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Jose E. Sandoval
August 29th, 2004
Jose E. Sandoval
Jose E. Sandoval, 64, of Farmington died on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004 in Farmington.
Jose Sandoval was born Dec. 2, 1939 in Anton Chico.
He was preceded in death by his parents Camilo an...
A different kind of football
August 29th, 2004
When they look at me, a lot of people have problems believing I played football both in high school and college. It’s true. I did. Not well, I grant you, but I did play.
In high school, I played on...
Reading, writing, arithmetic - a lost art?
August 29th, 2004
Each year as school begins, this retired professor has a few bad moments because I still miss the classroom and the excitement of being around young people, but those moments pass when I listen to som...
Recall petitions submitted
August 29th, 2004
Recall petitions calling for the recall of recently elected District 3 City Commissioner Jim Witcher have been submitted to Tucumcari City Clerk Rachel Hicklin.
According to Hicklin, she received pet...
Consultants hired to evaluate police
August 29th, 2004
The scene was set for a typical meeting of the Tucumcari City Commission Thursday evening with supporters of the embattled Chief of Police Dennis Townsend on one side of the aisle and those accusing h...
Route 66 bridge officially opened
August 29th, 2004
As of Thursday, Aug. 26, people can once again travel from San Jon to Tucumcari on Old Route 66. The Revuelto Bridge is open.
It was opened in a special ceremony that saw just under 50 people listeni...
Tucumcari prepares for Municipal League
August 29th, 2004
Tucumcari City officials have been spending many hours in and around the Tucumcari Convention Center preparing it for Sept. 1-3 when over 600 dignitaries from throughout the state including New Mexico...
Rattlers trounce Mora Rangers
August 29th, 2004
An explosive first half by the Tucumcari High School football team was too much for the outmanned Mora Rangers Friday night at Rattler Stadium as Tucumcari won easily 42-6.
Head Coach Dub Smith was p...
Historical Research Institute traveles to Clayton
August 29th, 2004
The Tucumcari Historical Research Institute will have a field trip for its members on Saturday, Sept. 11, to Clayton. The group plans to tour the restored Eklund Hotel at 1 p.m. and the Herzstein Memo...
Ex-exotic dancer wins suit against police
August 28th, 2004
A federal jury awarded Vivian Martinez $80,000 Tuesday in her lawsuit against Tucumcari Police Chief Dennis Townsend and the Tucumcari Police Department. Martinez claimed she was denied a job with the...
Albina M. Padilla, Henry H. Smith
August 26th, 2004
Albina M. Padilla
Albina M. Padilla, 80, died Aug. 21, 2004 in Amarillo. She was born March 15, 1924 in Canyon Largo.
Padilla is survived by her sons, Robert Froilan Padilla of Tucumcari, Joseph Padil...
I-40 accidents happen near same spot
August 26th, 2004
New Mexico State Police Officers responded to two accidents on I-40 that occurred in close proximity to one another around 10 a.m. Monday. The driver of a pickup was airlifted to Northwest Plains Hosp...
Quay County Fair comes to end
August 26th, 2004
According to those in charge, the Quay County Fair was a “solid success” and plans are already being made for the 2005 edition.
“I think it went excellently,” said Quay County Home Extension...
School test scores show racial gap
August 26th, 2004
The New Mexico Public Education Department recently released the 2004 Standards-Based Assessment scores. Although the scores show marked improvement overall by fourth and eighth-grade students, Hispan...
Local gladiator wins in California
August 26th, 2004
Local martial artist Jason Pacheco said ‘gaidojutsu’ training has changed his life. He recently won a fight on the under card of the Gladiator Challenge at the Colusa Casino outside of Sacramento,...
Store gives help, bargins to area
August 26th, 2004
The St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store , 188 W. Main Street sells on average $150 worth of items a day three days a week.
Most of the proceeds go to help needy individuals with food, clothing, househol...
FFA begins chili sales
August 26th, 2004
Tucumcari High School FFA has begun selling chili and according to FFA President Brandon Sower those people who want roasted chili should contact an FFA member or call the high school FFA building to...
Rattlers take on Mora Rangers Friday
August 26th, 2004
Tucumcari High School football coach Dub Smith sounded confident about his team’s chances against the Class A Mora Rangers Friday Night at 7 p.m. “They (Mora) don’t have a lot of numbers as far...
