The Idle American

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  • 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.
    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
    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?...

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