Young Bear cubs showing strides
Athol’s Colby Soltysik makes a play on the ball during a game in the 2019 season.
Published: 5/7/2021 9:11:32 PM
Like most coaches this spring, Athol boys volleyball coach Sean MacDonald had no idea what he’d be working with going into the season.
With two classes of players having graduated since the last time the Bears took the court, Athol has a nearly brand new and young squad.
The Bears don’t have any seniors and only have one player junior Luke Inniss who has competed in a varsity match.
“We graduated a really strong class last year,” MacDonald said. “We were going to be pretty solid. We were going to be tough in our league and we lose those guys and then lost a couple guys to wrestling. We’re just pushing forward and trying to get a little bit better.”
Sustained efforts to tackle priority production diseases in ruminants must continue – but farmers must always be aware of wild card disease threats SUSTAINED efforts to tackle priority production diseases in ruminants must continue – but farmers and vets should also focus on tackling low prevalence diseases with the potential to do a lot of damage. According to Ruminant Health and Welfare chairman Nigel Miller, although such diseases are not terribly common, where they do occur they have a really heavy impact on the herd or flock: “They may fall into the category of endemic diseases, for example Campylobacter fetus, which when it occurs in a naïve herd can have devastating impacts on the calving rate and pattern.
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There was a sense of excitement at the Garden House in Devon this weekend. A
Galanthus “Primrose Warburg”, a charming white and yellow snowdrop, had just appeared. “It is a lovely one,” said visitor services manager Karen Willcocks. “It’s just a pity more people can’t be here to see it.”
Usually at this time of year, snowdrop aficionados – galanthophiles – are heading to the village of Buckland Monachorum in their droves to spy examples of the beloved flower in the grounds of the Garden House. As the days lengthen and February approaches, wonderful, subtle-scented, crowd-pleasing drifts form.