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Sandy Silva
Sandy Silva, 79, of Clarendon died Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Pampa.
Memorial services are to be held on Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Robertson Funeral Directors Saints’ Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Chris Ford, officiating.
Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Sandy was born December 2, 1944, in Wenatchee, Washington to Herbert Irwin and Helen Whitehall Jewett. She married Louis Peter Silva on January 1, 1975. She was an animal lover, and enjoyed nature, camping, and in her younger years enjoyed the fishing and outdoors. Earlier in life, she worked for Sandia Laboratories and ran several antique businesses. She was a Godly woman and never was embarrassed to witness to others.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband on December 10, 2020.
She is survived by her son, Craig Silva and wife Chanel of Clarendon; and her grandchildren, Anthony and Lillianna.
In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be sent to the Donley County Senior Citizens.
Sign the online guestbook at www.robertsonfuneral.com
CC kills personal property tax levy
The Clarendon College District will no longer levy a tax on personal property in Donley County following action by the CC Board of Regents last Thursday.
CC President Tex Buckhaults said the board formally repealed the unpopular tax on automobiles, boats, and other personal property during its regular meeting on March 21.
“We feel like we’re financially sound enough to forgo that much disparaged tax,” Buckhaults said.
The repeal will mean the loss of about $58,000 in annual revenue for the college district, the president said, but he believes CC can manage without that income thanks in part to higher state funding coming from a new funding method approved by the Legislature last year.
The Donley Appraisal District said the regents’ move will become effective with the 2024 tax year, payments for which will start being collected this coming October. The personal property tax for CC is still applicable to 2023 and prior tax years.
Local governments still levying the personal property tax include Donley County, the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District, the City of Hedley, and Hedley Consolidated Independent School District.
The personal property tax has been used in “property poor” situations where appraised values are not high enough to otherwise generate enough ad valorem revune for some local governments.
In other college news, Buckhaults said the board of regents also approved a motion to reduce the dual credit tuition rate to $56.87 per hour, which he said is the state reimbursement rate and will make it cheaper for high school students taking classes for college credit through Clarendon College.
Thankful for Firemen
Made to order
Employee of the Month for March
Hedley OAP advances to Bi-District
Hedley High School’s One Act Play troupe competed in the District 2 competition in Groom on Thursday and advanced to the bi-district competition.
Hedley competed against Claude, Groom, White Deer, and Silverton and performed “Kamikaze Kate,” written by John Summons.
All Star cast members were Kali Curry, playing the part of Kate, and Javier Valles playing the part of Captain Kurado. Shailyn Hanes earned Honorable Mention All Star Cast for Hedley for her role as the Mother. Also advancing were White Deer and Groom.
The cast and crew consist of Kali Curry, Kelli Love, Shailyn Hanes, Christina Silvestre, Malorie Collins, Kylynne Shelley, Sebastian Garcia, Ray Curry, Kyler Booth, Javier Valles, and Takoda Edwards. The play was directed by Diane Conatser and Patricia Valles.
Hedley will compete in bi-district competition on Thursday, March 28, at West Plains High School in Amarillo.
Lady Broncos earn post-season basketball honors
By Sandy Anderberg
Lady Bronco basketball coach Korey Conkin reports several players have received recognition for their solid play on the basketball court this past season
Kenidee Hayes and Courtlyn Conkin who were standouts on the Lady Bronco team were both named to the All-District and All-Region teams.
They also excelled in the classroom as well and were named to the Academic All-District team.
Graci Smith was named to the All-District Team, and Tandie and Kennadie Cummins received All-District honorable mentions awards and chosen to the All-Academic team. Berkley Moore was named the 6th man Award for District 2-2A and in addition was named to the Academic All-District Team.
Kashlyn Conkin was named as the New Comer of the Year at the district level and was All-Academic at the district level. Presley Smith and Lexi Phillips were named to the All-Academic team, and Kate Shaw was an All-District Honorable Mention and named as an Academic All-District player. Shelby Christopher was named to the Academic All-District team along with Hayden Elam.
Congratulations to all of those recognized for these achievements.
Broncos score two big wins
By Sandy Anderberg
The Bronco baseball team is currently 7-1-2 on the year as they continue their district season. Last week the Broncos had big wins over two district opponents.
On March 19, the Broncos scorched the Shamrock Irish in five innings winning 10-0. All the Bronco runs came in their first at bat. Senior Jared Musick was on the mound. He had 12 strikeouts and threw 49 strikes out of his 75 pitches.
The team had nine RBIs and nine stolen bases in the game. Fellow senior Harrison Howard connected for a fly ball to left field that scored Easton Frausto and Musick for a three-run homer late in the opening inning. It was a long inning as the Broncos went through their batting rotation one and a half times before Shamrock could tally three outs.
Frausto had two runs, one RBI and one stolen base, and Musick had two runs, one double, two RBIs, and one stolen base. Levi Gates was strong at the plate and had one hit, run, RBI, and stolen base while Bryce Williams had a stolen base.
Mason Allred had a big day with one hit, a run, one RBI, and two stolen bases. Hagood had a run and RBI, Grant Haynes had a hit and run, and stole two, and Mason Sims added a stolen base and a run.
The Broncos defeated Kress 12-0 there Saturday. Howard pitched four innings and posted one hit, three base on balls, and 10 strike outs. Howard threw 41 strikes out of his 63 pitches against 16 batters. Frausto came in for two-thirds of an inning and struck out two batters.
The Broncos scored two runs in the first and two in the third, before bringing the win home with four runs in the fourth and fifth innings. The team had 10 hits, eight RBIs, eight walks, and seven stolen bases in the win. Gates singled a line drive to right field to score Howard to open up the scoring in the first. Musick then scores on a wild pitch, and Allred singled to score Gates.
The Broncos were able to keep their bats going to score all 10 runs in the first inning of play.
Frausto finished with one hit, two runs, one stolen base, and Musick had two hits, three runs, and one RBI. Howard posted three runs and one stolen base, while Gates earned one run on three hits and had five RBIs and one stolen base. Bryce Williams walked four times and had one run, and Allred had one hit, one RBI, and one stolen base. Hagood had one hit, one RBI, and one stolen base, Haynes had one hit, one run, and two stolen bases, and Sims added one hit and one run.
CCISD to hold March 28 town hall on bond election
Clarendon CISD announced Friday it will be holding a town hall meeting on Thursday, March 28, at 6:00 p.m. in the CHS Auditorium regarding the May 4 bond election.
The public is welcome and encouraged to attend the meeting.CCISD Trustees approved asking voters for $11.7 million in bonds on February 14. The measure on the May 4 ballot will be in the form of three separate propositions, and voters can vote for or against any or all of them.
- Proposition A will seek $1.8 million for safety and security upgrades and the school as well as two new buses.
- Proposition B would fund $6.9 million in improvements at Bronco Stadium including accessibility improvements, new home and visitor bleachers, a new press box, and $3.3 to 3.5 million for a new field house, restrooms, and concession stand.
- Proposition C would provide $3 million for a new vocational ag building.
Also last Friday, CCISD launched a website regarding the bond election. The website includes projected tax impact and an interactive tax calculator. People can search their appraised homestead value from the Donley County Appraisal District and plug their appraised value into the calculator. See the website here: www.clarendoncisdbond2024.com
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