Articles from the October 18, 2023 edition
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Case made for San Jon new school
SAN JON - About 50 residents attended a public forum last week to discuss a proposed bond issue that would lead to a $22 million state grant to build...
City gets nearly $400K to hire more cops
Tucumcari city commissioners on Thursday accepted a $393,750 state grant to hire more police officers, though the mayor and police chief expressed a mild difference of opinion on how it should be...
'Great strides' made in talks over bridge
SAN JON — Quay County’s manager told the San Jon Municipal Schools board last week that “great strides” had been made between the contractor and architect on insurance talks regarding a...
Logan moves graduation date to June 15
Citing concerns about insurance coverage and accountability during a senior trip to Alaska in June, the Logan Municipal Schools board voted unanimously last week to move the graduation ceremony from...
Bible teaches peace is better
Do humans have an inherent right to self-defense, including the use of violence? What about Christ’s consistent ethic of non-violent resistance toward evil? The Bible mostly assumes that people...
Menus - Oct. 18
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast; Sausage, egg and cheese burrito, blueberry and yogurt parfait, assorted cereal, graham crackers, fresh pineapple, apple juice, orange juice, 1%, skim,...
Calendar - Oct. 18
• Friday — “The Hauntings of Alex Street: A History Alive Tour.” The $20 tickets for this walking tour at 6 p.m. at the Tucumcari Railroad Museum includes a snack and a ticket for a screening...
Publisher's journal: Baseball friends best part of game
I remember the first time I met Jerry Seidenwurm. He told me the saddest baseball story I think I’ve ever heard. Jerry was maybe 10 years old, growing up a Giants fan in New York in the mid-1950s....
US racial situation in state of crisis
More than a century ago in 1900, Black intellectual extraordinaire W.E.B. Du Bois stated the problem of the 20th century would be the problem of the color line. He was right on target. This prophetic...
Need to heal poisoning of youth
It turns out that some of our smartest college kids aren’t just stupid about things like microaggressions and gender pronouns. The reaction on many campuses to the slaughter of innocent Israelis by...
Rattlers' comeback against Huskies falls short
Tucumcari’s inability to convert a two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter proved to be the difference during a 22-20 district loss Saturday afternoon against Hope Christian at Nusenda Commu...
No. 1 Buffs trample Longhorns
LOGAN - The Buffs were just too tough. No. 1-ranked Melrose, scoring three touchdowns on its first five plays from the line of scrimmage, rolled to a...
Lady Rattlers run winning streak to seven
Even without two starting players, Tucumcari's volleyball team took care of visiting non-district foe Clayton by a 25-18, 25-16, 25-14 score on Saturd...
Two Mesalands athletes win titles at rodeos
Two Mesalands Community College athletes captured titles during two Grand Canyon Region intercollegiate rodeos Friday and Saturday at the Quay County...
THS runner finishes 6th at Roswell meet
Tucumcari’s Alex Bueno De La O finished sixth overall in the varsity boys race at the five-team Pecos Valley Invitational cross-country meet Saturday at Roswell High School. The junior finished the...
Irrigation district votes to not allocate water
The Arch Hurley Conservancy District board of trustees last week voted not to allocate water, which means local farmers and ranchers likely won’t receive any more until at least spring due to...
Man accused of sex acts with underage girl
A Colorado man was arrested Thursday in Quay County on felony counts of criminal sex acts with a child that allegedly occurred in Logan and Clovis several years ago. Isaac F. Bibbs, 38, of Merino,...
Jail log - Oct. 18
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Oct. 10 to Oct. 14: — Eric John Lopez, 25, Tucumcari, charge not listed. — Jacob Martinez, 30, address not listed, charge...
Pages past - Oct. 18
On this date ... 1973: State Sen. Gladys Hansen of Dona Ana County and New Mexico Secretary of State Ernestine Evans were honored during a Quay County Democratic Women’s dinner at Del’s...
Police blotter - Oct. 18
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Oct. 9 to Oct. 15: Monday — 10:06 a.m.: Reckless driving at milepost 331, U.S. 54, Logan. — 10:59 a.m.:...
