Crosby craftsman Karl Alla carves birds by hand
Crosby Minnesota AP A retired silversmith Karl Alla carves wood mostly birds. He insists he is not an artist, just a laborer and craftsman who works with head hands and heart. Alla uses pine woods from Lake Superior region and driftwood stands. He carves with band saw and knife, sands in water to reveal grain, stains and varnishes to gloss, and mounts birds with separate bills. He sells some pieces to tourists and visits his door for admirers, calling it a hobby and not a money maker. He stores many mistakes and notes sumac dries crack.
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Chicken and egg debate sparks letters to Abby
A reader challenges a columnist on the famous question, arguing that birds evolved from reptiles about 100 million years ago and that eggs predate birds. The secular humanist letter echoes Galileo and argues for an older Earth, criticizing biblical sources.
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Darwin
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McPherson
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Grist mill revival feeds Oregon grains at Butte Creek
Eagle Point Oregon AP 113-year-old Butte Creek Mill uses two 1400-pound French quartz stones to grind 5000 pounds of grain weekly. Peter Crandall, a former aerospace engineer from Camarillo, revived the water powered mill selling mixes, flours and cereals from its on site store and via mail while Oregon sees a growing return of restored old mills.
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Fred Beals
The
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Water scorpion a lazy aquatic hunter unfolds its slow life
The water scorpion of the Nepidae family exhibits extreme laziness, with Ranatra and Nepa genera sharing slender or oval bodies and wings unused unless necessary. It breathes via a snorkel like air tube, anchors under water to plants or hangs from the surface, and only occasionally darts to grab passing insect larvae.
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