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Uncompromised Love

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 136:1 (ESV) Dave’s teenage son sat whimpering on the sofa. He’d just arrived home well past his curfew, and a little over, what might be deemed, a reasonable limit for a 16year-old.

Harmful Side Effects

Surely you’ve noticed the increase in TV drug commercials… Do you tune in or turn out? Baby boomers watch a good bit of television, and their ailments increase with each passing year. Pharmaceutical companies want their share in profits from medications prescribed by doctors.
Plains Memorial Hospital recognized the billing department staff as Employees of the Month for April. The group has a combined 109 years of experience with billing, insurance, and collections. Staff members include Judy Garcia, Tina Vasquez, Elida Dozal, Silva Cruz, Erika Presas and Gloria Hinojosa.

Plains Memorial Hospital recognized the billing department staff as Employees of the Month for April. The group has a combined 109 years of experience with billing, insurance, and collections. Staff members include Judy Garcia, Tina Vasquez, Elida Dozal, Silva Cruz, Erika Presas and Gloria Hinojosa.

WTAMU youth camp registration now open

Registration is now open for about 70 summer youth camps at West Texas A&M University.
Nazareth FFA had nine members who completed their Texas Cattle Feeders Association advanced animal science course exams to receive their cattle handling certification.

Nazareth FFA had nine members who completed their Texas Cattle Feeders Association advanced animal science course exams to receive their cattle handling certification.

Nazareth FFA

Dimmitt Middle School robotics

Dimmitt Middle School robotics

Dimmitt Middle School robotics

Dimmitt Middle School robotics students participated in the Robotics Meet in Amarillo on April 13.

Federal judge rules DFPS in contempt of court

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack has ordered Texas Health and Human Services officials to pay $100,000 per day in fines for routinely neglecting investigations into allegations of abuse and neglect by children in the state’s foster care system.
Hegar distributes $1B in sales tax allocations

Hegar distributes $1B in sales tax allocations

Hegar distributes $1B in sales tax allocations

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.03 billion in local sales tax allocations for April, up 5.5 percent compared to April 2023.Total net payments this period were$646,954,637,compared to 2023 at $615,022,866, a 5.
Laura Hart, from Hart, Texas, represented the state of Texas as a woman in agriculture at the BARD 45th Anniversary in Washington D.C. The U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research & Development Fund is a competitive funding program supporting collaborative research. Hart is shown with Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Avi Dichter, and Meital Stavincky.

Laura Hart, from Hart, Texas, represented the state of Texas as a woman in agriculture at the BARD 45th Anniversary in Washington D.C. The U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research & Development Fund is a competitive funding program supporting collaborative research. Hart is shown with Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Avi Dichter, and Meital Stavincky.

Hart attends BARD seminar in D.C.

Castro County resident Laura Hart, from Hart, Texas was recently invited to attend the BARD 45th Anniversary seminar and reception held at the National Arboretum in Washington D.C. on April 9 as a woman in agriculture representing the state of Texas.
Jodey Arrington

Jodey Arrington

Arrington introduces estate tax reduction legislation

On Monday, Chairman Jodey Arrington introduced the Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act, which would cut the estate tax in half and provide tax relief to family-owned businesses.Currently, the estate tax – commonly known as the “Death Tax” – is the highest tax rate in the U.S. Tax Code at 40 percent.