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A state senator is urging Eastern New Mexico University and financially troubled Mesalands Community College to consider a partnership or make the Tucumcari school a branch campus of ENMU. One area lawmaker said he would oppose such a partnership or merger of Mesalands. The presidents of both educational institutions said they are open-minded to Sen. George Munoz’s proposal. Munoz, D-Gallup, in late July wrote separate letters to the ENMU board of regents and the Mesalands board of trustees. The Quay County Sun obtained the letters and other c...
With no apparent objection from the public, the Tucumcari City Commission on Thursday adopted ordinances that slightly change annual rate increases for water, sewer and garbage collection services. The commission held a public hearing for a second and final reading of ordinance changes that were approved unanimously by Mayor Ralph Moya and commissioners Mike Cherry, Christopher Arias and Paul Villanueva. No one from the gallery rose to speak against or for the alterations. Arias and Villanueva each cast their votes by phone. Moya said Arias...
Avery Cavett of House made her final year in 4-H a memorable one during the Quay County Fair. Cavett, 18, swept the grand champion and reserve champion slots in the steer and heifer shows, plus showed a reserve champion goat during the five-day fair that wrapped Saturday night. 4-H members become no longer eligible after they turn 19 years of age. So this was her last hurrah. "It was a great way to end my show career in Quay County," she said Saturday. "It makes me happy to know I finished so...
SAN JON — The San Jon Municipal Schools board on Wednesday approved a five-year facilities master plan and a resolution for a proposed $250,000 bond issue for the November election with the hope to receive a state grant up to $30 million to build a new school. The plan and the additional debt were required for the district to receive the proposed grant from the New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority. The general obligation bond issue would go to voters for the Nov. 7 election to fund district renovations or new buildings, computer s...
On this date ... 1973: President Richard Nixon said it is “the simple truth” he is innocent of guilt in the Watergate break-in of Democratic headquarters. He suggested Senate investigators help solve the country’s problems instead of trying to blame him for the scandal. Nixon asked the public to join him in demanding the U.S. Senate end its hearings on Watergate and turn the matter over “to the courts where the questions of guilt or innocence belong.” Nixon’s remarks were made during a half-hour television address from the Oval Office. He...
• Saturday — Down at the Depot. Bring your lawn chairs and join Tucumcari MainStreet for live music, food, shopping and family fun at these monthly summer events. This will be a Small Business Support Night, with music by St. Range. • Sept. 9 — Fired Up Festival. This year’s Tucumcari MainStreet event will feature a stop by the Platinum Hop Tour low-riders. The festival in the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza will run from noon to about 9 p.m. • Oct. 7 — Quay County on the Move Fun Run/Walk. This free event will give a T-shirt to all finish...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Chicken tetrazzini, Capri vegetables, whole-wheat crackers, green salad, cinnamon apples. Thursday — Country fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, glazed carrots, whole-wheat roll with margarine, fruit cocktail. Friday — Beef tips, tossed salad, herbed roasted potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, buttermilk biscuit, peaches. Monday — Chicken pot pie, salad, whole-wheat roll with margarine, plums. Tuesday — Red beef enchiladas, vegetable medley, pinto beans, Spanish rice, grapes. Logan schools Wednesday...
While traveling back from Albuquerque recently, our grandson reached into the backseat for something. Upon turning back forward, he bumped his covered insulated drink container. Because the container didn’t fit the cup holder snuggly, it made a loud clank and some drink spewed out through the straw at which time the automatic windshield wiper came on as if it were sprinkling outside. While that seems eerie, it’s likely when clank startled me, I bumped the turn signal indicator, which has the wiper control mounted on its end. I’d call that a col...
Several women who discussed a documentary film screening Sunday about women on Route 66 indicated they were grateful for these women's trailblazing work many year before. Katrina Parks, director of "Route 66: The Untold Story of Women of the Mother Road," described her film as a "public history project" and shepherded the discussion between viewings of segments at the Odeon Theatre in downtown Tucumcari. The full film can be streamed at tubitv.com and Vimeo. More information can be found at...
The congregation of the Temple Baptist Church in Tucumcari will be moving later this month into the vacant Trinity Baptist Church building. Brian Hughes, pastor of the Temple Baptist at 124 W. Aber St., said in a phone interview the church’s move to 881 S. First St. will be complete by Aug. 27. Sunday school is scheduled for 10 a.m., with worship service at 11 a.m. Hughes said the church closed the deal on acquiring the Trinity Baptist building on Aug. 1. He declined to disclose a purchase price. Trinity Baptist Church closed about a year a...
