August 22, 2026
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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
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
MOTLEY HONORS Motley County Highway Department maintenancecrew, including Scott Fulton, Crawford Mason, GarySimpson, Terry Simpson, Jerry Jones, Matthew Woolsey, Reagan Elliott, Hall Martin, David Stafford, Sammy Hutchison and John Jones, were honored at the annual Texans Caring for Texans ceremony on the campus ofWestTexas A&M University in Canyon last week. They were specifically recognized for their work during last year’s tornado. | TXDOT PHOTO
IN ROARING SPRINGS PopularWestern Swing band Jake Hooker and the Outsiders will perform for the dance at the 101st Motley-Dickens Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo Friday, Aug. 22 at 9:30 p.m. in Roaring Springs. | COURTESY PHOTO
Squash medley puts bountiful harvest on the plate
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Texas A&M Forest Service and Smoky the Bear visited with youngsters at the Caprock Library in Quitaque earlier this month for their summer reading program. | COURTESY PHOTOS