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KDW Classic draws 233 boats, more than 1,000 anglers The 17th annual Palm Beach County KDW Classic was held in early June out of Riviera Beach Marina, and there were plenty of fish tales to tell.
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Shakespeare Festival to perform ‘Romeo and Juliet’
One of William Shakespeare’s best-known, most-produced and most-often quoted tragedies takes the stage when the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival presents Shakespeare by the Sea in July.
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From left, biological science technician Austin Fitzgerald with the U.S. Geological Survey, biologist Matthew McCollister with the National Park Service and biologist Jillian Josimovich with the U.S. Geological Survey wrangle a Burmese python
SNAKES IN THE GRASS
As pythons eat their way across the state, there is strong evidence Florida’s bird, native snake and iconic alligator populations are also suffering – but there is hope. By ED KILLER The Associated Press
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named Charlie 5 at Big Cypress National Preserve. A group of state, federal and private partners have teamed up for several years to conduct research on the invasive species and have ultimately removed hundreds of pythons between them.
FORT PIERCE — Charlie 5 had no plans to move that hot June morning. The 9-footlong Burmese python was comfortably nestled in a muddy hollow, well-hidden in a thicket of sawgrass and alligator flag in Big Cypress National Preserve. His tracking device gave him away. He didn’t like it, but he had visitors. “There he is,” said Austin Fitzgerald, a biological science technician with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), bending down within 18 inches of the steamy muck. “I can just barely see his head.” Using two snake hooks, Fitzgerald and Jillian Josimovich, a biologist with the USGS invasive species science branch, persuaded the reluctant snake to come out of hiding. It’s hard to read a snake’s body language, but Charlie 5 – writhing to free himself – clearly wished he had never met Fitzgerald and Josimovich.
INVASIVE SPECIES
The uninvited denizens of South Florida’s wildlands, woodlands, marshlands and swamplands have left an indelible – and possibly irreversible – mark on the ecosystem. First identified in Everglades National Park in 2000, the Southeast Asian apex predator quickly put a stranglehold on Florida’s wildlife. To a python, Florida’s rich biodiversity of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians is a veritable smorgasbord of delicacies. According to the USGS, a 2012 study in Everglades National Park revealed pythons
have contributed to these population declines: 99.3 percent fewer raccoons; 98.9 percent fewer opossums; 87.5 percent fewer bobcats. Foxes and marsh and cottontail rabbits have “effectively disappeared,” the study says. As pythons eat their way across the Sunshine State’s landscape, there is strong evidence that Florida’s bird, native snake and iconic alligator populations are also suffering. What predators the python doesn’t eat are losing the competition for food, including bobcats and panthers. The hunters are simply too large and too efficient. They are at home in warm, wet, watery climates and can swim, burrow and climb trees. About the only thing they can’t do is fly. Researchers even believe pythons have swum across the open saltwater of Florida Bay from the Everglades to islands in the Florida Keys.
RADIO TELEMETRY
A fundamental problem in keeping up with the python’s assault on Florida is the snake’s ability to remain out of sight, said Matthew McCollister, a resource manager with the National Park Service based at Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee. “The tools that exist today are not sufficient” to locate pythons, he said. “We have got to invest in developing and improving tools.” The key is finding and removing breeding females, he said. A clever approach underway in Southwest Florida since 2013 has been helping scientists keep tabs on snakes. The
Conservancy of Southwest Florida has been working with various groups – the USGS, National Park Service, James Madison University, zoos in Naples and Miami and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission – to develop and assess new ways to curb pythons’ proliferation. When males are discovered crossing a road or slithering along a canal dike, they are caught and taken to a Zoo Miami lab where veterinarian Frank Ridgely, donating his time and facilities, surgically inserts a radio transmitter. The pythons are released back into the wild to act as spies, hence their nickname “Judas snakes.” During the Decemberthrough-April breeding season, the males lead researchers to the females. “The radio transmitter allows you to follow it wherever it goes,” Josimovich said. “It emits a pulsating beep. We can go to our animal and potentially remove several other individuals” found in breeding populations called “breeding balls.”
