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If you enjoy plants, yard and garden work, learning new things and helping people, consider becoming an Extension master gardener. This volunteer program has been in Platte County since 1983, and we currently have 21 active volunteers. New volunteers join in January and early February.

Extension master gardeners are trained volunteers. In Nebraska, they assist University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in extending lawn, landscape, and garden information to youth and adults in their communities.

A master gardener might answer plant questions at the Extension office or at a master gardener booth, help with a 4-H gardening workshop, assist at the county fair, work with a local community garden or demonstration garden, or help plan an educational bus tour. Some volunteers design their own volunteer activities.

If you think you need to be an expert gardener or have many plant growing experiences to become an Extension master gardener, this is not the case. You only need to be interested in learning more about plants, meeting new people, and have the time to participate in training and volunteer outreach.

New volunteers are asked to complete 40 hours of education and return an equal number of volunteer hours throughout the year. After the first year, and once the first 40 hours are completed, returning volunteers are asked to complete 12 hours of continuing education and 12 to 20 volunteer hours annually.

Along with education about a variety of plant topics, master gardeners receive a handbook on plant care and additional literature on many plant topics. They learn about a variety of garden and landscape opportunities across the state and nationally through the International Master Gardener conference.

Additional benefits are meeting people with similar interests, sharing plants, discussing gardening successes and failures, and learning from each other, as well as the opportunity to share information with- and help others.

If you enjoy learning about plants, but do not have the time needed to become a volunteer, the lawn and garden classes are open to the general public to attend for a fee. You can choose which topics you are most interested in and attend only the sessions that are of interest to you.

Lawn and garden education sessions are held Tuesday evenings from 6:30-9 p.m. beginning Feb. 11. Topics to be covered this year are Integrated Pest Management, Diseases of Herbaceous Landscape Plants, Turfgrass Care and Management, Landscape Pollinators and Pollinator Friendly Plants, Plant Propagation, and Landscape Weed ID and Herbicide Update.

Classes are also held Thursday mornings from 9 a.m.-noon beginning Feb. 13. The topics this year include Pruning Trees, Shrubs and More; Vegetable Gardening, and two others sessions that are yet to be arranged.

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Difficulty: Moderate. The 2.9-mile loop travels up and along the ridge of Sanders Hill, which reaches its highest point at 854 feet above sea level.The trail is well-marked with blue blazes and signs.

How to get there: From the intersection of Route 27 and Route 225 in Rome, Maine, drive 1.1 mile north of Route 27 and take a left onto Watson Pond Road. Drive about 1.3 miles and the small parking area for the trail will be on your right, marked with a blue Kennebec Highlands sign.

Information:Sanders Hill a part of the Kennebec Highlands, which at 6,500 acres is the largest contiguous block of conserved land in central Maine. Rising 854 feet above sea level, Sanders Hill is located just west of the undeveloped Watson Pond and is surrounded by peaks of similar height.

The Sanders Hill Loop hiking trail is 2.9 miles long and can be hiked in either direction, according to the Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, which manages the land in partnership with the Maine Department of Conservation.

To hike the loop counterclockwise, start at the north side of the parking area (if you face away from the road, it will be on your right-hand side). Follow the blue blazes into the forest. At about 0.2 miles, youll come to a boulder with a ladder leaning up against it. If you climb the ladder to the top of the boulder, youll be greeted with nice views from the south end of Watson Pond.

The trail crosses the inflow for Watson Pond and makes several twists and turns. Make sure to always follow the blue blazes to avoid getting lost on side trails, old logging roads and paths made by resident wildlife.

The trail gradually climbs the Sanders Hill. As you climb higher, the hill will drop off on your right. The trail descends a bit before leading to the first outlook of the hike Watson Pond, Mount Phillip and French Mountain, partially obscured by trees. After that, the trail will climb to the sparsely wooded summit area, where you can enjoy partial views to the east and south through the trees, approximately 1.1 miles into the hike. There is no summit sign, but the top of the hill is fairly evident because after it, the trail starts to descend.

At 1.3 miles, the trail meets the Kennebec Highlands Trail. Turn left (south) and follow the broad gravel trail, lined with birch trees. At 1.9 miles, just before a bridge over Beaver Brook, turn left and follow the blue blazes into the woods on a narrower trail. This part of the loop travels through a beautiful mixed forest and past a large boulder called Snapper Rock, according to the Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance. The trail then swings north and meets an old logging road, the final leg of the hike. Turn right and follow the old road back to the parking area.

The trail is free for the public to use year round, but visitors should note that the Kennebec Highlands Trail (which the loop follows for a short distance) is a multi-use trail allowing snowmobile use in the winter. Dogs are permitted but should be under control of their owners. Pack in, pack out (including dog waste).

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Not surprisingly, Plymouth looked to its past for inspiration in 2013, spending considerable time and money on a variety of restoration projects that bode well for the towns future.

