| Girl Scouts go nuts for clean water
PATTERSON CREEL RD - Local Mineral County Girl Scouts of Shawnee Council troop members, along with leaders, friends, and family gathered at Camp Minco recently to help restore native forests and protect streams throughout the Potomac River region . . . one acorn at a time.The native seed collection was one of hundreds that were part of this year's annual Growing Native, a year-round volunteer program that engages people of all ages in getting nuts and planting trees for clean water.Growing Native is helping to make the rivers and streams of the Potomac region healthier for future generations. .
Historic Delta Queen's Future In Doubt
LITTLE ROCK -- The uniqueness that has made the 81-year-old Delta Queen a tourist attraction on various rivers, including the Arkansas, could leave those river travelers and the cities they visit high and dry."It would be a shame if the Delta Queen is retired," said Lee Powell, executive director of the Mississippi Delta Grassroots Caucus."The Delta Queen has a substantial economic impact on Delta towns where it stops," said Rex Nelson, co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority.Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., cited safety reasons when he refused to exempt the steam-powered paddleboat for a 10th time from 1966 legislation known as the Safety of Life at Sea Act.The act prohibits wooden boats from carrying more than 50 overnight passengers. The Delta Queen carries up to 174.In response to the decision by the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, 1st District Rep.
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble: "Make music, not war"
The Virginia Arts Festival presents Yo-Yo Ma and the "Silk Road Ensemble," in concert at Chrysler Hall, Feb. 25.
"Make music, not war" was easily the idealized subtext of the eagerly anticipated appearance of celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his "Silk Road Ensemble," performing as a prelude to the April opening of the Virginia Arts Festival's 10th season.
Ma formed the Silk Road Project in 1998 "...to promote collaboration and a sense of community among institutions, artists, and audiences who share a fascination with the transcultural artistic organization symbolized by the ancient Silk Road" which, some 2100 years ago, extended from Japan and China across Central Asia to India, Iran, and the regions associated with the Mediterranean Sea.
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George Soros Buys Countrywide Financial Corp., National Oilwell Varco Inc., Peabody Energy Corp., Garmin Ltd., ...
As usual, George Soros has large portfolio turnovers. Over the past quarter, he sold 375 stocks. These are the summary of his new purchases during the third quater. Soros owns more than 600 stocks in $2.2 billion. New Purchases: ABXA, ACO, ADBL, AEIS, AEZ, AGO, AIMC, ALEX, AMKR, AMRI, AMSC, AMWD, AMZN, ANDE, ANF, ANGO, AP, APOG, APPB, ARBA, ARGN, ARII, ARJ, ASCA, ASEI, ASGN, ASPV, ASVI, AT, ATAC, ATU, AVR, AXCA, AZO, AZZ, BBBY, BBI, BBND, BECN, BEXP, BGFV, BIO, BKI, BKR, BLDR, BMI, BNE, BOOM, BQI, BRC, BRCD, BSX, BTU, BW, BYD, BYI, CAKE, CAMP, CAS, CBZ, CCC, CDI, CENTA, CENX, CFC, CGI, CHB, CHTT, CIR, CKR, CL, CLC, CLDN, CLNE, CLZR, CMCO, CNET, CNMD, COV, CRAI, CRI, CSH, CSIQ, CVGI, CYCL, CYD, DE, DECK, DEL, DFG, DHR, DKS, DM, DRA, DRC, DTG, DTPI, EBAY, EBF, ECL, EK, EPAX, EPL, ESEA, EXAR, EXM, EXP, FCEL, FCGI, FCN, FIX, FLE, FLOW, FOSL, FRG, FRNT, FRPT.OB, FSTR, FTEK, FTK, GBX, GD, GGC, GLDD, GLT, GMCR, GME, GPOR, GRMN, GTIV, GTLS, GVA, GW, HAS, HAYN, HHGP, HL, HLYS, HNI, HNR, HOKU, HOT, HPC, HRH, HS, HTH, HW, HWCC, ICON, IEV, IGT, IHP, IIIN, IKN, ILF, IMCL, INFS, INSP, INTC, INWK, IPCR, IRBT, ISSC, ITW, JADE, JBX, JCP, JOSB, JWN, KALU, KFRC, KG, KNXA, KSU, LCAV, LEA, LII, LMS, LNN, LSTR, LTM, LYO, LYTS, M, MAR, MAT, MATW, MDS, MDTL, MEH, MESA, MFB, MFN, MGI, MKSI, MLHR, MLNM, MM, MNC, MOT, MR, MRH, MSA, MXGL, MYE, NAK, NATI, NFP, NOV, NOVN, NR, NTAP, NTT, NTY, NUS, NVT, OCR, ODSY, OFIX, OMEX, OMI, OO, OSTK, PAAS, PAL, PBT, PDC, PEC, PETS, PG, PHRM, PII, PKTR, PLLL, PMC, PNCL, PNRA, PNX, POL, POOL, POWI, POWR, PPD, PPG, PPO, PQ, PRA, PRGO, PRX, PRXI, PSYS, PTP, PTT, PVH, PWAV, PWR, PYX, QLGC, QQQQ, QSFT, RACK, RAIL, RARE, RAVN, RFMD, RGLD, RGR, RIMM, RMIX, ROCK, ROH, RTI, RTN, RUSHA, RUTH, RVI, SA, SAFM, SCHN, SCI, SEH, SFG, SFLY, SFN, SHFL, SHW, SIGM, SIRI, SLGN, SLXP, SMBL, SMMX, SMP, SNA, SNHY, SNV, SPAR, SRZ, SSRI, STE, STKL, STNR, STRA, STST, STX, SUP, SWIM, SWIR, SWK, SWY, TAP, TASR, TBL, TDSC, TDY, TG, TGT, THO, TISI, TJX, TMO, TPX, TR, TRLG, TRY-B, TSTR, TTEC, TUP, TXRH, UBB, UFPI, UIC, UNFI, USBE, UTI, UTIW, UXG, VARI, VGR, VICR, VIP, VPHM, VQ, VRNM, VRX, VSH, VTIV, VVI, WCC, WCN, WG, WGOV, WLP, WMS, WNG, WPP, WRES, WSII, WST, WW, WWW, WX, WYNN, X, XIDE, XMSR, XPRT, ZNT, ZOLT, New Purchase: Countrywide Financial Corp.
Health Matters
I Can Cope Online The free, interactive site by the American Cancer Society answers questions about diagnosis, treatment and coping with the daily challenges of cancer. Classes are self-paced and usually take 20-30 minutes to complete. Registration is required for each class. Go to www.cancer.org/docroot/ESN/content/ESN_3_1X_I_Can_Cope_Online.asp. Red Cross Blood Drives You can give blood 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday; and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the Donor Center at 25 Tibet Ave. The donor center will be open the first and third Sunday of each month from 1-5 p.m. for Platelet and whole blood donations. Platelet donors can watch the NFL game of their choice on their own television suspended above the donor bed.
Documentary highlights Navajo pageant, traditional values
ALBUQUERQUE When young women head off to compete in the weeklong Miss Navajo Nation pageant, they bring along their evening gowns, jewelry, high heels, public speaking skills and their butcher knives. This is no ordinary pageant. On the nation's largest Indian reservation where tradition reigns, contestants are required to speak their native language, make fry bread and butcher an animal that represents life to the Navajos sheep. "The pageant really gets people's interest because they say, 'Oh my gosh, a pageant where you butcher sheep.' That's really the grabber," said Billy Luther, a documentary film maker. "But I think people walk away learning the Navajo way of life and how much the Navajo people respect women." Luther, whose mother was crowned Miss Navajo in 1966, offers a different take on what it means to be beautiful in his first feature-length documentary, "Miss Navajo," which airs Tuesday on PBS's Independent Lens.
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PICTURE this: A low sun shining weakly through rain-sodden clouds, and the sulphurous smell of coal smoke from a thousand chimneys as the fumes drift slowly, grudgingly, apologetically, over the roofs of a south Manchester suburb. Sparrows huddled in leaf-barren trees, too tired and apathetic to raise a cheep as the beady-eyed pigeons patrolled the pavement on the look-out for the smallest crumb to eat. A horse standing sleepily between the shafts of the coalman's cart. Iron scales, dust, empty hessian bags neatly folded amidst full bags of coal, nutty slack and coke. The horse peers through leather blinkers, as his master appears, from a gateway, grimy and black. He throws his empty bag onto the cart and looking up at his mate's dust-streaked face turns his leather-clad back and accepts another heavy bag of coal and walks a bow legged walk to deliver its contents into the hole above the cellar.
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