Texas Co-Op Power • February 2021
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The joys of Quick breads The urgency of pass-along planTs and Muffins blaCk HisTory MonTH for eleCTriC CooperaTive MeMbers february 2021 Hump Day Camels, with their plodding gaits and affable charm, still ply the Texas desert contents February 2021 04 Currents The latest buzz 06 TCp Talk Readers respond 18 Co-op news Information plus energy and safety tips from your cooperative 29 footnotes in Texas History A Name That Sticks By W.F. Strong 30 TCp kitchen Quick Breads and Muffins By Megan Myers 34 Hit the road Caddo 08 Monuments By Chet Garner 12 Every Day Putting 37 focus on Texas Photo Contest: Is Hump Day Down Roots Saddles Camels add unique silhouettes Pass-along plants spread joy, and affable charm to West texas friendship and legacies expeditions. among gardeners. 38 observations Time To Talk By Pam LeBlanc By Sheryl Smith-Rodgers About That Photos by Scott Van Osdol Illustrations by Chiara Vercesi By Michael Hurd On the COver Doug Baum and richard, one of his camels. ABOve A face that only a … no, that anybody could love. Photos by Scott Van Osdol texAsCOOPPOWer.COm feBruAry 2021 TEXAS COOP POWER 3 Currents No Crapes of Wrath to resist all temptation to commit JusT a friendly reMinder crape murder this month. Prune crape myrtles gently—or not at all. Our February 2020 story Crape Murder explains it all. Many gar- deners drastically saw off the trees’ limbs, thinking it the proper treatment for beautiful blooms later in the summer. Not so. “In recognizing the “The prettiest ones I’ve seen have never been touched,” says horticulturist Greg Grant. “And I mean never.” humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.” —Thurgood Marshall end of the republic this month marks 175 years since the formal transfer of authority in texas from the republic to the state. the u.s. Congress accepted the texas Constitution on December 29, 1845, which marked texas’ legal entry into the union. On february 19, 1846, the last president of texas, Anson Jones, turned over the reins of government to gov. James Pinckney henderson. “the final act in this great drama is now performed,” Jones declared. “the republic of texas is no more.” Last July, Austin became the 11th American city and fourth in Texas — living joining Houston, San Antonio and Dallas—with a population exceeding large 1 million. The last U.S. city to hit 1 million people was San Jose, California, in 2015. CrAPe myrtle: ukimArrOn | shutterstOCk.COm. Wine: sAshAgAlA | DreAmstime.COm. miller: BettmAn | getty imAges. iCe CreAm: unPiCt | DreAmstime.COm 4 TEXAS COOP POWER feBruAry 2021 texAsCOOPPOWer.COm February 18 naTional drink TexasWine has more day than 500 wineries, according to the national association of american Wineries. only four states have more. finisH THis senTenCe YoU’RE NEvER Too olD To ... tell us how you would finish that sentence. email your short responses to [email protected] or comment on our facebook post. include your co-op and town. here are some of Valor the responses to our December prompt: i wish i could … Carries On find a cure for COviD-19. sherryiOn lAne miDsOuth eC h u n t s v i l l e , a U.S. Navy mess attendant from THe naMe of doris Miller Willow Grove, near Waco, who became a hero during the Pearl have just one more day with my dad, Harbor attack in 1941, lives on in schools, roads and community Dixie Wheeler. i have so many centers around the country. questions i’d like to ask him. In 11 years the USS Doris Miller will take to the seas as the first rODney Wheeler BlueBOnnet eC supercarrier named for an African American and the first named lyttOn sPrings for an enlisted sailor. fit into the pants i wore before Miller fired an anti-aircraft gun at attacking Japanese aircraft quarantine. and then pulled shipmates out of the burning water. He perished CAryl ZimmermAn in 1943 aboard an escort carrier torpedoed in the Pacific Ocean. CentrAl texAs eC k i n g s l A n D figure out what my cats are thinking when they stare at me. Contests and More lAurie l. reAgAn B A n D e r A e C l e A k e y on TexasCooppoWer.CoM $500 reCipe ConTesT give everyone a hug. ice Creams and sorbets mArgAret fOntenOt BlueBOnnet eC foCus on Texas pHoTos s O m e r v i l l e manmade vs. nature Web exTra to see more responses, read see writer sheryl smith-rodgers divide lilies and prepare plants to pass along. Currents online. texAsCOOPPOWer.COm feBruAry 2021 TEXAS COOP POWER 5 TCP Talk He gave us the stars “The generosity and vision of William McDonald and Violet Locke McIvor is a great story. Wouldn’t we all welcome an opportunity to go ‘mountain shopping’?” gerald benneTT c o s e r v f r i s c o COllAge sOurCe PhOtOs: COurtesy mCDOnAlD OBservAtOry alabama’s role The pinnacle Classic Cover While primary control of the Interna- My husband and I took a Huge kudos to photographer tional Space Station is in Houston, yep! And brought over week to explore the beaches Kristin Tyler for the photo Marshall Space Flight Center in Hunts- some delicious food and fishing villages of South of the farrier on the October ville, Alabama, also plays a vital role [Burgs in a New Land, Texas one year. We had heard 2020 cover. It is a classic, in its operation [Out of This World, December 2020]. about the Matagorda Island reminiscent of the Dorothea November 2020]. kAylA WAlker ferry and rented bicycles for Lange Depression photo- viA fACeBOOk Flight controllers in Huntsville the day [Matagorda Island graphs. schedule the astronauts’ daily activities Lighthouse, October 2020]. and provide technical assistance as There were several others merry langlinais the astronauts do experiments and on the ferry, but we had all Bandera eC perform maintenance or handle day exploring the island— medina emergencies related to the equipment hardly seeing a soul until inside the space station. returning to the dock. The view of the lighthouse was linda Brower the pinnacle of that day. tri-County eC Thank you for bringing keller that long-lost memory to life. WriTe To us [email protected] Joy Connery Wood County eC editor, texas Co-op Power lindale 1122 Colorado st., 24th floor Austin, tx 78701 please include your electric co-op and town. letters may be edited for clarity and length. nAsA.gOv texas Co-op Power Texas eleCTriC CooperaTives board of direCTors texas co-op power volume 77, number 8 (usPs 540-560). Texas Co-op Power is published Chair robert loth iii, fredericksburg • vice Chair gary raybon, el Campo monthly by texas electric Cooperatives (teC). Periodical postage paid at Austin, tx, and at additional secretary-Treasurer kelly lankford, san Angelo • board Members greg henley, tahoka offices. teC is the statewide association representing 75 electric cooperatives.Texas Co-op Power’s website is texasCoopPower.com. Call (512) 454-0311 or email [email protected]. 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Willie food editor megan myers • Communications specialist Jessica ridge Wiredhand © Copyright 2021 national rural electric Cooperative Association. digital Content producer Chris salazar • senior designer Jane sharpe proofreader shannon Oelrich 6 TEXAS COOP POWER feBruAry 2021 texAsCOOPPOWer.COm We are excited to announce the release of the 2021 Texas Silver Round – Revolution Series. This is the second release of a four-year series commemorating the battles of the Texas Revolution. Each Texas The Silver Round is one troy ounce .9999 ne silver. The obverse of the high-quality mint strike features Texas’ iconic lone star in the foreground. The smooth engraving of the star is framed by a textured topographical outline of the state of Texas. “TEXAS” arches proudly over the top of the round’s obverse in large capital letters, with “Precious Metals” presented inversely along the opposite side. The round’s SERIES mintage year is engraved in the bottom left of the round, just southwest of what would be the Rio Grande bordering Texas and Mexico.