TAKING ON #8 The Jayton Lady Jays varsity basketball team battled back from an 11-point deficit but took a tough 44–43 loss to #8 Highland last week. They played for 3rd place at the Highland tournament.
CALLING ALL ANGELS The Dickens County Angel Tree, sponsored annually by the Dickens County Child Welfare Board, is on dispay in the Spur Security Bank lobby on West Harris Street in Spur. On each ornament are details of a needy child’s age and clothing size, and community donors are welcome to stop by and claim information to provide a gift.
WINTERFEST WINNERS In the Kent County Winterfest Lighted Christmas Parade Wednesday evening, the winners were 1st place, Kent County 4-H; 2nd place, Jace Chisum and friends; 3rd place, Jayton Church of Christ youth.
Judge Shane Hadaway with Texas’ 39th District Court, which covers Kent, Stonewall and Throckmorton Counties, has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation, according to a news release from the organization.
JAYTON JOURNEY ENDS The Motley County Matadors defeated the Jayton Jaybirds 60 to 8 to end the Jaybirds’ 2021 football season in the state quarterfinals Friday night in Idalou. See story on page 5.
BEFORE AND AFTER Dickens County 4H Extension Agent Rusty Lanier visited with Patton Springs children before Thanksgiving to give them a lesson on how to hatch chickens.
