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Ultimate valentine comes from God
January 31st, 2006
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God towards us because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. He...
Whole grain as wholesome choice
January 31st, 2006
The new Food Guide Pyramid encourages consumers to “get half from whole” by consuming whole grains for half of their daily grain intake. Research shows whole-grain foods are associated with lower...
Candidate close-up
January 31st, 2006
I was transplanted to Tucumcari via Swickly, Penn., Fort Bragg, N.C., Morgantown, La., and Miles, Texas.
I was born in 1942 and my dad was in the military until we settled here in 1947. I attended t...
Rattlers win fifth in a row
January 31st, 2006
Drew White again leads the Rattlers to their fifth win in a row with 27 points against the Floyd Broncos and final score of 63-56.
Starting out slow and down 17-12 at the end of the first quarter. Th...
Tucumcari man left legacy of honesty -- and knives, son said
January 31st, 2006
Mike Sasser said his father, Jim “Sonny” Sasser, could be summed up in three ways — honest, straightforward and rough around the edges.
But that barely scratches the surface, for Jim Sasser, wh...
2/1 Calendar
January 31st, 2006
All month: The Bookmobile will not be making any stops in February, but will run again in March, according to a release from Rural Bookmobile East. The service is automating its collection and will ha...
2/1 Obituaries
January 31st, 2006
Jack Johnson
Services: Have been held.
Jack Johnson, 82, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, at his home in Bard.
He was born April 7, 1923, near Clayton in Thomas.
The longtime Bard resident was a ranche...
2/1 Police blotter
January 31st, 2006
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Tucumcari police during the past several days.
According to the reports:
Friday
• At 7:05 a.m., vandalism was reported at a local shop. Police...
2/1 Notable notes
January 31st, 2006
Tax help available
Low-income people can get TAXHELP now through April 17 from a program offered by Eastern Plains Community Action Agency, according to a release from the organization.
TAXHELP is ava...
1/28 Editorial
January 28th, 2006
When the Founding Fathers set up our system of government, they didn’t intend for states to be the poor cousins of the federal government. Rather, they were to be independent entities, with the fede...
Bedbugs bite for world peace
January 28th, 2006
New York City is being eaten alive — literally — with a bedbug epidemic.
Yes, those infamous creepy creatures of nighttime rhyme have infested the Big Apple, where they’ve been chewing their w...
Ode to women in chaps
January 28th, 2006
There’s something oh, so charming about girl’s basketball
Or lawyers wearing pantyhose or sweethearts with a drawl
I like doctors with mascara and with painted fingernails
And flirty flight attend...
1/28 Police blotter
January 27th, 2006
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Tucumcari police during the past several days.
According to the reports:
Monday
• At 5:05 p.m., an unknown male reported a viscious dog attempt...
1/28 Calendar
January 27th, 2006
Today: Monthly birthday meeting of Narcotics Anonymous from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Anne’s Church, 306 W. High St., in the Madonna room.
Sunday: Floyd Lions Club Jamboree 2006 auditions for singers...
1/28 Obituaries
January 27th, 2006
Kathi Elofson
Services: 2 p.m. on Sunday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness (tentative)
Kathi Elofson, 48, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, in Tucumcari.
She was born Aug. 27, 1957, in Phoenix.
She h...
1/28 Senior citizen menu
January 27th, 2006
Monday: Sloppy Joes, baked French fries, pork and beans, gelatin and mandarin oranges.
Tuesday: Spiced beef over noodles, broccoli and cheese, peanut butter cookie and apricots.
Wednesday: Lasagna, g...
History book a family autobiography
January 27th, 2006
Gene Duke stopped at the coffee table recently to do a little visiting and mentioned that he had just published a book called Thirteen Chapters of Dukes.
Naturally, I had to have a copy because I ha...
All-star football team announced
January 27th, 2006
The New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) recently selected the All-Star team and six members of the Tucumcari Rattler State Runner-up team.
On the offensive side of the ball, Josh Benavidez was c...
Rattlers upset top-ranked 3A Portales
January 27th, 2006
Varsity player Nathan McDonald scored 18 points Tuesday, leading the 2A Rattlers in their upset of the top ranked Portales Rams by a final score of 55-48.
Action began with the Rams taking an early...
Rattlers varsity boys strike Bears
January 24th, 2006
The Tucumcari Rattlers traveled to Estancia on Saturday afternoon and defeated the Bears, 65-44.
Estancia held a 13-12 point lead at the end of the first quarter.
