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June 19, 2013

Countryy Editor Just good reading

Doctor, guide rescue baby moose from Montana river ~ Page 4

Pair stunned when 303pound shark jumps in boat ~ Page 11

Volume 1 Number 10

East One, two, buckle my shoe ~ Page 3

A lesson in perspective

by Kelly Gates When Danny Hiemstra creates art, he often ends up with paint on his nose. It’s not that he is a messy artist. He has to paint with his face mere inches from the surface of his art in order to see it.

The Grand Haven, MI man cannot see out of one eye at all. The vision in his other eye varies from 20/400 to 20/600with glasses.

Although legally blind, the 66-year old manages to paint amazingly lifelike portraits of peoples’ pets. He attributes his ability to a love of animals and painting, and a lifetime of learning how to cope.

“When I was born, I was just over three pounds and while in an incubator, I was given too much oxygen, resulting in a condition called ‘retinopathy premature,’” Hiemstra said in a recent interview. “I’ve always been low vision, but I still managed to get a degree in computer information systems, worked in the industry for two decades and I have been painting as a hobby for many years too. Being low vision is just something I’ve dealt with regardless of what it was

that I wanted to do.” lating a photograph electronically, crop- paper so I at least have the proper size Because he had to lean in to see his ping, flipping and Photoshopping it until and dimensions.” computer screen at work, his back and it looks the way I want. Then I blow it Once the measurements are set, the arms were always held at awkward up, print it onto transparent paper and artist begins the painstaking process of angles. Eventually, they became worn trace a rough outline onto 180 weight See Lesson page 2 down and the IT expert had to retire.

Hiemstra still has to hunch over while painting. But he is able to take more frequent breaks and he draws comfort from his service dog Jax who rests on his feet while he works.

“I have to keep my face inches from the painting to see it and from that distance, my vision is closer to 20/60 so I am able to work on small sections at a time,” Hiemstra said. “I begin each portrait by manipuOn the left a photo of Danny and his dog Jax, on the right is the painting he did from this photo.

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by Jenna March My name is Jenna and I am a 22-year-old registered nurse,

currently working on planning a wedding and buying a house.

Playing the role of my fiancé is a man named Spencer. Our relationship is anything but

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typical and we emulate the phrase “opposites attract”. I am somewhat quiet and apprehensive while he on the other hand is a bit more boisterous and some would say overly selfassured. I decided it would be wonderfully out of the ordinary if I planned a weekend getaway just for the two of us. We would drive up to Lake Placid, NY, stay in a sweet little motel, and in the morning hike the beautiful Cascade Mountain.

To me this plan sounded like the greatest idea since sliced cheese. However, being opposites, Spencer and I don’t generally agree on the meaning of a good time. I could tell he was not quite as excited as I was.

Perhaps it was because he had checked the weather that forecasted an average temperature of 44 degrees with a 99 percent chance of precipitation for that weekend in late May. I didn’t care about any of that. After working a 12-hour night shift at the hospital, I was amped to be

anywhere that did not include blood, bandages, and whiny patients. Unfortunately, I would come to find out that this trip would include all of those.

After I got about four hours of sleep, we hit the open road. We reached our motel at about 10 p.m., ate a quick dinner, and decided it was time for bed. As I was brushing my teeth, I heard a girlish scream. I ran into the bedroom to find Spencer with his thumb in his mouth and a furrow in his brow. “I cut myself,” Spencer said as the color began to fade from his face. I looked down to see my open knife on the floor. In his attempts to remove the packaging from our water bottles, he managed to cut his finger wide open. This ladies, is why you should never let your men borrow your knifes. We applied pressure with a towel until the bleeding slowed to a trickle, bandaged it up, and called it a

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Something unexpected

by Laura Rodley Something unexpected is the raccoon on our back porch searching for spilled seeds from the bird feeder. I should expect it but I don’t; the raccoons had disappeared for a few years, after the battle of the pears. They wanted them, and so did I. They climbed high into the pear trees and peered out between the bright oval leaves, munching on hard green pears. Trouble is they don’t eat just one. They nibble here and they nibble there, knocking others down to the ground in the process.

I have a healthy fear of rabies, and perhaps more of getting the series of rabies shots given to humans after exposure to rabies, and so, though these raccoons appeared healthy and normal, I didn’t want them in the two pear trees, nor did I want to use any nibbled pears or ones they had brushed against. They would

have to be discarded, which is wasteful.

In defense, I drove the car across the yard as close as I could to the trees and blared the car radio, hard rock. Noise is supposed to repel raccoons, I was informed by experts. It worked the first few times; scamper, scamper. But the lure of the ripening pears was too strong and they returned. More car radio blaring. It did not deter them. Banging pots and pans did. Once or twice.

The only thing that worked was that the pear population diminished and there were no more pears for them to nibble. They’d nibbled the lot, and left for apples which come later in the season down at the orchard below my house.

Which was their downfall, because the orchardists do not mess around. Soon there were seven less raccoons in the neighborhood.

Even though the orchardists are strict vegetarians, they

still shoot varmints, apparently with great pride because one orchardist smiled widely as he recalled his raccoon quest.

So, for two years, no little creatures with black masks appeared at the feeder. Until Monday night. My dog Tyndall’s barking did not deter him. He nibbled, looking up at Tyndall and I staring at him from three and a half feet away, with just double paned window glass between us. My rapping at the window did not discourage him.

Perhaps he, or she, knows I think he is too cute, despite consequences.

When my husband Jim came home he yanked open the porch door and growled gibberish at him, raccoon for ‘Get lost’, and he peeled away. Spring is here again. The raccoon has decided that.

Jax often gives his opinion of Danny’s paintings. This day he was relaxing as Danny worked.

