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GARZA New adventures for Joey Hallelujah at RGT underway July 15 POST—The televangelist character Joey Hallelujah is back for another season of adventures at the Ragtime Gospel Theater in Post.

Texas statewide Quail Symposium kicks off Aug. 16 between Snyder and Roby

Covey up! It’s been four years since the last Statewide Quail Symposium was held in Abilene. The biennial event was put on hiatus during the Covid epidemic, so quail enthusiasts are looking forward to convening in Abilene to get updates on all things related to quail.

State sales tax revenue totaled $3.9 billion in June

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.92 billion in June, 6.8 percent more than in June 2022. The majority of June sales tax revenue is based on sales made in May and remitted to the agency in June.

LIBRARY NOTES

The heat has some folks staying inside where it is nice and cool. A few of them have been cleaning out their personal libraries and donating to the library. We do appreciate the donations. I do most of my reading electronically in either an eBook or audio book through the library’s Overdrive system.

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.

Tomato conditions: preventing common problems

How disappointing it is to pluck a red-ripe tomato off the vine only to look at the underside and find the bottom is dark and sunken. This is blossom end rot. Blossom end rot is a disorder and not a disease since it is not caused by a pathogen.

TV-inspired Barley Crunch Salad cool for summer

This crunchy, cool barley salad is totally inspired by a salad Jennifer Aniston apparently ate practically every day on the set of the ever-popular Friends sitcom television show, or so the story goes. I’ve seen many versions of the salad.

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Submit your community announcements (maximum 75 words) to news@thetexasspur.com for events within the coming month, to run up to 4 issues WHITE RIVER MARINA HOURS The new owners have established new summer hours: Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday 8...

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Spur council reconsiders June 29 vote on police chief personnel action

In an ongoing saga surrounded by speculation and rumor, the matter of whether Spur’s chief of police, Billy R. Spears, should be dismissed from his post remains up in the air.