Castro County News

Swift baseball camp set for May 22-23

The 2023 Swift Baseball Camp is scheduled for May 22-25 with camp directors Tyler Goodwin and current Swifts players. The camp is for youth entering kindergarten through those entering the ninth grade.
DMS Boys Singles player Luis Perez placed second at the Muleshoe tennis tournament.

DMS Boys Singles player Luis Perez placed second at the Muleshoe tennis tournament.

Bobcats shut out Hornets

The Dimmitt Bobcats defeated Tulia on Saturday, 19-0, as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout. The offensive kicked off in the first inning when Mario Lopez doubled on a 2-2 count, scoring two runs.

Bobcats fall to River Road

While both the Dimmitt Bobcats and River Road Wildcats had their offenses going, the Bobcats fell 21-11 in a high scoring game.

Bobcats defeated by Chieftains

The Dimmitt Bobcats watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 6-4 loss to Friona last Tuesday. Friona got the edge in the second inning with three runs to Dimmitt’s single run. The Bobcats came in with another run in the third inning on a homerun from Ga’Quorie Chatham.
School recess was the best

School recess was the best

School recess was the best

Do you remember elementary school recess? At our school, we ate lunch right before playtime. We’d line up single file to walk through the food line. The plate lunch often included gravy-laden mystery meat – beef or possibly bird – plus mashed potatoes and something green or yellow.

Texas Senate takes aim at internet content

The Texas Senate passed SB 2021 making it more difficult for children to access internet pornography by requiring users to verify their age. Senator Angela Paxton from McKinney stated that this content is especially malignant to the developing adolescent mind.

Editor’s Message

“The more the people are discontented with the oppression of taxes; the greater need the prince has of money to distribute among his partisans and pay the troops that are to suppress all resistance and enable him to plunder at pleasure.
Pet Talk

Pet Talk

Pet Talk

When dogs have an injury or chronic condition, such as arthritis, physical rehabilitation can ease their pain and improve their strength and flexibility.

Library Lines ...

“That’s what I want to be when I grow up--a harlot!” At leastthatwasthepronouncement made by a very young Kimberly (Kim) Black as she listened to Bible stories and thought some of the women led exciting lives.

Branson’s Good Old Days

The list reads like a who’s who of entertainment: Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, Andy Williams, Tony Orlando, Barbara Fairchild, Ray Stevens, Bobby Vinton, The Sons of the Pioneers, Wayne Newton.