Fun And Fabulous Floral And Gifts

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Fun And Fabulous Floral And Gifts

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17327 C Rd

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Delia

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Kansas

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66418

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(785) 608-9808

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Minneapolis musical mentor and ‘mad scientist’ Ed Ackerson dies at 54 - St. Paul Pioneer Press

Ackerson wrote. [embedded content] A Stillwater native, Ackerson established himself as a musician with a love of new wave, British rock, psychedelia, the Beatles and the Beach Boys. In the ’90s, he played in numerous local bands, while focusing on working as a producer and a sound engineer at First Avenue. At the end of the decade, he bought a former greenhouse and flower shop in Uptown and turned it into Flower Studios, which also served as his home. Minneapolis musician Mallman first met Ackerson at a party in the ’90s. “He was my mentor,” Mallman said. “He taught me about mixing, he taught me about engineering. Part of almost every one of my albums was recorded at his studio and three were mixed completely by Ed. He was interested in music and people. He liked people and everybody liked him.” Ackerson’s band Polara released its self-titled debut album in 1995 on local label Twin/Tone and quickly earned national attention. A major label bidding war followed and Polara signed with Interscope Records, then-home to Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt and the Wallflowers. [embedded content] “We basically went in and told them what we told every other label which was, we can produce our own records,” Ackerson said in 1997 interview with the Pioneer Press. “We’ve proved that. People pay me to produce records so I should be able to do my own records. And we basically want to be able to call the shots on everything, the creative side from top to bottom. We would just like (Interscope) to put out our records when we’re finished with them.” Polara went on to release an EP and two albums on Interscope, but lost the contract after a major shake up at the label. Still, Polara established Ackerson on a national level. He went on to produce and/or engineer albums for everyone from Clay Aiken to Joseph Arthur to the Kinks’ Dave Davies. Hundreds of acts recorded music at Flower Studios over the years, including Lizzo, Brian Setzer, Hippo Campus, Craig Finn, Metro Station, Juliana Hatfield, Grant Hart and Rhett Miller. In 2006, the Replacements reunited to record a pair of new songs for a Rhino Records compilation and asked Ackerson to produce. The band worked with him again on 2013’s “Songs for Slim,” a benefit for Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap, who had suffered a stroke. “I’ve known Paul (Westerberg) and Tommy (Stinson) forever, so I think they feel comfortable working at Flowers,” Ackerson told City Pages in 2013. “They like to work fast, capture the moment and spirit, and our studio is designed to make that sort of thing happen easily. … With a great band, the best approach is often to let the energy develop naturally and make sure the technical aspects are invisible to the players.” Soul Asylum recorded their 2012 album “Delayed Reaction” at Flowers Studio. “I love Ed and loved working with him,” said former Soul Asylum guitarist Daniel Murphy. “He made everyone around him more concise and really ran a great studio, where fun and ease and productivity were king.” [embedded content] Over the past decade, Ackerson focused on raising his 4-year-old daughter Annika and making music as BNLX with his wife. BNLX’s “LP” featured a photo of the family’s late dog Wiggy on its cover. “We started thinking about it and Wiggy is kind of like another band member,” Ackerson said in a 2012 Pioneer Press interview. “Beyond maybe an hour, he was with us literally every minute we wrote and recorded everythin...

