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The Canal Port Park has become the perfect stop for those looking to take in nature and history while walking along the I&M Canal — much of which is thanks to Alderman Ken Sereno and his wife Joan.

About two weeks ago a new addition was added to the park on Illinois Avenue. A steel arch was put up over the stone entryway to the replica canal boat the Heritage.

The Serenos had it made by Crown Concepts Corporation, a metal and welding shop. Because Sereno is a repeat customer and Crown Concepts is part of the community, the company cut Sereno a break on the cost, he said. The Serenos purchased it for about $4,500.

The arch features cut outs of squirrels, birds and other animal and plant life that is natural to the area. The top of the arch has a cut out that states “Canalport Park.”

“I spent 48 years working and didn’t donate much then so I thought it’s time to give back to the community,” Sereno said.

The Serenos are doing more than enough to make up for lost time. Just last November they had a steel sculpture of a horse pulling a buckboard full of barrels made and put in the park. It represents what would have been seen along the canal 100 years ago. It cost the Serenos about $5,300 and was also made by Crown Concepts.

In addition Sereno helped with the cost of the mural near the park on the Cal’s printing building at 123 Illinois Ave.

“It’s coming along beautifully down there with the butterfly garden, stone (entry) and the things from Ken and Joan,” said Mayor Dick Kopczick during the June 2 Morris City Council meeting.

Several other community members have also donated to the park including City Engineer Warren Olson, who designed a butterfly garden in memory of his wife Karen Olson. The park was dedicated September 30, 2006.

The Tom Delockery family also donated the garden between the bank wall (put in by the city) and the landscaping stone (donated by Olson) against Calhoun Street.

Sereno said the park holds the memories of the city’s history and he hopes visitors take time to think of Morris’ past while enjoying the park.

Although most would say he has done more than his share of donating, Sereno said he isn’t quite sure he’s done yet.

“The more we have here the more people will come down and look at the mural and the boat,” Sereno said.

Sereno said he is working on a project for Jim and Carol Baum’s new Canal Port Community Center. The Baums recently purchased the old Coleman Hardware Company building on the west end of Illinois Avenue. They plan to remodel the building and divide it into condominiums for the area’s non-profit organizations.

The building’s old concrete chimney sits on the side of the building right now. Sereno said he’d like to incorporate it into a flag stand for the building. The original part of the building is about 135 years old so the chimney is historic, Sereno said, and should be preserved.

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The vegetable patch has become the most fashionable home improvement accessory, a makeover for the credit crunch era that should add value to your property in the long term. The “home allotment” (its virtues are extolled by Jamie Oliver) is not only proof of your impeccable green credentials, it is also a source of cheaper food Landscaping Stone. The cost of staples such as rice, bread, eggs and meat are rising relentlessly around the world, with no sign of let-up, and consumers are increasingly being forced to opt for less expensive fruit and vegetables to make their household budgets stack up.

But all that sowing, mulching, watering and reaping to grow your own may not be as much of a chore as you suppose, and fruit and veg simply tastes better if you eat it fresh from the ground. It’s all to do with the sugars: the natural sugars in a courgette, for example, will start turning to starch within minutes of it being cut from the vine, a process that will rob the courgettes of much of their beautiful sweet flavour.

Can anyone grow their own fruit and vegetables? The answer is yes. Even someone with a window box or small balcony can cultivate a wide variety of herbs, vegetables - or even fruit. Home allotments are easy to get going and now is the perfect time of year to start.

First, you will need a growing area. This can be a few large pots or a couple of grow bags. If you have the space, build a raised bed using timber. In my work as a garden designer in southeast London, I build stylish raised beds for my clients using untreated French oak railway sleepers, which are bolted together. These raised beds are normally 480mm (19in) high by 2.6m long by 1.3m wide, but they can be virtually any size.

A raised bed is prepared by first adding a layer of shingle for drainage. It is then filled with a mixture of good landscaper’s loam and farm manure. Choosing the right location for your raised bed can be difficult within the restrictions of most gardens, but try to find the sunniest spot and not under overhanging trees.

