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question of the week
Three male young offenders from Sechelt are being investigated by Sunshine Coast RCMP following a break-in at Chatelech Secondary School early Saturday morning.

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Botanical Gardens at Asheville to celebrate 50th anniversary
ASHEVILLE — Fifty years ago, Botanical Gardens at Asheville opened as a 10-acre public garden focused on native plants.

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Garden plans coming together
All the elements of a planned community garden at Morgan Community College are starting to come together as the time for an April planting nears.

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Shopping trip gets spring off to a good start
Saturday – the first official day of spring – dawned sunny and warm. But instead of going to the garden to work, I went to the garden center to shop.

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Towns spruce up with plants as part of county initiative
Urban farming and community gardening are being seen as possible steps in reinventing the McKees Rocks Bottoms as an area that can attract both commercial and residential development.

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Upcoming Home And Garden Events
‘Greenscape’ Gardening Focus Of Symposium The Connecticut Master Gardener Association and UConn Extension Service will present a daylong symposium on “greenscape gardening” March 27 at Manchester Community College.

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Feng shui techniques can add tranquil quality to gardens
Gardens can relax or energize you, depending on their design. Balance the energy flow in your landscape to ensure it will be comfortable and harmonious. The Chinese have used this method of design for many thousands of years. It is called feng shui, pronounced “fung shway.”

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Wednesday’s Last Word on Tuesday
Redistricting “I attended the redistricting meeting and heard several residents ask the WJC School Board to fix problems at D.J. Montague Elementary. I listened to parents ask for help through redistricting to allow more affluent neighborhoods to be redistricted to go there and how unfair the process was last time. Montague had failing SOL scores two years before Matoaka opened, with Governor’s …

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Welcome spring at Sugarloaf Crafts Festival
Spring arrives on Saturday, and with the change in season comes the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Oaks this weekend.For more than 30 years, the nation’s most talented artisans have sold their contemporary crafts and fine art at Sugarloaf Craft Festivals, rated as one of the top craft experiences in the country.

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Shopping | Secrets from the bottoms
Shopping in Kansas City’s West Bottoms feels like searching out a speakeasy.If you drive do

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Today’s Mystery Bird for you to Identify [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)]
tags: birds , mystery bird , bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed out of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Paul Sweet, 4 August 2007 [ larger view ]. NOTE: Unless you are a beginning bird watcher, PLEASE wait 24 hours before identifying this bird. (Intermediate-expert birders are encouraged to use puns, anagrams, poetry references or …

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Exotic bird leaves Edmonton neighbourhood in a flap
EDMONTON An exotic bird believed to be a peacock that escaped from its backyard has managed to elude firefighters, police and neighbours by hopping from roof to roof, at one point flying 20 feet up a tree then disappearing.

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John Key’s mining plans – 100% Dumb
It is astounding that John Key can not see how potentially damaging his plans to mine on pristine protected land will be to New Zealand’s tourism industry, Labour’s Tourism spokesperson Kelvin Davis said today.

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Passion of ‘Arry blended so well with those of Noble Art
Maybe it’s the sign of a misspent youth when the phrases of commentators are recalled as quickly as those of a parent’s chiding but then Harry Carpenter’s voice was as golden as the Las Vegas sun under which he called many a World title fight. Related Stories Ireland’s success keeps them in the money Giants ruin the party but Blaze lift title

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Sand roads in Cheyenne Bottoms need improvement
Signs of spring are all around us. Flowers are blooming.

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In hot humid weather, green mold can easily form in the bottoms of your birdbaths. You should monitor birdbaths frequently for green mold and clean them immediately. I recommend using Clorox Cleanup and paper towels. Be sure to rinse out the birdbaths thoroughly with fresh water before you refill them.