The World Automotive & Sports 10_03_18
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WORLD SPORTS & OUTDOORS<br />
Cyanobacteria - a Concern for Waterfowl Hunters<br />
Waterfowl hunters who will have retrieving<br />
dogs with them during Vermont’s waterfowl<br />
hunting seasons should check waterbodies<br />
for cyanobacteria (also known as bluegreen<br />
algae) blooms before allowing their<br />
dogs in the water according to the Vermont<br />
Agency of Natural Resources.<br />
Cyanobacteria can produce toxins that are<br />
hazardous to dogs. Each year, there are several<br />
reports of dog deaths around the country<br />
caused by cyanobacteria.<br />
“While cooler weather may knock down<br />
existing blooms on some lakes, the same<br />
weather may stimulate blooms on other<br />
lakes,” said Angela Shambaugh, an environmental<br />
scientist with the Agency of Natural<br />
Resources. “As waterfowl season gets underway,<br />
waterfowl hunters should know to keep<br />
their dogs away from cyanobacteria blooms.<br />
Because many of them are out on the water<br />
well before daylight, they should consider<br />
checking conditions the day before.”<br />
“Don’t let pets or livestock swim in or<br />
drink from areas where the water is discolored<br />
or where you see foam, scum or mats of<br />
cyanobacteria on the water’s surface,” she<br />
added. “<strong>The</strong> Vermont Department of Health<br />
maintains an online map of cyanobacteria<br />
blooms reported around the state and on Lake<br />
Champlain. Visit their webpage to view the<br />
map and watch their video to learn how to<br />
recognize cyanobacteria.” <strong>The</strong> Health<br />
Department also has a fact sheet for veterinarians<br />
and pet owners.<br />
Vermont’s youth waterfowl hunting weekend<br />
was September 29 and 30, and the regular<br />
season for duck and goose hunting begins<br />
October 13.<br />
In-Store 4-H Fundraiser Begins Oct. 3 at TSC Stores<br />
Tractor Supply Company (TSC) stores<br />
throughout Vermont are gearing up for the<br />
Fall 4-H Paper Clover Campaign, Oct. 3-14.<br />
Shoppers are encouraged to show their<br />
support for University of Vermont (UVM)<br />
Extension 4-H by purchasing paper clovers<br />
for $1 or more at checkout. <strong>The</strong> proceeds<br />
from the sales at each store will be used to<br />
fund 4-H leadership programs in that store’s<br />
county.<br />
Donations also may be made at checkout<br />
when purchasing items online at www.tractorsupply.com.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se will be distributed<br />
based on the buyer’s shipping location.<br />
<strong>The</strong> semi-annual campaign is a partnership<br />
between the National 4-H Council and more<br />
than 1,700 TSC and Del’s Feed and Farm<br />
Supply stores in 49 states. Vermont stores can<br />
be found at the following locations:<br />
Bennington, 300 Depot St.; Montpelier, 352<br />
River St.; Morrisville, 88 Center Rd.;<br />
Vermont 4-H’ers Place in Big E Dairy Events<br />
Eastern States Exposition, in West<br />
Springfield, Massachusetts, featured several<br />
dairy competitions for 4-H’ers from all six<br />
New England states during the first few days<br />
of its Sept. 14-30 run.<br />
All 4-H dairy exhibitors, including 30<br />
4-H’ers from Vermont, competed in the general<br />
knowledge contest. Two Vermonters finished<br />
in the top ten in their respective age<br />
groups. Caroline Kirby, East Montpelier, took<br />
top honors in the Junior Division (12-14) and<br />
was awarded the Moon Trophy for highest<br />
individual score in that division. Calvin<br />
Seward, East Wallingford, placed fourth in<br />
the Senior Division (15 and older).<br />
Both Caroline and Calvin also competed<br />
on the state’s quiz bowl team, which finished<br />
second out of six teams. Questions covered<br />
feeds and feeding, herd health, breeding and<br />
genetics, milk quality and dairy foods, among<br />
other topics.<br />
Caroline was high overall scorer and<br />
Calvin was ninth. Other team members were<br />
Dana Seward, East Wallingford; and Chandra<br />
Stanley, Franklin.<br />
Vermont’s three-member clipping team,<br />
comprised of Adele Biasini, Morrisville;<br />
Joseph Real, Georgia; and Seth Carson,<br />
Newbury; came in first out of six teams. In<br />
this timed competition, judges awarded points<br />
for preparation, teamwork, technique, the<br />
animal’s overall end appearance and the<br />
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Newport, 124 Commerce Way; North<br />
Clarendon, 1177 U.S. Rte. 7; St. Albans, 2636<br />
Highgate Rd.; Shelburne, 3708 Shelburne Rd.<br />
Many local 4-H clubs participate in these<br />
campaigns, setting up displays and chatting<br />
with customers about their 4-H projects,<br />
events and volunteer opportunities. Any club<br />
that takes part in the fall campaign may enter<br />
the Paper Clover Participation Sweepstakes<br />
for a chance to win one of 75 $<strong>10</strong>0 TSC gift<br />
cards to use for club activities and supplies.<br />
