GARDENING: Cultivating the Bond Between People, Plants and the Environment
Wed, 02/11/2026 - 3:20pm
Mid-February Gardening of Vegetables in Containers
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UIL Realignments for Central Region
Wed, 02/04/2026 - 10:45am
District realignments by the University of Interscholastic League (UIL) were announced on Monday morning, Feb.2, at 9:00 a.m for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years.
Calling All Descendants!
Wed, 02/04/2026 - 10:45am
In January 1867, 435 freedmen, women and children left Kingstree, South Carolina to travel by train, ship, and train again to land in Marlin/Falls County, Texas, where they hoped to build a better life for themselves and their families. In June of this year, a monument will be installed in Marlin to memorialize the names of every traveler who made this brave journey. Descendants of the Shaw family, Sharon Styles and Angela Shaw Ross, are on a mission to reveal as many family connections as possible ahead of the ceremony, through genealogical tools and research. If you recognize any of the names on the list below as your ancestors, or think a name sounds familiar and might be a relation, please contact Sharon, Sharon.kay@sbcglobal.net, or Angela, honey_be_2001@yahoo. com. Will McCullough Rose McCullough Malvina McCullough Squire Washington Perry Evans John McCullough Martha McCullough Ben Limon Parris Kinder Nanny Kinder Mariah Kinder Anderson Kinder Violet Kinder Robert Kinder Benny Kinder Joe Kinder Oliver Kinder Sallie Kinder Else Kinder George Kinder
Property Taxes Can Be Lowered By Keeping Bees
Wed, 02/04/2026 - 10:45am
Texas law allows bees and bee hives to qualify for reducing property taxes on small plots of land. Dennis Herbert drafted the original legislation for the current bee law that allows small acreage land owners to receive their agricultural valuation if they wish by raising bees on their property. Herbert will be at the 16th Annual Beginning Beekeeping School to be held March 7 in Brenham, Texas.