The proposal perhaps most directly adhering to history is that of Cambridge, Massachusettsbased Reed Hilderbrand. Following the 1902 McMillan Plans idea of creating a Washington Common, the team took a flexible, yet nonradical approach to preserving the basin, proposing landforms to protect it from daily flooding as well as a series of open lawns, circling pathways, and new cherry groves to allow for additional recreation on-site. Brooklyn-based DLANDstudio, similarly, proposes a land bridge from the Jefferson Memorial to the White House, but takes its phased solution to protecting the shoreline directly into the water via a jetty, weir, and berm.

The DLANDstudio-proposed land bridge between the Jefferson Memorial and the White House.

Seattle-based GGNs approach is gradual, allowing for bureaucratic project approval timelines in a plan that would be achieved in three stages until 2090. Looking at the basin as an ecological whole, says founding partner Kathryn Gustafson, the firm recommends new floodplain forests, tidal marshes and boardwalks, and the introduction of native flowering trees as solutions to naturally curb flooding and allow generational evolution of the site. Also with ecology in mind, James Corner Field Operations sets forth three future scenarios to mitigate rising waters: an earthwork levee to protect the site in its current state, an entropic solution in which nature takes over the site, and a middle way that protects the monuments as garden islands within this natural floodplain.

GGN proposes floodplain forests and tidal marshes as gradual solutions to rising water levels on the site.

Walter Hood of Oakland, Californiabased Hood Design Studio instead takes a social approach to the sites challenges, envisioning the Tidal Basin as an opportunity to rebuild an urban ecology through remembrance of its past. Three anthems guide this new Tidal Basin: Tell the Truth!, Invention: Making New Things, and Let the Waters Be Free. All replace romantic narratives with true stories of perseverance, resilience, and the values of these wetlands held by indigenous and enslaved peoples. Exploring passive and active technologies, Hood proposes a sustainable future and a new story of the iconic landscape.

At the Tidal Basin, Hood proposes educational opportunities to overtake the more romantic narratives of the site. Here, a proposed group learns about hush harbors, wetlands that served as hidden meeting places of worship for enslaved people.

As the public weighs in on the five proposals, the stakeholder team may adopt one, none, or parts of several of the solutions set forth by the design teams. What Hood emphasizes is likely to come into play: The historical significance of this project could be vast if it leads to a national change in approach to waterside green space when it abuts some of our most treasured structures. Landscape is a medium of exchange between humans and the environment, he explains. It can tell a very powerful story.

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Betty Kornegay-Kaneft with her artwork Photo contributed by Betty Kornegay-Kaneft

Martha Fowler, a resident of Historic Melrose Heights, says the neighborhood is increasingly becoming an artist colony. She says, Ive sort of grown up in the neighborhood as my grandparents bought the home where I live in 1941.

Fowler says she and many of her neighbors have been walking outside for exercise and to safely spend time together during the COVID-19 pandemic. She said during their outside walks, We began talking about all the artists in the neighborhood and where everyone lived. We decided to reach out to the artists and have an afternoon when we invited each other to get to know each other better and celebrate our neighborhood. It was also about that time we started having food delivered for whoever wanted to join in. Our goal was to help so many who could not work due to the pandemic.

This was the origin of the Historic Melrose Heights Art in the Yard events that have brought people together safely with food, art, music, and friendship.

The festival has grown and several hundred attended the October 4 Art in the Yard. The first was held in the spring after the COVID-19 restrictions were ordered and many businesses and events around the city were shut down. Another Art in the Yard was held in July. The next Art in The Yard event is planned for December 6. Masks are required and social distancing is encouraged during the events. Hand sanitizing stations are placed at each of the intersections of the neighborhood.

Fowler says, Melrose has not only filmmakers, photographers, and painters but also musicians, plantsmen, potters, writers, arts administrators, quilters, and now during the pandemic others have discovered their artistic talents developing their skills in painting, candle making, and stained glass artisans.

Residents of Melrose who are featured artists in the Art in the Yard events include Jay Bender, painter; Diana Stevenson, jewelry; Betsy Kaemmerlen, potter and landscape architect; Harriet Green, arts administrator; Rob Shaw, painter and gallery owner; Josh Whiteside, photographer; Jenks Farmer, plantsman; John Sherrer, historian and writer; Christopher Berg, musician; Elaine Delk, antique and art collector; Hope Sypert, designer; Julie Webster, stained glass; Betty Kornegay Keneft, painter; Big Dad Keneft, painter; Van Kornaguy, photographer and media arts professor; and more.

