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Archive For June 2011
New state laws benefit veterans
June 30th, 2011
Nine state laws and benefits aimed at military veterans take effect Friday, including disabled veteran license plates, enrollment priority for military children and tax exemptions for veterans se...
BLM wild horse, burro adoption coming to Clovis
June 30th, 2011
A three-day wild horse and burro adoption is scheduled to be held at the Curry County Event Center July 14 through 16.
Offering more than 50 animals, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management begin...
Sun burns, lakegoer learns
June 28th, 2011
Sometimes fun is worth the sunburn.
Now, don’t get me wrong. Sun exposure is a very real issue as melanoma skin cancer is a real possibility for young and old people alike.
In f...
Middle East wars can't end soon enough
June 28th, 2011
It’s a start. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he would withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2011. He promised, “(We) will bring home a total of 33,...
Our page — June 29
June 28th, 2011
Forty-one 4-Hers, parents, community members and County staff members pitched in and painted the rodeo arena Monday evening. Thanks to the awesome turnout, we were able to get half of it painted i...
Letters to the editor — June 29
June 28th, 2011
New plan beats death panels
Governor Martinez's signing of a call to repeal the health care act is her affirmation of the conservative agenda of maintaining the status quo or more acc...
Community briefs — June 29
June 28th, 2011
Liberty report now available
Liberty Mutual Domestic Water System Association advises its members that the 2010 Liberty Mutual Domestic Water System Association Consumer Confidence Report is...
DAR to host flag-burning ceremony
June 28th, 2011
The Tucumcari Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has been trading flags all over town. When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be...
Looking back — June 29
June 28th, 2011
June 1966
City Manger Al Pierce revealed that he will recommend to the City Commission tonight one of the largest budgets in the history of Tucumcari. As prepared for commission's co...
Senior menu — June 29
June 28th, 2011
The following are the lunch menus for June 30 - July 6 for the Tucumcari Senior Center.
Thursday
Swiss steak, parsley potatoes, spinach, dinner roll with margarine, chocolate chip coo...
Blotter — June 29
June 28th, 2011
The following is a sampling of calls recently received by the central dispatch office for Quay County, based at the Tucumcari Police Department.
Wednesday
• At 12:22 a.m., a dist...
City officials look to save cash
June 28th, 2011
Tucumcari officials discussed a number of cost-saving and revenue-generating measures at the Tucumcari City Commission’s regular Thursday meeting.
City Clerk Christine Daugherty said t...
Finally rain but no more in sight anytime soon (updated)
June 28th, 2011
Much needed rain pelted most of eastern new Mexico and West Texas late Monday in a gusty thunderstorm that was also blamed for igniting a series of grass fires near Muleshoe.
Tuesday mor...
Reunion nears again
June 27th, 2011
The "Rattler Reunion Annual," the favorite publication of Rattler Alumni, faculty,and friends, is now in our hands to remind us of the approaching Rattler Reunion and to allow us to look back at la...
Differentiated beings bellyache
June 27th, 2011
Common language on fauna betrays an anthropocentric bias… “Words such as ‘pets’, ‘wildlife’, and ‘vermin’ are derogatory…” says the dir...
While always near, God saves from "afar"
June 27th, 2011
Our preacher, Harry Gipson, passed away recently and because he liked to encourage others with a good joke, his brother, who performed the funeral, repeated some of Harry’s favorite jokes, as...
Eastbound I-40 reopens
June 23rd, 2011
Eastbound Interstate 40 has been reopened east of San Jon according to New Mexico State Police dispatech.
Tucumcari Fire Chief Mike Cherry said the fire started near mile marker 366 on the s...
Press release: Complaints against police ruled public records
June 22nd, 2011
Citizen complaints filed against police officers are public records and must be released upon demand.
That’s the upshot of a New Mexico Supreme Court order issued Monday, which ends a...
God has control, not people
June 21st, 2011
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together…” Hebrews 10:25
Where were you on that Sunday morning when the lights went out? We went to church. When we arrived, a d...
Senior menu — June 22
June 21st, 2011
The following are the lunch menus for June 23 - 29 for the Tucumcari Senior Center.
Thursday
Sloppy Joe, green peas, potato wedges, yogurt with fruit.
Friday
Chicken and...
Looking back — June 22
June 21st, 2011
June 1969
The local board of the Selective Service inducted five area men for the armed services, including two for the Marines and three for the Army.
