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Topo Chico: Lose weight with bubbles

Topo Chico: Lose weight with bubbles

Topo Chico: Lose weight with bubbles

Body In a world of scams and schemes, nothing beats a weightloss diet for broad appeal. They come and go. Some even work. Have you heard about the Topo Chico Diet? I hope not. That would mean someone beat me to my idea. The plan: I myself lose weight drinking Topo Chico.

MUSE NEWS

Body Floyd County’s local archive benefits researchers from all over.
THE FLOYD COUNTY HESPERIAN-BEACON’S 2021 CHRISTMAS AD for Probasco Flying Service was part of the statewide 4th place award-winning entry in small weekly newspapers at last week’s Texas Press Association convention. | HESPERIAN-BEACON

THE FLOYD COUNTY HESPERIAN-BEACON’S 2021 CHRISTMAS AD for Probasco Flying Service was part of the statewide 4th place award-winning entry in small weekly newspapers at last week’s Texas Press Association convention. | HESPERIAN-BEACON

Hesperian-Beacon garners 6 TPA awards

Body At the 142nd convention of the Texas Press Association, July 28–30, in San Marcos, The Caprock Courier, The Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon and The Texas Spur were among almost 80 Texas daily, semiweekly, and weekly newspapers receiving annual awards for outstanding journalism in...

2022 Community Calendar

Body COMMUNITY SERVICES FOOD 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. PLEASE CALL FOR HOURS DUE TO COVID-19. LOCKNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 124 S.
Crostini with olive tapenade

Crostini with olive tapenade

Crostini with olive tapenade

Body For a light bite to serve when entertaining, or just for sitting on the back porch, a toasted crostini topped with cashew cream (featured in a recent Food Bytes column), then a layer of olive tapenade, topped off with tomato salad, checks off all the boxes.
Skunks in the well pit

Skunks in the well pit

Skunks in the well pit

Body The nice thing about a string of extremely hot days is that dead skunks mummify. That’s what I’m hoping. In a comedy of errors, Cody the water well service man came to fix the water well, not that a well can be fixed. A well is a well.
Now I know

Now I know

Now I know

Body No matter how big our hearts are when it comes to loving all our babies, the truth is that a parent’s initial birth experience is unparalleled. What happens with the firstborn—particularly from pregnancy to delivery—is its own sacred once-in-a-lifetime moment.