The principles for large pots, grow bags and window boxes are the same: just remember that the smaller the container the more watering they will need. One useful tip for containers is to stand them on a tray or saucer filled with gravel. This helps to stop the soil from drying out, while the gravel stops waterlogging around the roots. Now you have prepared your planting area, you can choose what to grow. The options are vast, from exotic pak choi to the humble spud. My choice for the garden allotment would have to include courgettes, French beans, strawberries and sweetcorn. You could also try an apple tree. Or why not be adventurous and give blueberries a go?

Courgettes (Cucurbita pepo): these are among the most productive vegetables you can grow. Aim to have three or four plants and to stagger the planting. Start by sowing the seeds in 7.5cm pots, 3cm deep in moist compost, placing the pot on a warm windowsill. When well-established, plant out in their final position and give them room to grow.

Sweetcorn (Zea mays): freshly picked, they are a treat. Again, sow them in pots or trays indoors and stagger the sowing, so that you get a steady flow of ripe cobs and not a flood. Sweetcorn is a hungry plant, so before planting out make sure to add plenty of organic fertiliser to the bed. Plant sweetcorn in blocks and not rows, so that they crosspollinate. Try them straight on to the barbecue - just fabulous.

Beans: French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus) are a must in any home allotment. They like well-drained soil and need support: dwarf French beans require a few twigs to support the plants, while runners need a framework of bamboo poles or similar. Sow the seeds in 7.5cm pots, 4cm deep in moist multi-purpose compost, and place on a windowsill. Once germinated, harden off by placing outside in the shade during the day, and plant out two to three weeks later. Water well.

Strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa): Fruit such as these are best bought as plants in late summer or early autumn. Choose a good all-round type such as “Cambridge Vigour” or a perpetual fruiter like “Aromel”. I like to plant strawberries through a landscaping fabric. Simply spread a sheet over the area to be planted and secure it with pegs to the raised bed surround. Cut holes in the fabric and then plant into the prepared soil beneath. This will keep the soil around the shallow roots moist and warm, ensuring an early crop of fat beautiful strawberries. I have tried the landscaping fabric planting method on many plants, and it also works well for courgettes, tomatoes and sweetcorn.

Apples (Malus Sylvestris var. domestica): To achieve the best results you need a sunny, sheltered spot. Apples are best grown in the ground, but there are some varieties that can be pot-grown. The height and size of an apple tree is mainly determined by the root stock; ask your garden centre for advice on which variety to choose. Most apples require a second tree for pollination, so buy two trees of similar varieties. After planting, water well throughout the first two summers and thin out fruit as they develop.

Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum): Landscaping Stone For the more adventurous gardener, these fruit bushes prefer acid soil and slight shade or sun. Blueberries are also good in pots: use a 38cm or bigger pot and plant in ericaceous compost. One tip is to use collected rainwater and to feed with organic seaweed extract regularly throughout the growing season.

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The rapid storming of assets in the thoroughbred industry by Queensland miner Nathan Tinkler has raised eye brows over the significant amount that Tinkler Patinack Farms has outlaid over the past six months.

Once Tinkler commenced buying yearlings at New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd Karaka Sale Series in January the public face of the operation was revealed to the industry. Tinkler, Landscaping Stone an unpretentious man not given to flamboyance just because he is wealthy, had an aim to invest in the industry and build a business that spanned both bloodstock and racing.

The costs of buying yearlings rose as the sale went past, along with stallions, horses in training, stud farms and broodmares. The total to-date is could be in the vicinity of $50-60 million.

While it all seemed somewhat unreal, Landscaping Stone it was actually a real demonstration of the mineral wealth that the world commodities boom has created in Australia.

Landscaping Stone And it seems that Tinkler is not going to run out of money anytime soon. Finance media reports over the past 24 hours say that Macarthur Coal might be about to receive a takeover offer.

Macarthur Coal produces pulverised or coking coal, which is used in the production of steel, and thermal coal, which is used to generate power stations.

The company’s two operations, Coppabella and Moorvale, are located in Queensland Bowen Basin, and they are surrounded by the other major mining giants.

The reports say that the value of coking coal has soared 200 per cent this year, as demand from Asia continues to support a big lift in coal prices in what is Australia’s biggest export industry. PCI coal is forecast to triple in prices to $200 a tonne for the 2008 contract year, which began April.

KenTalbot, the former chief executive of the company, holds about 50.9 million shares or 24.02% of Macarthur Coal. Chinese group CITIC is the second largest shareholder with a  19.9% stake and Tinkler Investments holds about 10.4% of the coal miner.

Talbot  holding was valued at $750 million in the media on Tuesday, which values Tinkler holding at around $325 million, and that is before any takeover premium is factored into an offer for the strategic shareholding.

If the takeover goes ahead is another matter of course, but Patinack Farms would seem to be well backed by Tinkler mineral investments.

Mind you, the operation will need some significant cash flow to get through the first couple of years for the yearlings alone. Take 100 yearlings, and multiply by an average $30,000 per horses for metropolitan training per year, and it is a very large sum of money to bank roll. That takes winning 80 plus Saturday metropolitan races per year to cover.

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One of the world’s biggest-selling video games, Grand Theft Auto, is getting a Kiwi makeover, though police may yet put the skids under the unauthorised version.

Karori teenager Stacy O’Callaghan has adapted the shoot-’em-up American law and disorder urban adventure game to domestic conditions Landscaping Stone- complete with detailed images of modern New Zealand police cars and uniforms.

Police national headquarters spokesman Jon Neilson said its legal team was investigating whether the modified version - which lets armed vehicle thieves bash and kill police officers - breached regulations concerning the use of police insignia.

Unauthorised use of a police uniform is regarded as an offence under Section 51A of the Police Act, though it was unclear how this related to use in video games.

Since its 1997 launch, the official Grand Theft Auto series of games has sold more than 50 million units worldwide and raked in more than US$1 billion (NZ$1.26 billion). Version No 4 is due out this month.

But Stacy, 17, felt its presentation could still be improved. “I am not doing this in any way to make money or sell this modification; it was originally for me because I got sick of all this American rubbish and wanted it to be more realistic.”

He has “re-textured” the livery and uniforms of police and other emergency services, and wants to eventually add recognisable New Zealand landmarks in place of a North American landscape. “We could use major landmarks like the Beehive, the Sky Tower or Cathedral Square.”

His ambition does not stretch as far as trying to make a career out of game design - instead he wants to join the organisation which in the game frequently comes off second-best. “I’d like to join the police. I don’t really see myself as a game designer, I want to get into computer forensics.”

Mr Neilson said any legal questions over the use of police emblems would have to be cleared up first.

Last year, Stacy completed WelTec’s certificate in interactive computing, and has won praise from enthusiasts viewing his posting on YouTube about the overhaul.Landscaping Stone “It’s really just for fun and a chance to play it as if it was in New Zealand.”

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Preschool students in Swedeborg will soon have their own pint-sized playground with miniature items suited for their smaller bodies.

Worth nearly $5,000, the playground equipment was purchased with a grant that requires the school to separate the equipment from other items on the playground that are designed for older elementary students. Installing the equipment shouldn’t be a concern, according to District Administrator Joel Carey.

“We’ve got enough volunteers around here that I don’t think labor will be a problem,” Carey said during Monday night’s school board meeting.

Fencing and gravel, however, could cost a substantial sum. Carey said the district’s insurance company agent has warned that more pea gravel is needed for the playground and said it must be at least six inches deep around each piece of playground equipment.

“They couldn’t care less about where the kids run; they’re concerned about where they play,” Carey said.
Board members said they believe it’s been about a half-decade since school officials purchased more pea gravel, though they’ve dug it up and moved it around several times. Landscaping Stone Periodic replenishment with new gravel is likely unavoidable, said board member Greg Black.

