The Universtiy Interscholastic League (UIL) was notified Monday that due to COVID-19, the Conference 1A Division II six-man football state championship game between Balmorhea and Richland Springs will not take place in conjunction with 1A-4A football state championship games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington this week. At this time, all other 1A-4A football state championship games are set to go on as scheduled.
Stonewall Memorial Hospital, the parent company of the clinics in Dickens and Kent counties, has requested 5,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, which should be sufficient to inoculate the populations of the three counties.
Empanada is a Spanish word meaning to wrap in bread. An empanada can consist of a sweet or savory filling. I often make a black bean and chicken filling, and I also like to make a coconut cream filling. The variations are almost endless, from meat, to cheese, to fruit or vegetables.
Our community has had quite a bit of loss lately—2020 has been a trying year on everyone. This past week we have received memorial donations for Jo Ann Harrison, Valene Schmidt, Jeannie Moore and Johnnie Carlisle. Our condolences to everyone who has lost loved ones.
On December 1, a bright red fire engine rolled into the Spur Volunteer Fire Department headquarters on Burlington Avenue. From front grille to back bumper it sparkled, its gold-leaf livery glinting in the winter sun and its black steel cage shining, scratchless.
The “open running six” 6666 brand, registered in King County, Texas, back in 1903 and in Carson County in 1908, has been described as almost impossible for thieves to modify—and as the hallmark of one of Texas’s most storied ranching operations.