Lee Ann Kornegay, planner and organizer of the Historic Melrose Heights Art in the Yard says, Melrose Art in the Yard events have allowed us to get to know our neighbors and invite other communities to walk our streets and enjoy the talents of many in a safe and fun way. Not only has it nurtured families to create things but has nudged folks that may have never considered themselves artists to show their work. That is pretty exciting. We have kids making tarts, Melrose signs, and jewelry along side established artists, and it has created a sense of community with a welcome breath of fresh air.

The Historic Melrose Heights neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History as the Historic Melrose Heights, Oak Lawn, Fairview Historic District. The neighborhood is located west of Woodrow Street, south of Gervais Street and Trenholm Road, and north of Millwood Avenue and Michigan Street and is comprised of over 600 houses bringing together the original Melrose Heights, Oak Lawn, and Fairview communities.

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We didnt know if this day would ever come, but alas, here we are!

The Ohio State Buckeyes played their first game of the year on Saturday, facing off against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. There was an unfamiliar sense of unity between these two teams fighting it out in The Shoe, as there is mutual respect among the pair of Big Ten foes as the most vocal entities trying to resurrect this season. The sense of camaraderie was quickly put aside upon kickoff, as there was now a game to be won.

After a slow start by the Buckeyes, Ryan Day and crew handled business, taking down Scott Frost and the Huskers 52-17 to open the new campaign with a win. Justin Fields was exactly as advertised, throwing for 276 yards on 20-of-21 passing with another 54 yards on the ground and three total TDs. Ohio States defense really struggled for a lot of the afternoon, but a pair fumbles by Nebraska allowed the Bucks to cruise to victory in Week 1.

Its a trend we have seen all across the college football landscape in this weird, pandemic-shortened season. Even the best teams in the country have gotten off to slow starts in games early in the new campaign especially on the defensive side of the ball. Ohio State was certainly no different in following this trend.

Nebraskas offense got off to an incredibly fast start, making it look rather easy as they marched down the field and scored a touchdown on their opening possession, aided by a long 47-yard option run from backup QB Luke McCaffrey. Adrian Martinez waltzed in on the keeper one play later, and quickly the Cornhuskers led 7-0.

The Buckeye offense looked a little slow coming out of the gates as well. Following a run for no gain by Master Teague and a sack of Justin Fields, Ohio State was faced with a 3rd-and-long. They would get some of it back, but were faced with an early 4th-and-5. Ryan Day elected to go for it, and it was the right call as Garrett Wilson converted. The Bucks would go on to punch it in with Teague to tie it up a 7-7.

This offseason, Ohio State lost a ton of talent at wide receiver. Theyll miss guys like Austin Mack and Binjimen Victor, but the biggest loss in that group was of course slot receiver K.J. Hill. Finishing his Buckeye career with 201 receptions, he surpassed David Bostons record of 191 to leave Columbus with the school record for catches in a scarlet and gray uniform. Hill was a big part of Ohio States offense, catching 57 passes for 636 yards and 10 TDs a year ago.

This season, the Buckeyes look to replace Hill with second-year wide receiver Garrett Wilson. Wilson was phenomenal as a freshman, catching 30 balls for 432 yards and five touchdowns. Could he make the necessary leap to fill the huge shoes left by Hill in a critical role for this offense?

Well, those questions were answered in the first quarter. After hauling in a pair of catches for 38 yards on Ohio States opening drive, Wilson made perhaps the biggest play of the first half. Burning his man over the middle, Justin Fields dropped a perfect dime into Wilsons hands for a 42-yard TD to give OSU its first lead of the afternoon.

The spectacular afternoon for the Buckeyes new slot receiver continued until the final whistle, as he finished Saturdays action with seven catches for 129 yards and the long TD.

I don't mind the splitting of carries between two running backs if its done situationally, but I don't agree with the way Ohio State is handling it. We saw a similar system a few years ago when the team tried to rotate J.K. Dobbins and Mike Weber, and it did not work out as well as people had hoped. At least early, it seems to be a similar scenario brewing for this Buckeyes offense.