...
Mounted Patrol to celebrate birthday
June 21st, 2011
Members of Tucumcari’s Troop 21 of the New Mexico Mounted Patrol will attend the state convention Friday and Saturday in Clovis.
The NMMP is a state agency created by New Mexico law an...
Sunday outage surprises
June 21st, 2011
Sunday was an awfully strange day.
It started for me at 10 a.m. with the phone waking me up. My editor called and asked me if I had electricity. With my eyes still hazy and without my wits a...
Cow escapes to reach golf course glory
June 21st, 2011
It’s 6 1/2 hours from Sierraville to Modesto and the packing house. Karl had put together a load of cull cows. Whilst unloading, a bony gummer mama cow who looked like a ragged shag carpet...
Ruling puts end to states' reach for power
June 21st, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a sensible ruling concerning the regulation of pollution and the supposed threat of global warming. The ruling directly affects eight states that sued four electri...
Blotter — June 22
June 21st, 2011
The following is a sampling of calls recently received by the central dispatch office for Quay County, based at the Tucumcari Police Department.
Friday
• At 12:45 a.m., a man rep...
Calendar — June 22
June 21st, 2011
Thursday
Housing Authority Board at 5 p.m., City Hall
City Commission at 6 p.m., City Hall
Friday
City Finance Board at 10 a.m., City Hall
Monday
Recreatio...
Friend passes, memory stays
June 21st, 2011
We visit frequently about our great good fortune of living in a rural area in which we can have so many friends of all ages. Among those many friends, we usually have a few heart's friends, those w...
Publisher: Newspaper thieves can expect prosecution
June 21st, 2011
To all Quay County Sun readers:
One or more people reading this may be thieves.
Specifically, you may be stealing extra copies of the Quay County Sun, your hometown weekly newspaper,...
CHS narrows coaching search to 10
June 21st, 2011
The candidates for the boys basketball coaching position at Clovis High have been narrowed to 10.
CHS athletic director Brian Stacy said Tuesday night that a committee working on the hiring...
Fire burns 25,000 acres
June 18th, 2011
Officials estimate a fire Saturday on the Curry and Quay county line burned 20,000 to 25,000 acres.
Karen Burns with the Clovis Fire Department said the number is a rough estimate and offic...
Fire claims home, officials unsure of cause
June 15th, 2011
Area firefighters are not sure what caused a June 7 fire that claimed a Quay County man’s home.
“The guy lost everything. The arsen investigator came out, spent about three hours...
Fathers deserve recognition
June 15th, 2011
The temperature gauge in my car started fluctuating like a presidential candidate’s professed policies once again. Oh no, I thought. I had just filled up my coolant tank in Tucumcari, and I m...
Rattlers, Longhorns look for football coaches
June 15th, 2011
The Tucumcari Rattlers and Logan Longhorns are in the process of hiring new football coaches for their 2011 seasons.
Rattlers head coach Daniel Hutchins submitted his resignation and is taki...
Natural order experiences slight interruption
June 15th, 2011
This past week I have been keeping an eye on my parents’ cats. They have not done anything wrong - well, I take that back. On Monday they knocked over my dad’s kerosene heater, thus spi...
President needs Congress' approval to declare war
June 15th, 2011
In olden days in foreign lands, the king only had to say, “Attack!” and the nation went to war, for whatever reason he desired. President Barack Obama’s military engagement in Lib...
Fishing report — June 15
June 15th, 2011
By Relissa Nials
Special to the Quay County Sun
The following are the Tucumcari Elementary and Logan Elementary School winners of the Canadian River Soil and Water Conservancy Distric...
Looking back — June 15
June 15th, 2011
June 1943
Season tickets for the Metropolitan Park swimming pool went on sale. Thirty visits to the pool could be purchased for $5.60.
The Spring Flower Show sponsored by the T...
Community briefs — June 15
June 14th, 2011
Confidence report available
This year’s Consumer Confidence Report on Rural Area Development Cooperative water is now available. Call Donna Lafferty at 575-461-9852 for the repo...
Mesalands announces President's, Dean's lists
June 14th, 2011
By Kimberly Hanna
Special to the Quay County Sun
At the end of each spring semester, the President's Citation is announced as official recognition of exceptional academic achievement....
Blotter — June 15
June 14th, 2011
The following is a sampling of calls recently received by the central dispatch office for Quay County, based at the Tucumcari Police Department.
