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Voter registration deadline nears for November election

Voter registration deadline nears for November election

Voter registration deadline nears for November election

News Staff
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Body AUSTIN— Eligible Texans planning to vote in the November general election have until Oct. 7 to register, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson reminds folks. The registration deadline applies to both early and election day voting.
Brochures: keep, then toss

Brochures: keep, then toss

Brochures: keep, then toss

Hanaba Munn Welch
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Body Read any good tourist brochures lately?Websites and Facebook now threaten to make the classic trifold giveaways as obsolete as Texas maps. Back when I worked in the tourism industry, brochures were a solid staple.
Sweet it is

Sweet it is

Sweet it is

News Staff
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Body Readers, welcome back to our pages columnist Sue Jane Sullivan for the season. While Sullivan also compiles many of our community calendars and event bulletins year-round, she takes a well-deserved hiatus from the demands of column writing during the summer.
E D I T O R I A L |

E D I T O R I A L |

California dreamin’ and driving

News Staff
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Body In the American consciousness, California occupies a fabled throne: lodestone of the Golden West, goal of the beleaguered Dust Bowl Okies, fantasy of film and fortune, home of the high life.
CUISINE & CULTURE |

CUISINE & CULTURE |

Make muesli a part of your healthy routine

News Staff
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Body Muesli is a whole-grain cereal created around 1900 by a Swiss doctor to meet his patients’ nutritional needs. Like granola, muesli consists of whole grains, nuts, fruit and seeds. However, muesli is not baked, the way granola is.
COMMENTARY

COMMENTARY

The 501

News Staff
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Body New words happen.Back when I was a letter carrier I learned “unchurched” from the “Baptist Standard.”Yep, I used to read the the back cover of the “Standard” when I was delivering the mail.
From the garden ELLEN PEFFLEY

From the garden ELLEN PEFFLEY

Fall webworms can defoliate trees short-term

News Staff
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Body There is a reason the insect Hyphantria cunea has the common name ‘fall webworm.’ Its large silky webs are woven in the fall. Webs look menacing, but infested trees usually recover with little long-term damage.Worms are the larval stage of small white moths.
RABBIT, RUN At Joseph City, Arizona, a town founded by 19th-century Mormon migrants, the “Here It Is” jackrabbit sign made famous all across Route 66 has its origins. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 | THE TEXAS SPUR

RABBIT, RUN At Joseph City, Arizona, a town founded by 19th-century Mormon migrants, the “Here It Is” jackrabbit sign made famous all across Route 66 has its origins. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 | THE TEXAS SPUR

Animals all across Arizona

News Staff
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Body E D I T O R I A L | spur@thetexasspur.
The 501

The 501

The 501

What’s In A Name?
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Body COMMENTARYHANABA MUNN WELCHIn my case, three a’s.How is it pronounced? Beats me. I think it’s either Chickasaw or Choctaw. I speak neither. Your guess is as good as mine, unless you speak Chickasaw or Choctaw. The whole issue begs more research.