Trey Sermon and Master Teague are two different style runners. Teague is more of the power back, and Sermon is more of your breakaway speed guy. By rotating the RBs in series by series instead of situationally, you are not using the two guys to the best of their abilities. Multiple times in the first half Ohio State was faced with 3rd-and-1 with Sermon in the backfield, but elected not to bring in the power back, and it did not work out.

Sermon finished as the teams leading rusher, padding the stat sheet late as he finished with 55 yards on 11 carries. Fields was right behind him with 54 yards on 15 carries, followed by Teague with 12 carries for 41 yards and two scores. Steele Chambers actually looked perhaps the best of the Buckeye RBs in limited action, picking up 32 yards on just four touches.

After his unbelievable season a year ago, the expectations for Justin Fields heading into 2020 were astronomical. As a first-year starter in 2019, Fields threw for almost 3,300 yards with 41 TD passes to just 3 INTs, while also rushing for 484 yards and an additional 10 scores. With how good he was in his first season in Columbus, could he really improve upon himself in year two?

The first half was a good indication that he certainly hasnt lost a step. Fields threw just one incomplete pass in the first 30 minutes of play, and that one incompletion was a potential touchdown that was knocked out of the hands of Chris Olave. He ended up with 187 yards and a TD on 12-of-13 passing heading into the break.

Not just a pocket-passer, Fields was making the defense pay with his legs as well. He showed off that speed and elusiveness on the teams first drive of the second half, spinning his way around a defender en route to a 17-yard TD run.

Fields was phenomenal all game long, completing 20-of-21 passes for 276 yards and three total touchdowns.

Ohio States defense was certainly not up to snuff in game one especially against the run. The Silver Bullets were getting seriously gouged on the ground game, with Nebraskas entire offense basically being comprised of read-option plays. The linebackers were playing out of position, tackles were being missed, and it seemed a lot like a certain crowd-favorite middle linebacker specifically was struggling to make the correct read.

When all was said and done, the Buckeyes allowed a total of 217 rushing yards more than they allowed in any game last season. Adrian Martinez himself racked up 77 yards on the ground compared to his 105 through the air as the Achilles heel for the Buckeyes was that read-option; backup QB Luke McCaffrey ran for a team-high 87 yards. Ohio State made up for some of their issues by forcing two fumbles, but as a whole, the defense was average at best.

It is entirely possible that this Nebraska offense will be better than expected this year, as the Huskers did actually manage to put up the second-most yards rushing of any team against OSU last season with 184. However, the Silver Bullets will definitely have to sure things up before their big matchup against Penn State next week, as the effort they got on Saturday will certainly not cut it in Happy Valley.

Ohio States offensive line was built up to be one of the best in the country heading into the new campaign. The returning starters Wyatt Davis, Thayer Munford, and Josh Myers were all awesome a year ago, and the two empty spots have been filled by five-star prospects in Harry Miller and Nicholas Petit-Frere. On paper, they should have been dominant against a Nebraska front replacing a ton of last years starters.

That wasnt exactly the case on Saturday. Its kinda nit-picky to talk about any O-line struggles, as, for the most part, the blocking was solid, but it looks like they went through a bit of growing pains to start the year. Fields was sacked four times which is partially the fault of the QB trying to extend some plays longer than he should and the Huskers tallied up seven tackles for loss as the OSU run game was stymied much of the afternoon.

Offensive lines take some time to gel, and I wouldnt say it is a concern for this team moving forward with how good the offense looked otherwise. There is too much talent along this front five for them to be anything less than great.

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Timing is critical in the battle against invasive Japanese Honeysuckle.(Photo: Photo by GoodSeed Farm)

Ive sounded the alarm about invasive Japanese Honeysuckle, an aggressive shrub that takes over and smothers everything in its path. Under our noses, our woods and stream banks have been taken over, and the bright red berries of mature honeysuckle bushes are being spread everywhere by birds.There are huge, spreading mother plants covered with berries, and a carpet of seedlings under them where their berries have fallen.

Ill bet you have a few in your yard. If you own wooded acreage, Id be surprised if the same invasion isnt well advanced on your property. You need to take action and destroy them before your entire landscape turns into a jungle. In doing so youll contribute to one of the most important environmental battles of our time. Just ask any urban forester, forest ranger, park manager or conservationist. Theyre losing sleep over this problem right now.