The real dirt: More composite flowers for Butte County gardens

This plant attracts butterflies, bees and birds to the garden, and it is generally not bothered by pests. Gumweed Grindelia camporum is a yellow-flowering native known as Great Valley gumplant or gumweed because the flower heads and leaves are coated with a sticky residue created by the plant. It is a gangly perennial up to six feet tall, but dies back in the winter to a basal rosette of leaves. It flowers from May to late October or early November, providing color and wildlife food through the summer and autumn months. It likes full sun, and will grow in salty, alkaline, or clay soil. Gumplant is great for a dry border, or to create meadow-like drifts in an informal (wild) garden. Propagation is easiest from seed. Gumplant is a traditional Native American medicinal plant and a major bird and insect magnet. It tolerates deer. Helianthus Helianthus maximiliani is a sunflower. It is native to the central and southwestern United States, and is therefore well-suited to our dry climate. It is a persistent rhizome-forming perennial which forms clumps three-feet wide and can reach a height of up to ten feet in a garden. The yellow three-inch wide flowers appear in late summer and bloom until mid-autumn. It thrives in well-drained soil and bright sunshine. Apply one inch of water every week during spring and summer to the base of the plant. Pinch one inch from stem tips to promote bushy growth and flower production throughout the season. Stake tall plants to keep the clump upright. Cut back after flowering. Propagate from rhizomes or seeds. The flowers of Helianthus maximiliani can be cut to bring inside; they also dry well. Young growth on these plants is attractive to slugs, but rabbits and deer steer clear. Native Americans traditionally utilized these plants for food, dye, oil, thread and to repel mosquitoes. Butterflies and bees gather the pollen and songbirds love the abundant seeds. Plant sale The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are holding a plant sale Oct. 27 at the Demonstration Garden at Patrick Ranch, 10381 Midway, between Chico and Durham. All plants have been propagated by UC Master Gardeners of Butte County and selected to thrive in our climate. Check or cash only - no credit cards. For more information on the plant sale, including workshops beginning that day at 9 a.m. and a list of plants for sale, go to https://ucanr.edu/sites/bcmg/sale/. Hotline Questions? Plant problems? Pest Issues? Contact the UC Master Gardeners of Butte County by phoning the hotline at 538-7201, or go to http://ucanr.edu/sites/bcmg/. Interested in adding local news to your email inbox? Sign up for our Morning Report here ...

Obituaries for Friday, March 3, 2017

Catalina Simon; brother, Pacifico Simon; sisters, Felicidad Simon and Linang Simon; son, Don Battulayan.Remedia survived by children: Benhur (Delia) Battulayan of Eleele, Alberto (Anita) Battulayan of Kekaha, Erlinda (Primo) Ballesteros of Hanamaulu, Patricia (Nestor) Mangrobang of Ewa Beach, Andy Sr. (Melda) Battulayan of Kalaheo, Julie (Alex) Castro of Lihue, Benita (Amir) Felizardo of Lihue; sisters: Purification Juan of Kona, Reymunda Battulayan of Philippines, Virginia Navarro of Philippines, Edita Pablo of Philippines; brothers: Ricardo Simon and Agustin Simon, both of Philippines.Has 28 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.A celebration of Life will be held on Friday, March 10, at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary Chapel in Koloa, visitation from 6 to 9 p.m. Again on Sat. March 11, 2017, at Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue, visitation from 8 to 9:45 a.m. Mass will be at 10 a.m., Burial to follow at Kalapaki Bay Memorial Park Cemetery.Arrangements are being handled by Borthwick Kauai Mortuary Koloa, Kauai.Thomas Patrick ContradesReverend and Deacon Thomas Patrick Contrades of Kapaa died on Feb. 24, 2017, at the age of 67. He was born in Lihue on Aug. 28, 1949. Thomas was a Deacon for the Diocese of Honolulu assigned to St. Raphael Church in Koloa, Chaplain for the Kauai Police Department and a retired Business Agent for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Thomas served on several government commissions throughout his life, including the County of Kauai Planning Commission, the Hawaiian Home Commission and the State Land and Use Commission. Thomas was a former volunteer with the Kauai United Way, Hale Opio, Kauai Ecomonic Opportunity, Na Kupaa O Kuhio and the Boy Scouts of America.He was preceded in death by his parents Dora and Joseph K. Contrades Jr., brother Maurice Coopman Contrades and grandson Thomas Patrick Leines.He is survived by his wife Jacquelyn Contrades; Children Michael (Darlene) Contrades, Elisabeth (Dayne) Tomori, Jennifer (Joshua) Leines, Timothy (Melissa) Contrades, Tyrus (Erica) Contrades, and Jessica Contrades, (Brianna Borrero); Hanai children Rozlyn Ladera and Kehaulani Ching; Grandchildren Micah Contrades, Courtney Contrades, Joseph Contrades, Brennen Contrades, Tyzen Contrades, Lucy Leines, Gavin Leines, Mahealani Huddy, Koa Yamamoto and Kailani Yamamoto; Siblin... (Thegardenisland.com)

