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Give your garden tools a winter spa day

Kristie Keys
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Cleaning garden tools probably isn’t at the top of anyone’s fall to-do list, but if you skip it, your tools might soon look as scary as that collapsing pumpkin still sitting on your porch!

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The BB gun truce of 1985

Chuck Bednorz
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
There are certain summers that live forever in memory.For some, it was the year they fell in love. For me, it was the year I nearly lost an eye to a Daisy lever-action.
CASTRO COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

CASTRO COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

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CASTRO COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

News Staff
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
CASTRO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Persons Arrested & Booked into Jail October 28 to November 16, 2025All information of persons arrested and booked into the Castro County Jail are open records:October 28Oscar Gamas Garcia, 32, of Hart was arrested by the Sheriff’s Office for Possession of a Controlled...

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Dimmitt City Manager’s Report

Daniel Jackson
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Greetings, citizens of Dimmitt. Our Public Works Department has successfully hung the snowflake Christmas lights throughout our two major highways.
Naz robotics competes in first season competition

Naz robotics competes in first season competition

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Naz robotics competes in first season competition

Anna Chea
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
On Nov. 8, Nazareth Robotic teams 16617 Swift-A-Maize and 18570 Alpha Swifts competed in their first competition of the season with FIRST Tech Challenge in Amarillo.Team 16617 consists of se- niors Spencer Acker, Anna Chea and Michael Fulkerson and junior Olivia Raef.
(From left) Kendra Cantrell-CIS Coordinator, Jessica Braddock and Jacob Schacher - Youth Group Volunteers.

(From left) Kendra Cantrell-CIS Coordinator, Jessica Braddock and Jacob Schacher - Youth Group Volunteers.

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Holy Family Catholic Church collects for community coat drive

News Staff
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Kendra Cantrell, Communities in Schools (CIS) Site Coordinator, recently presented to the Junior High Youth Group of Holy Family Catholic Church of Nazareth.The group was presented with a program discussing poverty and ways to help.
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Pet Talk

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Pet Talk

News Staff
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Pet toy options are endless, and many owners make a choice based on texture, color, or even sound, but not every toy is a compatible match for each pet.Dr.
A Thanksgiving-themed exhibit serves as the November display at Rhoads Memorial Library, courtesy of Gloria Hernandez of Castro County Cares. She is flanked by library personnel who staged the display: Sulema Oltivero, left, and Rosa Medina, right, who is the library's newest staff member.

A Thanksgiving-themed exhibit serves as the November display at Rhoads Memorial Library, courtesy of Gloria Hernandez of Castro County Cares. She is flanked by library personnel who staged the display: Sulema Oltivero, left, and Rosa Medina, right, who is the library's newest staff member.

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LIBRARY LINES ... BY GAYE REILY

News Staff
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Thanksgiving is fast approaching, as evidenced by the decor here at Rhoads Memorial Library. Several children's books about the holiday are showcased and ready for checkout; even our display celebrates the annual event.
A COMMUNITY LANDMARK--The Italian Prisoners of War camp that was built south of Hereford in Castro County, and its presence had considerable impact in Castro and Deaf Smith Counties. Italian prisoners built this small chapel, a structure that still stands, outside the main camp, and it has endured despite weather damage and vandalism. Restored art from the front of the altar in the structure is housed in the Castro County Museum in Dimmitt for safekeeping.

A COMMUNITY LANDMARK--The Italian Prisoners of War camp that was built south of Hereford in Castro County, and its presence had considerable impact in Castro and Deaf Smith Counties. Italian prisoners built this small chapel, a structure that still stands, outside the main camp, and it has endured despite weather damage and vandalism. Restored art from the front of the altar in the structure is housed in the Castro County Museum in Dimmitt for safekeeping.

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Saint Mary’s Parish in Umbarger to celebrate POW art legacy

Jim Steiert
Thursday, November 13, 2025
"A Legacy of Art and Commu - nity" will be celebrated by Saint Mary's Parish at Umbarger on Saturday, November 22, com - memorating 80 years of Italian Prisoner of War art murals at Saint Mary's Catholic Church.
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