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Questionable questionnaires

Questionable questionnaires

Questionable questionnaires

Hanaba Munn Welch
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Body “At what age did you start smoking?”That was the first question on the register-ahead-oftime questionnaire I filled out for my orthopedist. I’m not blaming him. He’s probably never eyeballed one of those questionnaires — either filled out or not.
Harvesting just-right cantaloupes

Harvesting just-right cantaloupes

Harvesting just-right cantaloupes

Ellen Peffley
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Body In last week’s column were indicators of a ripe watermelon – mainly, checking out the condition of the tendril attached to the melon and harvesting when the tendril is dried.

New postmaster assigned to Floydada office

News Staff
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body I am honored to introduce myself to the community as your new Postmaster. My name is Morgan Hutson, and I’m excited to begin this journey serving the residents and businesses of Floydada, Texas.To this role, I bring vast Postal Service experience and a desire to serve.
Leave it to Uncle

Leave it to Uncle

The 501

Hanaba Munn Welch
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body Leave it to Uncle AIThe study of grammar and composition is endangered. That’s secondhand information from someone who heard it firsthand from a professor of English.Makes sense. Artificial intelligence prevails. Why learn how to write correctly if Uncle AI can do it better?
Death toll climbs in Hill Country flooding; legislators will investigate response to crisis

Death toll climbs in Hill Country flooding; legislators will investigate response to crisis

Death toll climbs in Hill Country flooding; legislators will investigate response to crisis

News Staff
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Body AUSTIN— Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday he’s likely to instruct the Texas Legislature to investigate early warning systems and other governmental responses to July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 82 people in the Hill Country.Lawmakers are set to convene in Austin on July 21.
TxDOT seeks feedback on $101.6 billion, 10-year plan

TxDOT seeks feedback on $101.6 billion, 10-year plan

TxDOT seeks feedback on $101.6 billion, 10-year plan

News Staff
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Body AUSTIN - Now’s the time to weighin on proposed projects in communities across the state. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is working on a new 10-year statewide transportation plan to meet the demand of a growing population and a thriving economy.
THE FIRST HOME of the Floyd County Hesperian was destroyed in a 1913 fire (FCHB, May 23, 1996, p. D2); the newspaper has moved often since then. Starting July 1, find us in our next home — at the group newspaper headquarters at 424 Burlington Avenue in Spur. Our phone numbers remain (806) 747-1997 and (806) 271-3381; email the office at floyd@wtx.news or Managing Editor Barbara Anderson—still in Floydada—at fchb.editor@yahoo.com.

THE FIRST HOME of the Floyd County Hesperian was destroyed in a 1913 fire (FCHB, May 23, 1996, p. D2); the newspaper has moved often since then. Starting July 1, find us in our next home — at the group newspaper headquarters at 424 Burlington Avenue in Spur. Our phone numbers remain (806) 747-1997 and (806) 271-3381; email the office at floyd@wtx.news or Managing Editor Barbara Anderson—still in Floydada—at fchb.editor@yahoo.com.

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Barbara Brannon
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Body The peripatetic press:The Hesperian-Beacon moves (again)It’s only appropriate, we suppose, that a newspaper named for the spirit of westward venturing should have changed headquarters at least half a dozen times in the nearly 130 years of its existence.
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