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.

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.

One-upping the health peddlers

Body Who’s easily influenced? Me. I just bought green tea and turmeric.Just 50 miles of car radio (beware those AM talk shows) convinced me my body needs antioxidants. A new lifestyle beckons. I’ll soon be unoxidized. Maybe I’ll polish my sax too. Life has tarnished us both.

HAPPY RETIREMENT

Body HAPPY RETIREMENT Floyd County Commissioner Nathan Johnson, Floyd County Clerk Ginger Morgan and Floyd County Tax Assessor-Collector Delia Suarez and were presented with framed certificates and a gift card by Floyd County Judge Marty Lucke at the Floyd County commissioners...