Lawn ecosystem energy producer study compares lawns to corn fields
A California biologist Dr. John H. Falk of the University of California analyzed a suburban lawn as a miniature ecosystem. He found the lawn’s annual vegetation, invertebrates and birds produced about seven percent more energy than the human and material energy inputs required to maintain it, measured in kilocalories per square meter per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Ee Webster
N.Y
John H. Falk
University of California At
Falk
Ecology
DeMolay State Sweetheart Selected for 1976
Pam Blackwell, daughter of Clyde and Mrs Goddard, is DeMolay Sweetheart for 1976 from Eastern New Mexico. She competes at the DeMolay Conclave with one contestant earning Miss Congeniality. The state sweetheart will perform in DeMolay activities statewide and represent New Mexico in international competition in Kansas City later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam Blackwell
Bob Kissker
Clyde Goddard
Shea
Eastern New Mexico Society
New Mexico
Kansas City
Elks Lodge Round Table Plans Fall Bazaar and Dances
Roswell Drove No. 155 BPO conducts a Monday night Elks meeting at the lodge. Mrs. Geneva Lewis led the business. Over 500 guests were served at the enchilada supper. Mrs. Glenda Newton outlined fall bazaar plans and two workshops for Sept 22 and Oct 13. The bazaar is set for Nov 6 with the Christmas dance on Dec 11 for docs and escorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Elks
Lodge
Geneva Lewis
Glenda Newton
Mary Ayers
Ava Swan
Elks Lodge
Remembering the Bon Homme Richard raid of 1779
An editor's note recalls Capt. John Paul Jones commanding three ships near the Scottish coast in 1779. The flotilla approached Edinburgh and Leith, provoking panic and evacuations as preparations for bombardment started before a sudden severe storm drove them back into the North Sea.
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John Paul Jones
U.S.S
Bon Homme Richard
United States
France
North Sea
Scotland
Forth
Edinburgh
Leith
Royal Navy
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Blackwell
N. Main
Jonnie Caraway
Manogen
Asplan Lle
Fathers Day
Liege
Bi-Lo Furniture
Virginia
N.M
Daily Record
America
Jones
Lee
Tony Lama
Levi's
Perr
Irv Plant
Gerald Dean, Jr
Earl Tl. Malone
Norman Kelsay
Mary Kelly
Rita Gratz
Bobby L. Taylor
Dianne Kreege
Ray L. Mahoney
Monterey Center
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Roswell, N.M
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