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Have you been brushed?

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Body Have you been brushed?Competition is the life of trade. That’s what my daddy used to say.Now that product reviews have become crucial to online marketing, much competition is about getting good reviews. Some sellers cheat.Me, I just got a nice new blouse I didn’t order.

A special vehicle in Comanche

News Staff

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Body Bobby Lane of Comanche has a 1905 Cadillac.“The Cadillac still runs good. Even though it’s a hundred and twenty years old. I crank it up every morning when I get up. Before I eat breakfast, I go out there and crank it up ’cause one time I let it sit for about six months.

2025 CAPROCK

News Staff

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Body Public and Civic Meetings Coming UpPlease let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comMATADOR CITY COUNCIL Thursday, Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 706 Dundee Ave., Matador, (806) 347-2255MOTLEY COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT board meeting, Monday, Sept. 15, 6 p.

Going through the motions

News Staff

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Body After four months of physical therapy for my knee replacement, I graduated with honors.This was unfamiliar territory for me, a disciplined and concentrated program of making my body do things it had once done so effortlessly.

Acting Texas comptroller Kelly Hancock announces state revenue for fiscal 2025, August state sales tax collections

Texas Office Of The Comptroller

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Body AUSTIN— Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today released totals for fiscal 2025 state revenues, in addition to announcing monthly state revenues for August.• General Revenue-related revenue for fiscal 2025 totaled $86.08 billion, up 2.7 percent from fiscal 2024.

CASHEW CREAM is the secret ingredient in this dreamy dip for a variety of snacks. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

Chili bean dip— from cashews

News Staff

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Body Fall, football, movie night, or whatever you are celebrating will be that much better, and more fun with a pot of bubbling Chili Bean Dip. A friend of mine shared with me her version of this spicy, creamy dip she makes with cream cheese.

Bemused by “peruse”

News Staff

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Body Trick question:Do you usually read my column thoroughly, or do you just peruse it?I couldn’t think of a better way to introduce our topic: commonly misused words. “Peruse” is on a list of 75.The word “peruse” I heard first circa 1967 from a college boyfriend.

Autumn planting

News Staff

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Body September is landscape planting month. Autumn days are sunny, temperatures are moderating, nights are cooling. Autumn soils are warm, encouraging rapid establishment of root systems. Moderate temperatures means less stress on new transplants.

Asking for a friend

Sue Jane Sullivan

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Body A lifelong friend of mine has a daughter who went through a messy divorce.Truth be told, it had been a messy marriage. The dissolution finished off what were many years of anything but happily ever after.

2025 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

News Staff

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Body Public and Civic Meetings Coming UpPlease let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comBRISCOE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT Monday, Sept. 8, 9 a.m., county courthouse, 415 Main St., Silverton, (806) 823-2131COTTLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT Monday, Sept. 8, 9:30 a.m.