Lady Pioneers combine for wins; Mounties forge ahead
January 19, 2010 by Becca Schwarz
Filed under January 18 - January 28, Sports
EVERSON/DEMING – On Jan. 15, Nooksack Valley (7-3 overall, 3-2) beat Anacortes, 46-37, in a Northwest Conference win at home. The game started off slowly, with Anacortes ahead of the Pioneers 5-2 after the first quarter. In the second quarter, the game picked up with Nooksack Valley putting another 18 points on the board heading [...]
When there’s melting snow, paddling I will go…
January 19, 2010 by Becca Schwarz
Filed under January 18 - January 28, Outside
A winter day’s adventure on local lakes
by Evan Hughes
COUNTY – I’m not going to lie. This weather’s been bumming me out. For the last couple weeks, we’ve had more melting and rain than fresh, beautiful white powder. That sentence doesn’t make any snowboarder or skier happy. Here we are, nearing mid-January, and it seems while [...]
EVERYDAY LIFE: What of winter?
January 19, 2010 by Becca Schwarz
Filed under Farm & Garden, January 18 - January 28
by John McKnight
I was squishing my way across my lawn yesterday when I realized it needs mowing. Not the mowing that was leftover because I didn’t get to it last fall when it needed that one last trim. No, it needs the “too much new growth” mowing you’re not supposed to get until March. Walking [...]
IN THE GARDEN: Mealy Bugs
January 19, 2010 by Becca Schwarz
Filed under Farm & Garden, January 18 - January 28
by Chuck McClung
Mealy bugs are common houseplant pests. They look like little white, cottony, fuzzy things that can reside anywhere on your plant, the pot rim, stake, or even the plant tag. Like most houseplant pests, as opposed to diseases, they don’t immediately hurt a plant; they are “sucking” critters that slowly zap the energy [...]
