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The Mesalands Community college Rodeo team's bull rider will compete June 10-16 in the 20th College National Finals Rodeo at Casper, Wyoming. Levi Gray from Dairy, Oregon, finished 10th in the year-end national standings and claimed the Grand Canyon Regional Reserve Championship Title in Bull Riding with 536.5 points. "I feel very blessed to have this opportunity and I love it down here(in Tucumcari)," Gray said. "I enjoy being on the rodeo team. It's very positive and encouraging. It becomes...
Mesalands Community College’s Board of Trustees has narrowed the search for their next president to five semifinalists. The college is asking the community to attend a pair of public forums to help the college select the replacement for Thomas Newson. The forums are 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Monday and June 14, and will be held at the lecture hall of MCC’s North American Wind Research and Training Center. The board of trustees began the search for a new president after they accepted the resignation of Newsom on Feb. 20. His last day was April 6. New...
Review and changes may be in the works for the city’s nuisance ordinance and its enforcement after a Tucumcari City Commission discussion held Thursday as part of a special meeting. The ordinance requires cleanup and demolition of properties that pose health and safety hazards, imposing fines and even a “clean and lien” provision under which the city can take corrective action and place a lien against the property to cover its costs. The nuisance ordinance has been a source of friction since it was passed in July 2016, when newly elected Distr...
Public perception of a proposed increase to elected official’s salaries, starting pay for county employees and a need for a more diverse Economic Development Corporation were among the concerns voiced by a Quay County Commissioner. District 1 Commissioner, Sue Dowell, voiced her concerns following a discussion about the 2018-2019 preliminary budget approval during the commission’s May 25 meeting. “When I started on the commission six years ago, I was concerned about how low the starting pay was for county employees,” Dowell said. “It was hard...
Former Logan Village Manager has filed suit against the Village in the 10th Judicial District Court alleging a violation for the New Mexico Whistle Blower Protection Act. The suit was filed on April 27 by Trevor Thompson, who was fired on Jan. 30 as the village manager by the Village Council following a special executive session. Thompson is being represented by The Gilpin Law Firm based in Albuquerque, who could not be reached for comment before publication. He is seeking damages for lost wages, benefits and suffering as a result of his...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers in Quay County for today through June 13: Senior centers Coffee, tea and milk served daily Logan Thursday: Honey dijon chicken, cauliflower with cheese, salad with dressing, whole wheat roll, margarine, lemon bars Friday: Spaghetti, spinach, salad with dressing, pear cobbler Monday: Beef tips, rice, broccoli, salad with dressing, honey dew Tuesday: Pork ribs, baked potato, margarine, salad with dressing, potluck roll, banana pudding Wednesday: Sour cream enchilada, Spanish...
The Tucumcari City Commission at a special meeting Thursday postponed a discussion of limiting or banning the use of some airborne fireworks and heard a review of the city’s interim budget for fiscal 2019, which starts July 1 and ends June 30. The commissioners decided to delay discussion of any fireworks ban after City Manager Mark Martinez pointed out that the ban could only be in place for 30 days. A ban that began Thursday could only remain in effect until June 30, which would not affect fireworks use on July 4. Commissioners directed C...
Matthew 20:25-28 says: But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark and Luke also document this teaching, in response to a particular sor...
June 1957 The Al G. Kelley-Miller Bros. Circus, the second largest in the country, put on to shows along Route 66 just east of town. • Killingsworth construction started the first alley paving project in Tucumcari. Seventeen downtown alleys were slated to be paved that year. • Two F.B.I. firearms instructors were in town to conduct a special training course for the Tucumcari Police Department. • The city commission budgeted for an across-the-board 5 percent pay increase for city employees. • The county clerk announced the issuance of the fir...
Five area EMTs returned to Quay County Tuesday after working a 24 hour shift responding to emergency calls for service in Colfax County where state wide resources continue to battle a wild fire in Ute Park. Colfax County’s EMS, firefighters and first responder resources have been working overtime with mutual aid from departments from across the state to combat a wildfire at Ute Park that has burned more than 36,000 acres. With the help of rain fall over the weekend, firefighters were able to contain 23 percent of the blaze. Cassados said L...
In the melee that is the debate over mass shootings, we can’t help but return to a singular thought: There are a great many reforms that could make a meaningful difference and win broad support, if only they could get a fair hearing. So we were encouraged to see Texas Gov. Greg Abbott respond to the shooting at Santa Fe High School by holding a series of roundtable discussions with important stakeholders. With the governor now announcing proposals out of those discussions, we are both heartened by what we are hearing and cautious about what i...
Roseanne Barr and Samantha Bee both delivered nearly unforgivable insults last week... One resulted in cancellation of a hit TV series; the other, an apology that was deemed sufficient. Barr tweeted that Valerie Jarrett, a former aide to President Barack Obama, was what happened when “Muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby.” Jarrett, who has been relatively obscure of late, was born in Iran and was a fierce defender of Obama as an adviser. I don’t know what she did recently to get on Barr’s radar. Almost immediately, ABC, Roseann...
More than 450 people capped off the second annual New Mexico Music Showcase dancing, enjoying the music of Cuarenta Y Cinco and Darren Cordova and family Saturday at the Tucumcari Convention Center. "There was a lot of trial and error but overall I feel this year's showcase was a success," said Jerry Lopez, event coordinator. Lopez said in its second year, the Tucumcari Knights of Columbus Club's showcase brought a mixture of traditional and new era New Mexico music to Tucumcari. "This event...
There weren’t many contested races during Tuesday’s Quay County primaries. The ones that were, weren’t all that close. Incumbents Franklin McCasland and Timothy O’Quinn scored easy victories in their Republican primary races. Neither winner faces general election opposition. McCasland took the primary nod for Quay County Commission District 3 with 563 votes to Bryan Rinestine’s 399. Quinn took the magistrate judge nomination with 588 votes, more than Paula Chacon (220) and Patricia Lopez (171) combined. All votes are considered unofficia...
Two presidential finalist were selected by the Board of Trustees to visit Mesalands Community College next week to be a part of campus, public forums. "The board of trustees selected these two candidates for their potential to lead the institution," said James Streetman, trustee chair. The board to trustees made the announcement on Thursday, following an executive session held during a special meeting at Mesalands. The two candidates selected by the board of Trustees are Robert M. Munoz from...