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Leave it to Uncle AI

Leave it to Uncle AI

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Leave it to Uncle AI

Hanaba Munn Welch
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body The 501The study of grammar and composition is endangered. That’s secondhand information from someone who heard it firsthand from a professor of English.Makes sense. Artificial intelligence prevails. Why learn how to write correctly if Uncle AI can do it better?
Wonderful watermelons!

Wonderful watermelons!

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Wonderful watermelons!

Ellen Peffley
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body From the gardenJuly is watermelon season. Store-bought melons are filling grocery bins, but soon garden-grown watermelons will mature and be ready for harvest. Picking a melon from the grocer is often hit-and-miss.
NUMBER ONE TIP While butter needs to be slightly soft for the mixer to cut through it, the texture of the cookie will hold up better if we leave the butter as firm as possible when creaming it with the sugar. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

NUMBER ONE TIP While butter needs to be slightly soft for the mixer to cut through it, the texture of the cookie will hold up better if we leave the butter as firm as possible when creaming it with the sugar. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

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Nutty Chocolate Chippers— and how to bake them best

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body ANGELINA L aRUE Nutty Chocolate Chippers— and how to bake them bestI get lots of questions about how to keep cookies from flattening and spreading out, and how to retain their gooeyness.

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Silverton Owls Super Fan season passes on sale

Kodie Fairchild |
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body Silverton Booster Club is selling Super Fan season passes as the buzz of the fast-approaching football season is felt across the Caprock.2025 Super Fan passes gain you entry into all Silverton junior high, JV and varsity home games for all sports from August 28 to February 28.

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LOOKING BACK

News Staff
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body July 17, 1989: 4-H superlativesJuly 17, 1989—Second Caprock Jamboree is big success under shelter on Briscoe County Courthouse lawn….School board accepts Duane Reynolds’ resignation, and employed Dorcas Garrison for the junior high math position….
FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

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FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

Joy Stodghill
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body We quilters met Thursday and worked until noon. My grandson and family from Illinois came and met me for lunch and a great afternoon visit. Such a wonderful time we had.How thankful I have been all this spring for all of the showers we have been having.
Motley library receives $3,000 grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support summer literacy

Motley library receives $3,000 grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support summer literacy

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Motley library receives $3,000 grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support summer literacy

Staff Reports
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body MATADOR— The Dollar General Literacy Foundation (DGLF) recently awarded the Motley County Library in Matador a $3,000 grant to support summer literacy. The funds are a part of a record-setting, one-day donation in the Foundation’s history of more than $13.
ALLAMERICANS Two Motley County Maverick cheerleaders made theAll-AmericanTeamattheUCACheerleadingcampatTexasTech on July 9. | COURTESY PHOTO

ALLAMERICANS Two Motley County Maverick cheerleaders made theAll-AmericanTeamattheUCACheerleadingcampatTexasTech on July 9. | COURTESY PHOTO

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Motley County cheerleaders made All American

Kodie Fairchild |
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body The 2025-2026 Motley County Matador and Maverick Cheerleaders have been preparing for the upcoming school year by attending summer camps to sharpen their talents and learn new material.