Since I first realized that our farm was being invaded by Japanese Honeysuckle, we have devoted many days of hard work to beating back this scourge. Weve tried many different methods, over several years, but our efforts felt like Whack-A-Mole as new colonies continued to appear. We have 180 acres, much of it wooded, and we couldnt seem to turn the tide.

The key to success is timing. Japanese honeysuckle is one of the last woody plants to go dormant and drop its leaves in fall. This gives us a two-week window in late October and early November when we can spray glyphosate on the invaders with little or no damage to other plants. The plants really stand out right now, because most other woodland plants have lost their leaves. Amur honeysuckle bushes practically glow with neon green foliage and shiny red berries.

Small infestations can be treated with an inexpensive pump sprayer, however we have many acres to deal with. Our weapon of mass destruction is our Stihl backpack fogger, suggested to us by ODNR Urban Forester Wendi Van Buren. Similar to a backpack leaf blower, this dandy machine has a 2-1/2 gallon tank and an injector nozzle that mixes glyphosate with a powerful blast of air, creating a fog that can reach plants 15 feet tall and over 30 feet away. The air blast ruffles the leaves, thoroughly coating both the top and underside of the leaf with a fine mist.

We can unleash a glyphosate fog into dense honeysuckle thickets, the wind at our back, hitting the tops of the tallest plants while dousing the carpet of seedlings underneath, as fast as we can walk. We can cover many acres along hedgerows and hillsides in a single afternoon. Hiking with the backpack sprayer is a workout, soaking us with sweat, but so much faster and easier than any other method weve tried by far.

Starting with easily available 44% glyphosate concentrate, we simply measure two cups (16 ounces) into the sprayer tank and top it off with water. Setting the injector nozzle on 2 seems to give just the right amount of coverage. It takes about fifteen minutes per tankful to empty the tank, at a brisk walk.

A key strategy is to focus on the big, established mother plants first, because Japanese honeysuckle cant reproduce until the plants mature and start to have berries. Birds, attracted by the shiny red berries, spread the invader far and wide. Berries drop under the mature plants and create a carpet of seedlings.

Over the years, readers of this column have admonished us for using glyphosate in landscaping, but no one has ever presented us with convincing proof. Experts disagree. For our part, there is a tradeoff between the possible harmful effects of glyphosate and the uncontrolled spread of invasive plants like Japanese honeysuckle, thistle, multiflora rose, poison ivy and autumn olive. An online search turned up no evidence that eating glyphosate-treated berries is harmful to birds.

Armed with our newfound weapon of mass destruction, well take up the battle again in the coming weeks. I urge you to join it, in your own yard. Mark your calendar, and seize this opportunity to turn the tide of the honeysuckle invasion.

Steve Boehme is a landscape designer/installer specializing in landscape makeovers. Lets Grow is published weekly; column archives are on the Garden Advice page at http://www.goodseedfarm.com. For more information is available at http://www.goodseedfarm.com or call GoodSeed Farm Landscapes at (937) 587-7021.

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Illinois believes its upset of Wisconsin last year showed how far the program has come. The oddsmakers are reminding the Illini how far they still have to go.

Even after beating a Wisconsin team that was favored by 30 points last year, Illinois heads into Madison as a 19 -point underdog as the two West Division rivals prepare to open the pandemic-delayed Big Ten season Friday night.

I guess were going to have to go prove them wrong again, Illinois quarterback Brandon Peters said.

Illinois took a big step forward last year in coach Lovie Smiths fourth season by earning its first bowl bid since 2014, but the Illini are still searching for their first winning season since a 7-6 finish in 2011.

Beating Wisconsin for a second straight year would be a major move in the right direction. The 14th-ranked Badgers want to make sure that doesnt happen.

Illinois definitely deserves a butt-whooping from last year, Wisconsin running back Nakia Watson said earlier this month.

Watsons comments notwithstanding, Wisconsins players generally have downplayed the revenge motive.

Obviously last year didnt go the way we wanted it to, but we try not to dwell too much on the past, Wisconsin wide receiver Kendric Pryor said. Obviously theyre not the same team as last year and were not the same team as last year.

