Return to House Public Schools memories in Quay County
Tucumcari resident Lynn Moncus relives childhood in Quay County recalling fifth and sixth grade at House Public Schools. She and Hervie Payne reminisce about teachers, recess in cold weather, mischief, dust storms, and lifelong friendships formed 70 years ago in Ima canyons and local communities. Contact via Quay County Sun at 575-461-1952.
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Tucumcari
House
Hervie Payne
Kix
Hervie
Ima
Quay County
Lynn Moncus
Tucumcar
Quay County Sun
Joe Cooper Memorial Scholarship at Mesalands
Mesalands Community College established a Joe Cooper Memorial Scholarship to honor Tucumcari donor and early Dinosaur Museum contributor. Cooper died in a December auto accident north of Clovis. He funded museum openings, donated fossils and funds to projects, helped found the museum, and supported Fossil Friends and Elderhostel programs. The foundation seeks donations to the Joe and Marge Cooper Memorial Scholarship. contact Gretchen Gurtler for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesalands Community College
Joe Cooper
Tucumcari
Mesalands
Dinosaur Museum
Cooper
Clovis
Dinosaur Museum and Natural Science Laboratory
Thomas W. Newsom
Marge
Tucson
Ariz
John
Vida Cooper
Craig Currell
Mike Lucero
C&l
Building C
Mesalands Community College Foundation, Inc
Fossil Friends
Gretchen Gurtler
Dinosaur Museum and Natural Sciences Laboratory
Elderhostel Group
Joe and Marge Cooper
Federal drought aid opens emergency loans in New Mexico counties
Quay County and 26 other New Mexico counties qualify for Farm Service Agency emergency loans after a federal drought declaration. Producers may borrow up to 100 percent of losses, to a limit of 500000 per applicant, to cover production costs, replace property, living expenses, debt refinancing, or reorganize farms. Eligible applicants must show at least a 30 percent crop or livestock loss and apply within eight months at their local FSA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quay County
New Mexico
federal Farm _ Service Agency
FSA
U.S
Tom Udall
Martin Heinrich
Steve Pearce
Ben Ray Lujan
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Farm Service Agency
USDA
Quay
Lujan
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Quay County Farm Service Agency
S. Fiitt
Tucumcari
New Fictionis and Nonfiction Shelf Highlights Review
Several new titles appear on shelves this season. Lisa Scottoline’s Accused follows Mary DiNunzio as a Rosato Associates partner. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton is a 19th century New Zealand murder mystery and Booker Prize winner. Mitch Albom’s The First Phone Call From Heaven sends a Michigan town into awe with calls from beyond.
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Lisa Scottoline
St. Martin’s
Mary DiNunzio
All Women
Philadelphia
Rosato
Heaven
Mitch Albom
Harper
Michigan
Rom Heaven
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Tucumcari Elmentary School
QCS
Cross My
James Patterson
Little, Brown
Alex Cross
Supreme Macaroni Company
Adriana Trigiani
Valentine Roncalli
Greenwich Village
Valentine
Bewellnm
Nmhix
New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange
Bewellnm.com
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