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  • Faith: Waiting for God's blessing of a fine, fall freeze

    Curtis Shelburne, Religion columnist|Updated Oct 5, 2021

    I confess. I just committed three killings, and I enjoyed each one. Even as I write, I’m planning another. Maybe more. (Update: Yes, now four. Make that five.) It’s barely 10 a.m. Murder and mayhem before lunch. And I’m still far short of Friday’s serial killing count: almost 100 shot and killed while I was grilling burgers. When I stop to think about it, I have to admit the creatures I delight in killing are as amazing as they are disgusting. Their design is utterly incredi...

  • Faith: Hoping lost kitten will return to its flock

    Patti Dobson, Religion columnist|Updated Oct 5, 2021

    A not-so-funny thing happened on the way home from Walmart on Sunday morning. Heading down Wilhite, a teeny head popped out of a culvert. It was a kitten, white with gray tabby markings. We pulled over, and I crawled into the ditch, while my husband Wayne watched for oncoming vehicles. I could hear small meows, and as I got to the front of the culvert, the white and gray kitten popped out. And then so did another head, this one black and white, and finally a third head, this...

  • Hilltoppers deal ENMU 3-1 loss in women's soccer

    the Staff of The News|Updated Oct 5, 2021

    PORTALES — Senior midfielder Sarah Preston scored a pair of goals off free kicks on Saturday and St. Edward’s topped Eastern New Mexico University 3-1 in Lone Star Conference women’s soccer at Greyhound Stadium. The Hilltoppers (4-2-2, 2-0-1 LSC) controlled most of the match, clinching the win with Preston’s second goal in the 83rd minute as the Greyhounds (2-7, 0-4) absorbed their sixth consecutive setback. Junior midfielder Reagan Dykes found Preston off free kicks on both of her goals, the first one coming in the 18th mi...

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