Texas Insurance Tips

My car was totaled! Now what? What does ‘totaled’ mean?Y our insurance company compares the value of your car and the cost to repair it. If the repair costs are about the same or more than the car’s value, it will likely consider the car totaled.

Local Briefs

Jennie June Club sets book sale The Jennie June Club will hold a book sale at the Perry Memorial Library beginning on Monday, Aug. 16, at noon. Paperbacks will be sold for 50 cents and hardbacks for one dollar. 4-H Recruitment Night set for Aug.

AgriLife Extension brings back QuickBooks short courses

The Panhandle District QuickBooks Pro Desktop Short Courses by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be on Aug. 25 in Amarillo and Sept. 8 in Lubbock. The one-day trainings The one-day trainings will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

OGH board holds special meeting

The Ochiltree County Hospital District Board of Directors held a special meeting last Friday afternoon at the Ochiltree General Hospital conference center. The board accepted a bid from Wiley Hicks Jr. Inc.

IT’S A HARD KNOCK LIFE

The Conservatory of the Plains will perform “Annie” for their newest Summer Youth Musical, which will be performed Friday through Sunday, Aug. 13-15, at the Perryton Junior High School auditorium. The production will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

DeSantiago resigns from PISD board, Cator appointed

In a special meeting Tuesday evening, the Perryton School Board accepted the resignation of one trustee and appointed another, as well as hearing an update on recent action by the Texas Legislature. The board accepted the resignation of Pete De Santiago from the board.

Commissioners get grim news during budget work session

The Ochiltree County Commissioners’ Court met for their regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 9, at the Ochiltree County Courthouse. The commissioners heard very little good news during their budget work session.