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DARRELL REYNOLDS, Briscoe County maintenance, left, accepts his 35 years of service award from Childress District Engineer Darwin Lankford. | TxDOT PHOTO

DARRELL REYNOLDS, Briscoe County maintenance, left, accepts his 35 years of service award from Childress District Engineer Darwin Lankford. | TxDOT PHOTO

Briscoe, Motley TxDOT employees recognized for 35 years of service

Staff Reports
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Body Two Hall County staff also receive service awardsCHILDRESS – The Childress District of the TexasDepartment of Transportation (TxDOT) presented service awards to 11 district employees on Wednesday, Aug. 14. The awards were presented by Childress District Engineer Darwin Lankford.
Making healthy granola

Making healthy granola

Making healthy granola

Angelina L
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COMGranola bars are supposed to be healthy, right? That’s not always the case.
The 501

The 501

The 501

Hanaba Munn Welch
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body COMMENTARYIf you haven’t heard about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the bear cub, you’re behinder than I am.If you’re thinking I invented a new word, so was I. But, except for spellcheck, we’ve all seen that saying “The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.
COOPERATIVE COUNTIES Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.,was organized in 1984 to provide electric service for rural distribution cooperative members located in the Panhandle, South Plains and Edwards Plateau regions ofTexas, the Panhandle of Oklahoma, Southwest Kansas and Southeast Colorado. Ten students, including one from this newspaper’s readership area, received scholarships from Golden Spread this year. | COURTESY GRAPHIC

COOPERATIVE COUNTIES Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.,was organized in 1984 to provide electric service for rural distribution cooperative members located in the Panhandle, South Plains and Edwards Plateau regions ofTexas, the Panhandle of Oklahoma, Southwest Kansas and Southeast Colorado. Ten students, including one from this newspaper’s readership area, received scholarships from Golden Spread this year. | COURTESY GRAPHIC

Golden Spread Electric Cooperative observes 40th anniversary

News Staff
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body STAFF REPORTSAMARILLO— Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc., celebrates its 40th anniversary this month with a look back at its storied legacy and optimism for the innovation that drives its future.

2024 CAPROCK HAPPENINGS

News Staff
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comLocal Events SILVERTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Meet the Owls, Thursday, Aug. 15, 7–8 p.m.SILVERTON SENIOR CITIZENS Game Night, Monday, Aug. 19, and Saturday, Aug. 24, 6 p.m., Senior Citizens Center, Commerce St.
LASTWAGON Cowhands posing in front of the old Matador Ranch chuck wagon at the Burton-Lingo Lumberyard in Matador on Sept. 20, 1964, before it was donated to the Cowboy Hall of Fame were (back row, front right) Brooks Callaway, Albert J. Daffern, Virgil F. Leonard, Emmett H. Gafford, Melvin Dirickson and Ed. D. Smith (i.e., William Earl Smith); (kneeling, front row) Clarence C. Smauley, Walker Leonard and Rosie Deaton. | PHOTO #10536 BY JESS COUCH, MOTLEY COUNTY MUSEUM

LASTWAGON Cowhands posing in front of the old Matador Ranch chuck wagon at the Burton-Lingo Lumberyard in Matador on Sept. 20, 1964, before it was donated to the Cowboy Hall of Fame were (back row, front right) Brooks Callaway, Albert J. Daffern, Virgil F. Leonard, Emmett H. Gafford, Melvin Dirickson and Ed. D. Smith (i.e., William Earl Smith); (kneeling, front row) Clarence C. Smauley, Walker Leonard and Rosie Deaton. | PHOTO #10536 BY JESS COUCH, MOTLEY COUNTY MUSEUM

The last Matador wagon— and a few old cowhands

Marisue Potts
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body 101ST MOTLEY-DICKENS OLD SETTLERS REUNION & RODEO COMING UP AUG. 22–24Thelastworkingchuck wagon of the Matador Land & Cattle Company pulled into the Lower Division headquarters at Matador in 1958. That event is part of the lore long shared by those who once worked the vast ranch.