Local Briefs

Snack Pak 4 Kids to meet Feb. 2Snack Pak 4 Kids will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, in the Williams Intermediate cafeteria. Parking is available next to the Administration Building. Donations can be sent to P.O. Box 340, Perryton, TX 79070.

DSHS expanding anti-rabies program to El Paso area

DSHS is expanding its 32nd annual Oral Rabies Vaccination Program to the El Paso area while continuing its aerial bait distribution along the Texas-Mexico border. The rabies vaccine baits will be distributed by hand in targeted areas around El Paso.

AgriLife Research adds small grains geneticist in Amarillo

Junli Zhang, Ph.D., is a new Texas A&M AgriLife Research small grain geneticist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Amarillo and assistant professor in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.Zhang began his new position on Sept.

State exceeds 3 million registered businesses

Texas has set a record high by exceeding 3 million registered businesses, Gov. Greg Abbott has announced.“This milestone shows the true strength of the Texas economy. Texas is the land of freedom and opportunity where businesses and workers can chart their own path to succeed and thrive,” he said.

500 miles of buoys to be added to Rio Grande River area

In a move to increase border security, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to add floating buoys along more than 500 miles of the Rio Grande, The Texas Tribune reported. Secretary Kristi Noem announced the deployment last week while visiting Rio Grande Valley.

New World screwworm case in Tamaulipas

Anew case of New World screwworm was identified in December in a six-dayold calf in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, less than 200 miles from the border. The Texas Standard reported this is the northernmost active detection of the flesh-eating larval parasite.

Burning through history

Burning through history Mt. Etna, located on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, is believed to be the oldest active volcano on Earth. Its first recorded eruption took place in 1500 BC, and it has erupted nearly 200 times since then.

Senior News

You are all invited to the Senior Center on January 20, 6 pm, for Breakfast Night. Note: 6 p.m. not a.m.. If you show up that morning, please return home and hop right back in bed, cause that is exactly where everyone else will be. It’s breakfast for supper you early birds.

Wright Elementary Honor Roll

Wright Elementary has listed the second and third graders making the honor roll for the third six weeks.

The Idle American

I’m weary of TV and Internet ads, namely those promising more than is usually delivered. My focus today is largely on outlandish appeals thrust upon us by lawyers and political candidates. (If lawyers omitted references to 18-wheelers, their commercials would be significantly shorter.