Losing fruit

The Editor on August 9th, 2007

Karen McAdams, an ag extension agent told me yesterday that this heat would not only scorch fields, but it would mess up plants in pollination.

It’s also messing with the already pollinated. My dogwoods are losing their fruit rapidly. There’ll be no dogwood berries for the birds this fall at this rate.

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Weather writing

The Editor on August 9th, 2007

Nothing like a weather story. Made the rounds on Tuesday and wrote it up Wednesday for today’s paper. Here’s the roundup:
The Heat is on
Carrboro and the rest of the O.C. bake away

Lifeguard Elizabeth Hamilton surveys the pool at Heritage Hills. Photo by Kirk Ross
By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
If you had a strange sensation on Monday [...]

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Highlights from the 8/9/07 Citizen

The Editor on August 9th, 2007

Here are some community-related highlights in this week’s Citizen:

The heat is on
Neighborhood Night Out
Contaminated Soil Moving Out

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