TUESDAY EVENING TV LISTINGS
TUESDAY EVENING TV LISTINGS
Tending harmony
In the insect world of Arthropoda is a special group called Lepidoptera. This group is noted for monarchs, swallowtails and other beautiful and important butterflies. But there is another group within Lepidoptera, the Sphingidae — or hawk moth — family that contains important pollinators ...
Meet the opossum
With gray, coarse fur, a scaly tail and long snout with a pink nose, the opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is one of our more interesting mammals. According to Cornell University, early descriptions from Capt. John Smith in 1608 refer to it as “An Opassom hath an head like a Swine, and a tailee ...
Calendar
Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Extension Office. For more information and a complete list, contact: • OSU Mahoning County Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield. 330-533-5538. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. • OSU Trumbull County Extension Office, 520 W. Main St. Suite 1, Cortland. 330-638-6783. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Plant and Pest Clinic You can submit your questions by calling the Mahoning County office at 330-533-5538 or emailing us at ...
DEAR ANNIE: Sorting through memories stored in objects
DEAR ANNIE: I recently cleaned out my mother’s house after she moved into assisted living, and I thought the hardest part would be the boxes. I was wrong. The hardest part was realizing that every drawer held a memory, and every memory came with a decision. There were birthday cards she had saved from 1987, chipped coffee mugs from family vacations, old school projects, costume jewelry, recipes written in her handwriting and enough plastic containers to open a small deli. In the hall closet, I found my father’s old raincoat, still smelling faintly like him, even though he has been ...
HINTS FROM HELOISE: Law schools offend against good grammar
DEAR HELOISE: A recent column of yours appropriately points out how Americans botch both written and spoken English. Over the past 20 years, I’ve noticed that attorneys are offenders against correct English. The standards of law schools have degenerated so badly that many no longer require the law school admission test. The results are students who have a poor understanding of correct grammar. — Mark R., in Upland, California Mark, grammar has changed in this country, and it’s difficult to say how or why. How do the rest of my readers feel about this? Let us know at ...