Water co op disputes Tucumcari water rate hike
The RAD Water-Users Cooperative challenges a 28 percent rate rise amid claims Tucumcari cannot account for half its pumped water and leaks exceed the Rural Water Association limit. City suit says RAD owes higher rates. RAD counters city failed to prove justification under 1987 precedent and a 2010 agreement.
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RAD Water — Users Cooperative
Tucumcari
S. Rad
Co-Op
RAD Co-Op
Tenth District
RAD
Michael Garrett
Garrett
State Rural Water Association
the Water Association
Drought Shrinks Quay County Cattle Herds
Quay County reports a 33.5 percent cattle herd drop from 2009 to 2013 first quarter, from 46 844 head to about 31 132 head. Assessed cattle value falls from 6.2 million to 4.2 million, while market value remains about three times higher. Ranchers warn further cuts without relief as Jim Bidegain of T-4 Ranch notes halving herds in Quay County.
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Quay County
Janie Hoffman
Hoffman
Jim Bidegain
Montoya
Quay
Saddleback Subdivision Approved Again by Quay County
Quay County Commission re approves the 23 acre Saddleback subdivision east of Tucumcari after a prior revocation. Christina Fleming and Drake Swenson challenged the plan, citing conflicts of interest and concerns over unrestricted lots. June 10 vote included abstention by Commissioner Brad Bryant.
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Quay County Commission
Tucumcari
Brad Bryant
Bryant
Tucumcari General Insurance
C.J. Wiegel
Saddleback
Christina Fleming
Drake Swenson
Fleming
Swenson
Wiegel
Quay County
Rotary Golf Tournament Saturday at Tucumcari Course
Registration details for the Saturday Rotary golf event at Tucumcari Golf Course with a contact number 461-184. Also notes the Eastern New Mexico Bluegrass and Old Tyme Music Association music program at 6 p.m. and a County Commission meeting at 9 a.m. in the Quay County Courthouse.
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Rotary
Tucumcari Golf Course
New Mexico
Quay County Fair
This Week's Poll On Summer Pests
Readers vote on whether mosquitoes houseflies wasps are the bigger pest this summer at gesmonline.com. Maria Marcella Martinez Pane lists local residents from July 1963 who worked at the municipal pool and altar boys who rang bells for Independence Day bells of freedom ceremony at St Anne's.
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Terry Turner
Leonard Wright
Ronnie Hall
O.J. Hart
John Sanchez
Rudy Garcia
St. Anne's
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Betsy Ross
Susan Taylor
DAR
QCS
Steven Hanser
County Commission
Gesmonline.com
Maria Marcella Martinez
Southi
Staes Ucumcari
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