4th Independence Day 10th Roundtable

Roundtable topic: The Buddy Holly Hall

Michelle Stephens will present “The Buddy Holly Hall - From Dreams to Reality” at the July 10 luncheon of the Roundtable group.

Stephens is executive director of LEPAA, the Lubbock Entertainment / Performing Arts Association. She will be leading the organization through the grand opening and future vision of The Buddy Holly Hall and collaborating with the arts, focusing on education and community programming. She is a Lubbock native and graduate of Texas Tech University.

She has served as marketing director for LEPAA for the past three years. She previously held marketing and public relations roles at Crown Point Health Suites and Covenant Health. She is a Leadership Lubbock graduate and has served as board and committee volunteer for March of Dimes, The Parenting Cottage, American Cancer Society, Association for Women in Communications, United Way of Lubbock, and Women United.

The Roundtable meets at Hillcrest Country Club from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 10. Cost is $15 and anything given over that amount goes into the Honors College Scholarship Fund at Texas Tech which we present in December.

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More than $325,000 in funding for water-related research, demonstration, and education projects was approved by the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District (HPWD) Board of Directors at the June 8 meeting.

Since 2014, HPWD has provided fi nancial support for water conservation research, demonstration, and education eff orts within its 16-county service area. Funding recipients are required to provide annual progress reports to the Water District. In addition, they must give an in-person update about their project at a monthly HPWD Board of Directors meeting.

Fourteen projects were submitted for 2021-2022 funding. Each was evaluated by an eight-member committee that included three HPWD Board members, two County Advisory Committee members, two members of the public, and the General Manager.

Of these, 10 projects were approved for funding. They are: • Booker T. Washington Garden Water Catchment Improvement Project. • Development of Stress-Tolerant Specialty Corn Genetics and Production System as a High Value Crop Option for Limited Water Capacities - Year 2. • Field Evaluation of Sensor & Communication Platforms.

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Water board awards funds for research and demonstration

• Industrial Hemp Fiber Yield of Dryland vs. Limited Irrigation. • Ogallala Commons Playa Field Days and Festivals. • Plant Based Polymers as Eff ective Treatment Agents in Removal of Microplastic, Dissolved Solids, and Ions from Underground Water. • Preston Smith Elementary Star Garden (with rainwater harvesting). • Remote Sensing Analysis of Change in Irrigated Areas. • Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors Program. • Water Works Education Exhibit at FiberMax Center for Discovery.

Annual Reports (2014-2020) and other information about HPWD’s Research and Demonstration Funding Program is available at www. hpwd.org/research

Created in 1951 by local residents and the Texas Legislature, the High Plains Water District works to conserve, preserve, protect, and prevent the waste of underground water within its 16- county service area. HPWD is the fi rst groundwater conservation district created in Texas.

Be sure to “like” the High Plains Water District Facebook page to receive updates on district activities or follow us on Twitter at @HPUWCD. Visit our website at www.hpwd.org.

TEACHER: Clyde, your composition on ‘My Dog’ is exactly the same as your brother’s. Did you copy his? CLYDE: No, sir. It’s the same dog.

TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

HAROLD: A teacher.