High School Adds Fences Ahead of Morgan Hill Cinco De Mayo Protest
Protesters waving America flags are expected to demonstrate at Live Oak High School on Cinco De Mayo.
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John BearDaily News Otero County Cattleman's Association President Gary Stone takes a question during a presentation about fencing in the Lincoln National Forest on Monday at a meeting of the Otero County Commission. Behind him is a photograph of disputed fencing in the forest.
Otero County Commissioners instructed the county sheriff to unlock U.S. Forest Service fences in the mountains on Monday.
During a commission meeting to discuss the Forest Service's alleged illegal fencing activities within the county the commission and ranchers decided the USFS should unlock some of its fence gates to allow cattle easier access to water in the region.
District 1 Commissioner Tommie Harrell asked Forest Service Supervisor, Travis Moseley, to unlock a few gates to allow cattle easier access to water. Moseley replied with a simple no to Herrell's request.
"Now the procurement is since they won't, then we've instructed Sheriff Benny House to unlock those fences," Herrell said. "And we'll do this by court order."
According to Herrell, House is being ordered to unlock four gates to two enclosed areas near the Agua Chiquita riparian area. The order was issued on the heels of the commission's recent request for the USFS to halt fencing projects in April.
In April, the commission issued a cease and desist illegal fencing activities letter to the U.S. Forest Service.
During Monday's meeting, Moseley replied to the commission's letter with his own letter.
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Tall Victorian houses make long shadows. Lower ranch houses make shade with broad eaves. Awkwardly big modern homes shade more of their disproportionately small gardens than the others, especially since they have such tall fences to compensate for their minimal proximity to other homes. Even the sunniest of home gardens have some sort of shade.
Like various architecture, various shade trees make different flavors of shade. Silk tree, honeylocust and silver maple make broad shadows of relatively light shade. Because they are deciduous, they allow most sunlight through while bare in winter. Southern magnolia, Canary Island pine and Canary Island date palm make darker shade. Because they are evergreen, they are always shady.
Spots that are shaded only by the west side of a fence get warmer afternoon sun exposure than spots that get eastern exposure in the morning. Plants that are only shaded in the morning therefore need to tolerate both warm afternoon exposure and partial shade. Eastern exposures are easier to work with, since most plants that tolerate a bit of shade also like to be sheltered from harsh afternoon exposure.
Because fences lack eaves, southern
exposures lack shade, and may enhance exposure by reflecting glare and heat. Southern exposure against houses and garages is determined by the height and width of the eaves. Light colors reflect more than darker colors. Northern exposures are of course the shadiest.
Shade can change as the environment changes. Sun exposure increases if a tree or building gets removed. Remodels or newer and higher fences can increase shade. Even without such obvious modifications, large shrubbery and trees make more shade as they grow. Pruning allows more sunlight through, but only until they grow more.
Shade involves more than just sunlight. Some plants, such as Irish moss, pansies and other cool season annuals, are sensitive to the heat of full exposure. Others, like bougainvillea, flame vine and all sorts of cacti, crave heat. Lilacs like both the summer heat and winter cold of more exposed spots. Clematis are even more discriminating, wanting a cool spot for their roots, while they climb up and into the sunlight.
Whether for shade or sunny exposure, plants need to be selected accordingly. Bougainvillea, ceanothus and other plants that like good warm exposure with plenty of sunlight will not do much if shaded. Kaffir lily, hosta, rhododendron and various ferns that prefer partial shade can get roasted if too exposed when the weather gets warm and dry (with minimal humidity).
Eastern redbud, sweet bay, Oregon grape, Heavenly bamboo (nandina), various hollies, various podocarpus and both English and Algerian ivies are some of the few plants that are not too discriminating about their exposure, and will be just as happy with partial shade as with full exposure. Hydrangea, camellia, fuchsia and aucuba are nearly as agreeable, but will get roasted by harsh exposure enhanced by reflected glare from walls or pavement. All palms tolerate shade while young, but adapt to full exposure as they grow above what shades them.
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State fences off Kauai forest reserve from feral animals
Work began Thursday to build a 3.3-mile fence in the Hono O Na Pali Natural Area Reserve on Kauai.
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RESIDENTS are calling for fences around a sports centre pitch to be doubled in size to stop footballs landing in their gardens.
Families living near South Moorlands Leisure Centre, in Cheadle, have held talks over 10-metre (32ft) high fences being installed around the artificial pitch after complaining about the flying balls and being verbally abused.
In one incident, a ball almost landed inside a child's pram and another time footballers started throwing bottles over a fence after a resident refused to return their ball.
Centre operator Parkwood Leisure submitted a planning application for the 10-metre high fence after receiving the complaints.
But members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council's planning committee have rejected the application after branding the new fence an 'eyesore'.
Councillor Mike Worthington said: "This will double the height of the fence. I think this will be an eyesore. It is a very difficult situation and we need to find a solution."
Councillor Stephen Ellis added: "People will feel like they are living in a cage. If you buy a house next to a football pitch then it is expected that balls will go over."
But residents in Cecilly Grove say their lives have been blighted by abusive footballers for the past 12 months.
Jenna Vickers, aged 32, said: "It is not good. A taller fence would have been better than what we've got now.
