Tascosa High School freshman Noah Santiago placed 2nd in the 144 lb. group at the state wrestling meet last week. He is a member of the Amarillo Tascosa 2023 5A State Championsip team. He is the son of Friona graduates Ben Santiago & Sandra Godoy Santiago.
Parmer County Commissioners Court met in special session on Friday, February 17, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the County Courtroom of the Parmer County Courthouse in Farwell, Texas. The meeting began with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag and Texas Flag.
There were no comments from the public during the open forum. Minutes from the January 23rd meeting were read and approved. Commissioners approved the payment of the accounts payables as presented by County Treasurer Sharon May. The Treasurer's Payroll Report was also approved.
Approval was given for a policy of emailing Minutes of the previous meeting to Commissioners in advance so they would have time to study them before meetings.
Funding to make the Parmer County website compliant with current Disability Law was reconsidered. A motion was approved at the last meeting for an amount of $490. The actual cost was $1,490. A new motion with the correct amount was approved.
Precinct 1 Commissioner Kirk Frye was elected to serve as Parmer County Judge Pro-Tem for 2023. Frye is currently the longest serving commissioner on the Court.
ARPA funds for County employees who were not included in the previous distribution were approved.
Approval was given for Parmer County to join other counties in a lawsuit against drug companies for fraudulent and reckless marketing of opioids.
The annual lawn maintenance contract for the Courthouse and Law Enforcement Center was awarded to Eric Chadwick.
In other business, a water line under a county road in Precinct 3 was approved. Consideration of an estimate from Claiborne Refrigeration to repair a water line in the old jail was tabled to give the company time to amend the estimate in order to include repairs needed at the Courthouse. Consideration of the COVID-19 Leave Policy was also tabled.
Parmer County Sheriff Eric Geske reported to the Court that the Parmer County Law Enforcement Center is currently housing 19 inmates of which 2 are paying customers from Dawson County.
The next regular meeting is Monday, February 27th.
All meetings are open to the public. Information in this article is only a summary.
End of an Era - For roughly 30 years the 6th Street Church of Christ has been collecting clothes and other items for two children's homes. As of this week, they are discontinuing their panhandle route. Therefore, we no longer have a distribution point to send these items. We would like to thank the community for their many years of support for this work. Unfortunately, we are no longer able to accept clothing items at the church building.
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Election Update - The candidate filing period closed last Friday. Four candidates filed for the two positions open on the Friona ISD Board of Trustees. Three candidates filed for the two positions open on the Parmer County Hospital District Board. Three candidates files for the three positions on the Friona City Council. The general election will be held on Saturday, May 6th from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
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Coming Soon - The 67th Chamber Awards Ceremony is right around the corner. Drop by 621 N. Main or visit www.friona-chamber.com to get your tickets ($30) for the March 7th event. The theme this year is "There's No Place Like Home" and suggested attire is casual.
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Save The Date - Parmer County Retired Teachers and School Personnel will meet on Tuesday, March 7th at 2:00 p.m. for a tour of Parmer Paws Animal Outreach, followed by Blizzards at Dairy Queen.
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Time 2 Laugh - (1) How do you count cows? With a cowculator. (2) Why are skeletons so calm? Because nothing gets under their skin. Source: https://www.rd.com/list/short-jokes.
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National Days
February 23- Tile Day
February 24 - Tortilla Chip Day
February 25-
Clam Chowder Day
February 26 -
Set A Good Example Day
February 27 - Retro Day
February 28 - Floral Design Day
March 1 - Music Therapy Day
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Christine Miller was the guest speaker at the Friona Noon Lions Club meeting on Monday at The Farmwife Kitchen. Christine is the Director of Training & Recruitment for Great Plains CASA for Kids. The mission is to train and supervise community volunteers to be a leading voice in advocation for safe, permanent, nurturing homes for children in need. A CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer is a dedicated member of the community who is specially trained and appointed by judges to advocate for a child or sibling group while they are in the foster care system. Contact Christine at christine@gpcasa.org or call 806.363.1211 for more information.
The 1926, true story of the Hassell Family mass murders has been a part of Parmer County history for nearly a hundred years. It has now been brought to life in the stage production, "Killer Among Us", presented by Exit Right Productions, a local theatre company.
"The intent of this production isn't focused on the crime, but instead it reminds us that coming together as a community during hard times is what makes us strong and gives us our grit," said Gina Prather, director and writer of the show. "Anyone who sees this show will walk away thrilled that they came!"
The play will be performed at the Bovina Church of Christ building, 500 Ave. E, on Saturday March 4th at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday March 5th at 3:30 p.m. Admission is free and donations are welcome. A portion of all donations will go to the Bovina Christian Benevolence Fund.
Cast - Bottom row (l-r) Zeke Shover, Elaina Procter, Zach Shover, Jabri Scott; Top row (l-r) Melissa Struthers, Dakota Prather, Taylor Prather, Jaden Scott; not in photo Jera Scott, Lizzy Smallwood, Wyatt Smith
Love was in the air as these members of the floral design class made Valentine's Day arrangements and learned some new, much-needed skills. National Floral Design Day is February 28th and it recognizes the art and history of floral design, which is a multi-billion dollar industry. The special day was created to celebrate the birthday of Carl Rittner, a pioneer in floral art education and the founder of the Rittners School of Floral Design in Boston over 60 years ago.