June 19, 2013

Sports Snaps

Delta Panthers

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Wayne Crick

Delta track teams set new school standards

Photo by Wayne Crick These four Lady Panther athletes set a new Delta High School record in the 3200m relay in 2013. From the left, Clarissa Whiting, Skylyn Webb, Mykayla Music and Cleo Whiting combined talents to set a new record for the 3200m relay with a…

Cedaredge Bruins

Area athletes earn top track accolades

Several area athletes were honored for their committment to track in 2013. Class 4A selections to this year's All-State track team include freshman Greta Van Calcar (Palisade) and Glenwood Springs senior Auston Tribble.

Paonia Eagles

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More than 450 at Summer Duals

Photo by Tamie Meck Cedaredge wrestler Zac Anderson attempts to stack his opponent at the fourth annual Paonia Summer Duals wrestling camp. Cedaredge and Delta brought several young wrestlers to this camp.Summer wrestling tends to be a bit different than the…

Marjorie Smith

a10 smithMarjorie Pauline Smith died Feb. 2, 2013, at the age of 90.

She was born in Delta Oct. 16, 1922, to Paul and Ethel Williams.

After graduating from Delta High School in 1940 she attended Colorado Women's College in Denver.

In 1941 she married Edgar Prine, an Army Air Corps officer. Their 11-year marriage ended in divorce. She married William Machado of San Luis Obispo, Calif., in 1953. The three-year marriage ended in divorce. In 1962 she married Farrall Smith of Bonita, Calif. Mr. Smith died in 2011 at the age of 99. They were married nearly 50 years.

Mrs. Smith was a homemaker. She also studied music and played the violin well into her senior years.

She is survived by her brother, Roger Dodd and wife Wanda of Delta; son Paul Prine and wife Grace of Cerritos, Calif.; daughters Julie (Machado) DiNobile and husband James of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Dori (Machado) Cerutti and husband Anthony of El Cajon, Calif.; stepson Farrall Smith and wife Erlinda of Los Angeles, Calif.; and stepdaughter Kathleen (Smith) Scharlar and husband Richard of Cardwell, Mont.; 15 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

An inurnment service was held Feb. 8 at Glen Abbey Memorial Park in Bonita, Calif.

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