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NANCESNAMEDPIONEERSOFTHEYEAR Retired Briscoe County JudgeWayne Nance, along with wife (and county librarian)Tina, a retired Silverton educator, have been selected as the 2025 Briscoe County Celebration’s Pioneers of the Year. | COURTESY PHOTO

NANCESNAMEDPIONEERSOFTHEYEAR Retired Briscoe County JudgeWayne Nance, along with wife (and county librarian)Tina, a retired Silverton educator, have been selected as the 2025 Briscoe County Celebration’s Pioneers of the Year. | COURTESY PHOTO

Wayne and Tina Nance named Briscoe County Pioneers of the Year

Kodie Fairchild |
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Body WayneandTinaNance of Silverton will be honored as the 2025 Briscoe County Celebration’s Pioneers of the Year during the county’s upcoming Briscoe County Celebration.
Jeremy Adkins, who manages the Antina Barrel Creek Ranch in Briscoe County, accompanied by ranch staffers Heath Carlisle and Shealee Carlisle, traveled to Camp Mystic in Kerrville to lend help within hours of July 4’s fatal flooding. | COURTESY PHOTO

Jeremy Adkins, who manages the Antina Barrel Creek Ranch in Briscoe County, accompanied by ranch staffers Heath Carlisle and Shealee Carlisle, traveled to Camp Mystic in Kerrville to lend help within hours of July 4’s fatal flooding. | COURTESY PHOTO

HELPING HANDS

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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SethWard and the Silence will be the featured musical act at the 133rd Briscoe Celebration Saturday night in Silverton after the rodeo. Ward is from Arlington. His band’s sound has been described as a country-based foundation but also infused with Americana, alt country and folk. | COURTESY PHOTO

SethWard and the Silence will be the featured musical act at the 133rd Briscoe Celebration Saturday night in Silverton after the rodeo. Ward is from Arlington. His band’s sound has been described as a country-based foundation but also infused with Americana, alt country and folk. | COURTESY PHOTO

CELEBRATION BAND

News Staff
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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2025 CAPROCK HAPPENINGS

News Staff
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Body Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comLocal EventsBRISCOE COUNTY CELEBRATION AND RANCH RODEO will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1–2, 6 p.m., Wood Memorial Arena, Silverton. Admission is $10 Friday night and $15 Saturday night for adults.

2025 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

News Staff
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body Public and Civic Meetings Coming UpPlease let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comGUTHRIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT board meeting, Monday, July 21, 6 p.m., school administration offices, 301 Jaguar Ln.
Leave it to Uncle AI

Leave it to Uncle AI

Leave it to Uncle AI

Hanaba Munn Welch
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body The 501The study of grammar and composition is endangered. That’s secondhand information from someone who heard it firsthand from a professor of English.Makes sense. Artificial intelligence prevails. Why learn how to write correctly if Uncle AI can do it better?
Wonderful watermelons!

Wonderful watermelons!

Wonderful watermelons!

Ellen Peffley
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body From the gardenJuly is watermelon season. Store-bought melons are filling grocery bins, but soon garden-grown watermelons will mature and be ready for harvest. Picking a melon from the grocer is often hit-and-miss.
NUMBER ONE TIP While butter needs to be slightly soft for the mixer to cut through it, the texture of the cookie will hold up better if we leave the butter as firm as possible when creaming it with the sugar. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

NUMBER ONE TIP While butter needs to be slightly soft for the mixer to cut through it, the texture of the cookie will hold up better if we leave the butter as firm as possible when creaming it with the sugar. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

Nutty Chocolate Chippers— and how to bake them best

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body ANGELINA L aRUE Nutty Chocolate Chippers— and how to bake them bestI get lots of questions about how to keep cookies from flattening and spreading out, and how to retain their gooeyness. So I’ve compiled a list of all the solutions I’ve come to learn by my own trials and errors.

Silverton Owls Super Fan season passes on sale

Kodie Fairchild |
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Body Silverton Booster Club is selling Super Fan season passes as the buzz of the fast-approaching football season is felt across the Caprock.2025 Super Fan passes gain you entry into all Silverton junior high, JV and varsity home games for all sports from August 28 to February 28.