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Spur Senior Citizens Menu

News Staff
Wed, 06/26/2024 - 10:12
The Spur Senior Citizens Center, located at 210 Burlington Ave., serves a noon meal Monday through Friday. The dining room is open, or if you feel more comfortable during the Covid-19 pandemic, we are offering a curbside lunch you can reserve by calling (806) 271-4472.
Bean teepees for the summer

Bean teepees for the summer

Bean teepees for the summer

Ellen Peffley
Wed, 06/26/2024 - 10:12
CUISINE & CULTURE This is week three of ideas to keep youngsters engaged in the garden this summer. Building a bean teepee will keep children occupied all summer. They can be a part of the many decisions that have to be made to grow beans successfully on the teepee.

LIBRARY NOTES

Donnice Carruth |
Wed, 06/26/2024 - 10:12
The Friends of the Library will be at Rickels Park on Thursday, July 4 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. with a Patriotic Photo Backdrop. Bring your family and friends dressed in red, white and blue—we’ll provide the backdrop and you can use your camera or phone to take photos of your family and loved ones.
JUST PEACHY Crank up this non-dairy mixture, which packs just as much peachy punch as your original ice cream recipe. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

JUST PEACHY Crank up this non-dairy mixture, which packs just as much peachy punch as your original ice cream recipe. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

Non-dairy peach ice cream

Bytes Angelina L
Wed, 06/26/2024 - 10:12
CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COM This time of year, fresh peaches crop up everywhere. The local farmers markets, roadside stands and grocers have them by the truckloads.
EXCHANGE STUDENT Max VanKooten (far right) spent the 2022– 23 academic year living with The Pafford family and attending school in Spur. He and his family live in Sint-Annaparochie, a few miles from the North Sea in the Dutch province of Friesland. “Parochie” means something like “town” or “-ville,” so the town would be in English, “St. Anneville.”

EXCHANGE STUDENT Max VanKooten (far right) spent the 2022– 23 academic year living with The Pafford family and attending school in Spur. He and his family live in Sint-Annaparochie, a few miles from the North Sea in the Dutch province of Friesland. “Parochie” means something like “town” or “-ville,” so the town would be in English, “St. Anneville.”

Paffords visit windmills — and a former exchange student

David Pafford |
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 18:40
With wife, Stephanie, daughter Kimberly and son Caleb, David Pafford of Spur set off May 21 for parts domestic and foreign. Only Caleb plans to accompany his father the entire way; other family members may catch up with them at various points around the globe.
REOPENED

REOPENED

REOPENED

News Staff
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 18:40
Spur’snewlyrebuilt Swenson Park swimming pool, which had to shut down temporarily only days after its grand opening due to a chemical imbalance and cloudy water, reopened last week after staff drained and refilled it.
QUARTER CENTURY The White River Reservoir Water Treatment Plant was recognized last week with a 25Year Honored Institution award. Staff member Brice Bownds (right), the plant’s current observer, accepted the award from Lubbock Weather Forecast Office meteorologist in charge (MIC) Justin Weaver (left). | COURTESY PHOTO

QUARTER CENTURY The White River Reservoir Water Treatment Plant was recognized last week with a 25Year Honored Institution award. Staff member Brice Bownds (right), the plant’s current observer, accepted the award from Lubbock Weather Forecast Office meteorologist in charge (MIC) Justin Weaver (left). | COURTESY PHOTO

White River Reservoir plant honored for 25+ years of weather observations

Barbara Brannon
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 18:40
For a quarter century— through rain, drought, snow, hail and wind—employees at the White River Reservoir Water Treatment Plant in southwestern Dickens County have contributed official weather observations daily to the National Weather Service NWS Observing Program.
OCCUPANCY POSSIBLE BY END OF JUNE? FLAGPOLE AND LANDSCAPING are among the final items needed as of June 17 to finish up Spur’s fire station for occupancy.

OCCUPANCY POSSIBLE BY END OF JUNE? FLAGPOLE AND LANDSCAPING are among the final items needed as of June 17 to finish up Spur’s fire station for occupancy.

Spur gears up for move to new firehouse

Barbara Brannon |
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 18:40
This Fourth of July, the Spur Volunteer Fire Department should really have a moment to celebrate with its annual fireworks show, as move-in for its state-ofthe- art fire station at the corner of Burlington Avenue and Third Street could begin as early as next week.

Spur sets Independence Day celebrations

Staff Reports
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 18:40
The Spur Volunteer Fire Department is once again planning an Independence Day fundraiser for Saturday, July 6, in Swenson Park.
SPEC featured at library summer reading program

SPEC featured at library summer reading program

SPEC featured at library summer reading program

News Staff
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 18:40
SPEC GIVES BACK LandonWhite and Landon Hinson from South Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc., appeared at the Dickens County Spur Public Library last week for the Collaborative Summer Reading Program.
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