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Need for wood highlights US insect problems Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:33AMCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Months of heavy rains throughout the South are forcing International Paper Co. to look beyond its usual suppliers for wood for its central South Carolina mill and turn to places that are known to have tree-destroying gypsy moths.
Woman dies after 5-vehicle Bowling Green crash Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:30AMBOWLING GREEN - A Bowling Green woman died after being injured in a five-vehicle crash on North Main Street in the city, authorities said yesterday. Christa L. Bowen, 35, driver of one of the vehicles, was pronounced dead about 11 p.m. Monday at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Bowling Green police Lt. Tony Hetrick said. Ms. Bowen had a green light when turning south onto North Main from a ...
Renda already making his presence felt at Cal Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:09AMBERKELEY — Cal freshman Tony Renda has one of the most unassuming statures on the diamond. Listed at 5-foot-9, he is one of the smallest players on the Bears’ roster.
Graduate assistant dies in car accident Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 5:58AMA Biological Sciences graduate teaching assistant was killed in a traffic accident Monday evening near Kroger.Christa Bowen, 35, was leaving the Kroger parking lot, turning south onto North Main Street, when Lehman Myers, 81, of Toledo, struck her vehicle on the passenger side,...
Parents of skateboarder going along for the ride Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 4:06AMAt 12 years old, Colin Kendall can fly, and he loves it. He doesn't just fly, though, he performs tricks with names like battle ship, rainbow, kink and 180.
Sewing group keeps troops cool Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:57AMA group of ladies from Wood County had a sew-sew day Tuesday.
Need for wood highlights US insect problems Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:18AMCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — International Paper Co. has had to look beyond its usual suppliers for wood for its central South Carolina mill and turn to places that are known to have tree-destroying gypsy moths.
Need for wood highlights US insect problems Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:08AMMonths of heavy rains throughout the South are forcing International Paper Co. to look beyond its usual suppliers for wood for its central South Carolina mill and turn to places that are known to have tree-destroying gypsy moths. The extensive steps federal regulators are requiring the company to take to make sure the pests don't get a foothold in the region highlight just how worrisome the ...
Need for wood highlights US insect problems Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 2:45AMMonths of heavy rains throughout the South are forcing International Paper Co. to look beyond its usual suppliers for wood for its central South Carolina mill and turn to places that are known to have tree-destroying gypsy moths. The extensive steps federal... South Carolina - United States - Insect - Gypsy moth - Business and Economy
Need for wood highlights US insect problems Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 2:33AMMonths of heavy rains throughout the South are forcing International Paper Co. to look beyond its usual suppliers for wood for its central South Carolina mill and turn to places that are known to have tree-destroying gypsy...
Arts briefs Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 11:30PMCall for filmmakers: The Mesilla Valley Film Society, an all-volunteer organization, announces its first short film contest.
Turning Gas Flares into Fuel Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 11:02PMMicroreactor developers race to turn troublesome gas into usable crude oil. Natural gas may be the cleanest fossil fuel, but it can be an unnecessary pest when it's produced as waste from remote offshore oil wells. Brazilian state oil company Petrobras is fueling a race between two developers of modular chemical reactors that could turn this "associated gas" into synthetic crude.
Agarwood needs protection: Expert Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 10:20PMDOHA: GCC countries should take the right choice immediately to protect the depleting Agarwood (Oudh) resources. The Agarwood trade industry with its billion dollar value is in high need for proper management for its sustainable continuation, according to an expert.
Local artist ‘takes risks’ with work Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 9:52PMA Portage la Prairie artist is feeling excited with the opening of her first solo art exhibition. At the Portage and District Arts Centre on March 4, Gerry LIttle enjoyed the opening of her show, Insight Out, that runs until April 17.[...]
Clock winds down on Lucas County appraisal group Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 2:09PMBy TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Sitting in a car outside an East Toledo home with two other appraisers, Lucas County Deputy Barb Lau remains quiet while her colleagues debate the fair-market value of a house that is destined to be sold at sheriff's auction. "I think we're talking 25, 27 max," says Tony Kirdahy, meaning a top market value of $27,000. A real estate salesman with 40 years of ...
