AUSTIN—An Eastland County sheriff’s deputy died Thursday as wildfires swept through several small Texas communities west of Dallas, destroying at least 50 homes and charring more than 54,000 acres as of Sunday.
At its regular monthly meeting of March 15, 2022, the Spur city council handled a long agenda that involved hearing complaints from two citizens on unrelated issues, and ended with personnel actions related to probationary employment of three recently hired staff.
In the regular meeting of the Patton Springs Independent School District board of trustees on March 8 superintendent Bryan White presented and discussed enrollment and attendance, student and employee awards and honors, maintenance projects, safety, security and vehicles.
I just wanted to say thank you for the Library Notes section of The Texas Spur. I am constantly clipping the reviews from the paper and saving them. I had to share that the review on “Carnegie's Maid” by Marie Benedict led to me submitting it to my book club and it was approved for our list. I presented it last month and all the women loved it and enjoyed reading it, and it prompted some lively discussion about Andrew Carnegie and his mother.
GOLF HONORS Congratulations go to the Spur Bulldogs golf team, which placed 2nd at the Motley County Invitational on Monday. Preston Pafford (far right) was 3rd overall with an 88.
Spur Little League baseball has been organizing for its spring and summer season, with full game schedules soon to be set. The season will kick off with a T-ball game on Monday, March 28. There are no set fundraisers as of yet, organizers said.