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Commissioners award $1,000 to Lubbock Area Square and Round Dance Federation for insurance and taxes
Summary
The court approved a $1,000 allocation from unclaimed funds to the Lubbock Area Square and Round Dance Federation to help cover rising insurance and property taxes; federation president Charles Spoon described declining membership and fundraising plans.
Lubbock County Commissioners Court on July 28 approved a $1,000 allocation from unclaimed funds to the Lubbock Area Square and Round Dance Federation to help offset insurance and tax costs for the federation’s dance hall.
Charles Spoon, who identified himself as president of the federation and a volunteer firefighter, told the court the nonprofit operates square, round and contra dancing and maintains a 6,000-square-foot floating hardwood dance floor at its building on 20th Street in Lubbock (described in the meeting as “2305 20th Street,” across from the old livestock sale barn and a block off University Avenue). Spoon said membership has declined over decades and the federation faces rising insurance and…
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