G-P lab site waits for buyer Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:18AMFor sale: A Camas laboratory campus that once thrived with researchers bent to their test tubes in search of efficiencies for the town’s giant paper mill. Lab researchers experimented with making paper out everything from grass clippings to cherry tree bark to synthetic wood pulp to bagasse, a fibrous residue of sugar cane.
Timeless appeal Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:00AMWith Daylight Savings Time marching into our lives again Sunday (set your clocks forward an hour), it's obvious the century-old concept of wristwatches ticks on -- their role certainly diminished by time, but their allure unvanquished.
Sports Calendar Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 1:40AMThis list is updated at least weekly. A short version including imminent events appears on Fridays in the sports section. Submit items by e-mail to sports@timesfreepress.com, by fax to (423) 668-5049 or by mail to Sports Dept., Chattanooga Times Free Press, 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403.
Meridian, Beaverton to meet in district final Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:26AMSANFORD -- Alan Van Nortwick gave Meridian a huge lead Wednesday. And then he punctuated the Mustangs' victory with a play that even his opponents had to applaud.
Getting back on course Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:02AMA sanctuary is a sacred or holy place that provides immunity or refuge in trying times. That was the inspiration behind the name for the 187 acres of rolling prairie now home to Sanctuary Golf Course in New Lenox. The property -- sandwiched between railroad tracks and Hickory Creek, north of Route 30 and surrounded by large homes -- has endured a far less peaceful history than its name suggests.
You Are a Tamagotchi: Turning Your Health Into a Game Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:43PMThe key to your health may be the feedback loop that a lot of new health data-gathering gadgets can create. It's like a game where your stats are the score, and a better score means better health.
War Of The Worlds Mock Documentary Is Coming Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:10PMby Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 12, 2010 A new live-action movie based on H.G. Wells' seminal science fiction alien invasion novel, The War of the Worlds, is in post production, it was announced by Pendragon Pictures.
Minding your ABCs in the climate change debate Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:39PMCrikey readers weigh in on ABC chairman Maurice Newman and climate change (it never ends), Abbott's baby bonus and public hospital reform plans.
Wallpower Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:41PMCUSTOMERS coming into Santa Cruz Stoves & Fireplaces sounded alarm bells. "There's a kid outside the store with cans of paint," they told employees worriedly. "He looks like he's going to spray the walls!"
Fallen giants turned inside, out Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:13PMTrash left by the men who milled Northland's giant kauri forests is becoming treasure at the hands of master wood-turner Terry Schischka, of Carterton.
Tentative early years Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:04PMA large compound located alongside the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi province was once home to city hall.
Fort Myers golfer, 88, tickled to shoot age sixth straight year Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:41PMThe first time Fort Myers resident Mike Hackett shot his age, when he was 82, it was neither his goal nor something he'd considered doing.
Pick Your Poison Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:42PM"You can imagine how this thing loomed,” science journalist Deborah Blum told me on a recent soggy winter day as we lingered outside the shuttered sanitarium at Bellevue Hospital on First Avenue. The Pulitzer Prize–winning 55-year-old journalist was dressed all in black. We stared through rusted iron gates. The old building is eerily decrepit; its red brick has nearly turned gray, and the walls ...
Rocks 1 Carshalton 0 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:10PMRichard Hudson's sweet strike earned the Rocks their second win in four days - and got the green army believing they can stay in the Ryman premier division.
LIVE: Rocks v Carshalton Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:40PMIt's another massive in the Rocks' battle to stay in the Ryman premier division as they welcome fellow strugglers Carshalton to Nyewood Lane tonight.
Reading's Giliati Named ECHL Player Of The Week Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:34PMPRINCETON, N.J. -Stefano Giliati of the Reading Royals is the Sher-wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for March 1-7. He also received the honor for the week of Oct. 25 - Nov. 1, 2009.
Commissioners discuss snow day regulations Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:40PMLamar County Com-missioners Monday dealt with a seldom discussed problem — snow days. The issue of who can decide on when to close county offices was the topic.
