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  • Cannon Air Force Base lieutenant missing

    CMI staff|Mar 21, 2012

    A 31-year-old lieutenant has been missing from Cannon Air Force Base for one week, according to base officials. Lt. Scott W. Lee was last seen at 11 a.m. March 12 at his apartment in Clovis. He was scheduled to report for duty at Cannon on March 13 but never reported. A Cannon press release said the lieutenant was last seen in a black Toyota Tacoma but has no immediate family in the area. The release said Lee has not contacted anyone and his cellular phone is turned off. He is considered to be on Absent WithOut Leave (AWOL) status. Sgt. Gloria...

  • Cannon Air Force Base lieutenant missing

    Mar 21, 2012

    CMI staff A 31-year-old lieutenant has been missing from Cannon Air Force Base for one week, according to base officials. Lt. Scott W. Lee was last seen at 11 a.m. March 12 at his apartment in Clovis. He was scheduled to report for duty at Cannon on March 13 but never reported. A Cannon press release said the lieutenant was last seen in a black Toyota Tacoma but has no immediate family in the area. The release said Lee has not contacted anyone and his cellular phone is turned off. He is considered to be on Absent WithOut Leave (AWOL) status....

  • Clovis couple wins lottery prize

    CNJ staff|Mar 21, 2012

    A Clovis couple won a top prize playing a New Mexico Lottery Scratcher game, according to a press release. According to the New Mexico Lottery press release: - Troy and Tiffany Vancleave won $50,000 playing the lottery's "Crossword Deluxe" Scratcher. "I fell to my knees and cried," Tiffany Vancleave told lottery officials in Albuquerque. The couple said they plan to save the prize money. Tiffany Vancleave purchased the $5 game in Eunice at Allsup's Store at 929 Main St. - Other recent local Scratcher winners include Brittany Anson, who won...

  • Base will be adding one aircraft per month, official says

    Mar 21, 2012

    Col. David Piech of Cannon Air Force Base gave Roosevelt County commissioners an update on Cannon activity at the Tuesday county commission meeting. The following is what he reported: - The base will be changing its vice wing commander and flight medicine commander later this year. - One new aircraft a month will continue arriving at the base for the entire year. Piech showed pictures of several types of aircraft, including the Predator and the Reaper. - The base has more than 5,600 personnel and is expected to have almost 6,200 in the next...

  • Clovis couple wins lottery prize

    Mar 21, 2012

    CNJ staff A Clovis couple won a top prize playing a New Mexico Lottery Scratcher game, according to a press release. According to the New Mexico Lottery press release: • Troy and Tiffany Vancleave won $50,000 playing the lottery's “Crossword Deluxe” Scratcher. “I fell to my knees and cried,” Tiffany Vancleave told lottery officials in Albuquerque. The couple said they plan to save the prize money. Tiffany Vancleave purchased the $5 game in Eunice at Allsup's Store at 929 Main St. • Other recent local Scratcher winners include Brittan...

  • Base will be adding one aircraft per month, official says

    Mar 21, 2012

    Col. David Piech of Cannon Air Force Base gave Roosevelt County commissioners an update on Cannon activity at the Tuesday county commission meeting. The following is what he reported: • The base will be changing its vice wing commander and flight medicine commander later this year. • One new aircraft a month will continue arriving at the base for the entire year. Piech showed pictures of several types of aircraft, including the Predator and the Reaper. • The base has more than 5,600 personnel and is expected to have almost 6,200...

  • Our people —March 21

    Mar 21, 2012

    Aragon Miranda Apodaca and Nicholas Aragon of Tucumcari would like to announce the birth of their son, David Joseph Aragon “Baby D.J.” Baby D.J. was born at 9:24 p.m. on March 1, 2012, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He weighed 6 pounds and was 19 1/2 inches long. Baby D.J.'s grandparents are, Valentin and Maria Dolores Leyba, David Apodaca and Florencio Aragon Jr. all of Tucumcari and Carlos and Sarah Marquez of Logan. His great grandparents are Carmen and Florencio Aragon of Tucumcari, the late Candido "Candy" Garcia, Mary Riv...

  • Our page -March 21

    Mar 21, 2012

    Aragon Miranda Apodaca and Nicholas Aragon of Tucumcari would like to announce the birth of their son, David Joseph Aragon "Baby D.J." Baby D.J. was born at 9:24 p.m. on March 1, 2012, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He weighed 6 pounds and was 19 1/2 inches long. Baby D.J.'s grandparents are, Valentin and Maria Dolores Leyba, David Apodaca and Florencio Aragon Jr. all of Tucumcari and Carlos and Sarah Marquez of Logan. His great grandparents are Carmen and Florencio Aragon of Tucumcari, the late Candido "Candy" Garcia, Mary...

