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Pasta Shells with Green Peas, if you please

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Pasta Shells with Green Peas, if you please

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Body Pasta, a creamy sauce, and green peas are a scrumptious combination to help celebrate the end of summer. The peas give this dish a fresh burst of summertime flavor, and I can’t resist a creamy pasta paired with just about any other ingredient.

Bummed out about bleachers

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Bummed out about bleachers

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Body Bleachers. Where would we be without them? They are a necessary evil. They’ve been around a long time. I’m thinking of the Colosseum in Rome – not exactly what you’d call bleachers, but close. Did spectators take seat cushions with them to those grand spectacles?

TxDOT announces $85 billion transportation plan

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TxDOT announces $85 billion transportation plan

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Body GARY BORDERS FOR TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION AUSTIN—The Texas Department of Transportation has adopted a 10-year statewide roadway construction plan with a record $85 billion price tag, officials announced last week.

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2022 Community Calendar

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

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.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Flooding prompts disaster declaration

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Flooding prompts disaster declaration

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Body GARY BORDERS FOR TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION AUSTIN— Heavy rains through Texas last week caused flooding, particularly in the Dallas area, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to issue a disaster declaration for 23 affected counties.

Garza graduates from SPC nursing program

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Garza graduates from SPC nursing program

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Body Brittany Garza of Floydada was one of the five South Plains College Plainview Center Vocational Nursing Program graduates that were recognized during a pinning ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 11 held at the Plainview SPC campus.

Floydada City Council discusses canine team at monthly meeting

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Floydada City Council discusses canine team at monthly meeting

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Body COMPILED FROM MINUTES At the July meeting of the Floydada City Council on July 19 Floyd County Sheriff Paul Raissez presented a proposal for a canine team for both the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department and the City of Floydada Police Department.

Oats, dates and peanut butter yield a different sort of cookie

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Oats, dates and peanut butter yield a different sort of cookie

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Body I recently made a big batch of peanut butter cookies for a fundraiser, which only made me want to bake some for myself. I always think of oatmeal, or peanut butter cookies, as the “healthy” ones. But I wanted to dig deeper.

Does your syndrome have an acronym?

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Does your syndrome have an acronym?

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Body HANABA MUNN WELCH Do you suffer from a syndrome? Think before you answer. How about the not-in-my-backyard syndrome? It’s doesn’t describe a medical condition (first definition) but rather refers to a “characteristic combination of opinion, emotions or behavior.

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