TTFHA SPRING RENDEZVOUS The Texas Trappers and Fur Hunters Association (TTFHA) 2024 Spring Rendezvous will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 26 and 7:30 a.m.

CHAMBER BANQUET The Memphis Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, April 26 at the Memphis Community Center.

WPW RUN FOR HUGS Wellington Professional Women’s Club invites everyone to its 2024 Let’s TACO ‘BOUT a Run for HUGS. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.

CHILDRESS — Tuesday, April 16, a Cessna Citation, from Dallas, dropped off passengers and fueled up, and an Embraer Phenom, from Louisiana,did the same. Wednesday, April 17, a Cessna 172 flew in from Dallas.

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I am a Texan, and I am quite fond of being a Texan.Recently,I bought a bluebonnet plant for Texas Independence Day, and I keep encouraging my bluebonnet plants along and in my driveway. Every day with a few good pecans is a pretty good day. And then, there’s the state song, “Texas, Our Texas!” There seems to be a movement against state songs. They seem too pompous,too “over the top.” I don’t share in that view. For a long time after 1836, our state song did not exist. It was actually written in 1924 by William J. Marsh, of Texas Christian University fame, with some help on the lyrics by Gladys Yoakum Wright. Of course, Alaska became a state in 1959, so “largest and grandest”was changed to“boldest and grandest.”

WELLINGTON – Salt Fork Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has partnered with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) and the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts to highlight Soil and Water Stewardship Week and the importance of voluntary land stewardship in Texas. The statewide campaign is held Sunday,April 28 through Sunday, May 5, and this year’s focus is “May the Forest Be With You Always.”

CHILDRESS — Meeting Monday, April 22, the Childress County Historical Commission discussed potential future projects. Potential future projects included a memorial marker honoring Childress native Lt.

WELLINGTON — Convened at a regular meeting with County Judge Scot Martindale presiding, the Commissioners Court of Collingsworth County met at 10 a.m. Monday, March 11 with Pct. 1 Commissioner Farris Nation, Pct. 2 Commissioner James Ellis, Pct. 3 Commissioner Joel Sherwood and Pct. 4 Commissioner Richard Johnson present.

CHILDRESS — On Thursday, April 18, nine pleas took place in the 100th Judicial District Court in Childress County. District Attorney for the 100th Judicial District Luke Inman, along with Assistant District Attorney Harley Caudle, prosecuted the following cases for the State of Texas, with the Honorable Judge Dale Rabe presiding.