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The number of patches of scorched earth on the side of the highway are increasing as the summer progresses where fire has licked up trees leaving once green vegetation brown and brittle and an unmistakable charred mark in the grass.
Although most highway fires are almost always unintentional, a large amount of these incidents are completely preventable.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, human activity accounts for 90 percent of all the state’s wildfires.
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You may have seen her columns about increasing physical activity especially as you age or you may have seen the classes she teaches offered at Gem of the Hills.
Now Connie Barron can add another certification under her belt.
Barron is the Active Aging Columnist and she practices what she teaches.
Along with being a registered nurse and a personal trainer she also holds instructor certifications in Zumba, Pilates, Thai Chi and now she can active aging movement coach (AAMC) to the list.
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You may have seen her columns about increasing physical activity especially as you age or you may have seen the classes she teaches offered at Gem of the Hills.
Now Connie Barron can add another certification under her belt.
Barron is the Active Aging Columnist and she practices what she teaches.
Along with being a registered nurse and a personal trainer she also holds instructor certifications in Zumba, Pilates, Thai Chi and now she can active aging movement coach (AAMC) to the list.
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Joe Wayne Smitherman was born on August 29, 1934. Joe left his earthly body and went peacefully in his sleep on August 30, 2019 at the age of 85. A man of few words, he was a valued educator and rancher with a strong work ethic whose first priority was always to care for his family.
Born to Joseph and Hazel Smitherman in Henly, Texas.
Jane Callaham Bremer, 83 years old, passed away on September 1, 2019 in Blanco, Texas. Jane was born in Atlanta, Georgia to parents Elizabeth and Edward Callaham on April 29, 1936.
After spending her high school years in Atlanta, Jane graduated from Auburn University in 1957. Soon after, she met and married Texas Aggie, Charles Bremer, a petroleum engineer with Shell Oil.
