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Columbus: Childhood Teachings Busted

Most adults remember celebrating Columbus Day as a child by making replicas of Spanish ships and repeating the following: In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue...on the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. October 12 was a day to remember a hero, the Spanish explorer who discovered America. What a disappointment it must be to many that not only did Columbus not discover America, there was no Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria.

SHS Project Designed to Help Students Learn More of Themselves

Discovering their ‘Passion’

On Thursday, October 18, students at Seminole High School will once again have the opportunity to explore their inner passions and learn more about themselves through the school’s Passion Project.

Seminole High School Painted Parking Spaces to Fund Future Project

Thanks to the brainchild of senior Carlye Winfrey, students at Seminole High School were recently given the opportunity to participate in a new tradition and also claim an envied spot in the student parking lot at the same time.

Cotton, Deceit and JFK

He might be considered West Texas' Bernie Madoff, except that Madoff's Wall Street ponzi scheme was child's play by comparison to his elaborate array of cons that made him legendary in the annals of white collar crime throughout Texas and the U.S. Not since Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker had a Texas criminal become such a household name.

An entire World War II generation knew that name, and most of their Baby Boomer children had heard it in the most unflattering terms. And it was always, always, uttered in three words.

He was Billy Sol Estes.

The Uptons -- A Family Tradition in Farming

Cotton farmer Wayne Upton, his sons Allison, Anderson, and Gregory, along with their grandsons Jonathan and Addison, are continuing a family tradition of farming in Gaines County which began in 1912.

The Grapes of Giesbrecht

It’s 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning and William Giesbrecht, with assistance from his wife and mother-in-law,  have set out donuts and orange juice for over 40 youngsters and teenagers who will harvest the second set of grapes from the couple’s small West Texas vineyard outside of Seminole. Grapes from the first section of the vineyard were gathered on the previous Saturday.

“Actually, I never was a farmer but I stumbled upon grapes, and I love growing things and living off the land. I have a banana tree, pecans, and all kinds of stuff,” Giesbrecht said.  

2017 'Peanut Farmer of the Year' Paved His Path to Success

Seminole resident Peter Bergen, the Gaines County Ag-Oil 2017 Peanut Farmer of the Year, says that in order for someone to be successful in life they need to have a drive, determination, and self-ambition. 

To be at the top of your game in farming, he added, one must love both the soil and nature.

Bergen, who can’t imagine being anything but a farmer, said that there is nothing more mind-blowing than watching a tiny, bright green plant slowly worming its way out of the ground. 

Following in Dad's Footsteps

When Seminole resident Benny Teichroeb was named as the 2017 Farmer of the Year at last year’s Ag-Oil luncheon, he had no idea that he was being honored.  In fact, until his oldest daughter’s name was mentioned, he assumed the honoree for the event was one of his brothers.

“I was very surprised and I did not expect it,"Teichroeb said.  "That day my wife asked if I would go with her (to the luncheon) since she had never been.  We weren’t that busy then so I decided to get ready for it and go."  

Royston Plays Many Roles in the Agriculture Industry

One word that could be used to describe Springlake-Earth native Ben Royston is busy.  Whether it’s at his job as manager of Pioneer Gin in Seminole, an auctioneer in both West Texas and New Mexico, a Seminole ISD School Board member, or the owner of a trucking company, Royston seldom sits still.

Woman in the Mirror: "What Do I Have to Lose? -- Part II"

As long as I can remember, I have had a trust issue.  So, trusting to have someone reinvent my current hairstyle was not an easy thing for me.  Oh, and did I mention that I also have a slight bit of a vanity problem?