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Quay County Commissioners on Monday approved former longtime Logan village administrator Larry Wallin as an official representative to monitor future construction of the Ute Pipeline Project and hear residents’ concerns about it. Logan attorney Warren Frost, who also acts as the county’s attorney, recommended the appointment of Wallin, who would receive no compensation. Frost said Wallin would reach out to concerned property owners in Quay County after representatives from the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority recently were seen in...
Tucumcari city commissioners came to a consensus last week that any money available in the forthcoming budget should boost salaries for city workers. Infrastructure and equipment needs also ranked high on the priority list. During a commission work session Thursday, Finance Director Rachelle Arias quizzed commissioners and City Manager Mark Martinez about priorities for fiscal year 2023, which begins June 1. The city is required to submit an interim budget to the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration by May 31. Martinez said...
A filmmaker told the Tucumcari Lodgers Tax Advisory Board on Wednesday he is investigating the possibility of using the long-closed Princess Theatre in a movie that centers around the history of the Fender Telecaster electric guitar. Scott Devitte of Southampton, New York, carrying a Rick Kelly-made facsimile of a Telecaster, said during the public comment portion of the meeting he envisioned remodeling the Princess Theatre as a Telecaster-inspired music venue for a key scene for his movie, titl...
Whoever wins the Republican primary election next month for Quay County sheriff almost certainly will capture the office in one fell swoop, as no opposition candidate from the Democratic Party has filed. The two GOP candidates, current 43-year-old undersheriff Dennis Garcia and recently retired 48-year-old Tucumcari Police officer Herman Martinez. One of them will succeed current Sheriff Russell Shafer, who is term-limited. Early voting in Quay County began Tuesday; the primary election is set for June 7. The filing date for independent or...
This past Sunday was Mother’s Day. That should’ve been no surprise to anyone who watches TV or looks at the ads that come by email and snail mail, including the inserts in your Quay County Sun. As a matter of fact, while there’s been a celebration of motherhood for millennia throughout the world on various dates, Americans have known for over a 100 years the second Sunday in May is our Mother’s Day holiday. This year, Mother’s Day came on its earliest possible date. In 2023, it’ll come on its latest possible date, May 14. The holiday bou...
No cases of COVID-19 were reported in Quay County for the second straight week. The total number in the county since the pandemic began in spring 2020 stood at 2,003. According to state epidemiology reports, Quay County’s COVID-19 case rate dropped to 1.6 new cases per 100,000 people from April 19 to May 2, compared to 3.3 during the previous period. The county remained in the yellow zone for risk, as did many other counties in New Mexico. The breakdown of COVID-19 cases by ZIP code in Quay County through Friday was 1,541 in Tucumcari, 280 i...
Tucumcari recorded more than $181,000 in cannabis sales in April, the first month recreational marijuana could be legally sold in New Mexico. More than $147,000 in those sales were listed as adult use, according to data supplied to the Quay County Sun by the state’s Cannabis Control Division. That was more than 81% of the total. The rest was medical marijuana sales. Local governments will receive a minority share of New Mexico’s 12% excise tax on recreational marijuana sales, along with a share of additional sales taxes. The first tax pay...
On this date ... 1972: Seven funnel clouds were sighted in the Nara Visa region yesterday. Six remained aloft, but a seventh stayed on the ground for several minutes. At Floyd Whatley’s residence north of town, it destroyed two windmills, two barns, a chicken house and tore off a home addition. Part of the tin barn ended up in Texas several miles away at the Bidwell Ranch. Kathy Cammack of Nara Visa also reported four to five inches of rain fell in the area, stranding school buses. She said all the draws were full of water after being empty f...
The Tucumcari Senior Center and Logan Senior Center also offer grab-and-go meals to those who qualify. Those interested should call the Tucumcari facility at 575-461-2307 or the Logan facility at 575-487-2287 for more information. Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick, banana, orange juice, skim or 1% milk; Lunch: Ham and cheese chef salad, corn dog, peas and carrots, cucumber, ranch dressing, watermelon, skim, 1% or chocolate skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Banana muffin, string cheese, strawberries, apple jui...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • May 10 — Women’s Day of Health. Services will include well women’s checks, sexual transmitted diseases screening and diabetic checks, including foot and eye exams. This event from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will include door prizes, food, drink and giveaways. For more information, call (575) 461-2200. Quay County Family Health Center, 1302 E. Main St., Tucumcari. • May 23 — Diamondback Booster Club Athletic Banquet. This event will be at 6 p.m. at the Tucumcari Convention Center. Tic...
The leak of a draft United States Supreme Court ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which would overturn past court precedents in favor of leaving abortion laws to the states, has ignited intense political debate over the future of abortion laws and the institution of the Supreme Court itself. This is a polarizing issue — including among our own editorial board — and we anticipate a lot of understandably heated rhetoric from activists, partisans and politicians on each side of this issue. But...
The recent Supreme Court leak is all over the media. People on both sides feel compelled to speak out loudly and passionately for whichever side they support. There is no debate; just a fight. For days it was as though hyperbole had become America’s official language. I even allowed myself to be drawn in. Getting involved didn’t improve my life in any way. Engaging with this subject makes me miserable, like sticking a nine-volt battery to my tongue (please don’t do that!). This is the one topic, which everyone is talking about, where I don’t...
