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Archive For March 2004
A reader meets another reader
March 28th, 2004
It was a number of years ago. I was living in Trinidad, Colo. and periodically I would go down to Raton to catch the horse races there at the track which was so much a part of the area about three dec...
Reception turns into gathering
March 28th, 2004
When the Board of Directors of Tucumcari Historical Research Institute decide to hold a reception for one of their members, they surely do a first class job. While celebrating the publication of our b...
Museum educates, entertains
March 28th, 2004
A museum dealing with dinosaurs is, by definition, something dealing with very old things. But according to those involved with Mesalands Dinosaur Museum the young are what make it fun.
“It is so m...
Timothy Wayne Wright
March 28th, 2004
Timothy Wayne Wright, 51, died at his residence in Tucumcari on Monday, March 22, 2004.
Timothy Wright was born Jan. 20, 1953 in Tucumcari. He had been a member of the Amarillo Police Department and t...
Apprentice tour comes to Tucumcari
March 28th, 2004
Three young singers from the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program will perform in Tucumcari April 19 at 7 p.m in a free concert for area residents.
The group of performers will offer a free concert...
Local craft fair returns to Tucumcari
March 28th, 2004
Any event that goes for more than a decade is solidly entrenched in the community. When it has gone on for twice a year for 32 years, it is about as solidly a part of the community as it is possible t...
Middle school releases honor rolls
March 28th, 2004
Tucumcari Middle School recently released its third nine weeks honor roll and A/B honor roll.
Third nine weeks All “A” honor roll
Eighth grade students receiving all”A’s” were Samuel Cantwe...
Tucumcari drops two to Estancia
March 28th, 2004
A tough Estancia varsity baseball team scored 17 runs on the Rattlers in the first game of a doubleheader Monday, and then had a battle on their hands in the second game which went eight innings.
Rat...
Man gives injured boy bicycle
March 28th, 2004
The police report was cut and dried. A child riding his bicycle and a sports utility vehicle met at the intersection of Lake St. and Heman Ave. and the child was injured, the driver of the SUV called...
San Jon Invitational begins
March 28th, 2004
San Jon dominates Clayton
The Rattlers varsity baseball team came up short against Cimarron at the San Jon Invitational by a score of 7-4 Friday. Tucumcari had a 4-3 lead in the top of the fourth inni...
Floeck, Southerland
March 25th, 2004
Southerland
Ray Southerland, 90, died at the Laurel Hills Health Care Center in Tucumcari on Monday, March 22, 2004.
Ray Southerland was born April 25, 1913 in Watonga, Okla. For many years, he owned...
Tracksters do well in Dexter
March 25th, 2004
Tucumcari High School thinclads traveled to Dexter on Friday to compete in the Demon Relays in Dexter and according to head track coach Wayne Fergerson, his track and field people did well, all things...
Golfers win tournament
March 25th, 2004
The Tucumcari Varsity Golf team finished its invitational tournament Monday with a score of 330.
Las Vegas-Robertson came in second with a 333. Raton had a 356 while Clayton shot a 395. Josh Hurley,...
Candidates file for county positions
March 25th, 2004
Of the four positions that are up for election this year, County Commissioner, District 1, County Commissioner District 2, County Clerk and County Treasurer, two will have contested races; the two cou...
City gets mayor - no commish
March 25th, 2004
Tucumcari has a mayor at least until July, but it still has no commissioner from District 3 despite three people filing for the position since the last commission meeting.
In a special meeting on Mon...
Locals stumble in tourney
March 25th, 2004
Tucumcari vs. Estancia
The Rattlers’ baseball team lost 15-4 to the Bears of Estancia, ending the Rattlers’ hopes of winning their home tournament. Estancia had 18 hits for the game and Rattler Co...
Fairboard to sell brisket
March 25th, 2004
The Quay County Fairboard will once again be selling briskets for Easter Dinner. The briskets will be $34 each and are 10 to 12 pounds each before cooking. Supplies are limited to 100. The briskets a...
FCCLA students excel at districts
March 25th, 2004
By TV Hagenah
Quay County Sun
The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America had their district competition on Saturday, March 20 at Melrose High School at which 41 middle and high school student...
Artists pour iron
March 21st, 2004
The scene on the south side of the Mesalands Community College art room on Friday afternoon and evening looked more like some sort of post-apocalyptic film rather than a place of art.
One almost expec...
Logan, Tucumcari get big projects from pipeline deal
March 21st, 2004
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MELROSE — The board of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority voted Wednesday to add three more construction efforts to the Ute Water Project, raising the cost of the...
Faux accident helps teach
March 21st, 2004
A potentially deadly accident and people with life-threatening injuries are rushed to the emergency room. ER personnel step into trauma mode, but when it is all over, it is not real.
In fact, it was a...
