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Volunteers step up for Wellington City Wide 2025 Clean-Up

Volunteers step up for Wellington City Wide 2025 Clean-Up

Volunteers step up for Wellington City Wide 2025 Clean-Up

Bev Odom
Thursday, May 8, 2025
WELLINGTON – Ending up with more teams than organizers could keep track of across town, volunteers began gathering for breakfast burritos at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3 at Ellison Park to open the 2025 Wellington City Wide Clean-Up.
Voters hit local polls

Voters hit local polls

Voters hit local polls

Bev Odom And Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, May 8, 2025
CHILDRESS/MEMPHIS/WELLINGTON — Registered voters hit local polls in Childress, Memphis and Wellington Saturday, May 3, casting ballots in city and school-district elections.In Childress, voters selected incumbents Gary Clark, Alderperson Place 1, C.T.
Childress’ Stran Smith, a world champion tie-down roper, will be among the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Class of 2025 inductees. Smith will be inducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 12 at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo. ProRodeo Hall of Fame, Stran Smith

Childress’ Stran Smith, a world champion tie-down roper, will be among the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Class of 2025 inductees. Smith will be inducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 12 at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo. ProRodeo Hall of Fame, Stran Smith

Childress’ Stran Smith to be inducted into ProRodeo Hall of Fame

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, May 8, 2025
CHILDRESS — Childress’ Stran Smith, a world champion tie-down roper, will be among the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Class of 2025 inductees.“I’m grateful and humbled to have my name included among some of my heroes and the most elite ropers in the history of Pro-Rodeo,” Smith said.
The Childress County All-School Reunion is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 19-Saturday, Sept. 20. Childress Chamber of Commerce

The Childress County All-School Reunion is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 19-Saturday, Sept. 20. Childress Chamber of Commerce

Childress County All-School Reunion scheduled for September

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, May 1, 2025
CHILDRESS — The 2025 Childress County All-School Reunion, sponsored by the Childress Chamber of Commerce, has been scheduled for Friday, Sept. 19-Saturday, Sept. 20, according to Childress Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Susan Leary.Registration will be held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Quail ex-students reminisce with reunion

Quail ex-students reminisce with reunion

Quail ex-students reminisce with reunion

Bev Odom
Thursday, May 1, 2025
QUAIL – Former students and guests gathered for the 79th Quail Ex-Student Banquet, beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday April 19 at the Quail Community Building.“Forty-two ex-students and guests registered for this year’s banquet,”noted Reporter Doris Peters Wall. “K.
Childress’ Kimi Ward, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) National Vice President of Public Relations, is awarded the 2025 Texas Farm Bureau FCCLA Scholarship in the amount of $5,000. Texas Farm Bureau

Childress’ Kimi Ward, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) National Vice President of Public Relations, is awarded the 2025 Texas Farm Bureau FCCLA Scholarship in the amount of $5,000. Texas Farm Bureau

Childress FCCLA members earn scholarships at State Leadership Conference

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, May 1, 2025
CHILDRESS — Childress High School (CHS) Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapter Members, including National Vice President of Public Relations Kimi Ward, were recently awarded scholarships at the State Leadership Conference in Dallas.
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The Wellington City Wide Clean-Up

News Staff
Thursday, May 1, 2025
The Wellington City Wide Clean-Up is Saturday, May 3. The no-fee dumping at the City of Wellington landfill continues through 10 a.m.-noon and 1-6 p.m. on Friday, May 2, and 9 a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m. Saturday, May 3.

At the Childress Municipal Airport

Tiffany Tully
Thursday, May 1, 2025
CHILDRESS — Tuesday, April 22, a Cessna 152, from Denton,and a Beechcraft Bonanza, from Slaton, practiced in the area, and a Piper Cherokee flew in from Lubbock for lunch.
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