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The Quay County Commission on Monday approved a grant application to buy generators for all the county’s fire stations and substations. Daniel Zamora, the county’s emergency management coordinator, presented the application to the commissioners during its regular meeting. The grant would be used to buy a total of 16 generators at all county fire stations and substations at an estimated cost of $112,000. The application will be submitted to the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security. District 6 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency wil...
The Tucumcari Public Schools board of education received a draft of the district’s five-year master plan and a “wish list” of possible future improvement projects during its regular meeting Nov. 19. Projects on the list for 2019 to 2024 were ranked by priority to expedite its share of possible state funding, including from general-obligation bounds. The school district doesn’t necessarily expect to fulfill all the $20.37 million list of projects, hence its ranking from most to least important. Schools superintendent Aaron McKinney said he expe...
A nationwide recall of romaine lettuce two days before Thanksgiving sent some households, food suppliers and restaurants in Quay County scrambling to throw it out and find a salad substitute. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food-safety alert about romaine the afternoon of Nov. 20 because of an outbreak of E.coli in 11 states, but not New Mexico. “CDC is advising that U.S. consumers not eat any romaine lettuce, and retailers and restaurants not serve or sell any, until we learn more about the outbreak,” the alert sta...
Faculty and staff members at Mesalands Community College recently donated nearly 225 items to the local Children, Youth and Families Department. Items included underwear, socks, shampoo, soap, body wash, toothbrushes, toothpaste, children’s art supplies, hair-care products and more. Kimberly Hanna, director of public relations at the college, said: “The staff at the CYFD were very excited to receive these items.” The CYFD provides an array of prevention, intervention, rehabilitative and after-care services to New Mexico children and their...
Saturday — 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, contact the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce by phone at 575-461-1694 or email [email protected]. Saturday — Christmas Expo. Celebrate the holidays at this seventh annual event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. after the Parade of Lights. If you're around from 1 to 3 p.m., you might spot Santa. Tucumcari Convention Center. Dec. 8 — W...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Strawberry yogurt parfait, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Chicken nuggets, Cobb salad with dinner roll, mashed potatoes, country gravy, honey wheat roll, baby carrots, fruit, milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Bagel with cream cheese cup, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Cheeseburger, french fries, lettuce, fresh tomato slice, pickle slices, fruit, milk. Monday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick, cereal choic...
That time of year is upon us again when we think about how much we’ve been blessed (Thanksgiving) as well as how much more we’ll be blessed (Christmas and New Year's). It doesn’t matter which holiday we’re celebrating; each one is associated with food and should be based in thankfulness for provision. Whether we’re celebrating a national or religious holiday, we’ve got much to be thankful for in our country, including food-wise. Through our abundant natural resources and agricultural knowledge and technology, God provides America with the mo...
On this date ... 1968: A San Jon housewife who preferred to remain anonymous today disclosed she saw a flying saucer that also was seen in Groom, Texas, the same night a week ago. The woman said she happened to be looking out a front window of her home about 7 p.m. when she noticed a bright, colorful UFO flying what appeared to be several feet south of U.S. 66. The saucer was traveling west to east at a low altitude and was on a steady course. She said she saw the object only about five seconds before it mysteriously turned off its lights and a...
Every few weeks or so, about a dozen people quietly gather in the back of a Tucumcari restaurant for regular meetings of the local Crime Stoppers chapter. The most recent meeting last week turned out to be a productive one. A Quay County sheriff’s deputy requested a total payout of $1,000 to three confidential informants who provided information that led to the arrests of two men for their alleged role in a violent home invasion. It was the fifth payout this year. A Tucumcari officer told the Crime Stoppers board his drug-sniffing police dog ...
Quay County 4-H held its end-of-the-year achievement program Nov. 18 at the Quay County Fair Exhibit Center in Tucumcari. The Roadrunner 4-H Club served as the host. Quay County 4-H began the program by honoring those who helped the program grow and succeed. Honorary memberships were given to Devin and Debbie Kanapilly, Dustin Nials and Annie McCauley. Meritorious Service Awards were given to R&R Line Service, FNB New Mexico and BPO Elks Lodge 1172. Friend of 4-H Awards recipients were Carolyn...
For decades, our newspaper has published unsigned local editorials. That ends today, but not without one final defense of the way we used to do things. Our unsigned editorials — under the Viewpoint headline — were unsigned because they were not the opinion of any specific individual; they were the opinion of our newspaper’s editorial board. My conversations with readers often went something like this: Reader: Who wrote that editorial? Me: The editorial board determined the position and the writer reflected the board’s position. Reader: Yes, bu...
I’m writing this on Black Friday and I’m not going anywhere. Black Friday, New Year’s Eve, Labor Day and Memorial Day have become my favorite times to stay home. Just to be ornery, I don’t intend to order anything online today, either. Luckily, my wife of many years feels the same way. We walked this morning up to a bridge over Interstate 40. It was early and the lanes carried lots of semi-trailer trucks and a few cars getting a head start on long drives, either back home or maybe on business already. Traffic wasn’t bad, just a little he...
I love the free market. The market, liberated from government rules, subject only to the choices of individuals. One of my choices is to not shop on major holidays. If I knew for certain the store let employees volunteer to work on the holiday it would be different. As it stands, no sales or discounts can entice me to shop on Thanksgiving or Christmas when I know the employees were probably coerced into working instead of spending the holiday with their families. I’m also not willing to fight crazed crowds for “deals.” It’s not an experie...
Speed kills. That's what Tucumcari boys basketball coach John Span hopes for this season from his undersized team. "We have no size, but we do have some quickness," he said. "I think we will be able to get up and down the floor. I think a big key for us to be successful is to limit teams to one shot, then we can get down the floor in transition. We like an up-tempo game. We'll do a little bit of pressing. We like to transition back after missed shots and push the ball up and down the court. "I...
Tucumcari will sport familiar faces from last year's state-ranked girls basketball team, but its primary offense will be entirely new. Coach Gary Hittson, in his 17th year of guiding the Lady Rattlers, changed his squad's setup from motion to a read-and-react offense after seeing it demonstrated during a coaches clinic earlier this summer. "You read what the defense gives you, and you go off of that," he explained the concept. "It's like a spread offense in football. It gets everybody involved...
Tucumcari wrestling coach Eddie Encinias is feeling pretty blessed these days. When asked who he expects from his team to advance to the state tournament, he provides an answer many other coaches would envy. "The whole team," he said. "I'm looking for the whole team to go to state," he added. "I really am. They're good enough; they just have to wrestle to their potential. I'm very fortunate." The Rattlers qualified 12 athletes to the state tournament last season. Encinias has just three seniors...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari Quay County Communications Center Nov. 19-25: Monday • 7:51 a.m.: Traffic accident with damage at milepost 316 of U.S. 54, Tucumcari. • 8:22 a.m.: Reckless driving at Main and Third streets, Tucumcari. • 5:46 p.m.: Property damage in 700 block of West Hancock Avenue, Tucumcari. Tuesday • 7:29 a.m.: Citizen dispute at 500 block of School Street, Logan. • 7:47 a.m.: Traffic accident with damage at First and Main streets, Tucumcari. • 9:46 a.m.: Breaking and entering in 600 block of West High Street, Tuc...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center Nov. 19-26: • Jeremy Abers, 40, Albuquerque, charge not listed. • Maria Helena Apodaca, 35, Tucumcari, contempt of court. • Bonita Aughtman, 29, Tucumcari, battery against a household member, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, criminal trespass (posted) and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Ernest W. Baker, 60, Tucumcari, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle (first offense). • Rachael Carpenter, 26, Santa Fe, battery upon a peace officer, resisting, evading o...