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Pecan logs make candy-making simple

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It’s common this time of year to see endcaps in grocery stores filled with raw peanuts and light corn syrup used for making peanut brittle and those pretty pink peanut patties.

Angel Tree wraps up Dec. 17

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Time is running out to get your ornament from the Angel Tree and help to make this Christmas just a little better for some deserving Dickens County child. Thursday, Dec. 17, is the deadline for getting the gifts back to the library.

‘Rosemary for remembrance’—indoors in winter, outdoors year-round

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Living greenery around us at Christmastime brings color and a natural element indoors. Rosemary trees, also called rosemary topiaries or rosemary cones, are accents that can be long lived.

TEXAS SPUR LETTERS TO SANTA

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This is just to remind you that it’s almost time for our annual newspaper issue in which we publish Letters to Santa Claus from local kindergarteners through 5th grade.

BETHLEHEM BUNKHOUSE

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THE TEXAS SPUR

Spur Holiday Fair & Market coming up Dec. 5; Jayton makes changes to Winterfest lineup Dec. 9

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With Covid-19 concerns putting a damper on December gatherings, both Jayton and Spur have put measures in place to keep shoppers and merrymakers distanced and safe.

LIGHTING UP BURLINGTON

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LIGHTING UP BURLINGTON For the holiday season, the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce is urging businesses in the commercial district to light up their facades and storefront windows. The Palace Theater jumped right in there with replacement of numerous burned-out bulbs in its blade sign. The Dickens County Historical Commission would like to thank Star Feed and Seed for providing the lift, Madcap Media for braving the heights, and Diversions Arcade for the ground support BRIANA STURGIS PHOTO

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.

Texas Spur co-owner 1958–1996 Jo Ann Harrison passes away after illness

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The afternoon a memorial service for longtime Texas Spur publisher Grady Joe Harrison was held at Spur’s First United Methodist Church Oct. 10, Spurites had word that his widow, Jo Ann, had suffered a fall and wasn’t up to attending.