Volleyball girls drop match to Floyd
August 26th, 2004
In their first official outing of the season Tuesday evening at the Tucumcari Elementary School Gymnasium, the Tucumcari High School Volleyball Squad was not where head coach Alicia Trujillo wanted th...
Youth sports registration starts
August 26th, 2004
Registration hs begun for both Quay County Junior League Football and Tucumcari Youth Volleyball.
Registration will run through Tuesday Aug. 31, at the Tucumcari Recreation Center which is open from 3...
Local Olympian remembers
August 26th, 2004
When the vast majority of Quay County residents turn on their televisions this week to tune into to the 2004 Olympics from Athens, they see little more than a gathering of athletes competing for award...
Route 66 bridge to open
August 26th, 2004
Christina Romero of the New Mexico Department of Transportation Department announced Monday that Thursday at 3 p.m. would be the official Ribbon Cutting for the Revuelto Creek Bridge on Old Route 66 r...
Rides, games provide fun
August 22nd, 2004
For some the Quay County Fair is the chance to show a lamb, pig or steer. For others it might be the chance to display their skill in painting or photography and for still others, it might be the chan...
Mesalands Community College gets new dean
August 22nd, 2004
Greta Estes, formerly of Sweetwater, Texas, has been named Dean of Student Services at Mesalands Community College.
Estes said that she has already established a fondness for the Tucumcari and the Qu...
Sexual contact trial set for Aug 30
August 22nd, 2004
Local rancher Kyle Evetts will stand trial in Tenth Judicial District Court Aug. 30. Evetts is facing nine counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. In a pre-trial hearing Aug. 18, Judge Ricky D....
Loren Clinton Osborn, James Cooper Nutt
August 22nd, 2004
Loren Clinton Osborn
Loren Clinton “Shorty” Osborn, 79, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004 in Amarillo.
Shorty Osborn was born to George and Elizabeth Osborn in Logan in 1925. He graduated from Logan Hig...
What's in a name anyway?
August 22nd, 2004
I was reading in a newspaper the other day that the state of North Dakota was thinking about changing its name. Really! In fact, it has even been brought to the floor of the North Dakota state legisla...
Aggie takes over keys of computer
August 22nd, 2004
When the slave squeaked, “Aggie,” I knew she needed something so I ambled in to see what she wanted. Because she was pointing at the computer, I leapt onto the chair to begin writing this column b...
Police plan to target drinking and driving
August 22nd, 2004
Tucumcari Police Cpl. Jon Howard announced Friday that on the heels of the "Click It or Ticket" campaign over the July 4 holiday, he is asking the people of Tucumcari to take part in the "You Drink an...
Rattlers kick off new season
August 22nd, 2004
The Tucumcari High School football team lines up against the Mora Rangers Aug. 27 and coaches aren’t sure yet how the young Rattler linemen will respond.
“Our big question mark is our line,” sa...
City police sued in federal court
August 22nd, 2004
A woman denied employment by Tucumcari police has filed a lawsuit claiming she was a victim of discrimination.
Vivian Martinez claims she was not hired because of her former employment as an exotic da...
County fair gets rolling
August 19th, 2004
The Quay County Fair, which many have waited for all year, has begun.
Activities have hit high gear today at the Quay County fair grounds as the demonstrations begin taking place. Booth exhibits, bot...
Tornado seen near San Jon
August 19th, 2004
An off-duty state police officer said he witnessed what he thought may have been a tornado near San Jon around 7 p.m. Saturday evening.
State and local police officials in Tucumcari said no injuries...
Quay County Public Health gets needle drop
August 19th, 2004
Those people who use syringes to administer medicine to themselves now have a safe way to dispose of those syringes and needles in Tucumcari.
“This is a very important innovation for Tucumcari and...
Registration set for soccer league
August 19th, 2004
Representatives for the Tucumcari Youth Soccer League announced recently that there will be soccer registration on Aug. 19, 20 and 23.
According to Brenda Bishop of the league, there are some changes...
City school board Oks free lunches
August 19th, 2004
The Tucumcari Board of Education voted 5-0 Monday to approve participation in the New Mexico Free Lunch Program.
