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Tent caterpillars have returned By Cali Bagby Weekly editor
They seem to be everywhere – appearing in wriggling masses from out of the blue. And when spied, islanders want to know one thing – how they can these tent caterpillars be destroyed. “The outbreak – at least on Orcas, Lopez and Waldron – is not as bad this year as last year – though we are still in a peak caterpillar year,” said Madrona Murphy, a botanist at the Lopez-based laboratory Kwiaht. The western tent caterpillar, with its orange and black markings, is an unpopular visitor to the islands. Periodic caterpillar outbreaks result in defoliation, minor branch dieback, and in some cases, tree mortality, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The peaks or “outbreaks” are cyclical, tend to occur every six to 11 years and can last up to four years. These eruptions are generally regulated by weather and temperature. “After an outbreak the population collapses and there are years in which the caterpillars are hard to find,” Murphy said. This insect, which is four to five centimeters long, gets its name from the “tents” it spins on the tips of branches. Eggs hatch in early spring, and then larvae begin feeding. Young tent caterpillars usually eat all of the leaves on one branch before moving on to the next. They spin their cocoons in mid-June, and the adult moths emerge in seven to 10 days. Murphy said this year some caterpillars hatched
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late and may keep eating until July. “We don’t know if it is due to changes in the climate, but it looks like the tent caterpillar season may be longer this year than normal,” she added. The good news is that caterpillars do not transmit diseases to humans and do not bite, according to Sharon J. Collman of Washington State University’s Extension Master Gardener Program in her article “Biology and Control of Tent Caterpillars.” The bad news is a single tent may result in 20 percent defoliation of a small tree. Established trees can handle at least 25 percent defoliation without experiencing any ill effects, according to WSU gardener experts, but where trees are crowded or stressed, the leaf loss could be fatal. Caterpillars may wreak havoc on weak trees, but these pests also have natural enemies – a highly contagious virus and a parasitic fly. The virus passes easily from one caterpillar to the other so when the density of the caterpillars is high it leads to heavy mortality – whole tents can be wiped out. Infected caterpillars hang from their tents with a wilted look and drip the virus onto any colonies below them. The other dangers these caterpillars face is even more insidious. If you see a caterpillar with one or more small white dots on its head those are the eggs of the tachinid fly. “The larvae eat the caterpillars from the inside out,” said Murphy. “It’s pretty gruesome. And when these infected caterpillars pupate, the fly hatches and flies out
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instead of finishing its caterpillar meal.” Murphy has seen more parasitic fly eggs on caterpillars this year, which could be an indication that the outbreak is on its way out. She predicts that next year may still be bad, but by the year after, there should be fewer “tents.” And there is one more animal that causes the destruction of this creepy crawler: humans, which have an assortment of weapons including fire and chemicals. According to Whatcom County’s gardening extension website, you should never use fire as a control method for the pest as it can cause more damage to the tree. “Don’t worry too much,” Murphy said. “Most trees will recover on their own this year, even if they look terrible right now.” Murphy suggests picking caterpillars off small trees, but the best time to control the insect is next winter when you can remove the eggs before they hatch. Eggs, which are slightly bubbly gray crusts, are laid by the adult moths in late summer and are easily found in winter after trees drop their leaves and can be peeled off of the branches by hand. Murphy said the next best option for controlling the caterpillars is after they hatch. When they are clustered around newly spun nests, she suggests cutting the insects out. Dispose of the affected branches by putting them in your compost, burning or immersing them in water or salt water. “Once the caterpillars have dispersed throughout the tree, control becomes much more difficult,” she added. Some sources recommend spraying the caterpillars with Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacterium that is toxic to caterpillars, but Murphy urges islanders to consider that Bt is a living organism and will continue to kill the caterpillars of other butterflies and moths. “Patience may be the best course at this time since most caterpillars will stop eating
