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Kentucky Derby

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Saturday May 4, 2024 was the 150th anniversary of the Kentucky Derby. Run for the Roses.

Nuggets

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Other God We hear of all these other gods and what the people believe who worship them. There is no other God except the one true God that warrants a capital “G”.

FIRST FEMALE RADIO ANNOUNCER BROKE BARRIERS

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On May 15, 1970 Misty Fincher finally got her first good night’s sleep since a tornado tore through Lubbock four days earlier Moda Fincher, the little girl who grew up to be the first female radio announcer in the Lone Star State and, some say, the whole country, spent her early years in a tiny settlement called Bronte. The original inhabitants wanted to call their new home in the wide-open spaces of West Texas “Bronco,” but the postal authorities said that name was taken. So the town founder, who doubled as the doctor, came up with “Bronte” in honor of his favorite novelist – Emily Bronte. His neighbors, however, had the last word choosing to pronounce it “brahnt.”

Very Sassy & Mildly Classy

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& Dear Shawna, My sister found out that her husband of 15 years was cheating on her. He claimed he kissed another woman a few times and he thought the grass would be greener on the other side.

COTTON MARKET WEEKLY

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Sponsored by: Nutrien Ag Solutions nutrienagsolutions.com 432-263-3382 * 432-397-2421 After the bottom fell out of the market last week, July futures managed small gains for the week but ran into resistance around 80.00 cents per pound. July futures settled at 78.60 cents per pound, finishing 298 points higher for the week.

Big Spring event honors past Cowboy Reunion and Rodeo celebrates 90 years of history

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to Cowboy Reunion and Rodeo celebrates 90 years of history – The history of rodeo in this part of west Texas is long and lush, with cowboy tales dating back to the 1800s and an informal gathering of ranch hands in Big Spring nine decades ago. This is where seventime world champion Toots Mansfield played the game as a superstar and where a cowboy named Herbert Frizzell got his revenge on a bully rodeo judge named “Buck” Jones during the second night of the 1949 Big Spring Cowboy Reunion and Rodeo.

Greenwood STEM team heading to contest in Baltimore

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- Six 5th grade students from Greenwood Intermediate School are traveling to Baltimore Maryland this weekend to compete in the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation STEM Challenge. The Greenwood students were selected as one of three finalist teams from schools across the country.