Texas Pecan Show

From Community Impact, November 17, 2008...

The Texas Pecan Show, hosted by Bell and Williamson counties, will be conducted Dec. 4 and 5 at the Bell County Extension office, 1605 N. Main St in Belton. Entries will be processed and judged Dec. 4 with Dec. 5 as show day from 8 a.m. to noon.

Contestants must bring a 42 nut sample to the Williamson County Extension Office, 3151 SE Inner Loop in Georgetown or to the Williamson County Grain, 504 E. Walnut in Taylor by noon Dec. 3. Samples must have been grown in Williamson or Bell counties and have the grower's name, address and pecan variety on the bag. You can enter as many individual varieties as you want but only one sample per variety.

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Piecing Central Texas' history, layer by layer

From News 8 Austin, October 26, 2008...

One archeological spot isn't oceans away.

The Gault Project is an important excavation site in Central Texas, which is one of the most remarkable locations to excavate materials. The site is used by an internationally known group of researchers working on a multi-component stratified site that was occupied for 11,000 years.

October is Texas Archeological Awareness Month and some Bell County residents took an adventure through the Gault site.

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Travis County gets first salmonella case from tomatoes

From statesman.com, June 6, 2008...

The Department of State Health Services has confirmed a case of salmonella linked to tainted tomatoes in Travis County, bringing the total number of confirmed salmonella cases in Texas to 35 as of Wednesday afternoon.

The health department reported four cases in Hays County and one in Bell County, with other cases in Cameron, Dallas, Fort Bend, Harris, Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio and Tarrant counties.

No deaths have been reported in the outbreak, which began in mid-April and spans 11 states.

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