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A large “tent” of caterpillars gathered on a tree branch. in June and leave the trees to spin their cocoons,” said Murphy. Despite the fact that tent caterpillars can do some pretty serious damage, they are not entirely destructive to the environment. According to WSU gardener experts, some birds do feed on tent caterpillars and they can even be beneficial to trees. “When alders and other trees are defoliated, the shrubs and trees below receive increased sunlight, giving some of them a boost in growth,” Collman said. “The eaten leaves pass through the caterpillar’s body and emerge as little pellets, which can break down easily, returning nutrients to the forest floor. Pupae provide nutritious meals for small mammals, and moths are eaten by birds and bats.” The caterpillars have also provided some scientific discoveries for young minds. Last June, The Orcas Middle School Science Club was looking for a good indicator of toxic accumulation in the recently completed constructed wetland in Eastsound. The students focused on highly-carcinogenic “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons” found in
gasoline, motor oil, road tar and automobile exhaust. Antibodies are used to determine the amount of these toxins in extracts from insects and shellfish — it’s the same technology hospitals use to test blood and urine, and can detect less than a billionth of an ounce of PAHs in a caterpillar, said Kwiáht Ecologist Russel Barsh, who advises the science club. Tent caterpillars collected from trees around the constructed wetland were found to have concentrations of more than 100 parts per billion. According to Barsh, this is several times higher than what the science club found in Indian Island clams last fall, suggesting that street runoff toxics are already being retained by plants in Eastsound and transferred to insects and to animals that eat insects. A 2010 Kwiáht study of the largely agricultural False Bay watershed on San Juan Island found only one-third to one-fifth as much PAHs in aquatic insects. “The amount of PAHs that the students found in caterpillars is probably not enough to kill or sicken birds or small mammals, but does have the potential to concentrate up the food chain,” said Murphy.
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Mary O’Bryant if you have questions, 468-2421. hiking: Chadwick Hill-Pt. Colville Traverse, Leader, Brad Buchanan. This route is especially fun if you have not hiked it before. It involves a pasture, a forested trail, a rope swing, a view of a beach 300 ft. below, a steep rocky trail decent, [my 9 year old granddaughter did it], a beach walk up the trail heading south, a meadow traverse, and a view south from Pt. Colville. Three or 4 miles max, but oh
so much fun. Meet at Watmough Bay parking lot at 9 a.m. A van shuttle will be arranged. Sign up with Brad at 468-3099 or Bob Walker at 468-3397. sat, june 29 sports: Ping pong tournament, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Multi-Purpose-Room at Lopez School. The entry fee is $30/person. The tournament will benefit the Nicaragua Service Learning Trip. Contact Chase Schober at 360 4684691 to register.
increasing digital subscriber world we live in will judge my property as less desirable because of slow connectivity. Our everyday lives are connected to online services one way or another; phone, email, trading, banking, purchases, weather, news, music, movies, games, security and more. Speed and bandwidth will constantly become more important and property values will reflect service differences. If OPALCO cobbles together a blended service now there will be no motivation to improve the slower areas or deal with areas of no service. Tiered pricing would make the monthly payments equitable, but it wouldn’t help the impact on property value. OPALCO should have a plan to deal with speed differences and non-coverage areas now, not later. If they do go forward, I propose they provide everyone with the same connection speed so as not to impact property values. They can dial back the 10 mbps until such time as they can increase it for everyone. Also consider the unknown about how will Century Link react? They have laid fiberoptic cable which will also bring faster service. When will it be implemented, and when it is will the OPALCO service become outmoded? Technology is constantly changing, will OPALCO be
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like heaven – the neuroscience. It was the piece that was missing.” “I was always drawn to those struggling kids,” Donna says, and as a speech and language specialist with a special education credential for communicative disorders, Donna was now fully equipped to unlock their difficulties. Struggling kids often grow into struggling adults, and Donna helped both. From 1987- 1997, while running an afternoon learning center for high school students making up failed subjects, she also helped adults getting their high school diploma or GED. Donna worked with both individuals and groups. Her speech and pronunciation class combined advanced English as a second language students with severely disabled high school kids: “a very interesting combo,” she comments. Donna’s influence extended beyond the classroom. While teaching during the day, Donna ran an evening tutoring business at home. And in the final five years of her career, she joined a team to advise the district on reading practices. They
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Donna Ince, then and now. over 17 years. But finally the classes got so large, her sense of responsibility kicked in. “I wanted to be with these people. I mean, I’m one of them…They are the greatest bunch of elders you have ever met…just incredible people, all of them,” she says.
