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The painting of trees along a stream has felt like home since Debbie Mattison first admired it on the pale blue walls of her Grandma Ethels Philadelphia living room. After carefully wrapping it in a sheet for the trip to SUNY Buffalo State and its appointment at the annual one-day conservation clinic, she was grateful for a conservation professors checkup and to know shed been taking good care of her inherited art.

It turned out she did the right thing to hang it by an armoire and away from the drying damage of a nearby heating vent. Now she has a list of restorers who can clean it and fix the chips in the frame.

I didnt have a clue, she said Friday morning as she headed out, pausing to talk proudly about the painting she imagines stepping into. It feels like I could walk up there, sit down and have a sandwich on the rocks.

Once a year, SUNY Buffalo State invites about 60 people to make appointments and bring art in need of repair for review at the Art Conservation Department in Rockwell Hall on Elmwood Avenue. Professors and students divide into three categories: painting, paper and decorative objects, such as furniture, clocks, ceramics, glass and fabric.

Sometimes they offer to take on a restoration project, which can cost from $200 to $900 or more, as an opportunity for students to learn as they work on their craft.

Its a really interesting way to get a different perspective on art, said Julie Ribits, one of the departments 30 graduate students, who spoke Friday morning as she waited in the painting room for the next appointment. Its a really nice blend between science and art.

Since the spring, she has been restoring a family portrait someone brought in that dated from the mid-1800s. Out of its frame, the canvas of a demure-looking woman with lively, detailed eyes and neatly parted hair beneath a white bonnet lay flat on a table. In the background at the top corner, Ribits had been carefully filling in layers of gray paint that had worn away.

Its kind of like a doctors office, said Patrick Ravines, program director, who looked in from the hallway where people were carrying in artwork in frames and wrapping. You can come in four months. You can come in a year.

People can apply for future appointments by calling the department at 878-5025 or by emailing a description of the item to artcon@buffalostate.edu. On Nov. 7, the program will host an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. so that people can see art in the midst of treatment and learn about conservation study.

So much of what we do is behind the scenes, said James Hamm, the professor who oversees painting work. No one knows we exist.

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Here is a list of road projects around the Heartland scheduled for Monday, November 24.

Butler County, MO

Route 72 in Bollinger County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform shoulders repairs. This section of roadway is located from Old Route 72 to Route B.

Existing lanes of Route 67 from CR 323 to Route 160/158 will be signed as Route C. The north end of Route C (existing Route 67) will remain closed for about two months as work is completed at the intersection of Route 67, Route C, and CR 323.

Cape Girardeau County, MO

Property owners adjacent to the bridge will have access to their properties. A marked detour is proposed here:

From the north: Route 61 south to Route KK, west on KK to I-55, south on I-55 to Route E, then east on Route E to Route 61. From the south: Route 61 north to Route E, east on Route E to I-55, north on I-55 to Route KK, then east on KK to Route 61. Maps are available at MoDOT's Sikeston Office on N. Main St. Property owners can request a hearing in writing if affected.

Pemiscot County, MO

Route J in Pemiscot County will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway.This section of roadway is located between Reed Street and Cleveland Street.Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, Nov. 25 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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One-year-olds are not supposed to have breath that would peel paint.

Nor, on the other hand, are they supposed to stand eyeball to eyeball with you, close enough that you can hear the nostrils opening and closing, ready to tear you limb from limb and gulp happily eat you.

But meet Blizzard just dont try to shake hands with him through the thick chain-link fence that is all that stands between you and the front page of this newspaper. Blizzard and his sister, Star, are one-year-old orphaned polar bears who are the latest additions to an ambitious experiment called Journey to Churchill at Winnipegs Assiniboine Park Zoo.

Blizzards ready to hold his own, says Brian Joseph, the zoos new director. Hes not at all deterred by the presence of a stranger.

The stranger, on the other hand, is deterred, unnerved and twice frozen: once by the -15C temperature, a second time by the dark laser stare of a bear.

There is nothing these bears are afraid of, Dr. Joseph continues. They have no innate fear of humans because humans are merely another prey to them. There is no animal on Earth other than another polar bear or a human with a rifle that is a threat to them.

These bears may be confident and fear nothing, but a great many people are now fearing for them and, sadly, are not so confident.

The bears know nothing, Dr. Joseph says, about climate change.

Five years ago, the Assiniboine Park Conservancy came up with an ambitious $200-million plan to rejuvenate the park, the old zoo and create something new that would be unique to the world, not just Winnipeg.

There are lots of zoos in the world, conservancy president Margaret Redmond says, and they tend to have animals from different parts of the world. The polar bear, however, is an iconic species for Manitobans.

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Winters abrupt arrival with record cold this month also brought along an even less welcome event: an outbreak of house fires.

Fire department officials report the number is not particularly higher than usual this year. However, the cluster of fires in St. Joseph and the region reminds us how quickly an ordinary day can turn tragic.

Investigators have found a common cause among several fires in St. Joseph they occurred in older structures in which the electrical system was overloaded. Homes built 100 years ago, or even 50 years ago, were not designed to accommodate the pull of modern heating and cooling systems, as well as appliances and electronics.

An old adage holds true here: If in doubt about your homes wiring, have it checked out.

Research and experience also prove that moving to a newer house is not a foolproof way to escape the threat of fire. Because of the materials used in construction, newer homes often burn at a much faster rate than older structures. Synthetic materials both in the house itself and in the furnishings are more flammable.

Regardless of the age of your home or the type of wiring, two steps every homeowner and renter should take:

Install a smoke detector.

Keep it up to date.

St. Joseph Fire Inspector Steve Henrichson points out all smoke detectors can get dusty and batteries will run down on those not directly wired into the house current. Consider this a holiday-time reminder to check those batteries. Also, the National Fire Protection Association recommends replacing all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old.

Winter will be with us for several months and these steps are worth it to keep your family safe from fire.

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SAN FRANCISCO --

The unbelievable accident closed off parts of California and Montgomery streets in San Francisco's Financial District Friday morning. A window washer fell approximately 60 feet from an 11th story building, landing on a moving car below. The victim survived but is in critical condition. It's hard to believe the driver of that car was not hurt.

The window washer fell from the roof and landed on a Toyota Camry. All but the driver's area was caved in. The driver, Mohammad Al Cozai, narrowly escaped being critically injured.

"As soon as I made my left turn, then I saw something hit my car very hard. The impact was really hard. I didn't know what it is," said Mohammad Al Cozai of Dublin.

After landing on the car, the window washer fell onto the street. Witnesses ran to help.

Witness describes San Francisco window washer's fall

Cal/OSHA spokeswoman Julia Bernstein said the man suffered a broken arm and injuries to his side.

"I took off my jacket, I put it over him and I just started to direct traffic. I don't know anything about medical, so I did what I could," said witness Jess Cathcart.

The thud of the body onto the car and the shattering of the glass was what was, I guess shocking," said witness Sam Hartwell.

The man is an employee of Redwood City-based Century Window Cleaning. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for safety violations four times in 2008, including one serious violation that resulted in a $6,740 penalty, according to the agency's website. The case was eventually settled, and the penalty was reduced to $2,720, Bernstein said.

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