For most of 2020 and 2021, Dickens County’s restaurant scene—always subject to ups and downs of ownership—struggled along through Covid-19 recommendations for social distancing, sanitization, or outright closures. Hours and menus varied wildly; food trucks, home kitchens, and deliveries sometimes supplemented brick-and-mortar restaurants.
If Seminole, Texas, native Rusty Lanier seems right at home with Dickens County 4-H’ers and their animals, he comes by it naturally—with lifelong training and passion. The newcomer last summer to the Dickens County Texas AgriLife Extension office grew up in an ag family that “every weekend . . . were at a jackpot or TLBA show across the state” showing and raising sheep.
The Spur Senior Citizens Center, located at 210 Burlington Ave., will be serving a noon meal Monday through Friday. The dining room is open, or if you feel more comfortable during the Covid-19 pandemic, we are offering a curbside lunch you can reserve by calling (806) 271-4472. A donation is always appreciated. The cost for seniors over 60 is $4; everyone else is always welcome, for $8.
Dates for the 2022 Kent County Junior Livestock Show show are Friday and Saturday, January 14 and 15. All events are open to the public and are held at the Kent County Stock Show Barn in Clairemont, Texas. Questions? Call (806) 237-3751.
• Texas is quickly becoming the new home for Bitcoin mining. Spur, Texas is the on forefront of this new industry as it welcomes Argo Blockchain to Dickens County. Sen. Ted Cruz recently said,“I would like to see Texas become the center of the universe for bitcoin and crypto.” There is a “very natural synergy,” Cruz said, between blockchain and the state’s ethos. Gov. Greg Abbott also tweeted the state soon “will be #1 for blockchain & cryptocurrency.”
A 2021 survey conducted by Draper Tools revealed some surprising comments from 18- to 34-year-old respondents. Eighty percent thought gardening was cool, and more than half would rather go to a garden center than a nightclub. Imagine choosing horticulture over a night out!