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Bald Eagle Rifle League Week 20

Tylersville 0-20 VS Avis 10-10 Tylersville Jeff Walizer 97-6 Tyler Lucas 97-5 Scott Weidler 94-1 Geary Walizer 93-2 Eric Brown 93-2 Matt Bonchack 92-3 Mike Bonchack 88-0 Reece Lucas 88-0 Team 742-19 Avis Chad Marshall 100-7 Beau Meixel 99-8 Blake Meixel 98-4 Nathan Clinger 97-4 Zach Meixel 94-2 James Fausey 93-2 Ron Marshall 93-1 Alan Foust 92-1 Team 766-39 Juniors Beau Meixel 99-8 Blake Meixel 98-4 James Fausey 93-2 Mill Hall 9-11 VS Liberty Township 11-9 Mill Hall Jim Baney 98-6 Karen ...

For Arbor Day, plant a tree resilient to climate change

Trees are long-term investments that often outlive the people who plant them. And with the world’s climate changing fast, we now need to consider whether the trees we plant today will be able to withstand the changing conditions in our gardens over the next 30, 50 or even 100 years. “Things are changing faster than the lifespan of trees,” said Daniel Herms, an entomologist specializing in the resiliency of trees at the research branch of the Davey Tree Expert Co., a landscaping firm based in Kent, Ohio. Over the next few decades, some trees will thrive and others won’t, ...

Spring turkey season starts today

Some go to the woods to wrap themselves in tranquility, surrounded by relative quiet if not outright silence. Spring turkey hunters aren’t necessarily among them. Matching wits with a gobbler is often most exciting when things are downright rowdy. That’s why there’s much excitement attached to this coming season, which begins on Saturday, April 22 with a half-day hunt for junior and youth mentored hunters, then runs from Saturday, April 29 to Tuesday, May 30 for everyone. It has the potential to be noisier than usual, given the abundance of 2-year-old birds — the most vocal ...

Bald Eagle Rifle League Week 18

Mill Hall 9-9 VS Tylersville 0-18 Mill Hall 9-9 Karen Woods 100-8 Lynn Woods 98-3 Jim Baney 98-3 Jeff Koch 96-5 Wyatt Corman 96-2 Barry Johnson 91-2 Keith Bittner 91-1 Tom Hamberger 86-2 Team 756-28 Tylersville 0-18 Lane Vonada 97-4 Reece Lucas 97-4 Kyler Phillips 96-2 Joe Williams 94-3 Jeff Walizer 93-3 Tyler Lucas 93-2 Geary Walizer 92-2 Eric Brown 92-1 Team 754-21 Avis 8-10 VS Strouse Electric 9-9 Avis 8-10 Beau Meixel 100-8 Chad Marshall 99-7 Blake Meixel 99-4 Nathan Clinger 96-3 Ron Marshall 95-2 James ...

Bird Lore: O for a falconers voice

Those words in the headline were written by William Shakespeare in the late 1590’s in his play, Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s father was a glove-maker and likely made gauntlets for many a hawking practitioner. Going back several millennia, we find the Egyptian god Horus, who had the ...

Bald Eagle Rifle League Week 15

Avis VS Tylersville Avis 5-9 Blake Meixel 100-7 Chad Marshall 99-6 Zach Meixel 97-3 Beau Meixel 97-3 Nathan Clinger 96-3 James Fausey 94-1 Alan Foust 94-0 Ron Marshall 93-5 Team 770-28 Juniors Blake Meixel 100-7 Beau Meixel 97-3 James Fausey 94-1 Tylersville 0-14 Jeff Walizer 95-3 Kyler Phillips 95-1 Joe Williams 94-3 Scott Weidler 93-3 Tyler Lucas 90-1 Mike Bonchack 89-0 Eric Brown 86-2 Terry Kuzma 86-0 Team 728-13 Strouse Electric VS Markovich Construction Strouse Electric 7-7 Andy ...