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BOBCAT ATHLETICS

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Thursday, October 9, 2025
Oct. 10The Childress High School cross country teams compete in the District Invitational in Canyon.The varsity Childress Bobcat football team plays Friona at 7 p.m. in Friona.Oct.
Kaprisha Casas’ first-grade Sparklers.

Kaprisha Casas’ first-grade Sparklers.

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Students experience Johnny Appleseed

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Thursday, October 9, 2025
First-grade Sparklers at Wellington Elementary School celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day, dressing as the famous apple farmer on Friday, Sept. 26. Students spent the week learning all about American Pioneer John Chapman and apples.

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Childress Honor Rolls

Childress Elementary School A Honor Roll First
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Tucker Blake, Payton Bozeman, Rhett Britten, Talaya Brown, Paul Bryant Burton, Hudsyn Chapman, Remi Clark, Kestyn Crim, Kasen Dominguez, Victor (Manny) Elizondo, Rylee Fuller-Longbine, Heavynn Galindo, Wyatt Galyean, Reid Garcia, Ezekiel Gonzales, Jae’Lee Gonzales, Maverick Grissett, Aubree Harris,...

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At the Childress Municiapl Airport

Tiffany Tully
Thursday, October 9, 2025
CHILDRESS — Tuesday, Sept. 23, a Bombardier Challenger flew in from New York to drop off passengers and fuel up before heading to Colorado, and a Cessna Citation, from Pennsylvania, dropped off passengers and stayed overnight.Wednesday, Sept.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host an Upland Game Bird Program from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 at Fair Park City Auditorium, 100 Fair Park Dr., in Childress. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host an Upland Game Bird Program from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 at Fair Park City Auditorium, 100 Fair Park Dr., in Childress. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

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Last day to register for Texas Parks and Wildlife Upland Game Bird Program in Childress

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, October 9, 2025
CHILDRESS — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will host an Upland Game Bird Program Friday, Oct. 17 at Fair Park City Auditorium, 100 Fair Park Dr., in Childress.
Birdsong Peanuts, located at 601 Bowie St. in Wellington, accepts its first load of peanuts to be graded and processed on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Hauled in by Souder Farms, citizens are urged to take extra precautions when driving through the downtown region and watch for semi-trucks and trailers hauling peanuts to and from the Birdsong facility. Birdsong Peanuts

Birdsong Peanuts, located at 601 Bowie St. in Wellington, accepts its first load of peanuts to be graded and processed on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Hauled in by Souder Farms, citizens are urged to take extra precautions when driving through the downtown region and watch for semi-trucks and trailers hauling peanuts to and from the Birdsong facility. Birdsong Peanuts

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Collingsworth County peanut harvest underway

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Thursday, October 9, 2025
Collingsworth County peanut harvest underway
Fifty shots over Columbia

Fifty shots over Columbia

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Fifty shots over Columbia

Fred Hardwicke
Thursday, October 9, 2025
This was my first trip away from North America, and I confess to being rather anxious about it. Concerns about vaccines, exposures, bites and diseases were only the start of my worries.

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WT Rodeo off to a fast start in new region as season begins

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Thursday, October 9, 2025
CANYON — West Texas A&M University (WT) Rodeo athletes have already begun dominating the new region after the first two contests of the season.Ten WT rodeo athletes advanced to the short round at the Frank Phillips College Rodeo, held Thursday, Sept. 25-Saturday, Sept.
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