Campaign against distracted driving is now underway

The Texas Department of Transportation has launched a new campaign to combat accidents caused by distracted driving. The Talk. Text. Crash. campaign is aimed to remind Texans that when driving, nothing matters more than the road ahead.

PISD Menu

Breakfast Menus for Grades K-12 Lunch Menus for All Grades Unless Noted Otherwise At PJH and PHS Students Have a Choice of Salad Entree, Fruit & Milk for Lunch Each DayMonday, April 14:Breakfast: Cinnamon roll and bacon or cereal and toast, fruit, fruit juice, milk.

‘Fast Cash’

On April 9, 2025, the Ochiltree County Sheriff’s Department had outstanding warrants on the following people: Tamika Davis, black female. Date of birth, Aug. 22, 1982. Height, 5’3”, weight, 204 pounds. Brown eyes, brown hair. Last known address was Pampa.

The Dangers of Radioactivity

Physicist and chemist Marie Curie died in 1934 of aplastic anemia, an autoimmune disorder in which the body fails to produce enough blood cells. It is believed she acquired the disease because of her years of exposure to highly radioactive materials.

Estrada, Andujo are named April Rotary Students of Month

The Perryton Rotary Club recognized Natalie Estrada and EverAndujo as the 2025 April Students of the Month.Estrada is the daughter of Carlos and Cristie Estrada. She has three siblings, Julia, Gordo, and Jordan.

DAR MAKES $1,000 DONATION TO FIREFIGHTERS—

SeniorNews

website:www.perrytonseniors.orgBingo winners: Geraldine Bentley, Geralyn Graver, Paula Hays, Paula Hays, Paula Hays (yes, that little stinker won 3 times), Brenda Griffin won twice, Nancy Cain, Pam Parker, Charlotte Cape and Geralyn did it again for the Black Out game, winning meals to the center.

Local Briefs

OGH sets autism parent support meeting Ochiltree General Hospital will host an Autism Parent Resource and Support Meeting on Monday, April 28, from 3:45-5:15 p.m. in the OGH Conference Center. Speech-language pathologists Logan Reagan and Bethany Lankford will be available to speak with parents.

Roofers at the Ready….

They’re as predictable as frantic taxpayers working until the hours are few on April 14 to meet income tax filing deadlines the following midnight. A nomadic bunch, they show up following hailstorms, cell phones in hand with promises to examine roofs. Yep, an unexpected call from an unknown number.

Idol Worship

Many of Rome’s most ambitious emperors idolized Alexander the Great. When Julius Caesar was a 33 yearold general in Spain, he wept when he saw a statue of Alex-ander, lamenting that he had accomplished nothing, while Alexander had conquered the whole world by his age.