Colorful Logs For Christmas Fireplaces
County Agent Parker suggests treating logs or making paper logs now to color flames for the Christmas fireplace. He notes chemicals to create orange, blue, purple, red, and emerald green flames and advises soaking dry pine cones or wood chips in these solutions for the effect.
Making Rainbow Fire With Household Chemicals
Instructions describe soaking cones or wood in chemical solutions to create colored flames. Use a plastic pail and onion sack, soak for 10 minutes, dry overnight, then burn. Logs from newspapers with copper sulfate and rock salt fuel rainbow flames for several hours.
Proper Interior Plant Watering Prevents Drowns and Waste
Improper watering causes most container plant failures while overuse of water and fertilizer can harm indoor greenery. Choose suitably sized plants for immediate effect and avoid starting with small specimens. Consider flowering habit, foliage amount, and room temperature to gauge watering needs and ensure adequate soil aeration. Check soil before watering and discard excess from the saucer to prevent salt buildup.
Correction: Tray Presented by Citizens Not Blizzard Band Boosters
A corrected report states the silver tray was presented by a group of interested citizens rather than the Blizzard Band Boosters to Band Director and Mrs. Kirke McKenzie. The paper regrets any inconvenience or embarrassment caused.
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Blizzard Band Boosters
Kirke McKenzie
Boosters
Statewide Quail Prospects Good Across Texas
Parks and Wildlife officials report strong quail populations statewide after favorable rains. Bobwhites up 188 percent, blue quail at least 94 percent, with late summer counts highest since 1969. Season opens December 1 with bag limit 12, possession 36. several wildlife areas open with varied dates for quail hunting.
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Austin
Horace Gore
Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas
Gore
George Litton
Trans-Pecos
Tom Hailey
Marfa
Pat Mayse
Lamar County
Dimmit
LaSalle
Black Gap
Brewster County
New State Bank Filer in Lancaster Dallas County
An application for a state bank in Lancaster Dallas County has been filed. A motion picture Sugarless Express will begin filming in Texas on January 8. The State Supreme Court affirmed a Plainview jury and Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals ruling that an insurer owed damages for accepting health insurance premiums from an elderly couple without intending to pay claims.
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Lancaster
Dallas County
Texas
State Supreme Court
Plainview Jury
Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals
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