BREEDING BALLS
Breeding balls sometimes have five or six males in close proximity preparing to mate with a single female. Charlie 5, for example, led the team to two breeding balls and two female removals in 2019. McCollister hopes he does even better next season. In the last two seasons, the Judas snake method has enabled Big Cypress staff to remove 17 pythons – out of an estimated tens of thousands living there. One was the largest ever captured there: a 17-foot 6-inch female weighing 141 pounds and bearing 73 developing eggs. McCollister confirmed that Kilo 5 was the male snake which located her. In the last six years, the Conservancy and its partners have cleared more than 500 pythons from a 55-square-mile area in PYTHONS / PAGE 8
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Local Happenings Royal Palm to host annual Star Spangled Spectacular July 4th Celebrate Independence Day with the Village of Royal Palm Beach at its annual Star Spangled Spectacular Thursday, July 4. The family-friendly celebration begins at 4 p.m. at Commons Park and includes a Kids Fun Zone packed with carnival-style rides, slides, games and other fun. The Kids Fun Zone runs until 8 p.m. and requires a wristband purchase of $5 per child. The Food Truck Invasion will be on site with more than 20 gourmet food trucks, and arts and crafts vendors will be displaying hand-crafted items for
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Thursday, July 4 from 5 to 10 p.m. There will be free live music, plenty of food and drink options including a craft beer garden, games, children’s activities, the annual military honor ceremony and an 18-minute fireworks show over the Intracoastal Waterway that begins at 9 p.m. For all the details, including the entertainment lineup on two stages, go online to wpb. org/events.
4th on Flagler returns for 31st year on West Shakespeare Festival Palm’s waterfront It’s the 31st anniversary of to perform ‘Romeo 4th on Flagler in downtown and Juliet’ West Palm Beach, and approximately 100,000 guests of all ages are expected to take part in the festivities. The event takes place along West Palm Beach’s waterfront
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” And now is your chance to see one of William Shakespeare’s
best-known, most produced and most-often quoted tragedies when the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival presents “Romeo and Juliet” at Shakespeare by the Sea XXIX. Performances will be held Thursday through Sunday at Carlin Park’s Seabreeze Amphitheater from Thursday, July 11 through Sunday, July 21. Performances start at 8 p.m. and gates open at 6:30 p.m. All performances are free, and concessions will be available for purchase. Lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets are welcome. Seabreeze Amphitheater is inside Carlin Park on State Road A1A in Jupiter.
Calm your mind with Royal Palm’s 6-week meditation class
If life has you stressed out, consider signing up for a sixweek meditation program hosted by the Royal Palm Beach Parks and Recreation Department. Calm your mind, relax your body and work on breathing at these classes, which begin Friday, July 12 and will be held Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. for six weeks. Cost for all six weeks is $48 for Royal Palm residents, $58 for nonresidents. No experience is necessary and all classes will be held at Royal Palm Beach’s recreation center. For more information about signing up, call the Royal Palm Beach recreation center at 7905124. The rec. center is located at 100 Sweet Bay Lane in Royal Palm Beach.
Roger Dean Stadium to host Breast Cancer Awareness Night
The stands at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium will be a sea of pink Saturday, July 13 when it hosts Breast Cancer Awareness Night to benefit Susan G. Komen Florida. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with a pregame walk for breast cancer survivors and forever fighters. The Jupiter Hammerheads will take on the Palm Beach Cardinals and there will be lots of activities to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. Tickets start at $7 and survivors and forever fighters will be admitted free. To purchase tickets, go online to rogerdeanchevroletstadium.com or call (561) 630-1828. The stadium is at 4751 Main St. in Jupiter.
