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The Tucumcari Historical Museum will mark the 50th anniversary of its grand opening with four events that organizers hope will spark children's interest in local history and bring back memories to those who were there when the museum opened. Cindy Lathrom, a member of the museum's board of directors, and Joy Young, a former board member and longtime volunteer, last week sat down in the museum's Herman H. Moncus Memorial Annex to talk about the museum's history, its sprawling collections, its...
Last week, Melissa Morrison spent her days brushing, trimming and babysitting animals at her K-9 Design Grooming and Boarding in Tucumcari. Early this week, the state's Legislature in Santa Fe recognized her and the business she operates with her husband, Charlie, as a Star Client of the New Mexico Small Business Development Center at Mesalands Community College. In addition to attending the 20th annual reception at La Fonda in Santa Fe for other Star Clients across the state, she was scheduled...
PORTALES — Mary and Sandi Taylor did most everything together while running their daycare. Now they sit together facing trial for the 2017 death of one young girl in their care and the serious injury to another. Since 2013, the duo ran “Taylor’s Tots” daycare from their residence in Portales, earning a good reputation for looking after young children. In February 2017, they passed a semi-annual inspection from the state’s Children, Youth and Families Department, and five months later a surveyor with the agency visited to start the initial p...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Yogurt and granola, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Teriyaki chicken with brown rice, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, steamed broccoli, baby carrots, fruit, milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick, ultimate breakfast round, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Cheeseburger, French fries, lettuce, fresh tomato slice, pickle slices, fruit, milk. Monday — Breakfast: French toast sticks with maple syrup, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham crack...
• Saturday — Valentine’s Dance. Treat your sweetheart to a night of dancing. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, with only 150 tickets available. To buy tickets, call (575) 461-4980. Tickets must be purchased before the event; no tickets will be sold at the door. Tucumcari Columbus Club, 204 E. Main St., Tucumcari. • Saturday — Valentine’s Shopping Bazaar. The VFW Post 2528 Auxiliary will offer gifts, baskets, baked goods, concession stand and lots of fun from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Table space is available for vendors to sell their gifts. It w...
On this date ... 1969: The 1969 New Mexico Seedsmen’s Association Convention gets underway with registration this afternoon at the Holiday Inn in Tucumcari. More than 100 visitors are expected for the three-day convention. • “Tool bandits” struck again as two more toolboxes were stolen from pickup trucks in Tucumcari. Thieves stole a toolbox and leather pouch full of tools from a pickup parked across a local theater. A resident reported a small black toolbox was stolen from his truck as it was parked at the Crescent Creamery. • Winners o...
Two men were arrested — including one on felony complaints — after several law-enforcement agencies recovered narcotics and stolen property during a search of two Tucumcari residences. According complaints filed Jan. 28 in Tucumcari magistrate court, the men arrested were: — Donnie, aka Donie, Dell Lucero, 54, of Tucumcari, on complaints of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, felony possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), felony receiving of stolen property (over $500 but not more than $2,500) and felony posse...
Recently, a young man from Vail, Colorado, died in an avalanche at Taos Ski Valley. He was already a registered organ donor. Corey Borg-Massanari’s last act on earth, because of his caring forethought, gave new life and hope to 11 other people, strangers he will never know. The doctors, nurses and other staff who cared for the 22-year-old in his final hours and then ensured his organs were safely transported to awaiting recipients lined the halls at University of New Mexico Medical Center in Albuquerque to pay their respects to the skier. T...
President Donald Trump may have come to his senses about government shutdowns and his coveted wall. Last month, the mainstream media, however, called Trump’s conciliatory statements on the matter a “stinging defeat” and a blow to his presidency. They were crowing. They shouldn’t crow in the first place, at least not in news stories. Further, they crowed prematurely. Trump has not been defeated. In fact, by coming to the table, Trump is likely to get more of what he wants. He wants security and he can get it. If, that is, he is willing to spen...
