Friday afternoon, Texas Governor Greg Abbott presented his plan for returning the state’s people to school and work during the coronavirus pandemic. Schools, including all public and private primary and secondary schools, as well as colleges and universities, remain closed for the remainder of the 2019–20 academic year, he announced.
As the month of April comes to a close and precautions due to the coronavirus crisis remain in place, many events involving local residents have been forced to make decisions regarding postponements or cancellations. Two postseason high school sports events that have included athletes from Spur and Jayton in the past have been cancelled—the FCA All-Star Festival and the Greenbelt Bowl.
Last week The Texas Spur reported that Spur native Diana Saucedo, a nurse and currently a Nevada native, had signed up for hospital duty in New York City. Today Saucedo explains what it’s like to be on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis in one of the city’s hardest-hit hospitals. We wish her well and thank her for her dedicated service in healthcare.
DODGER DRAWING Spur police deputy Eric Keeton, handler of K9 officer Dodger, read the story “Sesame Street Police Station” aloud on Facebook Live for the benefit of local youngsters—and Dodger. The department plans to issue a K9 Dodger coloring book this week, including a coloring contest for kids to submit their own portraits of Dodger. COURTESY PHOTO
POST—On April 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., local residents lined the street in front of Post High School while the seniors picked up their caps and gowns, and brought them goodie bags, posters, treats, cards and mementos to help them celebrate their accomplishments.
As Texas small business owners struggle to find ways they can continue contributing to the vitality of their communities, House District 68 Rep. Drew Springer encourages them to seek assistance from another neighborhood resource: the local bank.
Potatoes are my family’s go-to dish to round out any meal, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner. Boiled, baked, smashed, with or without gravy, all have a place on our table.
Organic production systems avoid the use of synthetically produced inorganic chemical fertilizers, instead utilizing crop rotation and organic sources of nutrients like aged manures, blood, bone meal, fish emulsion, and compost, and using legumes as nitrogen fixing agents. Organic strategies are well suited for vegetable production.