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COUNTRY CHRISTMAS TIME Wendell Sollis and the Sidekicks All Star Band will host the 9th Annual Country Christmas Ball at the Floyd County Friends Unity Center on Saturday, Dec. 16.The members of the band are, from left, Ronnie Shultz, Kelly Hastey, Rodney Lay, Mackynsie McKedy, Mike Bennett, Cathy Jewell, Brady Rasco, Steve Ham, Lucy Dean Record, Bob Baker, Greg Gibbs, Chad Maines and Wendell Sollis. | COURTESY PHOTO

COUNTRY CHRISTMAS TIME Wendell Sollis and the Sidekicks All Star Band will host the 9th Annual Country Christmas Ball at the Floyd County Friends Unity Center on Saturday, Dec. 16.The members of the band are, from left, Ronnie Shultz, Kelly Hastey, Rodney Lay, Mackynsie McKedy, Mike Bennett, Cathy Jewell, Brady Rasco, Steve Ham, Lucy Dean Record, Bob Baker, Greg Gibbs, Chad Maines and Wendell Sollis. | COURTESY PHOTO

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9th annual Country Christmas Ball returns to Unity Center Dec. 16

Dustee Sollis
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Body Come celebrate the season with us at the Ninth Annual Country Christmas Ball on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at the Floyd County Friends Unity Center, halfway between Lockney and Floydada.
MAGIC IN MATADOR The magic of the Christmas season came to Matador last week with special holiday events all Thursday evening, including a lighted Christmas parade, the Grinch and other Seuss characters at the library, special shopping all night long, and Santa and Mrs. Claus welcoming children at the courthouse gazebo. | CAPROCK COURIER PHOTO

MAGIC IN MATADOR The magic of the Christmas season came to Matador last week with special holiday events all Thursday evening, including a lighted Christmas parade, the Grinch and other Seuss characters at the library, special shopping all night long, and Santa and Mrs. Claus welcoming children at the courthouse gazebo. | CAPROCK COURIER PHOTO

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MAGIC IN MATADOR

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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FRESHANDFANCY Fresh green beans seasoned with a garlic are wonderful for our typical dinners, but for the holidays, fresh greens beans accented with shallots and toasted hazelnuts take plain green beans from average to fancy. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

FRESHANDFANCY Fresh green beans seasoned with a garlic are wonderful for our typical dinners, but for the holidays, fresh greens beans accented with shallots and toasted hazelnuts take plain green beans from average to fancy. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

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Fresh green beans with shallots and hazelnuts

News Staff
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Body CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COM ANGELINA L aRUE Simple elegance embodies what I call the perfect holiday side dish. Any time we cook with premium, fresh products, we can often create the best food out of two or three humble ingredients.

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LOOKING BACK

News Staff
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Body November 30, 1975: All-District Football rosters announced Dayne Mayfield has been elected to both the defensive and offensive All-District football teams . . . . Blaine Eddelman is to enter the hospital in Amarillo Wednesday afternoon to undergo oral surgery Thursday. . . .
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Overheard

News Staff
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Body My dad came home from World War II when I had just turned 2, and he ran a “fillin’” station across from our home in our little town of Pipe Creek, Texas, with only a few hundred people.
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Holiday events begin this week in Caprock Country

Kay Ellington
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Body It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go across Caprock Country. Area towns and communities are making it easier than ever—and more festive—to shop at home for the holidays.
LOCAL COWBOY REMEMBERED The INSP television network’s “A Tribute to Jackson Taylor | Ultimate Cowboy Showdown: All Stars” video has had 38,000 views since its release earlier this month, according to YouTube statistics. | COURTESY PHOTO

LOCAL COWBOY REMEMBERED The INSP television network’s “A Tribute to Jackson Taylor | Ultimate Cowboy Showdown: All Stars” video has had 38,000 views since its release earlier this month, according to YouTube statistics. | COURTESY PHOTO

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INSP’s ‘Ultimate Cowboy Showdown’ remembers contestant Jackson Taylor of Lockney

Barbarabrannon
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Body “There’ll never be another Jackson Taylor,” said one of the Lockney native’s fellow “Ultimate Cowboy Showdown” contestants in an “All Star Tribute” video released by the INSP television network earlier this month.