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Ret. $1999.951 Cash Price $849.95 J L, CLOSEOUT >S99 95 J 3019 Hempland Road, Lancaster 717-397-624 'Stores in: LANCASTER ‘YORK • CARLISLE • LEBANON STORE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9-9 • Sat. 9-6; Sunday 12 to 5 PM •No Rotunda OPEN LABOR DAY 9-5:30 •All Sates Final For purchaata with a chock, bring FINANCING • Cash i Carry drivers Ucanaa and phono numbers AVAILABLE Not responsible (or typographical errors Wa rasarva tha right to substitute gift items Isn’t a cricket in the house supposed to bode good luck? Not a bad way to start a morning. Crickets are one of my favorite insects, anyway. Their arrival sig nals the imminent end of late summer’s oppressive heat and humidity. While crickets send specific messages to their own kind with calls produced by rubbing their legs together, the message picked up by us humans is a different sort. Cricket songs announce school buses back on the roads, cornfields beginning to dry down for harvest, goldenrod in the fencerows and pale orange pumpkins starting to peek from under umbrella leaves. Along with crickets, the ap pearance of a horde of other creeping, crawling, flitting, hum ming, flying, jumping and spin ning “bugs” signals our inevita bly changing season. Right on schedule, our annual army of do mestic spiders is busy fattening up for winter, leaving their web sites strung over windowsills, door frames and above the cur tains. The incessant buzzing of cica das, or locusts, adds more harmo ny to the bug music of our days and nights. Perhaps because of the summer’s bounty of moisture, Black Comes w/8 Futon i Mattress J s! / 7 pc. DINING ROOM they seem far less prevalent than in drier, droughty years. Maybe their buzzing parts are just too damp to buzz properly. While hanging out laundry on a recent morning, 1 spotted a beautiful yellow-swallowtail but terfly dining in the yard. It grace fully flitted from .plant to plant, seemingly most interested in sampling nectar from various col ors of impatiens flowers. Perhaps they have different flavors: red flavored like cherry, purple like grape, pink like watermelon. Would the red-and-white varie gated ones hint of peppermint? But the most interesting insect to turn up lately was a neon-lime green katydid perched one eve ning on the box fan set up inside the front door. The fan moves air through the house on stagnant days, mostly providing comfort for Derra Dog in her heavy laba rador retriever coat (enough of it shed all over the house lately to construct a puppy). Take Control Of Future LEESPORT (Berks Co.) Penn State Cooperative Exten sion’s two-day training, Skills for Taking Control of Your Future will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on September 11 and 12 at the Berks County Ag Cen ter, 1238 County Welfare Rd., Leesport. The training is intended for agency personnel and volunteers who work with individuals, groups, and families with limited resources. The training will be given by Penn State Cooperative Extension Educators from the southeast region. Ql, SUS< iUEHANNA OIL 1 ’UINTING Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 23, 2003-B3 Why the large, bright green in sect was perched on the fan re mains a mystery. Had it just come through a crack in the door and the fan was the first object encountered? Did it like the gen tle vibration of the motor? Or was it trying to stay cool? I gently plucked the katydid up in my hand; it promptly hopped several inches farther up my arm. For a moment, I considered “jarring” the pretty green visitor for budding entomologist and grandson, Josh, and his insect collection. But I couldn’t bring myself to do that. Instead, the personable katydid got a ride outside still on my arm and relocation to a hanging spider plant on the porch. It may be doomed to live a short and seasonal bug’s life. But in the meantime, let it sing. Skills for Taking Control of Your Future can help clients im prove their' understanding of themselves; learn how their self perception affects their ability to stay employed; identify personal barriers to success; strengthen their personal capabilities; learn new skills to better manage their money; and learn how decision making gives them control in their life. For more information on regis tration fees and program outline, request a brochure from Penn State Cooperative Extension at (610) 378-1327. I /A fk
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