Most “newsmakers” now are unworthy of print. Good deeds are relegated to the back of a paper with an inch of coverage. An untalented person who “bares all/tells all” makes the headlines for “skin” or “sin”.

I am weary of all of the articles and sound bytes blaming the President for every woe. Have we all become so cynical that we believe that he acted alone in creating a crisis? What about the House and the Senate who voted for bailouts, etc. ? Yet, when the criticisms come, he is held accountable.

We have fallen into a trap and are being held there by these “spin doctors”. When they report that one person finished as a “strong second” and the former frontrunner “next to last” – before you spread the news, check the facts. How many were actually in the race? If there were only 2 candidates, finishing first is “next to last”.

Turn off the televison. Read a book. Take a walk. Talk to people and honestly listen. Knowledge is power. Be awed by the wonderments that surround you. Share memories and moments. If something hurts you, tell the offender and give him or her an opportunity to explain and apologize. Hold yourself accountable for your actions. If you have to pause and think of a justification, maybe it isn’t such a great idea.

Play hard, honest and fair.

Now, enjoy your day, your way.

When you look at life and all of the things that have an impact on you personally, it’s ultimately your friends and family that you take with you to the next life in heaven; not the car, boat, house, job, or title.

In today’s world it is difficult to not get caught up in the possessions game and really focus on what life is all about.

To be honest, I was a little disappointed in the responses…or rather lack of them, to this Weekender. I thought there were lots of P&R pros out there who were recycle-savvy and willing to share ideas. I hope people were just distracted and will see this now and fire off some ideas….but thanks for yours Nancy, they were excellent! Oh, and your comments here are eco-friendly, digital medium, no paper, no plastic.:-)

I personally take a very active role in buying products that I can recycle. My community recycling center does a great job of offering containers for plastics, paper, metal, appliances, tires, etc. I burn what I can in the fireplace and compost in my backyard. I am not responsible for a park per se, but I do take pride in taking action to pick up when I’m walking in my neighborhood, on a trail and even in a parking lot. And you’re right — once we fill up these spaces….what do we do? Unfortunately, we are a throw-away society and until our backs are to the walls…it’s all gonna come down to money.

While visiting my dad in MA, he would pay a quarter to rent a carriage, if he returned it he would get the quarter back. If he didn’t bring bags for his groceries he had to buy them at the register. In addition, he had to bag them himself at another counter. Why? The store kept it’s overhead down and products were inexpensive. In a park situation it’s the same: Take responsibility and have the containers available, or incentives to bring it out.

In Disney World Florida, children and adults kept feeding this wandering trash container to get it to talk, burp and thank them for feeding them. In some schools, children are taking repsonsibility for keeping their schools clean, recycling and gardening. The answer is to start this thought process early. If we continue as we are, we’re leaving one heck of a mess to our children.

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I hope this helps!

Thanks.

Thanks again for sharing.

Also it seems that they did not try any alternate measures to reduce their cost with turf. Example: weather station controlled irrigation (less water and applied when needed), fertilizing/pesticide should have been reduced over the years (if properly done) you would have only be spot spraying for weeds; painting — no brainer here, go to concentrate (with growth regulator) and sprayer and the number of times to paint is reduced.

Don’t let my misspellings take away from the fun of the book–it is a fabulous read no matter your age.

2) IPEMA does not certify products according to the CPSC Guidelines, and covers almost all of the F1487 Standard.

3) Adjacent components where one or both is higher than 30 inches (not 24 inches) trigger overlapping use zone rules.

Moving down from my grammatical soap box, I will say that the entire Percy Jackson series is fabulous, as are Riordan’s Kane Chronicles. I also really loved Holes. If you want to be a bit terrified as a camp director, I highly recommend “The Butterfly Revolution”, an older book that describes a Lord of the Flies like take-over of a summer camp.