Nara Visa Center Serves as Local Hub Amid Decay
Across Logan County the former Nara Visa School has become a community center used about ten times yearly for funerals reunions Logan school board meetings weddings and immunizations with donations preserving the venue. Funerals are free. other events charge a rental. A shortage of funds and internet costs ended elections at the center this year. Cowboy Gathering star Rodeo Kate donates nearly all her fee to the center, underscoring local attachment to a building tied to the town’s history and regional music heritage. The center’s survival relies on continued help and memorial gifts from residents. The site’s origin traces to the late 1920s when Nara Visa School was built near Roy New Mexico and tied to the area’s evolving community.
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Nara Visa
Logan
Kay Irwin
Karen Bell
Nara
Bell
Katie Howell- Chapman
Rodeo Kate
Rosebud
San Antonio Rose
Harding County
Wills
Roy
New Mexico
San Antonio
County tackles delinquent property taxes and road project
A county tabled tax delinquent issues as Commissioner Franklin McCasland called the system inefficient with properties owing more than their value. The board approved a Stantec engineering agreement for a 750000 road project on Quay Road 63 and Quay Road AP, with a 20 percent fee. County funds come from a state funded capital-improvements program, though Commissioner Mike Cherry criticized the 20 percent fee as too high compared with 6 to 7 percent in prior years.
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Franklin McCasland
Stantec
Quay Road 63
Quay Road AP
Mike Cherry
Richard Primrose
Festival Selerle draws crowds and plans for 2020 anniversary
Festival organizer Loveland notes growth with 30 more signups than last year as 2018 saw 107 riders. Fired Up attracted 4,024 attendees last year despite a lost counter, and 2020 marks the festival's 10th anniversary with new ideas. The downtown event runs with sidewalk sales, car show reg, kids activities, concerts, and fireworks. The schedule includes The Gallery Etc, Odeon Theatre, TES Nyoka Marimba Band, Bakersfield Twang, Clan Tynker, dunk tank, a state police simulator, and a burning car demo. Officials discuss Quay County on the Move dates, hemp growth concerns in the region, and an open application period for a county position. The Indigent Claims Board approved $607 in claims.
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Loveland
Bakersfield Twang
Clan Tynker Circus Group of
Santa Fe
New Mexico ‘State Police
Mesalands Community College
Tucumcari
Indigent Claims Board
Albert Mitchell Jr
Marion Payton
10Th Judicial Circuit
Tucumcari Man Faces Case Dismissal In Child Sex Charges
A Tucumcari man Fernando Samaniego, 43, saw three counts of first degree criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13 and one count of second degree criminal sexual contact dismissed Sept 5 due to lack of corroborating evidence. Prosecution cited the child recanting key statements and no other witnesses or physical evidence. District Attorney Timothy Rose said questioning prior to the safe house interview was overly suggestive and the case lacked solid proof beyond the child’s statements.
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Tucumcari
Fernando Samaniego
Russell Lance Miller
Santa Rosa
Timothy Rose
Rose
Richard D. Flores
4Th Judicial
San Miguel
Mora
Guadalupe
Samaniego
Heidi Adams
Pete Rivera
Flores
David Lathrom
Brett Phelps
Las Vegas
Albert Mitchell
Quay County
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Irwin
Nara Visa Community Center
Quay County Clerk’s Office
Selerle
Odeon Theatre
TES Nyoka
Price
Tocom
Princess Kari
Jason Lamb
Joyce Runyan
Quay County Cooperative Extension Service
Runyan
Lamb
Las Cruces
Brenda Bishop
Odd Lab
Newspapers
NIE
Cindy
Ucuncari
Hze Era Ti Deral
aVvings
FDO
South First St
God
Jonathan
James
Jerusalem Council
Paul
Barnabas
John Mark
Father
Jesus
Bruce W. Logue
Church of Christ
S. Third St. Tucumcari
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