At intermission, the Rattlers led 2...
1/25 Police blotter
January 24th, 2006
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Tucumcari police during the past several days.
According to the reports:
Friday
• At 1:38 p.m., an unknown female called to report subjects wit...
1/25 Calendar
January 24th, 2006
Today: Distribution of USDA commodities at 9 a.m. at Old National Guard Armory, 900 E. Laughlin.
Today: Story Time for children ages 2 1/2 to 5 at the Tucumcari Public Library, with registration ongoi...
Home maintenance as lesson for the soul
January 24th, 2006
It’s warming up outside and, believe it or not, that time of year will soon be upon us again. Things are beginning to grow again and our attention will turn toward those projects we just love, like...
Rattlers host Clayton
January 20th, 2006
Junior Varsity action started the action in the “Snake Pit” against Clayton on Friday where the Clayton girls led after the first quarter 11-10.
The Jackettes’ pressure forced the Lady rattler...
1/21 Notable notes
January 20th, 2006
Mental health legislation backed
Treatment for mental illness in New Mexico got another boost when U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., backed legislation that would help those with serious mental illnes...
1/21 Calendar
January 20th, 2006
Today: New Mexico State Police blood drive from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at North Plains Mall in Clovis. For information call Cheryl Terry at 763-3427 or visit www.bloodhero.com and enter sponsor code nmsta...
Rattlers rake in first district win
January 20th, 2006
In the second district game of the season on Tuesday, the Rattlers and Lady Rattlers visited Texico. Junior varsity boys and girls were first on the slate.
In the JV boys game the Wolverines defeated...
Despite dogged determination, still human
January 20th, 2006
Those positive-thinking people who say you can envision what you want and get it are usually on the mark. However, I have been breaking my brain to achieve my latest desire. Alas, to no avail.
I am s...
Cattlemen have no business in cologne
January 20th, 2006
Dear J.D.,
I just got wind of your latest venture into the entrepreneurial world.
It’s odd that if I’d heard you’d merged with Tyson Foods or been arrested transporting Amish across the state...
1/21 Editorial
January 20th, 2006
Another year, another stab at re-writing the Endangered Species Act.
Last year, the House of Representatives actually managed to pass a bill containing some promising provisions, including one requi...
E-mail not as good as old-fashioned letter
January 20th, 2006
Through the years we have visited about the joy of writing and receiving letters. Last week, had I not known better, I'd have thought friends had ganged up on me when I received five wonderful letters...
1/21 Obituaries
January 20th, 2006
Kate Griego
Services: Have been held.
Kate Griego, 80, of Clovis, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006, following an extended illness in Clovis.
She was born Aug. 15, 1925, in Sambinoso. She had made her home...
1/21 Police blotter
January 20th, 2006
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Tucumcari police during the past several days.
According to the reports:
Monday
• At 9:11 a.m., a female reported a domestic violence situatio...
Ute Lake project may be unwelcome neighbor, say officials
January 20th, 2006
CLOVIS — Officials representing Clovis and Portales voiced their concerns regarding the Ute Lake Ranch project Wednesday during the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission meeting.
The Ute Lake Ra...
Never stop learning from the Bible
January 20th, 2006
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Psa...
1/18 Obituaries
January 20th, 2006
Lorraine Martin
Services: Have been held.
Lorraine Case Martin, 79, of Clovis, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born March 4, 1926, to George and Mar...
Kids, roads and community top priorities
January 20th, 2006
We’re about to start a new legislative session this week, and it should be an interesting one. We’re starting a 30-day session, which is supposed to be only for the budget, plus a few items the g...
1/18 Notable notes
January 20th, 2006
Prairie chicken festival set
Although the sign-up deadline for the fifth annual High Plains Prairie Chicken Festival is April 1, early registration is urged because space is limited for the Milnesand...
First district games dominated by Santa Rosa
January 16th, 2006
Friday’s night full of basketball featured the first district game for Tucumcari against the Lions.
As Santa Rosa visited the “Snake Pit,” the first game of the evening was the junior varsity g...
Rattlers rollick in Raton
January 13th, 2006
To begin the evening of basketball on Tuesday the Lady Rattlers junior varsity took the hard court. Sophomore Teresa Chacon led all scorers with 17 points but the Lady Tigers held off the Lady Rattler...
1/14 Notable notes
January 13th, 2006
Jamboree time
The Floyd Lions Club will be holding auditions for its Jamboree 2006 at 1 p.m. on Jan. 29 at the old gym of the Floyd School, according to a release from the organization.