Palm Beach County Gator Club to host annual golf tourney
The Palm Beach County Gator Club’s annual golf tournament will be held Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Preserve at Ironhorse in West Palm Beach. Entry fees are $175 for Alumni Association members, $180 for non-members. Fees include greens fees, golf cart, a goody bag, snacks, breakfast and lunch. Gator greats will be on hand, and proceeds will fund the club’s scholarship program. The shotgun start begins at 8:30 a.m. Preserve at Ironhorse is at 8055 Ironhorse Blvd. in West Palm Beach. For more information or to register, go online to pbcgatorclub.com.
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Attention teens in search of summer volunteer hours: Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League has reduced its minimum volunteer age to 16, so students 16 and older can now volunteer to help homeless animals. Positions include lobby greeters, feline and canine animal care, dog walking, kitten infant holding, photographers, videographers, social media and fostering. Students may use their time toward community service hours required for graduation. To learn more, call 686-3663 or go online to PeggyAdams. org/Future-Volunteers.
KDW Classic draws 233 boats, record wahoo and fun for all
The 17th annual Palm Beach County KDW Classic took place in early June out of Riviera Beach Marina, and many anglers had happy tales to tell. More than 1,000 participants boarded 233 registered boats in pursuit of kingfish, dolphin and wahoo. Hosted by the West Palm Beach Fishing Club and the City of Riviera Beach, the KDW Classic is among the largest one-day saltwater tournaments in Florida. The old saying “Big bait, big
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David Batignani and his team “In Your Dreams” show off their 28.3-pound first-place dolphin during the 17th annual Palm Beach County KDW Classic headquartered at the Riviera Beach Marina on June 1.
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Program shows promise of removing pythons from Everglades PYTHONS / FROM PAGE 1
Collier County. But Big Cypress’ vastness works against it. The preserve was set aside from developers in 1974, but its 729,000 acres makes it larger than Rhode Island. Not only are the pythons scattered far and wide, they’ve dug in to hard-to-reach places. Snakes fitted with transmitters can be spot-checked by aircraft; however, finding them
on foot is another story. It often requires a difficult, lengthy hike in high heat under a blazing sun, sometimes walking through swamp water, dealing with mosquitoes and challenging weather. Some places are simply too remote for field staff to reach. With only two improved roads and a few dozen trails suitable for off-road vehicles, Big Cypress’ inaccessibility requires any work with pythons be done on foot. Everglades
National Park, on the southeast border, is nearly twice as large, 1.5 million acres, and has even fewer roads and trails. “The Everglades is very difficult to get into, and so is Big Cypress,” McCollister said. “You can’t go check on every snake using a helicopter. You can’t attract them. It’s really challenging.”
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“We are trying to figure out what are the best ways to improve detection,” he said. “We still have so much to learn about their basic biology and being able to tap into their physiology and reproductive biology. We want to be able to exploit what is really critically valuable, but we are taking small steps.” McCollister said he is hopeful that state, federal and private partners working on a variety of methods eventually will be successful – whether that means eradicating or just controlling the pythons. “FWC is leading an effort to create an Interagency Python Management Plan,” he said. “We’re doing what we should do, but we’re behind the 8 ball.” Charlie 5 will help. Fitzgerald and Josimovich drew a blood sample and swabbed his mouth and scaly skin for DNA. They examined his incision where his radio transmitter, about the size of AAA battery, had been inserted. Then, he slinked back into the thick brush, completely unaware of his work as a valuable asset to native wildlife.
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SCENE FROM WEST PALM by Aaron Wormus | awormus@palmswestmonthly.com
Discover downtown West Palm Beach’s very own ale trail I was recently browsing the Visit Palm Beach website at visitpalmbeach.com when I discovered there’s an official Ale Trail of the Palm Beaches. The Ale Trail stretches a whopping 38 miles and covers 19 breweries both small and large, from the northern Civil Society Brewing in Jupiter to the Robot Brewing Company & Quixotic Lounge nano brewery in Boca Raton to the familyowned Royal Palm Brewing Company out west in Royal Palm Beach. I loved the idea of an ale trail, so I decided to map out some local breweries that can be easily visited by walking in downtown West Palm Beach. So let’s get to it.
