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Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch

Posted by admin on February 22, 2012 No comments

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Wet areas in a landscape can present some real challenges for getting trees to grow well. Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch can be an excellent solution, especially if you would like a tree of modest size, rather than the 40-50 foot height of a standard River Birch, or Niobe Weeping Willow.

Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch displays the same showy cinnamon/copper peeling bark as a full size River Birch, but matures to a very dense round form of 10-12 feet high and wide. Fox Valley is most often allowed to take it’s natural form as a low branched multi-stemmed clump type of ornamental tree, but does lend itself to artful pruning to allow for understory plantings of perennials and shrubs, or creation of a single stem form.

When allowed to grow into its’ natural form, Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch becomes a chubby “butter ball” with some amazing twig density that makes for good low level visual screening even in winter. The opportunity to use Fox Valley as both a focal point in the landscape and a screening tree adds an extra dimension of usefulness for this nice variety that can prosper in damp areas where other trees drown out.

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Dagmar Vasby still ‘extraordinary at 105 years old’

Posted by admin on February 22, 2012 No comments

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Dagmar Vasby, who marked her 105th birthday Sunday, isn’t alwaysquick with a smile.

“Are you the birthday girl?” asked magician Tim Glander, whileperforming Monday at Vasby’s party at Willow Pointe Assisted Livingin Verona, the place the former Cambridge resident has called homethe past eight years.

“You don’t look a day over 40,” he told the centenarian. Shekept a straight face.

He finally did get a grin out of Vasby by making two spongeballs appear from her clenched fist.

“She’s a fascinating lady,” said Ed Meier, who owns the assistedliving facility. “Everybody here has fascinating histories that weget to live every day.”

Vasby’s story includes spending nine years in China as a nursemissionary and another three years in Liberia, before marrying JoeVasby in 1954 and helping raise his five children, whom sheadopted.

At the age of 92, she penned a book about her missionaryexperiences after encouragement from family and friends.

Two copies of her self-published book, “Under the Cloud,” whichshe wrote with the help of Charlene Luchterhand, were stillavailable at Amazon.com Monday. The South Central Library Systemhas three copies in circulation.

During Stalin’s rule, Vasby and three other missionaries spentnine days on a Trans-Siberian train on their way to China. As theytraveled through the Soviet Union, they saw trainloads of desperatepeople headed for Siberia.

“The experience left a terrific impression on us — one that wewould never get over,” Vasby wrote.

“She’s been very caring of people less fortunate than herself,”said her daughter, Marilyn Roum, 75, of Verona. “She’s been aninspiration to lots and lots of people.”

Vasby’s arthritis causes her a lot of pain, and she cannot hearor see well. She’s been confined to a wheelchair the past twoyears. But her mind is sharp and clear.

Lindsay Gracyalny, the facility’s life enrichment coordinator,said Vasby has a good sense of humor.

“She’s very funny,” Gracyalny said. “She is completely with itas far as not much memory loss or anything like that, which ispretty extraordinary at 105 years old.”

Roum said her mother spends much of her time reading historicalfiction, and can often be found at her desk, reading theBible.

“I asked her, ‘Mother, how can you read the small print in yourBible?’ She said, ‘I have most of it memorized’ and she does,” Roumsaid.

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By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept (Moscow Sretensky choir)

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Psalm 136[137], sung by the Moscow Sretensky Choir.

BY the waters of Babylon there we sat down and wept when we remembered thee, O Sion. Alleluia.

As for our harps, we hanged them up upon the willows that are therein. Alleluia.

For they that carried us away captive required of us the words of a song, and they that led us away asked for melody, in our heaviness, ‘Sing us one of the songs of Sion’. Alleluia.

How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? Alleluia.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning. Alleluia.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, yea if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Alleluia.

Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem, how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. Alleluia.

O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery: yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. Alleluia.

Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children, and throweth them against the stones.1 Alleluia.

1 St Augustine of Hippo wrote: “What are the little ones of Babylon? Evil desires at their birth. For there are, who have to fight with inveterate lusts. When lust is born, before evil habit giveth it strength against thee, when lust is little, by no means let it gain the strength of evil habit; when it is little, dash it. But thou fearest, lest though dashed it die not; ‘Dash it against the Rock; and that Rock is Christ.’” (Expositions on the Psalms, Ps 136[137]. Source.)

