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A Tucumcari man was sentenced in district court May 28 to five years in prison and other conditions for his role in a violent and armed home invasion in October that hospitalized an elderly man. Riley Severeid, 18, pleaded guilty in a plea deal to felony counts of aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon and distribution of marijuana. Other counts of felony larceny, conspiracy to commit larceny, felony tampering with evidence, lawful taking of a motor vehicle, false imprisonment, cr...
Just under 400 people attended the headlining acts of the third annual New Mexico Music Showcase inside the Tucumcari Convention Center, which was down about 80 from the previous year. But the festival's chairman saw enough opportunity for improvement that he's optimistic the Hispanic music fiesta will be bigger and better next year. Jerry Lopez, chairman of the showcase, said 392 tickets were sold for the Saturday night acts of Str8 Shot and Cuarenta y Cinco. The festival printed an allotment...
A crew from the British Broadcasting Corp. spent about 12 hours in Tucumcari last week filming at two Route 66 restaurants for a pair of longtime television hosts. The crew spent the evening of May 28 eating at Cornerstone First Edition Pizza and Subs and Wednesday morning at Kix on 66 filming and eating breakfast. Both restaurants are owned by Todd Duplantis, who also is a Tucumcari city commissioner. The crew's journey on Route 66 will become a six-part television series and the newest...
A Tucumcari man accused of pulling a gun on another man and firing as he drove away down a street was apprehended after being at large for a month. Quay County Crime Stoppers had offered up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. Jacob Ramirez, 28, was taken into custody by a Tucumcari police officer and booked into the Quay County Detention Center the morning of May 27. Police Chief David Lathrom said the officer arrested Ramirez as he was walking down a Tucumcari street. Ramirez was charged in an April 28 complaint in...
Mesalands Community College last week announced its academic honor students for the just-completed school year and spring semester. Eleven students received the President’s Citation for exceptional academic achievement. To be eligible, students must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher, compete 30 or more credits in the fall and spring semesters and have no grade below a “C” or incomplete grades during the school year. President’s Citation recipients for the 2018-2019 academic year were Frank Beltran, Jordan Carpenter, Na...
On this date ... 1969: Tucumcari again is the site of the annual State 4-H Horse Show, Rodeo and State 4-H Queens Contest, which has been held here for the past eight years. About 200 entries from across New Mexico are participating the horse show. About 12 entries are in the queen contest, including Quay County representative Vickie Helker. • Gary Leger of Tucumcari received his State Farmer Degree at the 41st State FFA Convention in Albuquerque. Leger was elected president of District III and will serve as the state FFA sentinel. • New...
• Saturday-Sunday — Walleye Tournament. Join the Texas Walleye Association for its walleye tournament. Ute Lake State Park, Logan. • June 14 — Groundwater Workshop. The Ute Creek and Mesa Soil and Water Conservation District will host speakers and field demonstrations on how residents of the region can measure static well-water levels. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with lunch provided. Mosquero Schools Multipurpose Room, Mosquero. • June 27-30 — Rockin’ Route 66. The festival will be packed live entertainment, a classic-car and hot-rod show, vintage...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Baked pork chop, stuffing, Parmesan potato rounds, carrots, cottage cheese, peaches. Thursday — Baked fish, tarter sauce, tater tots, coleslaw, dinner roll and margarine, apricots. Friday — Frito pie, lettuce, tomato, onion, mixed vegetables, lemon crisp cookie. Monday — Chicken breast, egg noodles with Alfredo sauce, carrots with margarine, whole-wheat roll with margarine, orange. Tuesday — Tamale, vegetable salad, pinto beans, tortilla, mandarin oranges. Logan Senior Center Wednesday — Taco, pinto beans...
When Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez agree on something maybe it is time to declare victory. Or the Apocalypse. It all started when Ocasio-Cortez tweeted “if you are a member of Congress + leave, you shouldn’t be allowed to turn right around&leverage your service for a lobbyist check.” Quickly, Cruz responded. “Here’s something I don’t say often: on this point, I AGREE with @AOC Indeed, I have long called for a LIFETIME BAN on former Members of Congress becoming lobbyists. The Swamp would...
