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Mailing Address: 213 Main Street,
Spearman TX 79081-2065
Physical Address: 310 Barkley Street
Phone: 806-659-3434
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Hansford County Reporter-Statesman
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Heritage Days 2013 Schedule of Events

HCHD Rib Cook off and Fishing Tournament
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Lake Palo Duro
9 a.m. - Registration and Cook’s Meeting $50 entry fee
9:30 a.m. - Children’s fishing tournament begins
12 p.m. - Free hamburgers and hotdogs
3 p.m. - Cook off winners announced (1st, 2nd, 3rd) 
Bounce houses and children’s activities throughout the day

6 p.m. - Miss Hansford County Scholarship Pageant
Spearman High School Auditorium
$50 entry fee for younger age group
$75 entry fee for middle age group
$100 entry fee for Miss Hansford County 
Scholarships will be awarded


Hansford County Rodeo
Sunday, May 12, 2013
2-8 p.m. - Rodeo Entries Open
Contact Janice McCloy 806.733.2073

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Spearman

8:45 a.m. - Sign in for Fun Run at O’Loughlin Center

9:30 a.m. - Color Fun Run

http://colormehealthyspearman.eventbrite.com/#

10 a.m. - Floats line up at mall for parade

11 a.m. - Red, White and Blue Parade 
Parade leaves Mall in Spearman - heads down 7th Street, turns North on Townsend Street, turns East on Kenneth, and finally turns North on Main Street

11 a.m. - Booths and vendors open

12 p.m. - Boy Scout hamburgers 

12 p.m. - Float winners announced (Grand Prize Trophy and $500 prize to be awarded)

6:00 p.m. - BBQ $10 per adult, $5 per child

FREE CONCERTS

7 p.m. - The Zach Edwards Band

9 p.m. - Johnny Lee and the Urban Cowboy Band

10:30 p.m. - Jason Boland and the Stragglers

Bounce houses and children’s activities throughout the day



Saturday, May, 18, 2013
Gruver Rodeo Grounds, 1 1/2 Miles East of Gruver on Hwy. 15

9 a.m. - Slack begins
5 p.m. - Muttin Bustin begins 
6 p.m. - Rodeo performance begins $10 ticket includes meal

Sunday, May, 19, 2013
Gruver Rodeo Grounds, 1 1/2 Miles East of Gruver on Hwy. 15
2 p.m. - Muttin Bustin begins
3 p.m. - Performance begins

For more information, visit www.highplainsobserver.com or www.spearmanchamber.com or contact Tex Kopke at 806.659.5555.

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Local Druggist Dead at 36

Hansford County remains in shock after learning that David Truitt Johnson, 36, of Spearman, TX, died on County Road 18 west of Rocky Ford, CO at about 5:30 p.m. on September 13, 2010.

David, a pharmacist, and his wife, Sandi, purchased Gordon’s Drug in September of 2003. He was very well liked and respected in his community. His wife and their five children, Steven, Carlee, Mattee, Suzee and Dixee, are and will remain in our thoughts and prayers. May God hold them in His arms and heal the sorrow that they feel and may time accomplish what no words can.

Funeral services for David Johnson will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Morse Baptist Church. Graveside services and interment will be at 4 p.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery in McLean, TX, under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Spearman.

See complete story on page 1, and related story on Page 4, of the September 16th edition of The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman.