BARLOW – Ballard County could become the first county in the region to receive a Kentucky Work Ready Community (KWRC) certification. An organizational meeting was held on the 6th at the BMHS library

to determine interest by community leaders and school administrators in pursuing the KWRC status.

Despite Economic Development Cabinet statistics showing Kentucky in the top ten

in recruiting businesses it still lags behind in perception. KWRC is a certification program that allows communities to demonstrate their workforce quality and is part of the state’s plan to improve work

force delivery, help showcase the state and demonstrate the state as having a skilled and ready workforce.

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Aug. 22The Ballard Me-

morial High School Bombers will kick off their 2014 foot-ball season with a game against McLean County.

The team’s first home game will be Aug. 29 against Ful-ton City.

Aug 25Ballard-Carlisle

Historical and Geneal-ogy Society meets the 4th Monday of each month, 6 p.m., at the Ballard-Carlisle Soci-ety/Library Building.

Sept. 5The Ballard County

Recycle and Conve-nience Center will be holding a free “Waste Tire Collection” event on Sept. 4-6 in Wick-liffe.

At the event, lo-cal residents can get rid of old tires free of charge.

The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 4-5 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 6.

Sept. 13The Harvest Fes-

tival Poker Run will be held on Sept. 13 in Wickliffe.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Wickliffe Park Beau-tification Project.

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Wickliffe votes to raise taxes

Logsdon joins Snips & Tangles’ staff

Snips and Tangles in Barlow welcome C o s m e t o l o g i s t Nichole Logsdon.

Logsdon is a recent honor graduate from BCTC in Lexington,. She will be working alongside her mother-in-law Deanne Logsdon providing hair and nail care.

The council voted to approve a property tax hike .3678 percent to ..374 percent at the city council meeting during Wickliffe’s monthly meeting on the 4th. They also approved a survey that divides Fort Jefferson into four separate properties; 1) Cross, 2) Trails, 3)Visitors Center, 4) remainder. The Visitors Center is a federal grant which differs in restrictions from the Trails grant. A plat map is required that shows the Trails with a separate deed in order to receive the final payment of the grant. David Phillips said they anticipate being able to take bids on the Visitors Center the first to mid September.

A motion was passed to compensate Phillips $200 a month for his work on the Visitors Center project. Another motion was rejected by the council to pay Chris Wilson for his position as chief of the Wickliffe Fire Department. Mayor Lynn Hopkins pointed out what Phillips is doing “is a special project that deals with federal procurement and is very time consuming. Firemen are volunteer.”

The need to purchase a new fire truck was brought up again this month at the Wickliffe City Council meeting on the 4th.

After reporting the #2 truck, a 1969 model, having been reported put out of service in a

Getting theschool year started ...Ballard County Schools welcomed back students on Aug. 7 for the 2014-15 school year. Students all around the district began the new year in different ways. (Above) BMHS seniors are seated in the gym, as they will be on graduation day. The projection in the back is about a new initiative at the high school, The Power of 10, encouraging students and faculty to make a positive impact on 10 people each day. (At right) second-grade students make their way down the hall to their new classroom. (Below) 21st Century Coordinator Teresa Adami helps BCMS students with additional enrollment papers, and (at bottom) “Mean Green” and the Ballard Memorial High School cheerleaders help Principal David Meinschein in an opening day assembly.

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other Kentucky counties when competing for jobs. “The county is in very good position to actually receive Work Ready Communities, if we submit a successful application, the statistics are there” according to Mary Anne Medlock with the Paducah Area Development District.

Kentucky has the most rigorous certification program in the nation. The application criteria include seven areas; high school graduation rates, National Career Readiness Certificate holders, community commitment, educational attainment, soft skills development, Internet availability, and supplemental criteria.

