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Brochures: keep, then toss

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Brochures: keep, then toss

Hanaba Munn Welch

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Read any good tourist brochures lately?Websites and Facebook now threaten to make the classic trifold giveaways as obsolete as Texas maps. Back when I worked in the tourism industry, brochures were a solid staple.

Sweet it is

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Sweet it is

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Readers, welcome back to our pages columnist Sue Jane Sullivan for the season. While Sullivan also compiles many of our community calendars and event bulletins year-round, she takes a well-deserved hiatus from the demands of column writing during the summer. —The EditorsI’m a snacker.

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California dreamin’ and driving

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

In the American consciousness, California occupies a fabled throne: lodestone of the Golden West, goal of the beleaguered Dust Bowl Okies, fantasy of film and fortune, home of the high life.The part of this vast state you’ll experience along the remnants of Route 66 provides fleeting glimpses of...

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Make muesli a part of your healthy routine

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Muesli is a whole-grain cereal created around 1900 by a Swiss doctor to meet his patients’ nutritional needs. Like granola, muesli consists of whole grains, nuts, fruit and seeds.

COMMENTARY

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The 501

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

New words happen.Back when I was a letter carrier I learned “unchurched” from the “Baptist Standard.”Yep, I used to read the the back cover of the “Standard” when I was delivering the mail.

From the garden ELLEN PEFFLEY

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Fall webworms can defoliate trees short-term

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

There is a reason the insect Hyphantria cunea has the common name ‘fall webworm.’ Its large silky webs are woven in the fall. Webs look menacing, but infested trees usually recover with little long-term damage.Worms are the larval stage of small white moths.

RABBIT, RUN At Joseph City, Arizona, a town founded by 19th-century Mormon migrants, the “Here It Is” jackrabbit sign made famous all across Route 66 has its origins. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 | THE TEXAS SPUR

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Animals all across Arizona

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

E D I T O R I A L | spur@thetexasspur.comParagraphs & pixelsBARBARA BRANNONArriving at the eastern edge of Arizona at dusk means two things: that the 149 miles between here and Flagstaff will zoom past in darkness; and that we’ll see precious little of Mother Road pavement on this stretch.As the...

The 501

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What’s In A Name?

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

COMMENTARYHANABA MUNN WELCHIn my case, three a’s.How is it pronounced? Beats me. I think it’s either Chickasaw or Choctaw. I speak neither. Your guess is as good as mine, unless you speak Chickasaw or Choctaw. The whole issue begs more research.

Mint is a garden favorite

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Mint is a garden favorite

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

ELLEN PEFFLEYMint in September has spread into an attractive ground cover while returning culinary uses after harvest. There are many mints – like apple mint, chocolate mint, lemon mint, and peppermint.

Power grid again reaches record demand

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Power grid again reaches record demand

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

AUSTIN— The dog-day heat wave has sent power demands to new records, the Austin American-Statesman reported.