It may seem like summer just got going good, but it’s time to start thinking about going back to school.
Our annual school supply drive has already begun. We have forms at the library or you can email the library at dickenscountyspurlibrary@gmail.com to request a google form. Have the form filled out and returned to the library by July 31, 2024 and we will do our best to get all of the items on their teacher’s supply list.
To be eligible to receive school supplies the child must either attend a school in Dickens County or be home schooled in Dickens County. If you would like to donate supplies or funds to purchase supplies you may either bring them to the library at during our normal business hours of Monday through Thursday from 12 noon until 5 p.m. Or you can mail them to the library at 403 East Hill Street, Spur Texas 79370. We would like to recognize some of the biggest supporters of our school supply drive, Brady and Lindsey Hinson. Brady is a Spur High School ex-student and owner of South Plains Greenkeeper Drip Irrigation of Lubbock. Thank you, Brady and Lindsey!
After you fill out your form for school supplies check out our latest releases ready to check out. I read “Carrie” by Stephen King when I was in my late teens and have been a fan of the author ever since. His writing has a way of drawing his readers into worlds that don’t exist except for in his mind and on the pages of his books. I have read most of his novels and short stories.
One of my favorites is “11-22-63.” The tagline grabbed me on this particular novel: “If you could go back in time and change one thing in history, would you?”
People automatically think they absolutely would change some of the horrible things that occurred, but never stop to think of what the consequences of the change will be. This novel deals with changing something and the consequences in a very thoughtful manner. I have always enjoyed King’s short stories. Some great movies have come from his short stories in the past. The movie “Shawshank Redemption” was adapted from his novella called “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” that was part of the collection of short stories in 1982’s “Different Seasons.” The movie “Stand by Me” was also adapted from another novella in “Different Seasons” called “The Body.” Stephen King has a new collection of short stories, “You Like It Darker: Stories,” that was released in May of this year. “You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. We got our copy for the library this last weekend. I haven’t read it yet, but it is definitely on my list.
Check it all out at the library.
Donnice Carruth is director of the Dickens County-Spur Library, in Spur.
