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JAYTON-GIRARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Veterans Day Program, Friday, Nov. 10,

SPOTLIGHT ON HALLOWEEN • JGISD

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SPOTLIGHT ON HALLOWEEN • JGISD

Early voting continues through Nov. 3; election day Nov. 7

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Early voting for the Nov. 7, 2023, Special Election to adopt or reject the proposed Constitutional Amendments as submitted by the 88th Legislature continues through Friday, Nov. 3. Texas voters will get to decide the fate of several proposed constitutional amendments arising from legislation passed earlier this year by state lawmakers.

Star Feed & Seed Big Buck Contest underway for 2023–24

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A hunting tradition kicking off every November for more than two decades will soon be underway once more—the annual Big Buck Contest sponsored by Star Feed & Seed of Spur.

At Tech talk filmmaker, rancher Sheridan ranges wide on ‘Yellowstone’ and 6666— both the spread and the show

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To judge by the prevalence of hats and boots in last Saturday night’s audience in Lubbock, along with the whoops and cheers when TV character Beth Dutton delivered one of her signature zingers in a brief screen clip, the locals were there to hear filmmaker Taylor Sheridan talk about two things. “Yellowstone” and the Four Sixes Ranch. And maybe not in that exact priority.

Kent Lions plan community service projects

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At its October 23 meeting in Jayton, the Kent County Lions Club focused on plans for several upcoming community service. Officers Christy Long and Craig Harrison thanked participants for their work on cleaning up the Main Street frontage at the old Boy Scout Building and barbershop before Homecoming earlier in the month.

Dickens 4-H to honor living veterans with Quilts of Valor project

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Members of the U.S.

Good-bye to an old library friend, welcome to a new one

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Donnice Carruth is director of the Dickens County-Spur Library, in Spur

Can you‘scents’ the flavors of autumn?

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Food

Oct. 26 is National Pumpkin Day

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Pumpkinsare one of the crops that have their origin in the Americas. They have been around a long time, dated to 5,000 B.C.E. after their discovery in Mexico. Because they are almost an American identity, a special day has been set aside to celebrate pumpkins. October 26 is National Pumpkin Day.