Lesson from page 1 layering hues. He uses His clients are an array of brush mostly pet ownstrokes, most of which ers in search of are watercolor tech- realistic portraits niques he learned in art of their cats and classes over the years dogs. Since 2011, that effectively create the artist has completed backgrounds and nearly a dozen paintings of detailed shapes with the laboradors, shih tzus, terriaddition of light and ers, his own cats, Jax, plus shadow. a collage containing six According to Hiemstra, dogs helped by a nonprofit unlike acrylics or oils, rescue operation. He also painting with watercolor made a portrait of himself requires a “reverse with Jax, commemorating thought process.” Instead their special bond as masof starting with darker ter and dog. colors and adding lighter Each project is unique. shades to achieve depth, But each one begins the he determines which por- same way. tions of paintings should “When I meet with a new be left alone, which client, I first listen to them require a light swipe of talk about their pets. I want paint and which need a to get a sense of personality heavier hand and darker and character so I can conhues, in that order. vey that in the painting,” said Hiemstra. “Then, I ask This is a painting of Tuesday, a dog belonging them to send about six difto a military vet who was ferent pictures and we narrow those down to one that injured.

I will use to create a final Photos courtesy of Danny product.”

Hiemstra pays attention Hiemstra

Something Unexpected helps himself to the seeds from the bird feeder.

Photo by Laura Rodley

This painting of six rescued dogs was done for Rescued Rascals. to Jax while he paints. The Hiemstra. “I’m capturing dog, he said, offers opinions the spirit of someone’s about his artwork via sub- beloved animal, often one tle movements, grunts and that has passed away. I groans-usually at the exact understand what it is like moment the artist is ques- to have a strong connection tioning his use of color, with a pet and I am happy shadow or other elements to have the ability to memothat could alter the end rialize their pets for them.”

For more information or result of the images he is to view Hiemstra’s gallery creating. www.JaxNMe“My goal is to paint emo- visit tion into the portrait,” said Watercolors.com.

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So you wanna be a farmer

by Al Dorantes I grew up on a farm. By ‘grew up,’ I mean my grandfather had a farm and I would visit from time to time. Highland Farms raised Aberdeen Black Angus on 176 acres. There was no milking but all the other trappings of farming in Upstate New York.

Fence fixing, haying, watering and feeding; we did it all.

In 1997 Grandpa retired. By 2002 he was dead.

Some people blame the cancer but I think it was not being in the farm and working. Soon enough the fences stopped being fences and became lonely posts. The barn fell down a couple years ago. Now only a couple bare rafters stick up like the ribs of some dead carcass.

A couple years ago I started thinking about how I could re-monetize the old farmstead. Maybe cover the real estate taxes. At one time there was the possibility of a windmill but that deal fell through; the victim of red tape and legislation. I rented some of the pasture land to the family down the road. By ‘rent,’ I mean they brush-hogged it, fenced it in, and let their cows graze it. Last year I contacted a guy with beehives. He put 33 hives in the corner of a field. I got two dozen jars of honey out of the deal.

This year, I have the answer: Pumpkins.

Being a real city slicker, from a bustling metropolis of just over 5,000, I’ve never planted anything and every house plant I ever bought dies beneath my green thumb. My lawn looks like the Nevada desert.

But, I’m going to give it a try nevertheless.

Here’s the entirety of my knowledge about pumpkins: They’re orange; you can carve them into a jacko-lantern; some people make them into a pie at Thanksgiving. Every year I spend a decent amount of money buying pumpkins for decorating. So there has to be some money in growing pumpkins, right?

To the Internet! I did a quick search and found that there was a ton of information about pumpkin farming. Not only was it fun and easy but — supposedly — there was profit to be had. I dug a little deeper. The only real requirements for growing pumpkins is land and water. That and pumpkins like phosphorous, nitrogen, and pot ash. I had heard of pot ash in the third grade. I found that New York State is

consistently in the top six states for pumpkin production. In 2011 the pumpkins harvested in the top six states were valued at $113 million.

I have land. I have water (that’s a whole other story). Let’s make some money.

Wait a minute. Hold on. I know nothing about planting pumpkins (or anything else for that matter). Do you just dig a hole and toss some seeds in? Squanto taught the pilgrims to add a fish to their plantings to ensure good growth. But that was corn. Does the fish thing work for pumpkins?

I talked to the neighbors. They said they’d help with the planting. Unlike me, they actually have a tractor and know how to use it. I could almost feel the money piling up in my pockets. And then they asked me the $64,000 question: “What kind of seeds are you going to use?”

Wait. What? There are different kinds of pumpkins?

Back to the internet! I clicked around and found a seed distributor down the road in Rochester, NY. I gave them a ring and the nice gentleman on the other end of the phone gave me the low down on all the different seeds.

There are treated seeds and untreated seeds.

Some pumpkins are even powdery mildew resistant. Pumpkins are all graced with appropriate sounding names. The big ones have names like titanic or gladiator. Small ones get named baby boo or chrunchkin.

I decided to invest approximately $200 in seeds. I figured that would get me a good mix of big pumpkins as well as the mediums and those tiny little ones that decorate Thanksgiving dinner tables.

When talking to my seed rep I was surprised to learn that my initial estimate of 200 bucks would likely seed about an acre (or more) and that crop yield for some of the seeds were between 4-8 fruits. The potential of having 4-8 pumpkins for each seed — and there were thousands of seeds — was instantly daunting. What was I going to do with 4 or 8 thousand pumpkins?

Grandpa’s barn fell down a couple years ago. Now only a couple bare rafters stick up like the ribs of some dead carcass.

Photo by Al Dorantes I scaled it back, cut the investment in half and the acreage became only half an acre.

When ordering enough seeds to plant in half an acre you might think they would arrive in a big sack or a giant box. When I opened my mailbox I saw a bright yellow note from the postman, “package too large for box.” I went to the counter to retrieve the enormous sack of seeds. Instead, I was handed a small bubble wrapped package. Inside were four 2 inch by 4 inch packets of seeds. The seeds arrived in my mailbox.

Now to plant. . .

One, two, buckle my shoe

by Estelle Cade My mother and I are home from our shopping trip and showing off our new summer sandals. Mom does a little dance step and asks, “How do these look?” “They’re great Mom,” I tell her. “They’ll be perfect with your new summer skirt and blouse.” We change back into our other shoes and sit down for a cup of tea.

