Keep landscape looking its best with pruning
RICKY THOMPSON
      To keep your landscape at its healthy best, start a regular pruning program. The following guidelines from the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA) explain the basics. Nursery professionals are an excellent source of additional information.
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Honoring our troops
Local angler dedicates circuit to American forces
      The Armed Forces Foundation, a non-profit military organization in Washington, DC, is proud to announce that Elton Luce, Jr., an angler from Brookeland, and an eleven-year veteran of the B.A.S.S. Tournament Circuit, will dedicate his 2007 tournament season to raising awareness of the needs of milit...
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Lyons posts new lake record on Toledo Bend
By PATTY LENDERMAN Lakecaster Managing Editor
      It was March 6, Darrell Lyons and his son Dylan were on Toledo Bend in search of crappie. Dylan is nine years old and loves to fish. In fact, he and his dad teamed up to fish Bass-N-Bucks and have been partners for the past few seasons. As they approached one of the areas where Darrell wanted to sp...
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Houston to hold annual workshop
      Because the future of Texas' wildlife and habitat conservation ultimately resides in the choices of private land-owning citizens, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Cooperative Extension and the Gulf Coast and Heartwood chapters of the Texas Master Naturalists are sponsoring the "Managing Y...
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Feral hogs no longer just a rural concern
      Problems with exotic, invasive plants and animals - species that did not evolve in Texas and don't belong here - continue to worsen statewide. One escalating issue involves feral hogs, which have been a problem for decades on rural ranch land, but in recent years have begun to cause damage in cit...
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Caney Creek boat ramp reopens
Rita repairs finished
      After months of cleanup following the devastation of Hurricane Rita, Caney Creek boat ramp is once again open. The boat ramp, as well as the camping loops at the popular Angelina National Forest recreation area has been closed to the public since September 2005 when Hurricane Rita swept through Ea...
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Up, up and away
      THE FOURTH ANNUAL AIR SHOW will be Saturday and Sunday, March 31 and April 1, at Jasper County Bell Field. It features displays of modern and vintage aircraft and performances by stunt flyers, fly-bys, and radio controlled aircraft. For more information, call Debbie Foster at 384-2626.
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