ARS Citrus Rootstocks: A Success Story
The United Nations General Assembly designated 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. This issue of Down on the Farm takes a look at one of ARS’s major contributions to fruit production: citrus rootstocks.
Remember that old commercial that declared, A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine ? Thanks to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), consumers can enjoy citrus sunshine whenever they like. Begun by USDA more than a century ago, the citrus research program has helped to ensure a bounty of not only oranges, but also grapefruits, mandarins, lemons, and more.
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Vermont Business Magazine Vermonters were simply unwilling to let go of the 50-year-old Springtime tradition called Green Up Day that spruces up our communities, even during a global pandemic. It wasn’t the same Green Up Day with community celebrations and barbecues, but volunteers throughout Vermont wanted to do their part for their environment, nonetheless.
Vermonters used innovation and ingenuity to get the job of cleaning hundreds of tons of trash from our roads and waterways and it made all the difference – a job well done, a sense of normalcy and a feeling of being able to do something effective when COVID-19 was making us all feel a little helpless.
Quincy Exchange Club Honors These First Responders
This year’s Law Officer of the Year award went to Adams County Sherriff’s Department Deputy Jared Summers. Summers was involved the arrest of a murder suspect and was shot at during his apprehension. He also performed CPR on 3 separate people during the pandemic year. ACSD Chief Rich Wagner introduced Summers and one of the CPR recipients Amber Feldner presented the award.
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Firefighter of the Year award was presented to Michael Dade of the Quincy Fire Department. Dade has continually enrolled in upgraded classes involving fire fighting over the past several years and as a result he has served as a state instructor for various fire departments in Illinois. Dade has, for several years, designed an annual fire department t-shirt to sell with proceeds going to the Blessing Breast Cancer Center. Dade was presented the award by QFD Deputy Chief Steve Salrin.
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In a democracy, justice must be swift to be true.
Our right to be tried in a timely fashion is even entrenched in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which says “any person charged with an offence has the right … to be tried within a reasonable time.”
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And the Supreme Court has made clear any breach of this right won’t be tolerated and even those accused of the most heinous crimes may be let free if their rights aren’t ensured.
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The trial of murder suspect Justin Paul Bennett had to be adjourned Friday because the accused has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
During a telephone appearance in Calgary Court of Queen’s Bench, Bennett told defence lawyer Allan Fay he has tested positive after an infected inmate was placed with him and other healthy prisoners in a cell.
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Outside court, Fay said he was not surprised that happened considering he’d heard similar allegations from other clients.