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Stars shine in HT Songwriter Fest

Stars shine in HT Songwriter Fest

Stars shine in HT Songwriter Festival

Body  Musical stars shone bright under the full harvest moon at the Hotel Turkey Songwriter Festival last weekend. So did strings of patio lights at the hotel. Plus some neon. A good time was had by all.
Pasta Shells with Green

Pasta Shells with Green

Pasta Shells with Green Peas, if you please

Body Pasta, a creamy sauce, and green peas are a scrumptious combination to help celebrate the end of summer. The peas give this dish a fresh burst of summertime flavor, and I can’t resist a creamy pasta paired with just about any other ingredient.
BETRUETOYOUR SCHOOL As seen in Raphael’s 16th-century masterpiece “TheSchoolofAthens,”Diogeneslookslikehecouldhaveusedastadiumseat, but the philosopher—unlike current-day sports fans—famously eschewed creature comforts. | mymodernmet.com

BETRUETOYOUR SCHOOL As seen in Raphael’s 16th-century masterpiece “TheSchoolofAthens,”Diogeneslookslikehecouldhaveusedastadiumseat, but the philosopher—unlike current-day sports fans—famously eschewed creature comforts. | mymodernmet.com

Bummed out about bleacher

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SINGER/SONGWRITER Darby Sparkman will be one of the singer/ songwriters appearing on the first day of the HotelTurkey Singer/Songwriter Festival, Friday, Sept. 9. | COURTESY PHOTO

SINGER/SONGWRITER Darby Sparkman will be one of the singer/ songwriters appearing on the first day of the HotelTurkey Singer/Songwriter Festival, Friday, Sept. 9. | COURTESY PHOTO

Hotel Turkey Singer/Songwriter Festival schedule for Sept. 9-11 released

Body The schedule has been set for the Hotel Turkey Singer/ Songwriter festival. The threeday event, the first such festival to be hosted by the venue, kicks off Friday, Sept. 9 at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 5 p.m. Keegan McInroe, Daniel Markham, Darby Sparkman 7 p.m.
FIRST UNITED MEHTODIST CHURCH, MATADOR is among Texas churches that have voted to exit the United Methodist Church. | COURTESY PHOTO

FIRST UNITED MEHTODIST CHURCH, MATADOR is among Texas churches that have voted to exit the United Methodist Church. | COURTESY PHOTO

Area churches vote to join Global Methodist group, disaffiliate from UMC

Body BARBARA BRANNON | CAPROCK COURIER At church business meetings August 29, Methodist churches in Matador and McAdoo voted to sever ties with the United Methodist denomination and band together with a new group, the Global Methodist Church.
MATADOR MAYOR Pat Smith will soon add to his business operations in Matador with a coin-operated laundromat on Bailey Avenue.“I just want to do something helpful for the town,”he said. | CAPROCK COURIER

MATADOR MAYOR Pat Smith will soon add to his business operations in Matador with a coin-operated laundromat on Bailey Avenue.“I just want to do something helpful for the town,”he said. | CAPROCK COURIER

Downtown Matador getting ready to clean up with new laundromat

Body BARBARA BRANNON | CAPROCK COURIER It’s not an uncommon thing for a mayor to spearhead a citywide cleanup, but in Matador, Pat Smith is going into it in a big way. Smith has been working all summer to install a new selfservice laundromat in a historic Bailey Avenue building.