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PERFECTATTENDANCE BIKE WINNERS - Friday, Dec. 16, names were drawn for the perfect attendance bikes for the first semester at Littlefield Elementary. The winners were Ian Mata and Alexa Flores. The Bikes were donated by the Littlefield Rotary Club. (Shown L-R): Dezi Vargas, Mata, Derek Purdon, Flores and Jason Hunter. (Submitted Photo)

PERFECTATTENDANCE BIKE WINNERS - Friday, Dec. 16, names were drawn for the perfect attendance bikes for the first semester at Littlefield Elementary. The winners were Ian Mata and Alexa Flores. The Bikes were donated by the Littlefield Rotary Club. (Shown L-R): Dezi Vargas, Mata, Derek Purdon, Flores and Jason Hunter. (Submitted Photo)

Elementary Bike Winners

Elementary Bike Winners
Donation

Donation

DONATION

DONATION – The First United Methodist Church held a bake sale to raise money for the Senior Citizens Center. They sold 75 different pies, eight dozen cinnamon rolls and six to eight dozen Kolaches, all of which were homemade.

U.S. cotton production forecast to be higher

The World’s Agriculture Supply and Demand Report for December forecasts higher U.S. cotton production and ending stocks but lower mill use and exports. Production is 211,000 bales higher—at 14.2 million bales— mainly due to higher yields in the Delta and Southeast.

The Importance of Responding to NASS Surveys

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. If a producer received a survey questionnaire, please respond quickly and online if possible.

Crop disaster relief sought

Plains Cotton Growers Inc. joined 33 other agricultural organizations in a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committee requesting language in the fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending package that would extend the Emergency Relief Program to cover losses for the 2022 crop.
LANDSCAPING - First United Baptist Church is getting some work done in front of their Church Building. (Staff Photo by Derek Lopez)

LANDSCAPING - First United Baptist Church is getting some work done in front of their Church Building. (Staff Photo by Derek Lopez)

Lamb County Commissioners hold regular meeting Monday, Dec. 12

The County Commissioners Court met in a regular meeting at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 12, 2022 at the Lamb County Courthouse. Judge James M. DeLoach called the meeting to order at 10:03 a.m. He gave the invocation and led the United States and Texas pledges. No one spoke for public comment.

Hospital Board to Meet Fri.

The Board of Managers of the Lamb Healthcare Center will be held Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 at 10 a.m. in the education room of the Lamb Healthcare Center, where a 13-item agenda will be considered for appropriate action.