“Mom,” I begin, “What kind of shoes did Nana wear when you were young?”

“Oh,” she said, “I remember walking with Mama down the street in Rockland, Maine, to catch the trolley downtown. She’d wear a white starched blouse, a narrow black skirt (sometimes they were so narrow they were called ‘hobble skirts’; the ladies could scarcely take a step in them), a rather long suit jacket and her shoes would be high button boots with a small heel. They had little buttons up the front of her foot and then over to the side, about six or eight inches above her ankle. (In 1910 proper married ladies did not show their ankles.) Of course, as an Estelle Cade’s mother, Asenath older woman, she wore the expected Mary Robinson, in her eighth ‘sensible’ black tie oxford with a low grade graduation dress. heel.”

I imagined my elegant looking Nana, off for a day’s errands, her daughters by her side just as we had ventured. “What did you and Aunt Dot wear on your feet in those days?” I asked. “We wore brown high shoes and I guess tan stockings pretty boring; but in summer and on Sunday I could wear white shoes and white stockings. I only got to wear short socks on the hottest days of summer,” she answered.

I thought about having to wear long stockings every day and shuddered, happy with my ankle socks worn year round. Still thinking of young Mom, I wandered into the living room and hunted up her eighth grade graduation picture. She’s wearing a lovely dress of white cotton eyelet, while on her feet are white silk stockings and very grown-up looking white pumps, appearing very grown up overall.

Later on, with shoes still on my mind, (I had a history paper due soon; guess the topic I’d chosen), I asked mom what kinds of shoes she wore as a young single girl, working in a Boston office.

“It was such fun,” she laughed.

“Filene’s Basement was the place to shop for all our clothes and I especially loved shoes. During my lunch hour I’d run over to Filene’s Basement Store, and check out the bins of shoes. They were

arranged by size, so I’d hunt for size sevens, out of all the high heels, the sandals, the soft leather shoes that came down from the French Room, etc.

“When I found a few that I just loved, I’d try to hide them in the very bottom of the bins and then on pay day, money in my pocket, I’d rush over to see if any of the ones I wanted might still be there! It was usually just a dream, but sometimes I’d be lucky and THE pair would still be lurking under the ones I’d mentally rejected! The shoes, by the way, were usually about two dollars a pair.”

What a great mental picture these words evoked of my stylish mother, dashing around Boston in her favorite shoes, maybe on dates with my Dad! My mother loved shoes to the end of her days. I inherited that gene. Now most of my shoes are of the sensible variety, but not black tie oxfords! We older ladies are fortunate to have choices, and I can collect really fancy shoes that sit in miniature on my bookshelves, and not worry about wearing the stilettos that are in fashion today.

And guess what - my eldest granddaughter and namesake, the third Estelle, shares the shoe gene also. I sometimes wonder if it’s because my great-grandfather made his trade as a shoemaker!

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Live life like a goat...

Doctor, guide rescue baby moose from Montana river

MISSOULA, MT — A Pennsylvania doctor on a guided fishing trip in southwestern Montana went home with an amazing tale of hauling in a 25-pound lunker - a baby moose she helped rescue from a rushing river.

Karen Sciascia of Red Hill, PA, and a guide were fishing the Big Hole River on Saturday when they spotted a cow moose with a calf trying to cross the waterway.

“We were watching this adult female struggling back and forth, and we didn’t see a baby until we got close,” Sciascia told the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/18RzCfb).

“Mom kept pushing - the current was pretty swift. The mother bolted and took off across the river. She was trying to get across the main portion of the channel, and even she struggled.”

When the calf stepped off the gravel bar into the water to follow its mother, it was swept downstream.

“It was small, and the river was swift,” Sciascia said. “We lost sight When life gets too serious, stick out your tongue!

Photo by Melody Reynolds of the baby. It was hurtling downstream and was being pushed by the river. It was too small to ever The fight the current.”

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Sciascia and guide Seth McLean with Four Rivers Fishing Co. in Twin Bridges followed downriver, finally spotting the tiny moose’s nose just above the water.

“We got up alongside it, and I just grabbed the little bugger. I scooped it up from the river under its front legs,” Sciascia said.

“I tried to hold it out, not wanting to get my scent all over it, but it was basically limp,” she said. “It was breathing, and with my hand on its chest, I could feel its heart beating real fast.”

McLean rowed the raft upstream and snapped a photo before they dropped off the calf at the side of the river.

The mother had disappeared into the woods but returned to the river after hearing the crying of her young calf. It sounded like a puppy, Sciascia said.

“When we last saw her, we were heading downstream,” she said.

“The mother was heading toward it.

She had come out of the woods and was heading toward her baby.”

Four Rivers Fishing posted the story, titled “Of Moose and Men,” on its Facebook page.

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reach our ankles, then our mid-claves. I am not exactly a poised girl and as the ground got slippery, I struggled to stay on my feet. We met up with two bothers, who were attempting to complete the Adirondack 46 high peaks in the next 5 years. They let us try out their hiking poles and for the first time the entire hike; I was able to keep from falling for an entire 6 feet. Secretly, I thought about running off with their hiking poles but I figured that would not be very nice. So, I handed them back to the kind gentlemen and continued to slip and slide up the mountain.

We neared the summit, the trees started to part, and the wind began to blow. As we made our way to the highest point, the wind blew so hard that I thought for sure it was going to pick me up and hurl me off the side of the mountain. We managed to take a few quick pictures and then headed back down, following the two brothers who had lent us their hiking poles. As we descended we met back up with the family of five, that had dwindled to three. The father and one of the daughters had given up and were waiting in the car.

The oldest daughter, covered in mud and soaked to the core, still had enough energy and enthusiasm to power a small bus. We

place at the right time,” Sciascia said.

Read more about this rescue on Four Rivers Fishing’s Facebook page or visit www.4riversmontana.com for more information.

Karen Sciascia holds the baby moose up for a quick photo before dropping the calf at the side of river to be reunited with its mother.

