GRUESOME ARTWORK

As PHS Drama Department members make their preparations for the annual Haunted High School event, starting this Saturday at 6 p.m. at the high school. Students are practicing their makeup skills, inflicting artificial wounds, scars, bruises, and bloody bite marks on their fellow classmates.

NIMMO SPEAKS AT LEADERSHIP PERRYTON SERIES

John Nimmo of Carbondale, IL was the first speaker in the Leadership Perryton series this year. He spoke on learning to communicate effectively at the Frank Phillips College Allen Campus on Tuesday evening. The seminar was sponsored by Interstate Bank and Lemon, Shearer, Phillips and Good.

GOTTAHAVE FRIENDS

GOTTAHAVE FRIENDS— During the annual awards ceremony for Ochiltree County 4-H at the Expo Center on Monday night, awards were presented for Friends of 4-H for individuals and businesses that go above and beyond to support 4-H programs with donations of time and material resources.

Oct. 17 is IRS income tax extension deadline

The Internal Revenue Servicereminds taxpayers who requested an extension to file their 2021 tax return to do so by Monday, Oct. 17. While Oct. 17 is the last day for most people to file a Form 1040 to avoid the late filing penalty, those who still need to file should do so as soon as possible.

Local Briefs

4-H holding annual fresh fruit fundraiser Ochiltree County 4-H is holding its annual Fresh Country Fundraiser. All orders are due Nov. 10. If you would like to order fruit, select meats, or cookie dough, please contact any 4-H member or call the Extension Office at 806-435-4501.

Halloween costumes from then until now

It is impossible to identify the first Halloween costume and which masks the earliest celebrants donned in efforts to keep away the evil spirits during Samhain, which historians believe is the Celtic precursor to Halloween.

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