4-H AMBASSADORS— Ochiltree County 4-H recently elected their new Ambassadors for 2025-2026. 4-H Ambassadors help promote Ochiltree 4-H in the community, through a number of events and projects, including the Wheatheart Celebration parade, Family Fun Nights, 4-H recruitment nights, the County Livestock Show and Sale, and more. Pictured are, from left, front row: Hannah Young, Emmalee Lopez, and Hallie Lopez; back row: Lou Tarango, Kyle Oquin, and Clay Oquin.
The Idle American
Uncle Mort remembers the 1974 event vividly when the lady in front of him at the post office protested the cost of first-class stamps going up 25%—from eight to ten cents.
“Are you telling me that it’s going to cost a dime to mail a letter to my daughter in Houston?” she fumed.
Unruffled, the postal guy had this rejoinder: “Ma’am, you’re looking at it all wrong; that’s only a penny a day.”… *****