researched, trained teachers, and wrote curriculum, all aimed at easing the path of learning for those who struggle. When the Inces retired in 2002, they looked for somewhere with more seasons than southern California. Lifelong outdoorsians, they had learned about the San Juans through a sea kay-
aker friend, and felt at home on Lopez. They immediately started a garden, and Donna joined the Whiskey Hill Community Board. She also discovered the Creaky Yoga class at Grace Lutheran. And the yoga community discovered Donna. Asked to teach a class, Donna said “No,” despite having practiced yoga for
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There wasn’t a term for Attention Deficit Disorder back in the 1950s when Donna Ince tried college. But that didn’t keep her from nearly flunking out her first semester. Somehow she just couldn’t focus. Family responsibility is a powerful motivator, however. Raised in Herkimer, in upstate New York, Donna was the first grandchild, and the first family member to enter college. “I’ve got all these aunts and uncles, grandparents on both sides, who think I’m God’s gift,” she says, “so I felt that I must not disappoint.” With determination, Donna managed to graduate from Eastern University in Pennsylvania. But entering Cornell nursing school, more from duty than desire, Donna found herself distracted by the lures of New York City. She was also dismayed by the narrowness of nursing school, with scripted answers to questions like, “Nurse, am I going to die?” Donna realized then, “I was in the wrong profession.” Longing simply “to learn things,” Donna talked her family into letting her drop nursing, and supporting her while she acquired her teaching credential at Cortland State. Donna knew she could not focus academically while working. She shakes her head: “I have a lot of feeling for kids whose parents say, ‘You must work your way through,’ and I know certain ones cannot.” In 1962, despite recruitment from a regular public school, Donna felt drawn to teach emotionally disturbed adolescents: “I had a lot of empathy when I saw what was happening to some kids.” The Dever eux Foundation hired Donna at its residential school in Pennsylvania, giving her the opportunity to put that empathy to use. Devereux also gave her – eventually – a husband,
David, who taught sociology and physical education. Fun fact: one Devereux student, “Mike” Stallone, later began using his real name, Sylvester. “He asked my husband, ‘Do you think I ought to go in the service, or be an actor?’” she recalls. David advised him to go into the military. Hollywood executives may thank their stars that “Mike” did not follow David’s advice. For three years, Donna taught everything from reading to biology to study skills. After marrying, the couple decided to move to California, along with David’s family. Then babies began arriving, so while David taught learning disabled students in Garden Grove, Donna stayed home in Capistrano Beach, caring for their two sons and two daughters. After 13 years, the family needed more income, so Donna went to graduate school. With undergraduate coursework to complete, and four kids at home, it took seven years, but Donna earned her Masters in speech and communication. “I found there – ah, it was
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What you need to know about food programs on Lopez By Kelly Donaldson and Becki Maxson For the Lopez Island Family Resource Center
Food. It’s one of our most basic human needs. On Lopez Island, a place valued for its rich farmland, strong community and organic options, much is being done to make sure no one goes hungry. Programs offer support to those in times of transition, who do not have enough food for their families. With limited supplies and volunteers, it’s important to be respectful of others and remember there are others less fortunate. Several programs exist on a federal level to help
families and individuals who need assistance buying food. Basic Food is a government-run food and nutrition program for individuals and families who meet income guidelines. Basic Food provides eligible households with an electronic benefits card and monthly benefits to buy food at most grocery stores. Please contact the Lopez Island Family Resource Center at 360-4684117 to sign up for the Basic Food Program or find out if you qualify. WIC is a nutrition program that helps pregnant women, new mothers, and young children eat well, learn about nutrition and stay healthy.
