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2 ★ Alvarado Star
www.alvaradostar.net
Thursday, February 3, 2011
BRENDA ADAMS/Alvarado Star
Cub Scouts of Pack 210 in Lillian recently learned what it takes to publish a weekly newspaper when
a representative from the Alvarado Star came to talk to the group. Among those to find out why
journalists are the way they are were, from left, Christian Slette, Cub master Laurie Wren, Colegero
Moore, Gabriel Mulvey, David Checkeye and Den leader Chris Wren.
Johnson County severe storm warning
program will be Tuesday in Keene
As part of its area-wide
weather preparedness cam-
paign, the National Weath-
er Service in Fort Worth
will help residents prepare
for the severe storm sea-
son with a Skywarn severe
weather program at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 8, at the Ma-
bee Center on the campus
of Southwestern Adventist
University in Keene. The
program is held in partner-
ship with Johnson County
Emergency Management.
The program is free and
open to the public.
“We have quite a bit of
new material for this year’s
spotter training program”,
said Mark Fox, warning co-
ordination meteorologist
at the Fort Worth NWS Of-
fice. “We will present the
information in the form of
a checklist for the attendees
to utilize.”
The 2011 severe weather
season is fast approaching.
Are you ready for whatever
this year has in store? Do you
have a severe weather plan at
your home and your work-
place? Can you recognize the
clues that suggest large hail,
flash flooding, or a tornado
is possible? Do you want to
become part of the severe
weather warning system in
your county?
The 2010 severe storm
season in North Texas was
anything but typical, but was
quite busy. There were tor-
nadoes as early as January
20th, and tornadoes as late
as October 24th. Hail storms,
damaging thunderstorm
winds, and flooding all had
their turn across north Tex-
as skies. The toll on life and
property was significant, with
many casualties and damage
in the tens of millions of dol-
lars.
The 2011 program will
discuss thunderstorm for-
mation, severe weather pro-
duction, and features asso-
ciated with severe storms.
The presentation will also
review tornado formation
and behavior, non-threat-
ening clues which may be
mistaken for significant
features, and safety when
thunderstorms threaten.
The program will discuss
spotter operations and rec-
ommended reporting proce-
dures. The two-hour presen-
tation will be in multimedia
format, featuring numerous
pictures of storms and near-
ly 25 minutes of storm video
clips.
The Johnson County se-
vere weather program is
one of more than 60 the
Fort Worth NWS office will
conduct between January
and early April 2011. The
National Weather Service in
Fort Worth provides fore-
casts, warnings, and weath-
er services for 46 counties
in north and north-central
Texas.
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Which team is going to win
the Super Bowl and why?
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Jackson
I am associated
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an electricity provider
in Pennsylvania. Go
Steelers!
Clint
Davis
I have a gut feel-
ing the Green Bay
Packers will win.
Jacqueline
Sisson
Steelers. Is there
any other team?
Ava
Ayers-Spencer
The Green Bay
Packers because they
are cheeseheads.
Ryan
Carling
Elizabeth
Dunbar
James
Johnson
R.D.
Rone
The Green Bay
Packers because they
wear green.
The Green Bay
Packers because
Aaron Rodgers is the
best quarterback in
the NFL.
The Green Bay
Packers because my
boss likes the Steel-
ers.
The Green Bay
Packers because they
are the better team.
Michelle
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The Pittsburgh
Steelers because they
have a good coach.
Joel
Morton
The Green Bay
Packers. They are
the fastest team in
the NFL and, playing
indoors at Cowboys
Stadium, they will
show their speed.
Green Bay wins 34-
20.
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The Green Bay
Packers because it’s
their turn.
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The Green Bay
Packers because they
want to get the win
in Cowboys Stadium
and because they are
in the National Foot-
ball Conference.
Get that weed before it goes to seed
By BJ TAYLOR
Special to the Alvarado Star
Gardeners, start your engines. We gotta get
those winter weeds before they go to seed in
our beds- like the henbit. Just be careful not
to pull up the larkspur and poppy seedlings.
Take a good look at your trees while they
are bare to figure out what needs pruning or
trimming and what doesn’t. It’s almost time
to prune those peach trees. The cuts need to
be outside the “collar” yet close to the remain-
ing branch. When pruning your peach trees,
keep in mind being able to reach the fruit
when harvesting time comes. Prune the in-
side branches so air and light can penetrate
and the ones reaching up beyond where you
can harvest.
If you haven’t already, mow over the leaves
on the ground so they will be in smaller pieces
and decompose faster. To those of you who
put your leaves in bags on the curb, I thank
you. Free mulch/compost what a nice gift.
To those of you with compost piles don’t for-
get to water them occasionally and turn them
a little bit.
If you’re thinking about a new rose, this is a
good time to buy it and get it in the ground. If
you don’t know what kind to get or can’t make
up your mind, the Earthkind are always a
great choice. There are many to choose from
and guaranteed to do well (they have been
extensively tested and can take our Texas cli-
mate). The hybrid Teas are the hardest roses
in my opinion because they require major
pruning every year and seem dependent on
spraying and such. While they have beauti-
ful flowers, the plant itself is often gangly and
not well suited to join a landscape. Roses are
such wonderful “memory” plants. They are
long lived and well suited as gifts or memori-
als to a loved one.
My daughter gave me a rose for Christmas
that I had never heard of. Her name is Mol-
ineux. She’s going to have beautiful yellow
scented blossoms. I can’t wait to see her in
action.
I’m dreaming of my spring/summer veg-
etable bed. Some new things I’m going to try
are potatoes, some heirloom tomatoes, pur-
ple-hulled peas, and bunches of dill. At our
garden club’s Christmas get together we did
the white elephant game. I got a bag of aged
rabbit manure. I was so excited. It is spread
out in my raised vegetable bed with a blanket
of leaves over the top. Now that’s fun!
Written by BJ Taylor, JCMG and Wild-
bunch writer who lives in Joshua.
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