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Water wisely and be mulch happier
As the temperatures rise, water demands are high for growing plants. It is particularly important to keep newly transplanted trees, shrubs and perennials watered during this time to keep them ...
Aug 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Think ahead regarding hurricane preparations for pets
We learned a lot from Hurricane Katrina on the issue of what to do with our pets when mother nature turns ugly. We learned that pets can perish when the winds and water blow in. We also learned t...
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Is Mississippi really a Pro-Life state... or just Pro-Birth?
Federal District Judge Daniel Jordan recently ruled that, on the surface, the new state law requiring abortion providers have admitting privileges at local hospitals appears constitutional, bu...
Aug 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hot weather tips for plants and people
Temperatures in the upper nineties and above one hundred are hard on plants, even those we consider heat tolerant. Water is the key factor in plant management of heat. Plants cool themselves t...
Jul 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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When youth become tormenters
Most everyone has heard of the news about the adult bus monitor, Karen Klein, that was bullied by four seventh graders. A video captured the bullying of a 68- year old- grandmother and quickly...
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How Mitt Romney won the evangelicals and what that tells us
When I was a middle-schooler, before I became a non-believer, I attended a very conservative evangelical church known for its extreme adherence to the doctrine of Biblical literalism (hint: th...
Jun 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letter to the Editor
On June 15th the City of Ocean Springs is set to open its new $7 Million Sportsplex on Highway 57. Watching some of the leadership of Ocean Springs, one might think they believe the purpose o...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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What I’ve Learned in 40 Years of Education
Well, I’ve begun clearing out my office and packing my things after 40 years in the school business. It’s been a real education (no pun intended!) and quite a trek- the good, bad and the ugly of i...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Before you kill a bug or treat a lawn problem, read on…
Weeds Often Indicate Other Lawn Problems If your lawn is choked with weeds these weeds could be indicators of other lawn problems. Having an understanding of weeds that seem to dominate under...
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pain: Not Just The Fourth Vital Sign, But A Profession Now!
by Dr. Chris Duke
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
You don’t have to look far to see pain management clinics for people in need. We have everything from non-narcotic and narcotic drug therapies, to heat and cold applications, to therapeutic u...
Mitt Romney: Problem Solver
by Samantha Hebert
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Albert Einstein once said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them”, and I fully agree with this theory. Having been in...
Diabetes- It Does Occur In Cats!
by Dr. Chris Duke
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
As usual, a recent case workup has made its way into fodder for this week’s column. We all frequently hear of a friend or relative who has been diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes mellitus, as...
The Southern Accent and All the Eccentricities that Come With It
by Samantha Hebert
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
I’m not sure if it happens everywhere but if you live in the South chances are you have a friend or two that you have known for most of your life. Fortunately, I have a few of these wonderful ...
Morning of day one at Shiloh: Surprise attack on the Union line
by Ron Feder
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Once again your faithful correspondent finds himself marching into a Sesquicentennial reenactment of one of the pivotal battles of the American Civil War. My reenactor unit is formally known ...
When Did Moderate Become a Four Letter Word?
by Samantha Hebert
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
I’ve lived in the world of politics, literally, my entire life. My very first memory is of Ronald Reagan standing on a stage, somewhere in the distance, as he spoke about something not underst...
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