Cordelia Narbaez
March 21st, 2004
Cordella Narbaez
Cordella Narbaez, 80, died Wednesday March 17, 2004 at Laurel Hills Health Care in Tucumcari. Narbaez was born May 21, 1923 in Miera.
Narbaez moved to Tucumcari in 1946 where she wo...
Calendar 3-20
March 21st, 2004
• March 18, 19 & 20 - Canadian River Soil and Water Conservation District Tree Sale at the Quay County Fairgrounds.
• March 20 - Reception for Author Lynn Moncus 2-4 p.m. at Tucumcari Historical...
Car food -- don't even ask
March 21st, 2004
I had someone offer me a cantaloupe the other day and I had to refuse to take it. Now, let me explain that I love cantaloupe, but I had reached my limit of car food.
Car food is any food left inside t...
Radio: Theater of the imagination
March 21st, 2004
Bill Stratton, a good friend, knows me rather well and frequently provides columns by Delbert Trew for me to read because he knows I will understand both the language and the subjects. In other words,...
FCCLA competes in Melrose
March 21st, 2004
Jody Lamm, a teacher at Tucumcari Middle School, will be taking members of the middle school’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club to Melrose today for a district tournament.
The...
Library, extension office offer internet access
March 21st, 2004
The Tucumcari public library has a total of seven computers capable of providing internet access to the public free of charge. Also, the County Extension office for NMSU , located in the basement of t...
Rattlers begin with win, Logan, San Jon lose
March 21st, 2004
Michael Baca came through with a clutch inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday afternoon to put Tucumcari in a semi-final game against Estancia in the Route 66 Tournament on Sa...
Norine L. Robertson
March 18th, 2004
Norine L. Robertson, 103, died on Saturday, March 13, 2004 following an extended illness.
Norine Robertson was born Sept. 27, 1900 in Portsmouth, Iowa. She had been an active member of St. Anne’s C...
Ann Ovazine Nihart
March 18th, 2004
Ann Ovazine Nihart, 83, of Longview, Texas, formerly of Tucumcari died Sunday, March 14, 2004 following a long battle with cancer and other diseases.
Ann Nihihart was born Dec. 25, 1920 to Jesse and...
March-April 2003
March 18th, 2004
• March 18, 19 & 20 - Canadian River Soil and Water Conservation District Tree Sale at the Quay County Fairgrounds.
• March 20 - Reception for Author Lynn Moncus 2-4 p.m. at Tucumcari Historical...
Tucumcari seniors enjoy Pioneer Center
March 18th, 2004
Social events occur regularly at the Pioneer Senior Center on South Third Street. The center holds a dance almost every month. Recently, the center held a tea social. The response was more than the ce...
Tucumcari featured on Albuquerque TV
March 18th, 2004
According to the members of the staff of KNME Television, the educational television station in Albuquerque, Tucumcari will have a featured role in their next cultural affairs series, “Colors.”
T...
Technology sends four to nationals
March 18th, 2004
They were the smallest group at the New Mexico State Technology Student Association Competition, but when they came away from the competition all four of the competitors would be heading to the nation...
Building faith like putting house together
March 18th, 2004
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark f...
Shroud at St. Anne's
March 18th, 2004
St. Anne Catholic Parish in Tucumcari will be the center for an evening presentation featuring life-size replicas of the Shroud of Turin, Our Lady of Guadalupe and the original “Divine Mercy image...
Church holds anniversary celebration
March 18th, 2004
The End of Time Ministries will celebrating their second anniversary Saturday, March 20 at 4 p.m.
“We decided to do this (the second anniversary celebration) because, well it has been two years and...
Cattlemen take part in local bull sale
March 18th, 2004
Approximately 100 cattle owners, buyers and experts gathered Tuesday at the NMSU Ag Science Center just outside Tucumcari for the annual bull sale.
The bulls for sale had participated in a 112 day bu...
Local youth excels in science know-how
March 18th, 2004
Nikki Harman,a freshman at Tucumcari High School, competed in the Southeastern New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Portales, March 6. As she has done before, for that matter as most of...
Students to perform melodrama
March 18th, 2004
Rehearsals are well underway for Tucumcari High School’s spring production of “Someone Save My Baby Ruth” or (“Foil the Villain”). Under the direction of drama instructor Peggy Szaloy.
Szal...
Local sailor comes home
March 18th, 2004
A Tucumcari sailor, David Lopez, has returned to town. After traveling throughout the Pacific and Indian oceans as well as the Persian Gulf, Lopez says he is enjoying interacting with family and frien...
Rodeo team shines in Texas
March 18th, 2004
Steer Wrestling was where much of the excitement took place at the Weatherford, Texas Intercollegiate Rodeo held over the weekend. Steer wrestlers from Mesalands pulled down second and third place in...
