Wreaths for the fallen in Tucumcari and Quay Cemeteries
More than 100 veterans’ graves at Tucumcari Memorial Park and Quay Cemetery were decorated Saturday in the area’s first Wreaths Across America event. DAR members SU supported the project, with 108 wreaths received and about 70 ordered by veterans’ families including Bill Griffin whose father Clifford is buried there.
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Susan Taylor
Tucumcari
the Daughters of the American Revolution
America
Tucumcari Memorial Park
Quay Cemetery
Maine
Gigi Parker
DAR
Tucumcari Dar
Tucumcari Cemetery
Bill Griffin
Clifford
Pearl Harbor survivor buried in Tucumcari
Bill Griffin recalls his father Henry Harrison Mead who survived Pearl Harbor and later ship sinkings in the Pacific. Mead’s grave bears a Pearl Harbor Survivors medallion while Mead and wife Joanne laid a wreath in tribute.
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Pearl Harbor
Tucumcari
Bill Griffin
United States
Griffin
USS Medusa
Japan
Chicago
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Seattle
Clifford Griffin
Mead
Joanne
Henry Harrison Mead
Contact details for senior writer Ron Warnick
Senior Writer Ron Warnick can be reached at 575 461 1952 or rwarnick gesunonline.com.
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Ron Warnick Qcs
Rwarnick
Ron Warnick
Gesunonline
City official under fire for remarks in candidate questionnaire
Tucumcari community leaders and several board members condemned Ralph Moya after he stated in a Quay County Sun questionnaire that much of the city’s past development work had been “GONE.” They cited unfinished projects including the Princess Theatre and Tucumcari Lake plans, while praising past efforts.
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Greater Tucumcari Economic Development Corp
Tucumcari
Ralph Moya
Quay County Sun
Moya
EDC
Arch Hurley Conservancy District
Mesalands Community College
Princess Theatre
Tucumcari Lake
Patrick Vanderpool
Ruth Ann
Mesalands eyes fall 2021 RN program launch
Mesalands Community College officials reported very positive prospects for a registered nursing program to begin by fall 2021 after the New Mexico Board of Nursing approved the feasibility study. RN associate degrees would transfer to bachelor’s programs, with courses to be offered in a new Clayton site and a capital outlay request including a nursing simulation room.
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Mesalands Community College
Shannon Sommers
Allied Health
Mesalands
New Mexico Board of Nursing
Sommers
Tucumcari
Natalie Gillard
Gillard
RN Nursing
Clayton
New Mexico
John Groesbeck
Groesbeck
Amanda Hammer
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