Town Talk

This past week, Patsy Bandy brought by a copy of “The Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon” which is the newspaper that covers Floydada, Texas. It had an feature on her son, Todd Bandy, who has been the Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Floydada since 2009. Todd is still the AD this year, but is “retiring” from football and will be the Head Girls Track Coach. (more...)

Health Fairs are well attended

The Friona Senior Health Fair drew a crowd of approximately 140 people last Thursday at the Senior Citizen’s Building. Local health-related businesses provided health screenings, information, and promotional items. The Friona Noon Lions cooked hamburgers, hot dogs, and fries. Also in attendance was Congressman Jodey C. Arrington and two members of his staff. Jodey is the U.S. Representative for the 19th District of Texas. Pictures from event are on page 2 of the Friona Star. (more...)

The good and the bad

Weatherman John Gurley reported this week that he has officially recored 2.63” of rain for the month of August. The storms that hit the Friona area last week produced a wide variety of results. Some areas received nothing while other areas received well over 4” of rain. Highways were flooded around Summerfield and Friona lost electricity for a couple of hours. The rains have been beneficial for the most part, but we are still in a moderate drought. The downside to having all of the storm fronts roll through is that some of them can produce hail and very heavy rain. The photo on the left is a patch of cotton and the photo on the right is a corn field. The pictures were taken by John and J’Lond Jarecki, who are farming Betty Reeve’s Carthel Place just west of Friona.