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SWINGIN’ AND SINGIN’ Jimmy Burson, singer and fiddle player from Silverton, confers Sunday morning with Sonny Rice of Sealy, bass player and once-a-year pastor of the Church of Western Swing in Turkey. The 10 a.m. service featured a sermon by Rice preceded by a music service led by Burson, with Rice on bass and Tommy Thomsen, church owner, playing an arch top guitar. | HANABA MUNN WELCH

SWINGIN’ AND SINGIN’ Jimmy Burson, singer and fiddle player from Silverton, confers Sunday morning with Sonny Rice of Sealy, bass player and once-a-year pastor of the Church of Western Swing in Turkey. The 10 a.m. service featured a sermon by Rice preceded by a music service led by Burson, with Rice on bass and Tommy Thomsen, church owner, playing an arch top guitar. | HANABA MUNN WELCH

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Burson leads Church of Western Swing in joyful noise during Bob Wills Day

Hanaba Munn Welch
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Body Can you dance at the Church of Western Swing during Bob Wills Day festivities in Turkey? Absolutely. Every night. The musicians are cream of the crop. Can you go to church there? Yes. Once a year during the week called Bob Wills Day. You just can’t sit on a front pew.
TEXAS WRITES A program for aspiring authors from the Writers League of Texas is coming to Spur and will be at the Dickens County Spur Library May 14 for free. | COURTESY GRAPHIC

TEXAS WRITES A program for aspiring authors from the Writers League of Texas is coming to Spur and will be at the Dickens County Spur Library May 14 for free. | COURTESY GRAPHIC

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‘Texas Writes’ coming to Spur May 14

Staff Reports
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Body Texas Writes, a statewide program from the Writers’ League of Texas that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day focused on the craft of writing, will be in Spur Saturday, May 14 at 10 a.m. at the Dickens County-Spur Public Library.
Blend and bake for an oatmeal treat

Blend and bake for an oatmeal treat

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Blend and bake for an oatmeal treat

Angelina Larue
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Body One of the trendiest concoctions coming out of the kitchen these days is “blended” oats. Videos and postings about it are all over social media. Why do I like the concept?

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Happy Birthday and Annivarsary to…

News Staff
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Body April 28 Tim Kendall Quinten Rose Ty Carr Samantha Quilimaco April 29 Jack Martin Bert Darsey Tyge Flowers Corky Marshall April 30 Zev Williams Braden Pope Elaine Cochran Jasmine Aumiller Kassi Beshir Audrey Ferrel Susie Meyer MAY BIRTHDAYS May 2 Dorothy...
Bob Wills Day, 50 and counting

Bob Wills Day, 50 and counting

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Bob Wills Day, 50 and counting

Hanaba Munn Welch
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Body Cowboy poet-singer Red Steagall is likely to break into song when he sees the newest mural in Turkey, Texas. Everybody else does. The obvious inspiration for Matt Tumlinson’s latest grand piece of outdoor art is Steagall’s song “Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music.
STATE BOUND

STATE BOUND

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STATE BOUND

News Staff
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Body STATE BOUND Guthrie senior Reid Freeman is advancing to the State golf tournament. | COURTESY PHOTO
Teeth tell all—in

Teeth tell all—in

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Teeth tell all—in sheep and people

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Body You can tell the age of a sheep by its teeth. People are more complicated. More about people later. If you hear someone using the word “tooth” as a transitive verb, chances are they’re talking about “toothing” an animal to determine its age. Maybe a ewe. Or maybe a cow.