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FREE COMMUNITY INFORMATION The Caprock Courier has provided free copies of its most recent Bob Wills Day special section to event patrons and visitors, to help shine a spotlight on one of the community’s bestknown events and the local advertisers who support it.

FREE COMMUNITY INFORMATION The Caprock Courier has provided free copies of its most recent Bob Wills Day special section to event patrons and visitors, to help shine a spotlight on one of the community’s bestknown events and the local advertisers who support it.

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KCBD-TV to host broadcast from Turkey Wednesday night

Barbara Brannon |
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Body The community of Turkey will host Lubbock’s KCBD News Channel 11 Wednesday, July 23, as one of the five cities selected this summer for the broadcaster’s annual Live Community Coverage Tour.The KCBD team will be at the City Park in Turkey on Wednesday, July 23 at 4:30 p.m.
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

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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

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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

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CELEBRATION BAND

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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2025 CAPROCK HAPPENINGS

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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.

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2025 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

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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

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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!

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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

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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.