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These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Sept. 2 to Sept. 8: Sept. 2 — 11:21 a.m.: Arrest warrant at South Seventh Street and West Gamble Avenue, Tucumcari. — 1 p.m.: Sex assault in 300 block of East Miel de Luna Avenue, Tucumcari. — 1:38 p.m.: Arrest warrant in 1000 block of South Monroe Street, Tucumcari. — 3:11 p.m.: Accident with injuries in 600 block of Highway 540 Loop, Logan. — 6:09 p.m.: Trespassing in 2200 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 7:44 p.m.: Domestic disturbance...
Friday — Dedication of the America 250 marker by the Tucumcari chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. at Tucumcari Convention Center, 1500 W. Route 66. Saturday — Fired Up festival. Tucumcari MainStreet will host its annual festival at the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza. The event will include live performances, a fireworks show, a car show, Prince Tocum and Princess Kari contest, food trucks and craft booths. For more information, go to tucumcarimainstreet.org/fired-up. Saturday — Rotar...
Last year's Fired Up festival was enough of a success, Tucumcari MainStreet Executive Director Connie Loveland saw no need to make big changes for this year's event on Saturday. Back will be the perennially popular Odd-Lab group with its fire-based performance after dusk. Back will be the the Roller Only car club, with several low rider vehicles anticipated with the car show. Last year's show drew nearly 70 entries. And again, the festival will host about 60 vendors around the Tucumcari...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Aug. 30 to Sept. 9: — Lupita G. Vargas, 48, Tucumcari, assault (battery). — Ryan Draper, 32, no address listed, felony possession of a controlled substance (narcotic drug) and shoplifting ($100 or less). — Christopher Anaya, 36, Clovis, possession of marijuana (one ounce or less). — Ordelia Renee Jaynes, 39, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Latoya Tenea French, 42, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Gary Dewayne Butler, 40, Amarillo, Texas, warrant from other counties or...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Breakfast banana split, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, cinnamon graham cracker, banana, apple juice, 1%, skim or strawberry skim milk; Lunch: Spaghetti with meat sauce, seasoned breadstick, buffalo chicken wrap, seasoned Italian veggies, fresh broccoli, fruit cocktail, 1%, skim, chocolate skim or strawberry skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Cherry frudel, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, cinnamon graham cracker, apple, orange juice, 1%, skim or strawberry skim milk; Lunch: Loaded fries, ham and cheese san...
On this date in 1974: The New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office announced it received a letter from former Magistrate Judge Jess Goldston that confirmed his resignation from office and his removal from the ballot. District Judge Stanley Frost suspended Goldston the previous month after he was arraigned on four counts of embezzlement and released on $10,000 bond. He was set to go to trial in October. A shortage of $11,000 had been found in Goldston’s office. Goldston later pleaded guilty to one count and was sentenced to one to five years in...
SAN JON - Members of the San Jon Municipal Schools board appeared to lean in favor of building two new gymnasiums for the forthcoming new school instead of preserving the current ones. Board members had initially wanted to keep the Ed Lee Activities Complex, aka the Ed Lee Gymnasium, and a 1960 gym that's used for plays and the annual carnival. But during a board work session last Monday with architects, project manager Ian Harmon cautioned about the downsides of trying to renovate an old...
A Tucumcari restaurant will be competing in next week’s annual Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque. Del’s Restaurant, which has operated along Route 66 in Tucumcari since 1956, is among 10 contestants in the event that will begin at noon on Sept. 9 in the fairgrounds’ Agriculture Building Courtyard. Other green chile cheeseburger competitors will hail from Albuquerque, Belen, Questa, Rio Rancho, Hatch and Ruidoso. Competitors will prepare their burgers on-site before they’re given to the judges....
