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Spur’s first farmers’ market of year set for April 2

Spur’s first farmers’ market of the season will be held Saturday, April 2 at across the street from Spur Hardware from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. More than a dozen vendors have signed up to market baked goods, breakfast and lunch, art, home décor, pickles, jams and jellies and more.

JAYTON OAP ADVANCES

JAYTON OAP ADVANCES The reigning state champion in 1A One Act Play, Jayton High School, took another step toward 2022 honors. The Jayton company of “Badger” was selected for area competition at last week’s bi-district competition in Post.

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CrossView expecting return to pre-Covid capacity for 2022

Since its founding in Dickens County in 2000, CrossView Camp has welcomed troubled youth for summer residential camp sessions each June and July. It’s one of the few such Christian camps in the country that provides scholarships to a majority of its campers, said development director Kassi Appleton.

Spur’s first farmers’ market of year set for April 2

Spur’s first farmers’ market of the season will be held Saturday, April 2 at across the street from Spur Hardware from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. More than a dozen vendors have signed up to market baked goods, breakfast and lunch, art, home décor, pickles, jams and jellies and more.

Spur teacher gets grant from Farm Bureau to restore greenhouse, create gardening initiative

Spur schools’ Myles Hammack, a teacher, applied for a grant from Texas Farm Bureau and received the $500 grant, plus an additional $200 from the Dickens County Farm Bureau.

FFA GRANT

FFA GRANT Capital Farm Credit has awarded grants to county 4-H and FFA clubs across Texas to help support youth and community agriculture projects.

Spur Senior Citizens

The Spur Senior Citizens Center, located at 210 Burlington Ave., will be serving 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.

LIBRARY NOTES

New books, new readers at the Spur library We got quite a large shipment of large print books at the library this past week. There were a variety of genres, from Western to suspense to Christian fiction.

Dormant oils

This is time of year to protect woody ornamentals and fruit trees from insect pests by spraying the trees with horticultural oil. There are two kinds of horticultural oils. Summer or foliar oils are used on plants when foliage is present; or dormant oils, for when tissue is dormant.