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Vandals put traffic and livestock at risk by cutting electric fences on Malvern Hills
1:20pm Friday 2nd May 2014 in News
1814585201. Conservation officer with the Malvern Hills Conservators Beck Baker next to one of the electric cattle fences, that vandals have been cutting. Picture by Nick Toogood.
VANDALS cutting electric fences on the Malvern Hills are putting livestock and the public at risk, say Conservators.
Over recent days, electric fences have been cut twice, allowing sheep grazing the hills to escape from their enclosures.
And a water bowser which supplies drinking water for the animals was drained. The incidents all happened on the hills between the Wyche and British Camp.
Grazing was reintroduced on the Malvern Hills by Conservators several years ago, to help preserve the characteristic acid grassland landscape.
The fences prevent to stock from wandering onto local roads and posing a hazard to traffic, but the policy attracted criticism, with some people objecting to even temporary fences on the open hills.
Stephen Bound, director of Malvern Hills Conservators said: "We can't know for certain why this is being done. It could just be mindless vandalism. It could be someone angry because their dog had got a shock from the fence - I've seen that happen elsewhere. Or is could be someone who object to the grazing policy or the fences.
"I would urge whoever is cutting the fences to stop and think about their actions. They are endangering road users and livestock and this vandalism could have very serious consequences.
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Sub-Saharan migrants sit on top of a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Spain says around 700 African migrants have rushed its barbed wire border fences in the North African enclave of Melilla, and although police repelled most, 140 managed to enter Spanish territory. The migrants charged the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 later Thursday morning. Spain and Morocco stepped up border vigilance in Feb. when 15 migrants drowned trying to enter Spain's other north African coastal enclave, Ceuta.
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MADRID Around 700 African migrants charged Spain's barbed-wire border fences Thursday in the country's North African enclave of Melilla, clashing with Spanish and Moroccan border police.
Spain said 140 of the migrants managed to enter Spanish territory despite the efforts of the border police.
It was the latest surge in the tide of African immigrants trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. Spain's two North African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta are particularly vulnerable and have had repeated attacks by hundreds of immigrants this spring.
The migrants on Thursday rushed the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 four hours later.
By afternoon, more than 150 people remained perched on an outside border fence, fending off police by setting fire to clothing and throwing it at them, Spain said. Some even swung batons wrenched away from officers.
Police used pepper spray to try and force migrants down from the 20-foot (6-meter) high fence, but some climbed onto the lamp posts used to illuminate the border.
The Interior Ministry statement said some migrants were treated by Red Cross staff and five were taken to the hospital. It later said 12 police were injured.
The new arrivals to Spain made their way, some hobbling, to the region's temporary immigrant center, which now contains more than 1,900 immigrants, the statement said, adding this meant the facility was "above its maximum capacity."
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A Guardia Civil officer walks past sub-Saharan migrants standing on top of a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Spain says around 700 African migrants have rushed its barbed wire border fences in the North African enclave of Melilla, and although police repelled most, 140 managed to enter Spanish territory. The migrants charged the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 later Thursday morning. Spain and Morocco stepped up border vigilance in Feb. when 15 migrants drowned trying to enter Spain's other north African coastal enclave, Ceuta. (AP Photo/Fernando Garcia)The Associated Press
A sub-Saharan migrant stands on the Spanish soil after climbing a fence, as another is detained and sent back to the Moroccan side by Spanish Guardia Civil officers next to a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Spain says around 700 African migrants have rushed its barbed wire border fences in the North African enclave of Melilla, and although police repelled most, 140 managed to enter Spanish territory. The migrants charged the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 later Thursday morning. Spain and Morocco stepped up border vigilance in Feb. when 15 migrants drowned trying to enter Spain's other north African coastal enclave, Ceuta. (AP Photo/Fernando Garcia)The Associated Press
A sub-Saharan migrant prays siting on top of a pole set in a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Spain says around 700 African migrants have rushed its barbed wire border fences in the North African enclave of Melilla, and although police repelled most, 140 managed to enter Spanish territory. The migrants charged the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 later Thursday morning. Spain and Morocco stepped up border vigilance in Feb. when 15 migrants drowned trying to enter Spain's other north African coastal enclave, Ceuta. (AP Photo/Fernando Garcia)The Associated Press
MADRID Around 700 African migrants charged Spain's barbed-wire border fences Thursday in the country's North African enclave of Melilla, clashing with Spanish and Moroccan border police.
Spain said 140 of the migrants managed to enter Spanish territory despite the efforts of the border police.
It was the latest surge in the tide of African immigrants trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. Spain's two North African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta are particularly vulnerable and have had repeated attacks by hundreds of immigrants this spring.
The migrants on Thursday rushed the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 four hours later.
By afternoon, more than 150 people remained perched on an outside border fence, fending off police by setting fire to clothing and throwing it at them, Spain said. Some even swung batons wrenched away from officers.
Police used pepper spray to try and force migrants down from the 20-foot (6-meter) high fence, but some climbed onto the lamp posts used to illuminate the border.
The Interior Ministry statement said some migrants were treated by Red Cross staff and five were taken to the hospital. It later said 12 police were injured.
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