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Tucumcari's annual Parade of Lights made its way down a new route Saturday night as it traveled from the Kmart parking lot down Historic Route 66 Boulevard to the Tucumcari Convention Center. The convention center then hosted hundreds of participants and viewers for post-parade cookies and hot chocolate provided by Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital, a little shopping at booths of the Christmas Expo and visits with Santa Claus. As usual, Santa rode in the basket of a ladder truck provided by the...
The Tucumcari Rattler girls scored two victories and a loss in basketball play last week. On Thursday the Lady Rattlers came out on the short end of a 47-44 heartbreaker against the Tularosa Lady Wildcats. At the Santa Rosa Invitational, the Lady Rattlers scored decisive victories Saturday against the Estancia Lady Bears (51-18) and the Dulce Hawks (59-38). The Tucumcari Rattler boys’ team played in Mora on Saturday, but the score was not available Sunday. Logan Longhorns The Logan Longhorn boys lost two and won one at the Menaul Tournament i...
STAFF REPORT New Mexico's game hunting rules and regulations are complex and hunters have to get lucky to score a game license, but basic gun safety rules are relatively simple, according to New Mexico Game and Fish officials. There are four basic rules to firearms safety, said Karl Moffatt, spokesperson for the New Mexico Game and Fish Department, based on the initials TABK. They are as follows: n Treat all firearms as if they are loaded. Assume all firearms are loaded. This, Moffatt said, is...
PORTALES —Despite a 45-12 drumming at the hands of Fort Hays State in Saturday’s C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl of the 2016 season, the Eastern New Mexico University football team is continuing its steady march toward to the ultimate goal of NCAA Division II postseason playoffs. “I think the standard needs to go up a little bit,” fourth-year ENMU coach Josh Lynn said on Monday. “You talk about narrowing the gap to get to the playoffs, and we have to narrow that gap. We have to work harder and get a few more players to get to where we want t...
By Steve Hansen QCSun Correspondent La Placita Plaza Inc. has donated the site of Tucumcari's former ALCO store to the Mesalands Community College Foundation, the college announced Friday in a news release. The 40,000-square foot building located on Historic Route 66 will be used "to support the growth and expansion of programs and services offered at Mesalands Community College," the release said. "The College is always appreciative of the support that we receive from the Mesalands Community...
The Quay County Commission on Nov. 28 authorized purchases of more than $877,000 in firefighting vehicles for the county’s fire districts. The commission approved budgeting for two tanker trucks at about $240,000 each and two brush trucks for the Quay, Porter, Fire I and Jordan fire districts, using loans through the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration, said County Manager Richard Primrose. • The commission also approved arrangements to make up for state budget shortfalls for the county’s anti-driving while intoxicated progr...
Expo held at convention center Tucumcari residents could shop for hand-crafted gift items while their kids visited with Santa at Saturday's Christmas Expo at the Tucumcari Convention Center. Stormi Sena, along with Josie Apodaca, organized this year's event. She said this year's event is their fifth annual. The expo, she said, was "just something we decided to do" five years ago. According to Sena, proceeds this year from vendors' fees and food donations will go again to the Ministry of Hope, a...
December 1966 New Mexico drivers will start receiving visual screens when they apply for their driver’s licenses. The program will use Keystone Telebinocular machines equipped with Snelling visual screening charts. Mrs. J.A. Koehler, chairwoman of the committee to find locations for the Community Action Program and the senior citizen facility, will meet today with the county commission. — Compiled by Senior Writer Thomas Garcia...
Today • Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board — 10 a.m., Tucumcari City Hall, 215 E. Center St., Tucumcari Thursday • Tucumcari City Commission work session — 5 p.m., City Hall • Tucumcari City Commission regular meeting — 6 p.m., City Hall Friday • Tucumcari Elementary School band concert — 6 p.m., Tucumcari Historic Rail Depot, Third Street and Railroad Avenue. Saturday • Texas Walleye Tournament — Ute Lake State Park. For more information, contact Bryon Garrison at 629-655-3823. Tuesday • City Finance Board — 10 a.m., Tucumcari City Hall....
When it comes to hoops in New Mexico, there is but one destination — the Pit. The nationally renowned arena, originally named University Arena but affectionately called the Pit for its underground design, is the University of New Mexico Lobos hunting ground, where visiting teams fear to tread thanks to an amazing fan base that makes it one of the loudest, most raucous places to play college basketball. High school teams also strive to play in the Pit for state basketball championship games. Over the years, the Pit has played host to NCAA t...
I find it a little odd that a nation that flocks to stories about heroes who break the rules becomes shocked and outraged when inconsequential misdeeds by candidates for public office and high-ranking officials are made public. I’m going to relate this to a public debate raging about former Gen. David Petraeus and Hillary Clinton. Petraeus is a candidate for secretary of state and Clinton, of course, has already served in that capacity. We admire people who do great things, especially if they break rules that get in their way and defy a...
Much is being made of the fact that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote while Donald Trump “only” won the electoral vote. What major media refers to as demonstrators or protesters are in fact rioters who remain angry that they are unable to change the results of the election. Many are carrying signs with Trump’s likeness proclaiming, “Not My President.” One budding comedian on the internet posted a likeness of Hillary Clinton with the notation, “Not Anybody’s President.” News flash, whoever...
Rube Render’s Nov. 23 column was primarily focused on poking fun at education, a subject as ubiquitous as tax cuts by Republicans. He wrote, “Universities have established nonviolent spaces and crying rooms with coloring books and Play-Doh to assist students in coping with the panic attacks caused by the catastrophic election.” That comes from the old joke — the Republican library burned and destroyed both books, one that had not been colored in. There are a lot of intelligent people who are worried about what Trump will do. Chief strateg...
While Dec. 7, 1941, was called “a date which would live in infamy,” the attack on Pearl Harbor isn’t as widely remembered as it once was, possibly because of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and possibly because the generation who experienced the attack first-hand is mostly gone. Another event took place on Dec. 7, 1868, when Jesse James robbed a bank in Gallatin, Missouri, and killed a man. How many of us knew about that or even who Jesse James was? The problem with forgetting history is that studying it prepares us for internal and exter...
San Jon Breakfast Thursday: Breakfast pizza, fruit, juice/milk Monday: Cereal and breakfast bars, fruit/juice/milk Tuesday: Waffles. fruit/juice/milk Wednesday: Pancake, sausage on a stick, fruit/juice/milk Lunch Thursday: Beef taco, pinto beans, lettuce and tomatoes, fruit and milk Monday: Chicken patty, French fries, ranch, beans, lettuce and tomato, fruit and milk Tuesday: Hot dogs, baked beans, sweet-potato fries, fruit and milk Wednesday: Lasagna, tossed salad with broccoli, crackers, fruit and milk Logan Breakfast Thursday: Pop Tarts,...