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Wyatt McCormick

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Parents: Philip and Melanie McCormick, Spur

Norman named city secretary

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In Spur City Council action May 19, the city selected Barbie Barnes Norman of Spur as city secretary to succeed Laura Adams, who will stay on to train the new hire. A graduate of Roosevelt High School in Lubbock, Norman holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in leadership from Lubbock Christian University. She is married to Spur principal Michael Norman and has lived in Spur for several years.

Big Dog BBQ Cook-Off

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June 19–20, 2020

END-ZONE ENDING

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Twenty-three Spur seniors celebrated their graduation with families and friends Friday night at Jones Stadium. DANA CONRAD/CAPTURED BY CONRAD

JAYHAWKS TAKE FLIGHT

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Fifteen Jayton seniors capped off their high school careers in graduation ceremonies with families and friends at Jaybird Stadium Friday night. COURTESY PHOTO

PATTON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

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PATTON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL graduation is scheduled for Saturday, May 30, at the school football field in Afton at 8 p.m.

Pimento cheese + pasta = perfectly piquant salad

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Southern barbeques and picnics call for southern sides. And I can’t think of anything more southern than pimento cheese. I often serve pimento cheese as an appetizer, and a good friend of mine loves it as a condiment for burgers. I’ll take it any way I can get it, but how do I make it a bona fide side dish?

Polk salad or poke sallet, these greens have multiple uses

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Remember Elvis Presley singing “Polk Salad Annie,” the song written by Tony Joe White?

Abilene workshop yields interesting new read

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Sadly we lost one of our newest library card holders and a personal friend of mine this past week. A memorial was received by the library in honor of Nicky Don (Bud) Hill, Spur High School Class of 1977.

A NEW ROAD AHEAD

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For families whose twelfth-graders have endured the longest spring break on record, the long-awaited day is here. In high school graduation ceremonies across the nation, many seniors will walk the hash marks instead of the stage as they put the 2019-20 year behind them and head out on a new adventure.