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Snickerdoodle cupcakes

When we take the time to make sweets for our sweethearts, it is always a welcomed treat. And homemade baked goods are especially well received on Valentine’s Day. I grew up on warm snickerdoodle cookies. But in recent years, I’ve enjoyed snickerdoodle cupcakes just as much.

PATTI HAGAR

Party: Republican City of Residence: Spur Elected office sought: Dickens County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 Bio background: Raised in Afton and lived in Spur for the last 30 years. Eduation: Graduate of Patton Springs High School; Stephenville School of Voc. Nursing.

GREG ARNOLD

Party: Republican Elected office sought: Dickens County Commissioner, Precinct 4 Hometown, education, and occupation: I was born and raised in Spur and graduated Spur High School, Class of 1976, and it never entered my mind to ever leave.

WTC launches farm and ranch expo at Snyder coliseum March 24

SNYDER—Western Texas College will host a Farm and Ranch Expo at The Coliseum Annex at 900 E. Coliseum Drive in Snyder on March 24.

Local filings growing for area city councils, school boards

In a week dominated by icy weather, including school closings and delays, no new candidates filed for city councils or school boards. Only one more week remains in the chance to run for city hall in Dickens, Jayton and Spur, or school board in Spur and Jayton.

FFA AG MECH WINNERS

FFA AG MECH WINNERS Caleb Chisum and Jayce Rivera’s stock trailer project took 4th place at the San Angelo Ag Mech competition this past weekend. | COURTESY PHOTO

GIVING BACK

GIVING BACK The JGISD junior class pitched in to help with food bank distribution last week in Kent County. The students learned a valuable lesson in how to make a difference in the community. | COURTESY PHOTO

Cupid’s couriers

The countdown to Valentine’s Day is on, and the big day is less than two weeks away.

Meet the Dickens County candidates for the March 1 primary

Twenty-three candidates have filed to run for county offices in Kent and Dickens counties in the March 1 primary. The Texas Spur reached out to all of them with a questionnaire to help you, our readers, learn the backgrounds and the viewpoints of these candidates.

Spur library awarded $7,850 Tocker grant for automation; new system to be implemented this week

The Dickens County Spur Public Library has received an automation upgrade grant in the amount of $7,850 from the Tocker Foundation, according to library director Donnice Carruth.