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A total of 121 new confirmed cases of coronavirus were reported last week in Quay County, including 17 on Friday, as the state also reported spread of the virus in numbers not seen in more than a year. The county’s numbers during the week were somewhat inflated because the Nov. 29 report included Thursday and Friday of the Thanksgiving holiday in addition to the usual Saturday and Sunday. Even subtracting the daily averages of the previous Thursday and Friday from the Monday report, Quay County still would have surpassed the record 91 cases r...
The principals for “Bands of Enchantment” reduced their request for city lodgers tax funds from $300,000 to $200,000 to produce a second season of the music television show in Tucumcari next year. Elkhorn Entertainment principals Ken C. Peterson and Tyson Chavez, the latter citing “encouraging” talks with an unnamed national advertiser being a possible sponsor, made the revised request via videoconference during the lodgers tax advisory board’s meeting Wednesday. The show shot at various locations last spring in Tucumcari, including in the ra...
The number of deaths by suicide in Quay County jumped from one in 2019 to seven in 2020, according to data released last week by the New Mexico Department of Health. The state saw a slight increase in such deaths during the same period. According to data provided to the Quay County Sun by DOH spokeswoman Katy Diffendorfer, number of deaths by suicide in Quay County in 2020 was the largest in recent memory. The county recorded five such deaths each in 2016 and 2018, and three in 2017. The rise of suicide deaths in the county last year confirmed...
Christmas is upon us, and many of us are enjoying the holiday hubbub, especially as a release from the COVID restrictions that kept families apart for well over a year. Others, such as Martha, are so caught up in the mundane holiday preparations, shopping and travel that they’re missing out on the fun (Luke 10:38-42). We were returning from Albuquerque recently, and it must have been a good day for our grandson because he said he wished time wouldn’t fly when you’re having fun. He preferred that time stood still when you were having fun and it...
An official recount last week of two Village of House councilor races confirmed what was reported the night of the Nov. 2 election - ties. The winners of those races now will be determined by a draw of cards by each deadlocked candidate at the start of the village's regular board meeting at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the House Municipal Building. Those candidates will take the oath of office after that, administered by Quay County Clerk Ellen White. Anita Allen and Steven Foust finished with 17 votes...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Friday, Saturday — Tucumcari Rawhide Days Christmas Carriage Rides. Take a ride in a 15-minute horse-drawn carriage through downtown Tucumcari. Tickets, which also include a meal and a hot drink, can be purchased at tucumcarirawhidedays.com or at the Tucumcari MainStreet office. Proceeds benefit the Tucumcari Rawhide Days festival. Rides begin at 4 p.m. each day and end at 8:30 p.m. Tucumcari Railroad Plaza. • Saturday — Ninth annual Christmas Expo. This event from 10 a.m. to 4 p....
The Tucumcari Senior Center and Logan Senior Center also offer grab-and-go meals to those who qualify. Those interested should call the Tucumcari facility at 575-461-2307 or the Logan facility at 575-487-2287 for more information. Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick, fresh apple, orange juice, skim, 1% or chocolate skim milk; Lunch: Buffalo chicken wrap, green Frito pie, chuckwagon corn, lettuce salad, fresh tomatoes, salsa, mandarin oranges, skim, 1% or chocolate skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Bagel, str...
On this date ... 1971: The Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce board members and newly elected directors traveled to House last night for their meeting. The group was welcomed at the House Community Center by a group of citizens that included Bruce Runyan, T.J. Coston, Ronald Hornseth and Ed Sparks, who also served refreshments. • The Rev. John H. Johns, minister of the First Baptist Church in Tucumcari, resigned his position to accept a promotion with the Southern Baptist Home Missionary in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, effective Jan. 1. Johns h...
Eighty years ago, on Dec. 7, 1941, our parents and grandparents were shaken out of the humdrum of daily living — and the trajectory of their lives forever changed — by news that Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, home to America’s Pacific Fleet and considered a forward deterrent to Japanese attack, had itself come under murderous fire in a surprise Japanese assault. Other U.S. military installations on the island of Oahu and nearby were also hit that morning, about 8 a.m. Hawaii time, 1 p.m. at the White House, where President Franklin D. Roosevelt was j...
I love people. I also know that humans are deeply flawed. This combination explains why I’m a libertarian. Every other position insists that no one is smart enough to run their own life while also believing most people are smart enough to run the lives of people they’ve never met. This running of strangers’ lives is carried out through voting and wielding political power. It’s not a realistic position. The libertarian position recognizes that most people are better at running their own lives than others would be and no one is qualified to run...
Sound the alarm! Gas prices are going up! Throughout my life, I’ve noticed a certain obsession Americans have with gas prices. I used to tease my father for driving out of his way just to save a couple of cents on a gallon of gas. I told him that he probably spent more money (and time) driving across town to the cheaper gas station than he saved at the pump, but he was unwavering in his search for the cheapest gas possible. To this day, I know guys who can make an entire conversation out of the price of gasoline. The media don’t help, sho...