Photo source: Four Rivers Fishing Company wished them luck and unaware of the beauty that began to head back down surrounds them. We made the mountain with the two it to the bottom, said goodbye to our new friends, and brothers.

As we climbed down the headed for home.

Although it may seem like side of the mountain, tripping over snow covered our trip was miserable, we rocks, our boots filling with had so much fun in those days.

Cascade slush and mud; we shared two stories of past injuries, old Mountain is beautiful and jobs, and future plans. It there is something magical turned out these brothers about being in nature that had a lot in common with makes people bond togethSpencer and I. They loved er. Spencer and I met a lot nature and were disap- of wonderful people and pointed that people came saw a lot of stunning sights from other countries to on that Cascade trail. If I hike our mountains while had it all to do over again, I many Americans continue wouldn’t change a thing. to sit on the couch, Know of a great hiking spot? Tell us about it and we’ll pay you $25 plus $5 per photo for every story we print. Send stories and photos to jkarkwren@leepub.com

Spencer, happy to be at the summit.

Distracted driving can be very dangerous. Diverting one's attention from the road for mere seconds can have serious, and potentially fatal, consequences.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found distracted driving kills more than 15 people each day while injuring more than 1,200.

Any activity that takes attention away from driving is considered a distraction. These include taking your hands off the wheel, daydreaming or engaging

in any behavior that takes your eyes off of the road. Certain activities are known distractions, and understanding which habits can be dangerous and making strides to correct behaviors can help save lives, prevent injuries and reduce accident-related expenses.

A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute indicates 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes in the United States in-

volve some form of driver distraction. This distraction took place a mere three seconds before the vehicle crash. An Allstate Canada marketing survey of 1,605 Canadian adults found that, although the vast majority of Canadians thinks driving while distracted is unacceptable, nearly three out of four Canadian drivers admits to engaging in a behavior that is considered a distraction. That is perhaps in part because drivers are not aware just how distracting some the

following behaviors truly are.

Using mobile phones Leading the list of the top distractions behind the wheel are mobile phones. Phones now do more than just place calls, and drivers often cannot pull away from their phones, even when driving. According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, studies have shown that driving performance is lowered and the level of distraction is higher for drivers who are heavily engaged

Automotive in cell phone conversations. The use of a handsfree device does not lower distraction levels. The percentage of vehicle crashes and near-crashes attributed to dialing is nearly identical to the

the same conditions.

Measuring the time it takes to brake after being alerted by a red light to stop, the reaction time was recorded when the driver was legally drunk, reading an e-mail and

number associated with talking or listening.

Accident rates have increased thanks to texting, which involves a person taking his or her hands and eyes off of the road. A 2009 study by Car and Driver magazine compared the dangers of texting while driving to the effects of driving drunk to see which would be more dangerous under

sending a text. Texting easily elicited the slowest response time.

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Hello Again, It has been said that individuals and companies often make a common mistake. They both stop doing something that works and try to replace it with some not-tested change. A not proven change. For example, the giant Coca-Cola Company in 1985 changed its 100-year-old formula for its world famous Coke.

There was such a backlash within two months the company was forced to return its original beverage formula to grocery stores and vending machines — a worldwide change and a worldwide mistake.

To save their name and business, they re-introduced the original Coke formula by naming it Coca-Cola classic. The original Coca-Cola had stood the test of time and the new changed formula or recipe failed. In other words, they stopped doing something that worked, and were smart enough to change back.

In chatting about this

subject, it was not my intent to labor the subject of change as it pertains to the plans of our leadership in Washington.

Mr. Obama gained the office of President of the United States of America by promising or advocating change. He said hundreds, if not thousands of times, that change was needed and he was the right person to make the change.

Like the great CocaCola Company, his changes have been a dismal failure. We may never be able to pay our financial debts and never is a long time. Millions of American citizens have lost their jobs, their financial well being, including their homes and businesses, college graduates cannot find employment. Even the medical professionals are crying, “Do away with the health program before it’s too late.”

I ask what was wrong with America for the last 200 years that needed to be changed? Were we not the greatest nation? The one more people immi-

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Moving objects Whether there's a pet bouncing in the front seat or children being boisterous in the back, passengers and items moving around the car are significant distractions. Turning around to look at the kids or to reach for a ball that may be rolling around on the floor of the car can take a person's eyes off the road. If something really is important and needs to be addressed, it is much safer to pull over and take care of it before getting back on the road.

Daydreaming Many people will admit to daydreaming behind the wheel or looking at a person or object outside of the car for too long.

Perhaps they're checking out a house in a new neighborhood or thought they saw someone they knew on the street corner. It can be easy to veer into the direction your eyes are focused, causing an accident. In addition to trying to stay focused on the road, some drivers prefer the help of lane departure warning systems.

Eating

Those who haven't quite mastered walking and chewing gum at the same time may want to avoid eating while driving. The majority of foods require a person's hands to be taken off of the wheel and their eyes to be diverted from the road.

Reaching in the back seat to share some French fries with the kids is also distracting.

Try to eat meals before getting in the car. For those who must snack while en route, take a moment to pull over at a rest area and spend 10 minutes snacking there before resuming the trip.

Reading Glancing at an advertisement, updating a Facebook status or reading a book are all activities that should be avoided when driving. Even pouring over a traffic map or consulting the digital display of a GPS system can be distracting.

When driving, attention should be placed on the task of safely getting from point A to point B. All other activities taking place in the vehicle are distractions that can end up risking a person's life.

grated to? Is it not more than obvious, these new changes are not working and we should learn from Coca-Cola and drop these “changes” and return to the policies of the original classic America while we still can?

Just this morning we received a note from a lady stating that a friend or acquaintance of hers disagrees with nearly everything which appears in “Hello Again.” It seems obvious she is a fan of the new change program which is being shoved down the throats of the American citizens. Now for the humor of it all, she has lived in the United States for nearly half a century, enjoying the wonderful benefits of the United States: great jobs, homes, and healthcare.