This is my translation of the Psalm, based on the Septuagint, but where possible using the KJV and Miles Coverdale.

Walking the Puparazzi « Willow House Chronicles

Posted by admin on February 22, 2012 No comments

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Although we have no dogs of our own, we’ve had lots of canine visitors over the past few weeks. The weekend before last, we looked after Seabrooke’s dogs for her while she was involved with a wedding. Here are Raven and Jack enjoying the sun with RailGuy. Unfortunately, it was cold, cold, cold on the days that Jack and Raven were here. Raven is pretty tough but Jack, with his beautiful glossy fine coat, is not built for -20 degree C temperatures. Here he is, all bundled up to go outside.

I’m pretty sure he’s looking forward to spring! This weekend just past, we played host to the corgis, Remy and Pookie. They live more close by, so are used to visiting and settle in easily. The corgis are little powerhouses. Weighing in at about 45 pounds and decked out in dense coats, the pair are indefatigable hikers, no matter what the weather brings. Today was their last day at Willow House, and I took them out for a walk in the woods.

Pookie looks back to see what’s keeping me. What a slowpoke I am! Fortunately, their noses bring them interesting information that they have to stop to investigate, so I easily keep up.

The woods are quiet at this time of year, with just the occasional chickadee breaking the calm. There’s always something to see though. In the photo above is a neat tree stump that has been receiving some attention from a pileated woodpecker.

And here are some mystery tracks in the snow. I have my own personal nature consultant, The Marvelous in Nature writer, my daughter Seabrooke. We conferred on this and other photos. She leaned towards a fox as the mystery passer-by, while I thought it might have been a skunk, called out of hibernation on one of the mild days we’ve had.

And check out the shredded, peeled bark on this branch, evidence of a red squirrel at work.

It wasn’t very cold, minus 5 C or so, but there was a cold breeze and by the time we got back to the house, I was chilled. Not so Remy. When he saw I was headed back inside, he sat down by the birdfeeder and pretended he couldn’t hear my pleas for him to come inside. He sat there for about 10 minutes before he finally concluded I couldn’t be coaxed back outside and relented.

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Texture, bright hues lend spark to dreary landscape

Posted by admin on February 22, 2012 No comments

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Jeff Epping, director of horticulture at Madison’s OlbrichBotanic Gardens, knows what gardeners want. It’s what they wantyear-round, but it’s what they yearn for most right now —color.

But if you didn’t plan for it, you may be staring out at adirty, gray landscape right now.

How to remedy that? Think berries, bark, grasses and more.

Yes, it would be great to see roses in bloom right now, but youlive in Wisconsin, so you take your color where you can get it.

“The idea is to make your garden more beautiful in winter, whichis awfully long here in Wisconsin,” Epping said.

Part of the solution is to plant early bloomers, such assnowdrops, which are one of the first to come out of the ground.And for more color, another early bloomer which is tiny butstartling in its intense blue is Siberian squill.

They don’t just look good, Epping said, they work hard. “I lovethe way they colonize. I prefer the bulbs that perennialize andthat get better with age.”

So instead of putting the time, effort and expense into plantingtulips for the deer to eat, he concentrates on the things thatcritters tend to leave alone, like the wonderful varieties ofdaffodils, including the mini ones called Tete-a-Tete. “You’remissing out if you don’t plant bulbs,” Epping said.

But you’re really missing out if you ignore the shrubs that willgive you early spring color, such as forsythia, he said. “And thereare some great new varieties. A really good cultivar is Sunrise. Aneven smaller one is Happy Centennial. It has a nice little massingform.”

Another underused group of plants, according to Epping, are thegrasses.

“There are so many plants available,” he said, and they are goodfall performers that keep on working through the winter.

“I concentrate on those that don’t spread. There are a number ofmiscanthus such as Adagio that has a nice, fine texture, and it’s agood clump-forming miscanthus.”

He also recommends the native switch grasses, in particularShenandoah. “It’s a nice one with nice red coloration to thefoliage tips.”

