Woodpeckers Damage Homes Around Cedar Ridge
A nature note explains how several woodpecker species frequent yards causing home damage. Downy and hairy woodpeckers visit feeders while red headed and pileated appear occasionally. They hammer chimneys and siding and strip wood for insects, with prevention via non cavity siding caulking and netting. The author is director at Indian Creek Nature Center.
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Halloween artisan Gauger crafts world of playful disguises
Iowa City toy shop owner Mark Gauger 52 creates elaborate homemade costumes for Halloween including a 40 pound space helmet and a wiggling antennae hat. He says Halloween unlocks unreality and he enjoys making gag props while his wife Beth assists as handler.
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Real life Halloween tales haunt readers of The Gazette
Readers share eerie experiences from Nantucket to Leavenworth. A sister senses a haunted church and a chilling wop noise echoes from a steeple. In Kansas a 1984 night encounter has a madre stepping through a hall apparition as a coughing child awakes.
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