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Dec. 13, 2013, 4 a.m.

AN 18-year-old plumber charged over the possession of ecstasy tablets has been accepted into a drug and alcohol diversion program.

AN 18-YEAR-OLD plumber charged over the possession of ecstasy tablets has been accepted into a drug and alcohol diversion program.

Jordan Holmes pleaded guilty when he appeared before Dubbo Local Court Magistrate Andrew Eckhold.

The court was told a drug detection dog brought Holmes to police attention during a music festival at Newcastle on October 26.

The solicitor representing Holmes said the tablets were for personal use during the evening.

"Contrition has been expressed. He has been attending drug and alcohol counselling," the solicitor said.

The court heard Holmes had been accepted as suitable for the Magistrate's Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program.

MERIT provides an opportunity for adult defendants with substance abuse problems to work towards rehabilitation as part of the bail process.

Participants are closely case-managed by MERIT officers and the court receives regular progress reports.

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by JENICA VILLAMOR & KREM.com

KREM.com

Posted on December 8, 2013 at 7:06 PM

Updated Sunday, Dec 8 at 7:06 PM

SPOKANE, Wash.Frigid weather is taking a toll on homeowners and plumbers in Spokane. Plumbers were busy the whole first full weekend in December fixing frozen pipes.

One plumber said he received 75 calls on Saturday alone. He said he also got dozens of calls on Sunday.

"The phones have been ringing off the hook, said plumber Mac Daly.

Homeowners at Cascade Mobile Home Park in Spokane are only a few of the people calling Daly to turn on the heat.

"There's been 3 or 4 hours that people have to wait at least from the time they call until someone can be out there, said Daly.

Daly said he has been from home to home all across Spokane County. He said most people call because their pipes are frozen or already froze and broke.

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Dec. 10, 2013, 4 a.m.

MITCH Carrington had to settle for another podium finish at Goddard Lane on Sunday morning.

Mitch Carrington leads Mick Sherwood, eventual winner Sam Spokes, Fraser Ashord (obscured) and Jeremy Bartlett into this turn during Sundays A Grade criterium. Carrington finished second. Photo: Geoff ONeill 081213GOA05

MITCH Carrington had to settle for another podium finish at Goddard Lane on Sunday morning.

Sam Spokes won the Tamworth Cycling Clubs A Grade criterium from Carrington and Fraser Ashford as the 21-year-old Spokes cranks up his training for a tilt at a national road title early next year and then a return to Europe and his professional cycling team.

Carrington, 24, has had two stints in Europe.

The first trip to Belgium he busted a shoulder in a nasty race fall and returned early.

Earlier this year he had another month or so racing.

I loved it, have no regrets about going over there, he said on Sunday.

But Im 24 now. Theyve got heaps of 18 and 19-year-olds of the same ability and those four or five years more than I have.

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By Cleve Bryan

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (CBS) Chainsaws are buzzing throughout New Jerseys Pinelands.

This isnt commercial logging; its pest control.

New Jersey is waging war against the invasive Southern pine beetle.

Right now, when the weather gets a little bit cooler, they dont move. So, nows the time when we want to get most of the work that we have to do done, says Ron Corcory, of the NJ Forestry Services.

Droves of Southern pine beetles showed up in New Jersey about a decade ago.

They feed on the living tissue under the bark of the trees, creating squiggly lines. As they bore through the pine, they introduce blue fungus that essentially chokes the tree.

The tree starts sending out sap to try and defend itself and force the beetle out, explains a member of the NJ Forestry Services.

The forest service spraying insecticide isnt a viable option, but identifying and cutting down trees soon after theyre infected has proven to help control the beetle population.

It gets disoriented as it comes out, and theyre not very good flyers to begin with, says Corcory. So cutting the tree, although its not the ideal answerit is an option that works.

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Pest control by the West Matukituki conservation project is even more crucial now a beech mast is predicted next year.

Beech trees are currently flowering heavily across the country and could potentially lead to a plague of predators next year, putting native species in areas like Mt Aspiring National Park at risk. These include mhua/yellowhead, blue duck/whio, South Island robin/kakaruai, and South Island long-tailed bat/pekapeka

The joint Matukituki Valley Protection project between the Matukituki Charitable Trust and the Department of Conservation (DOC) kicked off in July this year and aims to reduce pest numbers in the valley to benefit threatened native wildlife. The most efficient and cost effective pest control programme is being developed to protect native species.