And don’t forget about bark and berries. If all you see is atree’s trunk and branches for six months of the year, make sureit’s got interesting bark. And any tree or shrub that has berriesprovides winter interest and the bonus of food for the birds.

“The number one ornamental tree is the ornamental crab apple,”Epping said. And for good disease resistance, he recommends SugarTime or Professor Springer, which has orange fruit instead ofred.

“The first thing you want to think about is to make sure it hasdisease resistance,” he said, because they all have fantasticflowers.

“They’re beautiful in flower but how long does that last? Solook at fruiting quality. You want fruit that lasts all winterlong.”

Cranberry bush viburnum is also good for fruit and will attractbirds to your yard.

“And American bittersweet is absolutely beautiful all winterlong in one of our herb gardens (at Olbrich).”

If you’re interested in bark color, you can’t go wrong with redtwig dogwood, Epping said.

“It’s got that red-orange-yellow bark coloration, and there arelots of different forms and newer varieties. There’s a willow I’mvery high on, Coralbark Willow. It’s actually a tree that can reach50 to 60 feet tall, but we cut it to the ground every three years.Golden Curls willow is another willow I like. It’s kind of a dwarfform of the weeping willow with nice, contorted branches that weep.It only tops out at 25 to 30 feet.”

But don’t go overboard with weeping trees and twisted brancheshe said. “Way too many, and it looks like the Addams family. Alittle goes a long way.”

And then do the easiest of all – leave some of your autumntidying up to the spring.

“I leave as much as possible of the seed heads on perennials andornamental grasses. They add interest and the birds feed on thoseseeds through the winter.”

If you do leave perennials standing, get out there as soon asthe weather warms and the ground firms up. You want to chop downthe old growth before the new growth shows up, Epping said,”because you don’t want to cut through the new growth.”

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FirstEnergy Closing Willow Island Power Station

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New Environmental Protection Agency regulations and seven months from now, 35 men and women once employed at the Willow Island Power Station will be without a job.

“It’s not a great day for us,” explains Mark Durbin, a FirstEnergy Corp. spokesperson. “Anytime you have employees affected regarding an announcement like this, that’s not a good day for the company, but, it’s just something we had to do based on the way the environmental rules are.”

The plant closing is next to the main Pleasants Generating Facility. Durbin says it makes more sense to close the plant than constantly pay to update equipment as new EPA regulations take hold. Durbin says FirstEnergy is working to make sure all Willow Island employees have options come September 1.

“We’ll see if there aren’t some jobs available at the Pleasant Plant, it’s right next door. One third of those employees already qualify for some sort of retirement through FirstEnergy,” Durbin says. “We are also offering what we call a voluntary separation program. If that isn’t workable for some employees, they don’t quite qualify for retirement, they don’t find a job at one of our other locations, there would be a severance that would be available to them.”

Community members say one job is too many to lose in a time when so many are already struggling to survive.

“A small town like st. Marys, about 1,800 people, there aren’t factory jobs just out there,” says St. Marys City Manager, Rick Phillips. “At this time when the economy is not doing so well, I wonder what these employees are going to do for jobs.”___________________________________________________________Willow Island Power Station is one of three aging plants in West Virginia owned by FirstEnergy Corp. that will be shut down later this year. It’s the plant right next door to the Pleasants county generating facility pictured here.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Three aging coal-fired power plants in West Virginia owned by FirstEnergy Corp. will be shut down later this year.

FirstEnergy announced Wednesday that subsidiary Monongahela Power will retire the Albright, Willow Island and Rivesville power stations by Sept. 1. The plants employ a total 105 workers.

Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy attributed the shutdowns to new federal environmental regulations.

The regulations are designed to reduce emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal- and oil-fired plants.

FirstEnergy says the three plants’ total generating capacity is about 3 percent of the electricity produced by the company. Over the past three years, they generated less than 1 percent of the company’s electricity and served mostly as peaking facilities.

Six coal-fired power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland also will be retired.

