News

Abbott appointed CEO and GM of Cap Rock Telephone Coop

Spur-based Cap Rock Telephone Cooperative, Inc., recently announced the appointment of Riley Abbott as the company’s chief executive officer and general manager.

DPS increases enforcement for spring break, St. Patrick’s Day

STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN— TheTexasDepartment of Public Safety (DPS) will increase patrols on roads beginning this weekend to ensure safe driving this spring break and St. Patrick’s Day. March 9-17, the Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will conduct its annual Spring Break and St.

Personnel changes at West Texas’s Paragraph Ranch Media

Spur, Texas–based Paragraph Ranch Media announces several recent personnel moves within the organization, which publishes five weekly newspapers in print and online editions, serving 10 contiguous rural counties and 15 school districts east of Lubbock.

Corned beef–and– cabbage shepherd’s pie

CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COM I love the traditional ingredients in shepherd’s pie. However, adapting the method for making this European entrée using corned beef and cabbage instead gives it a whole new flavor profile, and just in time for St.

Potato Varieties are Important

From the garden Mid-March is the target date for planting seed potatoes. It is the cool season “white” potato (Solanum tuberosum) and not the warm season sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) that is planted in the spring. For this column the Solanum tuberosum potato will be referred to as simply ‘potato’.

LIBRARY NOTES

The Dickens County–Spur Public Library is honored to share some exciting news with our community. We recently received a generous $10,000 donation from South Plains Electric Cooperative in partnership with CoBank’s Sharing Success program.

HERSTORIC

FIRST FOR SPUR The Spurettes varsity girls basketball team were the first Spur basketball ever to make it to the Final Four in the State championship tournament, according to UIL online records dating to 1950.

Speech and debate student qualifies for National competition

Spur High School junior Saegan Molina will be competing at the National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament June 15-18 in Richmond, Virginia.

Local Events

SPUR AREA FOOD BANK open, Mondays, 10 a.m.–noon. The Spur Area Food Bank serves families throughout Dickens County. The Food Bank is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization operating off private donations and welcomes donations to this community work.

Kent County results in March 3 primary elections

In Kent County, (unofficial) election returns were compiled Tuesday night by county clerk Craig Harrison, unopposed incumbent county judge Layne Coulter secured 132 Republican votes, with 64 cast in early voting and 68 on election day.