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A consultant’s feasibility study for the New Mexico Racing Commission concludes three Clovis applicants for a horse-racing track and casino would generate the most revenue. The study also details downsides for each Clovis bid, and a frontman for a Tucumcari applicant called the study “fatally flawed.” The commission on Thursday posted on its website the 138-page study from Convergence Strategy Group, a gaming consulting firm based in New Orleans. A 46-page PowerPoint presentation Convergence gave to the commission during an executive sessi...
Trying to strike a balance between free speech and order, the Mesalands Community College board of trustees unanimously approved a protests and demonstrations policy for the college during its Nov. 13 meeting. Officials decided to create such a policy after board members’ recent meeting with a consultant from the Association of Community College Trustees, based out of Washington, D.C., college President John Groesbeck said after the meeting. He said the new policy wasn’t pre-emptive, and not a response to anything occurring on campus. “Ma...
About 80 percent of the audience for a historical presentation Friday night at The Gallery Etc. in downtown Tucumcari were women. That seemed appropriate, because the presentation was titled “Route 66 Women: Untold Stories of the Mother Road.” Documentary filmmaker Katrina Parks presided over the event supported by the New Mexico Humanities Council and the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program. She showed extended excerpts of her “Route 66 Women: Untold Stories of the Mother Road” film she said she expects to finish by fall 2019 as three o...
“None of the above” apparently is no longer an option for the New Mexico Racing Commission on whether to award a sixth horse-racing license. Rosemary Garley of the commission sent an email Friday afternoon, stating the agency’s board adjourned from its meeting in Albuquerque earlier that day “with a vote to move forward on the 6th Racetrack License.” License applicants from Tucumcari, Clovis and Lordsburg will make a final pitch Nov. 28 before the commission. Native American tribes that own casinos in New Mexico also are expected to weigh in on...
• Thursday — Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Serving from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., enjoy the meal and fellowship free of charge. First Baptist Church, 321 E. Center St., Tucumcari. • Dec. 1 — Parade of Lights. The fun begins at 6 p.m. as the floats cruise down Route 66 Boulevard from the old Kmart parking lot to the Tucumcari Convention Center. For more information or to register, contact the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce by phone at 575-461-1694 or email [email protected]. • Dec. 1 — Christmas Expo. Celebrate the holidays at...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — No school. Thursday — No school. Monday — Breakfast: Cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich, ham and cheese sandwich, tomato soup, mixed vegetables, fruit, milk. Tuesday — Breakfast: Sausage breakfast pizza, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Tater tot nachos, ham and cheese wrap, pinto beans, Spanish brown rice, Romaine lettuce, fresh tomatoes, fruit, milk. Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Sloppy jo...
I’ve run into some avowed socialists online who claim Jesus was a socialist or at least taught doctrines compatible with socialism. Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry and told his followers to do likewise. Apparently, for some, that implies socialism. If we’re going to make progress discussing this, we need to define our terms Despite the rhetoric of compassion from modern enthusiasts, socialism is not defined by the belief poor people should be taken care of by those who have the means to...
A Tucumcari woman was arrested and jailed in a 66-count complaint of identity theft and illegally using a debit or credit card for nearly $3,000 in transactions. Crystal Marie Jones, 34, was booked Nov. 9 into the Quay County Detention Center and released by court order five days later, according to jail records. No attorney for her was listed in court records. Frank Gutierrez, lead investigator for the 10th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Tucumcari, wrote the criminal complaint and filed it in magistrate court Nov. 8. In the c...
On this date ... 1968: The Quay County Commission soon will meet with the state tax commission in an effort to reduce all property valuations by 10 percent. The tax commission on Nov. 9 raised the assessment rate to 33 1/3 percent in an effort to establish a statewide, uniform assessment ratio of actual value. The state's action came under orders of the New Mexico Supreme Court to establish a uniform ratio. The action affected about half of the state's counties, including Quay, with an...
For those of us old enough to remember when television brought families together — in the same room at the same time, with commercial interruption because that was the only choice back then — Thursday was a sad day. Roy Clark died. He was country, the song goes, when country wasn’t cool, back when Tammy Wynette was standing by her man. But he was more than a singer, more than a gifted entertainer. He was a generation’s best friend, maybe your dad’s buddy from work or a local cotton farmer who chose to spend his Saturday nights with us on the ot...
