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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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.
Sweet it is

Sweet it is

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Sweet it is

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Body Readers, welcome back to our pages columnist Sue Jane Sullivan for the season. While Sullivan also compiles many of our community calendars and event bulletins year-round, she takes a well-deserved hiatus from the demands of column writing during the summer.
Make muesli a part of your healthy routine

Make muesli a part of your healthy routine

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Make muesli a part of your healthy routine

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Body Muesli is a whole-grain cereal created around 1900 by a Swiss doctor to meet his patients’ nutritional needs. Like granola, muesli consists of whole grains, nuts, fruit and seeds. However, muesli is not baked, the way granola is.
Fall webworms can defoliate trees short-term

Fall webworms can defoliate trees short-term

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Fall webworms can defoliate trees short-term

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Body There is a reason the insect Hyphantria cunea has the common name ‘fall webworm.’ Its large silky webs are woven in the fall. Webs look menacing, but infested trees usually recover with little long-term damage.Worms are the larval stage of small white moths.
Keeping up with the “un” words

Keeping up with the “un” words

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Keeping up with the “un” words

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Body New words happen.Back when I was a letter carrier I learned “unchurched” from the “Baptist Standard.”Yep, I used to read the the back cover of the “Standard” when I was delivering the mail.
END OF THE TRAIL Though Route 66 originally came to an end in Santa Monica, California, a little ways short of the Pacific oceanfront, today the tourist experience extends to a popular photo op installed on the Santa Monica Pleasure Pier. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 | COURTESY PHOTO

END OF THE TRAIL Though Route 66 originally came to an end in Santa Monica, California, a little ways short of the Pacific oceanfront, today the tourist experience extends to a popular photo op installed on the Santa Monica Pleasure Pier. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 | COURTESY PHOTO

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California dreamin’ and driving

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Body In the American consciousness, California occupies a fabled throne: lodestone of the Golden West, goal of the beleaguered Dust Bowl Okies, fantasy of film and fortune, home of the high life.
New Texas laws now in effect

New Texas laws now in effect

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New Texas laws now in effect

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Body AUSTIN— It took some time, but a set of new laws and rules passed by the Texas Legislature in 2023 went into effect on Sept. 1, the Houston Chronicle reported.

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2024 Community Calendar

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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.
Mint is a garden favorite

Mint is a garden favorite

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Mint is a garden favorite

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Body CUISINE & CULTUREELLEN PEFFLEYMint in September has spread into an attractive ground cover while returning culinary uses after harvest. There are many mints – like apple mint, chocolate mint, lemon mint, and peppermint.
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