Baseballers lose, tie in Las Vegas
March 18th, 2004
The Rattler baseball team opened their season Tuesday afternoon at West Las Vegas with a doubleheader. The Rattlers had the lead early in the first game, but the Dons of West Las Vegas went on a scori...
Mesalands receives more bucks
March 18th, 2004
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has approved two financial appropriations for Mesalands Community College sending an additional $240,000 to the community college. The funds will be divided betwee...
Beatrice A. Lujan
March 14th, 2004
Beatrice A. Lujan, 84, died in Tucumcari early Wednesday, March 10, 2004, following an extended illness.
Beatrice Lujan was born Sept. 3, 1919 in Trujillo. She had been a homemaker and a member of th...
Computers -- not for everyone
March 14th, 2004
I am not good with computers. For heaven’s sake, the only web I know anything about is Charlotte’s.
I admit it. I am not computer literate. I’m still trying to figure out how to work the little...
Politicos visit city, tell of Roundhouse
March 14th, 2004
Local business leaders and politicians were treated to a visit Friday from State Representative Brian Moore and Senator Clinton Hardin. The two Republican legislative representatives for Quay County...
Area senior citizens crowd into commission chambers
March 14th, 2004
Senior citizens from throughout Quay County crowded into the county commission chambers Thursday morning to hear what County commissioners had to say about staying on as the entity in charge of the co...
Gun locks available
March 14th, 2004
Local owners of firearms can pick up free gun locks at the Tucumcari Police Station, the Logan Police Station and the Quay County Sheriffs Office. The free gun locks are now available due to the effor...
Tucumcari still without mayor
March 14th, 2004
Despite attempts to the contrary by some, Tucumcari still has no mayor and still has no commissioner for District 3.
In the sometimes contentious Tucumcari City Commission meeting Thursday evening, i...
Melodrama scheduled for city
March 14th, 2004
Rehearsals are well underway for Tucumcari High School’s spring production of “Someone Save My Baby Ruth” or (“Foil the Villain”) under the direction of drama instructor Peggy Szaloy.
Szalo...
Reception to be visiting time
March 14th, 2004
By now, most of you have heard that members of Tucumcari Historical research Institute Board of Directors are planning a reception in recognition of the publication of "Quay County, New Mexico 1903...
St. Anne's Church cooks Irish Stew
March 14th, 2004
St. Anne’s Catholic Church will be holding it’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish stew luncheon at Hammond Hall Wednesday. The stew will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. The cost is $6, with pro...
Linksters Struggle
March 14th, 2004
The Tucumcari High School golf team placed ninth out of twelve teams at New Mexico Military Institute, in Roswell Tuesday.
Rattler coach Charlie Maciel said he can not blame conditions or the militar...
Circus comes to Tucumcari
March 14th, 2004
The Culpepper-Merriweather Great Combined Circus will raise the big top on the morning of March 31 at the Quay County Fairgrounds. The circus will present two 90 minute performances at 5 p.m. and 7:30...
District 4 1-A All-District Released
March 14th, 2004
Nineteen Quay County basketball players were named to the all-district lists for 2003-04. House had three girls; senior Hailey Lee, junior Lindsey Lee and senior Krista O’Steen and two boys; junior...
Bell, Swilling, Nash, Ferrell
March 11th, 2004
Sharon Bell
Sharon Kay Snyder Bell, 52, died March died March 4, 2004 in Yuma, Ariz.
She was born on March 8, 1951 in Dalhart.
She married Ben Bell on July 18, 1985. They made their home in Vaughn, Mo...
Martinez places at spelling bee
March 11th, 2004
This year Michael Martinez did not make it to the finals in Washington D.C. in spelling, but he got about as close as it is possible to get without actually making it. In the regional spelling bee in...
Some days are more important
March 11th, 2004
I’ve certainly missed or misused opportunities. This time, the significance of a 5-Sunday February didn’t occur to me until I didn’t have time to write another article before the newspaper deadl...
Questions haunt columnist's mind
March 11th, 2004
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet...
Altrusa Sets book drops
March 11th, 2004
According to Glenda Reid of the Tucumcari Altrusa organization, on Monday, March 8, the Altrusa International Club of Tucumcari placed a “little blue house” book drop box in the lobby of the Wells...
Mesalands, Luna Community Colleges ink pact
March 11th, 2004
Mesalands Community College of Tucumcari and Luna Community College, of Las Vegas have, according to representatives of MCC, entered into agreement to provide students from the LCC service area a Comm...
Little League set to start
March 11th, 2004
Quay County Little League baseball has been a spring tradition for over half a century in the area. B.J. Molinas, president of the Quay County Little League, said this season should be as fun-filled a...
Hospital gets new radiologist
March 11th, 2004
Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital’s new head of radiology is Craig Northcutt, most recently of Kentucky and before that of San Fancisco, Calif.