Lacking qualifying high school graduating percentages McCracken

County made an unsuccessful bid at the application process a few years ago. At 92.4% graduating rate Ballard surpasses the required 86.1%. District Superintendent Casey Allen said he had attended a PADD meeting a couple of years ago where KWRC had been mentioned and the people from the school who attended said they could do their part to help. Allen said “if it’s good for the community then it’s good for the schools.” BMHS Principal David Meinschein added, “We started moving forward about two years ago” and were onboard with the process.

The next step in the application process is to submit a letter of intent with the review panel, 30 days prior to the September 12, application deadline, which will make recommendations to the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board (KWIB). The board will name (or not) as either a KWRC/KWRC in Progress on October 14. The Governor’s office will make the announcement in the November’s Kentucky Workforce meeting.

Barlow Mayor John Woods accepted the position as ‘community cheerleader’, to lead and keep everyone moving forward on the application process. He will also work on the supplemental criteria portion; a narrative, which could be used by the review panel in the event the application should fall short in an area, that explains the prevalence of occupational credentials (industry recognized certificates).

The application is a community project that will require assistance and involvement from community leaders, businesses, government officials, and educators.

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previous meeting it was reported this month that the mini pump truck is now down with a blown engine. Estimating costing $6000 to replace the engine Wilson said it was his opinion the truck was not worth fixing.

Most councilmen were opposed to the purchase of a new truck at this time except Councilperson Mike Nutt who was advocating for the new truck. Mayor Hopkins said it was a hard decision. Councilman George Lane said” I’m not against buying a fire truck, you tell me how we’re going to do it and I’ll be glad to say ok.” Wilson offered to put $4000 of State Aid money and another $4000 from

the department’s budget toward the payment. Mark Davis with Paducah Area Development District said about the best grant available at this time would only be for 15% but he thought there would be an Assistance for Firefighter Grant coming up this fall.

Hopkins told the council that some where down the road they were going to have to find some revenue to not have to dip in the savings. Waiting till this fall for a FEMA grant seemed to be the common consensus among the councilmen. The option was mentioned to rebuild the #2 truck; spending $60,000 on the rebuild as opposed to a $250,000 loan for a new truck. Hopkins also added “there is value in

buying some thing that is not going to be repaired for the next five years so it’s a trade off. It’s a financial decision.” He also suggested buying a used truck.

C o u n c i l p e r s o n Cathy Hurt favored the purchase saying “this is real important” and that the city has dipped into the saving for other purposes. Hopkins said he agreed with Hurt that the city needs to provide basic services saying “I don’t believe and never have believed in not providing basic services for a community by putting it off, pushing it off down the road and that’s what the city has done for years.” Councilperson Herby Vance said it just didn’t make since to spend money you don’t have.

At one point Hopkins said he wasn’t for or against the truck. He told the council that after next year’s $82,000 payment on the warehouses they would have that money, “pull your check out and write them an $82,000 check”. He explained that it’s an investment in a piece of equipment and they wouldn’t have payments. Another situation Hopkins explained was just having paid off an almost $100,000 backhoe that freed up $18,000 a year. Nutt asked Hopkins his opinion, as an experienced financial person, would be best to pay for the truck out-right or pursue another avenue for the purchase? Hopkins said he wasn’t going to answer the question because he’s been told he does too much and makes too many decisions. Hopkins said “here’s the deal, you have six council people who want to run things, and it’s up to them. The only thing I do is break tie votes.”

Councilperson Judy Hall said they had a lot going on and favored just fixing the other truck until they had the money to buy a new one. Wilson said he was tired of listening to the bickering and arguing.

The motion was made and passed to purchase the truck. Hall maintained her opposition against the purchase.

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As you read this ar-ticle we are well on our way to a start of a new school year! My, how excited the kids were Thursday, Aug 7, when I stopped to pick them up. I will have to ad-mit most of them, as I greeted them on the bus told me they were “Not Ready” to start. As they sat down and began to greet friends, it soon was very plain that they were indeed glad to be back. I got so many hugs it made my heart sing! Yes , we are off to a great start.

My summer has been a very busy one. Thanks to all who sent cards or called while I was recu-perating from my knee surgery. School was out the 30th of May and I

had a total knee replace-ment the 6th of June. I have made a wonderful recovery. I give thanks to God first of all and the Dr’s and his staff were the greatest!

