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Rattlers aim to constrain Eunice QB
September 29th, 2011
The Tucumcari Rattlers, Logan Longhorns and San Jon Coyotes’ football teams will be on road this weekend.
The 4-1 Rattlers will take on the 3-0 Eunice Cardinals who are coached by form...
Tucumcari city manager fired
September 29th, 2011
Tucumcari city commissioners on Thursday morning fired City Manager Bobbye Rose, according to City Clerk Christine Dougherty.
Community Development Director Doug Powers has been named interi...
Fishing report — Sept. 28
September 28th, 2011
This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers, anglers, guides and local businesses. Conditions may var...
Baseball playoffs sure to be exciting
September 28th, 2011
Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don't care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don't win it's a...
Letter to the editor: Limiting government caused state of economy
September 28th, 2011
The Sept. 14 editorial “Government can’t create jobs by spending” is a continuation of “government is bad” ideology.
The article blames Keynesian economics for...
State centennial celebration kicks off in Tucumcari
September 28th, 2011
A train propelled by a steam locomotive, a hot-air balloon, music, art and food will fuel Fired Up!, the New Mexico Statehood Centennial kickoff event in Tucumcari on Nov. 4.
“Tucumcar...
On the shelves — Sept. 28
September 28th, 2011
The following books are available from the Tucumcari Public Library.
Fore more information call 461-0295:
Fiction
“Flash and Bones,” by...
Police blotter — Sept. 28
September 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.
Friday
&bu...
Rep Roch: H.B. 39 ‘disastrous’
September 28th, 2011
A bill that proposes splitting Quay County into four legislative districts now awaits the Gov. Susan Martinez’s final decision.
H.B. 39 passed through the House and Senate before the s...
Elk's Lodge honors teen
September 27th, 2011
Rocio Acosta has been named Teenager or Student of the Month, it was announced today by the Elk's Lodge.
Rocio, 16, is the daughter of Marciano and Marcelina Acosta of Tucumcari. She is a fr...
Citizens Bank adds senior vice president to local branch
September 27th, 2011
Citizens Bank is proud to announce the addition of a staff member Tucumcari branch.
The bank welcomes Cooper Glover as senior vice president. Glover attended Texas Tech and graduated from Ea...
Clearing emotions of 'junk' also important
September 27th, 2011
It is fall cleanup around our place although it didn’t start out that way. It all began with a search for a set of stainless steel mixing bowls.
We knew they were somewhere, but where?...
Biographies reveal proud history
September 27th, 2011
Many of us are interested in the general history of our area and are always eager to gather more. When we have an opportunity to read about individuals who have participated in that history, we fee...
Rose and Sutherland named as finalist for Lincoln County Mangager
September 26th, 2011
QCS Staff
The current city manager, and a former city manager, of Tucumcari are among four finalists to be the next Lincoln County manager.
Bobbye Rose and John R. Sutherland Jr. were...
School menus — Sept. 21
September 20th, 2011
House
Monday
Breakfast: Double cheese breakfast bowl, variety of cereal, muffins, yogurt, juice, milk.
Lunch: Frito pie, corn, peaches, peanut butter and jelly,, milk.
T...
Tucumcari graduates keep in touch
September 20th, 2011
Through the years, we have written about many of our Rattler Alumni and have mentioned that they are proud to be THS graduates.
Last Saturday, David H. Stratton, Ph.D. and Class of 1945 THS...
Company donates resources to youth football league
September 20th, 2011
Interstate Automotive Complex of Tucumcari is partnering with Quay County Youth Football League to provide the league’s players and coaches with equipment, a monetary donation, and a chance t...
Obama plan over-taxes wealthy
September 20th, 2011
President Barack Obama wants to correct government overspending by over-taxing. He is proposing a combination of cuts and tax increases, the latter accomplished by setting his sights on those earni...
Personalize your own misery index
September 20th, 2011
Economists have a mythical figure called the misery index. It is the total of the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. This summer in the U.S. it’s running about 13.0. The lower th...
Senior menus — Sept. 21
September 20th, 2011
The following are the lunch menus for Sept. 22 - Sept. 28 for the Tucumcari Senior Center.
