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Empty Stocking Fund Helping Those in Need Again

Empty Stocking Fund Helping Those in Need Again

by johnd on 22. Nov, 2010 in Amarillo, Feature

The Empty Stocking Fund is back this year to help families in need have a Merry Christmas.

The Amarillo-Globe newspaper started the fund back in 1972 to bring joy to Texas Panhandle residents, having raised $2.7 million to date. This year, the fund expects to raise $100,000.

Nursing homes, agencies and people in general submits applications for aid, which are then screened by a committee who determines how much aid each respective applicant should receive. Many benevolent departments and facilities in the community comprise the committee that selects the applicants.

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No Freeze For the Panhandle, Warm For Halloween

No Freeze For the Panhandle, Warm For Halloween

by johnd on 28. Oct, 2010 in Amarillo, Feature

With the glaring exception of Donley and Collingsworth counties, the first freeze of the year was slated to come last night in the Texas panhandle. It would have come a week later than average, which is October 20.

Luckily for hotblooded Texas, it didn’t exactly freeze, and temperatures are expected to pick back up soon – tonight, lows will be just above freezing. No freezes should occur through this week, either.

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