Community & Opinions

Summer to-do list

It’s that time of year again. Here are your 2024 summer assignments. 1. Write a letter and mail it. Get out of your car, go inside the post office, and ask to look at all the stamp options and buy one that suits the person to whom you are mailing the letter. 2. Take naps. 3.

MEET THE CANDIDATES

Candidates Jay Allen and Jerry Schmidt, who emerged as the top two vote-getters in the March 5, 2024 primary, are seeking election to the office of Dickens County Sheriff, as current sheriffTerry Braly announced last fall that he would not run again.

Spate of tornadoes far outpaces the average

AUSTIN— April was a busy month for tornadoes across the United States with 373 recorded, bringing the total for the year to 549, the Austin American-Statesman reported. That is nearly double the average at this point in the year, the National Weather Service says.

2024 Community Calendar

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

What a candidates’ forum can accomplish

MEET THE CANDIDATES FORUM THURS., MAY 16, 2024, 6 P.

Thoughts for a Mother’s Day upgrade

“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didn’t know what to do.” –Mother Goose A mother is a mother whether her shoe is filled with one or seven. The nine months alone in the womb count towards heavy labor.

An airport in Dickens County

In Dickens County, we’re fortunate to have quite a few experts on local history—some from their depth of reading, others from visiting sites of the past, and still others, from living it. Three of these experts have teamed up to offer an occasional feature in The Texas Spur.

High-end electrical users could strain grid

AUSTIN— The growth of industrial-scale users of power could strain the Texas power grid, ERCOT’s chief announced last week.

2024 Community Calendar

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

The promise

Spring has brought the blessings of rain and the trauma of storms (twisters) in the past two weeks. Nature has her way of soothing us and scaring us. These are times, too, when the rainbow may grace the sky after such events. We know the promise it represents to those of the Christian faith.