Tracking Horny Toad Lizards Across Milam County
Texas Master Naturalists joined the Horn Lizard Watch in Milam County, finding many lizards in Rockdale area and noting a shift from red ants to antlions as a food source. Data collected will be sent to Texas Parks and Wildlife for a database entry. The watch occurs each summer as lizards become active, with sightings ranging from babies to adults and babies about the size of a new dollar coin.
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Texas
Texas Horn Lizard Watch
Rockdale
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Foraging Wild Plants in Texas The Nutritive Garden
A compact guide outlines edible wild plants like wild onions, dandelions, wild violets, Greenbriar, and American beauty berries. It notes differences in wild onion species, uses of each plant in cooking, cautions about plant identification, and advises sourcing from unsprayed areas. It cites sources and references by Shawn Walton, a Texas Master Naturalist, along with affiliated organizations.
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Europe
Google
Houstonwildedibles
Shawn Walton
Texas
el Camino Real
Walton
Shawn
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Grovesite.com
Health Department plans for H1N1 during peak flu season
Milam County Health Department reports on an International Swine Flu Conference in Washington DC attended by L and 37 foreign nations and US states. The event highlighted education and communication as key to preventing spread, with 3Cs of coordination collaboration and communication. Officials warn H1N1 may be widespread and urge employers to plan to protect workers and maintain operations.
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Washington, D.C
United States
C-Span
3Cs
Ence
Milam County
CDC
Cdc.gov
Chamber of Commerce, Health Department
Milamhealth.com
Seasonal flu vaccine updates and H1N1 clinic plans
County reports seasonal flu vaccination has begun with clinics planned countywide. H1N1 vaccine has not arrived yet and will be added to scheduling once available. Testing guidelines shift means H1N1 will not be tracked as in spring. updates will be provided and questions directed to health contacts.
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Dshs.state.tx
Bea's Kitchen Weekly Menu Labor Day Break
Bea's Kitchen lists closures and daily specials for September 7 to 10. Monday is closed for Labor Day. Tuesday features pepper steak with sides and fruit cocktail. Wednesday offers fried catfish with salad fries and apple cobbler. Thursday serves oven fried pork chops with macaroni and cheese okra and tomatoes hot rolls and chocolate cake.
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Bea’s
Maggie Schneider Memorial roping event expands in Thorndale TX
The Maggie Schneider Memorial fundraiser for team roping and a raffle expands this year at the Joey and Phyllis Hiney Ranch in Salty Community. Sept 25 27 features Margarita and Salsa Jackpot Friday, a bikini barrel race, cookoff and team roping all day Saturday with a 60 percent payback on jackpots and trophies only for team roping. entries $75 brisket chicken pork ribs $25 cook's choice $25 per Margarita and Salsa entry $25 per team horseshoe and washer jackpots. Raffle prizes include rifle tires gift cards and more with tickets sold by local area businesses and organizers Bubba Grimm Glenn Schneider and Richard or Cheryl Schneider.
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Maggie Schneider
Joey
Phyllis Hiney
East
Salty St
Thorndale
BS Tire
Thorndale Meat Market
Wal-Mart
Cooper Tire
Schroeder’s Place
Rockdale
Bubba Grimm
Schroeder’s
Bubba
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New Hampshire
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Texas Brain and Spine Institute
Bryan College Station
Texas A&m Health Science Center College of Medicine
J. Bradley White, M.D
White
Minnesota
The
Dr. White
Tennessee
Alabama
Birmingham Southern College
University of Alabama In
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Bryan
Little River Rockdale Medical Clinic
Irhealthcare.com
North Main Rockdale
Bea’s Kitchen
Glenn Schneider
Richard Or
Cheryl Schneider
Stowne
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