This will be the year in which New Mexico’s minimum wage will go up, probably dramatically. The Democrats will make sure of that. Moreover, this year’s legislative session is an opportunity to put this perennial issue to rest for good — by tying it to inflation. Politics, not smart regulations, have gotten us to where we are now. Because of political pendulum swings between Democratic and Republican control, when the minimum wage is raised, and by how much, depends on who’s in power; the Republicans typically oppose minimum wage increas...
When I was 7, we lived in a church camp lodge. Another family, with a son about my age, also lived there. He, my two-years-older brother and I got into a lot of mischief together. I recall one occasion that began with the three of us throwing gravel from the road into an athletic field across from the lodge. When our parents found out, we were told to get all of the gravel out of the field and back into the road before the field was to be mowed the next day. My brother and I did that, and I can remember saying to the other kid the next time I...
Drug price solution already there Technically speaking, the solution to lower drug prices is about as complicated as figuring out 2 plus 2 equals 4 not 3 or 5. The big road block to the simple solution is $$$$$$$$$. The interests that benefit from the current system spend freely to protect the status quo. The return on their investment is huge and never ending. Prohibiting Medicare from negotiating prices started the ball rolling. Manufacturers shop world wide to get the best deal for the various parts and labor needed for their product. Why...
Mesalands Community College officially takes the keys for the closed armory building in Tucumcari during a ceremony Friday. Officials from the college and the New Mexico State Armory Board will finalize the real-estate agreement at 1 p.m. at the armory at 1200 S. 11th St. Maj. Gen. Kenneth A. Nava, adjutant general of the state of New Mexico, and college President John Groesbeck will sign the papers at that time. Parts of the inside of the armory will be open for the public to see after the ceremony. Refreshments will be served. The armory...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Jan. 28 to Feb. 3: Monday • 3:43 a.m.: Traffic accident with damage in 1900 block of South Mountain Road, Tucumcari. • 7:53 a.m.: Breaking and entering in 1000 block of South Monroe Street, Tucumcari. • 8:12 a.m.: Vandalism in 500 block of South Eighth Street, Tucumcari. • 11:10 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 100 block of East Main Street, Tucumcari. • 12:59 p.m.: Fight with no weapon in 1000 block of South Fifth Street, Tucumcari. • 1:27 p.m.: Breaking and enter...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Jan. 28 to Feb. 3: • Rachael Carpenter, 26, Santa Fe, contempt of court. • Joseph Daniel Cortez, 37, Tucumcari, contempt of court. • Albert Joe Garcia, 31, Tucumcari, larceny ($100 or less). • Gilbert Anthony Chacon Sr., 65, San Jon, charge not listed. • Brandi Marie Johnson, 36, Tucumcari, contempt of court. • Christopher Pender, 39, Tucumcari, contempt of court. • Jackson Douglas Talvitie, 40, Tucumcari, detox hold. • Joseph Daniel Cortez, 37, Tucumcari, felony contempt...
GRADY - The state-ranked Logan girls basketball team jumped to a 16-point lead early and cruised to a 70-33 district victory Thursday over a rebuilding Grady/San Jon/House team. Harlie Roach's 16 points led the Lady Longhorns' balanced attack, along with Kesleah Shields' 14 and Jordan Hines' 10. Timia Northcutt's 11 points led the Lady Bronchos. The game featured teams in transition - one dealing with a season-ending injury to a star player and one trying to advance to a more competitive level....
GRADY - The Bronchos had an upset brewing because of their strategy, but the state-ranked Logan boys basketball team fended it off Thursday during a 70-60 district victory. Logan, ranked fifth in Class 1A, previously defeated Grady 84-57 during the Dora Tournament in early December, with Logan's Dyson Day scoring 18 points. Bronchos athletic director Alicia Rush, who led the team in place of Jonathan Langan after an ejection the previous game kept him from coaching Thursday, said her squad was...
The Tucumcari wrestling team finished runner-up Saturday for a district title, but a disappointed coach Eddie Encinias thought his Rattlers should have won the championship. "We fell on our faces," Encinias said. "There were guys I thought should have won, lost. Then we had guys I thought would keep it close and not get pinned, got pinned. "I thought we'd have a good meet," he added, "but things happen." Tucumcari shut out Newcomb 81-0 during Saturday's meet at (Las Vegas) Robertson but fell to...