UP CLOSE WITH THE ANIMAL KINGDOM Perryton residents got treated to a special program by Amarillo’s Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation Center on Saturday afternoon at the Museum of the Plains. Lisa Talley and Christy Rowley, volunteers at the center, spoke to a roomful of kids, parents, and animal lovers about the work the center does caring for injured animals before releasing them back into the wild. They also brought a number of tame ambassador animals, including a skunk, an opossum, a striped California k

Perryton High School’s annual Veterans Day program brought together students of all ages to honor local veterans. In addition to presentations recognizing every veteran attendee, there were also musical and poetry performances. Pictured are, from left, PHS principal Tori Little, master of ceremonies Marlon Sparks, PISD superintendent Greg Brown, prayer leader Duce Cooper, and Keith Harris and Bill Bob Thrash, who both led recognition of veterans.