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FLOYD COUNTY 4-H NEWS & ACTIVITY CALENDAR

Staff Reports

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Body APRIL 15: OFFICE CLOSED for GOOD FRIDAY 18: 4-H Monthly Meeting, Clover Kids meeting p.m. @ UC GEAR Robotics practice 1-4 p.m. @ CEO 19: Archery Practice 6 p.m. @ UC Duds to Dazzle 6 p.m.

WEST TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION 2021 Sweepstakes winners are (from left) Barbara Brannon, editor, and Kay Ellington, publisher, The Texas Spur, and Grant Lengefeld, publisher, Hamilton Herald-News. Not pictured is Division B winner Levelland-Hockley County News Press. | HAMILTON HERALD-NEWS

Newspapers bring home regional awards

Staff Reports

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Body With pandemic-related postponements in the past, Texas’ regional newspaper organizations have once again begun meeting regularly and face-to-face.

Cheesecake muffins a perfect base for spring strawberries

Angelina Larue

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Body Strawberries are always synonymous with spring. It’s certainly time to celebrate this popular berry. The produce sections have lots to offer, and the nurseries have wide varieties of plants if raising your own strawberries interests you.

Making sermons singable

Hanaba Munn Welch

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Body Keeping still in church can be a challenge, for some of us more than for others. If you grew up learning to sit in a church pew, you probably have memories of how your parents kept you somewhat nailed down. I remember getting whacked once in situ.

Traffic deaths spike in highway work zones

Gary Borders For Texas Press Association

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Body AUSTIN—The Texas Department of Transportation wants motorists to be aware of dangerous conditions in road construction zones after crashes in those zones killed 244 people last year. The death toll is an increase of 33% over 2020 and is the highest in 40 years.

2022 Community Calendar

News Staff

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Body 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. Main, Lockney, Mon.

Deadline April 7 to register for elections; current fire danger highest in West Texas

Gary Borders For Texas Press Association

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Body AUSTIN—Eligible Texas voters who have not done so already have until April 7 to register to vote in the May 7 statewide constitutional amendment election, as well as any local elections for city, school districts and other local entities.

2022 Community Calendar

News Staff

Tuesday, April 5, 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. LOCKNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 124 S.

FLOYD COUNTY 4-H NEWS & ACTIVITY CALENDAR

Staff Reports

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Body MARCH 31: Rifle Practice 6 p.m. @ UC APRIL 7: Record Book Training 6 p.m. @ CEO 9: District 2 Rifle Contest in Lubbock 8 a.m. 18: 4-H Monthly Meeting, Clover Kids meeting, & Officer Elections 6 p.m.

THF gift to enable displays for WBU Flying Queens Museum

Staff Reports

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Body The Hutcherson Flying Queens Foundation (HFQF) received a generous donation from the Texas Historical Foundation on Tuesday morning in support of the upcoming Flying Queens Museum that will be housed on the Wayland Baptist University campus.

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