast cable television services now have an additional channel available where an assortment of educational programs and community information can be found. According to Mesalands Co...
Logan relaxes fire ban
July 18th, 2004
At their regular meeting, July 13, the Village of Logan Council lifted the fire ban that became official June 1.
According to the council, one reason for rescinding the ban was the recent rains, but t...
Local blacksmith wins in Canada
July 18th, 2004
Local blacksmith and farrier artist Jim Keith finished eighth overall at the World Championship Blacksmith’s Competition in Calgary, Alberta recently. Keith and his helper, Mark Milster, also took...
4-H Horse Show, Rodeo on for July 23-25
July 18th, 2004
The New Mexico State 4-H Horse Show and Quay County 4-H Rodeo is, according to Quay County Extension agent Pete Walden and others from the extension office, raring to go on the weekend of July 23.
Ac...
Vic Breen Tourney set to begin
July 18th, 2004
The Vic Breen Memorial Golf Tournament is scheduled to take place Friday-Sunday July 23-25 at the Tucumcari Municipal Golf Course.
“This is one of the best tournaments all year here,” said golfer...
Petition seeks police chief's removal
July 18th, 2004
George Aragon, who stood before city commissioners July 8 with complaints about the behavior of Tucumcari Police Chief Dennis Townsend, is circulating a petition calling for the chief's dismissal.
Ar...
Roads diverging at the pool hall
July 18th, 2004
Today’s column is a true one (or at least as true as anything dealing with memory can be). When I am asked to speak at graduations or affairs honoring fathers, I often pull this story out and share...
Taking steps back with homemade stilts
July 18th, 2004
If you watched the parade on Route 66 last Saturday, you saw a couple of very tall people striding along on their stilts as if they were accustomed to walking at that height and speed on all occasions...
Rock 'n Roll caps Route 66 Festival
July 15th, 2004
The 2004 edition of the Route 66 Festival is over and according to the president of the association, Johnnie Meier, things came off pretty well. “I was impressed with almost everything,” said Meie...
Logan school hires principal
July 15th, 2004
The Board of Education voted unanimously July 12 to hire Gary Miller as Logan Public School’s new principal for the 2004-05 school year. He will also serve as the girl’s basketball coach. Miller,...
Clovis firm lands Tucumcari school contract
July 15th, 2004
The Tucumcari Municpal School Board voted to award a hefty construction and renovation contract to Wilson and Wilson Co., a Clovis-based construction firm, Tuesday afternoon. William Reents, Phd., Sup...
hundreds view festival show cars
July 15th, 2004
The Rotary Club’s Route 66 car show offered a variety of quality cars and trucks for the viewing pleasure of hundreds Saturday afternoon at the Tucumcari Convention Center.
The 60 cars and trucks on...
Local honored by firm
July 15th, 2004
Brad L. Bryant of San Jon and a representative for Modern Woodman of America is one of a small percentage of life insurance agents to achieve membership in the “Million Dollar Round Table” this ye...
Witcher chosen in special election
July 15th, 2004
A total of 91 votes were cast in the District 3 Special Election to choose the city commissioner to represent that district and not even the winner of the commission seat, Jim Witcher was happy about...
Parker Kate Smith, Beatrice Lyon
July 11th, 2004
Beatrice (Barreras) Lyon
Beatrice (Barreras) Lyon, 68, died July 9 in Fresno, Calif. Lyon was born June 14, 1936 in Tucumcari where she was a member of St. Anne’s Catholic Church.
Lyon is survived b...
Grandson of area woman dies in Iraq
July 11th, 2004
A United States Marine with direct ties to Quay County died in Iraq recently, making him one of the first military personnel with such ties to the county to die in “Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
Staf...
Special election Tuesday
July 11th, 2004
A special election for the District 3 city commissioner will be held Tuesday, July 13.
The election will have three individuals -- James Witcher, Ron Wilmot, and Paula Chacon -- vying for the commiss...
Officials give grant for Five-Mile Park
July 11th, 2004
Friday, two members of the National Park Service and one of the Historic Preservation Division of the State of New Mexico Office of Cultural Affairs came to Tucumcari to announce that they had not for...