Here’s my scorecard on questions related to Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether the campaign of President Donald Trump conspired with Russia: Did President Donald Trump or his campaign cooperate with Russian efforts to affect the outcome of the 2016 election? Republicans, 0.75; Democrats, 0.25. Mueller says he did not find enough evidence to indicate the Trump campaign criminally conspired with Russia. He did find evidence that the campaign might have known about and encouraged Russia’s anti-Hillary Clinton efforts. Reasonable doubt...
One of my great regrets is not learning another language. I took Spanish in high school for a couple of years, but didn’t practice it enough over the years to go beyond the few words I’ve recalled since moving out here to New Mexico. And when I married into Japan, I found that my tongue just didn’t work right for Japanese, so I got discouraged and quit. I often joke that I am in fact bilingual — I know both English and Southern — but that’s just me covering up my own lack of knowing a real second language and explaining away the twang in my...
The deity of Jesus of Nazareth is a central theme of the Bible. The historic Christian teaching is Jesus Christ is the Son of God, fully divine and yet fully human at the same time. He is the Creator, come to walk in the form of a creaturely human. The lines of evidence for this are many and varied. I don’t have space to document them all here, but I will catalog some. In the first category of evidence, Jesus is directly called God in several places. (John 1:1-14; Philippians 2:6; Hebrews 1...
Vastly improved weather conditions made all the difference with attendance Saturday during the 50th anniversary of the Tucumcari Historical Museum. Spitting rain and cold temperatures depressed attendance at the previous special event in mid-April. On Saturday, ample sunshine, gentle breezes and temperatures in the 80s led to bigger crowds. More than 150 people went into the museum's main building's by mid-afternoon Saturday after it didn't reach 100 during the April event. Dozens more milled...
The New Mexico Activities Association is poised to make girls wrestling an officially sanctioned sport, and Tucumcari's wrestling coach is all for it. The association's commission voted for the proposal last month, and the NMAA's board of directors is scheduled to make a final vote June 13. If approved, girls wrestling will have its first official state tournament in February. Female wrestlers previously had competed at the state tournament, but those matches were deemed as exhibitions....
Two senior girls from Tucumcari and one from Logan competed over the weekend during the North vs. South basketball all-star games in the Albuquerque area. Kalani French and Aliyah Herrera of Tucumcari and Harlie Roach of Logan were part of the Northeast girls small-school team. Penasco’s Gilbert Mascarenas coached the team. The Northeast girls squad had a tough time over the weekend, with an 87-65 loss over the Southeast team on Friday and a 79-71 loss to the Northwest squad on Saturday. Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said he watched both g...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from May 20 to May 27. Calls made between May 28 and Tuesday were not available at press time. Those will be included in next week’s newspaper: May 20 •5:48 a.m.: Traffic accident with damage, milepost 328, eastbound Interstate 40, Tucumcari. •8:12 a.m.: Trespassing in 700 block of West Sunset Avenue, Tucumcari. •11:28 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 100 block of East Main Street, Tucumcari. •1:39 p.m.: Arrest in 200 block of South U.S. 54, Logan. •5:21 p.m.: Tresp...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from May 24 to June 1: • Caroline Gay Bailey, 51, San Jon, criminal trespass (posted). • Fred A. Chavez, 56, Tucumcari, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer (arrest) and disorderly conduct. • Adam Eel Frazier, 29, Pittsburg, Mississippi, criminal trespass (unposted). • Edmund Lemoine, 54, Trinidad, Colorado, aggravated stalking (violation of a protection order). • Paul A. Mares, 34, Tucumcari, assault against a household member. • Patricia D. Pacheco, 34, Tucumcari,...
TUCUMCARI - Be it a senator or a representative, Republican or Democrat, representatives of Quay County assured their constituents the challenges faced in Tucumcari were the same challenges in pretty much every city they represent. The populations are dwindling and aging, but the population that remains needs upgraded infrastructure and adequately funded schools. A key, Sen. Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas, said at Thursday's legislator forum at the Tucumcari Convention Center, was for the communities...