By Megan Carr
Happy Anniversary to Adam & Lindsey Beyers, who married on May 21, 2011. Hope you two have a lovely day, and here’s to many more!
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There’s still time to sign up for Friona Chieftain Baseball Camp! This camp will be held Wednesday, May 30 through Friday, June 1 and is for kids in 3rd-9th grade (of the 2018-2019 school year). Times of the camp each day will be from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. (noon). Grab a registration form and bring it with you on the first day—it’s as easy as that. Call or text Coach Rosales at (806) 443-3535 for questions or for your form. Cost for the camp is $20 and may be paid on the first day with registration.
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The 6th Annual Texas South Plains Honor Flight golf tournament will be held this Saturday, May 19, at the Rawls Golf Course on the Texas Tech University campus. The tournament will be a four-man scramble format with double shotgun starts scheduled at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. For more information about the tournament, contact Robert Baker at 553wine@unitedtexas.com or (806) 577-3030.
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Congratulations to Stevens 5 Star Car & Truck Center for being Friona’s Chamber Member of the Month for May! They have always been kind in my experiences with them, and we are happy to extend appreciation for their business.
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Zachary J. Zachary of Friona and Donna Mullins-Forbis of O’Donnell wrote an article titled “We Need to be Moore!” that is currently featured in the April/May issue of Rostrum Magazine, published by the National Speech and Debate Association. The article is featured on page 48 at www.speechanddebate.org/publications-newsletters/. Simply click on the magazine icon or view issue link. The article contains a link at the end, which takes you to the original full-length article submitted, (to view the whole article you will need to be logged in to a Facebook account). You may also view this article at the Friona Public Library starting this week.
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Caprock Canyons State Park is hosting their 7th Annual Frontier Days this Saturday, May 19. Visit 19th century and earlier encampments where you can learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, early area ranching, pioneer women, Native American life, and so much more. The event begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. Park admission is $4 for adults, $2 for seniors and free for children 12 and under.
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Friona Elementary will hold their award ceremony on Monday, May 21 in the JH Auditorium. The 2nd and 3rd grade ceremony will be at 12:00 p.m. and the 4th and 5th grade ceremony will be at 2:00 p.m. The Friona Junior High will hold their ceremony in the JH Auditorium at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 22.
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Be sure to check our Community Calendar on page 2 for all upcoming events as we wrap up the school year and head into a summer of fun!
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The Friona Teacher’s Organization will host a retirement reception on Tuesday, May 22 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. at the Friona ISD Administration building boardroom. The reception is to honor Randy Johnson, Roberta Johnson, Lisa Reed, Carla Scott, and Leslie Wright. The public is invited to attend and wish the recipients well in their retirement.
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Friona’s 3rd Annual Kidz Building camp will take place July 24-27 with Building Days being from 5-9:00 p.m., sleepover on the 27th and breakfast on the 28th. Volunteers are needed for all areas of this event! Contact the Friona Chamber at (806) 250-3491 for more information.
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Graduation is only a little over a week away, and isn’t it funny how time flies? We’ll be publishing our special graduation edition of the newspaper next week, May 24, so be sure to grab several copies for friends and family.
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If you are the parent of a graduating senior, and your child will be going away for college this summer, consider getting them a subscription to the Friona Star so they can take a piece of home with them wherever they go. Our newspaper is available via email, so your graduate can receive a PDF version of the Friona Star every week! To make things even better, this type of subscription is only $24 for an entire year. Contact us at the Friona Star at (806) 250-2211 if you need a little more convincing.
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Good luck to all Friona students and teachers on their last week!
