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Roaring Springs Lions to change up meeting date, place

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Body Wes Campbell, the Roaring Springs Lions Club will now be meeting for lunch and business monthly at the Motley County Senior Citizens Building, 621 Stewart Ave, Matador, TX 79244. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, and the following one Wednesday, Jan.

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State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3.8 Billion in October

Staff Reports
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Body Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said last week that state sales tax revenue totaled $3.82 billion in October, 11.9 percent more than in October 2021. The majority of October sales tax revenue is based on sales made in September and remitted to the agency in October.
DARWIN LANKFORD, district engineer for the Childress District (right) of the Texas Department of Transportation, received his 35-year service award during the 96th annual Transportation Short Course recently held in College Station. MarcWilliams,Texas Department of Transportation executive director, presented the award to Lankford, who has served as the D.E. for the Childress District since September 2021. | TxDOT PHOTO

DARWIN LANKFORD, district engineer for the Childress District (right) of the Texas Department of Transportation, received his 35-year service award during the 96th annual Transportation Short Course recently held in College Station. MarcWilliams,Texas Department of Transportation executive director, presented the award to Lankford, who has served as the D.E. for the Childress District since September 2021. | TxDOT PHOTO

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DARWIN LANKFORD

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Body DARWIN LANKFORD, district engineer for the Childress District (right) of the Texas Department of Transportation, received his 35-year service award during the 96th annual Transportation Short Course recently held in College Station.
Doing the math, newsprint style

Doing the math, newsprint style

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Doing the math, newsprint style

Lastweekwegavereaders
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Body a heads-up to look for a revamp of physical features— sheet size, color pages, and one I didn’t mention: where the susbcriber address goes. These are the result of making a change in printing operations, a major undertaking for weeklies like this one.
SOUPWEATHER Not much smells better on the stove than a bubbly pot of soup or stew. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

SOUPWEATHER Not much smells better on the stove than a bubbly pot of soup or stew. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

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Roasted potato soup

News Staff
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Body Vegetable soup may be difficult to get excited about, but throw in some roasted potatoes and it’s a game changer. It’s soup weather, and not much smells better on the stove than a bubbly pot of soup or stew.

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Smuggling: bacon to Bibles

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Body Another friend managed a similar situation by purposely living below the poverty line. Whatever works. Back to smuggling. It was 1969. The Czechoslovakian border guards carried machine guns. We were daring. Bibles were contraband.
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The 501

Hanaba Munn Welch
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Body You could be fingered by a beagle. Saw it on TV. Beagles nose out suspicious suitcases. Labradors get some assignments too. They come in handy for taller stacks of baggage and boxes. Maybe be the beagle got the spotlight because beagles are cuter than Labs.
The Underrated Role of Auntie

The Underrated Role of Auntie

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The Underrated Role of Auntie

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Body On this Sunday afternoon I am at my sister Sara’s home, watching her nestle her youngest grandson as he sleeps soundly on her shoulder after his afternoon feeding. Fred is my newest greatnephew.