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Texas trees that flaunt fall color

Texas trees that flaunt fall color

Texas trees that flaunt fall color

Ellen Peffley
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Body Autumn is prime time to choose landscape trees with a fall color display. The season’s warm fall soils favor root establishment.Not all trees have foliage that change from their summer green to autumn color.
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Try your hand at homemade flour tortillas

Angelina L
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Body CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COMYou may have seen the column a couple of weeks ago about making corn tortillas. Many folks also like flour tortillas, so here is a quick tutorial.There are a few basic ways to make flour tortillas.

Lockney Friends & Neighbors Center News

Joy Dalrymple
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Body IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The center is now called the Lockney Friends & Neighbors Center. Our motto is…” Bringing the Community Together!”The Center is open FIVE days a week. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Shorter days bring higher risk for pedestrians

News Staff
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Body AUSTIN - While fall and winter give Texans a much-needed reprieve from the summer heat, the change in seasons also brings fewer daylight hours, making it harder for drivers to see pedestrians and keep them safe.
State historian to lead visit to Standifer, Higgins graves Oct. 12

State historian to lead visit to Standifer, Higgins graves Oct. 12

State historian to lead visit to Standifer, Higgins graves Oct. 12

Barbara Brannon |
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Body The red gravestone stands alone, iron-fenced and far out in the broken country of northern Kent County, Texas, on private land.Atop it, visitors have placed coins, which weather in the elements.Beside it lies an empty plastic mini-bottle that once contained a shot of Fireball.
Tracy retired after serving the members of Lighthouse Electric Cooperative for 26 years. He is looking forward to next chapter in his life and playing golf.

Tracy retired after serving the members of Lighthouse Electric Cooperative for 26 years. He is looking forward to next chapter in his life and playing golf.

CONGRATULATIONS TRACY SMITH!

News Staff
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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FIRST BALE OF COTTON ginned in Floyd County and Floydada for the 2024 season was from producer/owner Ian McIntosh. Darty Gin of Dougherty ginned the bale at 12:21 p.m., Monday, Sept. 30. Front row from left, gin owners Marty Covington, Jim Covington and Ian McIntosh; back row from left, gin owners Wesley Campbell, David Martinez and Brayden Campbell, gin manager Les Gary, and ginner Daniel Ortega. Not pictured gin owners Colton Covington, Jason Campbell and Logan Bradley and ginner Aj Garcia. | PHOTO BY SAN

FIRST BALE OF COTTON ginned in Floyd County and Floydada for the 2024 season was from producer/owner Ian McIntosh. Darty Gin of Dougherty ginned the bale at 12:21 p.m., Monday, Sept. 30. Front row from left, gin owners Marty Covington, Jim Covington and Ian McIntosh; back row from left, gin owners Wesley Campbell, David Martinez and Brayden Campbell, gin manager Les Gary, and ginner Daniel Ortega. Not pictured gin owners Colton Covington, Jason Campbell and Logan Bradley and ginner Aj Garcia. | PHOTO BY SAN

Darty Gin gins first bale for ’24 in Floyd County and Floydada

Barbara Anderson |
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Body Darty Gin of Dougherty, Texas, ginned the first bale of cotton in Floyd County and Floydada on for the season—always an eagerly anticipated annual benchmark for a community that’s a top cotton producer— on Monday, Sept.30, 2024 at 12:21 p.m.
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