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.

Route 66 through New Mexico: Light across the high desert

Body ROUTE 66 RAMBLE, PART 7New Mexico likes to call itself the Land of Enchantment.And so it is, quite often, for their nextdoor neighbors the Texans.

Heat-related deaths in Texas likely undercounted

Body AUSTIN— As Texans endure the dog days of summer, experts say deaths related to heat in Texas and nationwide are likely undercounted, the Texas Standard reported.With climate change causing warmer days and nights, last year was the hottest on record in Texas.

Bare bear facts and bicycle tracks

Body The 501 HANABA MUNN WELCHIf you haven’t heard about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the bear cub, you’re behinder than I am.If you’re thinking I invented a new word, so was I. But, except for spellcheck, we’ve all seen that saying “The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.

Making healthy granola

Body Granola bars are supposed to be healthy, right? That’s not always the case. I remember in years past when a product hit the shelves that was marketed as a nutritious snack, resembling a granola bar, but it was covered in milk chocolate and studded with tiny, colorful candies.

Fall vegetables from seed

Body From the garden ELLEN PEFFLEY Fall vegetables from seedIt is mid-August, with plenty of time to plant seed of fall vegetables. Plant fall vegetables when it is over 100 degrees? Yes!

Golden Spread Electric Cooperative observes 40th anniversary

Body AMARILLO— Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc., celebrates its 40th anniversary this month with a look back at its storied legacy and optimism for the innovation that drives its future.

Pandemic relief funds for schools about to end

Body AUSTIN— Texas public schools received more than $19 billion in pandemic relief funds over the last four years, but that pipeline of cash will largely end on Sept. 30, The Texas Tribune reported.

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.

PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS COMING UP

Body FLOYD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT Monday, Aug. 12, 8 a.m., County Courthouse, 100 Main St., Floydada.LOCKNEY CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, Aug. 20, 7 a.m., City Hall, 218 E. Locust St., Lockney.FLOYDADA CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m., City Hall, 114 W.