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By JASMINE BARBERFeb. 17, 2014, 9 p.m.
State-of-the-art travelling facility launched
THE lawn outside the Mount Isa Civic Centre was a hive of activity yesterday for the launch of one of the most innovative health care clinics in the country.
The $5 million Indigenous Diabetes Eyes and Screening project is a travelling van that will return to Mount Isa every four-and-a-half weeks to offer optometry and ophthalmological services to indigenous and non-indigenous residents.
The launch attracted hundreds of community members, including Deadly Choices Ambassador and rugby league legend Scott Prince.
Mr Prince said he was impressed by the travelling facilities and encouraged the indigenous community of his home town to take advantage of the state-of-the-art equipment.
``Being a home-town boy I think it is just great that I can get back out here and help promote healthy lifestyle, getting the check-ups, and just really reinforce how important it is to have a healthy lifestyle,'' he said.
Executive director of Diamond Jubilee Partnerships Lyndall De Marco was on board the IDEAS van for the inaugural trip to Mount Isa and said residents of Mount Isa would no longer be disadvantaged by distance to receive the best treatment in eye care.
``This is about bringing the best facilities in Australia to Mount Isa for eye treatment,'' she said.
``When you bring this sort of equipment and this sort of expertise to Mount Isa, this is closing the gap like you never believe.''
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Landscape architect Renny Reynolds and horticulturist, author and historian Jack Staub will discuss classic English garden design Thursday at the annual Garden Club of Palm Beach lecture, presented at The Society of the Four Arts.
Reynolds and Staub were inspired by historic gardens in Britain during the 35-year course of creating Hortulus Farm, a 100-acre property they own and maintain in Wrightstown, Pa.
We have always admired the English style of gardening and landscaping, said Reynolds, who has traveled with Staub to Britain to experience many gardens throughout that country during the past decades.
The pair split their time between two homes: the Bucks County, Pa., farm and their Point Manalapan home, where they have spent winters for the past several years.
The English perfected the principles of landscape design, such as vista, axis, enclosure, kitchen and herb gardens, water features and follies, Reynolds said. And we found that English gardening translates well to the American vernacular, especially in the case of our farm, which was created around a stone farmhouse dating from 1723.
We are fascinated with the English manner of landscape design and were influenced by specific gardens we have visited, many of which are not on the typical English garden-tour circuit, he said.
They will share images of specific British gardens and show how their features were brought to the Pennsylvania property, which consists of 22 distinctive and authentic landscaped areas.
Renny and Jack are the dynamic duo of garden history and design, and their Pennsylvania farmstead is simply magnificent, said Vicky Hunt, Garden Club president. Their knowledge about English-style gardens is deep and impressive, and their lecture should be inspiring to all of us interested in landscape design and horticulture.
Hunt hopes that the lecture, The Art of English Gardening, will inspire people to visit Hortulus Farm, which was placed on the U.S. Register of Historic Places in 2004 and is an affiliate of the Garden Conservancy, with its gardens open to the public.
This annual lecture is our clubs gift to the town of Palm Beach, Hunt said.
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PADUCAH, KyJust 31 days now until spring and many of you are counting down! Temperatures are getting warmer, and there is some rain in the forecast, that will probably turn your yard into a slushy and muddy mess.
Landscape professionals and homeowners said they are ready for spring, even if it means some extra yard work.
Today the sun was shining, the snow and ice packed down is finally thawing.
Crystal Sanders owns James Sanders Nursery and said people need to start preparing their yards now.
"We go around and mulch all the plant material around the root systems to protect them...If you didn't get seeding done in the fall, it's a great time to start seeding now," said Sanders.
Homeowner Talmadge Martin takes pride in his yard and says he is ready for spring.
"We have had enough of it. We've had more snow than I can ever remember," said Martin.
All the snow in Martin's yard has created mess, that will take months to firm back up.
"You can walk around in some other places in my yard, back out back, it may go over your shoe tops," said Martin.
Both homeowners and landscape professionals said they are tired of winter.
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Dated, 60s-style comforters, dark green walls and old light fixtures marked the inside of the former Randolph Park Hotel and Suites.
After a yearlong closure for a top-to-bottom, $4.5 million renovation, the building at 102 N. Alvernon Way has reopened as a bright and modern La Quinta Inns & Suites.
We made the conscious decision to close the hotel so we could more effectively renovate it, said Jerry Fischer, president of Desert Hospitality Management.
The company manages the property for Humberto Lopezs HSL Properties, which owns it.
Fischer expects a 70-percent occupancy rate once the hotel has its grand opening at the end of February.
The hotel is now open to the public, though there is some ongoing construction.
We wanted to get the doors open, get people in, and get to doing business, general manager Amy Wilcox said.
Thanks to La Quintas location, guests have access to a variety of activities in midtown Tucson.
Nearby, there are Reid Park and Reid Park Zoo, Randolph Golf Complex, El Con Mall with its shopping, food and movie theaters and 12 restaurants, all within walking distance.
The university and the Tucson Medical Center are also just 3 miles away.
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Autumn Hill Nursery in Hickory Flat at 4256 Earney Road offers gardeners a wealth of tools to have a beautiful yard. Many homeowners are looking for answers on how to get landscaping in shape after the frigid temperatures, and owner Eric Hill has advice to assist. Special to the Tribune
With spring just around the corner, gardeners and homeowners are looking for answers.
Eric Hill who, along with his wife, Kari, owns Autumn Hill Nursery in Hickory Flat and Autumn Hill Four Seasons Gift & Garden in Canton has some expert advice on those gardening concerns.
The two have 22 years in the business, helping their customers make the most in their yards and gardens.
Eric Hill offered some advice on how to handle the recent bad weather and its effects on the yard.
Many of us have had plants damaged by the single digit temperatures we experienced in January. The questions are how much was damaged, is it permanent, and what do you do about it, Eric Hill said. A plant suffering cold damage falls into one of three scenarios. The leaves are damaged, and they will simply drop off and new ones will grow; all or part of certain branches may have been killed; the entire plant met its demise.
Hill said for many of those questions, the only option is to wait and see.
Time will tell. We can simply wait until later in the spring and see what branches put out new growth, and then prune out the rest, while removing any shrubs that are completely dead, he said.
Hill said in the weeks ahead, many gardeners will be working to get their plants back in shape.
If you want to start getting your yard back in shape in March, but dont know what to prune, use these two simple tests. Scratch the bark of the branch with your thumbnail or pocket knife. Just below the surface the tissue should be a light green/yellow green. If it is, the branch is still alive. If it is brown, it is dead, and you can work your way down the branch until you see green, then prune out the dead, Hill said.
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