STATE BOUND The Spur FCCLA Regional Conference Winners all advanced to the State Conference in April. From left: Paige Bonham, placing 2nd in Public Policy; Anna Garza, placing 2nd in Focus on Children; Madi Ruddick, placing 5th in Cupcake presentation, and Jake Litrell, placing 3rd in Repurpose and Redesign.
SIGN OF THE TIMES Members of the customary afternoon coffee klatch at Dana’s Pharmacy in Spur admired the new custom-designed sign before it went up on the store’s Burlington Avenue building façade last week.
SPUR DEBATE TO STATE Congratulations to Spur CX Debate students. They are headed to state. In the competition earlier this month, Juan Molina and Allee Hamilton won 2nd place and are state qualifiers. Also, Anna Garza and Chelsea Davis finished in 5th place.
SPUR AG MECHANICS HONORS Representing Spur FFA, Jeffrey Mathews and Dusty Hancock won their division at the the Agricultural Mechanics Division competition in San Antonio last week, bringing home the blue ribbon for their grinder tool.
As reported by KCBD-TV on its Facebook feed Feb. 5, “An amazing moment happened in last night’s Jayton at Spur boys basketball game” against the Jayton Jaybirds. Sharing video that can be viewed at www.facebook.com/petechristykcbd/videos/481039433420573, sports director Pete Christy described the moment: “It brought both teams together and united fans of both schools to cheer on Spur Senior Brendon Walker.
JAYTON AG MECH HONORS Congratulations are in order for the Jayton Ag Mechanical team of Harley Chisum, Caydence Benedict, Caleb Chisum and Jayce Rivera, who received a blue ribbon in San Antonio for their cattle trailer.
TACS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE The Jayton team of Joel Williams, Caydence Benedict and Cody Redding received 4th place at the State TACS Academic Challenge on Sunday. Each student will receive a scholarship worth more than $600 a piece for their efforts today. Darla Harrison was the team sponsor.