Elders' stories reflect real history
The author reflects on the value of listening to elders as they recount pioneer days and canyon life. Memory, humor, and shared experiences connect generations, showing that these oral histories reveal the era's reality more vividly than books. The piece encourages young readers to listen and pass memories along.
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Tucumcari High School Volunteers Clean Cemetery Grounds
A Letter to the Editor notes Tucumcari High School juniors under Christina Fleming and teachers donated 240 hours of service at Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery. Sixty students painted yellow posts to protect graves, cleaned hedges, raked, picked trash, and removed debris around Pauper's Field. They also removed a three foot rattlesnake and helped preserve local history. The effort supported the cemetery, city, and community, with praise for student contributions.
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Christina Fleming
Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery
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Quay County School Menu Week One
The menu for Quay County schools lists daily breakfasts of items like eggs with hash browns muffins pancakes bacon and eggs and biscuits and gravy with fruit cereal and milk. Lunches include chicken fajitas hamburgers barbecue on a bun barbecued items and enchiladas with sides and fruit plus milk.
Books available at Tucumcari Public Library shelves
The library lists titles including Chasing Midnight by Randy Wayne White Home Front by Kristin Hannah The Vow by Kim Carpenter The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg Power Inc by David J Rothkopf and To Selena With Love by Chris Perez Call 461 0295 for more information The note highlights themes from adventure friendship resilience and memory across the selection.
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Tucumcari
Randy Wayne White
Kristin Hannah
Charles Duhigg
Power, Inc
David J. Rothkopf
David Rothkopf
Selena
Chris Perez
Chris
Suspect Vargas Seen Near Residence. Break-In Reported
Tucumcari officer Clay Cullison narrates patrols from 3:10 to 3:25 a.m. spotting Vargas in the South Sixth Street area and Quintana on the same block. Quintana says she is OK after questioning about a fight. At 3:25 a.m. police respond to a breaking and entering at 1805 S Sixth St where Quintana says Vargas damaged her front door. State Police notified. two juvenile witnesses identify Vargas as the door-kicker.
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