Sonia Raftery, executive assistant to the superintendent of schools, said she hopes th...
Local nurse recognized
August 19th, 2004
Linda Leonard Sims was recently recognized by Baylor University Health Care System in Dallas, Texas as a Top Nominee for the 2003 Five Star Spirit Award.
The nominees are identified for this award no...
Rattler football schedule released
August 19th, 2004
The Tucumcari High School football team’s season begins Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. with a scrimmage against St. Michael High School of Santa Fe at Rattler Stadium. St. Michael is the defending Class AAA c...
Rattler volleyball team set to start
August 19th, 2004
It could be a very good year for the Tucumcari High School Volleyball Team. Head volleyball coach Alicia Trujillo said she thinks that the 2004 volleyball season could develop into a strong year for t...
Man killed in I-40 accident
August 19th, 2004
Around 1:30 p.m. Saturday a small sport utility vehicle pulling a 12-foot U-Haul trailer swerved off I-40 from the westbound lanes near the 348 mile marker about 16 miles east of Tucumcari.
According...
Sharon Voeller, Duane Verchelde, M.O. Bain, Bettye Felker
August 16th, 2004
M.O. Bain
M.O. “Jack” Bain, 77, died Monday, Aug. 2, 2004.
Jack Bain was born March 30, 1927, in Claude, Texas. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Sunray, Texas and was a veteran of Worl...
City schools qualify for free lunches
August 16th, 2004
All Tucumcari Public School students will be receiving free breakfasts at school this year, and school officials found out recently that city schools also qualify for free lunches pending school board...
School set to begin
August 16th, 2004
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday saw students across Tucumcari registering for classes at Tucumcari Elementary, Middle and High schools which will begin later in the month.
At each of the schools, admin...
Locals keep on cruisin'
August 16th, 2004
It is a step back in time, it recalls the time of big engines and big cars with names like GTO, T-bird, Nomad and Bellaire. It is a time that recalls poodle skirts and packs of cigarettes rolled up in...
Tucumcari children learn of drama
August 16th, 2004
Many children dream of being on stage and hearing the applause of an audience saluting them for performance well done.
A pair of theater professionals are in Tucumcari working with a group of local c...
My wife - weather junkie
August 16th, 2004
I feel that the current rating system that has been created for television (you know the one. It has a “V” for violence, and “N” for nasty, an “RS” for really stupid....At least, I think t...
Rattler alumni share memories
August 16th, 2004
Hundreds of Rattler Alumni certainly had the opportunity to amass another collection of memories last weekend during Rattler Reunion. From the opening gathering until the last dance, people just enjoy...
Pet Parade provides fair fun
August 16th, 2004
The video moment of the fair will likely be the Pet Parade on Saturday, Aug. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Show Arena hosted by the newest 4-H club in Quay County, the Quay Broncs.
Children up to 12 may ente...
Special award to be given
August 16th, 2004
In memory of Artha Towner, who served as Superintendent of the Needlework Department for 15 years, the Quay County Association for Family and community Education (formerly Extension Homemakers) is off...
Fair art continues
August 16th, 2004
The Quay County Fair Fine Arts Department offers a wide range of categories for people to let their talents shine. Painting, sculpture, creative writing, photography and music are all areas available...
Football team takes on ropes course
August 16th, 2004
Six Tucumcari High School football players from the class of 2005 and two coaches traveled to Las Vegas Thursday to learn a bit more about teamwork and themselves, and according to everyone involved,...
Police controversy continues
August 16th, 2004
Complaints against city police dominated Thursday’s Tucumcari City Commission for the third session in a row. And a former Quay County Sheriff’s Department Deputy offered to take citizens’ compl...
Middle school football begins
August 12th, 2004
All middle school football players will meet Thursday, Aug. 12 in the middle school gym at 5:30 p.m.
Practice starts Monday, Aug. 16 at 3:30 p.m. All physicals must be taken before players will be all...
Charley Neely, Irene Rush King
August 12th, 2004
Charley Neely
Charley Neely, age 82, of Portales, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
Charley Neely was born Oct. 16, 1921, in Troup County, Georgia, to Emmett Ma...
Quay County buys buildings on Main Street
August 12th, 2004
On Monday, the Quay County Commission agreed to purchase two buildings for the county’s ASAP and DWI programs in order to save money.