Thursday
•At 12:26 a.m., a man re...
Visits revitalize
June 14th, 2011
Living in one's home area for over three quarters of a century provides more privileges than we can begin to count. At the top of the list, of course, is the privilege of having friends from all st...
Senior menu — June 15
June 13th, 2011
The following are the lunch menus for June 16 - 22 for the Tucumcari Senior Center.
Thursday
Green chili hamburger stew, corn, spinach, cornbread and margarine, sugar co...
Symbiosis serves spirituality
June 13th, 2011
There’re several types of interspecific relationships. In beneficial relationships, one species provides a benefit to another species with no apparent positive or negative return. Symbiosis i...
La Nina drought continues
June 8th, 2011
Eastern New Mexico and a significant port of the U.S. are locked in a strong La Nina weather pattern, resulting in exceptional drought conditions and high temperatures, National Weath...
Conchas residents discuss county police schedule
June 8th, 2011
Conchas residents and San Miguel County authorities seem to agree on one thing when it comes to their county police force.
“There’s not enough cover,” County Sheriff Benni...
Press release: USDA designates local counties disaster areas
June 8th, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 8, 2011 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 15 counties in New Mexico as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought, high winds an...
Birthdays blow by breathlessly
June 7th, 2011
Another year has come and gone for me. On Wednesday, I bid 22 adieu and say hello to my 23rd year of life.
I’m not too thrilled about turning 23. For one thing, I prefer even numbers t...
Dream highlights days gone by
June 7th, 2011
Once again one of my dreams will be the topic of this week’s column. Sometimes I wonder what creates dreams or sparks the unconscious mind to produce said dream.
I dreamt I was driving...
Speech should be free for all Americans
June 7th, 2011
Imagine no religion. How about no free speech for those who embrace religious beliefs. Don’t let them practice religion in public, and don’t even let them mention it. Those who think it...
Well water woes reflect dought conditions
June 7th, 2011
One of Leonard and Evelyn Wallin’s ranches east of San Jon recently ran out of well water.
“Well it’s been real weak for the last two or three years but it fi...
Blotter — June 8
June 7th, 2011
The following is a sampling of calls recently received by the central dispatch office for Quay County, based at the Tucumcari Police Department.
Thursday
• At 12:17 a.m., an offi...
Smoke may continue to billow
June 7th, 2011
The smell of smoke and the light haze reported in several areas in Quay County Tuesday was the castover from the wild fire in eastern Arizona, said Tucumcari Fire Chief Mike Cherry.
Cherry s...
Frost: La Mesa injuction "desperate"
June 7th, 2011
La Mesa Racetrack and Casino at Raton filed for an injunction to halt the application process for the state’s last racing license, a move that Quay County Gaming Authority officials are calli...
Buffs tab new coach
June 7th, 2011
MELROSE — Melrose has named Des Moines boys basketball coach Jim Doherty to take a similar position with the Buffaloes.
Doherty was hired as a contract coach and replaces Lyndel Bonds,...
Dating sites let friends help friends
June 7th, 2011
I was having a nice chat with a ranch woman in New Mexico. We wound up discussing children. Then the subject of sons came up. We noted the special relationship between mothers and sons. Cheri,...
Students teach teachers, too
June 6th, 2011
On May 28, some 75 people gathered for a Forrest Community Reunion in the Forrest Firehouse. Such reunions are special occasions for those who are still members of the community as well as for thos...
Canadian River Soil, Water Conservancy District announces contest winn...
June 6th, 2011
The following are the Tucumcari Elementary and Logan Elementary School winners of the Canadian River Soil and Water Conservancy District’s poster-drawing contest. This year’s theme was...
God brings simple pleasures
June 6th, 2011
“This is the day which the Lord hath made”… Psalm 118:24
Each day is a new gift from the Lord. The remainder of the verse above says “we will rejoice and be gl...
Isler introduced as coach at McMurry
June 2nd, 2011
J.D. Isler, Clovis High’s boys basketball coach for the past 10 seasons, was introduced on Wednesday as the new men’s coach at Division III McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.
...
Press release: La Mesa requests injunction to stop racing commission
June 1st, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - La Mesa Racetrack and Casino today filed for an injunction in district court, asking the court to stop the New Mexico Racing Commission from giving away its license to another rac...
