The Using Your Senses Game

Source: Family Education

Here's an idea to help junior sleuths use their senses for investigation. 1. Collect a varitey of substances to smell in small jars or ziplock bags. Try cinnamon, pepper, soap, or crayons. 2. Put a number on each bag. 3. Give ...
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Plug-in solar panels: Worth the cost?

Source: Christian Science Monitor

An article over on CNET titled "Got a deck? Solar panels now a plug-in appliance," suggests that you can buy from Amazon.com a 1,000 watt solar panel system that plugs into your wall outlet for only $1,099. I thought they were really on to ...
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Mother, daughter arrested in fire at west Fort Worth house

Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Tanya Hurley, 40, and Lacy Smith Hurley, 19, were arrested May 10 on suspicion of arson in the fires April 20 at a house in the 600 block of Burlington Avenue. Tanya Hurley, who was arrested under the name Tanya Smith, and Lacy Smith Hurley remained ...
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Farming Advice and Folklore: Cleaning Copper, Flood Facts, and Garden Eggshells

Source: Mother Earth News

I read Georgiana Kotarski's trick of cleaning copper with lemon and salt in MOTHER EARTH NEWS NO. 97 and just had to write to let you know what we use: catsup! MOTHER EARTH NEWS readers share their farming advice, fun tips ...
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Man suspected in drive-by, car chase found hiding in dryer near Everson

Source: The Bellingham Herald

A man suspected in a drive-by shooting is Skagit County and a high-speed car chase through Everson was found hiding in a clothes dryer and arrested Thursday, May 24, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office. Visente G ...
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Ask Mr. Dad: Sorry, I forgot. Did you say something?

Source: HeraldOnline.com

Dear Mr. Dad: My daughter is a really good kid, but she can’t seem to remember anything for more than five minutes. We constantly have to harp at her about things that should be habits, like brushing her teeth every morning. Is ...
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Living with the Leaf for six months

Source: Vancouver Sun

begins a long-term test drive of the all-electric Nissan Leaf today. Over the course of the next six months, The Vancouver Sun journalist will write about living in Vancouver with an electric car. He'll chronicle the ups and the downs, the good and the ...
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Check heaters before using

Source: The Gympie Times

WITH temperatures starting to drop, Gympie Fire and Rescue Service is urging residents to put safety first when firing up the heater. Firefighters said too many fires started each winter from heaters and other electrical goods ...
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Dazzling view to dine out on

Source: Fraser Coast Chronicle

The wonderful view from the pool at Peppers Coral Coast Resort. AS the plane dropped out of the clouds, during its descent to Hamilton Island, and the beautiful Whitsunday Islands were revealed below I gazed in wonde ...
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