“With freezing and thawing and all the kids out here, it’ll work its way in, that’s all there is to it,” Black said.

Board President Chris Black said in the past, quarry owner Bobby Laughlin has been willing to donate the gravel if someone else will haul it; board member Jamie Alexander said the company for which he works, Security Bank, owns a gravel plant but said he doesn’t know if it can produce pea gravel.

Carey took board members outside to show them the existing playground equipment and explain his plans to install a fence dividing the playground into two parts, with the preschool playground having its own entrance closer to the modular classroom that’s used for the preschool program. Carey said a larger metal jungle gym is embedded in concrete and will have to be cut out and moved to the playground for older children, but a smaller jungle gym can be moved easily since it’s not embedded in concrete.

Carey asked whether the school district should seek bids on fencing or arrange for volunteers to install it. Board members agreed that hiring a professional fencing company is important due to a steep slope down a hill and because insurance agents will be checking the fence. Landscaping Stone “It’s going to be looked at; it’s not like nobody will notice it,” said board member Wayne King.

Landscaping Stone In other facilities-related matters, Carey said he’s arranged for volunteers from a garden club in Richland to do landscaping for the Swedeborg School and is working with students to do landscaping as a math and science project for students. Students will use the skills they’re taught in math class to calculate a budget for landscaping and science skills to design the project; the best set of plans submitted by students will be used as the plan for landscaping the school.

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Green Cut Landscaping is participating in “GreenCare for Troops” in the Middlesex county area. “GreenCare for Troops” is a nationwide outreach program initiated by Project EverGreen that connects participating local lawn and landscape firms with families of the men and women away from home serving our country in the armed forces.

Landscaping Stone In announcing the new program, Orlando Fernandes, Owner said, “Lawn and landscape maintenance becomes a definite hardship when a family’s major breadwinner is on active duty away from home. The “GreenCare for Troops” program seeks to ease this stress by helping affected families with the important task of caring for their yard and landscape.”

Families interested in applying for the “GreenCare for Troops” program should contact Green Cut Landscaping at 732-379-1745. Participation is limited.

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Plans by the City of Clemson to improve Frontage Road by removing a longtime chain-link fence have hit a snag due to concerns raised by the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT).

“The goal is to remove the fence and replace it with a landscape type of screening that acts as a fence,” said Clemson Horticulturist Tim Johnson.Landscaping Stone “But they’re (SCDOT) concerned about cars and pedestrians coming throughout the area.”

Johnson said the fence begins at the U.S. Highway 123/S.C. Highway 93 interchange, going toward the railway bridge and ending where Frontage Road bears off. East Clemson Baptist Church and Clemson United Methodist Church are located along that road, which Johnson estimates at less than half a mile.

Initial plans by the city called for the removal of the fence, replaced by various plants common to the area — including Hollies, Red Maples, Crape Myrtles and Cryptomeria. Johnson said the plantings would prove to be both eye-catching and low maintenance and reduce the amount of grass.

“We thought the landscaping would suffice for a fence so that the fence could be removed,” Johnson said.

With the support of local DOT officials, Johnson submitted an encroachment permit to the SCDOT headquarters. Landscaping Stone But state officials informed Johnson that the fence would either have to remain or be replaced by a similar type of fence.

Johnson said there are three distinct sections of the Frontage Road area that would be affected by removal of the fence. He said the middle portion already contains a guardrail to prohibit cars from coming through while the area in front of Clemson United Methodist Church features a concrete culvert that serves as a barrier for cars coming through.

The one area of concern, Johnson added, is an area in front of East Clemson Baptist Church that does not contain a concrete culvert — therefore leaving it susceptible for a collision should a driver lose control of his vehicle. But the horticulturist believes safety can be enhanced with a thorough landscape screening.