I am so glad to be back with you. Until next week keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart.

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LaCENTER - Carolyn Joyce Shelton of La Center died Friday at 11 a.m. at her home in La Center.

Carolyn was a member of Concord Church of Christ. She also had been employed by Ballard Board of Education as a substitute teacher.

She is survived by her husband Larry Shelton of La Center, one son Chad Shelton of La Center, 2 nieces Crystal Thompson of Erlanger, Ky. and Misty Grow of

Mitchell, Indiana. One nephew Joshua Shelton of Mitchell, Indiana.

Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents Clellan and Almedia Parker.

Memorial Services for Carolyn were Monday Evening at 6 p.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel. Steve Miller will be officiating,

Visitation began at 4 p.m. Monday.

M e m o r i a l Contributions may be sent to Lourdes Hospice Foundation Fund P.O. Box 7100 Paducah, Ky. 42002-9961.

Morrow Funeral Chapel in La Center is handling arrangements

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KEVIL – Robert Terry Lee, age 61 died at his home Monday morning at 9:22 a.m.

Terry drove truck for many years and also had been an instructor for Franklin Truck Driving School. He farmed in most recent years.

He is survived by his wife Cathy Lee of Kevil, Ky. his Father Robert Howard Lee of Kevil, two sons Robert Lee and his wife Annalisa of Kevil, Jason Lee and his wife Julie of Kevil. One step-son Ricky Sherron of Chicago, Ill. One daughter Ashley Bodell and her husband Cody of Kevil. One step-daughter Mary Sherron of Paducah.

Eight Grandchildren Drake Lee, Reed Lee, Bailey Lee, Andee Bodell, Rilee Bodell, Kayla Sherron, Victoria Sherron, and Myiah Sherron.

Terry was preceded

in death by his Mother Martha Grief Lee and one brother Howard Dorsey Lee.

Funeral services were Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter with the Rev. Don Wann officiating. Interment followed at New Liberty United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter.

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House Republican Floor Leader Jeff Hoover, R-Jamestown, today pre-filed legislation for the 2015 session that if it becomes law would restore voting rights to Kentuckians who have been convicted of certain felonies and met all requirements of their sentencing. Leader Hoover was the primary co-sponsor of House Bill 70 in the 2014 session.

“I was proud to support my friend, Representative Jesse Crenshaw of Lexington, as primary co-sponsor of HB 70 because I believe those who have

paid their debt to society should be afforded the right to vote,” Leader Hoover said. “Even though HB 70 did not become law during this year’s session, I vowed to continue the push to restore voter rights. This is why I’m sponsoring the bill for the next legislative session.”

Under the proposal, persons convicted of treason, intentional murder, or sex offenses would not be eligible to have their voting rights restored. All other persons convicted of a felony would have their right to vote restored

upon completion of their sentence or the end of their probation or parole.

Voter restoration has enjoyed increasingly wide support in Kentucky, including U.S. Senator Rand Paul, who joined Hoover and Rep. Crenshaw to testify in support of HB 70 during the last session.

“I look forward to working with Senator Paul, Commissioner Comer, and many others as we continue our work

to allow more Kentuckians to have their voices heard by giving them back the ability to vote in elections,” added Hoover. “It is essential to overcoming apathy when it comes to voting that we expand the number of Kentuckians who meet all the voting requirements, including our neighbors and family who are rebuilding their lives by putting their felony convictions behind them.”

House Republican leader files Voter restoration rights Bill for 2015 session

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SportsLaCENTER - Ballard

Memorial has been picked to finish third in Class 2A, District 1. The Bombers are listed third in The Cats’ Pause 2014 Kentucky Foot-ball Yearbook Preseason Class 2A, District 8 poll. Ballard Memorial is picked to finish one spot ahead of Crittenden County.

The Bombers are ranked behind Murray and pre-season district frontrunner Caldwell County.