Tucumcari residents will recognize many places in the film "On the Run" that recently debuted exclusively on Tubi TV. A production team from MarVista Entertainment earlier this year spent three weeks in Tucumcari and Quay County shooting the crime drama, which at the time had a title of "Unprotected." "On the Run," directed by the award-winning Traci Hays, is the tale of two sisters who learn of their family's involvement in a witness-protection program and go on the run from deadly members of...
The Tucumcari Public Schools board received three candidates, including a former board president, to fill a vacant seat in District 1. Superintendent Carl Marano said the board has scheduled a 6 p.m. Sept. 9 special meeting to interview the candidates. He said it is likely the board will chose the new District 1 representative that night. The candidates are: — Carlos Romero, previously a board member who served as president when he declined to run for re-election in 2019; — Maria Carmen Gonzalez, a city code enforcement officer who ran unsucces...
The death of an elderly Bernalillo County woman has been connected to a multistate outbreak of Listeria caused by Boar’s Head brand deli meats. Dozens of the brand’s varieties were ordered pulled from public sale nationwide by federal health officials last month. Listeria is a bacterial infection from contaminated foods that can cause intestinal illness. “In most cases, people exposed may experience no more than mild gastrointestinal illness,” said Dr. Miranda Durham, chief medical officer of the New Mexico Department of Health. “Howeve...
SAN JON — More than 30 people chose career technical education as the highest priority for San Jon Municipal Schools when it updates its five-year strategic plan. The school district held a community needs assessment meeting last Wednesday at the San Jon Community Center to hear input on updating the plan. David Chavez, CEO of Cooperative Educational Services, presided over the two-hour session. Chavez let attendees sound off on nearly 30 ideas to improve academics and other conditions at San Jon schools. They then were placed into groups of st...
Tucumcari’s police chief confirmed last Wednesday a Snapchat video showing police officers with a significant amount of cash is the subject of a police investigation. One of the captions with the video stated: “This is what we do with the drug money we confiscate.” At one point in the video, the money is tossed into the air. But TPD Chief Patti Lopez said the cash wasn’t confiscated from an arrest. Instead, she said, it was money that one of the officers won while gambling at a casino. Lopez described the video as “officers making poor choi...
On this date ... 1974: The inaugural Diaper Derby at Tucumcari’s Piñata Festival sparked more interest than expected and has become the biggest event scheduled this year. Among the infants newly entered in the contest were Ramona Garcia, Kenneth John Baeza, Johnnie Curtis Welch, Rebecca Navarro, Kimberly Renee Ortiz, Sabrina Harrison, Heather Ann Gray, Diana Christine Valverde and Scott Lee McCorkill. The Tucumcari News noted more entries had been received for the Diaper Derby, and more photos of the children would be published in future ed...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Blueberry overnight oats, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, cinnamon graham cracker, banana, apple juice, 1%, skim or strawberry skim milk; Lunch: Homestyle macaroni and cheese, turkey and cheese stacker, seasoned corn, fresh broccoli, garden side salad, fruit cocktail, 1%, skim, chocolate skim or strawberry skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Whole-grain donut ring, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, cinnamon graham cracker, pear, orange juice, 1%, skim or strawberry skim milk; Lunch: Pepperoni pizza, ham and che...
Sept. 14 — Fired Up festival. Tucumcari MainStreet will host its annual festival at the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza. The event will include live performances, a fireworks show, a car show, Prince Tocum and Princess Kari contest, food trucks and craft booths. For more information, go to tucumcarimainstreet.org/fired-up. Sept. 14 — Rotary Golf Tourney. The four-person scramble at Tucumcari Municipal Golf Course includes lunch. Check-in is at 10 a.m., with lunch at noon. The ball-drop contest gives a chance to win up to $2,000. Fee is $50...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Aug. 25 to Aug. 29: — Kye Tillmon, 38, Tucumcari, criminal trespass (unposted). — Gabriel Coronado, 20, Tucumcari, felony possession of a controlled substance (narcotic drug), possession of drug paraphernalia and probation violation. — Juan Martinez, 35, Tucumcari, charge not listed. — Amanda Jane Romero, 41, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Johnnie Looney, 51, Tucumcari, leaving the scene of an accident (no great bodily harm). — Juan Jose Martinez, 35, Tucumcari,...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1: Aug. 26 — 2:28 a.m.: Theft in 2600 block of South First Street, Tucumcari. — 3:43 a.m.: Domestic disturbance in 800 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 9:16 a.m.: Theft in 1400 block of South Third Street, Tucumcari. — 9:59 a.m.: Domestic disturbance in 400 block of East Center Street, Tucumcari. — 10:07 a.m.: Breaking and entering in 800 block of South First Street, Tucumcari. — 10:55 a.m.: Reckless driving at Exit 333, I...