AMERICAN CRAFT ALEWORKS
American Craft Aleworks, at 200 Clematis St., is downtown’s newest brewery so that’s where we’ll start our trip. ACA opened just after SunFest and is starting to make a splash. It’s unique in that it’s a brewery which has an executive chef and two full bars. There really is something for everyone. Music fills the space when the band is set up on the second floor balcony, and the views stretch out onto the West Palm Beach Waterfront, making it the perfect place to sip on the brewery’s 1925 Lager.
WEST PALM BREWERY AND WINE VAULT
Our second stop on the trail is only two blocks away: West Palm Brewery and Wine Vault at 332 Evernia St. West Palm Brewery was the first brewery to open in downtown, where it overhauled the former Hard Exercise Works cross fit gym and started brewing beer. You can sit inside the expansive tap room or outside at one of the picnic tables which sit in reclaimed parking spaces. The beer is brewed by local legend Joel Kodner, and truly is exquisite. I recommend that you try the Five Six One Hefeweizen, winner of the 2019 Best Beer
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in Florida in the German Style Wheat category. If you prefer wine, you can relax at the wine bar and choose from the Pankauski Cellars label, which focuses primarily on the Napa and Sonoma regions. West Palm Brewery does an excellent job of hosting events. Whether it’s soccer watch parties, food and beer pairings, stand-up comedy or its epic polka block party, there’s always something happening.
CIVIL SOCIETY BREWING
The next stop on our tour is the newest brewery in West Palm Beach. Walk down South Dixie Highway past the Norton Museum of Art, and then turn left at Kanuga Drive to Civil Society Brewing. Civil Society broke into the West Palm Beach scene with a pop-up at The Thoroughfare on Clematis Street. The owners painted the patio space, set up a bar and for 10 days they served their notoriously hazy beer to patrons. Afterward, we didn’t hear from them until I saw people checking in from a warehouse by the railroad tracks at 425 Kanuga Dr. There are no signs, just a discrete door which leads you into the brewery. The new space is a brewery
in the back and a tasting room in the front. As a dog-friendly brewery, they treat both their human and furry friends as family. I recommend the IPA they call Fresh to Death. And if you’re hungry, order food from Grato or one of the other restaurants just around the corner.
STEAM HORSE BREWING
Once you’ve thoroughly enjoyed your IPA, we’re ready for the next stop on our tour, Steam Horse Brewing located in the Warehouse District. The six-block walk goes through the beautiful Flamingo Park neigh-
borhood, past the Armory Arts Center and the city’s beautiful new Fire Rescue Station No. 4. Steam Horse Brewing, at 1500 Elizabeth Ave., is the creation from the brewmasters of Tequesta Brewing Company in Jupiter and Twisted Trunk in Palm Beach Gardens. It’s built on top of tracks that used to bring steam-powered trains through this industrial district. My favorite beer here is the Steam Horse Lager, but you can’t go wrong with any of the brews on the menu. Great eats can be procured from the food court down the street at the
The fifth and final stop on our ale trail is Ookapow Brewing which bills itself as West Palm Beach’s first nanobrewery. This is by far the smallest brewery on our tour, but it serves some big beers as part of the rotating 15 beers it has on tap. Visit the brewery and taproom just down the road at 1142 Old Okeechobee Rd. So there you have it. Walk five miles, savor five beers. Now, your homework is to visit the area’s most unique brewery, Dixie Grill & Bar at 5101 S. Dixie Hwy., and get ready for the opening of Northwood Village’s first brewery, Skunkworts Brewing Concern. Aaron Wormus, the “guy” behind West Palm Beach’s popular aGuyonClematis Twitter account and blog, reports on news and happenings in and around West Palm Beach. Follow Aaron on Twitter for upto-the-minute news throughout the month.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Lake Worth Playhouse sets Black Box lineup The Lake Worth Playhouse has announced its 2019/2020 Playhouse Black Box Series lineup, offering plays that feature the works of nationally and internationally established playwrights. Here is the schedule: “Lungs” by Duncan MacMillan, Oct. 17-27 “Lungs” is a smart and funny drama that follows a couple through the surprising lifecycle of their relationship, as they grapple with questions of fam-
ily and change, hope, betrayal, happenstance and the terrible pain that you can only cause the people you love. “Fulfillment Center” by Abe Koogler, Jan. 30 - Feb. 9 “Fulfillment Center” is a raw, surprising, and funny play about four lonely lives coming together in the search for fulfillment. “Boys Next Door” by Tom Griffin, April 23 - May 3 “Boys Next Door” reminds us that the handicapped, like the
rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth. All works will be presented in the Playhouse’s intimate 70-seat Stonzek Studio Theater. To purchase tickets, go online to lakeworthplayhouse.org or call (561) 586-6410. The Lake Worth Playhouse is at 713 Lake Ave. in downtown Lake Worth.