WIC provides nutrition and health information, health screening, breastfeeding support, and checks for nutritious foods. To find out if you qualify for WIC, call San Juan County Health & Community Services at 378-4474 (the Lopez Office is located below the Fire Station). Beyond the government food programs, the Lopez community maintains additional resources for those in need. The Lopez Island Community Food Bank is managed by volunteers through Grace Episcopal Church, is open 24/7, and is also supported by other churches on the island. The Food Bank accepts donations
of any non-perishable foods and personal care items, such as toilet paper, shampoo, etc. Donated funds are also used to buy food and other items when supply is low. The Food Bank is re-stocked by volunteers daily and is located on shelves just inside the Grace Church entrance. Grace Church is also the location of the federal USDA Commodities Distribution program. On the last Friday of every month, volunteers distribute surplus, non-perishable commodities to families and individuals who qualify. Find out if you qualify by attending the Commodities Distribution at the end of the month. For fresh foods, the com-
Crossword Puzzle Across 1. Handle the food for a party 6. Beta follower 11. PC "brain" (acronym) 14. Blush 15. Be of use 16. Ashes holder 17. Italian good-bye 19. P.I., e.g. 20. Glittery Christmas tree decoration 21. Hot sauce 23. "C'___ la vie!" 24. Blotto 27. Fluid in veins of gods (Greek mythology) 28. Ancient colonnade 30. Lamb Chop's Lewis 32. Corner piece 33. Grafting shoot 35. Baby bird? 37. Forte (2 wds) 39. Any "Seinfeld," now 40. "Life of ___," radio and TV comedy 41. Centers of activity 42. Brightest star in Virgo 44. It holds a yard 48. Avoid 50. ___ Burman, contemporary Indian artist 52. Sticker 53. "So soon?" 55. Make secret 57. J. Edgar Hoover's org. 58. Accommodations lower in quality (2 wds) 61. "Dig in!" 62. Giggle
munity has access to Lopez Fresh, run by the Lopez Island Family Resource Center, which is intended to supplement non-perishable items from the food bank. Lopez Fresh is located next to the Children’s Center. It is equipped with a refrigerator and produce bins for items such as potatoes, onions, and apples. Lopez Fresh is stocked daily with donations from LVM and Blossom as well as store-bought items like milk, cheese, yogurt, butter and eggs. Lopez Fresh depends on donations and volunteers to provide fresh food every week. Grow-A-Row is a program that encourages farmers and home gardeners to consider growing an “extra row” of crops for homes and families without a garden. Anyone with a garden is encouraged to donate. Grow-A-Row donations can be dropped off at the Grow-A-Row shed at the school (behind the secondary building by the buses) or at Lopez Fresh. If you are donating perishable food to Lopez Fresh and/or Grow-A-Row, please include a label with the donation date and the name of the item. Plastic bags are located at Lopez Fresh. If you have a question about donating or volunteering, please contact Kelly at the Resource Center (468-4117). Questions about Grow-A-Row can be directed to Denise Clark at 468-2010. Four times a year, the Lopez Locavores organize community meals; where
everyone is welcome and meal cost is by donation. The Locavores is a non-profit organization that promotes a local, sustainable food economy. Each meal is a chance for Lopezians to come together and learn about local food, what’s in season and how it’s being used in the community. The production of each meal relies on volunteers for set-up, serving, clean-up, etc. The Locavores are made up of small and large-scale growers on Lopez Island dedicated to promoting local sustainability and supporting growers, cooks and eaters of local food. To get involved with the Locavores or find out more, visit their website at lopezlocavores.org. The Lopez School runs an innovative program called the Lopez Island Farm Education Garden Program to teach children about planting, nurturing and harvesting food in the farm and garden, and how to prepare healthy foods in the kitchen. Students, faculty and staff members maintain the school garden, fruit orchard, and greenhouses throughout the year and use their harvest to prepare healthy foods for the cafeteria throughout the school year. All students enjoy healthy, fresh meals every day. All students are part of the process of growing, producing and cooking food. There are many easy opportunities to help our neighbors with food needs. Consider donating perishSee food, page 8
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Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty ranges from 1-3 (easy) 4-6 (moderate) 7-8 (hard) 9-15 (difficult). Today’s puzzle is level 2. Sudoku and Crossword answers on page 8
Protecting the bay starts with art Submitted by Kwiaht staff
