Wednesday,  October 3, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 78 • 3 of 37 •  Other Editions

Another slough fire

• Drought conditions have resulted in another slough grass fire on Tuesday. The Groton Fire Department was called out to a small fire near the Roger Rix Farm north of Groton. According to Groton Fire Chief Dion Bahr, the cause of the fire is undetermined at this time.
• Groton was able to control the fire and put it out..
• "The annexation seems to be working," Bahr said. "Firemen from the Bath station were in route and were turned around".

Boomer Babble - Thoughts at Large
Why I have No Dog
By: Jay Vanduch

• I don't claim to be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I don't believe that I'm all that dumb either.  Others do not always agree:
• Case number one: We have had our lawn cared for by an unnamed national

lawn service for several years.  By 'cared for' I mean they have generally used our little patch of grass as a toxic waste dump for a recipe of petro-chemicals that supposedly keep the weeds at bay and make the turf "Country Clubesk".  Last year, the chemicals escaped from their applicator and a section of our front lawn died a painful death.  They claimed it was "winterkill" however; a former

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