Local Briefs

First Baptist to hold Vacation Bible School First Baptist Church at 415 S. Baylor in Perryton will hold its annual Vacation Bible School from June 27-30 at the church from 6-8:30 p.m. VBS is open to kids who have completed pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.

SISTERS SLIDING

Two slides side-by-side means you can run slide races. First, you need double-slides, like the ones at the playground at Wolf Creek Park. Then you need an impartial referee to ensure the race is fair — so you enlist your dad Camron DeWitt, at left, making sure everyone is lined up properly.

MAINTENANCE WORK AT MAIN AND THE LOOP

Work crews have been hard on the job this past week with traffic signal maintenance at Main Street and 24th Avenue. In addition to the signal work, crews are also building handicapped access ramps at all corners of the intersection. Crews hope to complete the majority of the work sometime next week.

Online drought management and economics series set

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Servicespecialists and agents in the Panhandle and South Plains will be conducting an online economics series related to drought management in beef operations. The dates are June 15, July 6 and July 27.

RIBBON CUTTING FOR CREATIVE COLLECTIONS BOUTIQUE

RIBBON CUTTING FOR CREATIVE COLLECTIONS BOUTIQUE—Chamber of Commerce gathered last week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the grand opening of Creative Collections Boutique at 221 S. Ash #3 in Perryton.

CrimeStoppers ‘Fast Cash’

(www.perrytoncs.org) On June 8, 2022, the Ochiltree County Sheriff’s Department had outstanding warrants on the following people: David Hugh Hernandez, white male. Date of birth, Aug. 27, 1964. Height, 5’7”, weight, 170 pounds. Brown eyes, brown hair. Last known address was Amarillo.

Take us back...Nick Yara

Everyone knows Nick Yara. Whether it’s keeping your stomach satisfied with the best food around or keeping our streets safe by thwarting crime, each of us has had the pleasure of meeting Officer Yara.