Boxcar crowned 'Queen'
July 11th, 2004
Ruby Ann Boxcar was crowned Queen of the Tucumcari Route 66 Festival Friday evening, July 9, at the Tucumcari Convention Center in front of a crowd of nearly 200 people.
Queen Ruby Ann presented copie...
Horses ride again at local lounge
July 11th, 2004
Around 50 locals and tourists watched horses ride through the interior of Trails West Lounge on East Tucumcari Boulevard Thursday evening as part of the kickoff of the Route 66 Festival this weekend.
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Artists complete mural
July 11th, 2004
Doug and Sharon Quarles have become popular with locals and tourists alike over the past two months for the large mural they have been painting on the side of Lowe’s Grocery Store.
Doug Quarles sai...
A maven of motorcycle maddness
July 11th, 2004
What with the Mother Road Rally and all, I’ve been thinking more and more about getting a motorcycle of my very own.
I was thinking about the whole idea of the wind whipping through my hair, the pow...
Editor a pain, but has a sense of humor
July 11th, 2004
This woman from Ima has remained quiet in re Editor Hagenah for as long as possible and now really must see if he has the sense of humor he says he has. Of course, this could be the last column if he...
Conchas gets new acting super
July 11th, 2004
Paul Fishell, the Park Manager of Conchas Lake State park for the past three years, became the acting superintendent of the park on Thursday, July 8.
Byron Wilson, the former superintendent, left to...
Art camp to begin again
July 11th, 2004
Artists Doug and Sharon Quarles announced last week that because of the success of their recent art camp, they would be holding another one later this month.
The two Tucumcari artist said they were a...
Camp meeting set to start
July 11th, 2004
A Cowboy Camp Meeting will take place at the Bell Ranch in Mosquero Canyon on July 17 and 18.
According to Donna Hazen of Mosquero the two days will be full of activities. “There will be Cowboy mus...
Volleyball camp set
July 11th, 2004
Head Rattler volleyball coach Alicia Trujillo announced recently that she would be conducting a volleyball camp July 19 through the 23 for both boys and girls in the Quay County area.
“It’s a goo...
Police under fire at city hall
July 11th, 2004
Tucumcari police officers were accused of inappropriate behavior by five different individuals who spoke at Thursday's Tucumcari City Commission meeting held at city hall.
George Aragon, Jeff Cordova...
Festival features variety of fun
July 8th, 2004
On Thursday July 8th, the Tucumcari Route 66 Festival will kick-off with a unique Tucumcari event, the Second Annual Trail Ride Through the Trails West Lounge.
That evening, around 7:30 PM, riders on...
Farmers' market starting strong
July 8th, 2004
The Tucumcari Farmers’ Market has found its new home at Wailes Park to its liking said the head of the area farmers’ market organization, Joye Clumbine.
“Everything went really well,” said Cl...
Tucumcari civilian heads to Iraq
July 8th, 2004
A civilian employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Conchas Lake will be heading to Iraq on Sunday, and she is proud to say she volunteered to do it.
“I thought about it for quite a while,...
Chamber stages Route 66 Festival Talent Show
July 8th, 2004
According to Kim Andrews, of the Quay County/Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce, a talent show will be held Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tucumcari Convention Center. Anyone may enter the talent s...
Documentary to get showing in city
July 8th, 2004
The new PBS documentary, “The Neon Road in New Mexico”, will be shown on the big screen of the Thunderbird Theater at 2:00 PM Saturday at the Tucumcari Route 66 Festival, in the Convention Center....
Rangers help with 'jacket safety
July 8th, 2004
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Rangers Steve Peterson and Bob Mumford were in the right place at the right time on Saturday, June 5 when they noticed that three girls, ages 14 to 16 years old, had falle...
Conchas Lake offers activities
July 8th, 2004
Conchas Lake State Park will be offering interpretive programs and presentations each Saturday this month. The programs are free to the public.
On Saturday July 10 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Steve Car...
Fireworks light Fourth
July 8th, 2004
Around $5,000 dollars worth of fireworks went into the air over the Tucumcari Elks Lodge Sunday evening for 25 minutes and virtually everyone involved felt the money was well spent.
“It went great!...
Just learning to talk Texan
July 4th, 2004
As many of my readers know, I try to be helpful whenever I can make myself available to those that need assistance, and I must be good at helping because so many times shortly after I begin to help, t...
