Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
• Friday — Night of Praise. The Father’s Forge Church will have a children’s performance, an ugly Christmas sweater contest, music and refreshments starting at 7 p.m. 622 S. Lake St., Tucumcari.
• Saturday — Wreaths Across America. Christmas wreaths will be laid at veterans’ graves at Tucumcari Memorial Park cemetery starting at 10 a.m., with a short ceremony at noon. Quay Road Ap 0.6 and Western Drive, Tucumcari.
• Saturday — Tucumcari Historical Research Institute field trip. A bus tour will leave from and return to the Tucumcari Historical Museum. Among the places the tour will visit include the Nara Visa Museum, built as a school in 1921; Amistad Museum, housed in an original Montgomery Ward catalog home; lunch at Russell’s Travel Center in Endee and a tour of its car museum. Cost is $5 for museum members and $10 for nonmembers. Lunch is not included. Reservations will need to be paid by 3 p.m. Friday at the museum. (575) 461-4201. 416 S. Adams St., Tucumcari.
• Monday — Neighborhood Christmas Party. Come join First Christian Church for games, cookie decorating, ornament crafts, snacks, and bingo for all ages. This event at 5 p.m. is open to everyone. 1701 S. Fourth St., Tucumcari.
• Monday — Quay County Democratic Party meeting. The organization meets the third Monday of each month at noon at the Pow Wow Restaurant meeting room. Meetings are open to the public, and it encourages anyone who is interested to join. Pow Wow Restaurant, 801 W. Route 66, Tucumcari.
• Dec. 20 — Christmas Cantata and Dinner. The Center Street United Methodist Church will host this annual performance by the Quay County Community Choir from 7 to 8 p.m. 406 E. Center St., Tucumcari.
• Jan. 18 — Viva Las Tucumcari. The Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce banquet from 6 to 9 p.m. offers plenty of fun and plenty to win between games, a prize raffle and a silent auction. The event also will introduce the first-ever Taste of Tucumcari. Check back for more information as the event approaches. Tickets will be $35 per person and $250 for a table of eight. Contact the chamber at (575) 461-1694 for information about sponsor opportunities. Tucumcari Convention Center.
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