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Environment
Field Trip- It's off to Fahr's for Fall Color!
The plants in my window boxes worked hard (tolerating one of the hottest summers on record) from April until the end of September. They’re tired, leggy and ready for the yard waste conta...
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Weather
Global Warming/Climate Change: “We Did It” part 2
Climate Fact of the Week: Nine out of the ten hottest years in that 132-year record are within the last ten years. According to the NASA record, it’s been 28 years since the globe expe...
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Weather
Global Warming/Climate Change Post 7 of 13: “We Did It”
Climate Fact of the Week: July’s average temperature was the hottest on record for the contiguous United States, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. The last ...
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Weather
Global Warming/Climate Change Post 6 of 13: “On Our Watch”
Climate Fact of the Week: on August 2, 2012, Oklahoma City had its hottest day in history, hitting 113°, tying the city's all-time heat record set on August 11, 1936. The low bottomed ...
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Environment
Fairy Tail Ending to the Story of Sir Limps A Lot
Yesterday was the happy day that Sir Limps A Lot, the injured Canada goose from Creve Couer, surely must have been waiting for since May 10th. If you have been following this goose, he i...
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Environment
Green Guilt
Eco Audrey gets a lot of questions about "How can I recycle X?" Where X is not your typical glass, plastic, paper, aluminum, etc. that can easily be recycled curbside. A lot of people out...
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Environment
Sir Limps A Lot Caught, Safe in the Sanctuary!
I am so thrilled to be able to post this. I know many of you have been following Sir Limps A Lot, the wild Canada goose who has been hurt in an office park on Olive and 270. There is...
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Environment
Sir Limps A Lot About to Become Local Celebrity! Watch for him on Channel 2 News!
Paul Schankman, of Fox 2 News, did a segment on my beloved geese a month or so ago. It went national and both versions can be viewed on my website, www.doreneolson.com. I spoke with ...