It’s that time of year, when just about every newspaper in the state gives front-page attention to at least one local graduation. They’re always a big deal, especially to those who walk across that ceremonial stage and make their families proud. Graduations mark a transition in our lives, but sometimes I think it’s over-emphasized. Anyone who thinks a diploma or degree is a ticket to success is sadly mistaken. It’s just a ticket to ride; you still have to get there on your own. But rather than continuing with a recitation of grad-day platitudes...
Last month, the Tucumcari chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution honored two residents for their Women In History Award. Freddie Kirksey, nominated by Paula Jordan, and Barbara Copeland, nominated by Ann Hall, were honored for their lifetime achievements to support family, community and the ranching industry. The flag chairwoman, Jackie Duplantis, had flag certificates to present to Blaze-In-Saddle RV Park, a business, and Jason and Mary Ellen Braziel, residential, for proper display of the American flag....
The Logan baseball team blasted host Cimarron during a doubleheader last week and in the process wrapped up a regular-season district championship. The Longhorns defeated the Rams 18-5 in the first game and 33-4 in the nightcap, with both games shortened by the mercy rule. Logan improved to 16-3 overall and 7-1 in District 3, two games ahead of runner-up Melrose’s 6-3 mark in district play. Cimarron fell to 1-12, 1-7. In the first game, the Longhorns held a 7-2 lead after three innings when they erupted for 10 runs in the fourth. Logan totaled...
ALBUQUERQUE - Tucumcari athletes nabbed a total of three individual state championships and came within an eyelash taking a fourth during the NMAA Class 3A Track and Field Championships last weekend. Senior Khobie Salvador won the boys discus throw Friday and was leading the boys shot put Saturday until his closest rival made a clutch throw in the championship round to pass him. Sophomore Haisley Huffman won the girls long jump by the closest of margins. And senior Delilah Acosta undoubtedly...
The Logan baseball team earned a No. 2 seed in the Class 1A state tournament and will face district rival and third-seeded Melrose in a semifinal Friday. Meanwhile, Tucumcari’s softball team earned a ninth-seed in the Class 3A tournament and will play eighth-seeded Zuni in a play-in game Wednesday. The Longhorns, 18-3 and the defending Class 1A champion, will play the Buffaloes (10-7) at 3 p.m. Friday at Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho. Logan won two of three games against Melrose this season. The winner of that game will face the winner of...
ALBUQUERQUE - Logan athletes took home a total of four titles during the NMAA Class 1A State Track and Field Championships, and the Longhorn girls and boys squads each finished third in the team standings. Haden Judd captured two individual titles for the Longhorns and earned medals in three other events. Sierra Horne won the girls 400-meter dash, as did the Lady Longhorns' 3,200-meter relay. Horne also earned medals in three other events. Judd won the 200-meter dash (23.37 seconds) and the...
LOGAN - The playoffs-bound Tucumcari softball team finished its regular season last week with a doubleheader sweep of winless Logan. The Lady Rattlers (13-10) won the first game 17-1, then emptied their bench and won the nightcap 21-0. Both games on May 2 were shortened by the mercy rule. Tucumcari next will play in the Class 3A playoffs against Zuni on Wednesday at Cleveland High School in Albuquerque. (See other story in this edition.) Tucumcari's Mireya Estrada pitched both games, going a...
The Logan softball team earned its first victory of 2022 with a resounding 17-6 win last week over Clayton in the season finale. It appeared the Lady Longhorns, who are rebuilding their program after a two-year hiatus, might go winless after losing their first 20 games of the year and falling 15-11 in the first game of their season-ending doubleheader against the Yellowjackets on May 3. Instead, Logan notched a relatively easy win in the nightcap. “The girls were very, very excited with the win,” Logan coach Dustin Robertson said. “I’m proud o...
None of the members of the Tucumcari boys golf team advanced from the district meet last week at the New Mexico Military Institute course in Roswell. Tucumcari score a 521 at the five-team meet. Clovis Christian won the district title with a 331 score. Dylan Owen was the Rattlers’ top golfer with a score of 104, with Kaden Brown close behind with a 105. Marcus Lopez (154) and Taylor Rich (158) rounded out Tucumcari’s scoring. Tucumcari coach Justin Garcia said he team looked “pretty good” at Roswell, but acknowledged his players might have be...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from May 2 to May 8: Monday — 9:18 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 300 block of South Third Street, Tucumcari. — 12:47 p.m.: Theft in 100 block of West High Street, Tucumcari. — 1:12 p.m.: Accident in 200 block of U.S. 54, Logan. — 1:22 p.m.: Trespassing in 2000 block of South Mountain Road, Tucumcari. — 3:32 p.m.: Accident with injuries at South Third Street and West Gamble Avenue, Tucumcari.. — 5 p.m.: Unattended death in 1600 block of South Rock Island Street, Tuc...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from May 2 to May 6: — Skyler Cail Copeland, 22, Conchas Dam, conspiracy to commit criminal damage to the property of a household member (over $1,000). — Michael Lucero, 50, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Crystal Lynn Batson, 39, Logan, charge not listed. — Billy Jack Baca, 42, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Porfirio Paul Martinez, 40, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Donald Bruhn, 49, Tucumcari, contempt of court and felony contempt of court. — Heaven Nichole Hendren, 22,...