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The following are the lunch menus for the upcoming week at the Tucumcari Senior Center. Thursday Lemon baked chicken, rice, cucumber salad with dressing, beets, spice cake. Friday Beans and ham, fried okra, cornbread, cantaloupe. Monday Chicken salad, cheese and carrot sticks, sliced tomatoes, crackers, banana. Tuesday Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, carrot raisin salad, whole wheat roll and margarine, tapioca with strawberries. Wednesday Pork chop suey, rice, broccoli with margarine, pears, yogurt....
Jim Curry, 67, a Fine Arts Student at Mesalands Community College, recently completed a bronze war sculpture honoring the soldiers from Union County that died in World War I, World War II, Korea, and in Vietnam. Curry designed and casted four field crosses that took two years to complete. A field cross is made up of a soldier's boots, his rifle, and a helmet signifying a fallen soldier. The sculpture was permanently installed at the Union County Memorial in Clayto on Monday. Courtesy photo Jim Curry, 67, a Fine Arts Student at Mesalands...
First, let me be clear: I do not believe it is right for political party officers and elected officials to take sides in a contested primary. I have represented New Mexico as a state representative for nearly 18 years and I am both honored and blessed to serve the best constituents in our great state. I'm writing about the Senate District 7 race and my concern for the impact of this race on our Republican party and our community. Over the last several weeks, the nastiness, misinformation, innuendo, slanderous mailings, robo calls and, in some...
A 1935 dollar bill, signed by the deceased brother of a Clovis man in 1943, turned up at Daphne's restaurant in Lincoln Ill., earlier this month. Courtesy photo: Amy Baker A short snorter bill signed by Lt. Curtis Chapman, brother of William Chapman of Clovis. The lieutenants signature can be seen over the pyramid on the back of the dollar bill. Retired Clovis resident William Chapman, 82, said he and his wife were having breakfast the morning of May 8 when they received a call from Dave Bakke,...
Clovis native Hayden Moore always loved rodeoing. When college time came up, he decided winning didn't sound that bad, either. Hayden Moore Moore, who turns 19 on Wednesday, is a freshman at Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari and competes on the rodeo team. The 2011 Melrose High graduate will be one of 10 MCC students heading to the College National Finals Rodeo, June 10-16 in Casper, Wyo. It is the highest number in the history of the college's rodeo team, which this year set a national...
Drought and fire have destroyed crops and vegetation in eastern New Mexico, leaving the dry and barren soil vulnerable to wind erosion and leading the governor to declare a state of emergency earlier this month. CNJ staff photo: Tonjia Rolan Sand dunes accumulating along fencelines southwest of Clovis on N.M. 467 are signs of rapidly eroding farm and grassland. Curry County Road Supervisor Steve Reed said the blowing sand and resulting drifts the last two years are the worst he's seen in his 17...
Nine days before primary elections, a Clovis Media Inc. poll shows one of the most hotly contested state races is in a dead heat. Angie Spears, left, and Pat Woods Although the final tally of the poll shows state Senate District 7 Republican candidate Angie Spears with a slight lead over Pat Woods — 38 percent to 31 percent — it has a 6.86 percent margin of error. Additionally, about a third of the voters polled during the past 10 days said they still haven't decided how they will vote June 5. T...
The Quay County clerk's office will host a public school of instruction for precinct boards at the following times and locations: - Wednesday: 9:30 a.m., Precincts 6-12, Quay County Exhibit Center. - Thursday, 9:30 a.m., Precincts 1-5, Quay County Exhibit Center. The school of instruction is open to the public. Early voting will continue through Saturday at the clerk's office. The office will be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday....
A wildfire near Conchas has burned 250 acres and continues to burn along the Canadian River, according to New Mexico State Forestry officials. Dan Ware, the department's fire prevention and outreach program manager, said in a release on Tuesday that the fire is in the Canadian River and is inaccessible with any type of equipment. He said the fire continues to move south toward a natural fuel break, which should slow it down. Ware said the fire was started on Saturday by lightning and has moved on to private property. He said the fuel for this...
The following is a sampling of calls received by the central dispatch office for Quay County, based at the Tucumcari Police Department. Friday - At 4:37 a.m., a man reported a prowler on the 500 block of E. Route 66. - At 6:07 a.m., an alarm was reported at a business on the 1000 block of S. Eleventh Street. - At 7:56 a.m., a man reported a vandalism of a vehicle on the 600 block of E. Rankin Avenue. - At 9:07 a.m., a woman reported a suspicious man on the 1100 block of E. Heman Avenue. - At 11:11 a.m., a man reported a threat on the 500 block...
Those of us who live in rural areas suffer much when any of our friends are hurting. This past week, when the Tucumcari Animal Hospital was burned, and 50 helpless animals were killed, we became more aware than ever of just how precious our pets are and how much we sympathize with the people who are in great pain as they mourn their loss. While visiting with Dr. Jean Corey, a veterinarian, I could see the shock and pain she was enduring as she worked in the disaster area. She was exhausted but was not about to leave the scene because she had so...
A new book "It's Even Worse Than It Looks" is an excellent evaluation of our dysfunctional Congress. The authors are Thomas E Mann and Norman J. Ornstein. Mann is the W. Averell Harriman chair and senior fellow in governance studies at The Brookings Institution. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Both are fellows at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Both are scholars, one liberal one conservative; neither are political hacks. I will quote from their introduction " — one of the two major parties, the R...
A 15-year-old Sandia Park male drowned at Conchas Lake diving off of his family's fishing boat Tuesday, according to the New Mexico State Police. The name of the teen was being withheld Tuesday night, Capt. Jimmy Glascock said, pending notification of all immediate family members. Glascock said state police were dispatched at 1:15 p.m. to the Conchas Lake State Park in reference to a possible drowning. According to a press release from Lt. Robert McDonald, NMSP public information officer: - Officers were told that a 15-year-old boy had jumped...
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney says he's honored and humbled to become the Republican Party's 2012 presidential nominee. And he's expressing confidence in his chances of winning the White House this fall. The former Massachusetts governor clinched the party nod Tuesday night with a Texas primary victory. In a post-victory statement, he claims the party has come together after a divisive primary with one goal. He says that's putting what he calls the country's failures of the last three-plus years in the past. He also says he's mindful of the c...
Shaina Pool, 22, of Portales, is in critical condition with life threatening injuries at an Amarillo hospital following a boating accident Sunday on Ute Lake in Logan, according to state police. Capt. Jimmy Glascock said Pool was a passenger in the front of a boat filled with friends. A family friend said the group was heading into shore after a day on the lake. Glascock said there were nine passengers in the boat, including Pool. He said the driver of the boat turned it sharply, Pool fell into the lake and was struck by the boat. State park...
Shaina Pool, 22, of Portales, is in critical condition at an Amarillo hospital following a boating accident about 6 p.m. Sunday on Ute Lake in Logan, a family friend said. State park officials investigating the accident have declined to provide details of the accident. Shaina Pool Rebecca Martinez Holt of Clovis said she helped organize a prayer vigil for Pool, a longtime family friend. The vigil was held Monday at Marshall Middle School, she said, and about 45 people attended. Martinez Holt...
