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Over the last 50 years plants like Grevillea Robyn Gordon and Grevillea Honey Gem have become some of the most popular sold in nurseries. But most gardeners would not have selected a Grevillea Honey Gem because it was a cultivar, they selected this plant because it flowers well, it attracts birds, it is very hardy and requires very little maintenance.
Grevillea Honey Gem is one of my favourite with its masses of orange honey laden brush like flowers. It is vigorous evergreen large shrub with attractive fern like foliage that produces large orange flowers most of the year. This Grevillea also has a long life. I still have the very first Grevillea Honey Gem planted in Central Queensland growing at my place.
Jan 20, 2021
The Iron Mountain-Kingsford Branch of the American Association of University Woman celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. From left are members Jan Van Gasse, Barb Rice, Catherine Pirkola and Lynne Wilson.
By Lynne Wilson
For The Daily News
IRON MOUNTAIN The Iron Mountain-Kingsford Branch of the American Association of University Woman in 2021 is celebrating its 100-year anniversary.
The local branch is the oldest branch in the Upper Peninsula and the sixth-oldest branch in the state.
Since AAUW’s conception in 1881, the mission has remained the same to advance equality for women and girls through advocacy, education and research.
In 1921, several members living here had been members of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, the precursor to AAUW. The group invited Mrs. Holbrook from Ann Arbor to Iron Mountain to explain the purpose and ideas of AAUW and help organize the branch.
LAKELAND Polk County Public Schools are in negotiations with the Florida Department of Health’s Polk County office to put school district employees who are 65 or older near the front of the vaccination line.
“We did have some brief conversations about rolling out shots,” Deputy Superintendent John Hill said at Tuesday s School Board workshop in response to a question from School Board member Sarah Fortney. Hill said that he and Associate Superintendent for Human Resources Teddra Porteous were planning to reach out to Polk County s Department of Health Director Dr. Joy Jackson to negotiate a shot schedule for district employees.
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the coolest, Wilson recalls. Having someone that is a mainstream country star comin in and singing on this Red Dirt record, I just thought that was so cool. We felt the same way, CCR s vocalist and lead guitarist Cody Canada admits in a video chat. The band met Womack at RodeoHouston, through their shared manager, and she agreed later that night to sing on their next album. She drove herself over [to the recording session], which was really unheard of at the time, Canada recounts. I asked her how I could pay her she said a six-pack of Budweiser and some Whataburger . I was like, Man, this is gonna be a lifetime friendship .
Kevin Mohatt for KHN
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Members of Vibe Tribe Adventures, an organization founded in Colorado to encourage Black women to participate in outdoor excursions, hike through Bear Creek Regional Park on Oct. 24 in Colorado Springs. Kevin Mohatt for KHN
It would be the last hike of the season, Jessica Newton posted on her social media platforms. With mild weather forecast and Colorado s breathtaking fall foliage as a backdrop, she was excited â convinced an excursion at Beaver Ranch Park would be the quintessential way to close out months of warm-weather hikes with her sister friends.
Still, when that Sunday morning arrived in 2018, Newton was shocked when her usual crew of about 15 had mushroomed to include about 70 Black women. There s a first time for everything, she thought, as they broke into smaller groups and headed toward the nature trail. What a sight they were, she recalls, as the women â i