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The Christmas tree business is merry and bright, with farms specializing in the traditional holiday decoration reporting brisk sales. Stan Reed, Executive Secretary for the Texas Christmas Tree Growers Association, said Christmas tree farms across the state have been busy.

This holiday season, the Texas Gulf Coast Region encourages everyone to follow simple steps to prevent home fires from holiday decorations. Most home fires involving candles happen in December, when one in five home decoration fires also occur.

Students from the Houston area got a chance to explore the forest last month during Texas A&M Forest Service’s “Classroom Without Walls” program at the W.G. Jones State Forest in Conroe.

After nearly six years of planning, fundraising, engineering, unforeseen delays, and construction, the restoration and air conditioning of the Turnverein is complete. Working with the Texas Historical Commission, the project’s goal of restoring the hall while maintaining its historical character has been achieved preserving the historic and iconic 1897 building for present and future generations.

After two years of delays, Grundfos celebrated its opening of its new U.S. headquarters in Brookshire recently.

We all know the words “O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! How lovely are thy branches.” The Sealy Area Historical Society’s “O Christmas Tree! event on Dec. 16, 17 and 18 is a celebration of these wellknown lyrics. The hours for the event each day are 5 to 9 p.m.

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The Sealy FFA are preparing for the State LDE at SHSU in five events. This is a huge accomplishment and these students have excelled because of their hard work.