Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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The number of beer breweries passed the 7,000 mark in the United States last year, well past the number before Prohibition nearly a century ago, and the number still is growing, reported the Brewers Association. However, eastern New Mexico, including Tucumcari, remains relatively untouched by the microbrewing craze. New Mexico Magazine in its August issue took a closer look the state's brewing industry. Its map showed 111 taprooms and 88 breweries. But the number of breweries in the eastern...
Tucumcari city commissioners on Sept. 9 seemed amenable to granting city land to Tucumcari Municipal Schools that includes the current diamond for high school baseball games. The school district would construct new baseball and softball fields, parking and a building that would host a kitchen and restrooms on the site. School district superintendent Aaron McKinney and school board members met briefly with Tucumcari city commissioners in a public work session before the commission met in a...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Strawberry yogurt parfait, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Chicken nuggets, egg and cheese chef salad with whole-grain crackers, mashed potatoes, country gravy, honey wheat roll, baby carrots, fruit, milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Bagel with strawberry cream cheese, ultimate breakfast round, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Cheeseburger, French fries, romaine lettuce, fresh tomato slice, pickle slices, fruit, milk. Monday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick...
• Friday-Sunday — Nara Visa Cowboy Gathering. Enjoy live music, horseshoe pitching, roping and a Saturday night chuckwagon dinner at the Nara Visa Community Center in Nara Visa. For more, go to https://www.facebook.com/Nara-Visa-Cowboy-Gathering-111865895497489/ • Saturday — Karaoke Night for Coats for Kids. From 7 p.m. to midnight. Donations will be accepted; all proceeds will to the Coats for Kids program by the Knights of Columbus. Call Benjie Torres at (505) 582-7459 or Jonathan Brito at (575) 403-6035 before Friday to be put on the singing...
On this date ... 1969: Mrs. Andy (Dupie) Mitchell of Forrest was notified by mail she would receive a $4,000 check from a Readers Digest contest. She didn’t initially believe it, even after a Readers Digest representative called her, but she received the check yesterday. • Southwest Motors at 221 W. Aber St. in Tucumcari advertised new and arriving car models, including the 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT, 1970 Mercury Cougar XR-7, 1970 Marquis Brougham, 1970 Ford LTD and a 1970 Mustang Mach 1. The dealership also was going to display a new Lin...
Budget analysts in New Mexico expect the Legislature will have an incredible $907 million of so-called “new money” when it convenes in January. A vast majority of that money comes from the boom in oil and gas production in the Permian Basin. With nearly $8 billion available in 2020, the general fund budget will be up nearly 27% over just two years. Even fans of bigger government have to be concerned about the rapid rate of government expansion in such a short period of time. What should be done to solve this very nice problem to have? Rec...
I have two brothers who think I’m crazy. I think they’re nuts, too. My other two brothers are smarter. They don’t talk about politics. The two who think I’m crazy are ardent supporters of President Donald Trump. I think he’s the worst president we’ve ever had. To my mind, the only way Trump is a stable genius is if he’s the only one there who’s not a horse. My combatant brothers and I are mystified about how we could grow up in the same household yet have such polar-opposite views, and we suspect mental illness as the cause. But I have to c...
It’s too bad for America that CNN’s seven-hour town hall on climate change was such a rating disaster. If 20 times as many viewers had tuned in Sept. 4, about 22 million Americans today would have a real clear idea what a bunch of leftwing nut-jobs are running in the Democrat presidential primary. Bernie, Liz, Kamala, Cory and the others took turns trying to out-do each other with their scary visions of the coming environmental apocalypse and their heroic trillion-dollar plans to use the Green New Deal to save the planet. Poor Joe Biden did his...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Sept. 9 to Sept. 15: • Aaron Estrada, 39, Tucumcari, criminal damage to property (under $1,000). • Antonio Flores Lopez, 19, Tucumcari, probation violation. • Federico Fernandez, 45, Tucumcari, resisting, evading or obstructing a police officer, failure to obey a police officer and driver’s license not in possession. • Leroy Juan Salaz, 63, Tucumcari, contempt of court and trafficking (by distribution). • Danny Gregory Benavidez, 55, Tucumcari, charge not listed. • G...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Sept. 9 to Sept. 15: Monday • 10:42 a.m.: Child abuse or neglect in 300 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. • 12:06 p.m.: Child custody dispute in 500 block of East Laughlin Avenue, Tucumcari. • 12:48 p.m.: Breaking and entering in 1000 block of South Adams Street, Tucumcari. • 2:28 p.m.: Property damage in 400 block of West Campbell Avenue, Tucumcari. • 4:07 p.m.: Theft in 200 block of East Center Street, Tucumcari. • 4:27 p.m.: Breaking an...