Singers should...
1/14 Obituaries
January 13th, 2006
Alexander Cherry Jr.
Services: Have been held.
Alexander Cherry Jr., 67, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006, in Eagle River, Alaska.
He was born Nov. 1, 1938, in Pittock, Pa., and was a graduate of Tucumca...
Business day in Santa Fe Jan. 24
January 13th, 2006
Local business people also get their day in Santa Fe when the Association of Commerce and Industry (ACI) holds its Business Day in Santa Fe on Jan. 24, according to a release from the Tucumcari/Quay C...
County commissioners to vie for funds
January 13th, 2006
If all goes according to plan, County Manager Terry Turner said Quay could be $600,000 richer to help pay for its top three priorities.
Quay County commissioners will get a chance to vie for these fu...
New shade of pain unpleasant discovery
January 13th, 2006
Pain comes in many colors:
• the bright blinding white of smashing your thumb with a hammer;
• the somber black blanket of depression.
• and a new one I’ve got from my current woes — it’s...
Rancher's wife has calving problems
January 13th, 2006
It is the bad dream of the rancher’s wife during calving season. Not as bad as a blizzard or machinery wreck but worse than having to go to Kingfisher for parts.
Hubby’s been gone overnight so Sh...
Mentor's death brings back college memories
January 13th, 2006
While reading the obituary of Maude Tully Guthrie, my biology professor at New Mexico A&MA, I was most pleased to note the New Mexico State University Board of Regents had honored her in 1984 and said...
1/14 Editorial
January 13th, 2006
The decision by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay not to attempt to keep that position — though he still claims he will be vindicated soon of the campaign-finance violations with which he has b...
1/14 Calendar
January 13th, 2006
Saturdays ongoing: N.A. meetings from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Anne’s Church, 306 W. High St., in the Madonna room. Call 449-7409 for information.
Monday: Quay County courthouse closed in observance...
Harding teen found guilty in murder trial
January 13th, 2006
A Quay County jury on Thursday found a Harding County teenager guilty of murder.
Norman Tyrell Cates, 18, was convicted of killing Lena Barrett, a senior citizen from Roy. She was found dead in her h...
Voters get ready with updated information
January 13th, 2006
Voters need to update their registration now, with any change of addresses and other information, according to a release from the Quay County clerk’s office.
The deadline for state or county candid...
House honor roll: fall 2005
January 12th, 2006
Disclosure Statement: The following student names are listed as their respective schools have submitted them. Names may have been withheld in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy...
Mesalands dean's list: fall 2005
January 12th, 2006
Mesalands Community College
Dean’s list for fall 2005:
Myra Amparano, Graham Ansell, Yolanda Aragon, Laura Bason, Kyla Bell, Christina Benavidez, Ankita Bhakta, Daniel Brashear, Ginger Carabajal,...
What is really in the way
January 12th, 2006
I usually do my non-work-related reading and writing (like these articles) in my easy chair at home. The chair has wide armrests convenient for resting my Bible on leaving my lap open for writing or r...
Rattlers one for three in Santa Rosa
January 12th, 2006
The Tucumcari Rattlers were away at the Santa Rosa Invite Thursday through Saturday.
They kicked off the tournament Thursday afternoon by being defeated by the Tularosa Wildcats. Despite being down 2...
Lady Rattlers down three in Albuquerque
January 12th, 2006
The Tucumcari Lady Rattlers were in Albuquerque to play in the Sandia Prep Invitational last Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
In the first round of the invite, the Lady Rattlers were defeated by Rehobo...
Logan hoops it up for championship at EPAC tourney
January 12th, 2006
The Logan Longhorns defeated Texico’s Wolverines for the championship in the Eastern Plains Athletic Conference (EPAC) Tournament o Saturday in the Eastern New Mexico University gymnasium at Portale...
1/11 Obituaries
January 12th, 2006
Celia Chavez
Services: 2 p.m. on Friday at St. Anne’s Catholic Church.
Celia M. Chavez, 83, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, in Tucumcari.
She was born May 15, 1922, in Newkirk and had been a longtime...
City seats up for grabs, candidates ready
January 12th, 2006
Longtime City Commissioner Bettie Ditto will be vacating her seat and two other city positions are also up for grabs in Tucumcari’s municipal election to be held March 7.
Filing Tuesday for Ditto's...
