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Rene Flowers snaps up first endorsement from would-be colleague - Florida Politics

Chris King.Flowers, a current Pinellas County School Board member, has also earned endorsements from St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, St. Pete City Council member Lisa Wheeler Bowman, former St. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell and Gulfport City Council member Michael Fridovich. She launched her campaign in late November with support from more than 75 local supporters.Flowers is also far out front in fundraising in the race. She’s raised more than $12,000 as of the end of December. She faces two challengers in the Democratic primary. Former Rep. Frank Peterman Jr. has raised just $3,600. Rep. Wengay Newton just announced last week he would run, but has not officially filed for the race and can’t raise funds until he does.One Republican has filed for the, race in the heavily Democratic district that represents south Pinellas County. Chico Cromartie, a headline-making candidate who recently ran unsuccessfully for St. Pete City Council, has raised just $1,000, which he donated to his own campaign.Share this: ... https://floridapolitics.com/archives/315462-rene-flowers-snaps-up-first-endorsement-from-would-be-colleague

America in Bloom judges coming to Mansfield - Mansfield News Journal

Kingwood Center Gardens, the hoop greenhouses with raised gardens at the old site of Gorman Rupp Co. at Sixth and Bowman streets, the Richland County Fairgrounds Nature Park and the Blust Avenue Teaching Garden — and that's just for starters. Doug Versaw, head of the Mansfield Area Beautification Committee, Monday said this week 28 new and larger red dragonwing begonia mixed planters are being placed around the city in spots that need some sprucing up. "We've been planning for this week for the past 12 months since the judges were here last here and it's all coming together and we're thinking this is the best the town has looked in years. We have lots of new projects," Versaw said.  Versaw said a judge who visited Mansfield last year from America in Bloom recently drove through downtown Mansfield enroute to Wadsworth and texted him to say how beautiful all the downtown planters were. Versaw and community volunteer Jim Kulig picked up the 28 large, colorful planters from Alta Florist & Greenhouse on Monday afternoon. He said volunteers from the Urban Minority Alcohol and Drug Opportunities Program planned to lend a hand with putting down mulch around the potted flowers. Versaw said these are among the many things America in Bloom judges will see Thursday and Friday when they come to rate the city's beautification efforts. Leaders of the beautification effort are asking citizens to do their part, too. Versaw said it is the third year Mansfield has been involved with the America in Bloom project. Mansfield in Bloom: Young leads tree-planting efforts In addition to receiving a detailed written evaluation from the judges citing strengths and opportunities for improvement, participants can receive a special mention for what the judges deem to be an extraordinar... https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/2019/07/22/america-bloom-judges-coming-downtown-mansfield/1793243001/

Brinkley, Cynthia Ann "Cindy" - The Chattanoogan

Memorial Northpark for 17 years. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Eugene and Ruth Pelham; paternal grandparents, Robert and Daisy Brinkley; stepfather, Gene Bowman; uncle, Eugene Pelham; and cousins, Jonathan Pelham and Robert Pelham. Survivors include her mother, Patricia “Pat” Bowman; father, Robert Andrew Brinkley Jr. (Barbara); brother, Robert Andrew Brinkley III; uncles and aunts, Jerry and Sue Pelham, Melvin and Louise Cummings and David Brinkley; cousins, Jared Pelham (Janice), Mandy Cummings Winkler, and Steven and Timothy Pelham; and very special friends, Robert and Julie Linebarger. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 23, from 4-7 p.m. at Chattanooga Funeral Home North Chapel, Hixson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24, in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the American Diabetes Association at www.donate.diabetes.org or to the National Kidney Foundation at www.kidney.org/support. Arrangements are under the care of the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson. Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com ... https://www.chattanoogan.com/2019/4/22/388822/Brinkley-Cynthia-Ann-Cindy.aspx

Supreme Court Vacates Washington Florist Discrimination Case

The state’s Bureau of Labor and Industries ordered Aaron and Melissa Klein to pay damages to Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer after concluding the Christian bakers violated Oregon’s discrimination law.The Kleins are represented by attorneys from the First Liberty Institute, who believe they can appeal their case to the high court.Washington Governor Jay Inslee said the Supreme Court decision regarding Arlene’s Flowers “does not surprise us or cause us any concern.”“Unlike the recent decision in the Colorado case, in Washington there was never any indication of religious bias or hostility in our pursuit to protect consumers from discrimination.”Like this:Like Loading... ... https://www.courthousenews.com/supreme-court-vacates-washington-florist-discrimination-case/

Flowers add charm to Modesto farmers market, opening Thursday - Modesto Bee

Flower Farm stands ready with its first blooms of spring.The farm southwest of Salida provides color and fragrance at a market that’s mostly about tasty food. Second cousins Sharon Kelley and Kelley Bowman started the business in 2015 and joined the 16th Street venue the same year.“We were so well-received at the Modesto farmers market,” Bowman said during a Monday visit by the Modesto Bee. “People like locally grown things, and they’re fresh.”The market will run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays into late fall. It had long started at 7 a.m., but vendors with longer drives asked for the change, Manager Marie Uber said.Opening day will bring asparagus, leafy greens, strawberries and other winter-grown produce, along with nuts and dried fruit from the 2016 harvest. Other booths will offer cheese, olive oil, eggs, hot foods, crafts and more.The cut flowers will start with ranunculus, anemones and peonies, followed by snapdragons, dahlias and other later-season types. Live dahlia plants will be on sale starting in April. Heirloom chrysanthemums await in late fall.“They sell every single flower they bring,” Uber said.The flowers grow on half an acre at Beckwith and Jackson roads, amid almond trees owned by the family of Clinton Bowman, who is married to Ke... http://www.modbee.com/news/article141317083.html

