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On Monday county commissioners met in special session and approved a roofing contract for the court house. County Manager Richard Primrose said the commission approved the contract of $203,300 to WWRC Inc. of Clovis. He said the company has 10 days to start on the roof after being notified of the approval. Primrose estimate it would take 90 days to finish the project. Primrose said the preservation society has also approved repairs on the court house. Primrose said that the county will be spending $6,688 to install an air conditioning unit at...
The Tucumcari Oasis Tree Project helping in the beautification of Tucumcari by offering memberships to the Arbor Day Foundation. The fee is $10 and each person receives 10 free trees. Rebecca Blakeney started the project. She said when she moved to Tucumcari in September and saw the community had been planting trees around the town, she wanted to help the community with getting more trees planted. Blakeney said the the elementary school needs some of their trees replaced and there are some other places around town in need of trees. Yvette...
Black Friday in Tucumcari turned out the community in large numbers. Rhonda Kandel, manager of K Mart, said the store had many special sales for shoppers. She said Tucumcari shoppers were fantastic and were shopping Tucumcari in better numbers this year with three days of door buster sales. Brian Woodward, manager of Alco, said the day started out slow but picked later. He said many shoppers were coming in the store and sales were up from last year. Sandy Shipley of Shipley's Radio Shack said they had a lot of early shoppers coming in the...
The Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting at Dr. Dan C. Trigg Hospital Thursday celebrating the new program Senior Solutions. QCS Staff Photo: Jerrene Bradley More than 40 people attended the open house for the Senior Solutions Thursday at Dr. Dan C. Trigg Hospital in Tucumcari. An estimated 40 people attended the kickoff. Therapist Rhonda Gutierrez said the new program is a good way for seniors to be able to talk to someone about problems or just to be able to visit with other seniors who may not have anyone else at home.... Full story
Thursday afternoon Father Hijgenus Anuta dedicated the building for the Tucumcari Animal Hospital with Jean Corey, doctor of veterinary medicine. QCS photo: Jerrene Bradley The Tucumcari Animal Hospital was dedicated and blessed on Thursday by Father Hijgenus Anuta, left, while veternarian Jean Corey helps with the ceremony. Corey thanked everyone for showing up to the ceremonies. Corey said that if it hadn't been for the volunteers a lot of the work would not be done yet. She said volunteers helped by cleaning the cages burned in an arson...
On Friday morning the community came together at the cemetery to put flags on the graves of our veterans. QCS photo: Jerrene Bradley Veterans Mucio Lopez and Dave Hine spent Friday morning put out flags on veterans graves. VFW Commander Fred Porter said this year was a great turn out of supporters to help put out the flags. Students in the National Honor Society volunteered this year to help put flags out, with about 15 kids showing up. Porter said that he was proud to see these young kids taking an interest in their community. QCS photo:... Full story
QCS photo: Jerrene Bradley Two terriers were uninjured after being rescued from beneath a grain silo. Two dogs were rescued Thursday from three stories underground. Gene Ross and his son Chris Ross, employees at Versatile Construction, were working when they could hear dogs barking from somewhere around the plant. They went looking around to find where the sound was coming from and finally were able to locate the two dogs, who were trapped under the grain silos. A male terrier was in a pit in about 6 inches of water and a female terrier was...