A stately figure cloaked in salmon with a huge raven perched on her shoulder just appeared in Lopez Village Park. Standing watch over two storm drains, she reminds us of our inescapable connections with water, fish and wildlife. Public showing of Raven Woman, sculpted by Lopez artist Nancy Bingham, is the first in a series of temporary water-themed art installations organized by the Lopez-based conservation laboratory Kwiaht this summer. “We call our outdoor art series Village at the edge of the Sea,” says Kwiaht Director Russel Barsh. “Salt water is a familiar scenic backdrop for the village, but we often forget that almost everything we do in the village ends up in the bay.” And who is Raven Woman? Bingham says, “When I hear Raven’s voice, or the sound of wings whipping the air, or when I see Raven’s wild flying acrobatics, I feel a deep and timeless sense of connection to this place.” Barsh hopes that a summer of public art will lead to serious discussion of ways that homeowners, businesses and the county can contribute to reducing pollution. Kwiaht will offer sug-
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Now, she not only teaches two classes per week, Donna also drives some members to classes. Donna’s five grandchildren provide more outlets for her teaching zeal. She recently re-read “The
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The Raven Woman sculpture by Nancy Bingham. gestions at four Farmers’ Market appearances this summer. Kwiaht also plans to construct a demonstration street-corner remedial garden this summer, targeting copper from motor vehicles, treated wood, and moss control products. “We have found high levels of copper in storm sewers, Weeks Wetland, and sediments in Fisherman Bay,” Barsh explains, “approaching levels that can kill fish.” Kwiaht received funding for the project from the Captain Planet Catcher in the Rye” to help her grandson with the book. Where other retirees use their freedom to travel, Donna feels “too rooted” to go far. But those roots support a person who continues to find ways to support others. “Somehow,” Donna says, “I keep reaching out to someone who wants to be taught something.”
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Foundation. “Properly designed, a remedial swale can reduce pollution and also function
as a park, a landscaped section of a walkway or trail, or garden surrounding public artwork,” says Kwiaht’s design apprentice and University of Washington student Sunni Wissmer, who has also worked with the Cascadia Green Building Council. Kwiaht landscape ecologist Nathan Hodges and Orcas high school students have already designed and begun construction of a remedial garden in an Eastsound parking lot that will be featured in a forthcoming episode of the PBS series This American Land. You can learn more about Raven Woman, other Village at the edge of the Sea art installations and managing village drainage and pollution by following Kwiaht on facebook or writing to kwiaht@gmail. com.
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New direction initiative for Broadband Initiative The following was submitted by Orcas Power and Light Cooperative
As a member-owned co-op, our primary responsibility is to our members. We have heard your concerns and are responding with a more conservative plan that will move us toward our vision for broadband while protecting Co-op resources – and while continuing to advocate for our members. OPALCO now sees an opportunity to encourage the delivery of better broadband, at lower risk, by advancing a plan to share OPALCO’s infrastructure with all of the other internet service providers. This infrastructure provider concept means that we will offer access to our data networking infrastructure through leasing agreements. OPALCO has been operating this network since 2001. Initially, we plan to provide fiber-optic connections to CenturyLink to improve its DSL system. We are also evaluating how to make best use of wireless USINESS components that are part of the backbone of OPALCO’s OMMUNITY data network. This approach will support improved service to many parts of the county, though in a more • CONTRACTORS • incremental way than the
OPALCO has a vision for broadband in San Juan County: true high-speed Internet service for all islanders. The plan that was proposed in February 2013 – to build a hybrid fiber-wireless system to serve 90 percent of San Juan County – has been challenging, particularly in terms of financial risk and member subscriptions required. Given the number of sign-ups to date (900) and feedback from our members, it is unlikely that the proposal would gain enough support to mitigate the financial risk. OPALCO has closed the sign-up process and is returning deposits to those who pre-subscribed. We have a new direction that will put us on the path to realizing our vision.