Get this — she is not a citizen. If she thought 50 years ago that the United

changing before our eyes and we do not seem to notice it. For example, what structure more than any other spoke boldly out saying — I’m of the country. I’m not a village building and certainly not

States was so bad and needed to be changed, why did she come here — and stay here?

If given a chance I would like to ask her what is it that she would like to change the U.S. in to. A socialist nation and then some day let it sink into communism? Then go home to where ever she came from because America would no longer be the promised land.

found in a city. I’m a cow barn with a silo or two. I house dairy cows.”

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In our home village we had two general stores.

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Soon we will not be able to take a Sunday ride into the country and see the old two story cow barns.

The roofs of most early barns formed a traditional triangular gable. As farms grew in size and more storage space, hay lofts were needed. These newer barns supported a gambrel roof, distinguished by two slopes, one gentle, one steep. The word ‘gambrel’ comes from a word for the hock or hind leg of a horse, which is roughly the shape as half the profile of the roof.

The new gambrel design seemed to be more pleasing to the eye. Some farmers actually removed a triangular roof and replaced it with a roof of gambrel design.

With a friend who also has a three-wheeler triketype motorcycle, we enjoy riding country roads. Often we will stop to see the huge sizes of some of the crop and hay fields along with farm buildings. I personally favor the gambrel roof dairy barns.

Spend a couple of hours, drive out into the country and stop near some of the farms. Notice the farm buildings, h o u s e s , fences, and naturally the farm animals.

A few of the Amish farms have teams of huge workhorses and some mules.

You will be surprised at the size of the farm tractors.

I would sure enjoy driving one of those monsters, or

even to drive a 5-6 horse or mule team. What I am suggesting, don’t just drive by the farms without taking a look. Possibly take a minute to realize all of that equipment the farmers have to buy creates jobs for factory and dealership workers.

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Did he say why?” “Yes,” little Johnny answered, “there wasn’t enough bait.”

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by Dan Radel MANASQUAN, NJ — What happens when a 303-pound mako shark leaps into your boat?

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“At first there’s fear he’s going to kill you ‘cause his teeth are chewing everything in the boat,” Rostron told the Asbury Park Press.

Rostron and fellow fisherman Clint Simek of Brielle were in Rostron’s boat the TNT. The two

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marks, some as long as three inches, occurred in their boat. They also held onto the head of the shark, and intend to preserve the jawbone and teeth.

“It’s missing a few teeth,” said Simek. “We found one in the boat that was an inch and a half long.”

Rostron said the damage to his boat, which he docks at the Glimmer Glass in Manasquan, will cost $5,000 for a professional to fix.

“I would like to leave the teeth marks in, like a badge of honor,” he said.

“But the floor marks have to be fixed or water will leak through. They have to be filled and fiberglass has to be re-applied.”

The havoc-causing mako was 8-feet-4-inches long. It surprised the two fishermen initially when it appeared by the side of the boat and took one of their baits.

The fish became extremely aggressive and

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On the fifth jump it landed in the bow of the boat. It happened in less than 30 seconds, when a typical fight with a shark can last 45 minutes or more Rostron said.

“Normally when you fight a shark you bring it along side the boat and harpoon it, or gaff it,” said Rostron. “Then you put a tail rope on it and shoot it in the head with a bang stick.”

A bang stick is a specialized firearm used in shark fishing to kill it before bringing it aboard.

“We never had a chance. This one jumped right into the boat,” said Simek.

Both men felt fortunate to have not suffered any injuries.

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When Chris was born in January, a woman brought him into Dr. Len Lucero’s veterinary office in central Florida. The piglet’s two back legs were deformed because of a congenital defect that left the joints fused together. Lucero said the woman thought the ani-

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But Lucero watched as the baby potbellied pig crawled out of the carrier.

“His front legs were down on the ground, his back legs were up in the air, and he was balancing and walking forward,” said Lucero. “He was full of life. So I thought, there was no way I could put this thing down, I’d rather give him a fighting chance, at least if not at my home, I would find someplace for him.”

Lucero, who lives on a farm in central Florida, brought the little pig home to his wife, two kids and menagerie of animals. The

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Lucero videotaped one of Chris’ first jaunts and put the video on YouTube, and a star was born.

That video, dubbed “Pig in a Wheelchair,” has gotten 1.2 million hits. His Facebook page has 56,000 “likes.”

Chris now has his own webpage, Twitter account, Pinterest site — and as of last week, a book deal.

Hay House, a publishing house that specializes in self-help and motivational media, has signed Lucero to write three books about the adventures of Chris, the disabled pig.

The first book, which is geared to children aged 4 to 10, will be out in the fall.

Chris, now 22 pounds and using a dog wheelchair, is seemingly oblivious to his new-found fame. He’s been on the

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Now nearly 6 months old, the pig knows his name, comes when called and is housetrained.

Lucero and his family take him outside several times a day, where he uses his wheels. Inside,

were inspired by the little pig who wanted to walk and play. One commenter said her boyfriend had used a motorized wheelchair since 1988, telling Chris: “Keep chugging little man....keep chugging.”

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During a recent interview, he scarfed down his favorite foods: grapes and Cheerios.

It’s possible that people are drawn to the piglet’s tiny, cute body, or to his soft “uff, uff, uff” noises as he pulls himself around with his front hooves.

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“I’ve actually gotten a lot of people on our Facebook site, people with disabilities, and people who have got recent disabilities. And they said that this little guy right here has inspired them to give it their all,” Lucero said. “And that gives me the tingles in my arms every time I read something like that.”

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fraught with danger. These babies of the insects — called butterflies and moths — can drown in a

rainstorm, be knocked off plants on windy days or die of dessication during droughts. Caterpillars are

also a common food item for some insect-eating animals. Lots of birds eat caterpillars. Even some species of predatory or parasitic insects use caterpillars for food.

Sometimes caterpillars are their own worst enemies when it comes to survival. Caterpillars are voracious eaters. A group of caterpillars can literally eat themselves out of house and home, which results in starvation. Just another reason the caterpillar that becomes a moth or a butterfly is a real survivor — most don’t make it that far!

