Community & Opinions

In its regularly scheduled meeting of October 19, 2020, the Dickens County Commission received departmental reports, acted on bids for in-trust properties, approved a resolution for an off-system bridge improvement program, renewed its contract for a second year with Texas Communities Group for marketing of in-trust properties, and approved application for the Coronavirus Relief Fund—CARES Grant.

In its regularly scheduled monthly meeting 6 p.m. Oct. 20, 2020, at City Hall, the Spur city council considered and approved a recommendation to reject all seven bids for grantfunded work to be undertaken on city water lines and lift station. Consulting engineer Scott Hays explained that although seven bids was a good participation for a project of this size, even the low bid was still $90,000 over the funding level of the approved Community Development Block Grant.

SPUR VISITOR CENTER at 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 474-5757.

State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the longest-serving woman and Black person in the history of the Texas Legislature, filed Friday to run for speaker of the Texas House, making her the first to enter what’s been a quiet race so far to replace retiring Speaker Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton.