Castro County News

DISD board members Jason Nelson, Place 2 (left) and Benny Navarro, Place 4, were sworn in for threeyear terms at the recent school board meeting. The election was held on May 3 where Navarro was elected, and Jason Nelson was uncontested. Other board members include Priscilla Peralta, Place 3, Justin Edwards, Place 5, Jo Settle, Place 6, and Clay Lytle, Place 7. Position 1 is currently vacant.

DISD board members Jason Nelson, Place 2 (left) and Benny Navarro, Place 4, were sworn in for threeyear terms at the recent school board meeting. The election was held on May 3 where Navarro was elected, and Jason Nelson was uncontested. Other board members include Priscilla Peralta, Place 3, Justin Edwards, Place 5, Jo Settle, Place 6, and Clay Lytle, Place 7. Position 1 is currently vacant.

DISD board members

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
WTAMU Dayson Schacher, graduate from Nazareth, earned the WT.AG Award for Outstanding Senior, Plant, Soil and Science 2025.

WTAMU Dayson Schacher, graduate from Nazareth, earned the WT.AG Award for Outstanding Senior, Plant, Soil and Science 2025.

WTAMU Dayson Schacher

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Castro County Community Calendar

Castro County Community Calendar

Castro County Community Calendar

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
June 3 – July 25Summer Reading Program. Rhoads Memorial Library.June 8ICC Jamaica. Dimmitt City Park ------------------------------ Tornado Siren Test ScheduleCity of Dimmitt – Every Friday at noon, weather permitting.
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Pet Talk

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
The number of adults aged 65 and older is growing, and older adults are at higher risk for social isolation and loneliness due to changes in health and social connections that can come with growing older, according to the National Institute On Aging.

Library Lines ...

Gaye Reily
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Young Scientists’ take-andmake kits for May are here, ready to be picked up. “The Science of Sunscreen” is the theme. The creator of the popular kits for youngsters is Felice Acker, local agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

Be Encouraged

Dudley Anderson Faithwriter.com
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
“that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ.” Colossians 2:2 Marion Gilbert tells a funny little story.

I Wannabe

Pam Ford Davis Faithwriters.com
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
I was a young wannabe pianist. My best friend Carol was taking piano lessons at home on the family’s upright player piano. Today, that piano would likely sell as a priceless antique. We often inserted the music spindles and let the piano do all the work.

Cruz resolution overturns appliance regulation

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
A resolution banning non-condensing, natural gas fired waters by 2029 was signed into law by President Donald Trump.Introduced by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, H.J. Res. 20, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval regarding the U.S.
Sam Settle (right, from Dimmitt) and David Anderson (left) embarked on bucket list journey before graduating from Oklahoma State University. (Photo by Peyton Little // @lil.flicks_)

Sam Settle (right, from Dimmitt) and David Anderson (left) embarked on bucket list journey before graduating from Oklahoma State University. (Photo by Peyton Little // @lil.flicks_)

Settle, Anderson embark on ‘bucket list’ journey

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
While most seniors spend this semester savoring all those “last times,” Oklahoma State University students Sam Settle (from Dimmitt) and David Anderson took a different route and spent their last semester on a journey of “first times” or bucket list.
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