Despite spotting Bosque a double-digit lead early, Tucumcari nearly caught up with the Bobcats in the fourth quarter but fell 65-58 Saturday in the championship game of the Brian Gallegos Memorial Tournament at West Las Vegas. The Rattlers finished their opening week with a 2-1 record, defeating Penasco and Wagon Mound earlier at the tourney. “I thought we played pretty good, considering it was our first week of playing,” Tucumcari coach John Span said in a phone interview. “And they had some good competition at that tournament. To finis...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team began its season by capturing third place at the Santa Rosa Invitational tournament with a resounding 63-20 win Saturday over Cloudcroft. Alexus Lafferty scored 25 points to lead the Lady Rattlers (2-1), while teammate Caylee Benavidez scored 19. July Lafferty added 10 points. Alexus Lafferty and Benavidez each were named to the all-tournament team. The Lady Rattlers’ only loss was to eventual tournament champion Fort Sumner (3-0), which defeated host Santa Rosa 44-37 in the title game Saturday. Tucumcari l...
SAN JON - The San Jon boys and girls teams were the first high-school programs in Quay County to open the basketball season last week despite a COVID-19 quarantine that delayed their games the week before. Because the quarantine also prompted the cancellation of San Jon practices except for one leading up to the Nov. 30 opener, the girls team was slow to get going during a 43-28 loss to Dora that wasn't decided until the visiting team pulled away in the fourth quarter. In the boys game, a young...
The Logan girls basketball team opened its season by capturing the Dora Tournament championship with a 46-36 win over the host team Saturday. Reece Goldston led the Lady Longhorns with 16 points, and Kyra Conway added 14. “There was no turning point, really. We finally just started hitting shots,” Logan coach Glynna Strand said about the game. Logan won all three games at the tournament. Dora fell to 3-1. Logan 57, Roy/Mosquero 33 Logan advanced to the title game of the tournament with a resounding 57-33 win Friday over defending Class 1A cha...
The Rattlers wrestling team went 2-2 during the season-opening weekend at the Los Lunas Duals in an event that featured schools with enrollment much bigger than Tucumcari’s. Tucumcari dominated Grants 71-9 and downed the Los Lunas junior varsity 66-15. The Rattlers lost 54-30 to the perennially powerful host team and fell 48-36 to Las Cruces. Xzander Garcia led the Rattlers by going 4-0 on Saturday while wrestling at 182 or 170 pounds, depending on the matchup. Reyes Garcia, wrestling at 195 of 220 pounds, also went 4-0. Adrian Villegas, w...
Three players from Logan's volleyball team earned first-team all-state honors in Class 1A last week from the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. Tucumcari also saw one player earn second-team honors in Class 3A. Senior defensive specialist Kyra Conway, senior outside hitter Reece Goldston and sophomore middle blocker Natalie Bongers earned first-team honors. Senior outsider hitter Rilee Nials also earned second-team honors, and Goldston also made the second team as a setter. The Lady...
A two-year realignment plan approved last week by the New Mexico Activities Association board of directors will add Ruidoso to Tucumcari’s district in many sports starting with the 2022 school year. The Warriors of Ruidoso, previously a Class 4A school, will be folded in the Class 3A-4 with Tucumcari, New Mexico Military Institute and Dexter in basketball, volleyball and track. Tucumcari’s enlarged football district will include Hope Christian, Ruidoso, NMMI and Dexter. Tucumcari’s baseball and softball districts will include Dexter, East...
A young and inexperienced Logan boys basketball team went 1-2 during last week’s season-opening Dora Tournament, including a 53-43 loss Saturday to Roy/Mosquero in the third-place game. Logan kept Saturday’s game close most of the way, but Roy/Mosquero closed the fourth quarter with an 18-10 run to seal its victory. “We learned quite a bit this weekend on what we need to do to get better,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said. “Just have to practice and work on them. It’s early in the season, and we will work to get things turned around quickly.” B...
A Tucumcari man was jailed after being accused of leading police on a chase through streets Sunday night that ended with damage to two city police vehicles and property at Mesalands Community College. According to online court records, Dylan Jackie Bennett, 22, booked into the county jail early Monday on these nine counts, which include four felonies: • Aggravated assault upon a police officer with a deadly weapon (two counts); • Aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer; • Aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquo...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5: Monday • 9:53 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 1100 block of South Seventh Street, Tucumcari. • 10:42 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 200 block of West High Street, Tucumcari. • 10:45 a.m.: Illegal dumping in 1800 block of Quay Road 66, San Jon. • 11:30 a.m.: Brush fire in 100 block of North Ash Street, House. • 12:12 p.m.: Civil dispute in 600 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. • 12:17 p.m.: Threat in 600 block of South Rock Island Stre...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Nov. 29 to Dec. 6: • Tranette Flook, 33, Tucumcari, trespassing. • Aaron Keith Martinez, 20, Tucumcari, two felony counts of contempt of court. • Vonnette L. Tice, 41, San Jon, battery, breaking and entering, fraud (over $20,000) and two counts of criminal trespass (unposted). • Ernest L. Arguello, 71, Amarillo, Texas, public nuisance and failure to appear at time and place stated in citation. • Breysen K. Billings, 26, Tucumcari, contempt of court. • Austin Martinez, 2...