Each month, as part of my job here at The Bee, I sit through meetings for various municipalities. From city council and commissioner’s court to school board, most every governing entity in the area has a public meeting where they discuss the ongoings of the entity.
The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.8% in January, down a tick from December’s 6.9% rate but double the record low of 3.4% in May 2019.
As I was scrolling through Facebook the other day, I came across a post by an acquaintance from high school. In it, he states he found the problem with our society: there are no more heroes.
We want the best, most nutritional vegetables, but we often incorrectly assume our gardens provide exactly that. When we talk about healthy vegetables, we really should be talking about healthy soil. If the soil is healthy, the plants and their vegetables will be healthy. Healthy plants can fight and repel pathogens (diseases).
March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day; a time filled with parades, shamrocks, green clothing, and plenty of booze. But how did this centuries-old holiday evolve from a day to commemorate the patron saint of Ireland to the biggest beer-drinking holiday in the United States?