SPEECH AND DEBATE Harli Jo McClellan and Khloe Smith made history at their first-ever Nationals appearance, breaking into the quarterfinals and ranking 11th overall. Competing among 200-300 speakers, both girls earned top scores in their rounds. Smith advanced to the Octofinals in Original Spoken Word and finished her run in the Quarterfinals, while McClellan dominated early rounds and narrowly missed the final cut. | COURTESY PHOTO

SPOTLIGHT ON SUMMER FUN

SPOTLIGHT ON POST ROTARY CLUB

CENTENARIAN LUCY DEAN RECORD of Lockney told her inspiring story to The Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon the week before a community-wide celebration.

TEAMWORK characterizes the work across multiple communities of the 10 counties covered by Paragraph Ranch Media’s five award-winning weekly newspapers. At last week’s Texas Press Association annual convention in Denton, from left: Paul Gibson, Kodie Saul, Anna Gibson, Barbara Brannon, Kay Ellington, Sheri Baty. | COURTESY PHOTO

SPOTLIGHT ON POST MASONIC LODGE ANNUAL KIDS FISHING DERBY

NEWSPAPER AWARDS In Division 10 (small-circulation weeklies), The Post Dispatch took 2nd place, General Excellence; 2nd Place, Sports Coverage; 3rd Place, Column Writing; and 3rd Place, News Writing. Managing Editor Anna Gibson and Operations Coordinator Paul Gibson accepted the awards at the 145th Texas Press Association Convention in Denton June 19-21. Full coverage for all of the group’s newspapers, see pages 7, 8. | COURTESY PHOTO