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT by Jim Mullen
The commencement address no one has the guts to give Congratulations, graduates! One day, you’ll look back on the past six years and say, “Those college days were the happiest of my life.” Honestly, I’m guessing you’ll say that just a couple of days after you leave here and move back into your parents’ house. And every day afterward. Many of you will now be entering the job market for the first time, and there are a few things you need to know. First, all the students who graduated from this school last year, and the year before, and the year before, have already taken all the good jobs. And older people like me still have jobs. And guess what? We’re not going to retire just because you graduated from college. So, good luck there. Second, if you do get lucky and find a job that doesn’t require wearing a name tag or a dosimeter, you will be shocked to learn that most businesses will want you to be there from 9 to 5, not noon to 3. Don’t look
at your parents and pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about. There’s a reason colleges hold these commencement ceremonies at 1 in the afternoon. They know if they held them at 9 a.m., most of you would still be in the sack.
And, unlike “the college experience,” employers won’t give you a month off for Easter, another month off for Christmas, and four months off for the summer. Your first year of working, you’ll get a week off and a couple of sick days – and that’s if
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you work for a good company. Kind of makes you start thinking about grad school, doesn’t it? You’re not going to believe this, but most employers care way less about sports than colleges do. Most of your big employers – the Microsofts and the Googles and the Amazons of this world – don’t really care if you played football or basketball. They don’t have cheerleaders. It’s almost as if they care more about how smart you are, how much you know, and how fast you can learn new things than about your college team. Go figure. For most of you, today is the beginning (that’s what “commencement” means, by the way) of your new life. It could be the beginning of a lot of things: the beginning of your new dead-end job at a soul-crushing cube farm; the beginning of years of sleepless nights of diaper-changing; the beginning of endless, yearslong fights with your spouse; the beginning of the first of many acrimonious divorces; the beginning of child-support payments and shared custody; the beginning of your drug and alcohol problems; the beginning of trying to figure out how to pay off your crushing student
loan debts while still having money left over for food – or, it can be the beginning of a long, wonderful, rewarding journey with all kinds of soul-nourishing events along the way. The main thing you should have learned is that learning never stops. You’ll learn that working grownups don’t have keggers every weekend. You’ll learn there’s a reason you’ll never see a video called “Middle-aged Working Women Gone Wild.” They’re tired. They’re worn out. They are overworked and underpaid. You’ll learn that the worst professor you ever had was a pussycat compared to the worst boss you will ever have. When you leave here today and get back home, you’ll run into guys and gals from your high school class who didn’t go to college. Now they’re plumbers and electricians and car mechanics and contractors, and they’re making a fortune. While you were spending $40,000 a year to go to school, they were making $120,000 a year. They’ve already got houses and cars, and they’re taking their families on vacations. They’re flipping houses. Maybe you should ask one of them for a job. You might learn something. They’d probably be happy to hear about any houses for sale by disbanded fraternities that you know about. Ask for a finder’s fee. And right about now, you’re learning that you should have heard this talk before you started college, instead of at graduation. Jim Mullen is the author of “It Takes a Village Idiot: A Memoir of Life After the City,” a comic memoir about his move from New York City’s Greenwich Village to a former dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains. His freelance work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Village Voice.
