FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

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. She made blocks with print baskets with flowers and leaves, then between them were plain blocks with different designs drawn in them that we quilted.

Overheard

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

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 $58 with a...

FUNDRAISER FOR MATADOR

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

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. “When I was growing up, my teachers at school always had literature and reading activities,” she recalled.

Summer of 2023 2nd hottest ever in Texas

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 86.8 degrees.

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

“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.”

2023 CAPROCK HAPPENINGS

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. HALL COUNTY PICNIC Saturday, September 16,...