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Respondents overwhelmingly supported proposals to fully or partially preserve the long-closed Conchas Lodge on the south side of Conchas Lake, according to findings from an open-records request to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that manages the property. The corps in July invited participation in a public scoping, or submitting feedback, on the possible future of Conchas Lodge. It was built in 1942 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and has been managed by the corps and New Mexico State...
The county clerk and one commissioner during Monday’s Quay County Commission meeting discussed how new laws led to changes in the upcoming Nov. 5 nonpartisan local elections, prompting confusion from a few county residents. County Clerk Ellen White said no one sample ballot would be available because more than two-dozen election races in the county would produce about 50 different ballots. However, White said her office could print a sample ballot for each individual if he or she requested it. She said sample ballots also are generated at the N...
Shortly after All-American tight end Mike Barber was drafted by the Houston Oilers, coach Bum Phillips told him he'd have to study and know the team's playbook because talent alone wasn't enough to stay in the NFL. Decades later, Barber told dozens of area athletes at a packed Father's Forge church in Tucumcari on Sept. 3 the value of "living a life in bounds" and held up a Bible, proclaiming it God's playbook. "If you don't know his playbook, you can't get to heaven," he said. After a 10-year N...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Cheesy scrambled eggs and whole-wheat toast, bagel with strawberry cream cheese, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Breaded chicken sandwich, ham and cheese wrap, roasted diced potatoes, romaine lettuce, fresh tomatoes, fruit, milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Pork sausage biscuit sandwich, Trix cereal bar, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Hot dog on a bun, egg and cheese chef salad with whole-grain crackers, steamed peas, celery sticks, carrot sticks, fruit, milk. Fri...
• Saturday — Gracie Whitson Benefit Roping. Books open at 9 a.m., close at 10 a.m., and roping begins at 10:30 a.m. Fee is $50 a roper, cash only, with prizes of saddles, buckles, breast collars and saddle blankets. All proceeds will go to Whitson, who was seriously injured in July in a horse-riding accident. Call Jaree Elliott at (575) 760-5462 for more information. Quay County Fairgrounds rodeo arena, Tucumcari. • Monday — Quay County Democratic Party meeting. The organization meets the third Monday of each month at noon at the Pow Wow Res...
A Tucumcari man faces a felony child-abuse charge after being accused of pulling a girl’s hair and punching a car window while the child was in the vehicle. Jeremie Oglesby, 37, was booked Thursday into the Quay County Detention Center on complaints of child abuse (first offense; placed in a dangerous situation), battery and battery against a household member. The child abuse count is a third-degree felony that can lead to six years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Both battery counts are misdemeanors. Tucumcari Police patrolman Nemie Salvador s...
When Colts quarterback Andrew Luck walked off the field for a final time on Aug. 24 — multiple injuries having convinced him that retirement from professional football at age 29 was the only sensible option — Colts fans booed. It was a stunning display given the quarterback’s past heroics on behalf of Indianapolis. This was the 2018 NFL Comeback Player of the Year who had previously overcome damage to his throwing shoulder as well as a concussion, leg injuries, a lacerated kidney and on and on. But the fans at Lucas Oil Stadium didn’t see a m...
While President Trump’s hold on reality seems to fade daily, his hold on party power seems to be growing. South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas are apparently preparing to cancel Republican primaries to deflect any opposition to Trump’s re-nomination. In opposing this development, William Kristol, a notable anti-Trump conservative, last week said, “Trump is an authoritarian. Excusing and enabling authoritarianism corrupts.” Kristol, of all people, should know that authoritarianism has always been a hallmark of conservatism. Please hear me...
In the early 1970s California was America’s Nirvana. It was a sunny, well-run, happy and free-spirited place of limitless opportunity where half the young people in Flyover Country wanted to move to, enjoy and spend the rest of their lives. At the time, California’s government was a model for every other state. Its infrastructure, educational system and growing economy were top notch. But that was a long, long political time ago. Since then, the California Dream has been transformed into the California Nightmare by Democrats and their lib...
San Jon Municipal Schools recently became the first school district in New Mexico certified under ALICE training that prepares employees and students in case an active shooter intrudes onto school grounds. The ALICE Training Institute, based in Ohio, issued the one-year certification Aug. 29 after employees and students received training that month. ALICE is an acronym for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. San Jon Superintendent Janet Gladu stated in an email that ALICE protocols were discussed during an interactive community and...
The board of trustees for San Jon Municipal Schools during a 14-minute special meeting Sept. 3 approved issuing about $130,000 in educational bonds to help pay for technology improvements in the district. Superintendent Janet Gladu said in a telephone interview Wednesday about $100,000 of that will be used to update or purchase district computers, teacher computers, servers and teacher Promethean boards. About $30,000 will be used to pay for fees and other expenses for the bonds. Gladu said the bonds would not result in any changes in...
Hard-hitting Logan dominated Floyd 25-16, 25-14, 25-12 in the title match Saturday of the Tucumcari Invitational volleyball tournament at the Snake Pit. Karli Webb, who had 13 kills and four serving aces for Logan (7-0) during the championship, was named Most Valuable Player of the eight-team tournament. Lady Longhorn teammates Jordan Hines, Kyndall Ragland and Julianna Garcia were named to the all-tournament team. Grady-San Jon (3-5) finished fourth in the tournament after suffering losses to...
