Warm and pleasant greetings to all. We hope you are enjoy- ing the first week of March, as you look forward to all the things you are planning to do and places to go.
Farmers and gardeners are already in the fields tilling the soil. Gardeners are testing the soil temperature for planting time and others are looking for comeback sprouts with anxious hands and tools to get outside when the time is right.
Daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 9. Don’t forget to set your clock ahead one hour.
Best wishes to our students during the nine-weeks exams. We want our students to stay safe and enjoy the spring break next week.
Rally for a Cure volunteers will begin taking your T-shirt orders for the upcoming 2025 Rally in April. Be assured, Eva Covington will contact you if you made your order with her. She’s got you on her list!
Please know other volunteers, too, are anxious to take your T-shirt orders.
Thanks for your donations and support to Rally for a Cure. Every donation is needed and appreciated.
March is National Nutrition Month. Nutrition Month started in 1973 as National Nutrition Week. This was a great opportunity to focus on food and nutrition projects with homemakers and families and fun, too, as more homes had garden sites and took pride in planting, growing and preserving.
Nutrition Week became Nutrition Month in 1980 as a response to the growing interest in nutrition.
This year’s Nutrition Month theme is “Food Connects Us.” National Nutrition Month is a campaign sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
During this month, look for ways to make good food choices and develop healthy eating and physical activity habits.
Food is a connecting factor for many of us. You know this from everyday life; it connects our culture, our families and friends.
Have you noticed the U S Postal Service is moving slower in 2025?
Check some of your personal mail to see when it was dated. I received a personal first-class letter on Feb. 20 which was dropped in the mail with a postmark of Feb. 4. I know USPS undergoes network overhauls and transit time may be longer, weather and all, but this is reasonable most any time. I suppose stamp prices can also increase. First-class stamps are 73 cents, as you know.
An announcement last fall stated USPS would not raise prices on first-class mail and other products in January 2025. I purchased 200 stamps last fall thinking I would be ahead on an increase. Where are these stamps now? I have no idea.
Don’t bother, I didn’t drop the stamp rolls in town. Some- where in this house they will be found.
This month, USPS will unveil a new Forever first-class stamp in honor of actress Betty White.
Betty White died at the age of 99 in 2021, just 17 days shy of her100th birthday.
Belated happy birthday to Mr. George Robinson, who celebrated his birthday March 2!
Enjoy life today. Be blessed.