Ballard Memorial has compiled back-to-back win-ning seasons. The Bombers, under the direction of head coach John Elliott, exited the 2013 season with a 7-4 overall record. Ballard Me-morial will look to push both Murray (9-5) and Caldwell County (12-1) in Class 2A,

District 1.Seniors Dre Bledsoe

(WR/DB), Colin Garner (OL/DL) and Alex Hugen (RB/DE) are among the top returnees for the Bombers.

Ballard Memorial notched wins over McLean County, Fulton City, Todd County Central, Webster County, Hopkins County Central, Houston County (Tenn.) and Crittenden County last sea-son. The Bombers dropped games to Caldwell County, Murray, Massac (Ill.) and Union County during the 2013 season.

Ballard Memorial fell to Union County in the open-ing round of the Class 2A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl.

The Bombers outscored

opponents 394-266 during the 2013 campaign.

Defending district cham-pion Caldwell County is expected to contend for the Class 2A state title. Caldwell County features quarterback Elijah Sindelar, one of the nation’s top signal-callers.

Murray reached the 2013 state semifinals, falling to eventual state champion De-Sales.

Crittenden County is ex-pected to be much-improved with a solid cast of juniors and underclassmen back on the field.

Ballard Memorial will open the 2014 season at McLean County on Aug. 22. Kickoff for the Ballard Memorial-McLean County football game is set for 7 p.m.

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LA CENTER - Three Ballard Memo-rial Bombers have been tabbed as Class 2A, Dis-trict 1 Players to Watch by The Cats’ Pause 2014 Kentucky Foot-ball Yearbook. Senior wide receiver/defensive back Dre Bledsoe, se-nior offensive lineman/defensive lineman Co-lin Garner and senior running back/defensive end Alex Hugen have all been recognized as Class 2A, District 1 Players to Watch. Each of the three Ballard Me-morial football players thrived throughout the 2013 season.

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competes in Class 2A, District 1, along with Caldwell County (12-1), Murray (9-5) and Crit-tenden County (3-7).

Caldwell County senior quarterback Elijah Sindelar is the 2014 Preseason Class 2A, District 1 Player of the Year. Heading into his senior season, Sindelar has more than 9,000 passing yards and nearly 100 touchdowns. Sindelar has already committed to Purdue University.

Additional play-ers honored as Class 2A, District 1 Play-ers to Watch are Jaylen Boyd (Caldwell Coun-

ty, Sr., RB), Dee Cain (Caldwell County, Jr., RB/DB), Noah Dicker-son (Crittenden County, Sr., QB/WR/DB), Pey-ton Glynn (Murray, Jr/. RB/DB), Tre Hornbuck-le (Murray, Jr., DE/TE), Des’Jahvonni Miles (Murray, Jr., QB/DB), Eli Pepper (Caldwell County, Sr., WR) and Lane Wallace (Critten-den County, Sr., RB/LB).

Bledsoe, Garner and Hugen helped Ballard Memorial to compile a 7-4 overall record in the 2013 season. The Bombers were 3-3 ver-sus Class 2A, Region 1 teams last fall.

I N D I A N A P O L I S - Beginning with the 2015 high school base-ball season, teams will be allowed to use video monitoring or replay equipment for coaching purposes during games.

This revision to Rule 3-3-1 was one of five changes recommended by the National Federa-tion of State High School Associations (NFHS) Baseball Rules Commit-tee at its June 8-10 meet-ing in Indianapolis. The committee’s recommen-dations were subsequent-ly approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

Previously, video equipment was permitted

but it could not be used during games for coach-ing purposes.

“With advancements in technology, it was extremely difficult for officials to determine if teams were using video replay during games,” said Elliot Hopkins, NFHS director of sports and educational services and liaison to the Base-ball Rules Committee. “The committee deter-mined it was the right time to permit teams to use these technological aids if they so choose.”

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The Ballard Memorial High School Bombers are picked to finish third in the District 1-2A race this season.

