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An attempt to fill the void left by next year's absence of the annual Rockabilly on the Route event has been halted after event co-producer Ungie Davila called the proposal a 'theft of common law trademarks'. During Wednesday's Lodger's Tax Advisory Board meeting, an event called Rockin' Route 66 was proposed by City Commissioner Robert Lumpkin and Brian Whitcomb of Hot Pan Productions. "After discussions with residents (and) tourist and event producers, the consensus was unanimous, we'd be...
To Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., the waste-to-energy facility planned for Tucumcari's old ethanol plant is part of the solution to the current economic depression of New Mexico and rural America. On July 5, Udall toured the facility with Tucumcari's Bob Hockaday, the scientist who plans to develop the waste-to-energy plant, and local officials. In an interview after the tour, Udall said the planned waste-to-energy facility is a prime example of the kind of action that could pull New Mexico and the rur...
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., was on a visit through eastern New Mexico last week. He toured Cannon Air Force Base and met with Clovis community leaders and Eastern New Mexico University leadership, along with his visit to Tucumcari. Udall, a former state attorney general and member of the House of Representatives, is in his second term as senator. The following are questions he was asked by reporters of the Eastern New Mexico News during his visits to Clovis and Cannon: What brings you here?...
July 1960 • A tourist information center opened in Tucumcari managed by Bob Field. • Six Tucumcari Boy Scouts attended the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Colorado Springs. They were John Dunn, Billy Jackson, Allan Isbell, Terry Turner, John Funk and Larry Williams. • Evans Foodway advertised two-pound packages of Campfire bacon for 98 cents, rib steaks for 59 cents a pound, three dozen eggs for $1 and 10 pounds of sugar for 98 cents. • Nita Re Parker and Leroy Howard, Quay County 4-Hers, were awarded a trip to California from the Talent...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from June 31 through July 7: • Chasity Lucero, 28, warrant • Joe Salas, 24, warrant • Tami Davis, 43, warrant • Michael Arellano, 41, driving while license suspended or revoked • David Dangelo, 56, driving under the influence • Carole Hudspeth, 32, warrant • Anthony Leal, 21, warrant • Martha Padilla, 48, warrant • Sonny McKinney, 54, possession of a controlled substance • Christina Rivera, 41, warrant • Victor Rivera, 48, warrant • Paul Adcock, 50, driving under the i...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers for today through July 19: Coffee, tea and milk served daily Logan Thursday: Red chili beef enchiladas, salsa corn, salad with dressing, apple cobbler Friday: Spaghetti, salad with dressing, spinach, garlic bread, sugar cookie Monday: Philly steak, French fries, broccoli, cantaloupe Tuesday: Pork ribs, baked potato, margarine, salad with dressing, potluck roll, tapioca pudding Wednesday: Chicken fettuccini, cauliflower, margarine, garlic bread, apricots Tucumcari Thursday:...
Thursday • City Commission Work Shop: 5 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall • City Commission: 6 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall July 19 • Tucumcari/Quay Regional Emergency Communication Board: 10 a.m., Tucumcari City Hall July 24 • Quay County Commission: 9 a.m., Quay County Courthouse • Library Advisory Board: 5:15 p.m., Tucumcari Library July 25 • City Finance Board: 10 a.m., Tucumcari City Hall • Economic Development Corporation: Noon, EDC offices • Planning and Zoning Advisory Board: 5:15 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall July 27 • Housing Authority Board:...
Americans have always been proud we live in a country where anybody can grow up to become president. Barack Obama is an excellent example: A biracial kid raised by his white grandparents of modest means who became leader of the free world. Agree or disagree with his politics, Obama was an outstanding role model when it came to civility and manners. Agree or disagree with his politics, you certainly can’t say that about the current resident of the White House. Donald Trump shocked the world with his election last November after a r...
I have recently visited parts of New Mexico that have evaded me in the nine years I have lived here. For the most part, I have concluded most of New Mexico is gloriously diverse in climate and geography and sometimes gloriously, sometimes disturbingly empty. Only the Rio Grande Corridor, the green strip running down the middle of our huge state’s western half, seems to contain enough humanity to host economic diversity. Most recently, I have driven through the desert from the pistachio orchards southwest of Tularosa to Las Cruces, where the d...
According to Wikipedia, “A conflict of interest exists if the circumstances are reasonably believed (on the basis of past experience and objective evidence) to create a risk that a decision may be unduly influenced by other, secondary interests, and not on whether a particular individual is actually influenced by a secondary interest.” Reading this carefully tells me that the appearance of a conflict of interest is, de facto, a conflict of interest. According to the King James Bible, Mat...
Local resident Linda Unruh will transport the American Towman Magazine’s Spirit Ride ceremonial casket Tuesday through Tucumcari honoring the memory of her late son and deceased first responders nationwide. “We are all out there together,” Unruh said. “This is an important message to remind everyone to slow down and move over.” Bobby Unruh, 37, of Tucumcari was killed on Feb. 19, at mile marker 318 on I-40 near Montoya. At the time of the accident Unruh was attempting to tow a commercial vehicle on I-40 that was broken down. The ceremonia...
CLOVIS - First responders involved in the July 4 rescue of a boy found in the pond at Hillcrest Park have been advised to seek medical treatment, Clovis City Manager Tom Phelps said on Monday. "A form of cholera bacteria was found in the pond," Phelps said. "As a precautionary matter and based on physician recommendations, our personnel who were involved in the water rescue have been advised to start taking a doctor recommended course of antibiotics." The Centers for Disease Control website...
PORTALES — Proposed additions and revisions to two New Mexico Department of Agriculture ordinances were heard Thursday afternoon, with one receiving resounding support from a New Mexico dairy organization. Hearing officer Charles Greene presided over the two hearings in the McAllister Room at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, the first of which was a reworking of the fee structure for the organic certification program. The program, which certifies produce as organic through evaluations, had its previous fee structure repealed, according to N...
TEXICO — Trucks and their drivers will have a new welcome-to-New-Mexico location in five months, if all goes as planned for the new Port of Entry. The port’s building, about a mile west of Texico, is the state’s former visitor’s center, which closed in September 2014. The project is expected to cost $2 million, which was awarded to Curry County by Gov. Susana Martinez in capital outlay. Foreman Kenneth Truelock said the project began construction in mid-June and should be complete in November. “The trucks will come in along the (east) si...
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the memorial service for my dear friend, Sandy Pruitt – a great Christian lady. As I listened to the comments of those presiding and attendees who recounted memories, several things occurred to me about her life and the past, present and future for the Christian and the fact that God is the God of all comfort who comforts us in our troubles so that we can comfort others (2 Corinthians 1:3-7). Regarding the past, Sandy loved the Lord and his body, the church (Matthew 16:13-19; Colossians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 12:1...
Quay County Commission The following were actions taken by Quay County commissioners on July 3 at their regular meeting: • Approved a resolution for county compliance with the required conditions for participating and using funds from the Community Development Block Grant program. • Approved the LDWI grant agreement to receive $21,000 for the county’s DWI Compliance program. County Manager Richard Primrose said a request was made for $26,000. He said last year’s allocation was only $1,600. • Approved the memorandum of understanding between t...
