Lady Eagles continue to lay foundation for first volleyball season

The Southland Lady Eagles traveled to Loop last week to continue their inaugural volleyball season. After Loop dominated the game, Jonathan Ingle, head volleyball coach for the Lady Eagles said, “That game was a great opportunity for us.

Post ISD board considers renaming track, field facility

The Post ISD board of trustees held their monthly meeting on Aug. 11. One of the action items on the agenda was to consider renaming the track and field facility.

LIBRARY NOTES

SALE! SALE! SALE! We are now weeding adult fiction books, and still have juvenile fiction, young adult, and many audiobooks for sale. Books for 25 cents and audios for one dollar. Bargains galore, buy some of your favorite authors. Come and get ’em!School days already. Where did the summer go?

Figs in West Texas

From the gardenAugust is fig time. Figs are a low maintenance, trouble- free, an easy crop to grow, well adapted to West Texas environment, and the fruit are atypical. Which leads us to several technical terms in today’s column that may help us appreciate this unusual fruit.

A cool way to beat the heat

It has been one hot summer. The heat is pressing on in most regions of the country, so a cool treat is right on time. My goal, in each column, is to bring fun, nutritious ideas to the table, and this one also delivers a nice way to cool down.

A wakeup call of gratitude

As I was driving, I glanced at a sign placed next to a church that read, “What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?”The first thing that popped into my head was the way I start my prayer to God every morning.

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