Wisconsins offense definitely isnt the same as it was last year.

The Badgers lost two-time Doak Walker Award-winning running back and Indianapolis Colts rookie Jonathan Taylor as well as All-America center Tyler Biadasz and leading receiver Quintez Cephus from last years team. Redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz will make his first career start for Wisconsin after preseason foot surgery left returning starter Jack Coan out indefinitely.

Yet the Badgers still have enough talent in place to believe they can win the division for a fourth time in five seasons, whereas Illinois is still attempting to move its way up the standings.

Illinois stunned Wisconsin last year by showing the ball-hawking mentality that the Illini have adopted under Smith, a former NFL head coach and longtime NFL defensive assistant. Illinois had a Big Ten-leading 28 takeaways last season, including an interception against Wisconsin that led to James McCourts game-winning 39-yard field goal as time expired.

Now they want to take the next step.

Last year we were a six win-team, Smith said. And I think were a strong football team right now. We lost a few guys, but for the most part, our best players are back, and weve added quite a few players. So were excited about seeing exactly how we fit into the landscape in 2020.

PLAYING WITHOUT FANS

There wont be any spectators for the first Big Ten game of the season as part of the protocols in place due to the coronavirus pandemic.

STRONG ON THE LINE

Illinois returns four starters on the offensive line. Kendrick Green, Doug Kramer, Vederian Lowe and Alex Palczewski have 125 combined starts.

Wisconsin must replace three of its starting offensive linemen from last season, but the Badgers return Associated Press preseason All-America second-team tackle Cole Van Lanen. Wisconsin also got a boost from the return of Jon Dietzen, who has made 32 career starts but stepped away from the football program in 2019 due to injuries.

REPLACING TAYLOR

Watson and fifth-year senior Garrett Groshek figure to get the bulk of the carries Friday as Wisconsin attempts to replace Taylor, though sophomore Isaac Guerendo also should have a role.

Groshek rushed for 198 yards and two touchdowns and also had 29 catches for 289 yards last season. Watson ran for 331 yards and two touchdowns.

ILLINOIS TRANSFERS

Illinois will be counting on big contributions from plenty of transfers this season.

Some transfers to watch, with former schools in parentheses, include running back Chase Brown (Western Michigan), tight end Luke Ford (Georgia), wide receiver Brian Hightower (Miami), tight end Daniel Imatorbhebhe (Southern California), defensive tackle Roderick Perry (South Carolina State) and defensive back Derrick Smith (Miami).

SHOWCASE FOR MERTZ

Coans injury provides a showcase opportunity for Mertz, one of the most hyped recruits in recent Wisconsin history.

When Mertz signed with Wisconsin, it marked the first time since 2007 that the Badgers had signed a 247Sports Composite top-100 recruit who wasnt an offensive lineman. Mertz went 9 of 10 for 73 yards last season while playing in blowout victories over Central Michigan and Kent State.

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Town of Waynesville will conduct its bi-annual cemetery cleanup, beginning Nov. 9.

Items not collected by that date will be removed by Town staff and stored for 60 days.

Any article not contained in an approved memorial box, or that is deemed to be a safety hazard will be tagged and removed.

Such items include any trinket, toy, shells, sand, artificial material or object not permanently affixed to the headstone; glass jars, tin cans or glass vases; any border, fence, railing trellis, shepherds crook or yard flag stand/holders; bird houses, coping, hedge shrubs, tree or any other bounding or enclosing object or material constructed or planted in or around any lot or space.

Only one solar-powered or artificial light source is permitted per burial spot; no light source shall exceed 8 x 10 inches.

For additional assistance, please contact the Public Works Office at 828-456-3706.

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Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where Massachusettss season began and likely ended with a 410 loss Saturday:

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How bad was Tennessee (11) Saturday? Bad enough to lose to Kentucky by 27 points, which is its largest margin of defeat against the Wildcats since a 270 loss in 1935. Last time the Volunteers lost by more than 27 to Kentucky was the first time the teams ever met, in 1893. So you could say this was a once-a-century calamity for Big Orange, but that would actually be understating it.

This was an outcome so galling that it led one Vols fan to throw a beer bottle through a window. Said fan felt compelled to call in to a postgame radio show and report his meltdown, adding that his wife left the house over it. Honey, Tennessee football done it, the man said he told his wife. I didnt do it.

