Health Matters
Ask Dr. Lo Benefits of Cruciferous Vegetables by Dr. Thomas K. Lo, Advanced Chiropractic & Nutritional Healing Center What Are Cruciferous Vegetables? Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables that belong to the Brassicaceae family of plants. These plants get their name from the New Latin word “Cruciferae,” which means cross-bearing, due to the cross-like shape of their…
On The Wild Side
Habitat Fragmentation and Land Ownership In this present time civilization, humans are finding themselves in the midst of more than one environmental quagmire. How to get control of the plastic and junk in the ocean? How to keep air clean enough to breath in China? How to rid old pipes of poisonous lead and our…
our neighborhood veterans
by Jim Houck, Jr. U.S. Army Private Alfred Woodrow Clark 102 Years Young Born June 13, 1913, in Washington, D.C., to Henry and Edith Clark, was a boy they named Alfred Woodrow. Alfred’s family had a tradition of giving newborns of the family a nickname. His family was together nine days after he was born…
On The Wild Side
The Praying Mantis: Friend or Foe? Christine Schoene Maccabee Have you ever seen a butterfly’s wings, mysteriously minus its body, on the ground beneath your favorite flowers? Did you ever wonder how and why they got there? The answer to this mystery is a very unexpected one—at least it was for me. It is more…
