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Hereford BRAND Volume 117 | Number 77 WHAT'S INSIDE
Extending burn ban an easy call
By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
Track teams fare well at annual Invitational Page 7
Lady Herd rally pushes streak to 6
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Fire was at the forefront of Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Deaf Smith County Commissioners Court with half of its agenda devoted to fire-related items. In arguably the easiest decision the board has had to make,
the county’s burn ban was extended in a unanimous vote that drew comments on the dry conditions from commissioners. When asked, Deaf Smith County Judge D.J. Wagner had lost count of how many days it had been since there was measurable
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precipitation in the county, but Precinct 2 Commissioner Jerry O’Connor noted it had been 168 days, as of Tuesday. Precinct 3 Commissioner Mike Brumley reported the last measurable rain at his place was on Oct. 4, while Precinct 1’s Chris Kahlich
added the rain at his house during the past few months has been just enough “to make you mad.” Action to extend the ban was required by law. State law provides a county judge can arbitrarily impose or lift a burn ban for 10 days before the PLEASE SEE BAN | 3
HISD reveals summer services
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By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
Whitefaces blanked by Sandies, 11-0 Page 7
FORECAST
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Today
Mostly Sunny High: 77º Low: 40º
Sunday
Mostly Cloudy High: 61º Low: 39º
Monday
Mostly Sunny/Wind High: 84º Low: 52º
Tuesday
Partly Cloudy/Wind High: 64º Low: 30º
Wednesday
Mostly Sunny High: 70º Low: 44º
Thursday
Partly Cloudy High: 81º Low: 49º
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Friday
Partly Cloudy High: 80º Low: 41º
INDEX Page 2............Obituaries Page 3......Public Record Page 4...................News Page 5............Obituaries Page 6..................Easter Page 7..................Sports Page 8...........Classifieds Page 9...........Classifieds Page 10................Sports
Top, Whiteface Dodge DeLozier launches, then, center, goes up and over before, above, pulling the legs through to clear the bar on his second attempt at 6-6 during Thursday’s Hereford Invitational Track Meet. The leap etched the junior’s name in the record book by tying the Hereford High record for high jump. BRAND/John Carson
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WTRT members stay course, incumbent directors re-elected From Staff Reports
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The schedule for summer services within Hereford Independent School District (HISD) was laid out s during the board of trustees’ regular meeting Monday. HISD Chief Academic Officer Mark Stokes presented the board with the six classes the district will be providing after the regular school year ends. Four of the six offerings are required to be offered, and all but one will run its entirety during the month of June. Three of the required classes are offered from June 4-27. Supplemental instruction for fifth-graders and eighth-graders will run from 8 a.m.-noon each day with the fifth-graders meeting at Aikman Elementary and eighthgraders at Hereford Preparatory Academy. The other class to run from June 4-27 is an endof-course offering for high school students. It will run from 1-3 p.m. each day at Hereford High School. Also beginning on June 4 will be a credit recovery class for high school students. Not a required offering, the session will run June 4-22 from 8 a.m.noon. The other required offering the district must have is pre-K bilingual summer school. To be held at Stanton Learning, the class will meet June 4-July 16 from 8 a.m.noon. Stokes noted that while HISD is required by law to offer the class, students in need of it are not required to attend. In past years, he said, attendance in the bilingual classes has noticeably dropped after the
Three incumbent directors were elected to new three-year terms during the 64th annual membership meeting of West Texas Rural Telephone Cooperative on March 27.
Roger Gist, Dawn, Corbin Riethmayer, Hub, and Ben Osborn, Parmer, were re-elected during the business portion of the annual meeting. All were unopposed. Matt Snowden of Bolinger, Segars, Gilbert and Moss, LLP presented a financial report on the
status of the cooperative’s operations, pronouncing the financial status of the Cooperative excellent. Employees of WTRT and WT Services were presented tenure awards recognizing a cumulative 90 years of service to members
and customers. WTRT employees recognized were Larry Watts, installation and repair supervisor, 35 years; Connie Matthews, payroll and benefits coordinator, 25 years; and Billy PLEASE SEE WTRT | 4
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