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In some cases, Quay County residents aren't lacking in certain healthcare services so much as they don't know they exist in the first place. That lack of knowledge surfaced several times from about 50 Quay County residents who attended a health forum March 26 at the county fairgrounds. The forum was designed to set priorities and strategies for the next three years at Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital and its operator, Presbyterian Healthcare Services. The Quay County Health Council also presided...
The Logan girls track team continued its strong early-season showing by winning its 16-team Logan Invitational on Saturday. The Tucumcari boys team, powered by Seth Martinez's top finishes in two hurdles races and two relays, finished third behind Fort Sumner and Santa Rosa, respectively. San Jon tied for seventh, while athletes from Grady and House also competed. The Lady Longhorns easily prevailed amid all the girls teams participating on a cold, blustery day with 82 points. Runner-up was...
Felicity Lopez drove in five runs, including two in the sixth inning, to help lead the Tucumcari softball team to a come-from-behind 11-6 victory March 26 over Santa Rosa. The Lady Rattlers, who improved to 4-0, led 7-6 at the bottom of the sixth when they scored four insurance runs for winning pitcher Jayden Jimenez. Lopez hit a two-run double during the rally, and Jasmine Jones added another RBI. "Felicity came up big for us again," Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby, noting her strong performance...
The Mesalands Community College board of trustees during its March 19 meeting unanimously approved a new outdoor activity fee for students. Brandon Smith, president of the college’s Wind Energy Club and member of student government, and Alyssa Arellano-Reveles, student affairs specialist, proposed the fee of $6 per credit hour during the meeting. The fee will be used to buy camping gear, canoes and other equipment for outdoor outings; pool tables, disc-golf discs and cornhole equipment for the forthcoming student center at the newly p...
The superintendent of Tucumcari schools has instructed an architectural firm to draw up estimates to redevelop its baseball and softball fields as part of a possible bond election in November. Aaron McKinney, superintendent of the Tucumcari school district, told the board of education during its March 18 meeting that Greer Stafford/SJCF Architecture of Albuquerque should present plans — including artist’s renderings — and estimates for the project next month. McKinney said a proposed bond issue of up to $3 million for the Nov. 5 election likel...
Voters in the village of Logan in a few weeks will receive ballots in the mail to decide whether to allow the sale of beer and wine at restaurants there. The language in the June 4 special election will read: “Shall the issuance of restaurant license for the sale of beer and wine be allowed within the local option district in the Village of Logan?” Mama T’s restaurant, which is moving in May into the former Whiskey: The Road to Ruin building a few hundred feet from its old location on U.S. 54, requested the election. “Because the Road to Ruin h...
Five Tucumcari residents attended the first of weekly meet-and-greet meetings held March 18 by the Greater Tucumcari Economic Development Corporation's executive director to explain to the public what the organization seeks to do. Patrick Vanderpool, executive director of the EDC, said the meetings would be at noon each Monday through May 20 at the Tucumcari Convention Center's Liberty Room. After that, Vanderpool said he would assess how often to keep meeting. "I think it was a good start,"...
The Joe's Back in the Day Diner in Tucumcari, which closed two years ago after its owner underwent surgery, will reopen in a few weeks. If the owner has any say, it will be like it never went away. "It will be the same menu as before," manager and owner Joseph Ysco said in a phone interview last week. "I'm excited." Ysco announced on social media last week the restaurant would reopen. Joe's Back in the Day Diner, at 321 E. Route 66 Blvd., served Mexican and American dishes. Ysco said the...
An administrator for Presbyterian Healthcare Services told the Quay County Commission on Monday the healthcare provider would apply for a grant to help buy a retinal-scan camera for diabetes patients. C. Renee Hayoz, administrator for Presbyterian Healthcare Services that runs Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari, said the provider would apply for a Rural Primary Health Care Act grant. The retinal-scan camera, which costs $5,000, would help diagnose diabetes and measure visual degradation in such patients. Hayoz said such a medical...
Tucumcari played the host of the Rattler Relays track and field event, but it was Logan that apparently felt most at home. Both the Logan boys and girls squads took home titles during the 12-team event Saturday, beating out several schools with enrollments much larger. "I thought both teams did a great job today, especially with having only a few days of practice," Logan coach Robert Young said. "We had several individuals and relays each state-qualifying marks. I'm excited to see how much...
Adrian Jones wants to return to coach the San Jon/Grady six-man football team this fall. Whether he will appears uncertain. The San Jon school district placed an advertisement in last week’s Quay County Sun, requesting applications to fill a coaching vacancy for its six-man football team. The start date would be Aug. 1. The opening was not listed on the district’s job-opportunities section of its website. However, Jones said he did not resign, nor was his coaching contract nonrenewed, by the school district. Jones said in a telephone int...
How windy was it last Wednesday? How about so windy, it blew over a freight train. It sounds like a tall tale, but it was no joke when severe winds apparently knocked off 23 railcars from the Canadian River railroad bridge near Logan into the ravine below. A Union Pacific Railroad spokeswoman confirmed there were no injuries. The railroad spokeswoman didn't say what caused the derailment, but New Mexico State Police stated in a tweet that high wind gusts that day were "a contributing factor" in...
With the pouring of the first batch of red-hot molten iron into molds about 4:30 p.m. Friday, the 21st annual Iron Pour at Mesalands Community College began in earnest. Some of the week had been devoted to art exhibitions, a meet-the-artists gala and assorted other events for more than 30 artists who'd arrived from all over the U.S. and a few foreign countries. But much of the time was spent on preparations for the actual pouring of iron - breaking cast iron into manageable pieces, making sand...
