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RedRiverCardClub to host poker tournament benefitting MemphisVFD

RedRiverCardClub to host poker tournament benefitting MemphisVFD

RedRiverCardClub to host poker tournament benefitting MemphisVFD

News Staff
Thursday, October 10, 2024
RedRiverCardClub will host a Texas hold’em poker tournament, benefitting the Memphis Volunteer Fire Department (VFD), at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Memphis Country Club. Registration, which opens at 4 p.m., is $60, with $50 rebuys until 7 p.m.
Childress’Betty Payton celebrates 99th birthday

Childress’Betty Payton celebrates 99th birthday

Childress’Betty Payton celebrates 99th birthday

News Staff
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Betty Payton, of Childress, admires a floral arrangement she received from her family for her 99th birthday Monday, Sept. 30. The celebration was lowkey, just the way she liked it, Payton said. Friends came to share her birthday cake, provided by her daughter, Ann Ricks.
Childress’June Harrison celebrates 100 years

Childress’June Harrison celebrates 100 years

Childress’June Harrison celebrates 100 years

News Staff
Thursday, October 10, 2024
June Harrison, of Childress, joined by her first grandchild, Chris Lawrence, of Lubbock, celebrates her 100th birthday Saturday, Sept. 21—two days prior to her official birthday on Monday, Sept. 23—at the 501 Event Center, where she welcomed family and friends from 1-3 p.m.
Miss Wellington to crown 2024 queen

Miss Wellington to crown 2024 queen

Miss Wellington to crown 2024 queen

News Staff
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Miss Wellington 2023 Mallory O’Rear, a senior at Wellington High School, will crown the new queen during the 71st Miss Wellington Scholarship Pageant at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 at the Wellington Ritz Theatre. Doors open at 3 p.m. Admission is $10.
The Childress County Heritage Museum 6th Annual Photography Contest Fundraiser entry deadline is Saturday, Oct. 12. Entries, which are $10, can be submitted at the Childress County Heritage Museum. Courtesy Graphic

The Childress County Heritage Museum 6th Annual Photography Contest Fundraiser entry deadline is Saturday, Oct. 12. Entries, which are $10, can be submitted at the Childress County Heritage Museum. Courtesy Graphic

Childress County Heritage Museum 6th Annual Photography Contest Fundraiser deadline Saturday

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, October 10, 2024
CHILDRESS — The Childress County Heritage Museum is gearing up for the 6th Annual Photography Contest Fundraiser, inviting photographers, professional and amateur, to submit their best shots.
Living History cookoff winners announced

Living History cookoff winners announced

Living History cookoff winners announced

News Staff
Thursday, October 10, 2024
The Collingsworth County Justice of the Peace Office takes first place in the Fourth Annual Rocky Sprott Living History Chili Cookoff Saturday, Oct. 5, hosted by the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), Charles Goodnight Frontier Reg. Camp 2280. Camp Matron Rhonda Colson presented the cash awards.
Childress We Can Care, South Plains Electric hosts Survivor Meal

Childress We Can Care, South Plains Electric hosts Survivor Meal

Childress We Can Care, South Plains Electric hosts Survivor Meal

News Staff
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Childress We Can Care, a nonprofit organization aiding Childress County cancer patients, hosts the annual Survivor Meal Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. “This is an annual celebration of cancer survivors,” Childress We Can Care President Sarah Haseloff said.
Elder Samuel Owen Stingel returned home from a twoyear mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Friday, Oct. 11. Stingel served as a missionary in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Elder Samuel Owen Stingel returned home from a twoyear mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Friday, Oct. 11. Stingel served as a missionary in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Elders Kessler, Stingel return from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints missions

Special To The Sun
Thursday, October 10, 2024
CHILDRESS — Elders David “Ben” Kessler and Samual Owen Stingel recently returned home to Childress from two-year missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints this week.
Lighthouse Electric makes donation to Memphis Meals on Wheels

Lighthouse Electric makes donation to Memphis Meals on Wheels

Lighthouse Electric makes donation to Memphis Meals on Wheels

News Staff
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Lighthouse Electric Cooperative’s Sheryl Byars, left, and Cam Washington, right, make a $250 donation to Memphis Meals on Wheels Tuesday, Oct. 1, which was accepted by Memphis Meals on Wheels Director Tiniya Johnson, center.
The infamous Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker head to their next destination on stage of the Mulkey Theatre in a Texas Comedies production set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 in Clarendon. Courtesy Photo

The infamous Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker head to their next destination on stage of the Mulkey Theatre in a Texas Comedies production set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 in Clarendon. Courtesy Photo

‘Bonnie & Clyde’ to be staged in Clarendon

Special To The Sun
Thursday, October 10, 2024
CLARENDON – Clarendon’s Mulkey Theatre will welcome back the Texas Comedies team to present “Bonnie & Clyde: A Musical Comedy” at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20.
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