I Was Asked to Judge a Photography Contest!
The Oneita Wagnon Senior Center had a photography contest for members of the center, and I was the judge. This would be a new experience for me, and I was flattered that they thought I would be a good person for the job. So I said yes. Well. I had no idea what I was...
The Heritage Center is Looking Good
The Muleshoe Heritage Center was looking good after some major painting and repair, so Kenneth Henry and the Muleshoe Heritage Foundation board held an open house Saturday, August 21st, to show off how great everything looks. And the houses and grounds were definitely...
The New Food Pantry
The Bailey County Ministerial Alliance food pantry was about to need a new home, preferably one with a roll-up garage-type door for ease of unloading food pallets. Members of the Muleshoe Fellowship, commonly referred to in town as the Cowboy Church, were...
Muleshoe Classroom Teachers Continue Goody Bag Tradition
As I added my contribution to the CTA goody bags and carried filled bags into the board meeting room, April Smith delighted in reminding me that back in the day-way last century!- I was the one responsible for starting this practice of presenting the new MISD...
It’s Muleshoe’s Turn Again on the KCBD Community Coverage Tour
In 2012 and 2015 Muleshoe was graced with being one of the five towns on the KCBD Community Coverage Tour. The pandemic put a temporary stop to the tour, but this year the folks at the television station were at it again, and Muleshoe was one of their stops. We were...
The Big Square Historical Marker
Twelve miles east of Lazbuddie at the intersection of Highway 145 and FM 503/504 just past where Parmer County gives way to Castro County, a community called Big Square thrived, for a time, on land that used to be part of the XIT Ranch. Big Square is now gone,...
Muleshoe had a Happy, Busy Fourth of July Celebration
Muleshoe, like most of the United States, I suspect, celebrated July 4th on July 3rd because the holiday fell on a Sunday this year. Not a problem; certainly not in Muleshoe, because we had a big, happy crowd out for the festivities all day and lots of...
The Rest of the Trip to Schulenburg
The trip to Schulenburg that Elaine and I took was specifically to visit the painted churches, which we did, and really enjoyed. I shared the churches with you in an earlier post. But we also had a great time shopping and touring Schulenburg, La Grange,...
The Painted Churches of Schulenburg
Schulenburg, Texas, is a thriving, peaceful little town of 2852 citizens nestled in the rolling hills between Austin and Houston. Its beginning dates back to a land grant given to Kesiah Crier in 1831 by the Mexican government and was settled by German and Czech...
The Playa Lake Field Day
The Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge hosted a playa lake field day on May 18th. I didn’t know much about these big puddles of water, so I decided I needed to find out more about them. By the end of the day, I decided they tend to be misunderstood and...
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