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Recent news reports of unsafe drinking water in the Great Lakes area has drawn national attention to toxic algal blooms. In Kentucky, cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, recently were found in Green River Lake, Tay-lorsville Lake, Barren Riv-er Lake, Nolin Reservoir and Rough River Lake at levels that prompted a rec-reational advisory.

Algal blooms are accu-mulated populations of al-gae in freshwater and ma-rine water environments. They can reduce water quality, so animals might not drink as much as they need to get them through the hot, dry summer. Of the more than 2,000 spe-cies of blue-green algae identified, at least 80 are known to produce cyano-toxins (poisons) that can seriously affect animal and human health.

“Although algal blooms can occur at any time of the year, they happen most often in the warmer months of June through September,” said Michelle Arnold, ruminant veteri-narian for the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and En-vironment. “In freshwater, the majority of harmful al-gal blooms are caused by cyanobacteria.”

Blue-green algae natu-rally exist in wet places. They thrive in warm, stagnant, nutrient rich water and are found often in ponds, lakes and slow moving rivers.

While not all algae are harmful, farm ponds con-taminated with fertilizer runoff or direct manure and urine are the perfect environment for harmful blue-green algae. When the weather is hot and dry, rapid growth of the algae can result in a “bloom,” or a build-up of algae that creates a green, blue-green, white or brown coloring on the surface of the water. It may look like a floating layer of paint. If it’s windy, the algal blooms may con-centrate along the water’s edge, which increases the risk for livestock to ingest the algae when they come down to the pond for a drink.

“Environmental factors such as water temperature, sunlight, water pH and nutrient concentration all affect when toxins will be produced,” Arnold said. “Cyanotoxins can affect the liver and nervous sys-tem and have been impli-cated in illness and human and livestock death in at least 35 states and in more than 50 countries world-wide.”

Animals that consume affected water may die suddenly or suffer from weakness, staggering or photosensitization depend-ing on the toxin and how

much they ingested.A few simple steps can

keep livestock, pets and humans safe from algae poisoning. Always as-sume that a blue-green algal bloom is toxic. Pro-vide clean, fresh water to animals and fence off their access to stagnant, scum-covered ponds.

“Fencing off natural water sources and pro-viding alternative water sources really is your best option,” said Amanda Gumbert, UKAg exten-sion water quality liaison. “Don’t allow your animals to contaminate the water with feces and urine. Pre-vent fertilizer or manure runoff from entering wa-ter sources. Phosphorus is particularly important in fueling cyanobacteria growth.”

If the water source is treated with an algaecide such as copper sulfate, pre-vent animal access for at least a week to allow deg-radation of any released toxins in the water. It is best to wait until ponds are no longer stagnant before allowing animals to drink from it.

“Creating and maintain-ing natural buffers, such as trees and shrubs between farmland, housing devel-opments and waterways can help filter out excess nitrogen and phosphorous before they reach the wa-ter,” said Steve Higgins, director of environmental compliance for the UK Agricultural Experiment Station.

To protect humans, don’t swim in water with scum layers or blooms and avoid jet skiing, windsurf-ing, tubing or water ski-ing over scum or blooms. Don’t use untreated water for drinking, cleaning food or washing camping gear. Boiling water will not re-move algal toxins. Thor-oughly wash any skin that comes into contact with a bloom. Don’t eat shellfish caught or harvested from a bloom area.

Farmers who notice algal blooms in ponds in-tended for livestock use should get the water test-ed. Not all algal blooms produce toxins.

“Many algal blooms in Kentucky are composed of harmless green algae that may look like underwa-ter moss, stringy mats or floating scum,” Gumbert said. “It is impossible to tell just by looking at the pond if it contains blue-green algae.”

The UK Veterinary Di-agnostic Lab can accept water samples and for-ward them to referral labs to identify blue-green al-gae and test for toxins.

