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Americans finding happiness by cutting back
I’m tired of spending every dime I make
To finance this way of life I’ve learned to hate
I’m going back to a better class of loser
This up-town living’s really got me down
– Randy Travis and Alan Jackson
Keep an eye out this winter for these gardening show-stoppers
Did you know that we’ve just left the decade of the “Noughties?” It seems social statisticians see the need to name these passages of 10-year cycles.
Some decades are memorable just by their number; the 60s had Beatlemania; the 70s gave us disco; the 80s brought us Reaganomics; and the 90s opened our eyes to the Green Movement, diversity and getting back in touch with ourselves.
Man’s curiosity about cats – it’s a curious thing
Since the dawn of time, man has managed to come up with great inventions and innovations simply by asking questions.
“What would happen if I put brontosaur meat in those hot flames?”
“What if we took that rock and made it round?”
“How about we take a piece of sausage and wrap it inside a pancake?”
Face it, man is a curious animal, and it is that curiosity that has made man the sort of man he is today. And when I say “man,” of course, I mean moron.
Christmas trees reflect love, memories of holidays past
When I was a little girl, getting the Christmas tree was always one of the most highly anticipated events of the season.
Should you just leave leaves alone?
LEAVES are about the only good things I get from the changing of the season. I don’t look forward to cold weather, snow, sunless days, or driving on icy roads.
I use leaves as a natural soil additive and you should, too.
Local bowling hall of fame gives back to community
The Mercer County Bowling Hall of Fame board of directors recently approved three $500 donations to county non-profit agencies.
Because of the recent successes of their Bowling Hall of Fame induction banquets, the organization had accumulated more money than is needed to operate.
'Desire' examines relationship with plants and people, to air tonight at 8 p.m.
Please tune in to your local public television station at 8 p.m. Oct. 28 for a special presentation of “The Botany of Desire,” a film based on Michael Pollan’s best selling book of the same name.
Gardeners will want to take note of the four “desirables” talked about in the film – the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato.
Chamber-sponsored Halloween parade planned for Oct. 27
This year’s Grove City Halloween parade is being sponsored by the Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce.
The parade, set for 7 p.m. Oct. 27, has traditionally been sponsored by the Grove City Kiwanis Club. However, the club disbanded earlier this year, so the chamber offered to sponsor the event in order to keep the tradition going.
Popular showy flower is the mother of all fall displays
Fall officially began yesterday at 5:18 p.m. And that means chrysanthemums will start showing up everywhere. How did these showy members of the aster family become one of the most recognizable signs of autumn? I suspect it had something to do with plant propagators and the need for color in the fall garden.

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