PRESS RELEASE: Office of Governor Earl Ray Tomblin

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today issued the following statement after learning First Energy Corporation will close three of its West Virginia coal-fired power plants this year, affecting 105 workers and their families, due to strict federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

“This is another example of how the EPA is costing us good jobs in West Virginia and throughout Appalachia,” Gov. Tomblin said. “When the EPA adopts regulations they continue to fail to take into account the real-life effects these rules have on hard working Americans like those who have dedicated themselves to First Energy at the West Virginia locations. I urge the EPA to respectfully and accurately review the entire impact of their decisions-from environmental to economical- because individuals, families and communities are forever changed by their short-sighted decisions.”

PRESS RELEASE: Office of Representative (R)David McKinley

Washington, D.C. – First Energy Corporation announced Wednesday it will close three coal-fired plants in West Virginia later this year due to the EPA’s newest proposed guideline, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Regulation. All three plants are located within the First District, and the closures are expected to leave 105 West Virginians unemployed. The new rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register next week.

“Today’s news is devastating for the 105 men and women – and their families – who will be affected by these Obama layoffs,” McKinley said. “In 2008, President Obama promised his radical environmentalist campaign donors he would eliminate coal-fired power plants, and now we are watching it slowly come to full fruition.

“His latest attempt to eradicate coal and other related industries comes in the form of yet another regulation-the MATS rule. What is being called the most expensive regulation in history is having a direct effect on my constituents, and I’m taking it personally. West Virginia’s economy is heavily dependent on the use of coal. Consequently, protecting the jobs for men and women in the coal industry must remain our top priority. Because of this new rule, First Energy will be forced to close their plants in northern West Virginia district and retire an additional six facilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. This will leave another 500 hardworking taxpayers looking for a job.

“The House continues to pass bipartisan legislation that will discontinue Obama’s war on coal and end EPA overregulation. These bills – my coal ash legislation, the TRAIN Act, the REINS Act and others – are stacking up like cordwood over in the Senate, and I cannot for the life of me understand why Senator Reid doesn’t seem interested in passing these bills and creating more American jobs. When the President campaigns on his perception of a ‘do nothing Congress,’ he should look no further than his Democratic colleagues in the Senate. Had the Senate passed even one of the House-passed, regulation repealing measures, who knows how many American jobs we could have already saved?”

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Seedlings, Bluebird and other nesting boxes available

Posted by admin on February 22, 2012 No comments

The year 2012 is the 26th year the Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District is offering bare root planting stock through its Tree & Shrub Conservation Planting Program.

A good selection of 11 evergreen seedlings and transplants and 22 deciduous tree and shrub seedlings are offered for sale. New species this year include osier dogwood and stream-co willow. These two plants can be used for stream bank restoration/protection which is needed after the flooding last September.

Ten of any one species can be purchased or a choice can be made from the 10 packs of assorted species for different uses. For other planting needs, ground covers, wild ferns, wildflowers and berries are available. The last order date is March 30. Orders will be available for pick up on April 20 and 21.

Buebird nesting boxes are available again this year. A limited supply of nesting boxes for other small birds is also available. Male bluebirds return to this area in late February and early March to find nesting sites for the spring. Bluebird boxes should be put up soon.

Staff members of the Soil and Water Conservtion District can advise landowners on what species are best suited to their soil and the type of planting desired such as windbreaks, wildlife habitat, stream bank protection, ground covers, borders, Christmas trees, reforestation and other conservation uses.

Proceeds from the sale will help support Conservation District Programs. For order forms and more information contact the Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District, 183 Corporate Dr., Owego, NY 13827, or e-mail .ny.us.

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DIA to display art in three cities

Posted by admin on February 22, 2012 No comments

“You’ve gotta have art.”The Detroit Institute of Arts is living by its motto by bringing art to the people.On Monday, the Wyandotte City Council approved the city’s participation in the DIA’s Inside/Out project.On Tuesday, Taylor’s council approved the program, as well.Trenton also will be taking part in the project.The program will bring large reproductions of masterpieces from the DIA’s collection to the streets of metro Detroit this spring.According to information the DIA gave participating communities, 80 framed reproductions of the museum’s most famous works will be displayed on main streets and landmark outdoor spaces in the Detroit area.“By reimagining area cities and suburbs as a grand, open air gallery, the project aims to connect with audiences outside of traditional museum walls,” the museum said in a promotional piece.The project debuted in late 2010. A framed reproduction of Caravaggio’s circa 1598 masterpiece, “The Conversion of the Magdalen,” spent several months gracing the walls outside Biddle Gallery in Wyandotte as part of the program’s inaugural season.It was a big hit for the museum, which this year will expand its offerings in Wyandotte. Continued…

