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Bugs and plants he bugs move in today. But already, there are several carnivorous plants lying in wait as the Sawtooth Botanical Garden prepares for its annual Bug Zoo Festival on Sunday. “We are, after all a botanical garden. So we figured it would be interesting to include a few of these plants,” said the garden’s education director Allison Kennedy. The Venus fly trap, pitcher plant and sun dew are the
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carnivorous plants that will take their place among more bug-friendly plants. The pitcher plant, for instance, uses nectar to attract flies and other insects to a deep cavity known as a pitfall trap. The sides of the pitcher are covered with hairs that keep it from crawling out. The plant then secretes enzymes to digest the insects. Youngsters and parents alike can see these as well as such bugs as monarch butterflies and painted ladies during the Bug Zoo Festival from 1 to 4
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p.m. Sunday at the garden, which lies a couple miles south of Ketchum at Highway 75 and Gimlet Road. The display will also be open to the public from 1:30 to 5 p.m. weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends through May 8. Sunday’s Bug Zoo festival, themed “Bugs: A to Z,” will feature a list of bugs as long as the alphabet. Children will be given passport books for which they can collect stamps for
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The Venus fly trap snaps shut when an insect or spider comes in contact Photo: KAREN BOSSICK/TWP with a couple of the tiny hairs on its leaves.
‘Tapped’ film to show at Liberty for Earth Day By KATHLEEN L. TURNER
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f you had a choice between spending a few pennies vs. several dollars for an item, would there be any question about which to choose? If the quality of both items was about the same, and one was packaged efficiently, the other in a plastic bottle that would be around for decades, maybe even centuries, after you’ve had your way with it, would that affect your choice? We’re talking plastic water bottles here. Americans pitch about 38 billion of them into landfills each year. That’s a lot of petro-product. Consider the other costs that go into making those convenient but persistent packages: energy to fire up a furnace to 600 degrees Fahrenheit, water to cool the extruded bottles, fans to cool the factories, more energy to run the automated manufacturing lines. And to think you could have just walked over to the tap and poured yourself some of the exact same product for pennies on the dollar. Perhaps it’s time to rethink that “convenient” purchase. In honor of Earth Day, Thurs., April 22, Citizens for Smart Growth and the Idaho Conservation League are hosting a showing of the film “Tapped,” at the Liberty Theatre. The film will begin at 6 p.m. and runs 80 minutes, exploring the bottled water phenomenon. The award-winning film will
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Take it to the ‘Max’ with Second Time Around
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