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YELLOW FLAG IRIS

Yellow flag iris plants can add a decorative floral feature around the edge of a garden pond. Matt Nowak Do you have a photo to share with the Times? Email the photo and information to MRountree@cherryroad.com .

NEWS BRIEFS

New names for Fort Bragg, 8 other Army bases recommended Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty. Fort Gordon would be Fort Eisenhower.

Saint John announces new CEO

Saint John Hospital has hired Richard “Wes” Hoyt as the hospital’s new chief executive officer. He will begin his duties at Saint John Hospital on June 1, according to a news release from the hospital.

The best way to commemorate Memorial Day is by leaving no one behind

During COVID times, my friends and I would spend at least one hour a day outside. Like clockwork, when our classes at Georgetown were done, we would toss the football around or play foursquare with a cheap soccer ball. Once, we were enjoying our hour free from the prison of our house when, upon hearing a trumpet, my body reflexively did not return the ball, and instead stood still. It was 5 p.m. and a nearby military base was playing “Retreat.” My friends thought I was insane, and I understood their confusion. It reminds me just how much military life is ingrained in me, and how most Americans have no direct exposure to it.