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Health Matters
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Promise of marijuana leads scientists on search for evidence Enforcement Administration created an application process for growers, but has not acted on more than two dozen applications. Such challenges are common for scientists studying an outlaw medicine, said Dr. Igor Grant, who directs the oldest marijuana research center in the U.S. at the University of California, San Diego. There, scientists are studying marijuana chemicals for children with autism and adults with a brain disorder that causes uncontrollable shaking. Established by state law in 2000, the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research once relied solely on California for funding. The center now has support from private foundations, a sign of growing public acceptance of the research.
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer
SEATTLE — Marijuana has been shown to help ease pain and a few other health problems, yet two-thirds of U.S. states have decided pot should be legal to treat many other conditions with little scientific backing. At least 1.4 million Americans are using marijuana for their health, according to an Associated Press analysis of states that track medical marijuana patients. The number of medical marijuana cardholders more than tripled in the last five years as more states jumped on the bandwagon. The analysis is based on data from 26 states and the District of Columbia. The total climbs to 2.6 million patients if California, Washington and Maine are included, the AP estimates. States that expanded the use of medical pot for common ailments such as severe pain, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety saw a boost in enrollment, the AP found. The U.S. government, meanwhile, considers marijuana both an illegal drug and a therapeutic herb worth more study. A look at the health claims and research on medical marijuana:
THE EVIDENCE
Besides chronic pain, there’s strong evidence marijuana or its ingredients can ease nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy and help with symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Several European countries have approved Sativex, a mouth spray containing THC and CBD, for multiple sclerosis symptoms. Last year, U.S. regulators approved Epidiolex, made from CBD, to treat two rare seizure disorders. THC causes marijuana’s mind-altering effect; CBD doesn’t get people high. British drugmaker GW Pharmaceuticals is seeking U.S. approval for Sativex. Other companies are pursuing Food
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In this March 22, 2019 file photo, an employee at a medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., sorts buds into prescription bottles. At the end of 2018, about 1.4 million Americans are actively using marijuana to treat to treat anxiety, sleep apnea, cancer and other conditions, according to an Associated Press analysis of states that track medical marijuana patients.
and Drug Administration backing for products based on marijuana ingredients. Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection as it faced fallout over its marketing of an addictive opioid painkiller, is developing CBD drugs for two types of childhood epilepsy and a rare genetic disorder. Pennsylvania-based Zynerba Pharmaceuticals is working on a CBD skin patch for autism and fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition. Prescription drugs already on the market use synthetic THC to treat weight loss, nausea and vomiting in patients with AIDS or cancer. And researchers continue to study whether marijuana helps with PTSD, back pain and other problems.
OPIOID ALTERNATIVE?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New Mexico allow medical marijuana for opioid addiction despite little evidence it works.
But marijuana may be helpful in reducing use of opioid painkillers. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, better known for its research on herbs and yoga, has set aside $3 million for studies to determine which of marijuana’s 400-plus chemicals help with pain. THC was excluded however. Its mood-altering effects and potential for addiction and abuse make it less useful for pain, said Dr. David Shurtleff, the agency’s deputy director. And THC has been studied more than the lesser-known compounds.
CURE FOR CANCER?
Despite online claims, there’s only weak evidence that marijuana’s ingredients might one day be used to treat cancer. Most studies have been in animals or in the lab. Results have been mixed. In one study, nine patients with an aggressive form of brain cancer had THC injected into
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their tumors; any effect on their survival was unclear. Another study found worrying evidence that marijuana might interfere with some cancer drugs, making them less effective.