Matukituki trustees Derek and Gillian Crombie have recruited volunteers to help with pest control management and monitoring of beech seed fall. They will be setting out seed funnels early next year to collect beech seeds to predict the onset and timing of the mast and potential rodent and stoat plagues.

"If monitoring shows a rise in these populations, we have a number of pest control options to manage the situation to prevent an increase in rat, mouse and stoat numbers from next winter," DOC Wanaka ranger Flo Gaud said.

The group has built 140 tracking tunnels and set them out in the valley, providing baseline data on rat and mouse numbers. The tunnels will be checked again in February to estimate the rat population trend.

Pest trapping is being carried out by DOC hut wardens in the Matukituki Valley, including ex- ranger Stu Thorne who is also a volunteer for the project. The wardens check the 52 traps for stoats, rats and hedgehogs every three weeks. Traps around Aspiring Hut are also catching feral cats and possums.

If predator populations can be reduced to very low numbers, the optimum long-term aim of the project is to have a haven suitable to introduce other threatened birds species into the valley.

Trustee Gillian Crombie said she hoped the project would eventually expand to include the whole Matukituki catchment, and the trust would work in partnership with other groups doing pest control in the region.

DOC has begun consulting with neighbours and groups such as the Diamond Lake trappers, the Longview Environmental Trust, landowners, the local farming community and businesses to establish an umbrella group to raise funds and work together on pest control, with advice and support from DOC.

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Rat call-outs in Bury lowest in Greater Manchester

4:43pm Tuesday 10th December 2013 in News By Neil Robertson, reporter

Bury received the lowest number of pest control call-outs in Greater Manchester, according to new figures.

Of the countys 10 authorities analysed by the British Pest Control Association (BPCA), Bury responded to 2,062 incidents in 2011-12.

By contrast, Bolton Councils pest control team was called out 5,075 times nearly two and a half times more than in Bury.

Burys pest control team dealt with the second lowest number of complaints for cockroaches (eight) and the third lowest number for rats (632), mice (331) and ants (181) in Greater Manchester.

BPCA chief executive, Simon Forrester, said: There are many localised reasons why an area could have a high prevalence of a certain pest. Local authorities are under immense strain to come up with savings. The BPCA wants to make sure this doesnt have an impact on public health.

If an infestation isnt dealt with quickly and properly, it will spread. Dealing with it then is much more expensive and it carries a greater risk to public health.

The survey showed that Burys pest control team was called out almost 400 fewer times in 2012 than in 2011, when it was called out 2,457 times.

This decrease meant that, in a league table of the UKs busiest pest control bodies, Bury fell from 88th place to 105th place.

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Savannah, GA (PRWEB) December 08, 2013

In response to the growing public fear of bed bugs, Preferred Pest Control in Savannah, Ga., has released a list of tips and tricks that people can use to avoid potential bed bug infestations in their homes.

What are bed bugs?

Bed bugs are tiny insects that live inside soft furniture (such as mattresses), carpets, soft toys and inside walls that hide during the day and come out at night to feed. They are reddish-brown and about the size and shape of an apple seed.

Whats so bad about bed bugs?

Bed bugs are gathering a lot of coverage in the news lately for a few reasons.

1.They feed on human blood, leaving itchy, painful bites on their victims. 2.They are talented hitchhikers. Bed bugs can easily be transferred from another location into your home simply by hitching a ride on your clothes or in a suitcase. Tourists have been known to take home bed bugs from Savannah in chunks of Spanish moss! 3.Bed bug infestations are notoriously hard to get rid of. Bed bugs can go an entire year without eating, multiply rapidly, and hide in places youd never think to look, such as behind baseboards or under loose carpet. All of these make them extremely tough to eliminate. Professional pest control services are the only way to rid a home of bed bugs.

What does Preferred Pest Control suggest to avoid bed bugs?

Bed bugs are common in vacation destinations like Savannah, so Preferred Pest Control knows a thing or two about how to prevent them. Preferred suggests that travelers follow these precautions:

1.Always check for bed bugs as soon as you get to a hotel room. Lift up your mattress and look for black or brown stains from their droppings, cast-off bed bug skins, and the bugs themselves. 2.Never put your suitcases or clothing on the floor of a hotel room. Use the top of the dresser, a luggage rack or even the tiled floor of the bathroom instead. 3.Deep clean all your clothes in hot water and vacuum your suitcase when you get home.

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