The answer is yes. I am ready for some football. The high school season starts this week. I started liking football in 1967 when the first game I can clearly remember played out on my granddad’s color TV set – the Dallas Cowboys played the Green Bay Packers in the “Ice Bowl.” The temperature was 15 degrees below zero. Most fans considered it pro football’s championship game, though the Super Bowl was still to be played. My granddad was for the Cowboys because … Tom Landry, I think. Everybody in Texas loved the Cowboys coach in those days...
The evolution of Black Lives Matter, the election of Donald Trump, and a growing fear of immigrants have led to deep levels of resentment and hostility among a sizable segment of white Americans. Many Americans of European descent misguidedly see the nation they grew up in as infested with hordes of non-white people, threatening to resign the country as a potpourri of foreign languages, multiple religions and mass confusion. Not all white Americans harbor such deplorable viewpoints, of course. But those that do have been indoctrinated by...
Half the country has no idea why the front page of Thursday’s New York Post was so hilarious. That’s because, thanks to the liberal media, half the country still has no idea who Hunter Biden is, or why he is in trouble for raking in millions for his extended family from foreign businessmen by selling access to his father Joe’s “brand” and political influence. The Post – which is famous for its funny front pages and lively conservative journalism – brilliantly summed up the Biden Family’s international influence-peddling racket. Its front page...
It's been a hot summer, but new Tucumcari football coach Tarik Embrack noted that his still-young team will need to keep its cool to have a better chance to succeed this season. Tucumcari will open the season at 7 p.m. Friday with a home game against Mescalero Apache. The Rattlers traveled to Pojoaque for a scrimmage on Thursday, which was Embrack's first chance to see what his players would do in an 11-against-11 situation. Embrack graded his team a "C" in its performance, with "a lot of positi...
Because she has six seniors and nine returning starters, Tucumcari’s volleyball coach holds high hopes for the upcoming season, starting with a home match starting at 1 p.m. Saturday against Fort Sumner. But coach Dana Benavidez, in her eighth season, acknowledged she’s a bit concerned about filling one position: libero. The Lady Rattlers lost Alexus Lafferty at the position to graduation. Lafferty was a four-year starter and multiyear all-district player. Her jump-serves put defenders on their heels, and her quick reflexes on defense pre...
New Mexico’s Education Secretary is scheduled to honor Logan Municipal Schools this week for all three of its schools attaining the Spotlight School designation for high academic attainment. Logan superintendent Dennis Roch told the school board about the achievements during its Aug. 7 meeting. Logan’s elementary, middle and high schools each earned the Public Education Department’s Spotlight Schools designation for landing in the top 25th percentile for achievement in English, mathematics and science. State Secretary of Education Arsen...
Family, friends and area leaders threw a celebration Saturday for Lionel Martinez and his Lionel's Barber Shop's 60 years in downtown Tucumcari, but he wasn't even the longest-serving barber in the building that day. That would be Norman Smith, 91, of Smitty's Barber Shop a few blocks over, who has been cutting hair for 68 years. Smith and Martinez, though technically business rivals, laughed and swapped stories. Smith dropped himself into part-time status in barbering a few years ago. Martinez...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Aug. 7 to Aug. 12: — Aaron Tossell, 47, Corona, California, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle (first offense). — Shelly Naylor, 35, Tucumcari, three counts of contempt of court. — Miguel Soria, 41, Tucumcari, escape from inmate-release program (solicitation) and tampering with evidence (third- or fourth-degree felony). — Nick Craig Womack, 34, Tucumcari, driving while license suspended or revoked. — Pedro Romero, 75, Tucumcari, warrant from other counties or states. ...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Aug. 7 to Aug. 13: Monday — 12:41 a.m.: Prowler in 2000 block of South 11th Street, Tucumcari. — 2:18 a.m.: Civil dispute in 600 block of South Fifth Street, Tucumcari. — 2:27 a.m.: Prowler in 700 block of North Second Street, Tucumcari. — 5:16 a.m.: Recovered vehicle in 2000 block of South Mountain Road, Tucumcari. — 7:43 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 600 block of North Second Street, Tucumcari. — 10:10 a.m.: Lost property in 900 block of South 14th Street...