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The most important day

We just celebrated Mother’s Day and have Father’s Day coming up in June. It’s a special day because we all have or had a mother. They loved us with an amazing kind of love, probably unmatched by others who also loved us. God also loves us unconditionally.
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Tree volcanoes often result from laziness

Dear Neil, I just moved into a house that has a tree in the front yard with a high mound of mulch up around its trunk. When I tried to scrape the mulch away, I found large tree roots 2-3 in. in diameter coming out from the trunk, then turning straight down into the soil.
Tree volcanoes often result from laziness

BLUE RIBBON APPLE PIE

2/3 cup sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon kosher salt 1 (14.1-ounce) package of refrigerated pie dough Cooking spray 6 cups (¼ inch thick) slices Empire apple (two pounds) 1 large egg, beaten 1 tablespoon water Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Baseball, hot dogs, and grandma’s apple pie

As summer approaches, it comes time for baseball, hot dogs, and, of course, Apple pie. Not just any apple pie, but award-winning apple pie courtesy of a lady named Grandma Brunet. Her daughter-inlaw entered this pie in the LaFayette Apple Festival in New York and won a blue ribbon.
Baseball, hot dogs, and grandma’s

City downgrades water restrictions

In a press release sent out by the City of Alpine last Friday afternoon, they announced that while anyone on city water was still under Stage 4 water restrictions, they had received a conditional approval letter related to the drilling of the new Roberts #3 well.
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