Community center to remain closed

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  • A lightening strike during Tuesday night’s storm that passed through Hopkins County hit a transformer, causing it to catch fire at the home of Landon and Laiken Joslin. Courtesy/Jan Vaughn
    A lightening strike during Tuesday night’s storm that passed through Hopkins County hit a transformer, causing it to catch fire at the home of Landon and Laiken Joslin. Courtesy/Jan Vaughn
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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.

Thankfully, Tira was spared from damaging storms Tuesday night. The only report that I have is about a lightning strike that caught a transformer on fire at the home of Landon and Laiken Joslin and left some without power for a few hours.

—Jan Vaughn is a contributor to the News-Telegram and can be reach at 903-438-6688 or janvaughn73@gmail.com