Ingevity Childress Chemical Plant employee Tony Lugo presents a check to Childress Elementary School Principal Tracey Blake. Funds will benefit the Childress Elementary School STEM lab, Blake said. Childress Elementary 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

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

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

Ingevity makes donation to Childress County Christmas Sharing

Modern Home Club sees 100% member attendance

Wellington Class of 2027 accepts senior rings