Cocoa Bombs

Body 12 ounces dark chocolate chips 8 teaspoons instant hot chocolate mix 40 mini marshmallows Crushed peppermint, optional 1½ inch silicone half-sphere mold Chill a baking sheet in the freezer.

How good is your spamese?

Body If you’re not bilingual but you’d like to be, there’s good news. You probably already know spamese, and you don’t have to worry about pronunciation of any of the words. Spamese isn’t spoken. It’s just for email and texts and such.

Happy Birthday and Anniversary to...

Body December 8 Jacob Ivory December 10 Tim Matthews December 11 Ty Waller Brandi Zeigler December 12 Tommy Burson Alma Hobbs December 15 Steve Miller Aaron Younger Michael Silva December 16 Stanley Gamble Virgil Minyard

Comedian William Lee Martin presents The Return of the Nutcracker at Plainview’s Fair Theater Dec. 17

Body Comedian William Lee Martin will bring his annual Christmas standup comedy spectacular and variety show “The Return of the Nutcracker – Putting the Fun in Dysfunctional Family Christmas” to the Fair Theater (717 Broadway, Plainview) on Friday, Dec. 17.

ANGEL TREE

Body ANGEL TREE The Silverton Angel Tree will be set up in the basement of the Briscoe County Courthouse starting Wednesday, December 1. There are a total of 37 angels that will need to be sponsored this year.

FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

Body The third Friday of the month came around again, with over a dozen senior citizens gathering for a good meeting and a great meal. Mike and Laura Long showed slides about their starting their pecan trees. Showing their good times and trying times were very interesting.

LOOKING BACK

Body 1955: Prizes awarded at You All Come Day program December 6, 1945—Mrs. W.H. Crowe taken by death . . . Victory loans lags as end nears . . . Junis Mercer was taken to the Plainview Sanitarium Friday for an emergency appendectomy . . . J.W. Smith passes away at Plainview . . .