Duane Sherrill Sometimes I think many of us forget there are 365 days in a year, hoping that a bit of turkey and maybe a slightly used coat will hold over those less fortunate than us for the other 364 days. I think part of this is due to the confusion we have over what…

Like the Christmas tree and the Poinsettia, another plant that many decorate their homes with are holly branches usually formed into wreathes. The plant is even celebrated in an old medieval Christmas English carol, ?The Holly and the Ivy?, symbolizing the rivalry between the two for the mastery of the forest with the holly bearing…

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Tennessee is announcing that agricultural producers who want to receive 2007 funding in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) or the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) should do so by Friday, December 15, 2006. Sign up for both programs is year round, but applications receiving 2007 fiscal year…

Mark Halcomb UT Nursery Specialist The EPA banned methyl bromide years ago without having a decent replacement. There is nothing as effective to rid propagation beds of insects, diseases and weed seed. I have sat through hours of talks about 25 to 30 different products being researched. None handle all 3 problems as effectively as…

J. Dale Beaty Extension Leader Christmas time is coming, and that means the Master Gardener Course can?t be very far behind. I really enjoy hosting this course because of all the people I get to meet and their attitudes about learning more about plants and the home landscape. About 180 folks have been through this…

The election of a representative to serve Warren County farmers and landowners in Local Administrative Area No. 2 will be conducted on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 at the Warren County FSA county office located at 811 Faulkner Springs Road. ?Ballots will be tabulated on Thursday, at the public is welcome to witness the tabulation of…

Baby Boy Thomas Jacob Polson was born Oct. 13 at River Park Hospital weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces. He is the son of Amanda Polson and Ricky Willis. He is joined by brother, James Polson. Grandparents are Carol and Bennie Polson and Ricky and Mary Willis. Baby Girl Akausha Reanne Graham, daughter of Caronda Graham…

Union Grove, Ala., resident and Warren County native Mary Lee Hale Cantrell, 85, died Dec. 4 at Marshall Medical Center North in Arab, Ala., after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Arlington Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late W.G. and Axie Beatrice Cooley Hale; and was preceded in…

McMinnville resident and Coffee County native Lena Mae Williamson, 82, was born Oct. 15, 1924 and died Dec. 3 at her residence following a lingering illness. A seamstress and a member of the Church of Christ at Unity, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Letha Smithson Orrick. She was married to Grady…

McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native James Alf Braswell, 84, was born Dec. 23, 1921 and died Dec. 2 at his residence following a sudden illness. An accountant with APAC and a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps during WWII, he was the son of the late Zollie and Maude Burch Braswell. He…