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Fabulous Sandbillies to play 'Big Dog' June 26

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Spur welcomes the classic country sound of the Fabulous Sandbillies for a performance following the Big Dog BBQ Cookoff on Saturday night, June 26. The Texas foursome will kick off their show at 8 p.m. at Swenson Park. Admission is free for all ages, with reserved tickets available through the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce (spurchamber@gmail.com or on Facebook).

Dickens commissioners hire Lanier as county extension Agent, hear numerous departments’ annual reports

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Members of the Dickens County Commission fussed and fidgeted Monday morning with the Windows tablets they had been forced to use to conduct Zoom meetings during the height of the Covid pandemic. Commissioners hunted for missing emailed document packets even while debating whether to equip all courthouse staff with the portable computers. It’s an efficiency in paperless communication whose time has likely come, and the court did indeed approve the purchase of three more, about $3,300 out of $214,730.50 in American Rescue Plan funds received for 2021.

PALATIAL MAKEOVER

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PALATIAL MAKEOVER From bottom to top, following a February 2021 post-freeze flood, Spur’s Palace Theater is making a comeback. With the work of local contractors Rick Collett, Lance Lodgson, and Ray Pesina and their crews, new insulated ceiling panels have been installed, walls are being primed and painted, and floors are being redone. Work should be completed in time for a June showing of "Godzilla vs. Kong" to appreciate the fixup.

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Texas Spur, Caprock Courier garner TPA awards

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At the 141st convention of the Texas Press Association, June 10–12, 2021, in Denton, The Caprock Courier and The Texas Spur were among approximately 80 Texas daily, semi-weekly, and weekly newspapers receiving annual awards for outstanding journalism in dozens of categories in nine divisions.

Almost 40 vendors at the 2nd Annual Big Dog Farmers' Market

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Anita Brito • Tamales • Spur Debbie Cadena • Tamales, Brisket Burritos • Spur Becky Mathews • Nachos, Baked Ootatoes, Ice Cream Cake & Drinks • Spur Kenzie Randolph • Handmade Soap • Ralls Becky Rodriquez • Apple Watch Bands & Cheese Balls • Spur Vicky Smith • Pound Cake • Spur Andy Vargas Jr. • Corn Roast • Spur

The Wolf Hunt.

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A Derrick Miles Mystery Published April 2021 • NOW AVAILABLE from FIVE STAR

Matcha makes for a treat, in baking or beverage

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Matcha, popular in drinks and baked goods, is simply a highgrade powdered form of green tea leaves. No special equipment is needed to prepare the tea, hot or cold. A bamboo whisk is often used to thoroughly mix the powder, but not required. The whisk is shaped to scrape the bottom of the cup to lift any residual powder that could clump together.

Still time to plant summer vegetables

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Gardeners who have waited to plant a summer garden can still plant most summer crops. With temperatures soaring into the 100s, seeds of warm-season crops germinate quickly and will catch up to the same crops planted weeks ago because physiological development of crop plants is controlled in large part by temperature.

Farm Bureau kicks off summer reading program; KMAC meteorologist Riley to present July 13

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We would like to thank Texas Farm Bureau and Dickens County Farm Bureau for kicking off the Collaborative Summer Reading Program, “Tails and Tales,” with a wonderful presentation by their representative, Jana Middleton.