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Spring has sprung, but flowers may not be the only things popping up in your yard; this also is the season when snakes come out of hibernation.
Displayer at Rhoads Memorial Library for April-May 2024 is Gloria Hernandez, who is showing various items from yester-year.

Displayer at Rhoads Memorial Library for April-May 2024 is Gloria Hernandez, who is showing various items from yester-year.

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By Gaye Reily “A good time was had by all” can be said about Natalie (Cline) Bright’s visit to Dimmitt Book Club’s meeting recently.

Uncompromised Love

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 136:1 (ESV) Dave’s teenage son sat whimpering on the sofa. He’d just arrived home well past his curfew, and a little over, what might be deemed, a reasonable limit for a 16year-old.

Harmful Side Effects

Surely you’ve noticed the increase in TV drug commercials… Do you tune in or turn out? Baby boomers watch a good bit of television, and their ailments increase with each passing year. Pharmaceutical companies want their share in profits from medications prescribed by doctors.
Plains Memorial Hospital recognized the billing department staff as Employees of the Month for April. The group has a combined 109 years of experience with billing, insurance, and collections. Staff members include Judy Garcia, Tina Vasquez, Elida Dozal, Silva Cruz, Erika Presas and Gloria Hinojosa.

Plains Memorial Hospital recognized the billing department staff as Employees of the Month for April. The group has a combined 109 years of experience with billing, insurance, and collections. Staff members include Judy Garcia, Tina Vasquez, Elida Dozal, Silva Cruz, Erika Presas and Gloria Hinojosa.

WTAMU youth camp registration now open

Registration is now open for about 70 summer youth camps at West Texas A&M University.
Nazareth FFA had nine members who completed their Texas Cattle Feeders Association advanced animal science course exams to receive their cattle handling certification.

Nazareth FFA had nine members who completed their Texas Cattle Feeders Association advanced animal science course exams to receive their cattle handling certification.

Nazareth FFA

Federal judge rules DFPS in contempt of court

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack has ordered Texas Health and Human Services officials to pay $100,000 per day in fines for routinely neglecting investigations into allegations of abuse and neglect by children in the state’s foster care system.
Hegar distributes $1B in sales tax allocations

Hegar distributes $1B in sales tax allocations

Hegar distributes $1B in sales tax allocations

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.03 billion in local sales tax allocations for April, up 5.5 percent compared to April 2023.Total net payments this period were$646,954,637,compared to 2023 at $615,022,866, a 5.
Laura Hart, from Hart, Texas, represented the state of Texas as a woman in agriculture at the BARD 45th Anniversary in Washington D.C. The U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research & Development Fund is a competitive funding program supporting collaborative research. Hart is shown with Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Avi Dichter, and Meital Stavincky.

Laura Hart, from Hart, Texas, represented the state of Texas as a woman in agriculture at the BARD 45th Anniversary in Washington D.C. The U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research & Development Fund is a competitive funding program supporting collaborative research. Hart is shown with Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Avi Dichter, and Meital Stavincky.

Hart attends BARD seminar in D.C.

Castro County resident Laura Hart, from Hart, Texas was recently invited to attend the BARD 45th Anniversary seminar and reception held at the National Arboretum in Washington D.C. on April 9 as a woman in agriculture representing the state of Texas.