  • Honor rolls - March 21

    Mar 21, 2012

    Logan Seniors A honor roll Tait Avent Khaeden Cox Angelica Gonzales Ashley Lubera Holly Raines-Baxter Anastasia Schmitt Nicole Collins Cori Gore Zachary Perry Mikinze Remling A/B honor roll Jonathan Earle William Humble Katlyn Usrey Cassandra Evans Zane Slater Juniors A honor roll Whitney Cordova Jordan Egerton Marissa Miller A/B honor roll Kathryn Bowen Anthony Egerton Sophomore A honor roll Leah Taylor A/B honor roll Genae Cone James Egerton Matthew Garcia Tyler Mehl Christopher Roberts Brea Valentine Dennis Earle Sierra Evans Angel Martinez...

  • Seek God’s guidance before springing to action

    Mar 21, 2012

    Spring started this past Tuesday and the local schools are on spring break this week. There are certain things that happen each spring; some of them due to man’s timing, like spring break, and some, like the spring equinox, because God set the schedule (Genesis 1:14-19). Sometimes God allows us to set the schedule and sometimes he doesn’t and when we try to override his timing, things don’t work out. In trying deliver Israel from Egyptian oppression, Moses ran ahead of God’s plan and was set back 40 years (Acts 7:23-34). The Israeli...

  • Honor rolls — March 21

    Mar 21, 2012

    Logan Seniors A honor roll Tait Avent Khaeden Cox Angelica Gonzales Ashley Lubera Holly Raines-Baxter Anastasia Schmitt Nicole Collins Cori Gore Zachary Perry Mikinze Remling...

  • Seek God's guidance before springing to action

    Mar 21, 2012

    Spring started this past Tuesday and the local schools are on spring break this week. There are certain things that happen each spring; some of them due to man's timing, like spring break, and some, like the spring equinox, because God set the schedule (Genesis 1:14-19). Sometimes God allows us to set the schedule and sometimes he doesn't and when we try to override his timing, things don't work out. In trying deliver Israel from Egyptian oppression, Moses ran ahead of God's plan and was set back 40 years (Acts 7:23-34). The Israelites, on the...

  • Legislature may see ‘dramatic’ facelift in 2013

    Mar 21, 2012

    Tuesday was the official filing day for New Mexico’s primary election. Political blogger Joe Monahan tells us the state Legislature is “poised for its most dramatic facelift in two decades.” He also reports the lawmaking game is not as much fun as it used to be and writes: “The bull market days of an overflowing state treasury are gone, the Republican governor and Democratic Legislature fight with each other constantly, nothing gets passed and there are a lot fewer lobbyist parties being thrown for the disgruntled lawmakers.” We’re fine with l...

  • School menus - March 21

    Mar 21, 2012

    The following are the menus for schools in Quay County. House Monday Breakfast: Sausage biscuits, gravy, muffins, variety of cereal, yogurt, juice, milk. Lunch: Corn dog, French fries, corn, salad bar, peaches, peanut butter and jelly, milk. Tuesday Breakfast: French toast sticks, muffins, variety of cereal, yogurt, juice, milk. Lunch: Chicken nuggets, green beans, French fries, pears, salad bar, peanut butter and jelly, milk. Wednesday Breakfast: Quesadillas, muffins, variety of cereal, yogurt, juice, milk. Lunch: Tuna casserole, peas,...

  • Legislature may see 'dramatic' facelift in 2013

    Mar 21, 2012

    Tuesday was the official filing day for New Mexico's primary election. Political blogger Joe Monahan tells us the state Legislature is "poised for its most dramatic facelift in two decades." He also reports the lawmaking game is not as much fun as it used to be and writes: "The bull market days of an overflowing state treasury are gone, the Republican governor and Democratic Legislature fight with each other constantly, nothing gets passed and there are a lot fewer lobbyist parties being thrown for the disgruntled lawmakers." We're fine with...

  • School menus —

    Mar 21, 2012

    The following are the menus for schools in Quay County....

