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Washington County schools to offer summer lunch program
The school year is over, but for kids looking for a balanced meal, the Washington County School District is sponsoring a summer lunch program. Lunches will be served Monday through Thursday, June 5-June 29, 2023. During this time, any child 18 and younger living in Washington County, Utah can get some grub by stopping into…
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WCSB board of education will hold two last open meetings
The school year is winding down in the Washington County School District. May 9 is the last day of school for the K-12 students in St. George and the surrounding communities, according to the district calendar. There are still two upcoming public school board meetings, according to the district’s schedule. The first will be held…
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Washington County schools fight hunger, bag by bag
Food bags like these are sent home with elementary school students in the Washington County School District every Friday. Some 16 percent of kids in Utah face food insecurity, according to a nonprofit organization called No Child Hungry Let’s take a moment to unpack what the term food insecurity means. Another nonprofit, Utahns against Hunger,…
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School district meeting to coincide with voting day
A meeting of the Washington County Board of Education is set for tomorrow, Nov. 8, 2022 beginning at 4:30 p.m. Community members who plan to vote in the General Election and attend the gathering should plan their schedule accordiingly. The aenda, which is available on the WCSD website, is now available. One item to be…
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Around Town: Cedar City Livestock Festival
I attended the Cedar City Livestock Festival on Saturday, Oct. 29 and took a couple photos I love. Admission: I added the Nashville filter on Twitter to my pics and have kept the changes. I’m not always about photo alteration, expectly when it applies to a journalistic endeavor. However, I love the way the aforementioned…
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My St. George Garden: Better late than ever
After killing all manner of crops this summer, the current yield from my fledgling raised bed garden is spare. What I do have, however, is one vigorous, healthy, late-season tomato plant. It’s breadth is that of three tomato plants (why do I suddenly sound like a boastful medieval farmer?). I’ve enabled the plant to sprawl…
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My St. George Garden: Getting Shady
I’m working on my desert garden, suspending fabric—starting with split hammock fabric stretched between shepherds crooks–over my container garden. I’ve created said container garden using bricks and soil imported in bags from Home Depot. It now looks like a curtain in a Moroccan tent. It gives things a boho chic feel, but that’s really due…
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Word on the Street
ROCTACO makes a mean frozen horchata I’ve tried St. George’s new eclectic taco restaurant ROCTACO. I don’t feel like I can review the food yet, because I only tried one-and-a-half tacos from their capacious menu. I can say that the basis of their dishes is noticeably good homemade corn tortillas cradling fillings inspired by “the…
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