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While attendance was smaller than expected, organizers, locals and Tucumcari High School alumni from abroad feel this year's Rattler Reunion was successful and will continue to grow. "The Rattler Reunion board was pleased with the turnout but the hope is the attendance will grow in the years to come," said David Hale, board president. Hale said the board will hold a wrapup meeting to discuss this year's reunion later in the month. He said with this year under their belt and actual reunion...
Recent rainfall has beneficial impacts for the area irrigation district, but it has resulted in concerns for the city of Tucumcari over a possible contamination of the water table. Between July 31 and Aug. 3 a total of 1.81 inches of rainfall was reported near Tucumcari, said Andrew Church, meteorologist, National Weather Service Albuquerque. Church said the bulk of the rainfall, 1.18 inches, was recorded on Aug. 3. He said on July 31, .63 of rainfall was reported north of Tucumcari. Church said the increased rainfall has helped offset a dryer...
An annual water sports camp gave disabled veterans, individuals and their families a chance to enjoy a weekend at Ute Lake State Park in Logan featuring recreation, camping and camaraderie. Adaptive Sports Program of New Mexico's goal is to enhance the lives of people with disabilities through forms of recreation, said Jason Cline, director of operations. Cline said the event, in its fourth year at Ute Lake State Park, was created to give disabled veterans, their families or caretakers a...
A 2014 Tucumcari High School graduate, Carlos Marquez, has been approved for admission to the University of New Mexico's College of Pharmacy. Amy S. Buesing, Director of the UNM/NMSU Cooperative Pharmacy Program, announced Marquez's acceptance into the program. He will be recognized at the White Coat Ceremony in August 2017 as a student of the UNM PharmD Class of 2021. Marquez is the son of Carlos H. Marquez and Virginia Preciado, he attended New Mexico State University during 2014 – 2017. M...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers for today through Aug. 16. Coffee, tea and milk are served daily. Logan Thursday: Chicken salad, cheese and carrot sticks, sliced tomatoes, crackers, banana Friday: Beef tips, rice, broccoli, green salad with dressing, whole wheat roll, margarine, pears Monday: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, buttered peas, roll, margarine, sugar cookie Tuesday: Pork ribs, coleslaw, spinach, bread, margarine, apricots, applesauce cake Wednesday: Roast beef sandwich, mashed...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from July 29-Aug. 4: • Sylvester Williams, 47, probation violation • Orlando Blackmon, 24, warrant • Jeremy Abers, 38, warrant • Raymond Chavez, 23, warrant • Bernadet Di Silvestro, 35, warrant • Gregory Dull, 57, possession of controlled substance • Shawna Fowlkes, 38, fraudulent signing of credit cards • Danny McKinney, 56, criminal solicitation to commit possession of controlled substance • Sonny McKinney, 54, criminal solicitation to commit possession of con...
The smaller the town, the more difficult it can be to avoid potential conflicts of interest. Sometimes the sheriff is related to the prosecutor and the judge. Sometimes the city manager is a volunteer firefighter for the city. Or a county commissioner sells goods/services to the same county because that commissioner provides the best quality for the best price. It’s difficult to criticize a small-town public servant for filling a role nobody else wants because it’s a lot of work for little (or no) pay. But small towns cannot close their col...
I don’t know what it is with these U.S. senators from Arizona. They keep turning out to be mavericks. First, Sen. John McCain, a Republican, cast one of the deciding votes that wrecked the GOP’s “skinny” Obamacare repeal/replace. He’s now being called a traitor. Now comes Rep. Jeff Flake, with sterling conservative credentials, who has published a book that lambastes President Donald Trump. He’s being called a traitor, too, even though he titled his book “The Conscience of a Conservative,” which far from accidentally echoes the title of a book...
The James A. Farley Post Office in New York City was opened in 1914 and has the inscription, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." Contrary to what many of us have believed since childhood, this is not the motto of the U.S. Postal Service. The sentence comes from the Greek historian Herodotus and celebrates a system of mounted postal messengers created by the Persians. U.S. Postal policy is not based on this...
August 1955 • Members of the Tucumcari National Guard attended basic training at Fort Ord, California. They included James L. Starr, Wayne Miller, James T. Dickinson, Martin C. Garcia, and Joe Martinez . • Fourteen of the 57 remaining members of the original Roosevelt’s Rough Riders met in Las Vegas,they included Royal A. Prentice of Tucumcari . • James Rudd resigned as Tucumcari’s head basketball coach after 15 years of coaching. Rudd would later take the position as athletic director for the junior high and high school....
Rattlers and Lady Rattlers current and past had a chance to compete in the Snake Pit again during an alumni volleyball and basketball tournaments for Rattler Reunion. "There was a great turnout for both tournaments; it was nice to see so many alumni come out and compete," said Dana Benavidez, event coordinator. Benavidez said overall there was a positive response by those who competed in the events and those who came out to support the athletes. She said this is the third year for the alumni...
Recognition for winning the 3A boys track and field championship is an honor but more of a testament to the commitment of the athletes and coaches, said Wayne Ferguson, Rattlers head track and field coach. Ferguson was recognized for winning the 3A state championship in July during the New Mexico Activities Association coaches clinic in Albuquerque. "This would not have not been possible without the dedication of the assistant coaches to the program," Ferguson said. "The coaches work with each athlete to push them to their full potential."...
Quay County, state 4-H members competed in the annual 4-H rodeo July 28-29 in Tucumcari. Each night featured was scored as a separate rodeo with each 4-H member allowed to enter a maximum of four events. Points from both rodeos were added together for weekend prizes of buckles and saddles donated by area businesses. Eighty-seven youth from all over the state participated in the rodeos. July 28 results Senior saddle bronc riding 1. Jaxson Mirabal, Socorro Senior goat tying 1. Lyndsey Orris, Valencia 2. Marisela Sandoval, Valencia 3. Kaylee...