Thats questionable accountability, but the beer bottle bomber isnt alone. Head coach Jeremy Pruitt (12) also found someoneother than himselfto blame, firing defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh on Sunday. Brumbaugh was the scapegoat after all of four games at Tennessee, and no spring practice with his unit. (Tennessee fans had already started the Must Be Fired list, and Brumbaugh wasn't at the top of it.) The firing will cost the athletic program $830,000, according to the Knoxville News-Sentinel, though that could be mitigated if Brumbaugh gets another job.

Throwing around money is what Power 5 athletic programs do, though, and Tennessee is among the industry leaders in that area. Less than a month ago, athletic director and former coach Phillip Fulmer (13) announced a contract extension for Pruitt through 2025 that will increase his salary to $4.2 million next year. Per the release announcing the extension, Pruitt was credited with establishing a culture of toughness, a bowl appearance following a six-game winning streak and a top-10 recruiting class.

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(According to USA Todays coaching salary database, Pruitt has not taken a pandemic-related pay cut in 2020. Many of his peers at public universities have. Given that, plus Pruitts comical inability to wear a mask correctly against Georgia, this might not be a guy who is taking the COVID-19 situation too seriously.)

At the time of the extension, Pruitts record was 1312. There is no reason to believe anyone was preparing to poach him. Today his record is 1514, with a 20 start followed by humbling losses to Georgia and the Wildcats. Butch Jones, Pruitts much-pilloried predecessor, was 1712 in his final 29 games at Tennessee. So the quick turnaround noted in the release announcing Pruitts extension has actually been a downturn to date.

Next up: Alabama. Things are fine.

The slightest glimmer of progress is over-rewarded so quickly in college football that schools often box themselves into ruinous buyouts when, stunningly, that progress turns out to be fools gold. Look around college football right now, and the landscape is rife with buyers remorse.

Syracuse (14): Yahoo Sports reported Saturday that Dino Baberss buyout is at least $17 million, which is a ton at a school that isnt raking in Big Ten or SEC-level media revenue even in the best of financial times. Baberss record at the school is 2430, just 611 since getting an enhanced contract in December 2018. His tenure at the school began with consecutive 48 seasons, then came a 103 breakthrough in 18 that earned him the new deal. It was Syracuses best season since 2001, but it was built on nonconference wins over Western Michigan, Wagner and Connecticut, plus a very weak Atlantic Coast Conference. Since then, Syracuse has regressed.

South Carolina (15): After going 94 in 2017 and beating Michigan in the Outback Bowl, Will Muschamp got a $1 million-a-year raise to $4.2 million. A year later, he got an extension through 2024 (11 days after that deal was announced, the Gamecocks lost the Belk Bowl 340 to Virginia to finish 76). Since then, South Carolina is 610 with two notable wins: upsetting Georgia last year and holding off Auburn Saturday. The nine-win season that got South Carolina administrators so excited came four seasons after Steve Spurrier competed a third straight 11-win campaign. Muschamps buyout currently stands at $13.2 million.

Nebraska (16): Last December, flush with the thrill of 48 and 57 seasons, the school extended the contract of Scott Frost through 2026. Frost was paid $5 million a year to come back to his alma mater after big success at UCF. His victories to date at Nebraska: Minnesota, Bethune-Cookman, Illinois twice, Michigan State, South Alabama, Northern Illinois, Northwestern and Maryland. His record against ranked opponents: 07. His buyout will be just north of $25 million as of Dec. 1. Since awarding that deal, athletic director Bill Moos has complained about how unfair it is that the Cornhuskers must open this season at Ohio State on Saturday. Maybe hell pay Frost another million or two for having to take on such a burden.

USC (17): After winning the Pac-12 in 2017 and finishing 113, Clay Helton received a 40% raise from then athletic director Lynn Swann to $4.5 million. Since then Helton has gone 1312, clinging to his job. Last we saw of the Trojans, they were being run out of the Holiday Bowl by Iowa, 4924.

LSU (18): Hey, if you go 150 and win the national championship, youre entitled to get paid. That said, what LSU gave Ed Orgeron is pretty amazing: at $8.9 million this season, the only coach earning more is Nick Saban. That more than doubled his previous salary. Without Joe Burrow, Joe Brady, Dave Aranda and many others, Orgeron thus far has delivered a 12 record while serving up the only wins of the season to both Mississippi State and Missouri. The one-hit wonder comparisons to Gene Chizik (19) may be premature, but Coach O hasnt done anything yet to dispel them.

