Quay County Hospital Tax Vote Heads to Early, General Ballots
Voters in Quay County face extending a special gross receipts tax for Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital. The tax, in place since 1987, raises about $200,000 annually for operations, maintenance, remodeling and new clinics at the 25 bed Tucumcari facility. If approved, the tax would run Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2019, with early voting ending Friday and the general election Tuesday. Polling places are listed across precincts in House, Forrest, San Jon, Nara Visa, Logan and Tucumcari with absentee and early voting centers at the Quay County Courthouse and Tucumcari Convention Center.
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Quay County
Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital
Tucumcari
Trigg Hospital
Lance Labine
Trigg
Richard Primrose
Labine
Quay County Commission
S. Apple St
House
Forrest Fire Dept
Forrest
San Jon Community
San Joni
Nara Visa Community Center
Bell St
Nara Visa
Logan Civic Center
N. Second St
Logan
Tucumcari Convention Center
Route 66 Blvd
Dan C. Trigg
CYFD seeks role in Tony Day case amid treatment dispute
New Mexico CYFD asks to join proceedings over 15 year old Tony Day who faces murder charges from 2012. Judge Albert Mitchell gave CYFD until Sept 30 to file a brief on opposition to proceedings and potential heightened involvement while Day stays in Quay County Juvenile Detention. Prosecutors defend not granting party status. Both sides seek treatment amenability determined before trial. Day to begin at Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center in Albuquerque under a transfer approved by Judge Mitchell.
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New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Dept
Tony Day
Tenth Judicial District
Day
Jeffrey Buckels
Quay County
CYFD
Tenth Judicial District Court
Kirk Chavez
Albert Mitchell
Mitchell
New Mexico
Jennifer Padgett
Department
Buckels
Sequoyah
Albuquerque
Love's Travel Stop manager Kisses Pig for Charity
Dewayne Juarez and his team at Love's Travel Stop Tucumcari raised over $5,200 for Children's Miracle Network, doubling last year’s total. Juarez kissed a three week old pig for the fundraiser amid ongoing paper hearts and bake sales. The campaign ends September 23, with a dress-for-a-day promise if they triple last year’s donations.
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Love
Dewayne Juarez
Children's Miracle Network
Tucumcari
Children’s Miracle Network
Juarez
CNN
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Halter
Tenth District
Attorny
Tim Rose
Chavez
Rose
Te Hansen
Deep Blue
Blue Hole Road
Santa Rosa
Raymond F. Collins
Katrina Lueras-Collins
D.D
Special County Hospital
A Presbyterian
Quay County Clerk's Office
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