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Summer blooming Gladiolus

From the garden ELLEN PEFFLEY The tall, graceful Gladiolus is the birthflower of August. Summer-blooming glads are making statements as cut flowers right now. Glads are favorites in cutting gardens because of their long, spike inflorescences.

Candidates named for rodeo queen

100TH ANNUAL MOTLEY-DICKENS OLD SETTLERS REUNION & RODEO The2023RodeoQueen candidates are selling tickets for drawings for handmade Matt Humphreys and Clint Martin prizes which will be held on Saturday during the rodeo. Prizes are 1st place, spurs; 2nd place, ranger buckle set; 3rd place, trinket.

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Motley-Dickens Old Settlers awards scholarships

Newspaper owners acquire Post, Knox weeklies

The Post Dispatch, the weekly newspaper serving Garza County, Texas, and its county seat of Post, southeast of Lubbock, and the Knox County News-Courier, serving the county seat of Benjamin and other cities including Knox City and Munday, are under new ownership beginning with the first issue of...

Texas Spur Country Roundup

GARZA Post adds 4-H, FFA event to Stampede Aug. 10-12 POST—ThePostStampedeRodeohasaddedanewyouth event during its three days of festivities. The new event,“Grip for Grant,”is an opportunity for 4-H and FFA incoming juniors to seniors to compete in a calf scramble for their chapter or club.

Back-to-school tax-free weekend in Texas set for Aug. 11-13

The Texas Comptroller’s Office has set the days of back-to-school tax-free weekend shopping to encourage all taxpayers to support Texas businesses while saving money on tax-free purchases of most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks (sold for less than $100) during the annual Tax-Free...

Spur Senior Citizens Menu

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.

It’s easy to make your own natural oat milk

I must admit, I kind of agreed with the naysayers who claimed the term “milk” should not be used to describe a beverage that is derived from plants. Nut milks like cashew and almond, oat milk, and soy milk are only a few of the many varieties that have gained popularity of late.

LIBRARY NOTES

DONNICE CARRUTH | SPECIAL TO THE TEXAS SPUR The summer is flying by, and before you know it school will be back into full swing. The Friends of the Library group has tons of school supplies and generous donors have donated money to buy more supplies.