Birdhouses are for the birds

Birdhouses are good for lots of things. Sometimes birds even live in them. Tip: If you want to attract a bird family to your birdhouse, build it from weathered wood and leave it unpainted. That advice comes from my husband, who’s been keeping an eye on our three backyard birdhouses for years.

LOOKING BACK

December 15, 1973: Long–Sperry nuptials December 15, 1973—Harold Edwards, president of the Briscoe County-Silverton Local Farmers Union was in Lubbock December 6 to receive an award on behalf of his organization . . .

Texas’Cruz joins Oklahoma legislators in reintroducing historic designation for Route 66

Inhofe, Lankford, Cruz Introduce Legislation Designating Route 66 as a National Historic Trail U.S. Sens.

Hundreds of Texas Methodist churches vote to split from denomination after years of infighting over gay marriage and abortion

LUBBOCK — The Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches started like a regular church service. Participants sang, took communion, then prayed before voting to split from the United Methodist Church, the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination.

Trading Post, Karol’s Treats a Quitaque tradition

The red-and-white former Mobil gas station and country store is a treasured landmark along Main Street in Quitaque (KITTY-kway, for the uninitiated)— but this season, it’s lighted in festive colors for the season.

Local churches among those leaving United Methodist denomination

United Methodist churches in Paducah, Memphis, Matador, Quitaque, Silverton and Turkey were among more than 140 churches to officially disaffiliate from the denomination during a specially called annual conference Saturday, Dec. 3.

Holiday events around Texas Spur Country

Here’s a quick rundown of holiday events in our area through the end December. If you know of other events later in the season not listed here, please send details along to spur@thetexasspur.com and we’ll share in next week’s issue and on social media.