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Holiday events around Texas Spur Country

of holiday events in our area through the end December. If you know of other events later in the season not listed here, please send details along to spur@thetexasspur.com and we’ll share in next week’s issue and on social media.

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Winterfest set for Dec. 7 in Jayton

Kent County’s annual

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BREAKFAST & BURGERS

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Palace Theater surpasses Giving Tuesday goal

Last Tuesday, during the final day of the Giving Tuesday fundraising campaign for charitable causes nationwide, donors’ generosity pushed the total for Spur’s Palace Theater sound system improvements over the $5,000 goal. Harry Bob and Mary Martin (above) attended the Nov. 28 kickoff party at the Community Foundation ofWestTexas offices in Lubbock.The final total isn’t available quite yet; checks continued to trickle in after Nov. 29, said CWFT representative Bailey Johnson. Members of the Dickens County Historical Commission announced the success at the commission’s Wednesday afternoon meeting in Spur. | COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS

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Dickens residents invited to provide Angel Tree gifts

As in many past years, the spacious lobby of the Spur Security Bank in Spur makes room for a horde of gifts, to be delivered to children throughoutDickensCounty.The Dickens County Angel Tree, sponsored by the Dickens County Child Welfare Board, graces the lobby, decorated withChristmasornamentseach notingonechildbyageandsize. Anyone is welcome to choose an ornament and provide a gift. Gifts should be placed unwrapped in a plastic bag and takentothebankbyFriday,Dec. 16. | THETEXAS SPUR