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FRESHMAN • LILY JIMENEZ

FRESHMAN • LILY JIMENEZ

LOCKNEY HOMECOMING WEEKEND

Body LOCKNEY HOMECOMING WEEKEND 2024 kicks off with a bonfire and pep rally Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 9 p.m. at the old Floyd County Fairgrounds off U.S. 70. Four Lockney students have been chosen to represent the classes as Homecoming Queen candidates.
MOVING MONEY TheTexas Plains Federal Credit Union’s Floydada branch office will soon be moving from 206 W. California Street to 105 W. Wall Street. | COURTESY PHOTO

MOVING MONEY TheTexas Plains Federal Credit Union’s Floydada branch office will soon be moving from 206 W. California Street to 105 W. Wall Street. | COURTESY PHOTO

Texas Plains Federal Credit Union moves to downtown square

Body Those who have driven around the wide streetsof Floydada’s courthouse square have probably already seen the change of signage. On the brick building at 105 S. Wall St. (at the corner with E. Missouri St.

UPCOMING

Body LOCKNEY HOMECOMING Football game will be Friday, Sept.20, 2024, at 7 p.m. versus the Quanah Indians at Mitchell-Zimmerman Field in Lockney. Events begin Wednesday, Sept.18, with a bonfire and pep rally and will continue through Saturday, Sept.

Floyd commissioners prepare for election in August meetings

Body In the regular monthly meeting of the Floyd County Commissioners Court on August 12, the court discussed the Election Income Fund.There was a discussion on amending the budget to transfer expended funds from the Income Election Fund to the General Fund.
A QUANAH CUTOUT stands next to a Quanah Parker Trail arrow at Wayside, Texas, near to the trail where 150 years ago, on September 28, 1874, in the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie and the 4th Cavalry descended to the canyon floor and ambushed Comanche, Kiowa and Cheyenne bands seeking refuge there from the converging U.S. forces trying to force them onto reservations —but Quanah with his band of Kwahada were elsewhere. | TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL REGION

A QUANAH CUTOUT stands next to a Quanah Parker Trail arrow at Wayside, Texas, near to the trail where 150 years ago, on September 28, 1874, in the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie and the 4th Cavalry descended to the canyon floor and ambushed Comanche, Kiowa and Cheyenne bands seeking refuge there from the converging U.S. forces trying to force them onto reservations —but Quanah with his band of Kwahada were elsewhere. | TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL REGION

Take a stand with an arrow to honor Quanah Parker

Body Mark Saturday, Sept. 14, on your calendar with an arrow. It’s Quanah Parker Day.By a 2019 resolution of the Texas Senate, the second Saturday in September is a day to remember the great Comanche leader and the people who once were Lords of the Plains.

UPCOMING

Body FLOYDADA HOMECOMING Football game will be Friday, Sept. 13,2024, at 7 p.m. versus the Smyer Bobcats in the Tyer Stadium.LOCKNEY HOMECOMING Football game will be Friday, Sept.20, 2024, at 7 p.m. versus the Quanah Indians at Mitchell-Zimmerman Field in Lockney.
BUSINESS OF THE MONTH The Floydada Family Dentistry team consist of dentist Dr. Thomas Stewart, office manager/assistant Gracie Diaz, dental assistant Kyarah Pesina, front desk staffer Angelica Martinez, and dental hygienists Lauryn Carthel and Ana Kidd. | COURTESY PHOTO

BUSINESS OF THE MONTH The Floydada Family Dentistry team consist of dentist Dr. Thomas Stewart, office manager/assistant Gracie Diaz, dental assistant Kyarah Pesina, front desk staffer Angelica Martinez, and dental hygienists Lauryn Carthel and Ana Kidd. | COURTESY PHOTO

Floydada Family Dentistry recognized as chamber’s Business of the Month

Body The Floydada Chamber of Commerce and the community extend congratulations to Floydada Family Dentistry, the Chamber’s September Business of the Month.In 1994, Dr.