Quay County will receive more than $1.6 million worth of capital-outlay projects from the New Mexico Legislature, barring any line-item vetoes from the governor. State Rep. Randy Crowder (R-Clovis) provided Clovis Media, which owns the Quay County Sun, a list of capital-outlay requests for Quay, Curry and Roosevelt counties approved by the Legislature. For Quay County, the projects approved were: • Tucumcari Senior Center renovation, $60,565; • Tucumcari water storage tank improvements, $226,000; • 10th judicial district attorney child safe...
A Tucumcari man was jailed after being accused of breaking into a garage, assaulting a family member and possessing marijuana during an incident March 11. Joshua Neal, 29, was accused in complaints filed March 12 in Quay County magistrate court of breaking and entering, assault against a household member, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana. Breaking and entering is a fourth-degree felony that can lead to 18 months in prison or a $5,000 fine. The other counts were misdemeanors. Tucumcari Police Cpl. Abel Cullum wrote...
Tucumcari track and field coach Wayne Ferguson will get his first good look at his boys and girls teams in competition Saturday during the season-opening Rattler Relays. The Rattler Relays, which begin at 9 a.m. at Rattler Field, also will include competitors from Logan and San Jon. Ferguson said he was optimistic his boys team, which finished third in the state last year, would make another strong showing in Class 3A. "I return a pretty good crew," he said. "I have a pretty good group of...
The sixth-seeded Tularosa girls basketball dashed Tucumcari’s dreams of a state-final berth by stunning the third-seeded Lady Rattlers 38-35 in the Class 3A quarterfinals March 12 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. Tularosa, improving to 19-9, had lost its previous three games against Tucumcari by an average of 31 points. Shacie Marr led the Wildcats with 13 points, and Clara Lechuga added 11. Aaliyah Brown’s 11 points and eight rebounds led Tucumcari, which finished its season 22-5. Jasmine Jones added nine points. The Wildcats cam...
A Logan resident commended the Quay County Commission for “taking a stand” and passing its “Second Amendment sanctuary county” resolution last month. During the public-comment portion of Monday’s meeting, Kent Terry thanked the commission for unanimously passing the resolution after Sheriff Russell Shafer urged the measure during its Feb. 11 meeting. Terry said the commission’s action has prompted him to pay more attention and be more involved. “Things are happening we don’t like ... so we’ll probably be here more often,” Terry said during h...
A company hired by the city of Tucumcari to boost tourism is “turning heads” around the state with its video and soon will launch advertisements that potentially could reach millions of people, the city’s Lodgers Tax Advisory Board learned during its regular meeting Wednesday. Joanie Griffin, CEO of Sunny505 (formerly Griffin and Associates) of Albuquerque, said during a conference call with board members the state tourism department “loves” the video the marketing company produced for the city’s main tourism site at visittucumc...
About a half-dozen Quay County residents gathered Wednesday night in a classroom at Mesalands Community College to learn how to become SKYWARN weather spotters for the National Weather Service. A weather spotter isn't the same as the adrenalin-junkie storm chasers risking life and limb to capture video of tornadoes. "We don't advocate that," said meteorologist Jennifer Shoemake, who ran the class as part of the college's Community Education program. Shoemake is based out of the NWS' Albuquerque...
A Tucumcari man landed in jail for several days on a felony arson charge after being accused of setting a fire that damaged a vacant home. James J. Lucero, 26, was detained March 2 on a complaint of negligent arson, a fourth-degree felony that can lead up to 18 months in prison or up to a $5,000 fine. Negligent arson is described as recklessly starting a fire or causing an explosion that damaged or destroyed a building. In a complaint filed March 4 in magistrate court, Tucumcari police officer Shaun Slate wrote he was sent to investigate a...
Three people were arrested last week on felony charges after being accused in connection with at least one burglary in Logan. The people detained were: • Bernadine Gutierrez, 56, of Logan, on one count of residential burglary; • Stanley Ralph Brown, 56, of Logan, on one count of residential burglary; • Lawrence W. Barranca, 55, of Tucumcari, on one count of receiving stolen property (over $500 but not more than $2,500) and one count of tampering with evidence. All of the complaints were filed Wednesday in Quay County Magistrate Court in Tucum...
The Tucumcari school board approved several budget adjustments during a special meeting March 4, including one that allowed the district to hire a team of counselors for its students. Assistant superintendent David Johnson said the district had been approved for a Title IV grant the previous week. As a result, the board during its special meeting approved an adjustment that will allow the district to spend $27,146.72 of that money to hire Mesa Counseling of Tucumcari. Johnson said Mesa’s counselors will come to Tucumcari schools one or two days...
LOGAN - The Logan boys basketball team roared to leads of 15-2 in the first quarter and 42-17 at halftime during a 79-45 victory Saturday over Cimarron in the first round of the Class 1A tournament. The fourth-seeded Longhorns (21-7) advanced to face fifth-seeded Melrose (22-7) at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday in the quarterfinals at Bernalillo High School. The district rivals went 2-2 against each other this season, with Melrose winning the last matchup 74-65 on Feb. 28. The winner of that game plays...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team scored the game's first 28 points against overmatched Cuba during a 66-28 victory Friday to advance to the Class 3A quarterfinals. The third-seeded Lady Rattlers, who improved to 22-4 with their 15th straight win, were scheduled to play sixth-seed Tularosa (18-9) for a fourth time Tuesday morning. (A final score wasn't available before deadline). Tularosa defeated Sandia Prep 47-36 in its first-round game. The winner of the Tucumcari-Tularosa game plays the...