Castro County Community Calendar

Nov. 16 Country View Cake Auction. 5:30 p.m. at CVL. Cakes and donation delivery by 2:30 p.m. day of auction. Benefits residents of CVL for activities/outings. Nov. 19 Annual Thanksgiving Service. Fourth & Bedford Church of Christ. 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served after services. Nov.

Pet Talk

More and more people are practicing farming because they enjoy the outdoors, animals, and the fruits of their labor as opposed to farming as a primary source of income. Even though “hobby farming” can be a fun activity, it still requires dedication and careful planning.

Library Lines ...

Dimmitt Book Club recently met here at Rhoads Memorial Library to view a movie, “Miss Potter”, shown by Libby Cleveland. Renee Zellweger starred in the title role of Beatrix Potter, author and illustrator best known for her books featuring Peter Rabbit.

Abbott announces reward for shooting suspects at Pearland

Governor Greg Abbott announced a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and capture of Texas DPS top 10 fugitives involved in a shooting at a Pearland flea market on Sunday. The shooting incident killed one child and injured four others at Cole’s Flea Market.

Regulators receive 132 applications for medical marijuana dispensaries

According to officials, Texas regulators have received 132 applications to open medical marijuana dispensaries, but it’s not clear how many will be approved, or when. The window to apply to operate under the state’s Compassionate Use Program (CUP) opened last January and closed in April.

Godly Sorrow

The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. So, the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.

School Pictures

I wish I still had my old school pictures. As I recall, my schools didn’t offer individual pictures until the junior and senior grades. We had only class pictures. Professional photographers grouped us by rows with taller students standing in the top back rows and shortest sitting in the front row.

Naz FFA advances 20 to Area LDEs

Nazareth FFA competed in the District LDEs and will be sending 20 students and seven teams to the area contest. Twenty- four students competed in 12 events. District LDE results: Senior Creed Speaking (20 teams) - Chloe Birkenfeld, first place and will advance; Miles Nelson placed 15th.

Marijuana ordinance headed to Lubbock voters

The Lubbock City Council has decided to send an ordinance that would decriminalize low-level, personal use marijuana to the voters in May. This came after the Freedom Act Lubbock’s petition was verified to have the required number of valid signatures on Nov. 2.