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FLOYD COUNTY 4-H NEWS & ACTIVITY CALENDAR

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Body STAFF REPORTS DECEMBER8: Archery Practice 6 pm @ UCSSB9: Livestock Skillathon Contest Registration Closes15: Archery Practice 7 pm @UCSSB16: District Livestock Skillathon Contest22: Holiday Movie Morning and Pancake Brunch – 10 am22: Photography Field Trip *flyer below*23: County...
Registration is open for the Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch, a 12-week online course offered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service on Jan. 26-April 19. The course provides instruction on starting a new agriculture business or enterprise as well as land management. | HANNAH HARRISON/ TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE

Registration is open for the Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch, a 12-week online course offered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service on Jan. 26-April 19. The course provides instruction on starting a new agriculture business or enterprise as well as land management. | HANNAH HARRISON/ TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE

Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch online course now registering

Sarah Fuller |
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Body Registration is open for the Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch 12-week online course offered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Jan. 26-April 19.The cost is $300, and online registration is required at https://tx.ag/Gen-NextSpring26.
Basketball season is underway for the Lockney Lady Longhorns. On Tuesday, Dec 2, 2025, the Lockney Varsity Girls Basketball team won their game against Cotton Center High School by a score of 49-26. | CERVANTES PHOTOGRAPHY

Basketball season is underway for the Lockney Lady Longhorns. On Tuesday, Dec 2, 2025, the Lockney Varsity Girls Basketball team won their game against Cotton Center High School by a score of 49-26. | CERVANTES PHOTOGRAPHY

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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2025 Community Calendar

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Body Updates? Email us at fchb.editor@yahoo.comCOMMUNITY SERVICESFOOD BANKS— FLOYDADA— Spirit 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.
NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR The South Plains Food Bank helps alleviate hunger and bring hope to individuals and families facing food insecurity, assisting local efforts in Lubbock and 19 surrounding counties. | COURTESY PHOTO

NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR The South Plains Food Bank helps alleviate hunger and bring hope to individuals and families facing food insecurity, assisting local efforts in Lubbock and 19 surrounding counties. | COURTESY PHOTO

West Texas food pantries bring help, hope to the South Plains

J. Renae Conlee |
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Body The holidays often bring increased grocery bills, and for many families across the South Plains, that makes it harder to keep their families fed, particularly in times of uncertainty as SNAP and other programs have been threatened.

FLOYD COUNTY

News Staff
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Body South Plains Food Bank Distribution ScheduleLockney Methodist Church, 102 W. Poplar St., Lockney, 3rd Monday at 10 a.m. First Baptist Church of Floydada, 401 S. Main St., Floydada, 3rd Monday at 11:30 a.m.
UNDER A BAOBAB TREE: THE STORY OF A MISSIONARY DENTIST IN WEST AFRICA William Dean, DDS 979-8317808433 Paperback, 192 pages Published September 2025

UNDER A BAOBAB TREE: THE STORY OF A MISSIONARY DENTIST IN WEST AFRICA William Dean, DDS 979-8317808433 Paperback, 192 pages Published September 2025

A missionary couple’s adventures and insights

Hanaba Munn Welch |
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Body When Bill Dean woke his pregnant wife, Jo Lynn, in the middle of the night and said, “I think we should sell our home and our dental practice (a successful practice in Springtown, Texas) and move to Africa,” she didn’t say no.
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