Community & Opinions

TAC County Information Resources Agency board honors Dickens County commissioner Smith

AUSTIN — The County Information Resources Agency board of directors at the Texas Association of Counties honored Dickens County commissioner Mike Smith with an award during a meeting on Oct. 22 in recognition of his valued service as a member of the CIRA Board. Smith joined the CIRA Board in 2018.

Veterans Day is for all of us

“I didn’t want to miss that war.” —17-year-old Clifton McCleskey Bessie’s youngest son said these words to his mother and his sister Eula at the laundromat in Rotan in June 1944.

PLAN AHEAD FOR HOLIDAY DEADLINES

THANKSGIVING WEEK (Thursday, November 25, 2021) Advertising/content deadline Friday, Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. LETTERS TO SANTA (Thursday, December 16, 2021) Letters to Santa due from GRADES K–4, ALL SCHOOLS, Wednesday, Dec. 8 Advertising and other content deadline Friday, Dec. 10 at 9 a.m.

Baseball’s technological chess moves—and why Dusty Baker keeps cool for old school

By the time readers see this column, the 2021 World Series championship will either have gone to the Atlanta Braves or the Houston Astros. As a lifelong fan of baseball and its history, I eagerly anticipate this sports event every October.

2021 Community Calendar

Community Services SPUR VISITOR CENTER at 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@ gmail.com or call (806) 474-5757. THE SPUR AREA FOOD BANK serves families throughout Dickens County.

10-digit dialing mandatory in several new areas

AUSTIN—The days of being able to just dial seven digits in seven Texas area codes are behind us. In July 2020 the Federal Communications Commission approved 988 as the abbreviated dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Clark Cat exits newsroom in single bound

Perhaps he had an urgent rescue mission on the other side of the planet, or maybe a news assignment for The Daily Planet. Maybe he’d grown tired of the company of those two female felines in the office.

Another sacred rite of passage: Voting

“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.” —Theodore Roosevelt “We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.

2021 Community Calendar Community Services

SPUR VISITOR CENTER at 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 474-5757. THE SPUR AREA FOOD BANK serves families throughout Dickens County.

Cotton ginning starts in Spur

FIRST BALE? Pick up The Texas Spur next week to see if the first bale of cotton has been ginned, and who got the first bale in, and where they planted. | TEXAS SPUR PHOTO