Tucumcari committed turnovers during its first three possessions, and that's all a stout Fort Sumner team needed in a 50-0 victory Friday night at Rattler Field in a football game shortened by the mercy rule. Tucumcari's lost possessions in the first quarter came on two fumbles and one tipped pass that was intercepted. Fort Sumner (2-1) converted two of those opportunities into touchdowns and 15-0 lead. "We'll take those turnovers any time," smiling Fort Sumner coach Brad Holland said after the...
Logan notched its first win of the season with a solid 54-28 victory over visiting Magdalena during eight-man football action Friday. The Longhorns (1-2) benefited from big plays by Jantzen Paris, Nick Brown and Park Strong to secure the win over the Steers, who fell to 2-1. Logan travels to Pine Hill (0-1) for a 7 p.m. game Friday. Pine Hill lost its most recent game 30-6 to Alamo Navajo. Hondo Valley 45, San Jon/Grady 26 The host Coyotes fell to 0-2 on the season with a 45-26 loss Friday to Hondo Valley in six-man football action. The Eagles...
Erin Encinias was the top finisher for Tucumcari during a cross-country meet Thursday at Lovington. No team scores were kept for either the girls or boys teams because they didn’t have enough runners. Encinias finished 12th with a time of 22 minutes, 50 seconds over the 3.1-mile course. For the rest of the Lady Rattlers, A’leaya Lucero was 20th in 23:31, Ashley Shipley 29th in 24:52 and Lizet Castillo 34th in 25:54. For the Tucumcari boys, Manny Hernandez was the top finisher, crossing the finish line 22nd with a time of 18:50. Rounding out the...
PORTALES - Johnny Smith scored the go-ahead touchdown with 4:51 to go, and Vicen'te Walker pulled down a red-zone interception to seal a nailbiter for Eastern New Mexico, 35-28 over Missouri S&T Saturday night at Greyhound Stadium in the season opener for both teams. The host Greyhounds outgained the Miners 503-411 and dominated the possession time (36:06 to S&T's 23:54), but could never quite put away the Miners thanks to a big-play offense that only went to third down nine times on the night....
Tucumcari Lodgers Tax Advisory Board members extensively discussed an unexpectedly large decrease in motel-tax receipts in July and wondered whether it would develop into a long-term trend. Finance Director Rachelle Arias said during the board’s regular meeting Wednesday total motel-tax receipts in July were $55,701, which was a 16% drop from the $64,919 collected during the same month a year ago. The June collection period saw receipts of $64,823, down 2% from the $66,357 collected a year ago. For the fiscal year to date, Arias said c...
Proverbs 11:1 says, “A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.” The word “abomination” there is a strong term. While it is true that all sin is sin, it is also true that some sins are more strongly denounced. In this case, the Hebrew word that appears in the ancient text signifies a sin that God finds particularly disgusting. So what is being said here? That God is a big stickler for accuracy in measuring devices? Not exactly: There is more at stake. The only...
25: Newt and Juanita Nix of Tucumcari won a round-trip ticket to the Hilton hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, for their strong sales and merchandising of Norge appliances. Marvin Miller, a Norge territorial manager in Amarillo, presented the Nixes the prize. They beat out other Norge dealers in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. • Tucumcari Television Co. ran an advertisement for a fall cable-television special, offering the first month of service free with signup. It stated its cable-TV package offered seven channels, background music and a 24-hour w...
A Tucumcari man was sentenced Sept. 3 to nine years in prison, with six years suspended, after local police found 39 baggies of methamphetamine at his home in February. Danny G. Benavidez, 55, pleaded guilty to trafficking controlled substances by distribution, a second-degree felony, during a plea-deal hearing in June. A second-degree felony count of trafficking controlled substances (possession with intent to distribute) and a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia were dropped, according to court documents obtained online....
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Sept. 1 to Sept. 8: • Nicolas Alexander Garcia, 30, Logan, contempt of court. • Mathew Scott Milakovich, 28, Tucumcari, failure to comply with specific requirements. • Jessiciah Ann Mendez, 28, Holcomb, Kansas, conspiracy to commit nonresidential burglary, larceny ($100 or less) and receiving stolen property (dispose; $250 or less). • Lawrence Poncho Rivas Jr., 24, Tucumcari, criminal trespass (unposted). • Alissa Trujillo, 21, Tucumcari, contributing to the delinquen...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Sept. 1 to Sept. 8: Sept. 1 • 12:12 a.m.: Fireworks in 1110 block of 540 Loop, Logan. • 12:29 a.m.: Harassment in 2300 block of South First Street, Tucumcari. • 10:53 a.m.: Theft in 100 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. • 10:57 a.m.: Traffic accident with damage in 1900 block of South Mountain Road, Tucumcari. • 11:07 a.m.: Theft (fuel drive-off) in 200 block of South U.S. 54, Logan. • 2:14 p.m.: Noise complaint on south side of Logan. • 4:...