To upsize or to downsize?

Body One of the hottest trends in real estate is the tiny house phenomenon. What will they think of next? Tiny house additions.

Our vision can improve with age

Body Some Bible stories unsettled me when I was little, confused me as a middle-schooler, and brought yet another perspective to me as an adult reader. When baby Moses was placed in a basket, I was sad. I was also five years old.

Filing period opens for 2022

Body AUSTIN—The filing period for the 2022 Texas primary elections opened on Nov. 13, allowing candidates to file with their respective party chairs for spots on the March 1, 2022, primary ballot.

Lockney hospital board reports increase in hospital visits, positive Covid-19 tests

Body During the regular meeting of the Lockney General Hospital District Board meeting on Oct. 27, the CFO report indicated September volumes exceeded those in August in many areas. There were 1,168 clinic visits, 16 acute admissions and 18 observation patients.

THE FLOYD COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM MEMORIES 1979 • THE W. C. CATES FAMILY

Body Laura White and I were married December 24, 1911 in her father’s house in Swisher County. We lived in Swisher County until December, 1916. Dad bought a section of land in Blanco Community in Floyd County.

Yeast rolls a delicious addition to tradition

Body I always love using my grandmother’s yeast roll recipe, and more recently, one that my aunt shared. But I do have an old standby, which I developed several years ago after I fell head over heels for a dough I once made for beignets.

Choose how you lose

Body A 106-to-zero California high school football game last Friday night made national news. The coach for the winning team caught flack for going for a two-point conversion instead of an extra-point attempt at the end of the game.

Veterans Day is for all of us

Body Snyder, Texas, native Sue Jane Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher whose thought-provoking commentary appears occasionally in several West texas newspapers, including The Texas Spur and The Caprock Courier. “I didn’t want to miss that war.

10-digit dialing mandatory in several new areas

Body AUSTIN—Evan Young, a former clerk to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has been appointed to the Texas Supreme Court by Gov. Greg Abbott. He will replace Justice Eva Guzman, who resigned in June to run for Texas attorney general.

2021 Community Calendar

Body FOOD BANKS—FLOYDADA—Spirt of Sharing (SOS), 925 Crockett St., Floydada, Mon. and Thurs.. 2–4:30 p.m. (806) 983-5874. LOCKNEY— Lockney Salvation Army, 108 S. Main, Lockney. (806) 652-2488. PLEASE CALL FOR HOURS DUE TO COVID-19. LOCKNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 124 S. Main, Lockney, Mon.