Around the Town: How the toad frog saved Shelly

By Loretta Humble/Around the Town

Shelly Fugitt lives in the house next door to me on the farm. Shelly has a serious snake problem. When she was 10 years old a king snake, generally considered a friendly snake, flew off the side of a barn and bit her. She admits it was maybe because she was chunking rocks at him. When Shelly was eleven, a snake dropped out of a tree and bit her on the back. it apparently was non-poisonous, and didn’t do much damage other than scare her half to death. Then after she was grown, a copperhead bite on her ankle sent her to the emergency room and a two-day hospital stay where they pumped her full of anti-venom. The next time a copperhead bit her it was on the other ankle, but it didn’t hurt her that bad this time, apparently because she still had anti-venom in her system from the last bite. Since she has lived here on the farm she has seven more serious snake encounters, including finding one on a shelf in her bathroom and another one which dropped in front her from the awning of her front porch.

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Master Gardeners will present ‘Secrets to a Beautiful Winter Landscape’

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Henderson County Master Gardener Association (HCMGA) will host Lydia Holley, Master Gardener and Landscape Design Steward, on Tuesday, October 16, 5:30 p.m., Clint W. Murchison Memorial Library, 121 S. Prairieville, Athens. Holley will present “Secrets to a Beautiful Winter Landscape”. This presentation is a part of HCMGA’s “Learn at the Library” series and is free and open to the public.

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Master Gardeners offer gardening guide

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Henderson County Master Gardener Association (HCMGA) is pleased to offer a month-by-month gardening guide to the public for only $15. This guide is specific to East Texas and is available now. The guide lists vegetable planting dates and gardening chores for flowers; shrubs and trees; and lawn and ground cover each month

Specific tips and tricks relating to the chores listed are included. For example, pruning information for roses, hydrangeas, and clematis is given.. Additionally, the four different types of hydrangeas commonly grown in East Texas are listed, along with the correct pruning method and timing for each type. A breakdown of clematis types and the proper pruning of each one is also included.

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City of Athens reduces building permit fees

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The City of Athens reduced the building permit fees charged by the City, effective October 1, 2018.

“The current fees we have used were raised in 2017 when the City had to utilize a third-party inspection service.” said Interim Director of Development Services Ryan Adams. “Those fees were set to ensure we would cover the cost of that service. Since we now provide inspections in-house by a City of Athens employee, the Council felt the timing was right to review our fee structure”.

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‘Do Well Be Well With Diabetes’ classes scheduled

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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Henderson County and the bestvpn East Texas-Athens have partnered to offer a comprehensive diabetes education series called, “Do Well Be Well with Diabetes.” The five-session series will provide participants with the latest  info on managing blood glucose.

Do Well Be Well with Diabetes was designed to help patients who have recently been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, have had diabetes for many years, or for the spouses and caregivers of loved ones with diabetes. Nine lessons are taught over a period of five classes and teach individuals about diabetes and how to manage the disease. Each lesson will be presented by local health care professionals with expertise in the subject area. In addition to learning diabetes self-care with natural supplements like blood boost formula and management techniques, classes will include delicious diabetes friendly recipe demonstrations and tastings. The class will include the best tops for a healthy life from the best sites online like https://askhealthnews.com/.

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