Abbott expands Special Session

Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday issued a proclamation expanding the Special Session #3 agenda for universal school choice to include additional school finance, such as teacher pay raises, school safety, and special education.

The Dimmitt Cross Country teams

Classroom smells

Every day in my high school, homeroom smelled different. Not better, but different. At that moment, we teens were bound together by one goal. We wanted to smell better, and we wanted to smell stronger. This required experimentation. Every morning I left home as a cornucopia of fragrances.

Castro 4-H youth honored

Castro County 4-H Spencer Acker was presented the Gold Star Award at the District 2 66th annual Gold Star Banquet in Lubbock on Oct. 23. The Gold Star Award is the highest achievement award given by the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program through the county 4-H Program.

Editor’s Message

Thomas Sowell noted that there are no final solutions to the problems of individual humans and civilization, just tradeoffs. To get something there has to be a tradeoff. According to John Leake, author and journalist who wrote a column on the subject, some people understand this concept.

Keep it Legal

“I wrote a will, and no one is going to fight, so no one will have to go to court.” Wrong. All wills must go to court even if no one is fighting. All wills must go through probate. Probate is a Latin word that simply means to “prove.

Library Lines ...

“Thanks for your help, Dave! Now I can finally receive email on my tablet!” said the lady who attended Dave’s Tech Talk last week here at Rhoads Memorial Library. Dave Nelson of DTN (Dimmitt Technology Networks) led the session and provided tech insight to other attendees, too.

Pet Talk

Cats are hunters by nature, which is why it’s not uncommon for an outdoor cat to bring home a “gift,” left on their owner’s doorstep.

Watch what you say

“You won’t like me when I’m angry!” Hulk was right. I don’t like me when I’m angry. There’s no excuse for angry outbursts in the lives of Christ followers. I’ve been convicted and ashamed. Yet; God is merciful; He has opened my eyes to a source of my anger.