The odds for an individual caterpillar to survive to adulthood are a long shot at best. But maybe not as improbable as purchasing the winning ticket for the Powerball lottery, being struck by lightning or getting hit by a meteorite!

Scientists who study insect populations estimate that the number of insects that survive from hatching to reproduction is between 1-2 percent. Human population numbers are just the opposite in terms of survival, because about 98 percent of us survive to reproductive age. The insects that do survive to adulthood make up for population loss by producing a lot of eggs. In the insect world,

success is a numbers game — many are hatched so that a few survive!

Even though the cards seem to be stacked against caterpillar survival, these insects employ a few biological tricks to help overcome the odds. For instance, most have extra pairs of legs to help hold onto the plant leaves or stems on which they feed. These extra legs are called prolegs. The last pair of prolegs on the rear end of the caterpillar is called claspers because they can be used to clasp a stem.

Caterpillars are often colored so that they blend into the environment in which they feed. Such camouflage reduces the ability of predators to find a caterpillar meal. While Kermit the Frog lamented that it’s not easy to be green, the color is a good thing for caterpillars chowing down on green plants.

Some caterpillars take the opposite approach and try to be seen. These insects are bright colors in reds and yellows and might even have stripes.

Such caterpillars usually taste bad because of chemicals from their host plants; they want to advertise this fact to discourage bird predation.

A few caterpillars are

Dining adorned with protrusions that make them look intimidating. Some of the giant silkworm moths such as the Prometheus fall into this category. So does the tomato hornworm, the notorious devourer of tomato plants.

It is called the hornworm because of a horn-like projection located on its last body segment. Some people wonder if the horn is a stinger. It’s not, but it looks as if it might be!

Those hornworm caterpillars also exhibit a behavior designed to frighten away an animal that accidentally discovers one. The caterpillar strikes a pose: It holds onto tomato stems or foliage with its prolegs and claspers and raises its head and real legs into the air. This action once reminded people of an Egyptian sphinx. That is the reason that adults of such caterpillars are sometimes called sphinx moths.

Some caterpillars possess markings that look like eyes. When two such large “eyes” are positioned on the front of a caterpillar, it creates the illusion of a snake. Caterpillars of certain swallowtail butterflies pull off another interesting charade. They resemble bird droppings and are appropriately called bird-dropping caterpillars.

So what is a surefire way to avoid becoming a meal for a bird? For some caterpillars, the answer is to just look like something that has already been a meal for a bird. That caterpillar charade speaks volumes about survival!

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100 years later, shipwreck found in Lake Superior DULUTH, MN (AP) — Nearly 100 years after the Henry B. Smith freighter went down during a November storm in Lake Superior, a group of shipwreck hunters believes it has found the ship — and much of it is largely intact.

The Duluth News Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/11on0WD ) the group found the wreck last month in about 535 feet of water off the shore of Marquette, MI. The group says it hasn’t seen the name of the ship on the wreck yet, but all signs indicate it’s the Smith, sitting amid a spilled load of iron ore.

“It’s the most satisfying find of my shipwreck-hunting career,” said Jerry Eliason of Cloquet, part of the group that has found many lost ships in recent years.

“It’s a fantastic find,” said maritime historian Frederick Stonehouse of Marquette, who has writ-

ten about the Smith. “I’m excited at the opportunity to look at the video and see if we can learn the cause of the wreck, to write the final chapter of the ship.”

The Henry B. Smith and its crew of 25 disappeared after sailing into the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. The storm, one of the biggest on the lakes, wrecked more than a dozen ships and killed about 250 sailors. The Smith was safe in the Marquette harbor on Nov. 7 and 8, and loading iron ore, but on the evening of Nov. 9, Capt.

James Owen decided to leave port for Cleveland.

“The lake was still rolling, but there seemed to be a lull in the wind, the velocity having dropped to 32 mph,” shipwreck expert and longtime University of Minnesota Duluth professor Julius Wolff wrote in “Lake Superior Shipwrecks.” “The gale... should have blown itself

SS Henry B. Smith - ship lost in Great Lakes Storm of 1913.

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out. But this was no conventional storm. In taking his vessel out of the safety of Marquette Harbor, Captain James Owen sailed into eternity.”

Sailors on other boats reported seeing Smith deckhands battening down hatches as it went onto the open lake, Stonehouse wrote in his book, “Went Missing.”

Other witnesses watched

the ship make a turn to port, as if Owen had decided to head back to shore.

Then the Smith vanished — and entered Great Lakes lore as a “ghost ship.”

Eliason isn’t revealing exactly how his group found the Smith, because he hopes to use the same method to find other wrecks. But he

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He said the group used a culmination of hunches, research and data to pinpoint a specific search area.

The data pointed them toward a possible wreck about 30 miles north of Marquette, and the hunters found the Smith just 20 minutes after dropping a sonar unit into the water. An underwater camera captured enough detail in videos and photos to convince the group that they found the Smith.

“A number of wrecks we’ve found have been over the span of 20 years searching, multiple times a year,” said Kraig Smith, a member of the hunting group from Rice Lake, WI. “Going and finding a wreck 20-some miles offshore in the span of a couple hours is extraordinary.”

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The crew will return to the site this summer in hopes of getting more questions answered. But the group is already starting to piece together events that led to the Smith’s demise.

“It’s very clear to me that this one appeared to have broken on the surface, spilled its iron ore contents over the bottom, and then landed on the iron ore,” said Eliason, who had been considering retiring from wreck hunting partly because he wasn’t expecting any more significant finds on Lake Superior.

“This was a gift from the lake gods,” Eliason said.

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by Martin Fisher HENDERSON, NC— She is one of Miss Lou’s quilting “dozen” on Thursdays, a Pinkston Elementary School volunteer on Wednesdays, and Sundays takes her to Cornerstone Christian Community Church, but she is matriarch to the prominent Baskerville family everyday.

Sarah Baskerville, wife of District Court Judge Randolph Baskerville

and mother of state Rep. Nathan Baskerville, says quilting was a retirement idea, a return to her mother’s hobby. Now it has become a passion for her, too.

