FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

EDITORS’ NOTE This installment, which arrived on our desk this week, is from the week of Oct. 26, 2023. We girls met again, and I quilted on my quilt and made good progress. We missed Wanda Strange as she had lost a brother and she was with her family.

STUDENT ASSISTANCE

Silverton andValley students volunteered to help with October food distribution forTri-County Meals through High Plains Food Bank. 

FALL FESTIVAL HONORS

Silverton recognized the following youngsters at their fall festival. From left, 3rd Grade: Emery Adams and Kooper Lambert; Freshmen: Brynae Harrison and Carson Sanders; 7th Grade: Kelby Harrison and Eli Francis.

BRISCOE FOOD CHALLENGE

BriscoeCounty4-Hteamshadbigfun in the District 1 Food Challenge last week. Teams were surprised with everything from salmon, meatballs, artichoke, ginger, and other unusual items to cook with.

Motley County Library awarded grant from Hancher Foundation

The Motley County Library has been awarded a grant from the Ladd and Katherine Hancher Foundation. The grant of $21,229 will provide funds for nine new computers. Funds will also make a very special program possible, according to librarian Carla Meador. Details will be available soon, she said.

The business of haunted houses

As the creator and producer of “The Sound of Texas,” one of the longest running syndicated radio programs in Texas, Tumbleweed seeks fascinating people who embody the spirit of the Lone StarStateandbringsthemintothehomesandheartsofthousands.

Music’s beautiful nudge

In the mid-1990s, I taught Correlated Language Arts, which was basically for students who did not, at the time, think they wanted to go to college. These small classes (at the most I had eight or nine students) used a textbook curriculum which was modified.

Early voting now underway

now underway for the Nov. 7 general election. Voters will decide the fate of 14 proposed amendments, including measures to provide property tax relief and raise the homestead exemption to $100,000.

Abbott ties voucher passage to teacher pay, school funding

AUSTIN— Gov. Greg Abbott, just hours after the Senate initially approved a school voucher measure, said he would add teacher raises and increased public school funding to the ongoing special session agenda if the Texas Legislature passes his voucher plan, the Texas Tribune reported.

2023 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

Public and Civic Meetings Coming Up Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.com MATADOR MASONIC LODGE Thursday, Oct. 19, meal at 6:30 p.m. followed by 7:30 p.m. meeting, Lodge Building, 807 Bailey St., Matador