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SWEET OR SPICY Aguas frescas can be sweetened with agave syrup, honey or sugar—or spiced up with a little chili powder, or a fresh chile pepper. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

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Peach agua fresca popular for summer

Angelina L

Thu, 06/11/2026 - 04:31

CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COM As fresh fruits begin to fill the orchard trees and show up at farmer’s markets and local grocery stores, cease the moment.

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LIBRARY NOTES

Donnice Carruth |

Thu, 06/11/2026 - 04:31

No, it’s STEAM time Thank you to everyone who came out for the opening day of our Collaborative Summer Reading Program, “Unearth a Story.”

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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 FLOMOT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT will host a fajita plate fundraiser Friday, June 12, 5 p.m., to benefit area firefighters, Flomot Community...

Kent County welcomes community to help celebrate Semiquincentennial July 4, 2026

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Kent County welcomes community to help celebrate Semiquincentennial July 4, 2026

Kent County 250 Committee

Thu, 06/04/2026 - 04:49

As our community prepares to celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary on Saturday, July 4, we are excited to plan an event that brings people of all ages together in a spirit of fellowship and pride to celebrate Kent County’s history.

SPUR BANK FAMILY on the occasion of Elaine Key’s retirement as president in December 2023 includes Melanie McCormick (in red plaid, to Key’s right), now marking 35 years with the organization. | TEXAS SPUR

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Spur Security’s McCormick an employee to bank on

Barbara Brannon |

Thu, 06/04/2026 - 04:49

COLLEAGUES HONOR FELLOW STAFFER ON 35 YEARS—AND COUNTING This week members of the tightknit Spur Security Bank team in Spur and Lubbock honored an anniversary that’s increasingly rare in today’s working world, when executive vice president Melanie McCormick marked 35 years with the...

Spur Golf Association to dedicate new clubhouse June 6

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Spur Golf Association to dedicate new clubhouse June 6

Barbara Brannon |

Thu, 06/04/2026 - 04:49

The game of golf has a long and proud history in Spur—going back to the mid-1930s, when Dickens County was looking to lure a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp and a State Park to the area.

SPOTLIGHT ON SPUR MAY DAY IN SWENSON PARK

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SPOTLIGHT ON SPUR MAY DAY IN SWENSON PARK

News Staff

Thu, 06/04/2026 - 04:49

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NEWSPAPER SWAP The Navajo Times is the largest independent, Native American-owned weekly newspaper in the U.S., based in Window Rock, Arizona, capital of the Navajo Nation. Founded in 1959 as a tribal newsletter, today it counts a circulation of 24,900 with more than 150,000 weekly readers. Our Texas Spur staff dropped by the paper’s offices in October 2025. | TEXAS SPUR

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Books about the Mother Road

Text And Photos By Barbara Brannon And Kay

Thu, 06/04/2026 - 04:49

If you haven’t figured it out by now, we’re all about the Route 66 reads. As in maps, magazines, road signs, bumper stickers and travel guides. But especially, in free moments when we aren’t behind the wheel, books.

MAY DAY CONTEST WINNERS On Saturday, May 30 members of the Spur community came together in a special event as a fundraiser for the Spur pool. There was friendly competition in a chili cookoff and a michelada/bloody Mary contest.

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MAY DAY CONTEST WINNERS

News Staff

Thu, 06/04/2026 - 04:49

Mother Road ‘Test’ Drive

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Mother Road ‘Test’ Drive

News Staff

Thu, 06/04/2026 - 04:49

IN YOUR NEWSPAPER ALL SUMMER LONG LAST WEEK’S TRIVIA ANSWER: In many of the Route 66 towns we’ve visited, what we called a hot dog is advertised as a“coney”— short for Coney Island hot dog as a nod to the famous Brooklyn, New York, amusement destination.

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