SANGER – With other states postponing football until Spring, it felt good for Jacksboro players and fans to see an actual scrimmage Thursday night here.
On Friday, August 14th the Jacksboro Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2nd Annual Teacher Appreciation Brunch to honor all employees of Jacksboro Independent School District. The event was held at the high school cafeteria and over 150 people were in attendance.
RB Golf Club & Resort will host a charity golf tournament benefiting CASA of Wise and Jack Counties on Saturday, September 5, 2020. The four-person scramble will serve as a qualifying event for the $10,000 RB Golf Club & Resort Invitational.
Justice of the Peace Stacy Spurlock brought forward the possibility of additional fees being charged to file a case in her court to commissioners during their Aug. 10 meeting.
Other counties have gone up on their filings anywhere from $1 to $20 per case in recent months. With the possibility of many credit card fraud cases coming in upcoming months. Spurlock is still charging $46 for civil cases in her court with county court charging $230. No action was taken.
The Pendleton park fire, which destroyed more than 2,600 acres of Palo Pinto and Jack County land was fully contained late last week.
Jack County Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Hefner said the fire began Monday afternoon out near Graford but with the dry air and hot temperatures, moved quickly north into Jack County.
“We also had a lot of rain last Spring and the Fall before,” Hefner said. “It may look green around here but we have a lot of dead, dry underbrush around here.”
Jacksboro aldermen approved a resolution to work with North Texas Council of Governments (NORTEX) if the city receives a grant as part of the regular Aug. 10 meeting.
NORTEX provided the offer to provide grant application help and general administrative services. The grant, if the city receives it, is for $350,000 to help fund a water, wastewater, streets/roads, or drainage improvement project from the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Past President of the Jacksboro Lions Club Cherry Rushin is honored for her work during the past year with a certificate and plaque as part of the Aug. 12 meeting. She is presented the award by Lion Tim Cassle.
JISD board members went over the three categories of how kids are going to attend school this Fall during their regular meeting Aug. 10.
Those that choose to attend in-person will have classes just like they used to have it with some small changes due to COVID, according to Superintendent Dwain Milam. Transportation, meals, extracurricular activities will be provided if needed. Students must be attending classes in order to take part in extracurricular activities.
City officials have decided to lower the city tax rate from $1.20 to $1.14 for the Proposed 2020-21 budget.
City Manager Mike Smith had said the city could operate at both $1.14 and/or $1.16 per $100 valuation, the $1.14 actually bringing in $30,000 more money because if the city would go with the $1.14 the $1 million in added rolls ver the last year could not be considered.
When a health care veteran like Faith Community Hospital CEO Frank Beaman calls it one of his “top five proudest moments of his career”, it’s big news.
Beaman and Medicare Wellness Nurse Mikey Mitchell and Community Liaison Melanie Belcher announced the formation of a Faith Community Health System Activity Committee recently. Beaman said what makes him most proud is the committee developed internally and was “developed by employees to build up the staff and community we serve”.
