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One of the country's major wind farms is located near Storm Lake, Iowa, only a few miles from where I grew up. Many Tehachapi residents are familiar with Storm Lake because local wind companies have been heavily involved there.
The...
Posted by editor
- Wed Aug 2, 2006 09:58:34 PDT
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Sometimes we take our riding ability for granted. There are many horseback riders who need some extra help to achieve just a fraction of what many of us do on a daily basis. Alice Coghlan is someone who has been helping special riders...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jul 28, 2006 16:46:56 PDT
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BQ Auto -16Auto Q & ADear Q & A: My son just bought a new Saturn Ion. It has air conditioning, but when he took me to lunch the other day in sweltering weather, I asked him why we were riding with the windows open and...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jul 28, 2006 16:37:25 PDT
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One of our friends got pretty well bunged up the other day when she stopped at an intersection just down the street from our house and got rear-ended. I wasn't there so I can only repeat what I was told, which is that she was hit by a...
Posted by editor
- Thu Jul 27, 2006 14:49:02 PDT
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My paychecks are being garnished every month for child support I owe. My boss has expressed his frustration over that because extra work has to be done by his bookkeeper. He threatened to fire me if I did not deal with this myself. I do...
Posted by editor
- Thu Jul 27, 2006 14:41:54 PDT
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In the human world, businesses offering refreshments are known as restaurants, bars or coffee houses and are popular gathering places. In the insect world, refreshments are often provided by plants and these too are popular gathering...
Posted by editor
- Mon Jul 24, 2006 09:31:10 PDT
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Dear Q & A: I heard somewhere that gas stations are required by law to offer free air for tire inflation. This is just another one of those phony urban legends, isn’t it? —C.C. Dear CC: No, in this case there’s...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jul 21, 2006 16:42:59 PDT
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It's been more than two years since we moved into our smaller home in Mountain Aire Estates and we still have a rented storage unit in Old Town that is crammed with things that won't fit into our new place. Frankly, I don't know how they...
Posted by editor
- Wed Jul 19, 2006 09:22:15 PDT
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This year was not an outstanding one for wildflowers, but our late rains in March seem to have made 2006 a banner year for cottontail rabbits in the Tehachapi area.Many animal populations ranging from certain insects to many mammals are...
Posted by editor
- Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:39:31 PDT
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I never thought I was fixated on food until daughter Maggie's husband, Arch, expressed dismay over our family's tendency to discuss the dinner menu while still eating lunch. That's pretty much how everybody was during my growing-up years...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jul 14, 2006 16:06:21 PDT
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I am a tenant in an apartment building where I was assaulted by another tenant. I made a complaint to the police. I did not know this guy but when I talked to the landlord about him, he informed me that this guy gets drunk then goes...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jul 14, 2006 16:04:30 PDT
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“It’s just your imagination,” your good friend scolds.And with one little phrase, imagination is assigned to the scrap heap. While it’s true our imagination can get out of hand, especially in fostering unfounded...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jul 14, 2006 16:02:51 PDT
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Dear Q & A: For a long time I’ve been wanting to turn an old Volkswagen into one of those jazzy home-built roadsters you see tooling around the county. I’m finally retired and have the time and maybe enough know-how to do...
Posted by editor
- Thu Jul 13, 2006 09:17:50 PDT
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Floyd and Marie had problems, but whenever Floyd brought one up, Marie became sad and quiet. If Floyd pushed Marie to talk, she withdrew even more.In couple counseling Floyd admitted he wasn't the easiest guy to talk to: “I get...
Posted by editor
- Tue Jul 11, 2006 09:56:09 PDT
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Now that we are in the prime days of summer this is the best time to observe one of the oldest animal orders still roaming the planet: Anisoptera, the Dragonflies.These ancient insects are well-represented in the fossil record and they...
Posted by editor
- Mon Jul 10, 2006 13:57:05 PDT
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