Happy Thanksgiving, Quay County and all of New Mexico. To my media colleagues, however, I issue a warning. The media corps seems to think they have reason to gloat over their turkey dinners as President Donald Trump eats crow over a restraining order that re-admits CNN reporter Jim Acosta to the White House after the president kicked him out for acting like a reporter. Even Fox News protested Acosta’s removal. The media universally are reporting federal District Court Judge Tim Kelly’s restraining order as an unqualified victory for the new...
Picture this: An Arkansas preacher and teacher have six sons who grow up, get married and have children of their own. Then those children grow up and have their own kids. Even the cousins have cousins, and our extended families grow and grow … and so it goes. That’s my family. I’m one of those six sons. We’re scattered all over now, but every year this loud and large family finds its way back to our Ozark Mountain heritage for an epic Thanksgiving reunion. We take over a lodge on a secluded mountaintop, pack in plenty of food and games and fam...
RIO RANCHO - Harlie Roach of Logan went up high and smashed a shot into the Melrose line Saturday in the Class 1A Volleyball State Championship Match, then got a confused look on her face. She looked across the net looked behind her. "We were battling it out back and forth, back and forth," she said. "It could have been anybody's. I was kind of shocked. I didn't know what side the ball came on. I turned around and I was all, 'What happened,' then everybody started screaming. Best moment of my...
Grady/San Jon saw its season come to an end Friday with a 25-17, 25-14, 25-17 loss to Melrose in the Class 1A volleyball quarterfinals at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. The Lady Bronchos finished the year 13-11 overall, with four of their losses to Melrose and three to Logan. Logan defeated Melrose Saturday in five games to claim the state title. Grady/San Jon coach Rebecca Burns acknowledged she and her team were tired of playing Melrose. “I would have been up for virtually anybody else,” she said with a laugh. “But I think that...
Santa Rosa dashed Fort Sumner’s dreams for a second consecutive state title during a 24-13 loss Friday in the Class 2A semifinals at Santa Rosa. The Lions (11-1) play at Eunice (11-0) for the Class 2A championship at 1 p.m. Saturday. Eunice, the No. 1 seed, crushed Estancia 56-14 on Saturday. Fort Sumner, which had a cooperative agreement with House Municipal Schools and had three players from there on its roster, ended its season at 9-2 overall, with both losses against Santa Rosa. The Lions again used another superb defensive effort to s...
The way Heidi Engman sees it, a soft opening of her Mercantile 29:11 shop on Saturday solved two problems. First, the storefront enabled her to sell merchandise that wasn't a good fit or lacked storage at the Tee Pee Curios shop she co-owns a few blocks away with her husband, Gar. Second, the former real-estate office at 309 E. Route 66 Blvd. offers a public bathroom for tourists. A lack of one had vexed businesses along the city's Route 66 corridor for years. Her store also offers cold drinks...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari Quay County Communications Center Nov. 12-18: Monday • 4:37 a.m.: A threat in 6300 block of Quay Road AM, Tucumcari. • 9 a.m.: A traffic accident with injuries in 2400 block of Highway 469, San Jon. • 9:41 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 600 block of West Turner Avenue, Tucumcari. • 9:50 a.m.: Theft in 1600 block of South Fifth Street, Tucumcari. • 1:53 p.m.: Traffic accident with damage at milepost 12, Route 66, San Jon. • 4:59 p.m.: Missing person reported in 1100 block of South Fifth Street, Tucumcari....
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center Nov. 9-17: • Pete John Estrada, 39, Tucumcari, driving under the influence of liquor (impaired, first offense) and driving while license suspended or revoked. • Ezekiel Arthur Gutierrez, 41, Tucumcari, falsely obtaining services ($250 or less). • Crystal Marie Jones, 34, Tucumcari, on 33 counts of unlawful use or theft of an ATM or debit card and one count of theft of identity. • Zachary Knox, 25, Tucumcari, contempt of court, criminal sexual penetration in the second degree, a...