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Spur to host farmers’ & crafters market, downtown Easter egg hunt April 3

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Spur’s first farmers’ market of the season will be held Saturday, April 3 at Rickels Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a special Downtown Easter Egg Hunt to follow from 2 to 3 p.m. (Eggs will be hidden in the park during vendor take-down at 1 p.m., so no cheating!)

Weather Channel to face May trial in 2017 storm chaser death near Spur

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In a session conducted via Zoom last Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Judge Sam R. Cummings partly granted, and partly denied, the motion of Weather Group, LLC, for summary judgment in the case brought two years ago by the mother of a storm chaser killed in a horrific wreck outside Spur in 2017.

32 from Texas Spur Country advance to regional at UIL Academics District Meet

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From accounting to physics, students from Jayton, Patton Springs and Spur schools competed Thursday, March 25, 2021 at the District UIL Academics Spring Meet held in Jayton.

Texas Spur Country Roundup

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LOCKNEY—The Lockney Chamber of Commerce will be holding a “Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt” Thursday, April 1 at 8:45 p.m. at Longhorns practice field by the field house.

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What about water? Learning about our aging infrastructure

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Few resources are as crucial to our everyday lives as the water we drink (and cook, shower, wash dishes, and brush our teeth with).

COVID-19 BULLETIN

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Confirmed cases reported statewide 2,388,650

Strawberries and Cream Cake a sweet addition to the Easter table

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Heavy cream has long been used as a source of fat when making baked goods. One of the biscuit recipes I use simply has two ingredients, self-rising flour and heavy cream. The cream serves as the liquid and the fat at the same time. It’s also a good fix for when you’d like to bake a cake but don’t have enough butter or oil.

Easter cactus is an unusual holiday bloom

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Think of a blooming Easter plant, and the obvious image that comes to mind is the Easter lily. But there are many other possibilities, all of them in pretty spring colors. One of the more unusual is the Easter cactus.

Craft night and story time return to Spur library

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Having story time at the library almost made things feel normal again. It was great to see the little ones enjoying the stories about bunnies and Easter. They even got to sing songs and make their own music with the shaker eggs Miss Dee Dee made. We are still looking for some volunteers to help out with story time. If you are interested come by or call the library at (806) 271-3714.