She retired 10 years ago from a 30-year career in education, the last 15 as a counselor at Southern Vance High School.

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All told, she stays pleasantly occupied, “volunteering where I can, working in the church,” she said, “and I am pretty involved in my sorority. The quilting is addictive. I’m a quilter, and that is my passion. I love to do that.”

On Thursdays, Baskerville joins her fellow quilters of “Miss Lou’s Dozen” that has grown now to more than 12, and they take on each other’s projects in the classical form of a quilting bee gathering.

The group makes quilts for their children and other family members: cousins, nieces and

nephews and on and on, plus plenty more for charity. Baskerville estimates that the group has provided a couple hundred quilts over the years to area nursing homes.

They also make other charity items: about 50 stockings for area children’s homes this past Christmas. They have not decided on what to make yet, but their concentration for Christmas 2013 is the men’s shelter in Henderson.

“This year, we’ll be doing a project for them,” Baskerville said.

“It might be quilts, or maybe knit hats, something.

Every year we do a project for charity.”

She added the group will get started with the men’s shelter project

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pretty soon, because it is done through the year with a presentation planned for Christmastime.

In taking turns with each other’s quilting projects, the group moves through the year to another goal: a quilt show, with an invitation to the public to vote on a winning quilt for the year.

Quilting was a part of her Hoke County childhood as the youngest of eight children in a farming family, and she remembers her mother’s quilting as a break from the regular routines of outdoor work.

“We were farmers, just regular farmers,” she said, “from cotton to cucumbers, we would do farming.”

“My mom used to do it,” she added. “They used to go house to house as a quilting group and make each other’s quilts. I used to sneak under the quilt while they were working, and I would listen to them talk.”

A conversation around the quilting bee while working on their art is another attraction of the hobby. The members of the group could talk about almost anything as the quilt takes shape.

On some rare occasions they may even discuss the men in their lives.

“They are both very well-grounded men,” Baskerville said of her husband and her son.

“My husband came from a well-grounded family that believed in hard work and doing for yourself, and he instilled that in Nathan, too.”

She has a daughter who is married: Latoyia Baskerville Smith lives in Georgia, and she hopes first granddaughter, Elyse, is the first of several grandchildren.

The mother said she

doesn’t pressure her son on his bachelor eligibility.

“I think it will work out,” she said. “I think there is a person for everyone, and he will find that person.”

The whole family, and a constellation of friends, rallied to the Nathan Baskerville campaign when he decided to run for the House of Representatives. One issue that the family had to work with was the fact that as a judge, Randolph could not be openly endorsing a candidate.

“Nathan talked with all of us about running,” she said. “His uncle, Leslie, has been there at every step, a constant advisor and one of Nathan’s greatest supporters.

Everyone who could work on phone calls, putting up posters.”

Dad was never gone from the picture, but he kept in the background because of his role as a judge.

“Nathan is still his son, and he was very supportive of his decision to run,” Sarah said.

She said that conversations in the Baskerville home might include political issues, but her men know her well already and as a family they closely share the same values after all.

“I basically try to be myself, and they know me and know my stand,” Baskerville said. “I let them know how I feel about things.”

A wider conversation emanating from the younger generation of her clan, however, has come from some younger nephews asking, well, what about their quilts.

“I have made quilts for my sisters and my sisters’ daughters, made with their personalities and interests in mind,” Baskerville said. “Now nephews are wanting them because they’re jealous of their sisters.”

It’s not easy making quilts for men, though, “because they’re complicated, and you can’t go with the usual flowery designs. You have to find more masculine themes.”

She’s busy finding just the right fabrics to help define the lives of the men she loves.

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certificate. Dogs should be on a leash, cats & ferrets in a carrier. No exams will be given. Owners are responsible to clean up after their animals. $5 donation per pet is suggested to defray cost.

Pre-register online. Contact Herkimer County Public Health, 315-867-1176. On net at www.herkimercounty .org Rabies Clinic Newport Town Garage, 2788 Newport Rd., Newport, NY. 6-7:30 pm. All cats, dogs & ferrets 3 months old or older must be vaccinated even if they stay indoors. Bring proof of the pet’s vaccination history to receive a 3 year certificate. Dogs should be on a leash, cats & ferrets in a carrier. No exams will be given. Owners are responsible to clean up after their animals. $5 donation per pet is suggested to defray cost.

Pre-register online. Contact Herkimer County Public Health, 315-867-1176. On net at www.herkimercounty .org

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JUN 21 Solstice Butterfly & Nature Hunt Shawangunk Nature Preserve 255 Shawangunk Rd., Cold Brook, NY. 7 pm. Led by ornithologist, Matt Perry of Spring Farm Cares, we’ll look for butterflies, and listen for birds and other wild things which he’ll identify for us. (weather permitting Sun. June 23 is our alternate date) No Fee.. Call 315826-7405 or shawangunk @ntcnet.com.

JUN 22 Solstice Bike Hike Shawangunk Nature Preserve 255 Shawangunk Rd., Cold Brook, NY. 9-11 am.

Spend your solstice equinox morning with a scenic and pleasant 4 1¼2 mile trek beginning and ending at Shawangunk Road. It is a pleasant way to get exercise and enjoy the sights and sounds of mid-summer in the Adirondack Foothills. No Fee. Call 315-826-7405 or shawangunk@ntcnet.com.

