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Connor elected mayor in Matador, incumbents re-elected across region

Connor elected mayor in Matador, incumbents re-elected across region

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Connor elected mayor in Matador, incumbents re-elected across region

Kay Ellington
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
MATADORThe City of Matador has a new mayor, after longtime incumbent Pat Smith did not run for reelection this term.Gerald Conner defeated incumbent city council member Dvonna Grundy 159 to 37 in the May 4, 2024 election.

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2024 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

News Staff
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Public and Civic Meetings Coming UpPlease let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comMATADOR CITY COUNCIL Thursday, May 9, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 706 Dundee Ave., Matador, (806) 347-2255 PADUCAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Thursday, May 9, 6 p.m., Bicentennial City-County Library, 825 Backus...
Purple potatoes and green peas with herby cashew cream

Purple potatoes and green peas with herby cashew cream

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Purple potatoes and green peas with herby cashew cream

News Staff
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COMANGELINA L aRUEI recall a wonderful neighbor when we lived in Florida who was from Peru. I loved hearing about different Peruvian recipes and foods. She often spoke about such a wide variety of potatoes available in her homeland.
Metaphors: quilts, steam, lights

Metaphors: quilts, steam, lights

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Metaphors: quilts, steam, lights

News Staff
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
COMMENTARYHANABA MUNN WELCHLive long enough and your life is like a quilt — stages patched together. I’m looking now at a piece of my maroon corduroy pep squad skirt sewn into a quilt. Pep squad was for all of us not cut out to be cheerleaders.
100th Quail Appreciation Day set for May 17

100th Quail Appreciation Day set for May 17

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100th Quail Appreciation Day set for May 17

Staff Reports
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
A historic “Quail Appreciation Day” will be held at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch in Fisher County on Friday, May 17 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch is located 19 miles east of Snyder, or 10 miles west of Roby, on US Hwy. 180.Dr. Dale Rollins, director of...
HAIRCUTS AT HAM’S Ham’s Barbershop in downtown Turkey was recognized with a historical marker last week during Bob Wills Day festivities.To celebrate the occasion, haircuts were given in the historic barbershop on Saturday. Renowned musician Bob Wills himself once cut hair at the shop. Preservationist Mike Goolsby, who also recently restored the Phillips 66 gas station inTurkey, undertook the historic restoration project. MORE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE 52nd BOB WILLS DAY, PAGE 10 | CAPROCK COURIER

HAIRCUTS AT HAM’S Ham’s Barbershop in downtown Turkey was recognized with a historical marker last week during Bob Wills Day festivities.To celebrate the occasion, haircuts were given in the historic barbershop on Saturday. Renowned musician Bob Wills himself once cut hair at the shop. Preservationist Mike Goolsby, who also recently restored the Phillips 66 gas station inTurkey, undertook the historic restoration project. MORE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE 52nd BOB WILLS DAY, PAGE 10 | CAPROCK COURIER

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HAIRCUTS AT HAM’S

News Staff
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
HAIRCUTS AT HAM’S
MOTLEY MUSEUM board president Judy Cooper was on hand in Matador April 22 to deliver items for the collection of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma, that will permanently represent Motley County’s rich role in the history of cattle raising, cowboying and rodeoing. | COURTESY PHOTO

MOTLEY MUSEUM board president Judy Cooper was on hand in Matador April 22 to deliver items for the collection of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma, that will permanently represent Motley County’s rich role in the history of cattle raising, cowboying and rodeoing. | COURTESY PHOTO

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Matador history on its way to famous Oklahoma City museum

Marisue Potts
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
The Motley County Museum hosted curator Michael Grauer from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Okla., on April 22 to receive three key collections from Matador history— those of Mary Ellen “Dude” Barton, Shannon Davidson and H. H. Schweitzer— for this premier museum’s...

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Caprock voters go to polls Saturday in city, school elections

Kay Ellington
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Elections for city councils and school boards will be held throughout Texas on the uniform election date of Saturday, May 4.The following are candidates in contested races in each city in Caprock Country.GUTHRIE. At the Guthrie Common School District, board member incumbents whose terms are up this...

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Highway 70 Garage Sales set for May 4

Staff Reports
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
The annual Highway 70 Garage Sales is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, with more than 40 vendors signed up as of Monday along a 60-mile stretch of two-lane blacktop, according to co-organizer Joan Day of Spur.Vendors will be selling “all kinds of things from household items, to antiques and even some...