One of Tucumcari's own will be featured in the film "The Dust Bowl" on PBS 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday. R. L. "Boots" McCoy was born in the Oklahoma Panhandle on Dec. 1, 1926, and was raised on a farm where they went to work in the mornings plowing the fields to raise wheat. McCoy said that he and his sister, who was two years older, didn't know any better and that was how life was. In 1932, the McCoy's were blessed with twin boys, who unfortunately did not survive. McCoy said the boys were too frail and in those days, doctors and medical... Full story
The Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce held their first Cash Mob event Friday. QCS photo: Jerrene Bradley Tucumcari's first cash mob brought in area residents and chamber of commerce members. Patsy Gresham said that these events are great for the community to get out to the local small businesses to see what they have to offer for the upcoming holidays. Gresham said it doesn't take a lot of money to go to one of these events and you get to see people in the community you haven't seen for a while. Richard Randals, chamber president, said the event... Full story
Kindergarten through fifth-grade students held a contest at the elementary school to see which class could collect the most canned and dry goods to be donated to the Ministry of Hope. QCs photo: Jerrene Bradley Doyle Frasier of Ministry of Hope said he was very surprised at the amount of goods that the children collected and that is was a wonderful job the children did to help out where they could. Reba O'Riley, a volunteer at Ministry of Hope, said there was lots of food collected and that it is nice the community comes together and helps out...
Tucumcari City Manager Doug Powers was presented the Joe Guillen Award on Oct. 25 at an Infrastructure Finance Conference in Taos. The award recognizes individuals who have had a long term impact in their community. Powers said the award is a great honor for him. "It is nice for Tucumcari to finally be recognized," Powers said. City Commissioner Robert Lumpkin said Powers is always trying to be ahead of the times and is striving for the future of Tucumcari.... Full story
The Red Ribbon carnival was held Saturday with a lot of the community coming out to support the cause. QCS photo: Thomas Garica Dressed as his favorite superhero, Jacob Olivas knocks a golf ball through the pumpkins mouth to win a prize Saturday at the VFW Post 2528's fall carnival. Susan Lease, coordinator of the event, said she estimated there were 750 to 1,000 children that participated in games set up at the carnival, according to the amount of treat bags that were given away. Lease said many of the businesses in town made donations to... Full story
Tucumcari and Logan middle schools are getting surprise grant money from the state for improving student test scores. Tucumcari Middle School will receive $13,463.91 and Logan Middle School is getting $3,328.16. The award recognizes the middle schools as one of just 48 schools in New Mexico earning a "Top Growth" designation from the state Public Education Department. The grant is given for improvement in 2012 New Mexico Standards Based Assessment tests. Secretary-Designate of Education Hanna Skandera said Logan and Tucumcari raised their...
Tucumcari Middle School is holding its annual book fair until Nov. 6 at the book store. QCS photo: Jerrene Bradley Jordyn Diaz, Ryanne Lopez and Kayla Cherry double-check the baskets for family night at the book fair. This year's theme is based on the Academy Awards. There will be a walk of fame on the red carpet along with Oscar trophies to the prize winners. Yolanda Aragon, librarian, said that all students are stars at the middle school. Students, parents and teachers will all be dressing up for the occasion with prizes going to the best... Full story
Tucumcari city commission is considering holding town hall meetings to encourage more community involvement. Commissioner Daniel Lopez expressed his concerns Thursday. Lopez said the commission should consider holding town hall meetings. The commission approved a Lodgers Tax Board request for $35,000 to fund the Tucumcari Today and Tonight advertising campaigns. The money will be used for promoting daytime activities and new flags for the light poles in an attempt at getting more people to stop in Tucumcari, said Skylar Kaye, and lodgers board...
Tucumcari school teachers received a donation of $220 per teacher from the First Baptist Church. Teachers have been buying supplies out of their own pockets for years to make sure they had the tools essential in teaching the children, said First Baptist Church Pastor John Hinze. Nicole Bright-Lesly said it was a very generous gift and it was very emotional and touching for the teachers when they received their money. Hinze said that in August he was home recovering after knee surgery, watching a program and when it was over the people were talk...
Mesalands Community College's rodeo team is preparing to host their 5th annual Grand Canyon Region redo on Friday and Saturday at the Quay County Rodeo Arena. QCS staff photo: Thomas Garcia Wilson Pike, left, and Cahse Massengill practice Tuesday evening in preparation for Mesalands Community College's Fifth annual Intercollegiate Rodeo. There are 366 entries total, how many of those entries will actually compete will depend on the status of their eligibility, said C.J. Aragon, Mesalands Intercollegiate Rodeo Coach. Aragon said there are 9...