JUN 28 - SEP 3 “Betsy” Concert Series Lock 20 Canal Park, Rte. 49, Marcy, NY. • Jun 28 - 6:30 pm - Fritz’s Polka Band • July 5 - 6:30 pm - Country Traditions with The Streators • July 12 - 6:30 pm - The Clef Dwellers w/Don Cantwell featuring TJ Howard • July 19 - 6:30 pm - Dharma Burns String Band • July 20 - 6:30 pm - Pick ‘n EZ • July 26 - 6:30 pm - Old Country Music featuring the Nelson Brothers • Aug. 2 - 6:30 pm - Diamond Some Day w/Ed Vancott • Aug. 9 - 6:30 pm - Holidaye • Aug. 16 - 6:30 pm - Mardi Gras Five w/TJ Howard • Aug. 17 - 6:30 pm - The Roots of Rock & Roll • Aug. 23 - 6 pm - The Trinkaus Manor Quartet w/George Staley • Aug. 24 - 6 pm - Double Image • Aug. 30 - 6 pm - Country Gospel w/Julian & Bonnie George • Aug. 31 - 6 pm - The Mark Bolos Band • Sep. 3 - 1 pm Floyd Community Band, 3 pm Irish Day at Lock 20 featuring the Johnston School of Irish Dancing and the Butler Sheehan Academy, The Big Band sound of Easy Money and Koltis plus a fireworks extravaganza at dusk. All events are free. Bring your own blankets and/or lawn chairs.

JUN 29 Cameras on Safari for Butterflies Shawangunk Nature Preserve 255 Shawangunk Rd., Cold Brook, NY. 9-11 am. If your camera has a close up setting, you can improve your pictures by learning some techniques for photographing the small wonders of nature - flowers, insects, butterflies, dragonflies and put it to use photographing the beautiful residents of Shawangunk. Shawangunk Nature Preserve. Bring your camera manual if you can.

Tripods are optional. No fee.

Register by June 27. Call 315-826-7405 or e-mail shawangunk@ntcnet.com.

JUL 6 Chicken BBQ, Strawberry Fest, Garage Sale & Cow Plop Bingo German Flatts Town Park, Rte. 5S, between Mohawk & Little Falls, NY (Near the historic Fort Herkimer Church).

Chicken BBQ from noon until sold out. $8 Strawberry Fest from noon to 4 pm. $3.

Cow Plop bings. Square can be purchased at the town office on Main St. in Mohawk. Contact Town Clerk, 315-866-1370.

AUG 24 Fifth Annual Reign Fest: NY Dolgeville Central School auditorium, 38 Slawson St., Dolgeville, NY. 2-10 pm.

Grammy nominated “The Rhett Walker Band” headlines this year’s amazing lineup, that includes hot new artist “All Things New,” ReignFest mainstay “Everyday Sunday” with special guest “Grant Woell,” along with Christian rock bands “Kardia,” “Life Band,” “Deeper Still” and the “New Hope Worship Team.” The event’s guest speaker will be Pastor Dave Hayner. Tickets are $15 in advance and $17 at the door. Group pricing is available. For tickets and information, call 315-8685815 or e-mail bobby@ rkpsportinggoods.com. You can also follow ReignFest: NY on facebook.

SEP 5 Rabies Clinic Salisbury Fire Dept., 2549 St. Rt. 29, Salisbury Center, NY. 6-7:30 pm. All cats, dogs & ferrets 3 months old or older must be vaccinated even if they stay indoors.

Bring proof of the pet’s vaccination history to receive a 3 year certificate. Dogs should be on a leash, cats & ferrets in a carrier. No exams will be given. Owners are responsible to clean up after their animals. $5 donation per pet is suggested to defray cost.

Pre-register online. Contact Herkimer County Public Health, 315-867-1176. On net at www.herkimercounty .org SEP 12 Rabies Clinic Cedarville Fire Dept., 960 St. Rt. 51, Cedarville, NY. 67:30 pm. All cats, dogs & ferrets 3 months old or older must be vaccinated even if they stay indoors. Bring proof of the pet’s vaccination history to receive a 3 year certificate. Dogs should be on a leash, cats & ferrets in a carrier. No exams will be given. Owners are responsible to clean up after their animals. $5 donation per pet is suggested to defray cost.

Pre-register online. Contact Herkimer County Public Health, 315-867-1176. On net at www.herkimercounty .org OCT 3 Rabies Clinic Little Falls Town Garage, 478 Flint Ave. Ext., Little Falls, NY. 6-7:30 pm. All cats, dogs & ferrets 3 months old or older must be vaccinated even if they stay indoors. Bring proof of the pet’s vaccination history to receive a 3 year certificate.

Dogs should be on a leash, cats & ferrets in a carrier. No exams will be given. Owners are responsible to clean up after their animals. $5 donation per pet is suggested to defray cost. Pre-register online. Contact Herkimer County Public Health, 315867-1176. On Internet at www.herkimercounty.org

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Country Editor

PO Box 121, 6113 State Hwy. 5 Palatine Bridge, NY 13428 800-836-2888 • Fax: 518-673-2381

The Country Preacher

by Dan West Does your life seem like a race? Running here, running there, trying to get things done, always feeling behind? It has been said that even if you win the “rat race,” you are still a rat.

Then there are those who, when we try to take a break or can’t keep up, they criticize us. They judge us for not approaching life in the same way they do.

Writer Warren Wiersbie reminds us that “In this race we are not the judges, but the runners.”

One day we all will face

the Judge, our Creator.

His judgment results in eternal reward for those who have trusted Him, and eternal condemnation for those who haven’t. The apostle Paul wrote, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1) To be “in” Him means to give yourself completely to Him. When we study the Bible, we see that He has already won the race. So if we are “in Him” we know, our final destiny!

Have you trusted Him?

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Now if this were a practical lawn, it would make some sense. We’d fertilize it, encourage it to grow quickly and thickly, turn water on it to help in the process, turn cattle on it to mow it, and then barbecue the cows.

But to grow grass just to cut it down? Try telling that to a class in logic down at Jerry Hat Trick Junior College and see how far you get.

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But forgive him, as he is a faithful follower of green expanses and garages full of gear. He is, in his way, lighting candles to Saint Briggs and Saint Stratton and praying against the onset of cutworms.

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Let’s face it; the plague of locusts in ancient Egypt couldn’t bring him to his knees in prayer, but a plague of nut grass or dandelions will leave him nearly prostrate on a hot summer’s day.

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It’s worship. Worship of tiny little plants invading our yards. It’s lawn-omania.

Since man first invented the yard, he’s wanted it to look just like everyone else’s, and has donated years of his life and

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