Obituaries, Nov. 5 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:09AMHeaven opened her arms to welcome home Richard (Dick) Kling on Saturday, Oct. 24. There to greet him was his beloved Boston Bull Terrier, Paddy.
Gardening questions: 42-50 - Matt Jackson answers lawn questions Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:50AMThe quest for the perfect lawn can become an obsession. Matt Jackson answers a few of your most pressing concerns.
Hunstanton: No decision made over Kit Kat plan Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:18AMTHE decision on whether to build what has been labelled a "monstrosity" on Hunstanton's former Kit Kat Club site has been deferred. (09/03/2010 10:30:49)
A Community of Ovens Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:53AMFor most of us, cooking is more or less a solitary event. Kitchen stoves, office microwaves, and dorm room toaster ovens fry, zap and roast our turkey sausages and hot pockets. The Food Network beams braised duck and truffle polenta recipes into our living rooms while we hurriedly transcribe their instructions. It hasn’t always been this way… Long before the advent of automated heat we gathered ...
The Five-Year Race To Save India's Vanishing Tigers Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:44PMWith some conservationists claiming only 800 tigers still live in the wild, radical steps are needed if the species isn't to disappear from India within five years.
The big, bad drought-breaker Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:22AMSPORTING LIFE God bless the Big, Bad, Bustling one … Indeed, maybe God has blessed him already.
Retirement village aimed at suburban elderly Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:17AMRyman Healthcare is to build a $90 million retirement village in north Christchurch aiming to attract up to 450 residents from nearby suburbs Mairehau, Shirley and St Albans.
Veitch on racing: Awesome Act now in picture Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:15AMWith a dirt debut like that, the Kentucky Derby is now in the picture.
Local history: Homemade meals of the 19th century far cry from today's fare Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:28AMThink for a moment about what you do every day to feed yourself or your family. Now take yourself back in time about 160 years to the Lackawanna Valley of the mid-19th century. If we could peek into the kitchens of that time, what would we see? How did r
Kelso gets to work cleaning up abandoned, foreclosed properties Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:50AMOne property at a time, the city of Kelso is working to createstable, more attractive neighborhoods.
Cougars fall short Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:12AMFRANKLIN - They owned a six-point lead with six minutes left, a five-point lead with five minutes left, but the Tri-County Regional High boys' basketball team was unable to close the deal in the semifinal round of the Mass. Vocational Schools Tournament Thursday.
Norwich beats up Babson Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:08AMNORTHFIELD – The top-seeded Norwich Cadets easily claimed the ECAC East championship title on Saturday by skating to a 4-1 men's college hockey victory over No. 5 Babson. ... - By KRIS MARTIN CORRESPONDENT
Consumers create a wish list for their decks and patios Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:07PMWhen it comes to enjoying leisure time, a growing number of people are staying home and taking full advantage of their decks and patios.
'Rabbit Lady' Tells Her Side of the Story Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:40PMVelma Muessemyer says she doesn't have much use for a name. 'Everyone just calls me the rabbit lady,' she said. 'That's how everybody knows me.'
'Once A Spy' Excerpt: Keith Thomson's Satirical Thriller (Part Three) Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:15PMWhat's Your Reaction? Over the next few weeks, HuffPost Books will be rolling out a series of excerpts from Part One of Keith Thomson's debut novel, " Once a Spy ." Read Thomson's introductory blog, "What Happens to a Spy with Alzheimer's?"
Slugger Museum Looks Into Baseball's Past Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:04PMThe Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory mixes baseball memorabilia with a close-up look at how the famed bats are crafted.
Slugger Museum Looks Into Baseball's Past Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:03PMLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Grabbing a bat once swung by Johnny Bench brought a rush of cherished memories for James Montgomery during a visit to the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory -- where baseball memorabilia mixes with a close-up look at how the famed bats are crafted.
Does elite golf training make a difference? Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:15PMIan Poulter (right) is congratulated by Paul Casey after his 4-and-2 victory in the finals of the Accenture Match Play Championship.