Thursday
Baked fish, tarter sauce, tater tots, coleslaw, dinner roll and margarine, apricots...
Be careful to bear fruit of righteousness
September 20th, 2011
Fall is upon us beginning this Friday, Sept. 23. I learned on the Internet that the season is probably called fall because it signals the fall of the year – the end of the year, as indicated...
Police blotter — Sept. 21
September 20th, 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 12:28 a.m., a woma...
Proposed Legislative redistricting will split Quay County
September 17th, 2011
A bill introduced by House Democrats Friday during the a special session of Legislature proposes splitting Quay County into four legislative districts.
“This bill will remove me from r...
Rattlers 2-1 after loss to Farwell Steers
September 16th, 2011
Turnovers prove to be too much for the Tucumcari Rattlers to overcome, losing 30-15 on the road Friday to the Farwell Steers.
“We have to move on and concentrate on next week,” s...
Press release: Listeria outbreak tracked to at least one Colorado grow...
September 15th, 2011
Jensen Farms, of Holly, Colo., is voluntarily recalling their shipments of Rocky Ford whole cantaloupe because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria. The company is working w...
Political discourse lacks civility
September 14th, 2011
“If you liberals keep gettin’ your way – we’re all gonna hear one big loud flush. The sound of the U.S. of A. goin’ straight down the terlet.”
Scars mark life of working with animals
September 14th, 2011
I never claimed to be a cowman and I’ve got the scars to prove it! Frostbit fingers, baler twine blisters, and an odd scrape in the side of my head where the hair won’t grow back from...
Government can’t create jobs by spending
September 14th, 2011
Hope that President Barack Obama had come up with a brilliant means of creating jobs — something big enough to warrant a joint session of Congress — was dashed after Thursday’s sa...
Don’t leave life to fate, rely on God
September 14th, 2011
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God…and it shall be given him”.
James 1:5
I was playing a game of Yahtzee on the computer to wind do...
License application window closed
September 13th, 2011
The New Mexico Racing Commission is no longer accepting applications for the state’s sixth racino because of a court injunction, the five-member panel announced Monday.
Following a nea...
Police blotter — Sept. 14
September 13th, 2011
A sampling of reports taken from the last few days at the Tucumcari Police Department:
Thursday
• At 6:34 a.m., a call was received for loose c...
House FFA students top Ag Sales contest
September 7th, 2011
House FFA members Wyatt Bishop, Kayleigh Fury, Summer Huizar and Trenton Lee won first place in recently the State Ag Sales Team Competition.
This group went in and competed as seventh-grade...
School menus — Sept. 7
September 7th, 2011
The following are the menus for schools in Quay County.
House
Monday
Breakfast: Cinnamon toast, variety of cereal, muffins, yogurt, juice, milk.
Lun...
Court halts license process
September 7th, 2011
Quay County’s effort to land the state’s last racing license was halted Friday when Raton District Judge John Paternoster granted an injunction to La Mesa, the original license holder.
New dog digs niche in my heart
September 7th, 2011
Priscilla Alden (Prissy for short), a very large black lab, has moved to this corner and says she is going to become my new friend.
She landed with a thud on Aug. 27, thanks to Yvette Peacoc...
Sharing stories family tradition
September 7th, 2011
I had an awesome and busy weekend. Not only was it Labor Day weekend, with temperatures in the high 70’s and rain to boot. It was also the Garcia family reunion.
Now, as you may have r...
Even meager contributions make a difference
September 7th, 2011
In Luke 21: 1-4 and Mark 12: 41-44 (NIV), we read where Jesus noticed the widow putting two copper coins into the temple treasury. They were worth less than a penny, which is America’s smalle...
Nothing fair about Fairness Doctrine
September 6th, 2011
The fairness doctrine in broadcasting sounds like it would be so, well, fair. Why is it we believe that the end of the dormant policy, killed Aug. 22 by the Federal Communications Commission, is a...
Fishing report — Sept. 7
September 6th, 2011
This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish and thefishphone.com, has been generated from the best information available from area officers, anglers, guides and local b...
Police blotter — Sept. 7
September 6th, 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 5:33 a.m., a man repo...