According to County Commissioner Grace Madrid the buildings whi...
Swimming lessons end
August 12th, 2004
Dozens of Tucumcari youths recently completed swimming lessons at the municipal pool. Six lifeguards were on hand to teach swimming fundamentals. Lifeguard Andrea Garcia said that for many of the pres...
Xcel employees rodeo
August 12th, 2004
Two Tucumcari natives traveled to Lubbock last week and took part in a rodeo, but it was unlike most rodeos. There were no horses to be ridden, no steers to be roped and no bulls to be survived. The r...
Rattler reunion rousing success
August 12th, 2004
An estimated 700 people attended the 2004 edition of Tucumcari’s biggest public event, the Rattler Reunion.
“I think it went great,” said co-Rattler Reunion Parade Marshall County Manager Terry...
School's not really so awful
August 8th, 2004
The other day I came out of the Quay County Sun office and found a youth of about 10 years old sitting on the curb clearly dejected about something. I sat down next to him as the cars whizzed by and a...
Development head leaves early
August 8th, 2004
Tucumcari Economic Development Director Ben Kendrick who was scheduled to finish up his job with the Greater Tucumcari Economic Development Corporation on Sept. 31 and take a similar position in Hobbs...
County nixes pay raises
August 8th, 2004
The Quay County budget was finalized July 12 and no pay raises for county employees were included in the budget. According to the minutes of a special budget session on June 4, former County Manager...
City gets waterline support
August 8th, 2004
According to Tucumcari City Manager Richard Primrose, he recently received information from the federal government that Tucumcari would be receiving federal money to help with its aging waterlines.
P...
Dismissal sought in case
August 8th, 2004
Hal Greig, attorney for local rancher Kyle Evetts, has filed a motion in 10th Judicial District Court to dismiss all criminal sexual charges levied against his client. Evetts was indicted in February...
Obituaries- Carmichael, White, Mares, Mills, Landess, Walters
August 8th, 2004
RUBIE HELEN CARMICHAEL
Rubie Helen Carmichael, 100, of Clinton, Okla., died Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004, at the Integris Clinton Regional Hospital in Clinton.
Rubie Carmichael was born on Nov. 12, 1903,...
Reunion time rekindles memories
August 8th, 2004
Last week, we wandered a few miles down Memory Lane in order to give us a little practice for Rattler Reunion and to help us recall some of our favorite events and pastimes.
Since then, several peopl...
Letter to editor
August 8th, 2004
Letter to the Editor
8-2-04
In last Saturday’s edition of the Quay County Sun City Commissioner Maestas states and I quote from the article, "City Commissioner Chris Maestas said he and fellow Com...
San Jon to build village hall
August 8th, 2004
San Jon’s village administration employees will be moving from their cramped quarters at the San Jon Community Center into the spacious confines of a new village hall in early 2005.
Rosalie Rachor...
Logan limits DMV jobs
August 8th, 2004
By TV Hagenah
Quay County Sun
The Village of Logan Department of Motor Vehicles is trimming down the level of services they offer to people who come into their building at least for a month or two.
...
Carnival coming to city
August 8th, 2004
Sun Valley Rides will be returning to Tucumcari for a fourth year and will be providing rides at the Quay County Fair Wednesday, Aug. 17 through Saturday, Aug. 21 beginning at 5 p.m.
According to Qu...
Commissioners to meet Monday
August 8th, 2004
The Quay County Commissioners have shifted some dates for their meetings during the month of August.
The Thursday, Aug. 12 meeting has been moved to Monday, Aug. 9 and the Thursday, Aug. 26 meeting h...
Rita L. Smith, Frankie Joe Padilla
August 5th, 2004
Rita L. Smith
Rita L. Smith, 84, died Saturday morning, July 31, 2004 following an extended illness.
Rita Smith was born July 15, 1920 at Paducah, Texas. She was a member of the Logan First Baptist Ch...
Woman stranded at Ute Lake
August 5th, 2004
Rodney Paris, Park Manager for Ute Lake State Park, said alcohol contributed to an argument among friends at the park Sunday evening which left a young Albuquerque woman stranded at the park with no...
