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The executive director of the Greater Tucumcari Economic Development Corp. and several attendees at the board’s Dec. 10 meeting criticized Tucumcari city commissioner Ralph Moya for his statements in a candidate questionnaire to the Quay County Sun before the Nov. 5 election. The comments by Moya, who did not attend the meeting, prompted placement on the meeting’s agenda. The EDC’s executive director, two of Moya’s fellow city commissioners, the Arch Hurley Conservancy District’s manager and Mesalands Community College’s president rapped his...
A Mesalands Community College faculty member and administrators shared reports about the college’s goal to launch a registered nursing program during the board of trustees’ regular meeting Dec. 10. Shannon Sommers, with the college’s allied health program, said future RN associate’s degrees earned at Mesalands would be transferable to bachelor’s programs. She said the New Mexico Board of Nursing approved the college’s feasibility study for the RN course and next will examine at the Mesalands proposal itself. Sommers said prospects for a nursi...
More than 100 veterans' graves at Tucumcari Memorial Park and Quay Cemetery were decorated Saturday with holiday-themed garlands in the region's first-ever participation in the Wreaths Across America program. Officials with the Tucumcari chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who led the local Wreaths Across America effort, said the organization likely would participate in it next year because the support it received. Susan Taylor, a member of the local DAR, said the organization...
San Jon Municipal Schools was among 20 schools that won the inaugural New Mexico Governor's STEM Challenge on Dec. 7 at Los Lunas High School. The San Jon students on the CIPPS Techies team were sophomore SaiSravya Bandla, sophomore Jenna Lopez and junior Sayler Sours. The team proposed a SHWAP, or spilling hose water accident preventer, after surveying 100 residents in San Jon and finding 88% had forgotten to turn off a water hose at least once. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection...
A Tucumcari man will spend less than two years behind bars if he meets court-imposed conditions after being convicted of shooting at another man in a vehicle in April. The bullet hit a parked pickup truck down the street that was unoccupied. Jacob Ramirez, 29, pleaded guilty in a Tucumcari district courtroom Dec. 10 to fourth-degree felony counts of shooting at a motor vehicle and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Other felony counts of assault with intent to commit a violent felony, shooting at or from a motor vehicle and possession of...
• Friday — Christmas Cantata. The Center Street United Methodist Church will host this annual performance by the Quay County Community Choir from 7 to 8 p.m. 406 E. Center St., Tucumcari. • Sunday — Ute Lake Winter Light Festival. Head to the group shelter for hayrides, Christmas carols, hot cocoa, apple cider and homemade cookies from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Businesses and individuals are invited to light up the park and camping spots. Call Mickie if you are interested at (575) 309-4788. Ute Lake State Park, Logan. • Jan. 18 — Viva Las Tucumcari....
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Sausage and cheese breakfast bagel, cocoa puffs, cinnamon graham cracker, fresh pear, orange juice, milk; Lunch: Cook’s choice. Thursday — Breakfast: Trix cereal bar, frosted flakes, Newton breakfast muffin and egg meal, fresh orange, apple juice, milk; Lunch: Cook’s choice. Monday — Closed for Christmas break. Tuesday — Closed for Christmas break. Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Baked ham, baked sweet potato, buttered asparagus, whole-wheat roll with margarine, pineapple upside-down cake. Thursda...
As politicians, talking heads and mixed media continue to pronounce newspapers dead, a student newspaper at Northwestern University in Illinois tried to push that narrative along recently because of a missing backbone. During former U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions’ speaking engagement at the university, student protesters tried to enter the building through a back door. Police intervened and unsuccessfully tried to push them back. Some of the students were knocked to the ground. A reporter from the student newspaper, the Daily N...
By the time this column publishes, President Donald Trump will, in all likelihood, be impeached. In other words, formal charges will be filed against him by the U.S. House of Representatives to be tried in the U.S. Senate. The probability that the Senate will remove Trump is a few points below negligible. I am left with two questions. The first I share with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who reluctantly agreed to proceed with impeachment inquiries. What will impeachment accomplish? The short answer: Very little and it could backfire...
Forget the phony solemnity about the Constitution and the rule of law. Forget the malarkey about the president committing high crimes and misdemeanors. We all know the real reasons Democrats are hell-bent on impeaching Donald Trump. It’s because they hate him beyond reason and because they still believe their own hoax that he stole the presidency from Hillary Clinton. But Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler and the Democrats in the House are going to be very sorry someday for lowering the bar for impeaching a president to almost nothing. B...
A tongue-in-cheek open letter Wednesday from the Tucumcari Police Department that urged drug dealers to turn in competitors attracted attention from news outlets and went viral on social media. The letter, initially printed on the department’s letterhead and later shared on Facebook, stated: “Attention Drug Dealers!!!!!! I do realize we do not normally see eye to eye, but here at the Tucumcari Police Department, we are always striving to improve community relations. That also includes YOU! “Do you have a competitor who is stealing your clients?...
Editor's note: This story contains graphic content. A Tucumcari man stands accused of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy earlier this summer after exchanging flirtatious texts with him. Daniel Ray Gallegos, aka Daniel Romero, 26, was arrested on a warrant Dec. 6 for fourth-degree criminal sexual penetration with a child 13 to 16 years old, a fourth-degree felony that can lead up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine. Tucumcari Magistrate Judge Timothy O’Quinn found probable cause for the charge. Gallegos was booked into the Quay C...
