My Facebook feed reminded me that, exactly 12 years ago, I was considering buying palazzo pants. I found this astonishing because just that day I had been looking at palazzo pants, and I had not mentioned it to Facebook—or anyone else, except my husband, Peter. Peter did not even know what palazzo pants are.
Purpose What is your purpose? Have you defined it?
Irony’s definition has been stretched to the breaking point for me. Verily, Humpty-Dumpty’s nursery rhyme about his “wall fall” pales greatly when compared to the fall-out of a deposed football coach who had a “falling out” with his employer. The shocker, though, is that deposed Coach Jimbo Fisher will be paid some $76 million to leave. Why, that’s nearly as much as Garth Brooks’ divorce.
There are a lot of upcoming Christmas related events on the calendar. Below are just a few of them.
Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce officials announced the winners of the annual Lighted Christmas Parade.
While Dawson County enjoyed a large increase in its December sales tax allocations from the state, Lamesa wasn’t so fortunate.
More than 4 million real Christmas trees are sold annually in Texas, supporting farms and agriculture businesses throughout the state. As the holiday season nears, Texas A&M Forest Service encourages purchasing real Christmas trees to help boost the Texas economy. 'The economic impact Texas Christmas tree industry generates exceeds $700M and supports nearly 6K jobs' text over Christmas trees and a barn. Texas A&M Forest Service recently conducted an economic study showing how much value the Christmas tree industry adds to the state. In 2022, the industry generated more than $714 million, including direct, indirect and induced economic impacts, while supporting nearly 6,000 jobs. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the Texas Christmas tree industry ranks second in the southern U.S., based on average annual employment and wages for 2022. “It’s a tradition in many households to have a real Christmas tree,” said Aaron Stottlemyer, Ph.D., Texas A&M Forest Service forest analytics department head. “The process of going as a family to pick out a tree is a fun activity that supports rural economies across the state.”
The community is invited Saturday to meet the Miss Merry Christmas Pageant contestants during the Jingle and Mingle Vendor Fair from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the North Elementary School cafeteria at 601 N. 14th Street.
The Golden Tornado girls hoop squad kept on rolling Tuesday evening at Class 3A Colorado City. They thumped the Wolves, 68-38.
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Lamesa, TX 79331
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