2025 Community Calendar

Body Updates? Email us at fchb.editor@yahoo.comCOMMUNITY SERVICESFOOD 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.LOCKNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 124 S.

Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding

Body AUSTIN— The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen.

Playing with matches

Body This little light o’ mine, I’m gonna let it shine.Hide it under a bushel, no.I’m gonna let it shine. – old Black spiritual, Civil Rights Era anthemHow far that little candle throws his beams!So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

Raise a Yeti to Stanley

Body COMMENTARYYeti, Yeti, Yeti. Weren’t we getting significantly overloaded with the big name in insulated mugs, tumblers and ice chests?The Yeti brand was poised to become a generic word like Kleenex, Frigidaire and Hoover. (Not that I’m old enough to remember Hoover.

Pardon me

Body As I type this column, I am sitting in a hotel in Austin preparing for a student to compete in one of the University Interscholastic League’s speech events: State Congress.It is exactly what you would think. Students debate legislation which they have written.

Mangold board approves new respiratory, radiology agreements in December meeting

Body In the regular monthly meeting of the Lockney Hospital District on December 11, 2024, Ryan Young of Meridian Healthcare Group proposed a new service in partnership with WJ Mangold to provide pulmonary rehabilitation and outpatient respiratory care services for the community.

Legislative session begins on Jan. 14

Body AUSTIN– The 89th Texas legislative session begins on Jan. 14 with a still-unresolved race for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.State Reps.

2025 Community Calendar

Body Updates? Email us at fchb.editor@yahoo.comCOMMUNITY SERVICESFOOD 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.LOCKNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 124 S.

From the garden

Body ELLEN PEFFLEYWhat about those New Year’s resolutions? Some of us have long abandoned even considering making a list, while others make an annual list and stick to it.

Black-eyed pea fritters: nutritional and satisfying

Body Perhaps you are lookingfor a way to use up leftover black-eyed peas, or you just didn't get enough of them on New Year's Day this year. Fritters are a satisfying option.Filled with fiber and protein, black-eyed peas are right up there with other legumes when it comes to nutrition.