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State Farm is there . . . as Floydada Chamber honoree

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Body THE FLOYDADA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE chose State Farm Insurance Agency as their November Business of the Month. Agent Rex Teachenor (right, with staffer Ana Scarinzi) took over the agency in February 2021.
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FNB Floydada donates $5K to Motley Fire Department

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Body DOLLARS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT First National Bank of Floydada recently gave a donation of $5,000 to the Motley County Volunteer Fire Department. Vice president T.K. Farris (right) presented the check to VFD representative Craig Turner. | COURTESY PHOTO
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Country Christmas Ball gives $10K to each VFD

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Body LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS GET DONATION Wendell and Dustee Sollis presented the Floydada and Lockney Volunteer Fire Departments each with a $10,000 check from the annual Country Christmas Ball held Dec. 4 at the Floyd County Friends Unity Center in Muncy.
WENDELL SOLLIS AND THE SIDEKICKS ALL-STAR BAND (above) played for the Seventh Annual Country Christmas Ball on Saturday, Dec. 4. Band members are from left, Bob Baker, Ronnie Shultz, Kelly Hastey, Andrea Wilkinson, Steve Wilkinson, Cathy Jewell, Rodney Lay, Steve Ham, Mike Bennett, Ginny Mac, Brady Rasco, Lucy Dean Record, Chad Maines, Wendell Sollis and Greg Gibbs. | BIRDDOG PHOTOGRAPHY

WENDELL SOLLIS AND THE SIDEKICKS ALL-STAR BAND (above) played for the Seventh Annual Country Christmas Ball on Saturday, Dec. 4. Band members are from left, Bob Baker, Ronnie Shultz, Kelly Hastey, Andrea Wilkinson, Steve Wilkinson, Cathy Jewell, Rodney Lay, Steve Ham, Mike Bennett, Ginny Mac, Brady Rasco, Lucy Dean Record, Chad Maines, Wendell Sollis and Greg Gibbs. | BIRDDOG PHOTOGRAPHY

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SPOTLIGHT ON 7TH ANNUAL COUNTRY CHRISTMAS BALL

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Body On the first Saturday in December, skirts swirled and boots scooted and tunes rang out at the Floyd County Friends Unity Center—and local fire departments reaped the benefit of $10,000 each raised by the seventh annual Country Christmas Ball.

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South Plains Hobby Club holds Christmas luncheon

Mary M. Carter
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Body The South Plains Hobby Club met the South Plains Baptist Church in South Plains, Texas, on Dec.8, 2021 at 12 noon for our Christmas luncheon. Helen Teeple, our president, read a prayer written by Robert Louis Stevenson and afterward prayed for our lunch. Time for lunch.
Tamales a Christmas tradition in the Southwest

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Tamales a Christmas tradition in the Southwest

Angelina Larue
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Body Many folks can’t think of a Christmas meal without tamales. This very popular treat is often made together by a large group of family members—each one being responsible for a particular step in the process.
In lieu of Chinese Christmas

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In lieu of Chinese Christmas

Hanaba Munn Welch
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Body Chinese Christmas, I miss you. Yes, the term is politically incorrect. So is Chinese fire drill. (If you don’t know about Chinese fire drills you’re probably not reading this column.) Do the Chinese call some crazy stuff American? Maybe. I rather hope so.

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Lockney Senior Center News

Donna Webb/aimee Jackson
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Body The Center will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 22 through Monday, Jan. 3 for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. We will NOT be serving breakfast til further notice. The Center is available for rentals for your dances, reunions, baby showers.

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Floydada Senior Citizens News

Lu Ann Collins
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Body The Center is now open three days a week. We are serving lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We offer dinein, carry-out or delivery. On Wednesdays we will be selling meals to go for $5. Meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays are $7.
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