Library raffle tickets now!
The Friends of the Library are selling raffle tickets with all proceeds going to the Dickens County Spur Public Library.
The drawing will be held during Spur’s annual Late Night Holiday Market Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 at the Spur Senior Center. For $1 per ticket or $5 for six tickets, you will be entered into the drawing for a 9-foot Frosty the Snowman airblown yard decoration donated by Gemmy Industries. Other prizes include a $50 gift certificate donated by Lawrence Brothers Grocery Store of Spur, two $25 gift certificates donated by Salt Fork Outfitters of Spur, and a gift basket donated by Dana’s Pharmacy of Spur. You do not have to be present to win.
Tickets are available at the library, where you can see Frosty on display until the night of the drawing. You may also get tickets from any of the library board members. For more information call Donnice at the library at (806) 271-3714.
If you visit the library to get a look at the giant Frosty the Snowman, check out our latest in large-print books. From Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke we have “It Had To Be You.” In the latest thrilling entry of the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons.
The latest installment in his famous Detective Dave Robicheaux series is aptly named “Clete.” New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings Dave’s partner and friend, Clete Purcel, to the forefront for the first time as Clete and Dave attempt to stop ruthless smugglers of a dangerous new drug.
In Jeffrey Deaver’s latest in the Lincoln Rhyme series, “The Watchmaker’s Hand,” forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs track a criminal with a bizarre and catastrophic m.o.—toppling the construction cranes in New York City.
Check it out at the library.
Donnice Carruth is director of the Dickens County-Spur Library, in Spur.
