Cary Sims

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Cary Sims is the County Extension Agent for agriculture and natural resources for Angelina County. His email address is cw-sims@tamu.edu Educational programs of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin.

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Angelina College students put their AI questions to a five-member panel

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Lufkin plans three new welcome signs where the tree cookies stood

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Angelina College Marks 25 Years of The Angelina Center for The Arts

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Identifying Johnson Grass and Worrying about Prussic Acid

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Cary Sims - November 18, 2024

From time to time, I’ll have questions about a good forage grass that we love to hate: Johnson grass. Johnson grass is a member...

Pecans In Your Landscape

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Cary Sims - November 8, 2024

I was at Mrs Hattie’s home in Lufkin many years ago, admiring her productive pecan trees. She had two pecan trees. One in the...

Roaches Getting into Your Home

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Cary Sims - November 1, 2024

Talking with a dear friend at church earlier this week, the subject of roaches (cockroaches) trying to get into our homes as the winter...

Time To Plant Winter Pasture But…

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Cary Sims - October 25, 2024

It is high time to be planting seed for winter grazing in east Texas pastures. Winter pastures have greatly benefitted east Texas stockmen for...

Treat for Fire Ants in the Fall

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Cary Sims - October 21, 2024

Just last week, I kneeled down to get a closer look at a weed and put my knee squarely in a fire ant mound....

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Angelina College students put their AI questions to a five-member panel

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Lufkin plans three new welcome signs where the tree cookies stood

Community October 24, 2026

Lufkin will put new gateway signs on three highways, paid for with hotel tax revenue rather than property taxes.

Angelina College Marks 25 Years of The Angelina Center for The Arts

Arts & Culture October 23, 2026

Angelina College celebrated 25 years of the Angelina Center for the Arts with a guided tour, a Johnny Cash rehearsal and live music.

Ribbon Cuttings and A Plinko Breakfast Fill the Lufkin Chamber’s Next Two Weeks

Business October 23, 2026

Ribbon cuttings for Messer Pro Wash, Austin Bank and AC's Veterans Resource Center, plus a Plinko-themed networking breakfast Friday.

East Texas Schools Land $1.1 Million To Train Nurses, Welders and Machinists

Business October 23, 2026

Angelina College and four area school districts share $1.13 million in state JET grants for nursing, welding and machining equipment.

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Angelina College students put their AI questions to a five-member panel

Education October 24, 2026

AC's Psychology Club put questions about data centers, jobs and what AI can't replace to a five-member panel on Oct. 20.

Lufkin plans three new welcome signs where the tree cookies stood

Community October 24, 2026

Lufkin will put new gateway signs on three highways, paid for with hotel tax revenue rather than property taxes.

Angelina College Marks 25 Years of The Angelina Center for The Arts

Arts & Culture October 23, 2026

Angelina College celebrated 25 years of the Angelina Center for the Arts with a guided tour, a Johnny Cash rehearsal and live music.

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