Landscape hurricane recovery topic at Garden Club meeting

This Thursday, April 20, the Pine Island Garden Club, at its monthly meeting beginning at 9 a m at the Fishers of Men Lutheran Church, will host Mariana

P a r d o w i t h h e r p r e s e n t a t i o n o n “ F l o r i d a F r i e n d l y

Landscaping – Hurricane Ian Recovery ”

Pardo's recommendations will likely serve as a guideline for island recovery efforts Retiring to Sanibel from the Metro DC area in 2020, she earned Florida Master Gardener status, has become active in various island

From page 4 her ear-jack from clever technology. Perhaps next year the performative job will be removed altogether, and the

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Founded in 1975, the Pine Island Garden Club mission includes the protection and conservation of natural resources, encouraging island beauty and stimulating the study of the fine art of gardening Its civic duties include the creation and maintenance of the grounds at Philips Park, Museum of the Islands, Bokeelia Post Office and the butterfly garden at the Pine Island Elementary

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electronic scoreboard can simply declare the information on balls and strikes It will be futile and unsatisfying to boo the scoreboard

Public attendance at the games is down year over year

School. It produces the annual Garden Gala, the proceeds from which are utilized to financially support several island benevolent organizations, such as the Beacon o f H o p e , C a

Children’s Park and the Pine Island Food Pantry

For more information, visit pineislandgardenclub org or contact Marty Kendall at 239-283-8175 this century, so the major leagues have added a clock to speed up the baseball workers and are replacing the umpires with robot technology The fans’ short attention spans is credited as requiring this workplace speed up Wages for players have dropped from 1990 average annual pay of baseball $597,537 to a post employer lock out in 2023 of a minimum annual wage of $563,500 Some kids still say they want to be, when they grow up a sports hero; but fewer than before The glamour and allure of a high salary are available in other entertainment venues A pastime that does not cultivate an interest from the community youth may lack a future

Maybe the wresting of control away from players and making the workers more expendable and cheaper are not crowd- pleasing enticements the MLB public relations firm would have us believe Perhaps the charm of the game was in something other than getting it done quickly, and the sanitized performance of a machine’s function The poetry of a catch by Willie Mayes and his humanity in embracing an injured player from another team, might not be something that can be programed?

My guess is that the game, without the controversy of the human element, may be merely more brusk and efficient I have a suspicion that what gave the game it's grandeur in our culture may be missed in the ghosting by a machine

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