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Around the Town: Master Gardeners at work

By Loretta Humble/Around the Town

We Master Gardeners have been propagating all year, and now we are ready to share with you the fruits of our labor. Okay, maybe I haven’t done my part, but the others have. I’ll do better next year. I promise.

Just show up at the Henderson County Senior Citizen’s Center this Saturday and we will sell you some great plants at great prices and you can meet some of the best people you would ever want to meet who would love to tell you how to grow stuff yourself.

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Obituary: Velma Louise Chipley

Velma Louise Chipley passed away on April 21, 2018 in Tyler, Texas. She was born on September 5, 1923 to William Alec Hunter and Annie Lee Anderson Hunter. Services will be held on Monday, April 23, 2018 at 11:00 AM at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Athens.

Master Gardener’s Plant Sale shares nature’s wonders

Press release

The Henderson County Master Gardener’s annual plant sale will be held on April 28, 2018, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Henderson County Senior Citizen’s Center, 3356 State Hwy 31 E, Athens (next to the rodeo arena).

Somewhere in a greenhouse, there are tiny plants pushing up from seeds in small pots. Once they get big enough, they will be potted up into larger pots until their roots are established and they are strong enough to survive outdoors. Other mature plants have sacrificed a piece of themselves, maybe a leaf, a stem, or some of their roots, and that piece is being cared for in a way that will ensure that it will become a mature plant itself and be able to survive on its own.

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Join the 17th Annual Women’s Conference at Cross Roads Baptist

Press release

Ladies throughout the area are invited to enjoy a special day at the 17th Annual Women’s Conference at First Baptist Church of Cross Roads on Saturday, April 7, from 8:30am- 2:30pm.

This year’s theme is “Birds of a Feather Worship Together,” based on 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If My people who are called by My Name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My Face … I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

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