RESEARCHING AN OUTLAW MEDICINE
The U.S. government grows marijuana for research at a farm in Mississippi and generally bans grant-funded studies of real-world products. But a mobile lab inside a white Dodge van allows University of Colorado Boulder researchers to study the potent strains of marijuana many patients consume without running afoul of the law. Study participants use marijuana in their homes, coming to the van for blood draws and other tests before and after using, said Cinnamon Bidwell who has federal grants to study marijuana’s effects on lower back pain and anxiety. With increased demand for pot research, the Drug
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Outside the Neighborhood
Police: Don’t call us with Taco Bell complaint
SLIDELL, La. — A police department in Louisiana is reminding people that it’s there to serve, just not handle customer service complaints about Taco Bell. The Slidell Police Department posted on Facebook in early June that someone called to complain that a local Taco Bell had run out of “both hard and soft taco shells.” The department says while it was a “travesty,” it can’t do anything about it. The department hoped the taco shell stock has been replenished. The officers say “we can’t make this stuff up.”
Ready, aim, oops! Historic tank turns lemon-lime yellow
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A Korean War era tank owned by the West Virginia National Guard has turned bright lemonlime yellow. The reason was a mystery until the sponsor of a science fiction club at Bluefield State College owned up to the mistake in a letter to The Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Jerry Conner said the U.S.S. Yeager Chapter of Starfleet International has been cleaning and painting the tank for
about 20 years, and took a color sample to a local paint supplier, aiming to match the sample with two gallons of fresh paint. “We were worried when we opened the containers and found something nowhere near our sample,” Connor said in the letter. He said they painted the whole tank anyway, assuming it would turn olive drab once it dried. It didn’t. City Manager Dane Rideout said his staff is working with the club to acquire historically accurate paint for the M41 Walker Bulldog. “At least the yellow of the tank is a nice match for the red of our faces,” Conner said.
Florida thieves takes blowtorch to ATM, welds it shut instead
OKALOOSA ISLAND, Fla. — Authorities say two Florida burglars thought they were clever when they used a blowtorch to break into an ATM machine, but they never hit the jackpot. Instead, the burning heat actually welded the ATM’s hinges shut. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s officials say video surveillance shows two male suspects entering the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island in early June. One was armed with a crowbar and appeared to serve as the lookout while the other took the blowtorch to the ATM. Instead of cutting the ATM
with the blowtorch, authorities say the would-be thief welded the metal parts shut and the pair left with nothing.
Deputies: Alligator bit off piece of patrol car in Louisiana
MOORINGSPORT, La. — Sheriff’s deputies in Louisiana say an alligator took a bite out of one of their patrol cars. WBRZ-TV reports deputies were called recently to Louisiana Highway 1 in Caddo Parish after someone spotted the gator in the middle of the road. The sheriff’s office says deputies were waiting for wildlife removal experts to arrive when the alligator chomped off a piece of the front bumper. Deputies estimate the alligator was 8 feet long. A photo from the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office Facebook page shows the reptile in grass next to what appears to be the black rectangular grill of the car. Authorities say the gator escaped before the wildlife removal experts arrived.
Man bitten by rabid bat hiding between iPad and case
SOUTH HAMPTON, N.H. — A New Hampshire man got a big surprise as he went to close up his iPad. A bat was wedged
between the back of the device and its cover and bit his finger. Roy Syvertson, of South Hampton, tells WMUR-TV it felt like a bee sting at first. When he realized he was dealing with a bat, he pressed down on the cover to keep it from flying away. The 86-year-old managed to get the bat outside but later found him dead. It turned out that the bat was rabid. Syvertson went to the hospital for rabies treatments. When asked how the bat got into his house and iPad case, Syvertson had a readymade response. He quipped: “My joke of, ‘He probably knew my password,’ won’t last forever.”
