"Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship." ~ Omar Bradley

"Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical." ~ Yogi Berra

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1882 - American Outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home at St. Joseph. (And Elton John gets a pretty good song out of it)

"Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons." ~ Lillian Gordy Carter

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1513 - Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon and his expedition first sight Florida.

“Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the National Debt.”  ~ Herbert Hoover

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:  1962 – John Glenn becomes 1^st American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7.

“Every man dies.  Not every man really lives.”  ~  William Wallace

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:  1861 – Abraham Lincoln declared US President in Washington, DC.

A fabulous variety of plants and fruit trees are available to order for this year's planting season, through the Yancey County Cooperative Extension Office.  See both of the attachments here for all the details, including a downloadable order form.

“Do or do not.  There is no try.”  ~ Yoda

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:  1865 – Congress passes the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America.