Daffodils and jonquils are perky spring-blooming bulbs that push up before other plants come back to life in the spring. Daffodils are long-lived bulbs and are one of the standards in a spring flower garden. But without dividing and thinning the bulb, after many years daffodils often cease blooming. They will still produce the long, slender foliage but no blooms.
Beginning October 5, Spur Dickens County Spur Public Library will be staying open late one night a month for our patrons who have a hard time making it to the library during our normal hours.
When Covid-19 recoveries were announced in the official Dickens County update Wednesday, the county’s active cases of the virus had dropped to only three, leaving more leeway in protocols for Spur Homecoming 2020 this week, September 24–26.
DICKENS—On April 28, 2020, Dickens County submitted the attestation form necessary to be exempt from certain restrictions put into place by Governor Greg Abbott’s executive orders.
The ballots for area city councils and school board elections have been set since the day after the February 14, 2020 filing deadline. But 2020 has been like no other year, bringing repercussions for local as well as national elections to be held this November.
“You never forget that smell,” said business owner Don Rude of Spur, who had experienced a house fire in the past. On Monday morning his business of eight years, Duck Creek Wild Game Processing at 498 Willard Avenue, suffered extensive damage from a blaze that was quickly extinguished by three area fire departments. Smoke and odor still hung in the air.