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A big thunderstorm - the fourth in as many nights - dampened bidding somewhat during the Junior Livestock Sale on Saturday night at the Quay County Fair in Tucumcari. Forty-nine animals sold for a preliminary total of $131,450 - less than the $133,000 a year ago. The torrential rain, lightning and some hail struck about halfway through the auction, sending spectators on the outdoor bleachers scurrying for cover. Justin Knight, president of the Quay County Fair board, acknowledged the storm...
Logan Municipal Schools again led Quay County school systems in the New Mexico Public Education Department’s 2018 annual grading of schools based on student performance and improvement in the 2017-2018 school year. The department announced its grades for all New Mexico schools Friday. None of Quay County’s schools earned overall grades below a C this year. At least one school scored D grades in each of 2017, 2016 and 2015, according to the education department’s figures. The department’s numbers show: • Logan Elementary School scored an A grad...
SANTA ROSA — Two Quay County educators made their voices heard Wednesday morning as the New Mexico Legislature’s Legislative Educational Study Committee (LESC) began a three-day workshop in Santa Rosa. Bonnie Lightfoot, who is entering her second year as superintendent of House Municipal Schools, told the legislators how the House District used Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) grant funding to improve student performance in language arts and mathematics. The district received the funds, she said, because its high school gra...
Saturday — Eastern NM Bluegrass & Old Tyme Music Association jam session beginning at 3 p.m. Business meeting, 5 p.m. Program and snacks, 6 p.m. All musicians and families welcome. Quay County Fairbarn. Sunday — Tip Top Bass Tournament, call Donny McWhirter at 806-333-3116. Ute Lake State Park. Tuesday — Mesalands President Meet & Greet, Meet and greet event for new president John Groesbeck. Ph.D, and his wife Janette Groesbeck, from 5 to 7 p.m. Refreshments. Great Room, Building A, Mesalands Community College. For more information, call 575-4...
Warren Frost has long been convinced the race for New Mexico’s sixth racetrack/casino is between Clovis and Tucumcari. He is even more convinced now that the New Mexico Racing Commission has announced only five groups met last week’s deadline to apply for the racino license — three from Clovis, one from Tucumcari and one from Lordsburg. “This is all about Tucumcari and Clovis,” said the Quay County attorney who for more than a decade has been advocating for a racino in Tucumcari. “Lordsburg is much like Raton ... They are on the border of Arizo...
Residents invited to meet-and-greet The Mesalands Community College board of trustees invites the community to a meet-and-greet for the new president of the college, John Groesbeck, and his wife, Janette Groesbeck. The event will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Mesalands Community College’s Honorable J. Bronson Moore Room in Building A in Tucumcari. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 575-461-8135. Cremains stolen in break-in Tucumcari police continue to investigate a break-in of a recreational vehicle in which several i...
Before heading to the airport, people ask themselves, “Am I forgetting anything?” We can’t imagine a time someone might exclaim, “Oh, my pet turkey!” but we seem to have arrived there. And now major airlines, including Southwest, are saying enough is enough. Southwest is the latest among the majors to tighten its rules regarding which animals passengers can bring with them on flights. The changes take effect Sept. 17 and will limit most passengers to travel only with dogs or cats. They also must produce a letter from a physician or a licensed m...
On Thursday, 300 U.S. newspapers collectively patted themselves on the back and defended themselves against President Donald Trump’s dangerous bellowing about fake news and journalists being the “enemy of the people.” The news media, however, should also be united in giving themselves a big kick in the pants for blowing some really big stories, like failing to see how and why our current president got into the White House in the first place. The news media are right to protest Trump’s autocracy-oriented pronouncements. “Fake news” is a red he...
The following are menus from area senior centers and schools for today through Aug. 28: Schools Tucumcari Wednesday: Breakfast: Cereal and cinnamon graham cracker, fruit choice, milk; Lunch: chicken teriyaki with brown rice, turkey sandwich, steamed broccoli, baby carrots, fruit, milk Thursday: Breakfast: Hot pancake on a stick, fruit choice, juice choice, milk; Lunch: Cheeseburger, Romaine lettuce, sliced tomatoes, crispy baked fries, fruit, milk Monday: Breakfast: French toast stick and syrup, fruit choice, juice choice, milk; Lunch: golden...
The following are 911 calls made to the Tucumcari Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Monday morning, dating back to Aug. 13: • 7:56 a.m.: Monday, Property damage by vehicle the Quay County Detention Center in Tucumcari was reported. • 9:04 p.m.: Sunday, a theft was reported in the 1500 block of South Adams, Tucumcari. • 8:55 p.m.: Sunday, burglary from motor vehicle in the 400 block of Sunset, Logan. • 11:38 a.m.: Sunday, breaking and entering was reported in 400 block of South Rock Island, Tucumcari. • 3:40 a.m.: Sunday, d...
My grandson asked me to make him a bowl of cereal. So I said, “Abracadabra! You’re a bowl of cereal!” All that happened was my grandson’s laughter. So I tried something I thought might be more forceful, more commanding: “Hocus pocus dominocus! Be a bowl of cereal!” More laughter resulted. I don’t think my grandson had any faith in a transformation. He probably didn’t want to be a bowl of cereal anyway. So, I got the cereal and poured the milk to prove I could make him a bowl of cereal. There are several reasons we don’t get what we want. Fir...
If the Tucumcari varsity volleyball team doesn't see a lot of improvement, it won't be from a lack of effort. Following a 4-17 season marred by injuries and inexperience last year, third-year coach Dana Benevidez said her players took several off-season steps to improve their skills. Those included a players' camp at Eastern New Mexico University, a team camp at Adams State University in Colorado, a "play day" event in Texico and open-gym workouts in July. "We have much higher expectations,"...
Ready or not, the Tucumcari High School football team's season begins Friday. Its first foe isn't a cupcake, either. The Rattlers travel to Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, to play always-tough Escalante. Longtime Lobos head coach Dusty Giles is coming off a 10-2 season, losing in the Class 2A championship to Fort Sumner. The Lobos have won three state titles since 2012. Kickoff for Friday's game is 7 p.m. Tucumcari head coach Wayne Ferguson, in his eighth season, said last week he hadn't seen game...
August 1968 White Sands Missile Range is considering the Tucumcari area as a radar site. Lt. Col. Seitzburg of the range visited Tucumcari to check the locale and said should they decide Tucumcari is the logical location for the radar, they probably would move 15 families here for six to eight weeks to install the facility. The lieutenant commented that Tucumcari Mountain would have been ideal, but it was impossible to take their equipment up that present road....