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.

Williams Intermediate Honor Roll

Williams Intermediate School has named the students making the honor roll for the third six weeks of school.

Shedding light on fading sight: tips on managing eyesight decline in aging pets

Growing old alongside your furry friend brings cherished memories, but it also brings inevitable changes. As they age, pets slow down, may experience behavioral changes, and develop stiff joints; one of the most jarring changes that come with a pet’s aging can be their loss of vision.Dr.

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, Jan. 19:Breakfast: Fluffy pancakes and bacon or cereal and toast, fruit, fruit juice, milk.

Pre-K Breakfast Menu

Monday, Jan. 19:Fluffy pancakes, bacon, fruit, white milk.Tuesday, Jan. 20:Breakfast combo (eggs, potatoes, cheese, biscuit), fruit, white milk.Wednesday, Jan. 21:Breakfast sausage pizza, fruit, white milk.Thursday, Jan. 22:Oatmeal, cinnamon toast, fruit, white milk.Friday, Jan.

United Way drive exceeds 2026 goal

The Ochiltree United Way’s 2026 fund drive has now exceeded its $98,000 goal. The drive has raised $101,147, which is 103% of goal.The drive went over the top with significant additional donations from the oil and gas sector.

Commissioners approve phone system for Expo

The Ochiltree County Commissioners’ Court met on Monday morning at the Ochiltree County Courthouse.Among other items on the agenda, the commissioners approved the purchase of a new telephone system for the Ochiltree County Expo Center.The phone system at the Expo is old and outdated.

FFA, 4-H members to show 115 animals in stock show

The 88th annual Ochiltree County Junior Livestock Show and Sale is slated for this weekendd, Jan. 16-17.The Perryton High School FFAand the Ochiltree County 4-H members will be showing 115 animals.The categories for this year’s show and sale include steers, heifers, sheep, meat goats, and swine.