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Music lineup for 2025 Motley

Music lineup for 2025 Motley

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Music lineup for 2025 Motley-Dickens Old Settlers announced

News Staff
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
STAFF REPORTSOrganizers of the 102nd Annual Motley-Dickens Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo have announced the event’s musical acts for the event, Aug. 28–30 in Roaring Springs, Texas.Rowdy Decker will be the featured entertainment immediately following the Saturday night rodeo at the event.Decker is...
SHOPPING SPREE WINNERS Congratulations go to Chris Brewer and Dianne Flores of Paducah. They are the winners of the $500 Do It Best shopping spree at Plains Lumber Company.Their names were drawn at the Paducah store by Ruby Hurd, along with store manager Glynn Willis. Brewer was on hand for the drawing. | COURTESY PHOTOS

SHOPPING SPREE WINNERS Congratulations go to Chris Brewer and Dianne Flores of Paducah. They are the winners of the $500 Do It Best shopping spree at Plains Lumber Company.Their names were drawn at the Paducah store by Ruby Hurd, along with store manager Glynn Willis. Brewer was on hand for the drawing. | COURTESY PHOTOS

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Paducah’s Taunton graduates from Sam Houston State

Staff Reports
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Among the spring 2025 graduates of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville were Kaysey Taunton of Paducah, Texas, who was awarded the Bachelor of Science in criminal justice, magna cum laude.Named for Texas’ greatest hero,SamHoustonState University honors its historical roots through academic...
COTTLE RETIREMENT Last week marked the end of Ron Gilbert’s 26-plus-year career with theTexas Department ofTransportation, with has last 15 years spent as the Cottle County maintenance supervior. He was presented a Texas flag by District Engineer Darwin Lankford. | TxDOT PHOTO

COTTLE RETIREMENT Last week marked the end of Ron Gilbert’s 26-plus-year career with theTexas Department ofTransportation, with has last 15 years spent as the Cottle County maintenance supervior. He was presented a Texas flag by District Engineer Darwin Lankford. | TxDOT PHOTO

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Canales named Cottle County maintenance supervisor

News Staff
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
CHILDRESS— The Texas Department of Transportation recently announced the promotion of Waldo Canales to Cottle County maintenance supervisor in the Childress District.Canales began his Tx-DOT career in February 2013 as a maintenance technician in the Cottle County Maintenance Section.
CAUGHT KNAPPING Knapper Sam Montandon of Canyon,Texas, will set up his colorful tipi at the 2025 Comanchero Rendezvous June 14 in Quitaque to entertain and inform guests about knapping, the ancient art of creating tools and points from flint. Several other educational displays will relive the colorful history of five counties along the Caprock. | COURTESY PHOTO

CAUGHT KNAPPING Knapper Sam Montandon of Canyon,Texas, will set up his colorful tipi at the 2025 Comanchero Rendezvous June 14 in Quitaque to entertain and inform guests about knapping, the ancient art of creating tools and points from flint. Several other educational displays will relive the colorful history of five counties along the Caprock. | COURTESY PHOTO

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Fun and education on tap for Comanchero Rendezvous June 14

Staff Reports
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
The Comanchero Canyons Rendezvous has become an annual tradition to showcase area history each June in Quitaque.This year reenactors, knappers and smitheys will ply their traditional skills for visitors, and artifact experts will be on hand at the Comanchero Canyons Museum, 200 3rd St., from 10...

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Week Of May 29, 2025
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
I have now watched three graduations in a week, as have many of you. I can’t but think of this quote from a children’s book I used to read to the kids, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” by William Joyce: “And so our story ends as it began……. with the opening of a book.”
FLOODINGINROARINGSPRINGS Asaseriesofstrongthunderstormsmovedthroughthe area Sunday evening, May 25, the Roaring Springs Ranch Club received 4 inches of rain in about an hour, and precipitation continued throughout Sunday night. As of Monday morning, the club’s Snack Shop was closed due to excessive rain, and the golf course was under water as well. Many of the club’s roads were washed out and were extremely muddy on Monday. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | COURTESY PHOTOS

FLOODINGINROARINGSPRINGS Asaseriesofstrongthunderstormsmovedthroughthe area Sunday evening, May 25, the Roaring Springs Ranch Club received 4 inches of rain in about an hour, and precipitation continued throughout Sunday night. As of Monday morning, the club’s Snack Shop was closed due to excessive rain, and the golf course was under water as well. Many of the club’s roads were washed out and were extremely muddy on Monday. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | COURTESY PHOTOS

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Memorial Day floods at the Springs

Kodie Fairchild |
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Memorial Day campers and visitors to the Roaring Springs Ranch Club got a front row view of the town name’s sake “Roaring Springs” when a storm dumped four inches of rain over the ranch in an hour’s time, raising the water level of the Tongue River almost immediately.“The Springs,” as locals and...
Five-inchdiameter hail fell from a supercell storm in Afton, Texas, around 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 25. | COURTESY PHOTO BY COLT FORNEY

Five-inchdiameter hail fell from a supercell storm in Afton, Texas, around 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 25. | COURTESY PHOTO BY COLT FORNEY

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MONSTER HAIL

News Staff
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Motley County’s fun tradition of graduating seniors taking on the faculty in a basketball game continued last week in the school gym. | SUNNI CATES PHOTO

Motley County’s fun tradition of graduating seniors taking on the faculty in a basketball game continued last week in the school gym. | SUNNI CATES PHOTO

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SENIORS VS FACULTY

News Staff
Tuesday, May 27, 2025