Oakville's Shell Park wins gardening award

North America. Shell Park’s garden included pollinator-friendly AAS winning plants such as Leucanthemum, Heptanthemum, Rudbeckia, and Buddelia, and by using all recycled materials, staff were able to add an insect nesting area which became home to many different insects and a place for bee larvae to hatch. Gardens were judged on their overall attractiveness, creativity of design, promotion to local media and visitors, quality of photos and the quality of AAS winning plants incorporated into the design. Shell is located at 3307 Lakeshore Rd., W. (InsideHalton.com)

Darrington Summer Meltdown really gets cookin' on Sunday

June with Rabbit Wilde at the Electric Forest Festival in Michigan, focuses on instrumental rock, electronica, lots of drums, funk, jazz, physchedelia, hip hop in what the band has called “post-rock dance music.” STS9 — Hunter Brown, Jeffree Lerner, David Phipps, Zach Velmer and Alana Rocklin — on Sept. 2 will release a new album, “The Universe Inside.” On its website, the band says it’s an album about “human identity and the magical truth of who we are, where we’re going, and our place in the universe.” The album opens with “Supercluster,” which represents the band’s journey beginning with its 1998 debut “Interplanetary Escape Vehicle.” Aug. 12 at the Summer Meltdown Josh Clauson and Friends, DBST, Analog Son, Chon, Ayron Jones and The Way, Blue Scholars, Bright Light Social House, Jimmy Glitch, Boombox Kid, Sunsquabi, Michael Menert, Shook Twins, Budos Band and Gramatik. Aug. 13 The Mountain Flowers, The Sky Colony, baby Cakes, Fame Riot, Acorn Project, Beat Connection, Monophonics, Cash Bandicoot, MTBTZ, Manic Focus, Exmag, Alo, Keys N Krates and Griz. Aug. 14 Real Don Music, Dirty Revival, Crow and the Canyon, The Lil Smokies, Trevor Hall, Rabbit Wilde, Rising Appalachia, STS9 and Flowmotion. If you go Summer Meltdown music festival continues noon to midnight through Aug. 14 at the Darrington Music Park, just off Highway 530. More about the bands, tickets, activities and camping is available at summermeltdownfest.com. Rising Appalachia is sisters Leah and Chloe Smith from Atlanta, Georgia, and their band. They perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Summer Meltdown in Darrington. img width="300" height="200" src="http://2qibqm39xjt6q46gf1rwo2g1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_160812_EDH_rabbit_M-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="Lindsey Bowen Rabbit Wilde of Mount Vernon, Bellingham and Seattle, performs at 4:45 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Summer Meltdown in Darrington. Rabbit Wilde of Mount Vernon, Bellingham and Seattle, performs at 4:45 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Summer Meltdown in Darrington. (Lindsey Bowen photo)" srcset="http://2qibqm39xjt6q46gf1rwo2g1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_160812_EDH_rabbit_M-300x200.jpg 300w, http://2qibqm39xjt6q46gf1rwo2g1.wpe... (HeraldNet)

Mother's Day wine with flowers in the bottle

Wine of the Week’s $30 limit. ? Cathy Corison,Corison Winery, St. Helena, for her restrained elegance, not always easy with Napa cabs. ? Delia Viader,Viader Vineyards & Winery, Deer Park (Napa), for “Liquid Cashmere” and especially the stunning cab franc called “Dare.” ? Kathleen Inman, Inman Family Wines, Santa Rosa, for velvety Russian River pinot noir. ? Merry Edwards,Merry Edwards Winery, Sebastapol, for being one of the first of the women winemakers in California and showing everyone else how to make pinot. michele.parente@sduniontribune.com ... (The San Diego Union-Tribune)