  • Silent auction added to shrimp boil

    Mar 21, 2012

    Special to QCS The Mesalands Community College Foundation will host its annual Shrimp Boil and “All That Jazz” fundraiser 6:30 p.m. April 13 at the Tucumcari Convention Center. “This year we have made some positive changes to the Shrimp Boil fundraiser, in order to encourage the entire Tucumcari community and Quay County to assist us in raising money for scholarships for Mesalands students,” said Mildred Lovato, President of Mesalands Community College. “We also want to thank the community for their continued support of the College....

  • District attorney declines re-election

    QCS staff|Mar 21, 2012

    After 12 years of serving as the Tenth Judicial District Attorney Ron Reeves, has announced he will not seek re-election as district attorney and will retire at the end of his term in December. "I feel good about my decision to retire, particularly in light of the fact that the District Attorney's office will be in good hands with Chief Deputy District Attorney Tim Rose," Reeves said. Reeves began practicing law in 1991 and was elected district attorney for the Tenth Judicial District, covering Quay, DeBaca and Harding counties, in 2000....

  • Silent auction added to shrimp boil

    Special to QCS|Mar 21, 2012

    The Mesalands Community College Foundation will host its annual Shrimp Boil and "All That Jazz" fundraiser 6:30 p.m. April 13 at the Tucumcari Convention Center. "This year we have made some positive changes to the Shrimp Boil fundraiser, in order to encourage the entire Tucumcari community and Quay County to assist us in raising money for scholarships for Mesalands students," said Mildred Lovato, President of Mesalands Community College. "We also want to thank the community for their continued support of the College." This year a silent art...

  • District attorney declines re-election

    Mar 21, 2012

    QCS staff QCS staff After 12 years of serving as the Tenth Judicial District Attorney Ron Reeves, has announced he will not seek re-election as district attorney and will retire at the end of his term in December. “I feel good about my decision to retire, particularly in light of the fact that the District Attorney’s office will be in good hands with Chief Deputy District Attorney Tim Rose,” Reeves said. Reeves began practicing law in 1991 and was elected district attorney for the Tenth Judicial District, covering Quay, DeBaca and Hardi...

  • County changing polling venues

    Mar 21, 2012

    QCS staff County Clerk Ellen White said a change of voting centers should result in $6,000 savings for the county. A change of location for the voting centers in Tucumcari for the 2012 primary election will save $6,000 said Quay County clerk Ellen White. White said citizens who live in Precincts 6-12 will all vote at the Tucumcari Convention Center. “This voter convenience center will save the county on each election,” White said, noting a reduction of election workers, printed ballots and voting machines. Voters in precincts 1-5 and 13-14 wil...

  • County changing polling venues

    QCS staff|Mar 21, 2012

    County Clerk Ellen White said a change of voting centers should result in $6,000 savings for the county. A change of location for the voting centers in Tucumcari for the 2012 primary election will save $6,000 said Quay County clerk Ellen White. White said citizens who live in Precincts 6-12 will all vote at the Tucumcari Convention Center. "This voter convenience center will save the county on each election," White said, noting a reduction of election workers, printed ballots and voting machines. Voters in precincts 1-5 and 13-14 will cast...

  • Pair of contested races set for June primary elections

    QCS staff|Mar 21, 2012

    Quay County voters will have a pair of contested primary elections, and nothing contested in the November general elections. Tuesday was the lone day to file for elections at the Secretary of State's Office in Santa Fe and at county courthouses for the June 5 primaries. There will be a race for Senate District 7 and the 10th Judicial District. Here are the people who filed Tuesday: - Senate, District 7: The only open seat in the region is a three-person race, with all three candidates running in the Republican primary. Mark Myers runs a...

  • Child Find screening planned

    Mar 21, 2012

    QCS staff Quay County schools will have a pair of Child Find preschool screening clinics. The free clinics are scheduled for 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. March 29 at Logan Schools and 9 a.m.-11 a.m. May 21 at House Schools. The clinics are for children 5 and younger. A representative from ENMRSH and Clovis MECA Therapies will be present at each clinic, which serves to locate, identify, and refer as early as possible all young children with disabilities and their families who are in need of special programs or education. For information on the Logan...

  • Pair of contested races set for June primary elections

    Mar 21, 2012

    QCS staff Quay County voters will have a pair of contested primary elections, and nothing contested in the November general elections. Tuesday was the lone day to file for elections at the Secretary of State’s Office in Santa Fe and at county courthouses for the June 5 primaries. There will be a race for Senate District 7 and the 10th Judicial District. Here are the people who filed Tuesday: •...

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