Figs and Ficus Varieties in a San Antonio Garden
A reader shares experiences with ornamental and edible fig trees, noting the weeping fig and fiddle leaf fig popularity, care tips, and potential issues from stress or improper placement. The column ends with Doris Medina of Floresville earning Dean's List at Palo Alto College and family plans for Floresville schools.
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San Antonio
Webster's
Doris Medina
Floresville
Palo Alto College
Medina
Verna Gorzell
CPA
Hector
Celina
Maye
Moises
The Banana Tale Through Ages
The first westerner to find the banana was Alexander the Great in 327 BC India. From Southeast Asia it spread to Africa and the Middle East, reached the Caribbean with a Spanish missionary in 1516, and arrived in America at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition where bananas sold for about 10 cents each, roughly a dollar today.
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Alexander the Great
India
Southeast Asia
Africa
Middle East
Caribbean
America
Adcock Completes Army Basic Training at Fort Jackson
Army National Guard Private Sarah T. Adcock has completed basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina. She received instruction in drill and ceremonies weapons map reading tactics military courtesy military justice first aid and Army history and traditions. Adcock is the daughter of Robert W. and Zandra F. Adcock of Stockdale and a 1986 Stockdale High School graduate.
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Adcock
ARMY
AIR Force Hometown News
Army National Guard
Sarah T. Adcock
Fort Jackson
Robert W. and
Zandra F. Adcock
Stockdale
Stockdale High School
Signs of teen drug abuse highlighted at McAllen seminar
Bruce Cooper of the Palmer Drug Abuse Center told a McAllen seminar that changes in behavior, diets, habits, or friends can signal teen drug or alcohol abuse and urged families to watch for such indicators. He emphasized any teen drug or alcohol use is abuse.
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Bruce Cooper
Palmer Drug Abuse Center
McAllen
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