Is Indiana (20) next? Well see. The Hoosiers gave coach Tom Allen a seven-year, $27.3 million deal last December after an 84 regular season, more than doubling his salary from $1.7 to $3.9 million. His overall record is 1820, and he lost ace offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer. Four weeks after his new contract was announced, Allen's Hoosiers blew a 229 lead in the final five minutes to Tennesseewhich, in turn, helped Jeremy Pruitt get paid. People helping people, the college football way.

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Evan Petty, who has been one of the hottest names in the early returns to racing after the coronavirus pandemic, has verbally committed to the defending NCAA Champion Cal Golden Bears.

A senior at Ensworth High School, Petty is expected to join the Golden Bears in the fall of 2021, and was one of the top remaining recruits in the class to commit.

As a sophomore, Petty was 4th in the 200 IM and 5th in the 100 back at the Tennessee High School State Championship meet, but didnt swim at the state meet as a junior in February.

In 2019, he won 3 Southeastern Swimming LSC titles, topping the 50 yard back, 100 yard back, and 200 yard backstrokes. He was also a Winter Juniors East finalist in the 100 yard backstroke last December, swimming 48.79.

Petty celebrated his commitment, announced last Tuesday, with two more best times over the weekend at a Nashville Aquatic Club intrasquad. There he posted best times in the 50 yard free and 200 yard back.

Best Times in Yards:

* Best times swum since meets resumed this summer after coronavirus quarantines.

Cal had one of the best backstroke programs in the country last season, though they didnt get to see that come to fruition at the NCAA Championship meet, which was eventually canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Golden Bears had two swimmers rank in the top 8 nationally in the 200 back with Daniel Carr (1:37.87 4th) andHugo Gonzalez (1:39.66 8th) both achieving that. They were the only school in the country with two swimmers in the top 8.

Carr is the cherry on top of a loaded class for the Cal men, who are likely winding down their 2021 recruiting and turning their focus to the fall of 2022. Also in the class of 2021 for the Golden Bears are the 6th-ranked recruit Jack Alexy, 14th-ranked recruit Trent Frandson, Swedish star Robin Hanson, Sean Swift, Jacob Soderlund, Kai Crews, and Gabriel Jett.

That class is loaded with backstrokers, including Crews (48.1/1:46.9) and Jett (48.4/1:44.6). That follows a 2020 class that included one of the best high school backstrokers of the last decade Destin Lasco (45.9/1:40.7).

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If you're planning to add trees and shrubs to your yard, now is the time to do it.

Planting in the fall gives them time to get established, and, when spring arrives, they will flourish.

This season, look beyond crepe myrtles and Bradford pear trees and pick native trees, shrubs and plants.

When you think "native," thinkplants that occur naturally in the region, state, ecosystem or habitat without direct or indirect human intervention.

Native trees like magnolias, oaks, swamp titis, yaupons, native fringe trees, Virginia willows, fetterbushes, pond cypress, swamp tupelos, native persimmons and paw paws can make your yard look great and provide crucial resources for wildlife.

Native trees have become a crucial part of the mission of Baton Rouge Green.

The 30-year-old organizations priority used to be planting trees for beautification of the city's landscape, said Christopher Cooper, a program specialist for Baton Rouge Green.

Weve made a transition from just city beautification to seeing trees as what they really are: green infrastructure and essential infrastructure," he said. "Because of this, weve been planting as many native trees as we can."

To help turn our planted landscapes into effective biological corridors, Cooper said we need to add native plants to our neighborhoods, corporate landscapes and lands bordering infrastructure even in dense cities.

Baton Rouge Green currently manages over 4,300 trees on the roadways and in community landscapes in East Baton Rouge Parish. The organization maintains the trees with pruning, fertilization, weed control, insect control and incident management through an agreement with Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Public Works.

Each year, a study showed, these 4,300 trees prevent the runoff of over 11.4 million gallons of stormwater, save the community over 466,000 kilowatt-hours of energy and store over 1.4 million pounds of carbon, among countless other ecological benefits.

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