Staff and faculty at Mesalands Community College recently donated holiday gifts for the 2019 Angel Tree to benefit those being assisted by the Children, Youth, and Families Department office in Tucumcari. These gifts will be shared with 66 children from 27 families within the Tucumcari community, including outlying areas such as Fort Sumner, Logan, Mosquero, San Jon and Roy, according to a news release from the college....
The New Mexico School Boards Association recently honored a House Municipal Schools board member for his longtime service to the district. The association gave Bill Noland a 24-year service award. According to a news release, Noland first was elected to the House Board of Education in 1979 and served two terms through 1987. He returned to the board in 2001 and continues to serve there. Voters in November elected Noland to a seventh term. Noland has served as president, vice president and secretary of the House board. Noland works for the U.S....
Tucumcari's wrestling team split dual meets against St. Michael's and West Las Vegas on Thursday at the Snake Pit, but the Rattlers' coach expressed general satisfaction with his squad's performances. The Rattlers easily defeated St. Michael's 57-18 but were edged 42-34 by district rival West Las Vegas, partly because Tucumcari suffered two forfeit losses at the heavyweight and 132-pound divisions - one due to a football injury that should be resolved in a few weeks. Tucumcari coach Eddie Encini...
The Logan girls basketball squad finished second at the Black and Gold Tournament with a 61-47 victory over host Clayton on Saturday. Jordan Hines led the Lady Longhorns (6-1) with 24 points. Karli Webb and Kesleah Shields each added 10. “We played well,” Logan coach Glynna Strand said. “(We) got into a bit of foul trouble but overall looked good.” Clayton fell to 3-4. Goddard (6-1) won the round-robin tournament with three wins. Logan 59, Boys Ranch 40 Webb scored 20 points to lead the Lady Longhorns to a 59-40 victory Friday over Boys Ranch i...
The Logan boys basketball team wrapped up a second-place finish in the Orange and Black Tournament by defeating host Clayton 76-55 on Saturday. The Longhorns (5-2) raced to a 43-30 lead by halftime. Dante Sanchez led Logan with 29 points, and Wyatt Wright added 13. “The guys continue to get better each game,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said. “We still have a lot of work to do, but I’m pleased with their progress.” The Clovis junior varsity team won the round-robin event by winning all three of its games. Clayton fell to 3-3. Logan 68, Boys...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Dec. 9 to Dec. 15: Monday • 8:51 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 400 block of South College Street, Tucumcari. • 9:04 a.m.: Arrest warrant at unlisted address, Tucumcari. • 11:31 a.m.: Vandalism in 600 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. • 12:03 p.m.: Domestic disturbance in 800 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. • 2:44 p.m.: Breaking and entering in 1900 block of South Second Street, Tucumcari. • 4:17 p.m.: Juvenile problem in 1700 block...
The 12 disciples of Jesus were men obsessed with power, at least initially. This is no insult, but merely a summary of the available data. The Gospels show them arguing repeatedly over which of them would be the greatest in Christ’s kingdom. Do you think the Lord ever rolled his eyes? It’s OK to cut these guys some slack, though, as they were products of that time and culture. The most glory went to the one who proved strong enough to dominate everybody and impose his own will. That man was cal...
When asked how the flu season was going for Plains Regional Medical Center, Administrator Drew Dostal said it was a pretty good flu season. He quickly added that by good, he meant good if you were the flu. “It’s hard for us to call if it’s going to be one of the worst,” Dostal said. “It’s starting out of the gates pretty decently.” National indicators are showing that following two bad seasons in 2017-18 and 2018-19, the 2019-20 flu season could be the worst since 2003 Nationwide, 3.5% of patient visits reported through the U.S. Outpatient In...
Susann Mikkelson took over Dec. 2 as the family and consumer science extension agent at the Quay County Cooperative Extension Service, but she said she's not trying to “wipe the slate clean” from her long-serving predecessor. Brenda Bishop retired from that post in July after 32 years in the extension office in Tucumcari. Mikkelson indicated she would consult with her from time to time. “I'm not looking to fill Brenda's shoes,” Mikkelson said in her office Thursday while taking a break from online training. “She's still here; she's still goi...
Ross Eugene and Judy Ross of Tucumcari will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday. The couple was married Dec. 20, 1969, in San Jon. He is retired law enforcement and teaches silversmithing at Mesalands Community College. She worked in home education and is a truck weighmaster. The couple has two children. A celebration will be planned for the 51st anniversary when the couple has time to plan an event....
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Dec. 9 to Dec. 16: • Daniel Ray Gallegos, 26, Tucumcari, criminal sexual penetration in the fourth degree (child age 13 to 16). • Pete John Estrada, 41, Tucumcari, three counts of contempt of court. • Katherine Beltran, 37, no address listed, making a false report. • Tyler Dillinger, 24, Rio Rancho, warrant from other counties or states. • Ordelia Renee Jaynes, 34, Tucumcari, contempt of court. • Katherine D. Sena, 22, Tucumcari, criminal damage to property (over $1,00...