Outdoors Digest
By Lynn Burkhead, For The Herald Democrat Calendar Through Feb. 26 – Texas quail season. Through March 12 – Light Goose Conservation Order spring season… Login to continue reading Login…
February 2023
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The Reds’ Balloons:
“The Red Balloon” is the title of a classic popular film from France that can serve as a metaphor for the alleged Chinese balloon menace. This whimsical fantasy of a boy and his balloon appeals to our need for companionship and our urge to escape routine existence, a desire hardly limited to children.
The words Magic Mike
The words Magic Mike may conjure up images of sweaty, sculpted, undulating men, dancing unthreateningly for hoards of screaming women, but there has always been a backdrop of brutal economic reality looming over the fantasy world.
Gardener’s mailbag: Will foxtail agave plants survive in Texas?
Dear Neil: I recently was in California and saw beautiful foxtail agave plants. I have a home in Kerrville.
EARLENE PRICE
1936-2023 Earlene Price passed away on February 12, 2023 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison at the age of 84. She was born in Anna to James Burris and Wyona (Bush) Burris on January 15, 1936 as the oldest of three children.
LINDA KAYE ALLISON LITTLE
1952-2023 Linda Kaye Allison Little, 70, of Sherman Texas, passed away peacefully on February 18, 2023 at Carrus Hospital in Sherman surrounded by her loving family. Linda had suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in July 2019, and had been cared for at home by her husband, Barrett until the most recent hospitalization on November 1, 2022.
Court ruling puts abuse victims at risk — and takes gun rights to ridiculous extremes
More than 200 women and men in Texas were killed by their intimate partners in 2021, according to the Texas Council on Family Violence. In an abusive dynamic, leaving an abuser is the most dangerous time for a survivor.
Security upgrades approved for Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace office
The second floor of the Grayson County Courthouse will be undergoing a bit of remodeling soon as Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 Ginny Hampton received permission Tuesday to spend around $5,000 to further secure her office.
Good Morning: Giving back to the community in my own way
In about two weeks I will be asked to read to a classroom of elementary students, and I am not quite sure how I am going to pull this off. Earlier this week, the United Way announced a special day in honor of former Sherman Independent School District Superintendent David Hicks where volunteers will take a few minutes out of their day to read to students.
Growing sweet onions
The ideal time to plant onions in Oklahoma is from Feb. 15 through March 10.