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| THE DAY IS A TOSSUP |
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| HEAT STRESSED BIRCH LEAVES |
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| FALL WEB WORM "TENT"... |
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| ...CATERPILLARS FEEDING INSIDE |
Many trees are showing heat stressed leaves, such as the yellowing of the leaves on this young birch. Heat stressed leaves may also turn brown around the edges or even fall off. The rain and cooler temperatures will reduce leaf stress greatly.
We told you about a bad accident on Hwy. 13 on Monday at noon, but didn’t know the details. Turns out a 23 year old woman lost control of the vehicle, it rolled over, and all five occupants were thrown out. A two year old girl died, and two other young children are in critical condition. A fifteen year old girl and the driver were seriously injured. None were wearing seat belts or were in child seats.
Fall web worm “tents” are beginning to show up on roadside trees. The caterpillars feed inside the web, which they expand as they eat more leaves. The webs or tents usually are situated on the ends of branches. Tent caterpillars appear in the spring and their structures are usually in branch crotches. Tent caterpillars can be quite destructive since they start feeding early in the season. Fall web worms usually do limited damage. The easiest way to control them is to prune off the webbing with the caterpillars inside and burn or bury it. The adult of the web worm is a small white moth.
President Obama is still trying to control the controversy over his “you didn’t build that” remark about business owners. He says that that “that” that he spoke of referred to bridges and roads, not the businesses that owners built. Bill Clinton said that it all depended upon what the meaning of the word “is” is. Barack Obama says that it all depends on the meaning of that “that.”
“Is” it time that an English teacher were elected president?
Is ”that” a good idea? It all depends, I guess.
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