Business news: Lifelong Sumter florist opens antique department next door - Sumter Item

Mediterranean area while serving in the U.S. Navy. Most of his collections since completing his military service in 1970 have been from estate auctions and antique shows across South Carolina, he said.Friends encouraged him for years to open a shop, Newton said, and around Thanksgiving last year, he finally did.His collection in the new department includes an abundance of artwork - including original oil work on canvases - porcelain items, art glass, Persian carpets, costume jewelry, Blueware, stained-glass lamps and "Gone with the Wind"-period lamps from the Victorian era, among other items.The antique department's address is 415 Broad St., and some Sumterites likely remember the location as the former Hamm's Jewelry and Goldsmith shop in the 1980s and '90s operated by Joseph Hamm, he said.Newton was a partner with Hamm in the operation.Since then, the building has served as "my storage space," he said.Newton described his new location as "a little toward the higher, better-quality end" for an antique store.He does plenty of research online before purchasing his antiques and tries to be "very reasonable" on pricing with honest and fair prices, he added. "I do a lot of research on eBay, and if I find something on there, I try to ensure the item is priced under what I can find it for on eBay," Newton said. "Then, that should be a plus for the customer because they are looking at the item here. They are not risking it getting damaged in shipment, and they are actually seeing the piece of merchandise."Antique department hours are the same as his florist shop - Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. He said he's also available by appointment... https://www.theitem.com/stories/lifelong-sumter-florist-opens-antique-department-next-door,341692

'Rose Campaign' delivered to thousands of grave markers at national cemeteries - 10News

Williams, 71.In 1978, while stationed in Germany, Captain Torres died when his plane crashed during a training flight. He was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.Williams, who lives in South Carolina, had plans to visit his grave this Memorial Day before the pandemic hit.Covid-19 also turned the usual local services virtual. The flags laid out by the cemetery and flowers put out by a national nonprofit wouldn't happen this year."It made me feel crummy. He should be remembered in some way," said Williams.Enter Jenelle Brinneman, a Valley Center florist who started a Gofundme campaign. After a 10news story, the campaign took off. Some $5,000 and countless roses, Brinneman and a small group of volunteers spent the morning of Memorial Day laying a single rose at some 4000 grave markers between Fort Rosecrans and Miramar cemeteries."We're laying down these roses and people are crying, thanking us. Just so cool to be part of this. The feeling is just overwhelming," said Brinneman.Brinneman's group also set down 200 bouquets at gravestones, special requests submitted for Memorial Day. One of those requests came from Williams. "I'm just thrilled these people are doing this and he was honored," said Williams.Brinneman says the response was so incredible, she's hoping to make this an annual tradition. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/rose-campaign-delivered-to-thousands-of-grave-markers-at-national-cemeteries

If the poinsettias are ready, can Christmas be far behind? - Montreal Gazette

Roberts Poinsett, United States ambassador to Mexico from 1825 to 1829. An avid amateur botanist, he saw euphorbias with red bracts growing wild in the hills around Taxco and had samples sent to his South Carolina home. There he propagated them in his greenhouses and gave them to friends and botanical gardens. Photos: Seasonal sea of red poinsettias at Quebec's La Ferme Grover Guillaume Grover, director of production at La Ferme Grover in the Ste-Dorothée area of Laval north of Montreal, Quebec's largest grower of poinsettias.   John Kenney /Montreal Gazette Inside a sprawling greenhouse at La Ferme Grover in Ste-Dorothée, nearly 300,000 potted poinsettias have been watered and fed for months.   John Kenney /Montreal Gazette The plant owes its English name to Joel Roberts Poinsett, United States ambassador to Mexico from 1825 to 1829.   John Kenney /Montreal Gazette An avid amateur botanist, Poinsett saw euphorbias with red bracts and had samples sent to his South Carolina home, where he grew and gave them to friends and botanical gardens.   John Kenney /Montreal Gazette But what about the Christmas connection? Legend has it that a Mexican girl was walking to church on Christm... https://montrealgazette.com/news/if-ferme-grovers-poinsettias-are-ready-can-christmas-be-far-behind

Tips for holiday table decorations | Home & Garden | Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Not only are they going to smell good,” she says, “but they're going to last almost a month.”Go nontraditionalDon't worry about tradition, Stuart says. Her design firm and retail store are in South Carolina, where it's warm year-round. So while she loves using holly and pine in her Christmas decorating, sometimes she uses palm fronds from her yard.She also uses shades of pink and plum, rather than sticking only to red and green. Embrace whatever delights you, she says. Or go beautifully neutral. All three designers say silver and white are great choices.Silver and white can brighten up dark winter nights, especially if they'll be reflecting candlelight. (Candles are a key to creating a beautiful table, says Schuneman: “Candlelight mixed in glass votives, tall candlesticks and pillars will make any table glow and feel special.”)Yip also encourages creative centerpieces: “Sometimes I'll ask people to print their favorite photo from their past year. It could be a photo of a breathtaking vacation they went on or it could be a picture of their kid going back to school,” he says. “And I'll frame those photos and kind of have them scattered down the center of the table.”Another creative option: Ask each guest to bring a favorite book they've read in the past year. Arrange them on the table as decorations and conversation starters. At the end of the night, each guest can leave the party with a different book than they brought.– Melissa Rayworth, Associated Press ... https://www.journalgazette.net/features/home-garden/20191118/tips-for-holiday-table-decorations