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Donahoo named Chief Appraiser

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Hamilton Central Appraisal District Board of Directors named Heather Donahoo as Chief Appraiser of Hamilton Central Appraisal District at the regular scheduled meeting May 4.

Donahoo, who has been serving as Deputy Chief Appraiser under Interim Chief Appraiser Richard Petree, assumes the responsibilities immediately.

“Mrs. Donahoo excelled in all her appraisal classes and passed her comprehensive exam with flying colors,” said Petree, who has served as Interim Chief Appraiser since the retirement of Hamilton County’s first Chief Appraiser Doyle Roberts.

Live music, shopping in Evant this weekend

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Evant is full of events this weekend. The fifth annual Stache Bash Texas Music Festival and Evant Market Days are sure to please shoppers and music lovers alike.

Presented by Buena Vista Wildlife Safari, the three-day music festival features two stages, 20 singer/songwriters, 11 live bands, food trucks and vendors. The family fun event is BYOB.

Camping is available onsite at Evant Municipal Park while RV hookups are at Buena Vista Wildlife Safari.

Hall Scholarship Recipients

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Top photo, Cadence Bates, Denver Poe, Colby Bailey, Kady Weatherford, Guadalupe Moncada, Sydney Garcia Thedford and Tanner Courtney of Tolar ISD receive the Jennifer Hall Scholarship. Above left, Luis Najera receives the “Big John” Hall Bulldog Pride Award. At right, Luis Najera and Sawyer Wright receive the Big John Hall Bulldog Pride Scholarship.

Thorne new goat, sheep specialist

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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Jake Thorne is stepping into a new role as a sheep and goat program specialist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, San Angelo.

Thorne was previously a sheep and goat associate. As a program specialist, he will continue to work under Reid Redden, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension sheep and goat specialist.

Larry Gatlin to headline Quanah event

QUANAH- Larry Gatlin, country singer known for his work with the Grand Ole’ Opry and the Gatlin Brothers, will perform live in concert in Quanah, Texas (population 2474; near the Oklahoma border, 192 miles west of Fort Worth) on Friday, June 18, in a fundraiser for the Quanah Parker Society.

Gatlin is one part of the first Quanah Parker Medicine Mounds Gathering, a music and culture festival scheduled for June 17-20 in Quanah and at the Medicine Mounds nearby.

Tickets range from $40- $75, with a separate meet-and-greet ticket available for $50.

COVID lockdown drives increase in land market

Booming countryside sales that marked the third and fourth quarters of last year were just a prelude to what’s happened so far in 2021.

“In the aftermath of the COVID-induced economic lockdown, 2021 Texas rural land markets have exploded in a burst of activity,” said Dr. Charles Gilliland, research economist and rural land expert for the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University.

Commencement speaker living a legacy

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Kristen Peacock is walking in some very familiar footprints.

The senior nursing major from Stephenville is following her grandmother’s path into a career as a healthcare professional. A path that began at Tarleton State University

Ḣer grandmother was in Tarleton’s first graduating class of nurses.

CELEBRATORY SENDOFF

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CELEBRATORY SENDOFF- Hamilton’s bi-district bound Bulldog baseball team and state-bound track teams and golfer Karsyn Smyth received a congratulatory sendoff on last Thursday, receiving an escort by Hamilton’s police and fire departments as they paraded around the school and the downtown courthouse.

French receives $10K grant for aviation

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Caleb French, a Hamilton High School Junior and an active member of the Hamilton Glider Club and High School Aviation Class, has been awarded a $10,000 AOPA Grant Scholarship to use toward flight training.

This amount will cover most, if not all, of a private pilot’s course.

One of the 80 that were selected out of thousands, Caleb applied for the scholarship earlier this year. Along with the application, Caleb provided his transcript, letters of recommendation, and essays.

Caleb has plans to continue in aviation in some form after high school.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY- Hamilton High School’s Virgil Santy Chapter of the National Honor Society conducted its annual induction ceremony in April. Pictured above left are seniors, back row, Bryan Rivas, Sawyer Wright, Morgan Mehaffey, Macie Parrish, Luis Najera, Cody Lloyd, Jonathan Gonzalez, Kamryn Hope, Miranda Olvera, Courtney Aing, Kelsey McNeel, Jessica Brown, Jackie Ortiz, Sydney Thedford, Taylor Collett, Trinity Craig, Karsyn Smith, Emiley Hale, Cadence Bates, Reyna Gutierrez and Chrystal Villamor. Not pictured is Ethan LeGrande.