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‘Lights Out Texas’ initiative helps spring bird migration

Body AUSTIN—The May issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine, available on newsstands now, highlights the Lights Out Texas campaign, which aims to create a safer spring migration for birds through cities across the state. Lights both attract and disorient the birds.
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DAR Chapter meets

Body Remelle Farrar was the guest speaker recently at the monthly luncheon of the Comancheria Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, held in the WCTU Library meeting room. Farrar spoke on the Red River Wars of 1874, of which several battles were fought in our local area.
Seated left to right: Frances Haley, Pam Hill, and Jeri Pundt. Standing left to right: Beth Pearce, Remelle Farrar, Marie Maupin, Marilee Wright, Freda Collier, Ilene Floyd, Ada Lester, Rhonda Gallagher, Mary Ann Ashley, and Davene Hendershot.

Community Briefs

Body Saturday car wash at hospital to benefit Canadian VFD Hemphill County Hospital is hosting a car wash this Saturday, April 23, from 10 am to 2 pm, at the EMS Station, located at 1020 S. 3rd St.
Community Briefs

Farm Bureau Appreciation Lunch

Body The staff and board members of the Hemphill County Farm Bureau hosted a Member Appreciation Lunch last Thursday, serving freshly-grilled cheeseburgers with all the fixings, chips and beverages to their guests.
Rita Pearson with Texas Farm Bureau board members Carey Keeton and Jim Haley, and President Gene Franks

River Valley Pioneer Museum

Body To many of us in this area, barbed wire is a common sight. It’s a relatively inexpensive fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. Did you know barbed wire started a war and is known to be the invention that tamed the West?
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