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Nazareth FFA Tanner Wethington and Daniel Schacher competed in the Ag Marketing contest at the San Antonio Stock Show on Saturday with their waterfowl blind, placed fifth and made the auction.

Nazareth FFA Tanner Wethington and Daniel Schacher competed in the Ag Marketing contest at the San Antonio Stock Show on Saturday with their waterfowl blind, placed fifth and made the auction.

San Antonio Livestock Show

Naz FFA Autumn Birkenfeld placed third with her cross barrow and made the sale. Naz FFA Addie Birkenfeld placed fifth with her cross barrow and made the sale. Naz FFA Harper Johnson placed fourth with her AOC steer and made the sale.
Nazareth and Dimmitt Robotics teams competed at the FTC Regional meet in Lubbock this past weekend and both will be advancing to the state competition. The FTC/UIL state competitions will be held in Belton on March 24-26.

Nazareth and Dimmitt Robotics teams competed at the FTC Regional meet in Lubbock this past weekend and both will be advancing to the state competition. The FTC/UIL state competitions will be held in Belton on March 24-26.

NHS, DHS robotics state-bound

The Nazareth and Dimmitt Robotics teams competed at the FTC Regionals this past weekend. Both schools will advance to the state competition.
DHS HOSA students competed at the Area Conference in El Paso this past weekend and two are state bound. Advancing are Martin Rodriguez, third place, in Sports Medicine, and Kaylie Furr, third place in Health Career Photography. Also competing in Health Education were Ana Penaran and Jimena Fuentes.

DHS HOSA students competed at the Area Conference in El Paso this past weekend and two are state bound. Advancing are Martin Rodriguez, third place, in Sports Medicine, and Kaylie Furr, third place in Health Career Photography. Also competing in Health Education were Ana Penaran and Jimena Fuentes.

DHS HOSA

Abbott orders wildfire resources mobilized

Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to mobilize state firefighting resources to support local officials in their response to wildfires impacting the Panhandle, the South Plains, West, and Northwest Texas.

DISD eyes security grants

The School Safety and Security Grant ($200,000) and SPAT Grant (Silent Panic Alarm Technology, $4,800) were on the agenda for the Dimmitt ISD school board meeting this past Monday. DISD Superintendent Jill Millican detailed the grants and guidelines.
Dion Mitchell

Dion Mitchell

UIL suspends Lorenzo head basketball coach

The Texas UIL Executive Committee on Monday voted 4-0 to suspend Lorenzo High School boys’ basketball coach Dion Mitchell after eight student-athletes transferred to the school, with one violating the league’s rules.
Pet

Pet

Pet Talk

Calf health issues on pasture usually come down to four things: pinkeye, parasites, scours, and pneumonia. Pinkeye is a bacterial scourge is primarily spread from calf to calf by flies.

Library Lines ...

Valentine’s Day here at Rhoads Memorial Library started off less than special when a brownout occurred about 11:30 that morning, followed by a blackout that lasted until 12:50 p.m. Our descent into darkness had us scrambling for flashlights as we realized how helpless we were without electricity.

Storyteller

Jesus was the Master storyteller. “Then He told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Consider the sower who went out to sow. As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.