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Starting your shade garden

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As we look forward to a fresh season of gardening, shade gardens can provide peaceful refuge from our sizzling West Texas summers. How this can be done is to take advantage of microclimates and plant selection; keep in mind plants that thrive in shade are quite different from those that thrive in full sun.

New books, new readers at the Spur library

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Kristy Price of Spur will be at the library on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss forming a homeschooling group for Dickens County. Kristy homeschooled her children and was the director of a homeschooling group in Cleburne, Texas. She has 15-plus years of experience. The meeting is open to anyone interested. If you already homeschool your children, or if you are interested in homeschooling, plan to attend. Kristy will be glad to answer any questions you might have.

Late Robert E. Hall honored at Kent County livestock show

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Some 40 local youth exhibited more than eight dozen animals at the 79th Annual Kent County Junior Livestock Show last weekend in Clairemont, but one key community supporter wasn’t there to cheer them on as he had done for decades.

Five Jaybirds earn All-State Honors

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Seniors Pecos Smith and Tripp Scott were selected for the 2020 Class 1A, Division II first team All-State football honors. Smith was selected as running back, and Scott as kicker.

House candidate Spiller barnstorms 22 District 68 counties

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The steps of the county courthouse at nightfall might seem an unusual place for a stump speech in January, but for David Spiller of Jacksboro, it was one of the few gathering spots available on short notice if you had to hit 22 far-flung counties in a brief span of days.

Texas Spur Country Roundup

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What's happening

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Submit your community announcements (maximum 75 words) to news@ thetexasspur.com for events within the coming month, to run up to 4 issues.

JGISD’s Overbo named lone finalist at Glen Rose ISD

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Jayton-Girard ISD’s superintendent has been selected as lone finalist for the top school job at Glen Rose ISD, in north central Texas, according to a statement posted on the Glen Rose ISD website.

Homemade chai tea

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The benefits of drinking tea have long been praised. Ancient cultures supported this theory. And to this day, tea is the one nutritional source I can think of that doesn’t suffer the rollercoaster ride most beverages and food items do.

Selecting a site for your spring garden

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The focus of next few columns is on starting gardens. Last week’s column discussed full-sun, ornamental cutting gardens, but that may have been somewhat premature, as there are elements every garden must have that have yet to be mentioned. Today’s column considers those elements.