Lions seeking eyeglasses

The Perryton Lions Club is collecting used eyeglasses for recycling. Anyone who has eyeglasses that they can donate is asked to contact any Lion.

Wheatheart Rodeo winners listed

The 23rd Annual Wheatheart Rodeo was held Aug. 20-21 at the rodeo arena. Winners in the different events, their times or points and amount won, were: Tie Down Roping: 1. Kade Chase of Cherokee, OK, 8.7 seconds, $761.26; 2. Dillon Holder of Dublin, 9.3, $604.53; 3. Trevor Hale of Perryton, 9.

Machine of the year

In 1982, “Time” magazine named the computer its “Man of the Year.”

CrimeStoppers ‘Fast Cash’ (www.perrytoncs.org)

On Aug. 25, 2021, the Ochiltree County Sheriff’s Department had outstanding warrants on the following people: Thaily Martinez, white female. Date of birth, Sept. 18, 1996. Height, 5’1”, weight, 135 pounds. Blue eyes, brown hair. Last known address was Spearman.

Program with Byte

“Windows 2000” contained 29 million lines of code.

Trespasser investigated

It was a quiet week for local law enforcement with very few offenses investigated. A man claimed he had been shot in the 700 block of Baylor. Police responded, and discovered red marks on his back, indicating he had likely been shot with a pellet gun. Kimberly Jines reported a trespasser at 621 S.

Spider-bat

The disk-winged bats of Latin American have adhesive disks on both wings and feet that enable them to live in unfurling banana leaves. They can also walk up a window pane.

Did you know?

As more people work remotely, electricians and safety advocates are warning that various missteps may be putting people at unnecessary risk of fire and other unsafe conditions. Electrical equipment is necessary to run home offices just like it is traditional offices.

Court issues injunction in fight over Medicaid waiver

A federal district judge last week temporarily reinstated a 10-year extension of a Medicaid program worth billions of dollars to the state for health care for the uninsured. As the Texas Tribune and other media outlets reported, the U.S.

Texas Insurance Tips

My car was totaled! Now what? What does ‘totaled’ mean?Y our insurance company compares the value of your car and the cost to repair it. If the repair costs are about the same or more than the car’s value, it will likely consider the car totaled.