Unable to take a break from breaking news

Body In the 1790s, a farmer in South Carolina would have been oblivious to the heinous executions during the French Revolution. The famines in India during the 1890s that led to the deaths of over nineteen million people were not table conversations in Enid, Oklahoma.

The paradox of progress

Body Check Your Mirrors to wish for things to be as they were. I had to wait 364 days to be able to watch “The Wizard of Oz” since it only came on once a year on a Sunday night at 6 p.m. CST.

Texas employment at historic high, but jobless rate is up

Body AUSTIN— For the 30th consecutive month Texas showed job growth, reaching just under 14 million jobs and outpacing the nation in its annual rate of employment growth, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.

Sweet Potato Apple Crunch Salad

Body CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COM ANGELINA L aRUE This scrumptious fall salad has warm notes from the roasted sweet potato and toasted pecans. Crisp kale, tart cherries, juicy apples and crunchy pumpkin seeds round out the taste and texture.

The 501

Body HANABA MUNN WELCH The idea—or the thing itself? Authenticity is trending. Why? Maybe it’s because the computerization of our lives has moved us a step away from reality. Remember Plato? He talked about the reality of an object as opposed to the idea of an object.

49th annual Running Water Draw Arts & Craft Festival set for October 20–22 in Plainview

Body The Plainview Rotary Club’s 49th Annual Running Water Draw Arts & Crafts Festival will be held at the Ollie Liner Center (2000 S. Columbia St.) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 20, 21 and 22.

2023 Community Calendar

Body Updates? Email us at fchb.editor@yahoo.com 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 PUBLIC LIBRARY, 124 S. Main, Lockney, Mon.–Thurs., 1–5 p.m. and Fri. 9 a.m. –1 p.m.

Special session to begin on Oct. 9

Body AUSTIN— Gov. Greg Abbott issued a letter to legislative leaders indicating a special session will begin on Oct. 9 dealing with what he has called “school choice” but is more widely known as vouchers.

In the beginning…

Body As with many of you, Sunday school and Wednesday night children’s Bible classes always included the creation story. The figures placed on a felt board, the cutouts, and the coloring pages were mainstays of those 45-minute gatherings.

Yodeling for beginners

Body E-yo-duh-lay-ee-hoo! Is there a yodeler locked inside you just waiting to belt out those nonsensical syllables? Could be. I suspect everyone has an inner yodeler — an alter voice, as it were, sort of like an alter ego.