Rattler Golf Tournament and Reunion Events Listed
Friday schedule includes a 10 am golf tournament at the Municipal Golf Course and a 6 pm to 12 am reunion barbecue and dance at Tucumcari Convention Center. Saturday features a 9 am Parade of Classes with route shown on page 5 and the Quay County Sun office hours posted.
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Tucumcari Convention Center
Sarge
Brilie
Bryan Dils
Aztec
Donnie
Jeff
Gracie
New Mexico State
Tucumcari
Poll shows lake visit plans by residents
Last week survey asks which lakes will be visited soon with higher water. Ute Lake 46 percent, Conchas 35 percent, both 12 percent.
This Week’s Poll: What Event Are You Looking Forward To
Voters weigh summer highlights with options including a Rattler Reunion and the Quay County Fair. Cast your ballot on which upcoming event excites you most as the school year nears.
Vernon Hines Wins Inaugural Horseshoe Contest
Vernon Hines won the July 1958 Daily News Horseshoe Pitching Contest defeating Art Ward 21 to 8 in the final round. The report notes police guidance on rattlesnake dangers after C. M. Suggs killed a 3 foot rattler in his yard at 1617 South Rock Island Street.
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Daily News
Art Ward
Tucumcari
Paul Velasco
C.M. Suggs
South Rock Island St More
Ems
Tony Day to be sentenced as juvenile in double murder
Tony Day, age 14 at the time, faces two murder counts in the deaths of Sue Day and Sherry Folts. Judge Albert Mitchell ruled he will be tried as a juvenile if found guilty, after a hearing on behavioral health treatment suitability. A plea hearing is set for August 14 at 11 a.m. in the Tenth Judicial District.
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Tony Day
Sue Day
Sherry Folts
Day
Tenth Judicial District
Albert Mitchell
Mitchell
Folts
Rail line washed out near Tucumcari cuts service
Heavy rains caused a section of Union Pacific track 25 miles west of Tucumcari to wash away, forcing rerouting of trains between Darhart Texas and Albuquerque. Crews remained on scene at 7 p.m. Tuesday as officials could not be reached for comment.
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Tucumcari
Darhart
Texas
Albuquerque
Dowell challenges EDC accountability over budget vote
Quay County Commissioner Sue Dowell voted no on the 2014 2015 budget citing EDC missteps including a lapsed IRS filing and failure to keep good standing with the New Mexico secretary of state. The budget passed with Brad Bryant and Mike Cherry supporting it. Primrose noted the county's annual $55000 EDC contribution and EDC reporting.
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Sue Dowell
Greater
New Mexico
EDC
IRS
Richard Primrose
Primrose
Patrick Vanderpool
Commission
Quay County Schools Mostly Pass State Grading
In 2014 New Mexico issued academic grades for Quay County schools with San Jon Elementary earning the sole F. Logan High School kept an A, while Logan Elementary C House Middle School and San Jon Middle School all dropped a grade yet remained passing under the state accountability system now in its third year. Superintendent Colin Taylor argued the F does not reflect overall quality.
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Colin Taylor
School grades for area schools in 2014 report
Tucumcari Elementary C Tucumcari Middle B Tucumcari High B House Elementary B House Middle D House High B Logan Elementary C Logan Middle B Logan High A San Jon Elementary F San Jon Middle D San Jon High C
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Quay County Sun
Ute
Quay County Fair
Jack Calvin Dyer
E. Terry
Estella Cordova
Buckels
Steve Hansen
Thomas Garcia
Quay
Garcie
House High
Logan Elementary
Logan Middle
Logan High
San Jon Middle
San Jon High
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