Designing gardens for year-round color and protecting your investment

Create a colorful year-round garden filled with flowers, greenery, colorful fruit, fall color, winter interest and a few surprises. Consider seasonal interest when planning a new garden or landscape. Adding a few key plants to existing gardens can help boost your landscape’s seasonal appeal.

NEW SCHOLARSHIP

NEW SCHOLARSHIP – During the recent South Plains College Law Enforcement Academy graduation, the SPC Foundation announced the establishment of the newly endowed Sgt. Joshua Bartlett Memorial Scholarship to assist students in the Law Enforcement program.

Get ready to Celebrate in Amherst!

The Annual Amherst Days Celebration is scheduled for all day Saturday, July 31, 2021, in the City of Amherst’s City Park. The celebration parade will begin lining up at 9 a.m. on the street south of the Amherst City Hall near the Gin.

Ranch Day bringing chuck wagons to Heritage Center

Two chuck wagons with beans cooking over an open fire pit, and an author unveiling her new chuck wagon cookbook, will greet visitors Saturday, July 24, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) at Texas Tech University.

What are Things we Store Away? ...

If each one of us had a warehouse where we stored things, and we compared them, we will find out that one does not compare to another. Why? Simply because we are different. It might be that some things are worth keeping. It has been proven that most of the things that we keep will never be needed.

Castro County Fair seeks to fill booths

Anyone interested in a booth at the Castro County Fair during Harvest Days Saturday, Aug. 28th, 2021 in Dimmitt, please contact Cathy Nelson at 806-869-7550. Booths are $30 for 10x12 and $40 for double size. The fair will be held on the courthouse square, at the corner of Hwy 385 & 86.

2021 Celebrate Littlefield celebration

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH OF OLTON WAS BACK WITH FUN & GAMES (Above & right) (All Photos by Ann Reagan) ELI GUZMAN owner/operator of Yellow City Cap Co. in Amarillo offered an impressive collection of custom made caps.

Wilma Priddy of Amherst Celebrates 100th Birthday on June 8

WAVING AND SMILING at people in cars in Wilma Priddy’s 100th Birthday Parade around the Harmonee House in Amherst Tuesday, June 8, 2021. There were many people she knows who greeted her through their car door windows.

8th Celebrate Littlefield Parade set for July 17th

The 8th annual Celebrate Littlefield parade will be held Saturday, July 17th. Parade participants will meet at Laguna Park at 9 a.m. The parade will start around 10 a.m. Participants will need to sign a Parade Entrant Hold Harmless Agreement the morning of the parade.

Library is seeking yearbook donations

Are your yearbooks collecting dust? Taking up valuable space? Wanting to declutter? The Lamb County Library is seeking donations of Littlefield High School yearbooks.