Quay employees see bonuses -- finally
January 12th, 2006
Quay County Clerk Ellen White got a surprise this holiday season she’s never seen before — an employee bonus.
“We’ve never gotten bonuses since I’ve been here,” said White, a county empl...
Obesity big concern in New Mexico
January 12th, 2006
Obesity is huge in New Mexico — and it’s growing, according to the state’s Department of Health.
Statistics state more than 20 percent of all adults in the Land of Enchantment can be classifie...
Ute Lake Ranch gets rollicking reaction
January 12th, 2006
Tucumcari Ranch Supply owner Jimmy Watson said he’s already seeing the bucks roll in from Ute Lake Ranch, the 25,000-acre development under construction on the outskirts of town.
And his entire fam...
1/11 Calendar
January 12th, 2006
Today through Friday: Registration for boys and girls fifth- and sixth-grade basketball at the Tucumcari Recreation Center, 900 E. Laughlin. Registration is open from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The cost is $25...
KFC manna from heaven -- for goats
January 6th, 2006
Just as the food of the gods is billed as ambrosia — whatever that is — I recently discovered the food of the goats.
Contrary to the months of sweet grain, hand-fed and carefully sliced carrots...
1/7 Editorial
January 6th, 2006
The question of statehood for Puerto Rico is again bobbing to the surface like a mossy coconut, as it seems to with annoying regularity.
Some Republicans — including a few in the Bush clan’s inn...
Cow inspires idea of space career
January 6th, 2006
Pudge and Maughn were a couple of top hands gatherin’ cows on the Diamond Mountain allotment in northeast Utah back in the 1960s. Although they were true cowboys, they weren’t above accessing mode...
1/7 Game time
January 6th, 2006
Tucumcari
Tucumcari Rattlers and Lady Rattlers basketball
Jan. 7 — Santa Rosa invitational tournament continues, VB, Santa Rosa
Jan. 7 — Sandia Prep invitational tournament continues, VG, Albuqu...
1/7 Obituaries
January 6th, 2006
Max Crespin
Services: Have been held.
Max I. Crespin, 72, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006.
He was born July 1, 1934, in Logan, later moving to Tucumcari where he married his wife Mary Garcia Crespin.
He...
1/7 School menus
January 6th, 2006
Logan
Monday: Breakfast — Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, juice milk; Lunch — Deli sandwiches, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, olives, bell peppers and pickles, chips, no bake cookie, milk.
Tuesday:...
1/7 Senior citizen menu
January 6th, 2006
Tucumcari/Logan/House
Monday: Sub sandwich, lettuce, tomato, cheese, Jell-o, fruit cocktail, broccoli, pork and beans.
Tuesday: Beef stew, cornbread, tossed salad and white cake.
Wednesday: Tacos, to...
Windy days spent better inside with toys
January 6th, 2006
The slave said, “Aggie, you may write the first column in 2006.” Well, I’m not really sure what those numbers mean, but I am sitting here at the computer so I can visit with my fan club.
Actual...
Calling city candidates
January 6th, 2006
Filing day for the Tucumcari Municipal Election will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday in the office of the city clerk, 215 E. Center St., according to a release from the city of Tucumcari.
A...
1/7 Calendar
January 6th, 2006
CALENDAR
Calendar
Today: The Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary will have a garage sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a cake walk from 2 to 4 p.m. at the VFW Post 2528 at 105 E. Main St. Call Ka...
1/7 Police blotter
January 6th, 2006
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Tucumcari police during the past several days.
According to the reports:
Wednesday
• At 8:45 a.m., vandalism was reported at an area restaurant...
Community forum focuses on teen troubles
January 4th, 2006
Teens are notoriously troubled — a fact easily backed by statistics from the Quay County Maternal Child and Community Health Council.
A 2003 survey of county high school students reported 32 perce...
School's new drug testing includes more students
January 4th, 2006
Tucumcari High School students who engage in school-sponsored extracurricular activities just got a new item on their agenda —random drug testing.
The school’s Drug Use in School Activities polic...
1/4 Obituaries
January 4th, 2006
Adela Luevanos
Services: 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Clovis.
Adela I. Luevanos, 71, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, at her home in Clovis.
She was born June 5, 1934, in Newkirk to...
New year brings new means to serve
January 4th, 2006
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, for your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now; being confident of thi...
1/4 Police blotter
January 4th, 2006
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Tucumcari police during the past several days.
According to the reports:
Sunday
• At 2:01 a.m., a car stopped on Adams led to the arrest of a m...
