ATA All-American

Castro County 4-H Harrison Meador earned a spot as an ATA All-American, Sub-Junior second team with a score of 952. The Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) All-American team selections were made based on the All-American Awards Point System and 2021 performance.

Transforming Dimmitt

The Dimmitt Economic Development Corporation has begun work on their downtown mural project. The D.E.D.C began the process with the project months ago and received unanimous approval and support from the City Council.

Castro County 4-H BBQ lunch set for Oct. 19

The Castro County 4-H Club will be holding its Brown Bag BBQ Lunch fundraiser on Oct. 19. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out and will include a BBQ sandwich, drink, chips and cookie. Free citywide delivery is available for order of 8 or more if placed by Friday, Oct. 15.

Naz FFA scores scholarships

Nazareth FFA members Owen Dyer, Bradyn Bullard, Tell Bagley, Caroline Myrick, Jack Welps, Jett Ramaekers, Will Young and Tanner Wethington participated in the Calf Scramble at the Tri-State Fair, each bringing home a scholarship for catching a calf.

Community Calendar

Community Sept. 25 9th Annual Pink Ladies Chili Cookoff & DVFD Golf Scramble. Benefit for the Dimmitt Volunteer Fire Department. Contact Sha Ebeling at 806-869-7658 or any of the Pink Ladies or DVFD for more information. Festival of Hope.

Pet Talk

When a disaster strikes, there’s often not much time to prepare yourself, let alone your pets, to evacuate to a safe location, and the stress of the situation only compounds the likelihood of forgetting something important.

Library Lines ...

Banned Books Week will be observed nationwide next week, Sept. 26 through Oct. 2. The theme of this year's event is "Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us."

Amazing Facts to Live by

However we try, we simply cannot escape the central facts about life. Our ideas and philosophies and even our sense of self-importance rise to the surface only because of these facts. Without these facts, we would not exist. But because of these facts, we do exist.

Unity in Community

“Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance…” (2 Peter 1:5b-6a) W. Russell Maltby, a 19th century minister, once exclaimed in a sermon that Jesus promised his followers that they should be “absurdly...

God’s Cure for Boredom

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." (1Thessalonians 5:16-18) "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you doubleminded."