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Tell Me a Story: The Willow Wife (a Japanese folktale)

Posted by admin on February 22, 2012 No comments

By Adapted by Amy Friedman and illustrated by Jillian Gilliland Published: 2:00 AM – 02/13/12
Once upon a time, a beautiful willow tree stood near the center of a village. Everyone who passed the tree marveled at its strength and beauty. In spring and summertime, when those branches waved in the wind, people admired the willow’s elegance and grace. In wintertime, when the willow’s branches were covered with snow, it protected people, like a huge umbrella.

A young man named Hiroshi lived with his family, and from his bedroom window he could see the tree. Each morning when Hiroshi woke, he looked out his window and sighed with pleasure at the sight of the tree waving in the wind, proud and sturdy in the rain, exquisite in the sunshine. When Hiroshi walked to school, he passed the tree. He often stopped to admire it, taking in its beauty and its scent.

One day the village elders decided it was time to build a bridge over the river. Soon the workmen began to chop down trees for timber for that bridge. When Hiroshi, now a young man, heard the sound of those axes, his heart skipped a beat; he feared his beloved willow might fall. He visited the elders to beg for mercy for the tree. “I love the willow,” he said. “I will give you money — anything it takes to save this tree from the builders’ axes.”

Impressed by Hiroshi’s devotion, the elders granted his wish, and the willow tree was saved.

After this, Hiroshi was more grateful than ever for the willow tree. He began to visit it every morning and every night. Many days he stood beneath its branches and said prayers of thanks for all the gifts of this world — for his family, for the birds and beasts, and most especially for this tree, which gave him such joy. Some days he whispered his troubles to the willow tree. When he had finished, he felt healed. He was so certain that the willow understood. His devotion grew deeper as he grew older.

As Hiroshi approached the tree one evening, he saw a beautiful woman standing in the place where he usually said his prayers. He walked up to her and bowed. “Dear lady,” he said, “are you waiting for someone?”?

“He will not come,” she said, smiling sweetly at him.

“What kind of man is this who does not meet such a fair woman?” Hiroshi replied. “It is a terrible thing when love is not returned.”

“He loves me,” the woman said.

“But he does not come to you,” he said. “Why is that?”

She smiled warmly. “His heart has always been here, under the willow tree,” and then she disappeared.

But the next night she was there again, and once again they talked. They spoke of the loveliness of this spot, of the peaceful night, the watchful stars. The next night they met again. The young woman told Hiroshi that her name was Kaori, but when he began to ask her more questions, she waved her hand. “Ask me nothing more about my family,” she said. “You know all that you must know.”

Hiroshi thought that she was shy, and he did not press her.

The next night they met again. Soon they were deeply in love, so one night Hiroshi asked her to marry him.

“I will,” Kaori said, “but promise you will never ask me about my past.”

“I promise,” Hiroshi said, for he did not care about that. He knew this was a woman he loved as dearly as he loved the willow tree.

Soon they married, and the next year they had a son they named Daiki. They were the happiest family in Japan. Everyone said so. They were always smiling and laughing, so pleased were they by the gift of their love for each other.

The years passed, and the willow tree near their home became a place the couple often wandered to say their prayers of thanks. One day they were in the village when they heard the story of the emperor who wished to build a temple to Kwannon, the goddess of mercy.

“He needs timber from every village,” the people said. “He asks for our most sacred trees.”

Hiroshi’s heart contracted when he heard these words. “We must not cut down our willow,” he said, but no matter how long and hard he argued, the elders of the village disagreed.

“We have no tree as large and beautiful as the willow,” they said. “It will be our most sacred gift for the most sacred of all temples.”

A few days later, Hiroshi was in bed when he woke to the sound of axes, and he knew they were chopping down his beloved tree. Beside him, Kaori shuddered. “My love,” she whispered into her husband’s ear, “my hair is falling from my body.”

“What do you mean?” Hiroshi asked, and he put his arms around her. He felt her trembling.

“My limbs are shattering!” she cried. Tears began to run down her face.?