While the landscape project was originally estimated at $25,000 for plant materials and labor provided by the city to remove the fence, Johnson said that figure could substantially increase if the fence has to be replaced. In fact, Johnson said he is unsure whether landscaping would even occur should the fence remain in place.

“The (landscape) plan would have to be changed because plantings would take place where the fence is currently located,” Johnson said.

Johnson hopes to begin landscaping this fall, since tree plantings during the summer months are not recommended. He also pointed out that inquiries to the state DOT regarding the replacement of the chain link fence with a split rail vinyl fence or a single cable have gone unanswered.

“These are options we’re trying to pursue if we have to go the fence route Landscaping Stone,” he said.

Mayor Pro Tem Butch Trent said he is anxious for a resolution in order to see a more aesthetically pleasing Frontage Road — especially since that is the area first seen by motorists traveling U.S. Highway 123 South into Clemson.

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Clemson guard Cliff Hammonds will be competing in this weekend’s 56th annual Portsmouth Invitational, a tournament highlighting eight teams featuring a total of 64 outstanding college basketball seniors. The event will take place at Churchland High School in Portsmouth,Landscaping Stone VA from Wednesday, April 9 through Saturday, April 12.

Hammonds is the second player from Clemson to compete in the event in the last three years. Akin Akingbala was all-tournament at the 2006 invitational. Hammonds, a native of Cairo, GA, will be playing for K&D Rounds Landscaping. Among his teammates this weekend are Sundiata Gaines from Georgia and Butler’s Mike Green. Hammonds played against both in the NABC College All-Star Game at the Final Four last Friday. Hammonds posted five points and four assists and helped Oliver Purnell’s National All-Star team to a 106-100 victory.

Hammonds was a third-team All-ACC choice as a senior after averaging 11.4 points per game, second-best on the team. He led the Tigers to a 24-10 record and #22 final ranking by the Associated Press. He also guided Clemson to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 10 years and first ACC Tournament championship appearance in 46 years. Hammonds was second-team All-ACC Tournament.

The 6′3″ combo guard finished his career ranked first in Clemson history for games played (134), games started (133), consecutive starts (130), Landscaping Stone and minutes played (4,285). He also ranks second in steals (225), fifth in assists (473), and ninth in school history in points scored (1,465). He is one of only five players in ACC history with at least 1,400 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists, and 200 steals in a career.

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It’s two years and counting down toward the 2010 Winter Olympics, which is really not a lot of time when trying to put groups of elite skiers and snowboarders on track for gold.

No one is more aware of this than Bill Marolt, president/CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard teams.

Landscaping Stone” align=”right” height=”110″ hspace=”3″ vspace=”3″ width=”121″ /> As things stand now, the U.S. will likely be sending its strongest contingent of athletes to the Games.

In Marolt’s words, “The future look bright … very bright.

“On a sport-by-sport basis, we see individuals in each sport that have been on the podium this season,” he said.

“Almost all our athletes have had good success, not only in World Cup, but we’ve had good success in Europa Cup, which means we’re starting to see some of the younger athletes percolate towards World Cup … and the Olympics.”

Needless to say, in the 12 years Marolt has headed the teams, there has been steady improvement, particularly in the areas of alpine racing and snowboarding.

All made possible, he said, through simple management strategies, which are to establish stability, present a plan and set down objectives for athletes, coaches and staff.

In 2002, skiers and snowboarders set a goal of winning 10 medals, a task many thought impossible. The U.S. won 10 medals, two gold, in alpine skiing and snowboarding.
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Marolt upped the bar in 2006, and even though it was America’s best showing %26#151; 10 medals, five of them gold %26#151; it was short of team goals.

“So I told our coaches and athletes that we’re not going to back away but instead raise the bar (for 2010). We’re going to get better at what we do by planning better, having greater focus and by being smarter at what we do,” he said. “We can’t work any harder; we just need to be smarter.”

The new Olympic training center in Park City will, most certainly, put athletes on the road to learning. Scheduled for completion in the spring of 2009, the center will have the very latest in equipment, technology and training tools, and the professional staff to administer these tools.

