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BEST IN 1A

BEST IN 1A Sponsored by Texas Farm Bureau, the UIL Lone Star Cup is awarded annually to six high schools, one in each of the six UIL classifications (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A), based on their team performance in district and state championships.

SILVER SPUR

SILVER SPUR #1 Brody Dempsey, Spur High School senior (left), received the Silver Spur Award at the Homecoming assembly Saturday morning at the Spur fire station.

SPUR HOMECOMING COURT

SPUR HOMECOMING COURT members, from left, were honored at Thursday’s pep rally and Friday night on the football field: junior Saegan Molina, escorted by Netherlands exchange student Matthijs De Boer; senior (and Homecoming queen) Olivia Ortiz, escorted by Josh Ortiz; sophomore: Tatom Bridge,...

YOUR SPUR HOMECOMING PARADE 2025 WINNERS

Straight from the judges’ list: SPUR SCHOOL CLASSES 1st Place, Class of 2033, “No Place Like Home” 2nd Place, Class of 2032, “Jones Stadium 2032” 3rd Place, Class of 2028 Martian Spaceship SPUR EX-STUDENTS Trent M Driggers, CFP 1st Place, Class of...

SPOTLIGHT ON SPUR HOMECOMING

SPOTLIGHT ON JAYTON HOMECOMING

Skillet bean dip

How about a new spin on an old favorite? This recipe is one I have requests for occasionally and it is sure to please for almost any gathering. I’ve started making dips like this in a cast iron skillet, as the cast iron retains the heat for a good bit of time, keeping the dip warm and ready to go.

Canning the harvest

From the garden Vegetables and fall fruit just keep coming. Gardeners can preserve their produce for later use by canning. Canning used to be a staple culinary practice done by our mothers or grandmothers.

New large-print titles at the Spur library

Mark your calendars: Legal Aid of Northwest Texas will be at the library on Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 10:00 a.m. to noon, offering a free question-and-answer session on wills.

DID YOU KNOW?

DICKENS COUNTY CENSUS Lowest historical population (1881), 28; highest historical population (1930), 8,601 —H.E.W. H.E.W. is a mashup of the initials of three esteemed Dickens County historians. We appreciate their compilation of these brief nuggets of local history.