Amina Utegenova, 17, was a middle school student in Semey, Kazakhstan when she heard through friends that it was possible to live and go to school in another country overseas.
Donations are now being accepted for the annual Lights of Love program to provide Christmas gifts to local children in low-income families.
• On Nov. 21, 1877, Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Although initially used as a dictating machine, the phonograph proved to be a popular tool for entertainment. Edison acquired an astounding 1,093 patents in his 84 years.
A Catholic funeral mass service will be celebrated for Alberto G. Garcia, Sr., age 79, of Midland, TX., and formerly of Lamesa, TX., at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 15, 2021 at St.
Elizabeth G. Casillas, 79, devoted wife and mother, went to be with her Lord on Nov. 8, 2021 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
Jerry Wayne McNeely, 85, of New Home, Texas, passed from this life on November 5, 2021.
A private memorial service for Harry Michial “Mike” Brown, 74, of Lamesa, Texas will be held on Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
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