Public employees. Less than half of the states include state employees in their definitions of public official and of those, most only include high-level employees. Effective June 2008, Illinois added sworn law enforcement or peace officers to their definition. Excluding legislators.
Definition of dogwood winter. South & Midland. : a brief spell of wintry weather in spring.
Each of these dogwoods bloom at different times of the year. Most people think of the Flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, when they think of dogwoods. These trees bloom in March across the country.Other dogwoods include kousa dogwood, Cornus kousa, and the Cornelian cherry dogwood, Cornus mas.Kousa dogwood and Cornelian cherry dogwood both blossom in late winter.ave. One of the early signs of spring is the blooming of dogwood trees. Dogwoods grow both in the wild and cultivated in the home garden. Uncultivated, dogwood grow beneath the canopy of larger trees in a forest.