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LOOKING BACK

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Body August 1, 1988: Back-to-school timeAugust 1, 1988—All PTA members are asked to bring a sack lunch for yourself and your family and meet at the elementary school playground Friday morning for a workday.
DEMOLITION on the old gas station at Main and Bailey is continuing: above left, in November 2023; right, last week. | CAPROCK COURIER PHOTOS

DEMOLITION on the old gas station at Main and Bailey is continuing: above left, in November 2023; right, last week. | CAPROCK COURIER PHOTOS

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Matador Connect

Week Of August 1, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Body The Matador skyline has changed with the razing of the building on the corner of Main and Bailey Streets. Growing up and visiting Matador grandparents, I remember pulling into the corner drive of CR’s station.
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Earlyne Jameson
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Body Clois and Kathy Shorter visited in Jacksboro Friday and Saturday with daughter and husband, Christi and Dwain Milam.Ricky Hughes and son, Jason, of Floydada visited in the Hughes home this week with Bengie and J. J. Hughes. Their mother, Mrs.
PRIDE AND RESILIENCE are celebrated in the text of the large, custom-made wooden plaque presented to the Crosby County Fuel Association’s McAdoo location last Friday by general manager Steve Riley. From left, board members Bobby Binder, Dusty Cornelius, Joe Mark Cargile, Mack Gardner (with plaque), Mark Schoepf, Brad Aycock and Russ Edinburgh, and store manager Luis Guzman. | THE TEXAS SPUR

PRIDE AND RESILIENCE are celebrated in the text of the large, custom-made wooden plaque presented to the Crosby County Fuel Association’s McAdoo location last Friday by general manager Steve Riley. From left, board members Bobby Binder, Dusty Cornelius, Joe Mark Cargile, Mack Gardner (with plaque), Mark Schoepf, Brad Aycock and Russ Edinburgh, and store manager Luis Guzman. | THE TEXAS SPUR

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McAdoo’s Coop celebrates rebuilding after storm

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Body BARBARA BRANNON AND KAY ELLINGTON | THE TEXAS SPUR Around 10 p.m. on April 25, 2023, a freighttrain of a West Texas storm roared down on Floyd and Dickens counties, bringing straight-line winds and enormous hail.

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2024 CAPROCK HAPPENINGS

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Body Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comFirst Day of School Information PADUCAH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Monday, Aug. 12 SILVERTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Monday, Aug. 12 GUTHRIE COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT Tuesday, Aug.
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5.1-magnitude quake rattles West Texas

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Body SNYDER— Scurry County Judge Dan Hicks has declared a disaster and is requesting assistance from the state after one of the strongest earthquakes in Texas history caused damage across the area Friday morning, July 26, 2024, about 9:28 a.m.
132nd Briscoe Celebration set for this weekend in Silverton

132nd Briscoe Celebration set for this weekend in Silverton

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132nd Briscoe Celebration set for this weekend in Silverton

Barbara Brannon |
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Body Ready to roll back the carpets (figuratively speaking) and roll out the dance floor? It’s time to cut a rug—and cut out some cattle—in Silverton, Texas.The annual countywide celebration was first held in 1892.Now, our Pioneer of the Year hasn’t been around for that long.