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CHILDRESS

News Staff
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
FOOD PRESERVATION WORKSHOP The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Childress County will host The Basics of Food Preservation—a threepart workshop, including handouts, recipes, step-by-step instructions and finished, take-home products.

WELLINGTON

News Staff
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
WELLINGTON BLOOD DRIVEKeep the momentum going by scheduling a donation at the Wellington Community Blood Drive set for 2:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, March 16 at the Wellington EMS Barn, 703 Fort Worth St. For more information, contact Coffee Memorial Blood Center, 806358-4563.

MEMPHIS

News Staff
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
CHAMBER BANQUETThe Memphis Chamber of Commerce Banquet, including awards, a Mexican pile-on meal, bingo and prizes, will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, March 13 at the Memphis Community Center. Entry, including food and drinks, is $10 at the door.

The Red River Sun School Menus

News Staff
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Monday, March 9Breakfast: Cinnamon Roll, Bacon, Fresh Fruit, Fruit J uice, Milk.Lunch: X-Treme Burrito, Street Corn, Cucumber Slices, Fruit, Dessert, Milk.Tuesday, March 10Breakfast: Cheese Omelet, Toast, Fresh Fruit, Fruit J uice, Milk.Lunch: Chili Cheese Totchos, Hot Roll, Veggie Cup, Fruit, Milk.
Wellington High School artists, including, from left, Jasmin Moreno, Rilynn Southerland, Bailey Page, Elli Ouellette and Jacy Lampe, exhibit their art pieces created for the recent Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) competition in Amarillo. Wellington High School

Wellington High School artists, including, from left, Jasmin Moreno, Rilynn Southerland, Bailey Page, Elli Ouellette and Jacy Lampe, exhibit their art pieces created for the recent Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) competition in Amarillo. Wellington High School

Wellington artists compete in VASE

Bev Odom
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
AMARILLO – Accompanied by Wellington High School (WHS) art instructor Marnie Kane, five art students competed Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) in Amarillo.
Childress High School’s Adlee Lambert recently won the annual South Plains Electric Youth Tour contest, which includes a $1,500 scholarship and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. South Plains Electric Cooperative

Childress High School’s Adlee Lambert recently won the annual South Plains Electric Youth Tour contest, which includes a $1,500 scholarship and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. South Plains Electric Cooperative

Childress’ Lambert named winner of SPEC Youth Tour contest

Elizabeth Tanner
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
CHILDRESS — Adlee Lambert, a junior at Childress High School, was recently named one of six winners of the annual South Plains Electric (SPEC) Youth Tour contest, announced Wednesday, Feb. 25, earning a $1,500 scholarship and an all-expensepaid trip to Washington, D.C.
Edie Johnson, coined the “Butterfly Lady” of Childress, presented a program to Delta Kappa Gamma on butterflies that visit Childress, including her Noth American Butterfly Association Certified Butterfly Garden in southeast Childress. She frequently referred to her butterfly display—photos of butterflies she created on sets of triptych panels. Johnson gave a complete list of items to attract butterflies, as well as one item to never include—“no insecticides, ever,” she said. Grace Holman

Edie Johnson, coined the “Butterfly Lady” of Childress, presented a program to Delta Kappa Gamma on butterflies that visit Childress, including her Noth American Butterfly Association Certified Butterfly Garden in southeast Childress. She frequently referred to her butterfly display—photos of butterflies she created on sets of triptych panels. Johnson gave a complete list of items to attract butterflies, as well as one item to never include—“no insecticides, ever,” she said. Grace Holman

Childress’ ‘Butterfly Lady’ presents program to DKG

Grace Holman
Thursday, February 26, 2026
CHILDRESS — Not all visitors to Childress arrive via U.S. 287 or U.S. 62-83. Some come on wings—but not to the Childress airport.These visitors, numbering in hundreds, are not likely seen by most people.
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