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“Unfortunately, testing water for an actual toxin is problematic, because toxins are not uniformly distributed in the wa-ter source,” Arnold said. “Testing can be quite ex-pensive and there are many blue-green algae toxins for which no diagnostic tests exist. To be safe, always assume that a blue-green algal bloom has the poten-

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Profiles in Nature By Jack Glisson

American Lotus

Drive the loop by the Ballard County Wildlife Refuge this time of year and one of the most no-table sights are the large patches of American Lo-tus, or Nelumbo lutea. With round leaves up to two feet across and pale yellow flowers that can reach 10 inches in diam-eter this plant holds title to the largest native blossom in North America. During periods when they are not flowering, it can be dif-ferentiated from water lil-ies by the rounded un-cut leaves. Water Lillie leaves have a slit in them that goes from the edge of the leaf to the stem.

Liking moisture it can grow in permanent swampy areas or even some places that receive periodic flooding as long as there remains high moisture content in the soil. Propagation is by root or seed. The seeds

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have been to know to sprout after many years of dormancy.

An important food source for American Indi-ans almost all parts of the plant can be utilized. Roots are usually dug in fall and winter and prepared many different ways, young stems and leaf buds are used either raw or cooked, leaves can be wilted over a fire and used to wrap other food in for cooking, flowers can be dried and used for tea or soup, and then there are the seeds. Before maturity the seeds can be eaten raw, baked, or boiled. Mature seeds can be ground into flour that has many uses.

Although easy to identi-

Softball Rules Com-mittee at its June 16-18 meeting in Indianapolis and subsequently ap-proved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

Rules 1-6-1 and 1-7-1 were revised to state that the batting helmet and the catcher’s helmet shall have a non-glare surface (not mirror-like).

Theresia Wynns, NFHS director of sports and officials education and liaison to the Soft-ball Rules Committee, said the committee in-stituted these changes because helmets that are mirror-like in nature are distracting and could be dangerous for other play-ers.

In other baseball rules changes, the committee expanded the definition of interference in Rule 2-21 to include follow-through interference and backswing interference.

Rule 2-21-4 will state that “follow-through in-terference is when the ball hits the catcher after the batter has swung at a pitch and hinders ac-tion at home plate or the catcher’s attempt to play on a runner,” and Rule 2-21-5 will state that “backswing interference is when a batter contacts the catcher or his equip-ment prior to the time of the pitch.”

Hopkins said that fol-low-through interference and backswing interfer-ence are separate and dis-tinct acts that previously were not addressed in Rule 2-21. The rule pre-viously covered offen-sive, umpire and specta-tor interference.

The rules commit-tee approved a change in Rule 1-5-1 regarding the batting helmet to be consistent with the rule for helmets used by de-fensive players. As is the case with head protection worn by field players, the batting helmet now must have a non-glare surface (cannot be mirror-like in nature) and meet the NOCSAE standard at the time of manufacture.

The definition of a foul ball in Rule 2-16-1 was expanded to be

consistent with language elsewhere in the rules book. Specifically, Rule 2-16-1f will now state that a foul is a batted ball “that hits the batter in the batter’s box.” Article “g” will state that a foul is a batted ball “that hits the ground or home plate and then hits the batter or the bat which is held by the batter while he is in the batter’s box.”

The final change ap-proved by the Baseball Rules Committee in-volves the following additional language to Courtesy Runner Rule No. 1: “In the event that the offensive team bats around, the pitcher and/or catcher who had a courtesy runner inserted on their behalf may bat in their normal position in the batting order.”

Baseball is the fourth-most popular sport for boys at the high school level with 474,791 partic-ipants in 15,632 schools during the 2012-13 sea-son, according to the NFHS Athletics Partici-pation Survey. Fast-pitch softball is the fifth-most popular sport for girls at the high school level with 362,488 participants in 15,067 schools during the 2012-13 season.

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fy when foliage and flow-ers are present, I have to say it! As usual when de-scribing edible or medici-nal properties I must add the following disclaimer,

neither the paper nor my-self are responsible for the mis-identification and/or possible untoward effects from eating or otherwise utilizing wild plants.

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