With a projected carryover of more than $11 million in the general fund early in the current fiscal year, Tucumcari city commissioners discussed spending some of that money on beautification - specifically targeting a derelict motel on the city's east side. Commissioners also discussed adding five part-time positions to various city departments. The commission had tentatively scheduled a special meeting for 4:30 p.m. Aug. 29 to approve the fiscal-year 2025 budget that would include the...
Tucumcari’s police chief confirmed Wednesday a Snapchat video showing police officers with a significant amount of cash is the subject of a police investigation. One of the captions with the video stated: “This is what we do with the drug money we confiscate.” At one point the money is tossed into the air. But TPD Chief Patti Lopez said the cash wasn’t confiscated from an arrest. Instead, she said, it was money that one of the officers won while gambling at a casino. Lopez described the video as “officers making poor choices” and added: “I w...
An open-records request to the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority revealed an engineering firm’s study that stated treating Ute Lake’s water for a pipeline to the Clovis region would be much more complex and costly than anticipated. That prompted the Quay County Commission to vote unanimously Monday to instruct county manager Daniel Zamora to write a letter on its behalf to the authority’s chairman, Clovis Mayor Mike Morris, urging it to cease construction on the nearly 100-mile pipeline in the county. Village of Logan council membe...
Next week, Tucumcari residents will have the rare opportunity to experience a performance here by two classical pianists - including one who will be a future resident. Siri Saracino, a professor of piano at Luca Marenzio Conservatory of Music of Brescia, Italy, and his student, Giulia Varga, will perform a free concert and recital at 7 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Tucumcari High School auditorium. Answering emailed questions from the Quay County Sun, Saracino said the program will be about one hour. It...
The president of Mesalands Community College told the board of trustees last week he anticipates having the fiscal-year 2023 audit finished by the end of August and completing an FY2024 audit by the regular Nov. 1 deadline. “This would put us in compliance with our audits!” Allen Moss wrote in his president’s report. “I’m am hearing positive results from this audit. We will still have findings, however steady improvement on each audit is what we’re looking for.” Moss also wrote that finishing the 2024 audit by the usual deadline this year was...
On this date ... 1974: The City of Tucumcari was preparing for the Piñata Festival in early September at the Quay County Fairgrounds, along with other events at the library, downtown and recreation center. Among the events scheduled were motorcycle races five miles west of town, a puppet show, a performance by the Senior Citizens Band of Clovis, turtle races and the Piñata Festival Parade. One of the Piñata Queen Pageant contestants was Mary Lorraine J. Aragon, a senior at Tucumcari High School sponsored by Cooper’s Cleaning Village. Among the...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Frosted cinnamon rolls, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, cinnamon graham cracker, apple, apple juice, 1%, skim or strawberry skim milk; Lunch: Cheesy chicken and rice casserole, buffalo chicken wrap, seasoned Italian veggies, fresh broccoli, fruit cocktail, 1%, skim, chocolate skim or strawberry skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Apple frudel, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, cinnamon graham cracker, apple, orange juice, 1%, skim or strawberry skim milk; Lunch: Hamburger with garnish, ham and cheese san...