Equally important, said Marolt, is that for the very first time athletes, coaches and staff will be “working together under one roof instead of being spread out all over the world.”

It helps, too, that many of the elite athletes Marolt sees going to Vancouver are now living and training in the Park City area.

It means coaches and trainers will be able to sit down with these athletes on a routine basis in order to concentrate on proper training, diet and mind-set.

The prospects of a strong pool of elite athletes, the new training center and a definite plan have Marolt excited about 2010.

“We will go into 2010 fully prepared, and I believe we can go there as a team, with strong team feelings and compete hard as individuals,” he said, “and see if we can’t achieve our goals.”

Success breeds success in a team atmosphere. One skier or snowboarder doing well will let others on the team know it’s possible and will set for them a level they will need to succeed.

U.S. skiers and snowboarders have done well this season, and there are strong individuals within the development programs, which are reasons enough for all to be excited about 2010.

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It appears Utahns are softening up on a get-tough approach to immigration.

Just last month, 63 percent favored repealing a law that gives in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants at Utah’s public colleges and universities. But a new poll shows that now Utahns are pretty evenly split on the issue.

The poll conducted Saturday for the Deseret Morning News and KSL-TV shows that 41 percent want to keep the in-state tuition law on the books, while 51 percent want it overturned. The Dan Jones %26 Associates poll of 241 Utahns has a margin of error of 6.4 percent.

Landscaping Stone” align=”right” height=”84″ hspace=”3″ vspace=”3″ width=”126″ /> “That’s remarkable. That’s really incredible news,” said Theresa Martinez, co-chairwoman of the Utahns for the American Dream Coalition. “We’ve been trying to get the word out to the community that this is a wrong-minded bill.”

The group had a little help this week, after the Alliance for Unity released a statement opposing HB241, which would repeal a law that allows qualified but undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at state colleges and universities. Elder M. Russell Ballard, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Quorum of the Twelve, was one of many powerful community leaders who signed that statement.
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Shortly after, Elder Marlin K. Jensen of the LDS Church’s Quorum of the Seventy urged the predominantly LDS Legislature to take a “more thoughtful, factual, not to mention humane, approach” to immigration policy and to “measure twice before they cut.” However, Jensen did say the church has not taken an official position on the in-state tuition bill.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Glenn Donnelson, R-North Ogden, said he wasn’t surprised that the tides are changing on the public’s view of immigration bills.

“I’m sure with the events of the last couple of days, people softened,” Donnelson said. “I’m sure of that.”

But a third of those polled said their opinion wasn’t swayed by the statements by the LDS Church and Alliance for Unity.

However, the poll doesn’t make it clear where those who responded stood on the issue before the statements were made.

Currently, students can pay the in-state rate at public colleges and universities, regardless of their legal status, if they attend a Utah high school for three years and graduate.

The history of the proposed tuition repeal is a contentious one. Last year, a similar measure, also sponsored by Donnelson, died in a tied vote when a co-sponsor was absent.

This year’s legislation already is seeing some movement in the Legislature.

On Tuesday, the Utah House of Representatives approved the bill by a 39-35 vote, after it was amended to delay the effective date so that students who enroll by Sept. 30, 2010, would be able to take advantage of the tuition waiver.

This is the first time the proposal will be heard by the Senate, and it’s unclear what the support will be there.

“It’s all up to the Senate now,” Donnelson said.

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has said he supports keeping the tuition law in place.

Donnelson said he’s running the bill to stop the state from making false promises to undocumented immigrants.

“It’s against federal law. If they are illegal one way or the other, they can’t work,” Donnelson said. “And we tell them to go to school so they can get a good job, and they can’t.

“We can’t produce that dream to them.”

Supporters of the current law disagree.

“This law does make a lot of sense,” Martinez said. She said HB241 “is denying children an education, children who attend Utah schools.”

“It’s really a lacking common sense kind of thing to do, when you think of what an education means to a child.”

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