This was a watershed year for Burial Hill, as first the Community Preservation Committee approved a $500,000 grant for the restoration of 1,000 of the Hills original gravestones and, later in the year, after a concerted effort by town officials and the nonprofit Friends of Burial Hill, the site was finally placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Going forward, the town has hired a firm to develop a master plan that, if approved, would expend several million dollars to restore and/or improve the sites landscaping, pedestrian pathways, major structures and security in time for the towns 400th birthday in 2020.

For the past decade, the town has also been involved in the restoration of the original Town Brook and this year several major projects along that historic waterway made significant progress.

Several dams and the old Plymco mill buildings were removed, and contaminated soils taken out, bringing the town closer to its goal of an unfettered pathway for pedestrians and herring.

When this latest project is complete in 2017, the Billington Street Dam, the Off Billington Street Dam, the Plymco Dam and the Holmes Dam will have been either removed or completely reconfigured and the landscape between them radically modified.

Though there was little money spent on the 1820 Courthouse in 2013, at least compared to other historic projects, a great deal of time and effort was expended by town officials and others to develop a proposal to revitalize the downtown and preserve the most historic aspects of the Courthouse by transforming the hodgepodge of abandoned and worn buildings known as the Courthouse Corridor into a municipal center.

Before this year, most of the effort has been focused on trying to find a commercial buyer for the entire corridor. This year, though, an old idea attributed in part to the late Rev. Peter Gomes was dusted off and given a new coat of wax. A $75,000 feasibility study was commissioned and, when it was completed, the concept of moving Town Hall from Lincoln Street and refurbishing the buildings original courtroom to allow for special meetings and tourist events was presented to the town for its deliberation.

2013 also marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and fittingly the town also found the funding necessary to restore the Civil War Monument on the Training Green on Sandwich Street.

And as the summer waned and word spread that the town was considering demolishing several historic fishermens shacks on land adjacent to Plymouth Beach, supporters of preserving these remnants of the towns not-too-distant past mobilized quickly and the shacks were saved.

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Published at 07:38, Wednesday, 01 January 2014

THE following applications for planning permission have been lodged with Northumberland County Councils west area planning team.

Barrasford pensioners enjoy Christmas lunch courtesy of Tony and Monica Binks and the staff at the Barrasford Arms.

Acomb: Ian Pattison, works to trees in a conservation area: fell three ash, one elder and two silver birch trees at 1 Town Foot Cottage, Main Street, ref. no 13/03810/TREECA.

Allendale: Richard Thompson, siting of 16 ground mounted photovoltaic solar panels to generate electricity at Finney Hill Green, ref. no 13/03738/RENE

Cambo: The National Trust, creation of car park on land north of Thistleby Wood, B6342 Rugley Walls to Rothley Cross Roads, ref. no 13/03723/FUL

Corbridge: Northumberland County Council, Increased width of parking bay to 3.3m minimum, plus two individual dropped kerb sections with tactile paving into Hill Street adopted footpath. External lighting to ramp and steps, surface mounted plastic signs to rear of building and external handrail to concealed rear steps to basement at Corbridge Tourist Information Centre, Corbridge Library,Hill Street, ref. no 13/03735/FUL. Simon Dronfield, removal blue atlas cedar and removal of larch at 30 Princes Street, ref. no 13/03801/TREECA.

Greenhead: Haltwhistle Golf Club, certificate of lawfulness for refurbishment of existing clubhouse: replacement of existing roof cladding, reclad walls, adjustment of existing window openings; creation of two new window openings on east elevation; new entrance door to south elevation and siting of a temporary building to be used as a starters hut and secretary's office at Haltwhistle Golf Club, ref no 13/03636/CLPROP.

Haltwhistle: Northumberland County Council, installation of tactile paving into footpath south east of public toilets, Westgate, ref no 13/03753/PA. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust/Northumberland County Council, non material amendment to approved planning application 12/00778/FUL - changes to landscape scheme at former Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital, Westgate, ref. no 13/03777/FUL

Heddon on the Wall: Paul Watkins, extension on ground floor to living room incorporating front entrance porch and loft conversion at 42 Calvus Drive, ref. no 13/03733/FUL

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an artist and interior designer. My client uses me for decorative painting and is always asking my opinion on this orthat.

The problem is that I realize that we have extremely different tastes. How do I gently tell her that her choices for the accessories in the room are too cheap or not up to the standard I had in mind without offending or hurting herfeelings?

GENTLE READER: It always surprises Miss Manners when artists disapprove of their clients taste, given that the client chose to hire theartist.

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an artist and interior designer. My client uses me for decorative painting and is always asking my opinion on this orthat.

The problem is that I realize that we have extremely different tastes. How do I gently tell her that her choices for the accessories in the room are too cheap or not up to the standard I had in mind without offending or hurting herfeelings?

GENTLE READER: It always surprises Miss Manners when artists disapprove of their clients taste, given that the client chose to hire theartist.

Nevertheless, she recognizes that there are some patrons of the arts with limited aesthetic sense. She also recognizes the logic of listening to the opinion for which one ispaying.

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