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SCHOLARSHIP HONORS

Last week Dickens County sheriff Terry Braly, representing the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas, presented a scholarship for the spring 2021 semester to Spur graduate Jadyn Duggan, daughter of Shelly Duggan, Probation Office, 132nd Judical District, and granddaughter of Robert Elliott, Retired...

PAFFORD ADVANCES

The Spur Bulldogs golf team finished 3rd at the district golf tournament last week. Congratulations to Preston Pafford (3rd from right) for advancing to regionals as an individual. Left to right, Cory Hamilton, Gunnir Bateman, Preston Pafford, Gavin Arnold | COURTESY PHOTO

Spur Elementary School posts 4th 6 weeks honor rolls

The following students enrolled in Spur Elementary School earned “A” Honor Roll for the 4th 6 weeks of the 2020–21 school year. Third grade: Kayzlee Arnold, Brody Bennett, Zaivree Childers, Tyler Fincher, Marley Hammonds, Paisley Smith, Summer Smith, Allie Weiser.

Spur to host farmers’ & crafters market, downtown Easter egg hunt April 3

Spur’s first farmers’ market of the season will be held Saturday, April 3 at Rickels Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a special Downtown Easter Egg Hunt to follow from 2 to 3 p.m. (Eggs will be hidden in the park during vendor take-down at 1 p.m., so no cheating!) More than 25 vendors have signed up...

Weather Channel to face May trial in 2017 storm chaser death near Spur

In a session conducted via Zoom last Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Judge Sam R. Cummings partly granted, and partly denied, the motion of Weather Group, LLC, for summary judgment in the case brought two years ago by the mother of a storm chaser killed in a...

32 from Texas Spur Country advance to regional at UIL Academics District Meet

From accounting to physics, students from Jayton, Patton Springs and Spur schools competed Thursday, March 25, 2021 at the District UIL Academics Spring Meet held in Jayton.

Texas Spur Country Roundup

FLOYD Lockney to hold ‘Glow in the Dark’ Easter Egg Hunt April 1 LOCKNEY—The Lockney Chamber of Commerce will be holding a “Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt” Thursday, April 1 at 8:45 p.m. at Longhorns practice field by the field house.

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GARDEN VOLUNTEERS

GARDEN VOLUNTEERS Rhea Melton and Kent Jordan of Spur undertook cleanup of the brick raised flower bed in the city’s Rickels Park Saturday to prepare it for seasonal plantings. Melton hopes to plant irises and welcomes other gardeners to contribute.

Craft night and story time return to Spur library

Having story time at the library almost made things feel normal again. It was great to see the little ones enjoying the stories about bunnies and Easter. They even got to sing songs and make their own music with the shaker eggs Miss Dee Dee made.