2025 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

BRISCOE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT Monday, Feb. 10, 9 a.m. , County Courthouse,415 Main St., Silverton, (806) 823-2131COTTLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT Monday, Feb. 10, 9:30 a.m., County Courthouse,811 9th St., Paducah, (806) 492-3613HALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT Monday, Feb. 10, 10 a.m., County...

The appeal of soaps and such

The appeal of soaps and suchEver been hooked on a soap opera? They give meaning to life — or at least a reason to live, which is almost the same thing. You don’t want to die without knowing what’s going to happen the next day or, more important, on Monday after the weekend.

2025 CAPROCK HAPPENINGS

Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comLocal Events CAPROCK PUBLIC LIBRARY Book Club meets the second Tuesday of the month, 12–1 p.m. 106 N. 1st St., Quitaque, (806) 455-1225.

Playing with matches

This little light o’ mine, I’m gonna let it shine. Hide it under a bushel, no. I’m gonna let it shine. – old Black spiritual, Civil Rights Era anthemHow far that little candle throws his beams!

Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding

AUSTIN— The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway.

2025 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

MATADOR MASONIC LODGE meeting, Thursday, Jan. 16, meal at 6:30 p.m. followed by 7:30 p.m. meeting, Lodge Building, 807 Bailey St., Matador PADUCAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE meeting, Thursday, Jan. 16, 6 p.m., Bicentennial City-County Library, 825 Backus St., Paducah PADUCAHFRIENDSOFTHELIBRARY regular...

Pardon me

As I type this column, I am sitting in a hotel in Austin preparing for a student to compete in one of the University Interscholastic League’s speech events: State Congress.It is exactly what you would think. Students debate legislation which they have written.

Legislative session begins on Jan. 14

AUSTIN– The 89th Texas legislative session begins on Jan. 14 with a still-unresolved race for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.State Reps.

SMITH

TUMBLEWEEDAs the creator and producer of “The Sound of Texas,” one of the longest running syndicated radio programs in Texas, Tumbleweed seeks fascinating people who embody the spirit of the Lone StarStateandbringsthemintothehomesandheartsofthousands.A fishing trip to rememberYou never know what’s...

Raise a Yeti to Stanley

COMMENTARYHANABA MUNN WELCHYeti, Yeti, Yeti. Weren’t we getting significantly overloaded with the big name in insulated mugs, tumblers and ice chests?The Yeti brand was poised to become a generic word like Kleenex, Frigidaire and Hoover. (Not that I’m old enough to remember Hoover.