Museum to host barn quilt painting event

The Museum of the Plains is hosting a barn quilt painting event on Saturday, May 8, from 10 a.m-4 p.m. The cost is $20 per person and lunch will be provided, including all painting materials and a 1x1’ board, as well as instruction.

Rifle and Pistol Club sets monthly meeting

The Perryton Rifle and Pistol Club will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at the indoor range south of the Ochiltree County Expo Building. The club will be discussing new and ongoing projects. All are welcome — new memberships and renewals will be available.

City to hold lifeguard classes

The City of Perryton will offer lifeguard classes on May 5-9 and May 12-16 at 5 p.m., each day at the Perryton Activity Center. Assistance will be available for anyone needing help with any water skills prior to the class. Call City Hall at 435-4014 for more information.

Spring oats deadline approaching

The deadline to report spring oats at the Ochiltree County Farm Service Agency is May 15. Please contact the FSA at 806-435-6597.

Crisis center store accepting donations

The Panhandle Crisis Center’s Resale Store is now accepting all donations. The store is only accepting two bags of clothing at a time and requests no one bring more than that.

OGH Pink Ladies seeking volunteers

The Ochiltree General Hospital Ladies’ Auxiliary is seeking volunteers to serve the hospital and its patients. To join or for more information, contact any of the Pink Ladies through the OGH Gift Shop.

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.

What’s In A Name?

Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.

The Truth

Bogart never said “Play it again Sam” in the movie “Casablanca.” What Bogart did say was “Play it, Sam”.

Overweight Fruit

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.