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Big Time Setback For Whooping Crane February 15, 2007

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According To  Kathleen Gibson, Birding Editor, BellaOnline, my favourite Bird Site, I would Like To Share This With You,

Hi again…just in case a few of our readers haven’t heard, I’m sending this extra newsletter. On Friday, Feb. 2 a Florida storm struck a devastating blow to the efforts of conservationists to reestablish crane populations.

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677 GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE - Protection February 14, 2007

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 Please Call YOUR own local service provider to confirm this.  I did call mine, and yes, mine linked to the OPP.  I now have that number on the back of my cell phone!I received an email about this approximately one year ago, but safety is an ongoing issue and it never hurts to be updated.
Good Information to havepulled up behind her and put his lights on. Lauren’s parents have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called 677 on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind her. The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she and there weren’t, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back up already on the way.

Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind her. One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car behind. They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes.

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Gardening By The Moon February 14, 2007

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Accortding To: The Old Farmers Almanac!

Some gardeners put their full faith and trust in the idea of gardening by the Moon — that is, setting out plants when the Moon either is full or on its way to being new, or when the Moon is new or on its way to being full. They swear by the outcome: bigger harvests and bigger blooms. 

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