IRS reminds taxpayers they must check a box on virtual currency transactions for 2021

The IRS reminds taxpayers that there is a virtual currency question at the top of Form 1040, Form 1040-SR and Form 1040-NR. It asks: “At any time during 2021, did you receive, sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any financial interest in any virtual currency?

Bovine ID

A Holstein’s spots are like a fingerprint or a snowflake. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.

Double Coconut

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the single-seeded fruit of the giant fan palm, or Lodoicea maldivica, can weigh 44 pounds. Commonly known as the double coconut or coco de mer, it is found wild only in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

Local Briefs

Snack Pak 4 Kids to meet April 4 Snack Pak 4 Kids will meet Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Williams Cafeteria to pack snack bags. Masks are optional, and hand sanitizer will be provided. Donations can be sent to P.O. Box 340, Perryton, TX 79070.

OGH stats still show just one COVID case

Ochiltree General Hospital’s very low numbers of new COVID-19 cases have held steady this week. According to Chief Nursing Officer Jyme Kinnard, RN, OGH completed 38 total COVID-19 tests in the last seven days, with only a single positive case.

Kitchen Antidote

Arrowroot, an antidote for poisoned arrows, is used as a thickener in cooking.

Council adopts two new ordinances

The Perryton City Council passed two new ordinances, and awarded the annual seal coating bid at its meeting Tuesday evening.

Perryton vet killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried here in April

A United States Marine from Perryton who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 will be buried in the Ochiltree County Cemetery in April. Pvt. Waldean Black served on the battleship USS Oklahoma.