Rattler Reunion entertainer set
August 5th, 2004
When the Alumni gather for the Rattler Reunion Banquet Saturday evening, Aug. 7, they will be entertained by musician and impressionist Damon Whaley of Dalhart, Texas.
“I’m really looking forward...
House class holds reunion
August 5th, 2004
Eight graduates of House High School, class of 1974, reunited at the school Saturday July 31 for an evening of storytelling and catching up. Marrion Hudson, one of their former teachers, went to the r...
End Ministries Church holds annual yard sale
August 5th, 2004
Friday morning will see a great deal of activity around the End MInistries Church at 424 S. Monroe, as the church kicks off their annual yard sale at 8 a.m. Aug. 6.
In addition to traditional yard sa...
Bus tour showcases salt cedar removal methods
August 5th, 2004
New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service is sponsoring a bus tour Thursday, Aug. 12, to explore various eradication programs working to rid northeastern New Mexico of the salt cedar....
Altrusa makes donations
August 5th, 2004
ALTRUSA International of Tucumcari recently made two philanthropic donation. On May 24 they donated $1,700 to Presbyterian-Trigg Hospital for lighting and baby furniture on that same day they also don...
Cheerleader named as all-star
August 5th, 2004
Rhea Jaynes, 11, enters Tucumcari Middle School this year where she has already won a spot on the cheerleading squad. Jaynes recently was named to the Universal Cheerleaders Association’s New Mexic...
Charity softball on tap
August 5th, 2004
The Tucumcari Love’s Country Store will be sponsoring their first ever Charity Co-ed Softball Tournament which, according to Love’s Country Store Manager Jamie Shaw, will benefit the Children’s...
Teachers return to school as students
August 5th, 2004
Elementary school teachers became students for two days this week as they went back into the classroom Monday and Tuesday not to serve as the mentor, but instead as the mentored.
The reason that the...
Dining delights of TV's dinners
August 1st, 2004
My wife and I eat out a great deal, so we enjoy the wide variety of restaurants in Tucumcari. My wife contends that we would not eat out so much if I wouldn’t try to cook as often as I do.
That bei...
Memories on tap for Rattler Reunion
August 1st, 2004
In just a few days, the major event of the year in our town will occur when Tucumcari High School Alumni gather to celebrate our school days.
For over thirty years, this all-school Rattler Reunion ha...
Aaron Sanders Parker
August 1st, 2004
Aaron Sanders Parker
Aaron Sanders Parker, 89, of Tucumcari died Wednesday, July 28, 2004. He was born March 29, 1915 in Quay County at the Quay Valley ranch home of Sanders Ewell Parker and Myrtle E...
Tucumcari trash rates climb higher
August 1st, 2004
In addition to paying higher water bills, Tucumcari residential and commercial customers will soon be paying higher rates for garbage pick-up and sewer service.
City Manager Richard Primrose said it...
Pipeline faces New Mexico legislators
August 1st, 2004
Area officials told an interim committee of the state legislature on Wednesday morning that any further delays in building the Ute Water Pipeline will hike costs by about $3 million per year.
Total c...
Mesalands receives special science gifts
August 1st, 2004
Mesalands Community College’s Dinosaur Museum has received a donated collection of assorted fossils, coprolites (dinosaur feces), gastrolites, bone pieces, and meteorites from Amarillo resident, V....
Summer reading program goes well
August 1st, 2004
Few things are more natural during a long summer day than settling in with a good book and the Tucumcari library’s system Readiscover New Mexico helped over 200 young people in Tucumcari do just tha...
Bookmobile cruises Eastern New Mexico
August 1st, 2004
Reyes Gonzales and A.J. Smith, workers on the New Mexico State Library’s Bookmobile for rural eastern New Mexico, drove the 40-foot long bookmobile into Logan recently for its monthly visit. Earlier...
Charity seeks volunteers
August 1st, 2004
“One day this summer we had as many as 30 people come in asking for food,” said Bea Laredo, director of Casa de La Hope. “Sometimes we have entire pickup truck loads of donated clothes sitting o...
Rattler Reunion drawing near
August 1st, 2004
Neon, that electrifiable gas that has become a symbol of Route 66 has also become the theme of the 2004 Rattler Reunion, “Neon Nights.”
In fact, the 2004 Rattler Reunion is Thursday, Friday and S...
