Archive for July, 2008

Huge chunk snaps off storied Arctic ice shelf - Globe and Mail

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Break marks latest in erosion that has whittled 9,000 square kilometres down to 1,000 over past century … Read the full article D. Hall from Wpg, Canada writes: mynalee johnstone from saltspring island, Canada writes: So what do all you …


• 30 Ways to Save: pellet vs. wood stoves - KRCG

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
• 30 Ways to Save: pellet vs. wood stoves
KRCG, MO - 1 hour ago
By Amelia Waters In the home stretch of KRCG’s 30 ways to save, we came upon the debate of pellet stoves versus wood stoves. Earlier this month we found


Premier got sucked in - Valley Echo

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Premier got sucked in
Valley Echo, Canada - 16 minutes ago
Many if not most also have a wood stove or fireplace and they will use them burning bug killed pine maybe (but fir or larch is better).


Vermont Castings Has New Owner - WCAX

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Vermont Castings Has New Owner
WCAX, VT - 9 minutes ago
The wood stove manufacturer employs about 150 people at its plants in Bethel and Randolph. Excess inventory had forced the plants to lay off most of its


Getting the home fires burning - Stamford Advocate

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Getting the home fires burning
Stamford Advocate, CT - 1 hour ago
By Richard Lee Jimmy Frankum, who works for M&K Hearth & Fireplace, gets a fireplace ready for the installation of a wood-burning stove yesterday as Ryan


New energy charges may be added to customers’ bills - Bonner County Daily Bee

Monday, July 28th, 2008

As if proposed rate increases weren’t enough, even more additional charges might soon be piling up on local energy bills. Avista Utilities requested on Monday to increase its electric power cost adjustment (PCA) surcharge by about 5.9 percent, or …


Save clematis from winter moths so it blooms again - Eagle-Tribune

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Q: My clematis is being eaten by some kind of worm. They eat the tenderest little leaves and then hide themselves along the stems or under a leaf so they are hard to find. I picked off more than a dozen today, and it is getting tiresome. Any idea how …


Waller family makes Charlottesville a stop on their ‘Journey’ - Daily Progress

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Passersby on the Downtown Mall couldn’t help stopping Tuesday and listening to the Waller family’s songs of praise. They were like the Partridge family dressed in matching outfits, except triple the number. And singing wasn’t their life’s …


Agencies, counties promote beetle-kill wood - Rocky Mountain News

Monday, July 28th, 2008
Agencies, counties promote beetle-kill wood
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 40 minutes ago
So far, three “sort yards” have been created where wood from forestry projects can be dropped off and later sold: the Stove Prairie site in Larimer County;


Small business blog: Yes, I wood! - Nationalpost.com

Monday, July 28th, 2008

This is the latest in a series of blog items documenting the entrepreneurial adventures of Allan Dunphy and Karen Westrope, owners of Lake Lauzon Resort in Algoma Mills, Ont. The couple bought the business after decades of leading careers in other …