| - Marine Hugonnier
This spring the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present Live Cinema/Marine Hugonnier: Trilogy, a series of 16mm films transferred to DVD that explores the ways in which images of the landscape influence the observers experience of it, and conversely, how history or ideology can shape the perception of a landscape. Filmed on three continents over the past five years, Hugonniers films raise questions about the process of viewing and engage what the artist refers to as the politics of vision. On view from April 20 through July 22, Hugonnier's Trilogy is the third installment of Live Cinema, an exhibition series exploring the vast production of single-channel video and film work by a diverse group of local, national and international artists in the Museum's Film and Video Gallery (Gallery 179).
Banning election signs on public roads one step closer
Council approved Ward 2 Regional Councillor Bill McLean's motion to ban election signs along arterial roads and on City-owned property at the April 16 council meeting. A bylaw will be written up and must be approved by council in order to be in effect. Coun. McLean's said the idea is to further Pickering's initiatives of sustainability by reducing the amount of signage going into landfill. "We should do anything we can to ensure this stuff stays out of landfills," he said. However Mayor Dave Ryan, who didn't use lawn signs in the last election, pointed out that most of the signs that go into landfill are lawn signs. In fact, he said "I would support a total ban; I would support a ban on lawn signs." But, he won't support a ban on all signs on main streets, where he finds less signage anyway.
Students weather flower project
CONNEAUTVILLE -- Drooping daffodils, timid tulips and hibernating hyacinths are disappointing Conneaut Valley Elementary School students this spring.
Late-season cold has chilled the anticipation of students waiting for blooms from bulbs they planted last fall. Thousands of bulbs provided by a 2006 National Gardening Association grant so far haven't put on much of a show.
Student prospects were further blighted when 300 new trees from a Frito-Lay Corp. and national Arbor Day Society grant arrived too early. Instead of planting a tree each for Arbor Day or Earth Day, students watched teachers and staff hurry them into the cold ground instead.
"There's always next year," art teacher Suzanne Harvey said, sighing.
Children haven't given up on the season entirely.
Manure's allure
Chicken, horse, cow, bat and even human manure are nothing to turn your nose up at when it comes to soil enrichment, according to local gardening experts.
Using manure for gardening and lawn care is a timeless agriculture practice proponents swear by for its value in adding nutrients and organic material to soil.
What sets manure apart from commercial fertilizers is the organic component, according to Charles Guthal, owner of Guthals Nursery in Clovis.
Southwestern soil can lack organic content because of less natural composting compared with forested regions, Guthal explained.
When enriching soil through use of commercial products, nitrogen, phosphorous and potash are added. All can be found in manure with the added benefit of organic compounds from digested roughage, the lifelong gardener said.
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