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• Holden, Washington, was a mining town in 1926 and plenty of ore trains went through town every day. Mrs. Moore lived on the edge of town near a blind curve that hid oncoming trains from view. One afternoon her two-year-old son Richard played in the yard as she hung her laundry.

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• Bamboo releases 30% more oxygen into the atmosphere than other plants of comparable size, while also absorbing more carbon dioxide, cutting down on greenhouse gasses and cleaning the air.

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Protect Yourself From West Nile Virus • Here's a great recipe for DIY dishwasher pods for use in your automatic dishwasher: Mix 2 cups of baking soda, 2 cups of borax, a half cup of salt and 10-15 drops of your favorite essential oil. Stir in 1/2 cup vinegar and allow it to settle. Then scoop it into an icecube tray and pack tightly. Let it dry overnight, then pop your pods out into an airtight baggie or jar. Label and store in a cool place. Use one per washing cycle.

• To get paint splatter off your hands after painting, try this old kitchen trick: Wet hands and then pour sugar or salt into palms. Use it as an abrasive to scrub paint away.

• Waxed paper can shine a kitchen or bathroom faucet.

Simply use it to buff away the marks. No spray cleaner necessary.

• "If you have dirty blinds, keep in mind that spraying them with a liquid is going to turn the dust to muck. Always dry dust first, then use a barely damp microfiber cloth to remove spots. (This is for hard material blinds, not for fabric blinds.)" -- L.G. in Kansas • Sticky irons can ruin fabric. Never fear, though, because cleaning one is a cinch. Heat your iron to its hottest setting, no steam. Sprinkle about a tablespoon of salt onto a piece of newspaper. Iron over it, rubbing vigorously. Finish with a pass or two over a plain paper towel.

• Track tools in a workshop by hanging them from a wall. Trace around the tools with chalk, and you can tell quickly what goes where when it's time to clean up.

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West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne disease that first showed up in our region in 2002. This virus has been present every year since 2002.

Grand Forks Mosquito Control has identified WNV in mosquitoes and birds collected from the Grand Forks region. We cannot eliminate this virus. The Health Department urges citizens to take personal precautions to avoid mosquito bites. The type of mosquito most common for transmitting WNV is present in our area and is most active from dusk until dawn. This virus can be deadly. Help fight the bite and prevent mosquito-borne disease.

How can people reduce their chance of getting WNV? The most effective way to prevent WNV is to avoid mosquito bites: • Wear long sleeves and pants when outdoors from dusk through dawn.

• Apply insect repellents when you go outdoors. Repellents containing DEET provide the best protection.

• Reduce the number of mosquitoes around your home by eliminating standing water from containers such as flowerpots, gutters, buckets, pool covers, discarded tires, and birdbaths. Anything that holds water for more than a week could be producing mosquitoes.

How do people get infected with WNV? Most people get infected with WNV by an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to humans and other animals. In a very small number of cases, West Nile virus has been spread through blood transfusions, organ transplants, and from mother to baby during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding.

What are the symptoms of WNV? No symptoms in most people. Most people (70-80%) who become infected with West Nile virus do not develop any symptoms.

Febrile illness in some people. About 1 in 5 people who are infected will develop a fever with other symptoms such as headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea, or rash. Most people with this type of West Nile virus disease recover completely, but fatigue and weakness can last for weeks or months.

Severe symptoms in a few people. Less than 1% of people who are infected will develop a serious neurologic illness such as encephalitis or meningitis (inflammation of the brain or surrounding tissues).

The symptoms of neurologic illness can include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, disorientation, coma, tremors, seizures, or paralysis.

Recovery from severe disease may take several weeks or months. Some of the neurologic effects may be permanent. About 10 percent of people who develop neurologic infection due to West Nile virus will die.

Who is at risk for serious illness if infected with WNV? Serious illness can occur in people of any age. However, people over 60 years of age are at the greatest risk for severe disease. People with certain medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, and people who have received organ transplants, are also at greater risk for serious illness.

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• The sunfish is one of the most unique fish in the world. Also known as the common mola, it’s the heaviest bony fish on Earth. Although sharks and rays can be larger, their skeletons are made of cartilage rather than bone.

• Sunfish can weigh up to nearly 5,000 pounds, although the average weight of an adult is about 2,000 lbs. Consider that the average pick-up truck weighs around 4,000 lbs.

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• Sunfish can measure 14 feet tall and 10 feet long, giving them a disk-like appearance. As they grow, their tail folds back on itself, forming a sturdy rudder while giving them the appearance of being only half of a fish, with no tail at all.

Their truncated tail, combined with their flattened profile, leads to their Latin name “Mola mola” which comes from the Latin word meaning “millstone” because they are round, flat, and grey just like a millstone. Other fish also in the sunfish family include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, rock bass, and black bass.

• The sunfish likes warm water and is usually found in tropical and temperate regions worldwide, though it often migrates long distances as the seasons change to take advantage of new food sources. It has often been seen as far north as Maine.

• Female sunfish can produce more eggs than any other known vertebrate, up to 300 million eggs at a time, making sunfish the single most proliferate vertebrate animal on the planet. Newly hatched sunfish measure less than a tenth of an inch long, and survivors that reach adulthood will increase their proportions by more than 60 million times their birth size, the most extreme size growth of any vertebrate animal. ...continued

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They the name • Their only natural enemies are took sea lions, killer of Edward Kasner’s very large number, whales, and sharks. They are often caughtonly and they misspelled it slightly, so it ended up being killed in the unregulated use of gill nets, and spelled exactly the same way the cartoon some countries consider their meat a delicacy, character Barney spelled his last name. What’s while other countries ban the consumption it called?

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