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Cornus florida, flowering dogwood, is a deciduous tree native to the U.S. and Mexico. It’s known for its striking white, sometimes pink, “flowers” that aren’t really flowers. They are four white 3-inch bracts with reddish-brown indentations that surround several 0.25 inch inconspicuous fragrant yellow-green flowers. Sometimes growing only a few centimeters per year, dogwoods can be 35 to 40 feet tall and live 80 years.
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Please, have your news, birthdays, etc. to me by Wednesday, Dec. 27, by noon so I can include it in the newspaper. This is the holiday schedule deadline. Send it to 55maepj@gmail.com or call me, 936-894-2094. Thanks in advance.
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Area residents were sorry to learn of the death of Domingo Mingo Padron, age 82, who passed away Dec. 5. He was certainly a good man and will be missed by all that loved him and were a friend to him. He was born July 2, 1941 to Julian and Sandra Flores Padron. Throughout his life he was known to be a hard worker, provided for his family and to those that were in need of help.
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My driver’s license had to be renewed. The last time I was at the Brenham DPS was 10 years ago. I took Jordan there for his driving test when he turned 16. Now, you must make an appointment online, sign in online 30 minutes prior to your scheduled time, fill out more paperwork and wait. When called, you must show your birth certificate, social security card, voter’s card, current license but she didn’t want to see my insurance.
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The new year is just around the corner and here comes those dreaded New Year resolutions that most rarely keep. I quit saying I’m going to lose weight this year because it never happens. I am turning my resolutions to another direction which gives me more pleasure and is easier to accomplish. During Lent I usually try to call a friend or someone I know that is homebound or rarely can get out anymore because of health reasons. It makes them happy and it makes me happy too. This year I plan to do it every week of the year.
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Vitex agnus-castus, vitex, is native to Asia and the Mediterranean region. Now common in Grimes County landscapes, it’s believed that vitex came to North America in the 17th century. It is easily recognizable because of its spikes of showy, purple flowers. Bees, butterflies and other insects enjoy the nectar which produces excellent honey. It is usually from 3 to 10 feet tall and may be as wide with twisty multiple trunks. Leaves are olive green and palmately compound. Flowers and leaves are aromatic. Dark brown fruit is a drupe, berry-like. Beautiful and hardy, vitex is prized as a long-lived cut flower. The Texas Department of Transportation, txdot.gov, has recommended it for plantings in the median of some state highways.
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“There is probably no single person in Southern history more revered than General Robert Edward Lee,” states historian Jeff Carroll in his book Being Texan. Few know that General Lee spent more military time in Texas than he did as President of the Confederacy.
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A total of $18 billion in property tax cuts were approved by more than 80% of voters in the November general election and should be reflected in property tax bills that are due by Jan. 31. The cuts come in the form of increased home exemptions, lower school district rates and limiting the amount property appraisals can rise.
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