For those looking to brush up on their life-saving skills, or those who have always wanted to know CPR but haven’t set aside the time, the Kent County Lions Club is sponsoring a training session in Jayton April 25.
I wanted to write to thank you for the overwhelmingly warm and friendly welcome you gave to me and my partner David when we visited your city in early March. The reason for our visit was a sad one, as we were there to sort outtheestateofmylatebrother, Jon Shipp. Despite this, our brief time in your community left us with a wealth of poignant and happy memories.
Loose animals have posed a variety of problems for Spur residents in the past, and this week a pack of unrestrained large dogs attacked a group of fenced pet pigs, killing some, according to the pigs’ owner, Gerlinda Dennis.
“We had a lot of community members coming in and talking at the library,” said librarian Joy Williams. “And gardening books were getting a lot of circulation.”
Spur and Dickens County weren’t exactly unfamiliar places to James Robinson back in 2009 when he applied to the local Lawrence Brothers IGA grocery store, but picking up stakes and moving fulltime from the Metroplex was still something of a culture shock.
Crews finished excavation and prepared for concrete work on the site of the new Spur swimming pool in Swenson Park under supervision of Galaxy Digital who has pledged to have the pool ready for use by Memorial Day weekend