“No, my dear, you are only dreaming,” he said, and he held her closer.

Suddenly there was a loud crash outside. In that instant, his wife disappeared. He lay in bed holding only a long, slender branch of golden willow leaves. Kaori’s sweet scent and tender body were gone.

“Where are you, Kaori?” he cried, but now, too late, he understood that the woman he had always loved was the spirit of the willow.

Hiroshi and Daiki mourned deeply the loss of their gentle, loving wife and mother. But they never forgot to give thanks for the blessing of her love, which had given them both life and happiness.

“Tell Me a Story 3: Women of Wonder,” the third CD in the audiobook series, is now available. For more information, visit mythsandtales.com.

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Hammond Outdoor Sports Show featured a variety of storylines

Posted by admin on February 22, 2012 No comments

By Dale Bowman Post-Tribune correspondent February 9, 2012 11:28PM

Updated: February 10, 2012 2:06AM

Dave Gearman lucked into drawing one of the rare elk permits in Kentucky in 2009. Then the Highland man went one better on Oct. 19, 2009, shooting the largest elk — a 7×6 measured at 325 inches — bagged with a muzzleloader in Kentucky.

The notes from the 28th Hammond Outdoor Sports Show the last weekend in January were far-flung.

When Gearman took the head to be mounted by Peter Lenzo at Scale-n-Down Taxidermy in Hammond, the head was so big — think Don King’s hair — Lenzo had to work on it in his garage. Then Gearman had trouble fitting it in his house.

For a hunter, that’s a good problem.

What stopped me at Lenzo’s booth was his mount of a fox leaping at a pheasant. What snapped it off was the “No Trespassing sign.’’ Lenzo’s wife said that was the hard part, finding the right kind of sign. She found it at an antique store in Michigan.

The most practical item for shore fishermen was the Folding Fish’N Crate — a wheeled plastic, folding crate for fishermen to lug stuff around in — made by Hammond Park District’s own Jim Sajdyk. At the show, it was $16 basic, $28 with rod holders added.

Glen Gajewski at the Mik-Lurch Fishing Tackle Outlet booths said one of the best sellers were Lew’s reels, which come with their own story.

The late Lew Childre, son of a Grand Ole Opry star, was an innovator. Decades back, Lew’s rods were aspired-to items for fishermen. His reels brought in breakthrough technology, such as the disengaging levelwind.

Childre died in a plane crash July 26, 1977. In recent years, the brand is under ownership of Do Outdoors Inc., and family friend Lynn Reeves, who is trying to bring the brand back to its premier place.

After his seminar, Mike Norris mentioned one of the little things he learned as he grew older and smarter was to carry a plastic whistle on a lanyard, wrapped around his wrist. That way if he is tossed overboard while fishing, he at least has a way to signal for help.

The most interesting tackle item Norris found was the Larry Dahlberg Clackin’ Crayfish. He bought the last pair at The Angler’s Outlet booth.

Hunter’s Ed: Lake County Parks hunter’s education safety course will be held at Cedar Creek Family Golf Center on March 16 and 17. Pre-registration is required, and these classes fill quickly. Register at (219) 947-PARK.

Fishing notes: Learn about fishing Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore from 1-2 p.m. Saturday at the visitor center. Call (219) 395-1882 or go to nps.gov/indu. … The northerly blow forecast through Saturday will likely put on hold the early fishing for brown trout and coho on southern Lake Michigan. Reports of early coho had been coming from Michigan City, the Ditch, Gary Light and outside East Chicago Marina. … With harbor water temperatures about 37 degrees, whitefish have started a return to shoreline. … Pockets of safe ice may build in spots by this weekend. But I doubt it for the area’s top ice-fishing destination at Willow Slough. As Thursday morning, it was wide open, making ice fishing there this weekend unlikely.

Show notes: The Tinley Park (Ill.) Fishing and Outdoor Show (tinleyparkfishingshow.com) is this weekend at Tinley Park High School in Chicago’s south suburbs. … Indiana’s big 10-day show — the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Travel Show (indianapolisboatsportandtravelshow.com) at Indiana State Fairgrounds — begins next Friday, as does the accompanying three-day Deer, Turkey and Waterfowl Expo.

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