Gift cards will be sent to the store manager to<br />
be awarded to winning clubs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Spring 4-H Paper Clover Campaign<br />
raised $3,<strong>03</strong>3 for 4-H in Vermont. Ninety<br />
percent of that total stayed in the state while<br />
<strong>10</strong> percent went to National 4-H to support its<br />
programming. For information about the<br />
campaign, visit www.tractorsupply.com/4-H.<br />
To learn more about Vermont 4-H, call the<br />
State 4-H Office at (800) 571-0668.<br />
team’s ability to explain the steps they took<br />
and why they choose to fit their animal as<br />
they did.<br />
<strong>The</strong> grilled cheese competition featured<br />
two separate contests. For the traditional<br />
grilled cheese category, teams prepared their<br />
entry using only use bread, butter and their<br />
choice of cheese. Entries in the specialty<br />
sandwich category were required to include<br />
the same three ingredients with no restriction<br />
on additional ingredients, provided that the<br />
end product contained at least 60 percent<br />
cheese.<br />
Although teams could enter both contests,<br />
the Vermont team chose to compete just in the<br />
latter category, placing second overall. Team<br />
members were Katherine Howard, East<br />
<strong>The</strong>tford; Mairen Poirier, Wells River; and<br />
Ron Senecal, Bradford.<br />
For both contests, each team had to prepare<br />
three sandwiches for judging with entries<br />
evaluated on taste, creativity and presentation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> judges also awarded points for<br />
proper food handling and food safety as well<br />
as how well the 4-H’ers worked as a team,<br />
including their ability to answer questions<br />
during preparation and tasting. For more<br />
information about the University of Vermont<br />
Extension 4-H dairy program, contact Wendy<br />
Sorrell at (800) 571-0668 or wendy.sorrell@<br />
uvm.edu.<br />
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Provides Support<br />
to Combat Bat-Killing Fungal Disease<br />
<strong>The</strong> U.S. Fish and Wildlife<br />
Service (Service) is providing<br />
much needed support in<br />
the fight against the bat-killing<br />
fungal disease whitenose<br />
syndrome (WNS)<br />
through an additional $1 million<br />
in grants to 39 states and<br />
the District of Columbia.<br />
WNS has killed millions of<br />
North American bats in<br />
recent years, decimating<br />
many populations and putting<br />
several species at additional<br />
risk of extinction.<br />
Bats are crucial to our nation’s farmers and<br />
foresters, helping control pest insects such as<br />
beetles and locusts, and significantly reducing<br />
the amount of toxic pesticides that would otherwise<br />
be needed. Studies estimate bats save<br />
farmers at least $3.7 billion per year in lost<br />
crop revenue and pesticide savings.<br />
Funds will help states support a national<br />
strategy for the disease, which includes<br />
increasing bat survival rates, preventing further<br />
spread and preparing for the potential<br />
arrival of the disease in new areas. This year’s<br />
grants bring the total funding to states for<br />
WNS response over the last eight years to $8<br />
million. This financial support is part of a<br />
Service-led, cooperative, international effort<br />
involving more than <strong>10</strong>0 state, federal, tribal,<br />
academic and non-profit partners.<br />
For example, last year the Maine<br />
Department of Inland Fisheries used funds to<br />
search for bats hibernating in rock rubble<br />
because Maine has only a handful of caves<br />
and mines where bats hibernate. This year<br />
they plan to expand the search to wells after<br />
talking with their counterparts to the northeast<br />
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on Prince Edward Island, where bats commonly<br />
hibernate in wells. Several other states<br />
across the country will also look for bats in<br />
places other than caves and mines where the<br />
impacts of the fungus that causes white-nose<br />
syndrome have not been thoroughly documented.<br />
First discovered in New York in the winter<br />
of 2006-2007, the WNS fungus has now<br />
spread to at least 36 states and seven Canadian<br />
provinces and infects nine of the top <strong>10</strong> agricultural<br />
producing states.<br />
Funds may be used to support activities<br />
addressing WNS including response planning,<br />
population monitoring, sample collection for<br />
disease surveillance, containment, and outreach<br />
and support of research, such as experimental<br />
treatment research funded by the<br />
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Bats<br />
for the Future Fund. Additional information<br />
about WNS is available at www.whitenosesyndrome.org/.<br />
You can also learn more about<br />
WNS by following the Service’s WNS<br />
Facebook, Twitter and Flickr pages.<br />
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