The Spur Senior Citizens Center, located at 210 Burlington Ave., will be serving a noon meal Monday through Friday. The dining room is open, or if you feel more comfortable during the Covid-19 pandemic, we are offering a curbside lunch you can reserve by calling (806) 271-4472. A donation is always appreciated. The cost for seniors over 60 is $4; everyone else is always welcome, for $8.
SPEEDY SNOW Winter storm Landon changed downtown Jayton in a couple of hours on Wednesday afternoon. At 1 p.m. Amanda McGee with Kent County State Bank sent The Texas Spur photo 1 and in 2 hours L'Rae Lee with the Kent County Extension Office sent the same vista with quite a different look.
Our Precious Valentines: Brazos and Blayke Humphreys, children of Will and Lindsay Humphreys, Dickens. They are the grandchildren of Kelly McNeill, Guthrie, Jimbo and Winona Humphreys, Dickens, and Jamie and Jonna McNeill of Crosbyton.
The countdown to Valentine’s Day is on, and the big day is less than two weeks away. For florists the occasion is their busiest holiday of the year, and with Valentine’s Day falling on a Monday, if you want to bestow something special, give yourself—and your florist— enough time to arrange just the right bouquet or gift.
The Dickens County Spur Public Library has received an automation upgrade grant in the amount of $7,850 from the Tocker Foundation, according to library director Donnice Carruth.
THE NEW STANDPIPE TOWER providing water to the City of Dickens is nearly complete after work began several weeks ago. According to city secretary Lillian Atkinson, construction is “going like clockwork,” with the tower almost done and the top being installed. Water customers should not notice any change in their service when the switch is made to the new tower, Atkinson said, and no interruption of water service should be required. The contractor is L. Howard of New Deal, Texas.
Sparky Eckles had an 80th birthday celebration recently in Spur. He and Barbara welcomed their four “girls” and their husbands, 12 “grand blessings” and 7 great-grands into their home for the party.