Emergency personnel and police officials still have few answers to the circumstances which led to 14-year-old Alex Jauck having to be rescued from Tucumcari Mountain. Scott Jaynes, emergency manager with the city of Tucumcari said they received a call from dispatch around 10 a.m. Monday morning regarding Jauck being stranded on the side of the mountain. Jaynes said that he and Brenda Rivale, Emergency Medical Services director, went to the mountain to assess the situation. He said around 11:30 a.m., he had dispatched fire and rescue and an... Full story
Ellen White, county clerk and Danny Wallace were busy on Thursday afternoon certifying the early and absentee voting machines for the upcoming November election. White said that early voting will begin on Oct. 10. It will run Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. staying open during the noon hour. Early voting ends on Nov. 3, the Saturday before Election Day, with the clerk's office will be open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. White said that will be the only Saturday the office will be open. White and Wallace were putting ballots in the...
Emergency workers rescued a Tucumcari teenager Monday afternoon from a narrow ledge on the face of Tucumcari Mountain. Police, Farmers Electric Coop employees and a member of a local fire department reached the teenager, who was stranded about midway up the 700-foot landmark south of the city, about 3:45 p.m. It was not immediately clear how long Alex Jauck, 14, had been stranded. "I am grateful for all that helped rescue Alex, especially, Farmers Electric Company for having the ropes to be used to reach him," said Robert Lankford, Alex's...
On Monday a community came together at the Quay County Fair Barn to help fill "Care Bags" for those people who are going through treatments for cancer and other devastating disease. A hundred bags were sewn together by the Forest Extension Club and hats were crocheted together by the Conchas Extension club. The items will be put in bags along with non-slip socks, notepads, lip balm, calendars, pens, gloves, game books and more. QCS photo: Jerrene Bradley Tucumcari residents work to fill "care bags" for cancer patients during an event at the...
A new Tucumcari-based medical airlift service will provide a timely response during critical medical situations. QCS photo: Jerrene Bradley Western States Air Medical services out of Las Vegas has stationed their aircrafts in Tucumcari. The medical flight service is owned/operated by Steven and Susan Spande "We saw a great opportunity for the service being stationed in Tucumcari," said Scott Stamper, public relations with Care Flight. Stamper said after they visited with residents they came to realize a locally-based medical air service was a n...
We asked area residents about their first music concerts. This is what they said: • Stella Watson, 59, Tucumcari Ranch Supply: "My first concert was in Las Cruces at the Pan American Center. We saved our money for two months so we could go see Neil Diamond. It was great." • Patty Nelson, 45, employee at Security Finance: "My first concert was when I saw ZZ Top in Las Cruces at the Pan American Center. The lazer light show was the greatest. I was 18 years old." • Dody Nunez, 43, employee at Tucumcari Ranch Supply: "My first concert was in Las C... Full story
QCS photo: Jerrene Bradley Mesalands Community College welcome back barbecue had a very good turnout by returning and first year students. Mesalands held their welcome back barbecue Wednesday with a good turnout of returning students and first-year students attending. - Jordan Minor, second-year student, is part of the rodeo team in calf roping and team roping. Minor said he hoped to win the Grand Canyon Regional competition again and make the College National Finals Rodeo. - Jessie Case, first-year student, is from Estancia. Case said family...
I spent 30 minutes on Monday afternoon at the corner of Route 66 and Second Street, watching life pass in front of me. QCS photo: Jerrene Bradley QCS reporter Jerrene Bradley spent 30 minutes Tuesday morning at the corner of Route 66 and Second Street. Here is what I saw: - Customers at the First National Bank of New Mexico were pulling into the drive through making their deposits or withdrawals for the day. - Several tourists had gone shopping at the Lowe's grocery store, bringing out a couple of bags of groceries. - Employees of the grocery...