Wichita County Master Gardeners Tour Set May 17 (High Plains Journal)
Mark your calendars. The Wichita County Master Gardeners will be holding their annual "Thru the Garden Gate" tour May 17. The tour is from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. There are five homes in the tour this year in Wichita Falls.

New Hospital None Too Soon (Tehachapi News)
If there is an unused inch of space at Tehachapi Hospital, Alan Burgess would like to know where it is. Crutches, medical machines and office machines are tucked into alcoves and hallways.  Information technology equipment, jammed in the back of a subdivided room, hums along in open cupboards to stay cool. Offices the size of closets contain three or four desks. A floor-to-ceiling wall of ...

Coram Deo Project To Move Forward (Flower Mound Leader)
Designers and officials from Coram Deo Academy in Flower Mound asked for three exceptions when requesting a site plan to construct a multipurpose building on its campus at Monday’s planning and zoning meeting.

Fall Gardening Workshops Set By Lee Co. Extension (The Amboy News)
The gardening season is winding down but that doesn’t mean gardener’s wind down. Fall is a great time for planting.

Fast News (The Cabinet)
Ready for bed? MILFORD — A man wearing red pajama-style pants stole something from a local mattress store on Labor Day, but police are mum on the details.

Get Green For Back To School (ABC News)
Learn how to make this school year a more eco-friendly one.

The Grounded Gardener: With Fall In The Air, Put Tree Planting On Your List (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Master Gardener Marty Wingate discusses the many reasons for planting trees, and offers suggestions for varieties that will fill plenty of needs.

Oak Island Hires Arborist (The Wilmington Star-News)
Several failed attempts to strengthen an ordinance and many chopped trees later, Oak Island has a new plan for keeping the town green. The council recently decided to hire an arborist who will work to strengthen the town's existing tree and vegetation ordinance.

September 1, 2008 (Arts Journal)
I've been reading Thomas A. Heinz's Frank Lloyd Wright Field Guide , a book that describes every surviving building designed by Wright, tells you how to get to them, and assigns each one a five-star rating.

My Two Best Psychiatrists (Stratford City Gazette)
Jim Hagarty Wandering Mind I spent a bit of time again this summer with my two favourite psychiatrists – Dr. Hans Sawe and Dr. Klaw Hammer – and I savoured every moment shared with them.