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DPD to host National Night Out

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Thursday, September 11, 2025
The Dimmitt Police Department will be hosting its “National Night Out” on Oct. 7.The 2025 site for the event will be at the Dimmitt Splash Pad (currently under construction) on Western Circle Drive and will begin at 5 p.m.Attendees can come out and enjoy free food, live music, games and other...

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Harvest Days Fair gearing up

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Thursday, September 11, 2025
The Castro County Harvest Days Fair is fast approaching for lots of fun and competition on Sept. 27 to be held on the Dimmitt town square.This year will feature bounce houses, goat roping, corn hole tournaments, fair entries, live music and street dance, and food vendors among many other...
Quinn Minute - Nursery rhyme revisit

Quinn Minute - Nursery rhyme revisit

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Quinn Minute - Nursery rhyme revisit

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
As I get older, I try to learn something every day. That’s not always possible, because some days I just watch reruns.I’m not alone in this mission. My friend Lucas spent months trying to read deeper meanings into old nursery rhymes.For instance, “Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the waterspout.

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New state laws went into effect Sept. 1

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Morethan800newlawswent into effect in Texas on Sept. 1, ranging from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and countyfunded abortion travel funds.After signing 1,155 bills from the regular legislative session, some went into effect immediately.
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Pet Talk

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Pet Talk

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
A dog’s health depends on dozens of bodily organs and systems working in tandem with one another, so when even a single vital organ struggles to perform, a pet’s entire lifestyle can be disrupted.

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Library Lines ...

Gaye Reily
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
When I was a child, I was puzzled when grownups bemoaned the fact about how fast time flies. (Of course, I considered these to be elderly adults, which encompassed everyone 30 years or older.)But now that I am in my considerably older-than-30 -year-old stage of life, I get it.

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New law allows for removal of sports fans

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
High school sports fans will have to watch their behavior more closely at sporting events after the passage of Texas Senate Bill (SB) 2929 which became effective for the 20252026 school year.The new law allows game officials at University Interscholastic League (UIL) events to immediately eject...

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Cast your Bread Upon the Waters

Dudley Anderson Faithwriters.com
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.Ecclesiastes 11:1 There’s a Jewish tale that goes: Bar Kappara, an old Jewish sage, was once walking along the seashore of Caesarea, when he noticed a shipwreck out at sea.

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VATR caps legislation stalls in special session

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Legislation in the Texas House hit a bump in the road on property tax relief when a coalition of House Democrats and Republicans voted down the conference committee report on Senate Bill 10 60-71 which would lower the voter-approval tax rate (VATR) from 3.5% to 2.5% on taxing entities in cities and...
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