Tira News – July 16, 2020: Cash Donation Provides Canned Meat For Tira Food Pantry
By Jan Vaughn Joyce Dodd reported receiving some cash and food donations for the Tira Food Pantry. Tami Joslin was able to purchase several canned meats with the contributions to add to the items on hand. We want to express our appreciation to everyone who has donated to the cause. Dustin, Natalie, and Everly Weir spent Saturday night with Robert, Yvonne,Dakota, and Wesley Weir. Yvonne adds, “Sarah and Lucas visited Thursday and...
Tira News — May 27, 2020
The Tira City Council’s Quarterly Meeting To Be Held Sunday, May 31 By Jan Vaughn Tira Cemetery Association President Mick Petty reports that the associationofficers have decided to cancel the 2020 Tira Homecoming due to the coronavirus risks. The annual event is normally held on the first Sunday in July. We look forward to gathering again in 2021. Although we are not having the homecoming this year, the upkeep of the cemetery...
Tira News — April 28, 2020
By Jan Vaughn The Tira Community Center will remain closed through the month of May. Tira council members will look at the situation at that point and determine if it can be reopened in June. The Tira Food Pantry is continuing to be stocked. Donations for the pantry are always appreciated. Transformer fire reportedly caused by a lightning strike on April 28. Thankfully, Tira was spared from damaging storms on Tuesday night. The only...
Tira News — Jan. 29, 2020
By Jan Vaughn We want to express our sympathy to the family of Ray Gardner. He passed away on Tuesday night, January 21, 2020. Please be in prayer for his wife, Tina, and all of his family. Yvonne Weir reports, “Brenda Allen and Liz Wallace came for a visit on Thursday and Jan Vaughn visited on Sunday.” She is recovering from knee replacement. She adds, “Robert attended the memorial for Garry Crowson on Saturday evening. Garry had...
Tira News For Sept. 11, 2019
By Jan Vaughn The Tira City Council met on Thursday, September 12th at the Tira Community Center for their quarterly meeting. The group voted to cancel the council election for November 5, 2019, since Mayor Allen Joslin and council members, Joyce Dodd and Janie Lewis were unopposed. Janie Lewis gave an update on the recent repairs at the center. Joyce Dodd shared that the Tira Food Pantry is running low. The quarterly financial report...
Tira News For June 5, 2019
By Jan Vaughn We want to express our sympathy to the family of John Hadley. He passed away on Monday, June 3. The funeral service will be at West Oaks Funeral Home on Saturday, June 8, at 2 p.m. No formal visitation is planned. Please be in prayer for the family. Janie Lewis informed me that John Weatheread’s brother, Keith Weatheread, passed away. I don’t have details on services. Please remember the family in prayer. The Tira City...
Tira News for May 22, 2019
By Jan Vaughn The regular quarterly meeting of the Tira City Council is scheduled for Monday, June 3, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. The public is always welcome and encouraged to attend. Rick and Judy Petty were in College Station on May 11 th for Tyler Petty’s graduation from Texas A&M. His fiancée Caitlin Vally also graduated. On May 18 th they were in Cedar Park, Texas to attend Tyler and Caitlin’s wedding. Tyler is their grandson. His...
Tira News for April 24, 2019
BY JAN VAUGHN Robert and Yvonne Weir were blessed with a new granddaughter on Saturday, April 20. Her name is Everly Rose Weir and she is the child of Dustin and Natalie Weir.Yvonne reports, “We are so happy to welcome her into our family.”Yvonne adds, “Shanna Parkinson and her sons, Aaron and Caleb, visited and we all attended Oasis wrestling. It was a hoot. The boys won a really nice Easter basket with t-shirts and caps in it.”The...
Tira News for April 10, 2019
BY JAN VAUGHN We want to express our sympathy to Pat and Tommy Dickens and family. Pat’s mother, Wanda Elmore, passed away on April 4, 2019. Her service was under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home on Saturday. Please be in prayer for the family. Dustin and Natalie Weir spent Saturday night at Robert and Yvonne’s home. On Sunday Dacy, Destri, and Yvonne hosted a baby shower for Everly Rose Weir and her mom and dad, Natalie and...
Tira News for Feb 15th, 2019
By Jan Vaughn We want to express our appreciation to the North Hopkins Beta Club for their donations to the Tira Food Pantry. They had a “Pack the gym!” night, where NH basketball fans received free admission for wearing a red shirt and bringing a canned item. Yvonne Weir reports, “Dustin, Natalie, and Maria spent last weekend with us. We had a good game of Canasta. On February 8th Wesley attended A Night to Shine at Brightstar...