Vermont man finds stranger in his home, cleaning
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — A Vermont man says he came home to find a stranger inside cleaning. Brendan Boardman tells mynbc.com that he heard noises in the kitchen that he thought was weird. When he went to look he found a woman, who was cleaning the house.
Police: Woman was drunk, but no DUI for toy truck joy ride WALHALLA, S.C. — A South Carolina woman who police say was driving drunk will not be cited with a DUI because her vehicle of choice was a toy truck. News outlets quote police as saying that instead they charged 25-year-old Megan Holman with public intoxication. They say they spotted her cruising down the road in a Power Wheels electric toy truck after a caller reported a suspicious person on the street. Officers say she was driving about a mile from her home in Walhalla when they stopped her.
He says he asked her what she was doing there and she said she must have gotten dropped off at the wrong house. Police say a trooper spoke to the woman who said she wasn’t sure of the address of the house she was supposed to clean. No charges have been filed.
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JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT
This Month in History July 23, 1829: William Austin Burt of Mount Vernon, Mich., received a patent for his typographer, a forerunner of the typewriter. July 2, 1881: President Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September. July 8, 1889: The Wall Street Journal was first published. July 27, 1909: Orville Wright tested the U.S. Army’s first airplane, flying himself and a passenger for one hour and 12 minutes. July 18, 1927: Ty Cobb hit safely for the 4,000th time in his career. July 16, 1935: The first parking meters were installed, in Oklahoma City. July 16, 1945: The United States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb, in the desert of
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Aries (March 21 – April 20) You didn’t come here to live a mediocre life so stop playing it safe. Changes require courage and clarity. Don’t hold back and don’t let anyone convince you that your life will be worth more if you opt for security. Taurus (April 21 – May 21) Your denial mechanisms are working overtime. What you don’t want to see has been eating away at you despite efforts to pretend it doesn’t exist. Everyone sees this and wonders when you will wake up. Gemini (May 22 – June 21) It’s been so long since you felt this good. It’s great to be so open but there are those who could easily take advantage. Don’t be naive. They’ll carve you up for dinner if you don’t watch out. Cancer (June 22 – July 23) Have no fear; what’s in the way is an illusion. Most of these obstacles are all in your mind. Dwelling on them makes it hard to see that the way out is wide open, waiting for you to free yourself and walk through it. Leo (July 24 – Aug. 23) Your core
beliefs have to change for this to work. Revolving doors of perception will expand your sense of what needs to happen. As you rearrange your thinking don’t assume that others will see it the way you do. Virgo (Aug. 24 – Sept. 23) You worry too much about what you owe people. The guilt trips that run your current affairs aren’t working. As hard as it may be, you need to detach and let your loved ones process their mistakes on their own. Libra (Sept. 24 – Oct. 23) You weren’t expecting this. What others have been dishing out has been over the top. Love doesn’t mean putting up with anything. If you’ve had enough maybe it’s time to let them know you’re ready to move on. Scorpio (Oct. 24 – Nov. 22) What’s around the corner is looking pretty good. As you reconsider your choices and fret about the future, you forget that life can change in a heartbeat. Stop worrying. A wealth of miracles is about to unfold. Sagittarius (Nov. 23 – Dec. 21) People’s phoniness is really hitting
home. You’re so disillusioned you’re wondering if you can trust your own judgment. You didn’t see this coming. The good news is, you’ll never make the same mistake again. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 20) You’ve made some decisions in haste. Stuck with what happens when impulse reigns over caution, you’re regretting your choices and wondering if it’s too late to back out. It’s never too late. Admit you were wrong and start over. Aquarius (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19) Old programs keep coming to the surface. Aware of how much these patterns impact your life, you’re dying to get to the bottom of them. This has been a long time coming; you’re breaking through lifetimes of fear – let them go. Pisces (Feb. 20 – March 20) Why you can’t allow yourself to be loved the way you want to be loved is a long story. What you have right now is as close as you’ll ever get. What are you so afraid of? Love yourself enough to keep it or let it go.
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