Tira News, by Jan Vaughn
Tira News – By Jan Vaughn Malcolm Joslin reported that, as of May 1, 2015, he will no longer be the Tira Volunteer Fire Department Chief. He shared the following: “I want to thank the City of Tira for allowing me to serve as your Chief for the past 13 years and being on the department for over 20 years. I no longer live in the community and feel that I can not serve like I should. Therefore, I feel it is best for me to...
Josh Davis Competes for Top Elvis Tribute Artist
Josh Davis first performed in a tribute to Elvis in 2007 when he was 14 years old. He started out at local venues in the Sulphur Springs area, and soon was traveling as an ETA (Elvis Tribute Artist) all over Texas and in Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi and in Hawaii. He is not only a full-time performer but a versatile performer who also does tributes to Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and Ricky...
Protections for Breast-Feeding Mothers Face Opposition
by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune – May 7, 2015 When Anna Johnson-Smith started her fifth year as a kindergarten teacher at Marlin Elementary School in 2012, she didn’t plan to resign just a few weeks into the school year. With a 3-month-old baby at home, Johnson-Smith wanted to continue breastfeeding, and returning to the classroom meant she needed to pump breast milk while at work. At first, she said, her supervisors were...
Schedule of Programs at Cooper Lake State Park for May, 2015
For the past 2 ½ years the question we have often heard has been, “How low is the lake now?” Along with farmers and home owners we have been subject to the lack of rainfall and run-off from our watershed. At its’ worst, Cooper Lake was 13 ½ feet low and there didn’t seem to be any relief in sight. People were saying, “We will never see the lake full again.” Then the rains of 2015 came! One inch here, an inch and a half there and so on...
Growing a Healthy Tomato Crop
A common problem in tomato development is known as blossom end rot. Blossom end rot is a developmental disease of tomato fruits due to irregular watering during the growing cycle. The most common reason for this anomaly is irregular plant input of calcium during the plant growth. In calcium rich soils, the main reason for this is lack of even watering. Blossom end rot is observed as a darkened circular softening of the fruit at the...
