Tucumcari Board Accepts New Cafeteria Building
The Tucumcari Board of Education accepted the Currell Lumber Co. cafeteria building after a tour by Kern Smith. The facility features four serving lines two tray returns and seating for up to 600. A change order of 870.74 raised the total to 221734.74. New state traffic laws require motorcycle riders and passengers to wear helmets.
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Tucumcari Board of Education
Currell Lumber Co
Tucumcari
Kern Smith
Carlsbad
Train strikes pickup near KOA Campground injuring two
A pickup truck was struck by a train at a crossing about one mile east and one mile north of the KOA Campground, injuring two local men who suffered minor injuries and left the truck with a crooked bed after the crash. Sands Dorsey advertised Father's Day gifts including bar sets and watches. The Odeon Theatre showed the U.S. marshal saga Cahill starring John Wayne.
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Koa
Sands Dorsey
Odeon Theatre
Tucumcari Rawhide Days and Summer Community Events Guide
Tucumcari hosts the Rawhide Days festival with roping, rodeos, gun show, target shooting, stickhorse races, arts and crafts, car show, parade, fishing derby, 5K and 10K runs, cowboy church, and a dance. A series of monthly summer events by Tucumcari Main Street includes concerts, markets, fireworks, and a Small Business Night, with First Responders salutes, and city sponsors.
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Tucumcari Main Street
Steven Blea
Tucumcari
Quay County
the Depot
Sic
National Park Radio
Quay County Fair
Quay County Fairgrounds
West
St.Range
San Jon
Grady
Ragland
Senior Center Weekly Menu Notes
Tucumcari and Logan senior centers list meals across days. Dishes include pepper steak, sweet and sour pork, roast beef, turkey sandwich, and various sides with fruit and desserts. Monday notes June teenth closure and lunch options for other days.
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Tucumcari Senior Center
Logan Senior Center
Jesus claims and divine role in Christian teaching
The piece argues against the claim that Jesus never identified himself as God, noting his acts and titles imply divinity. It outlines how Jesus accepts authority over sins, pre-existence, and lordship over creation, while not stating “I am God” in explicit words. Gordon Runyan of Immanuel Baptist Church is cited.
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Jesus
God
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus Vic
Heaven
David
Gordon Runyan
Immanuel Baptist Church
Tucumcari
Reformrm
Yahoo.com
Tucumcari history author David Stratton dies at 96
Tucumcari native and historian David Stratton died May 26 in Olympia Washington at age 96 after a short illness. A 2022 UNM Press author of Tucumcari Tonite The Waning of a Western Town he chronicled hometown renewal and decline with personal memories and scholarly research. He taught at Baylor University Wyoming and Washington State University and authored Tempest Over Teapot Dome before living in Olympia near his daughter Nancy and family. A July 22 celebration of life is planned in Tumwater Washington.
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David Stratton
Olympia
Washington
University of New Mexico Press
Stratton
Tucumcari
Blue Swallow
Eastern New Mexico University
University of Colorado
Baylor
University of Wyoming
Washington State University
Teapot Dome
Albert B. Fall
Nancy
Rivers Edge
Tumwater
First New Mexico Finding of White-nose Syndrome in Bats
Destructive bat disease confirmed in New Mexico for the first time with two dead bats and two live bats testing positive or showing lesions consistent with white-nose syndrome Pd fungus identified. County sites Lincoln and De Baca. officials urge cave closures decontamination and reporting of sick bats to prevent spread.
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New Mexico
de Baca
Bureau of Land Management
Lincoln
Lincoln County
North America
BLM
Marikay Ramsey
James Stuart
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Jim Stuart
Game & Fish
Caprock
Quay
U.S
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