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Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies—yumm!

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I’ve been on a peanut-butter cookie kick. But there are worse things, right? I’ve always felt a good peanut butter, or oatmeal, cookie could at least offer some sustenance.

Climate Victory Gardens

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After the few weeks’ interruption brought on by the recent inclement weather, this week’s column returns to the theme of unique gardening possibilities.

Back in the saddle at the Spur library— with some new books to read

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If you’ve noticed my absence at the library and around town, it’s because I became Covid-19’s latest victim from Dickens County.

SPOTLIGHT ON WINTER WEATHER

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Downtown Spur blanketed in snow

Spur turns out for vaccines on sunny Monday

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After a ten-day delay from its originally scheduled date on a frigid Feb. 12, Spur’s first Covid-19 vaccination clinic went off smoothly on Monday at the Swenson Park show barn.

COVID-19 BULLETIN AS OF FEBRUARY 23, 2021

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STATEWIDE AND REGION CASE COUNTS

What's happening

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Winter, water pack one-two punch in area towns

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From 7:22 p.m. on February 9, 2021, until 11:52 a.m. on February 19—ten days—temperatures in the Spur area never rose above freezing. Sleet and snow and three days of single digits compounded the impacts on schools, businesses, churches and public services.

Homemade chicken and dumplings stick to your ribs in winter

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If you read this column often, you know I’ve never met a dumpling I didn’t like, so I’m prone to experimenting with my basic ideas.

Insects and winter

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Good can come out of our deep freeze of last week. Insects are major pests in the garden. Let’s look at what may have been happening to the insects while our region sustained the coldest stretch of freezing temperatures in many years.