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original plan. OPALCO will continue to build out our data network to serve the needs of our electrical distribution system and to create a stronger foundation for meeting the co-op’s future needs. OPALCO leaders will be discussing the new direction and seeking our members’ input on a collaborative approach at public forums scheduled over the next two weeks. These events will offer an open house format from 5 to 6:00 p.m., with informational booths and small group discussions, followed by a Q&A session facilitated by OPALCO management and staff. The meetings are as follows. Wednesday, June 12 – The Grange, Friday Harbor Thursday, June 13 – Shaw Community Center Monday, June 17 – Roche Harbor Pavilion Tuesday, June 18 – Woodmen Hall, Lopez Island Wednesday, June 19 – Orcas Senior Center OPALCO is grateful to the 900 visionary co-op members who pre-subscribed to the grand plan. We will be refunding those broadband deposits (and PAL contributions) as bill credits in the next billing cycles. We appreciate all of our members who have participated in this long process of finding the right broadband solution for San Juan County. Please join us at the upcoming public forums and help us shape our vision.
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State transportation workers scan the wreckage of the I-5 Skagit River Bridge, making preparations for installation of a temporary replacement beginning sometime next week.
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The aftermath of the Skagit River bridge collapse claimed its first death on Friday, May 31, on the detour route in Conway. Sean O’Connell, a 38-yearold Washington State Patrol motorcycle trooper, was killed that afternoon when his motorcycle was hit by a truck near the intersection of Fir Island Road and Main Street in Conway. In another development, Jay Drye of the Washington Department of Transportation told the Journal on June 7 that the expected completion date for installation of the temporary bridge was being pushed back a week or more beyond the previous mid-June estimate. “Unexpected modifications that need to be made to supporting structures set us back a week,” Drye said, adding that crews are “working around the clock” and that additional steel-
workers and laborers were being added daily. In San Juan County, the Skagit River bridge collapse resulted in minimal disruption of tourist travel to the San Juan Islands, according to Deborah Hopkins-Buchanan of San Juan Islands Visitor’s Bureau and Victoria Compton of the Economic Development Council, both of whom updated the county council about the latest visitor numbers at its June 4 meeting. Councilman Rick Hughes noted Washington State Ferries had a 5-percent increase in ferry traffic to the San Juan Islands on Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25, compared with the 2012 holiday weekend. Hughes also said that about 91 percent of the bridge replacement costs would be paid by the federal government. Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s office has released about $150,000 in emergency response
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Hughes credited a quick and coordinated response by the Visitor’s Bureau, the EDC and hotels and inns to provide alternate routes and to assure visitors that ferry runs were unaffected by the closure of I-5 in Mount Vernon. With as many as five alternate routes in each direction, reports of orderly traffic flows were the norm, although the state patrol and the Department of Transportation reported backups on Burlington Boulevard and Riverside Drive and some other roads
east of I-5 in Mount Vernon and Burlington. Hopkins-Buchanan and Max Brown of Sen. Patty Murray’s office are coordinating a meeting schedule for June 11 in Friday Harbor to discuss local problems caused by the bridge collapse. Ten local officials and 10 business leaders in Friday Harbor are meeting separately with state and federal legislators and staff members for an hour each. At least one similar meeting was held in Burlington on Thursday, June 6. The meet-
den to bring to Lopez Fresh or the Grow-A-Row stand at the school. CONTINUED FROM 4 The LIFRC and food bank use cash donations to purable foods to Lopez Fresh, chase food when supply is non-perishable foods and running low, particularly durpersonal care items to the ing the winter months. food bank at Grace Church Eradicating hunger on (there’s a cart for donations Lopez is an ongoing effort, Sign up Ad #1and we’re so fortunate to live at the LVM checkout area), or growing extra in your gar-
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ings are closed to the public and to the press “to encourage a frank exchange of views,” Hopkins-Buchanan said.
in a community with many organizations, churches, businesses, and individuals helping where they can. Things are happening here to make sure that no one is going hungry, and you can be a part of it. Why not choose one way you can help, and make it a regular part of your week?
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