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Music’s beautiful nudge

In the mid-1990s, I taught Correlated Language Arts, which was basically for students who did not, at the time, think they wanted to go to college. These small classes (at the most I had eight or nine students) used a textbook curriculum which was modified.

2023 Community Calendar

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

Unable to take a break from breaking news

In the 1790s, a farmer in South Carolina would have been oblivious to the heinous executions during the French Revolution. The famines in India during the 1890s that led to the deaths of over nineteen million people were not table conversations in Enid, Oklahoma.

Abbott ties voucher passage to teacher pay, school funding

AUSTIN— Gov. Greg Abbott, just hours after the Senate initially approved a school voucher measure, said he would add teacher raises and increased public school funding to the ongoing special session agenda if the Texas Legislature passes his voucher plan, the Texas Tribune reported.

Spur ISD approves interlocal agreements in September meeting

In the regular monthly meeting of the Spur Independent School District board on September 26, trustees unanimously approved interlocal agreements/ memorandums of understand with the City of Spur for emergency assistance and Dickens County for emergency assistance.

The paradox of progress

Check Your Mirrors SUE JANE SULLIVAN In general, I am not one to wish for things to be as they were. I had to wait 364 days to be able to watch “The Wizard of Oz” since it only came on once a year on a Sunday night at 6 p.m. CST.

2023 Community Calendar

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

Texas employment at historic high, but jobless rate is up

AUSTIN— For the 30th consecutive month Texas showed job growth, reaching just under 14 million jobs and outpacing the nation in its annual rate of employment growth, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.

Patton board discusses bond election in September meeting

In the regular meeting of the Patton Springs Independent School District board of trustees on September 25, 2023, Superintendent Bryan White reported that the Open House/Title I public meetings will be rescheduled.

In the beginning…

As with many of you, Sunday school and Wednesday night children’s Bible classes always included the creation story. The figures placed on a felt board, the cutouts, and the coloring pages were mainstays of those 45-minute gatherings.