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MATADOR’S FOOTHILLS CELEBRATION Oct. 15 has its roots in the town’s favorite“Foothills Saturday Night”tradition, welcoming visitors and residents alike to take part in the cowboy culture“under the hill”of the Caprock. | COURTESY PHOTOS

MATADOR’S FOOTHILLS CELEBRATION Oct. 15 has its roots in the town’s favorite“Foothills Saturday Night”tradition, welcoming visitors and residents alike to take part in the cowboy culture“under the hill”of the Caprock. | COURTESY PHOTOS

Foothills Celebration offers variety of fun on Oct. 15

Kay Ellington
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Body There’s something for everyone at the Foothills Celebration in Matador Saturday, Oct. 15. The fun gets underway Saturday morning with a cornhole tournament. This doubles tournament costs $50 a team, and participants need to download the Score Holio app to register.
Silverton gearing up for ‘Night on the Square’Oct. 15

Silverton gearing up for ‘Night on the Square’Oct. 15

Silverton gearing up for ‘Night on the Square’Oct. 15

Staff Reports
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Body Tanner Lane of Plainview, along with his Tanner Lane Band, will be the featured entertainment at Silverton’s Night on the Square Saturday, Oct. 15. Lane plays a mixture of Texas country, Americana and the classics of country music.

Overheard

News Staff
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Body “Go ahead and line them up, Bernard, and I’ll go first time. We’ll play for keepsies.” Bernard drew a ring on the sidewalk with a piece of pink chalk. Then he drew a starting line just outside the ring with a piece of green chalk.
FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

News Staff
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Body Quilting day came around again, and we had a great time again, as usual, and we will finish my quilt next week.
TEAMING UP First National Bank of Quitaque president GuyYoung (left) welcomed banker Kyle Fuston to the FNB team at a recent meeting of the board of directors. Fuston has been working out of the Quitaque location in preparation for opening a branch in Silverton. | CAPROCK COURIER

TEAMING UP First National Bank of Quitaque president GuyYoung (left) welcomed banker Kyle Fuston to the FNB team at a recent meeting of the board of directors. Fuston has been working out of the Quitaque location in preparation for opening a branch in Silverton. | CAPROCK COURIER

FNB Quitaque to expand into Silverton

Kay Ellington
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Body “Silverton has been a major market for us ever since the bank opened more than a hundred years ago,” said Guy Young, president of the First National Bank of Quitaque.
NEXT UP FROM PROLIFIC AUTHOR Marisue Burleson Potts’ account of the D. C. and Ella Cribbs Keith penpal romance, “Direct Your Letter to the Matador Ranch,” is based on some 80 letters the pair wrote to each other from 1886 to 1891. An exhibition at the Motley County Museum showcases the Keith family’s influence on the area. Potts will sign copies of her book Oct. 15 at Matador’s Foothills Celebration. | COURTESY PHOTO

NEXT UP FROM PROLIFIC AUTHOR Marisue Burleson Potts’ account of the D. C. and Ella Cribbs Keith penpal romance, “Direct Your Letter to the Matador Ranch,” is based on some 80 letters the pair wrote to each other from 1886 to 1891. An exhibition at the Motley County Museum showcases the Keith family’s influence on the area. Potts will sign copies of her book Oct. 15 at Matador’s Foothills Celebration. | COURTESY PHOTO

Museum book signing one facet of Matador’s Foothills Celebration Oct. 15

Staff Reports
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Body Historian Potts’ newest volume focuses on earlyday cowboy romance A wide range of events— other than the showcase music festival featuring four bands and one acoustical group— have been planned for the Foothills Celebration on Saturday, October 15, in downtown Matador.