Rattler brings back memories, history
July 4th, 2004
The Rattler Paper Committee, composed of Marian Farmer Knapp, Norma Jean Redhage Crellin, and Nancy Ward Napier, is most definitely to be commended this year for publishing 56 pages of pictures and re...
Post Office looking unsafe
July 4th, 2004
Tucumcari Post Master Robert Roark is quite emphatic about the idea that the Tucumcari Post Office is not the Biblical city of Jericho, and the walls won’t “come tumbling down....” He hopes.
Roa...
Richmond
July 4th, 2004
Arliegh E. Richmond
Arliegh E. Richmond, 72, died in Logan Thursday, July 1, 2004 following an extended illness.
Arliegh Richmond was born Aug. 28, 1931 in Phoenix, Ariz. He was retired from a life-ti...
Pinatas help make reading fun
July 4th, 2004
Throughout the last week children involved with the Tucumcari Public Library Readiscover New Mexico summer-reading program have been rediscovering a traditional Mexican and New Mexican activity - buil...
Conchas Lake water level rises
July 4th, 2004
Due to rains within the last ten days, the water level of Conchas Lake has risen about one foot, according to Paul Fishell, Conchas Lake Park Manager.
“The higher water level is noticeable to regul...
Rosebud holds reunion
July 4th, 2004
The Ninth Annual Rosebud Homecoming Reunion will be held in the Old Rosebud School House on Saturday, July10 beginning at 10 a.m.
According to one of the organizers, Rose Mary Girard of Nara Visa, ind...
Pipeline prospects proving poor
July 4th, 2004
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici R-N.M. told members of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority last week that he will not be supporting federal funding of the Ute Water Project for at least two years,...
Labor office set to close
July 4th, 2004
According to Bill Griffin, Employment Supervisor for Tucumcari’s Workforce Development Center, the New Mexico Department of Labor told its employees Wednesday that the workforce development center i...
County looks for way out of trash
July 1st, 2004
Quay County is looking at getting out of the trash business. At Monday’s meeting of the Quay County Commission, commissioners and Quay County Manager Terry Turner discussed the problems that have co...
Wang Dang Doodle ready
July 1st, 2004
The Route 66 Festival’s “Wang Dang Doodle Parade” is set for Saturday, July 10.
According to Virginia Wright, Director of the Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce, the unique feature of the parade is...
Logan sets up for July 4 weekend
July 1st, 2004
Record crowds are expected for Logan’s Fourth of July weekend this year.
The city will hold a parade on Saturday July 3, and the Logan Chamber of Commerce will be holding a free bean feed and a fir...
John S. Upton
July 1st, 2004
John S. Upton
John S. Upton, 90, died June 27 at Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari following an extended illness. Upton was born Oct. 21, 1913 in Roswell.
Upton was a rancher in Roswell and...
City kennel offers last hope for strays
July 1st, 2004
Mike Martinez, Tucumcari’s Animal Control Supervisor, said that as long as there is enough space in the city’s dog kennel, dogs and cats that reside there are not in danger of being euthanized.
R...
Ranch Rodeo set to take place July 9-10
July 1st, 2004
The Third Annual Kiwanis Ranch Rodeo will be held July 9 and 10 at the Quay County Fair Grounds in Tucumcari.
Working ranch teams from the United States and Canada use their everyday working ranch sk...
New minister arrives in Tucumcari
July 1st, 2004
The Center Street Methodist Church has a new minister. Moving into the pulpit of the Methodist church is Thomas Broom.
“I’m liking it here,” said Broom. “We (his wife Patricia and he) enjoy t...
Ute Lake gets busier in 2004
July 1st, 2004
Things have been jumping for fishermen, bait stores and park officials this summer at the Ute Lake State Park in Logan.
And this weekend is expected to be no different.
With the July 4 weekend approa...
Fire restrictions set
July 1st, 2004
The New Mexico State Forestry Division has set new fire restrictions for forest lands and parks throughout New Mexico. According to Eugene Pino, Fire Management Officer for the Las Vegas District, t...
Fireworks selling well
July 1st, 2004
Phantom Fireworks, on West Tucumcari Boulevard is gearing up for big holiday sales, according to Andrea Page, assistant manager.
Page said a lot of travelers from out of town are stopping in to buy...
