Feb. 1 is one of the best days of the year
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GUEST COLUMNIST It’s one of the best days of the year and we owe our gratitude to the remarkable man who made it possible. Feb.
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Population pressures drying up Great Salt Lake
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GUEST COLUMNIST Utah’s Great Salt Lake could disappear within the next five years. A Brigham Young University report found that as of January 2023, the lake is 19 feet below its average level.
Proper planting allows enjoyment of blooming flowers annually
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GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: What can I do with the beautiful amaryllis, hyacinths and miniature daffodils I received at the holidays now that they have finished blooming? I would like to plant them and enjoy them again. Plant the daffodils into an appropriate part of your perennial garden where they can grow undisturbed.
Lift up those in need through service
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FAITH COLUMN “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” — 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV) When I was young, my patient dad taught me to work with wood. I often felt that I would never get the hang of it.
Chicken noodle soup casserole style
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Have you ever been so sick that it takes every last bit of strength you have to raise your head? Or better yet, you’re sick and camped out on the couch, but eating a steaming hot bowl of chicken noodle soup is difficult or almost impossible without the risk of spilling it everywhere?
That problem has now been solved, with chicken noodle soup, but in casserole style.
A soul full of music
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O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
Texas mountain laurels not transplantable
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Dear Neil: My dad lives on property west of Austin. He has lots of mountain laurels growing there and we’d like to transplant some to our landscape.
Grateful for silly fun
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GUEST COLUMNIST Groundhog Day cannot come soon enough. It’s the thick of winter.
Trip opened taste buds to new levels of chocolate
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GUEST COLUMNIST I’ve never been a huge fan of hot chocolate. For some reason, I don’t enjoy cauterizing the inside of my mouth after being duped by the deceptively-tepid whipped cream or marshmallow topping.
Embrace an environment that will bring you closer to God
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FAITH COLUMN For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12 Within the area of Fort Stockton, we have quite a few churches as well as multiple denominations.