Five turnovers and other mental errors by the Rattlers paved the way to a 41-0 victory by Raton, spoiling Tucumcari's Homecoming game Friday at Rattler Stadium. Tucumcari coach Wayne Ferguson lamented his team's mistakes and lost opportunities. "I don't know how many fundamental mistakes we made tonight - dropping snaps, fumbling, throwing interceptions with people wide open for touchdowns," he said after the Rattlers fell to 1-3. If there was any comfort Ferguson could take from the game,...
The Logan volleyball squad suffered its first loss of the season to district rival Melrose during a 25-19, 22-25, 17-25, 25-27 decision in the title game Saturday of the Fort Sumner Tournament. Logan fell to 9-1 overall. Melrose improved to 6-0. “I thought we did some things well during the match and looked solid in many areas,” Logan coach Robert Young said. “We had moments, though, where we reeled off numerous errors and struggled getting back in sync.” Both teams have traded the No. 1 ranking in the Class 1A coaches’ poll this season. L...
San Jon/Grady picked up its first victory of the season with a 54-6 decision Saturday against Reserve at Carrizozo in six-man football action. The visiting Coyotes stormed to a 34-6 lead by halftime. The Coyotes improved to 1-2 overall. The host Mountaineers fell to 0-3 on the season. Because of the cancellation of the Roy-Mosquero game on the Coyotes’ schedule due to a lack of players by their opponent, they next play at Springer at 7 p.m. Sept. 27. Logan 50, Pine Hill 0 The visiting Longhorns destroyed Pine Hill 50-0 in an eight-man f...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Wyatt Strand rushed for his third touchdown of the game on a third-down run in overtime, and the Greyhound defense didn’t allow a first down on the ensuing possession as Eastern New Mexico escaped Colorado Mesa 44-37 Saturday night. The overtime win, Eastern’s first in school history against four losses — the last one coming in the 2011 season — didn’t seem like the eventual outcome for the Greyhounds (2-0). The Green and Silver outgained the host Mavericks 561-381, won the turnover battle 4-1 and led 37-17 with with 3...
Erin Encinias again was Tucumcari’s top cross-country runner during a meet Saturday at Roswell. Encinias finished 22nd overall on the 3.1-mile course with a time of 21 minutes, 40 seconds. Ashley Shipley finished 52nd in 25:45. Encinias and Shipley were the only varsity girls from Tucumcari at the meet. For the Rattlers varsity boys team, Manny Hernandez was the top finisher, crossing the line in 19:08 for 37th place. Alex Lujan was 60th in 22:45 for Tucumcari. For the boys junior varsity, Andrew Henderson-Clark finished 72nd in 27:58 and J...
A team roping event Saturday to benefit a Quay County teen seriously injured during a horse-riding accident drew 256 teams and generated nearly $40,000 to help cover her ongoing medical expenses. Jaree Elliott, one of the organizers for the Gracie Whitson Roping Event at the Quay County Fairgrounds rodeo arena in Tucumcari, said Sunday that revenue from entries, a silent auction and live auction organized by Rodney White, a San Jon FFA raffle, donations and a concessions stand run by the...
We’ve all heard comments along the lines of, “When the door of opportunity opens, you’ve got to walk through it,” or “When God closes a door, he always opens a window.” Just after stating we’re saved by grace through faith and not by our own works, God, through Paul, tells us we’re saved to do good works he prepared for us before we became Christians, and God says through James we must do those works to prove our faith (Ephesians 2:8-10; James 2:14-26). Our faith alone isn’t what saves, either. Nevertheless, while God completed the wor...