The Ogallala Aquifer’s future requires not just adapting to declining water levels, but the involvement of a wide range of participants comfortable with innovation who will manage the situation and drive future changes.

An informational session was held here Tuesday evening for parents and youth with an interest in The Young Marines, a national youth education and service program for boys and girls, age 8 through the completion of high school.

The Young Marines, a national youth organization, will hold an information session for prospective parents and youth for the Buffalo Wallow Unit at 6 pm on Tuesday, March 23, at Abundant Life Church, 310 Birch St., in Canadian.

The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, from age 8 through the completion of high school. The program focuses on character building, leadership, self-discipline, and promoting a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.

From torrential rains, threatening tornados and hail that turned the lights out Saturday evening... to heavy, wet snow and gale-force winds that created white-out blizzard conditions and knocked the power lines down on Wednesday....all that, with a balmy 80-degree day, under picnic-weather skies thrown in to keep hope alive. Life in the Texas Panhandle never was meant for the faint of heart...and it’s pretty tough, for that matter, on daffodils (photo by Robin Mitchell on facing page).