2024 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.

Lotsa journals, one pink fiddle

Body If you want to be different, walk around making notes in a journal, preferably in cursive, with a pen or pencil.I’m looking back over a week at a Cajun music camp. I went to learn Cajun fiddle and didn’t. But there’s hope.Things traditional prevailed.

Super seed and spice blends

Body Many of us take daily dietary supplements or do something as simple as strategically adding a few helpful seeds and spices to our food. We can reap big benefits from these small additions.I began regularly sipping on green smoothies about three and half years ago.

Early voting ends on Friday

Body AUSTIN— Texans who wish to vote early in the Nov. 5 general election have until closing time Friday, Nov. 1 to do so. Secretary of State Jane Nelson is encouraging voters to double-check their precinct numbers and candidate selections before casting their ballots.

2024 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.

Some kind of feller

Body The World Series in late October, no matter what two teams are involved, is an autumn highlight for a baseball fan such as myself. As a lifelong Yankees fan, I find this year’s matchup is even more watchworthy.

The 501

Body Cavity-fighting fluoride caveatsIf you’re a bubble gum-chewing kid and you’re very scared of the dentist (with reason) and drinking water with fluoride can keep you from getting cavities, you vote for fluoride.Except kids can’t vote. Yep, from age six through adolescence.

Good people did nothing

Body Seven years ago in August 2017, I drove to New York City on a singular mission: to meet and have lunch with a Jewish survivor from World War II, Johanna Reiss. As a little girl, she and her older sister were hidden by a family who placed their lives in peril by doing so.

PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS COMING UP

Body WJ MANGOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (LOCKNEY GENERAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT) Wednesday, Oct. 30, 12 noon, Hospital Annex, 320 N. Main, LockneyFLOYD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT Tuesday, Nov. 12, 8 a.m., County Courthouse, 100 Main St., Floydada.FLOYDADA CISD Tuesday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.

5th Circuit Court removes judge from foster care suit

Body AUSTIN— The federal judge who has repeatedly found Texas in contempt for not fixing its foster care system has been removed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a threejudge panel faulting U.S.