“We are very lucky to have him,” said Hoyt Skabelund...
Track and Field begins
March 8th, 2004
Track coach Wayne Ferguson put runners through their paces recently as track and field practice began for Tucumcari High School boys and girls. Coach Ferguson said the teams have been working on stren...
Fields, Martinez, Duke, Wilson, Lucero, White
March 8th, 2004
Justin E. Fields
Justin Eugene “Gene” Fields,48, died Feb. 21, 2004 at his home in Kingman Ariz.
Gene Fields was born Sept. 3, 1955. He was a 1972 graduate of Logan High School and most of his lif...
Logan Longhorns fall to Demons
March 8th, 2004
The Des Moines Demons let Logan get a little close, but poured in 29 points in the final period to end the Longhorns’ season Friday night in Springer.
Des Moines plays Springer Saturday night for a...
Two San Jon girls win sportsman's award
March 8th, 2004
Two San Jon High School senior girls, April Pullen and Shasta Slutz have been named the New Mexico Athletics Association Class A Sportsmen of the Year. The two were acknowledged as the Sportsmen of th...
Weather turns moist in February
March 8th, 2004
According to the Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari which is part of the New Mexico State University System, temperatures were creeping near the normal average level and precipitation is above t...
Monsters might help Tucumcari
March 8th, 2004
I was talking to the director of the Chamber of Commerce the other day and she voiced her opinion that we had no big attraction to lure visitors to town. She pointed out that Colorado Springs has Pike...
Truancy addressed
March 8th, 2004
Gov. Bill Richardson signed into law recently a measure designed to curtail truancy on the part of New Mexico students. Tucumcari High School Assistant Principal , Rex Maddaford, who oversees attendan...
Soldier returns home
March 8th, 2004
After over a year in Iraq, Eddie Gonzales of Tucumcari is back home and happy about it.
“It’s just nice to be able to drive down the street and not be worried about somebody shooting at you,” s...
Encinas named coach of year
March 8th, 2004
Tucumcari High School wrestling coach Eddie Encinias was recently named wrestling Coach of the Year for class A -AAA by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association.
Encinias said he was surprised b...
Comments from the Canyons - Visiting
March 8th, 2004
During the last few weeks, this woman from Ima surely has enjoyed phone calls and visits with friends from Quay County. From the time we moved into town in 1939, I have had eye strain from looking for...
Lucero honored as 'Artist'
March 8th, 2004
Mike Lucero, this month’s Artist in the Annex at the Tucumcari Historical Museum, isn’t certain when he first realized that he had talent for art, it might have been high school art class, but he...
Nine from THS to all-district lists
March 8th, 2004
The 2003-2004 District 6-AA All District basketball teams were announced recently, and members of the Tucumcari boys’ and girls’ varsity squads were selected.
For the boys, Ray Johnson and Chris...
Turn of card decides election
March 8th, 2004
“When I saw that I turned over a nine I thought that I had lost,” said Christopher Maestas who was drawing cards against incumbent Jimmy Sandoval to see who would become Tucumcari’s newest city...
Mesalands gets help from Legislature
March 1st, 2004
Mesalands Community College President Phillip Barry said he learned something during the 30-day Legislative session that wrapped up last week — being in Santa Fe is important. Barry, who spent a fai...
Martha Welch, Rose Lucinda Dominguez, Johnie Opal Parker, Jesse L. Shu...
March 1st, 2004
Jesse L. Shugart
Jesse L. Shugart, 82, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, in Amarillo. Shugart was born March 14, 1921 in Des Moines, N.M.
Shugart was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II in First Army, Fo...
Tucumcari plan appears "hit"
March 1st, 2004
Doug Powers, Community Development Director, said the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan for Tucumcari is a hit with city government employees.
“Everybody here is behind this plan one hundred per c...
TV Time: Questions about winter sports
March 1st, 2004
Most people thse days know what an oxymoron is, but for hose who don’t, it is two words or phrases that seemingly don’t go together. Things like jumbo shrimp, athletic scholarship, government tax...
Thoughts on sediment
March 1st, 2004
Last Sunday afternoon, Aggie and I finally managed to get outside the city limits without incident and had a most pleasant drive into Quay Valley in order to admire the landscape and the extraordinary...
What about that Thief on the Cross
March 1st, 2004
Much has been made of Jesus’ statement to the thief on the cross given in Luke 23: 32-43 (read that, as well as every other scripture when it is cited). The “saved” thief was obviously a God-fea...
Book helps writer find purpose
March 1st, 2004
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10
Last week, the Lord was silent as I sought to wri...
Cowboy dies near Grady
March 1st, 2004
Juan Lucero, 20, a Logan resident, died Thursday from injuries suffered during a horseback riding accident on a ranch 12 miles west of Grady. According to Joe Schallert, Chief Deputy Sheriff of Quay C...
