FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

Body I didn't hear her, but I believe Wanda said, “Yeah!” under her breath when we finished her quilt Thursday, and it really turned out pretty.

Overheard

Body We had one electric fan. To have had two would have been an extravagance. Anyway, about 1917 with our kind of electricity both of them buzzing away would have blown a fuse.

Motley Commissioners increase compensation of jury duty service in August meeting

Body In the regular monthly meeting of the Motley County Commissioners Court on August 14, commissioners unanimously agreed to increase the first day of jury service from $6 to $20 with a reimbursement rate from the state of $14, the rate increases after the first day from $40 to...

FUNDRAISER FOR MATADOR

Body FUNDRAISER FOR MATADOR White River Lake raised $10,000 Labor Day for Matador Tornado Relief. | COURTESY PHOTOS

Paducah librarian eager to share love of reading with community

Body For as long as she can remember, Janie Canales has loved to read. Now, she is sharing that passion with the people of Paducah as the director of the community’s public library.

Summer of 2023 2nd hottest ever in Texas

Body The summer of 2023 will go down as Texas’ second hottest ever, with an average temperature of 85.3 degrees between June and the end of August, the state’s climatologist said, just behind the blistering hot and extremely dry summer of 2011 when the average temperature hit 86.

WRL Marina “Labor of Love” raises $11,100 for Matador tornado relief

Body “When something like the Matador Tornado happens below the Cap, it affects all of us,” said Kelly Ticer, one of the owners of White River Lake Marina, “and we wanted to do what we could to help.” More than 700 people attended the “Labor of Love” fundraiser Sept.

2023 CAPROCK HAPPENINGS

Body Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.com Local Events HOTEL TURKEY SONG FESTIVAL Friday-Sunday, Sept. 15-17, 201 3rd St., Turkey, (806) 423-1151 MOTLEY COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2023 Homecoming, Friday, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m.