Castro County Community Calendar

Community Calendar May 10 Dimmitt Community Blood Drive. Dimmitt City Hall. 3:30 – 7 p.m. For an appointment, please go to yourbloodinstitute.org or call (806) 331-8833, toll free 1-877-574-8800. June 14 Soldier Boxes. Chamber of Commerce. 9 a.m. Come let your soldier’s know you care.

Driver killed in fatal car accident

A Hereford resident died after colliding with a truck and semi-trailer this past Thursday morning. Rachel Martinez, 39 of Hereford, was driving a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu traveling west on US 60 in the inside lane approximately 8 miles west of Hereford in Castro County.

Pet Talk

While many animals—including humans—have harmless strains of E. coli living inside their gastrointestinal tracts, a dangerous form that often makes headlines is E. coli 0157, which can cause serious illness in people. Although E.

Library Lines ...

"Naked Eggs" is the title of April's take-and-make kits for Young Scientists which are being distributed here at Rhoads Memorial Library. (Just to be clear: kits are being handed out, NOT young scientists!

School recess was the best

Do you remember elementary school recess? At our school, we ate lunch right before playtime. We’d line up single file to walk through the food line. The plate lunch often included gravy-laden mystery meat – beef or possibly bird – plus mashed potatoes and something green or yellow.

Crown of Thorns

Take me back to the days of hats and gloves! Do you have old Easter pictures stored away in photo albums? When I was young, girls wore pretty party dresses and mothers were arrayed in classy dresses or suits. The ensemble included shoes and a matching purse.

Fear or Faith?

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 Five-year-old Johnny was watching his mum make supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he was afraid to go in alone.