Tip of the Week
      Plant tomato seeds early This is not too early to start tomatoes for planting in the garden. Heirloom varieties like Pomodoro or Brandywine work well for this. In a warm, sunny window, plant fourfive seeds in a four-inch pot of potting medium and wait until they have true leaves.
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Gardening
Azaleas make East Texas blossom
Keith C. Hansen
      East Texas has the unique conditions which allows us to grow some of the most beautiful plants that a landscape can have - azaleas. The Azalea Trail in Tyler is an inspiring example of how well azaleas thrive in this area. Abundant shade, frequent rainfall, and sandy, welldrained, acid soils comb...
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Heritage Land Bank looking for applicants for senior scholarships
      Heritage Land Bank is currently accepting Scholarship Applications from graduating high school seniors planning to pursue an education in the field of Agriculture.
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HOME TIIPS
      You want to keep your oven sparkling clean so you protect it by putting aluminum foil on racks, under food as it cooks, and down on the oven floor where food drops and burns to a crisp. But instead of helping, you're hurting your oven. Foil placed on the oven floor reflects and intensifies heat, ...
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Dover earns Eagle Scout
      Blake Dover, son of Ronda and Alan Dover earned Boy Scouting's top honor at a ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at Bullard First Baptist Church. Dover, who is a Sophomore at Bullard High School, has been in scouting since the second grade and has recently completed all of the requirements to ob...
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Tickets on sale for Rusk's civic theater production
      Tickets, Red Hats, Girl Scout Cookies and a Play! What more could you want? The Cherokee Civic Theatre proudly presents "On Golden Pond." Director Don Parsons and Producer Camille Jones have put a wonderful cast together which enacts the story of Norman and Ethel Thayer , starting their 48th yea...
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NACOGDOCHES AZALEA TRAIIL EVENTS
      March 17 Azalea Plant Sale 9 a.m.- Noon, Downtown Local nurseries and garden clubs offer a variety of plants including 30 varieties of azaleas including the Encoreä and Southern Indica. The sale also features hard to find native deciduous azalea varieties.
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HOME TIIPS
      Sniffles and sneezes may be some of the symptoms associated with the common cold -- but "mite" is the operative word here. That's M-I-T-E, as in dust mites. Dust mites are microscopic organisms that feed on dead skin, animal hair and the like. There is a great likelihood that they are living on yo...
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ACHIIEVERS
      Brook Hill Senior Kira Langsjeon was recently chosen as a National Merit Finalist in this year's NMSQT Scholarship Competition. Langsjeon is shown above with secondary school principal Connie Russell. In February, 15,000 semifinalists are notified of the achievement.
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