Today's Sports

About five years ago I was reading about the thousands of migrating birds killed every year by flying into windows. I had been concerned about the many birds that hit my big picture windows every year and decided I should do something about it. The article I read also told about a college student who was doing research on the problem and mentioned that a black-plastic anti-deer fabric had the best results in his tests.

Last week we took a brief look at the white clematis, or Western virgin’s bower. This week we will take a look at a very similar plant known as yellow clematis or Chinese clematis, formerly Clematis orientalis. This is the plant that is on the noxious weed list and which so many people are concerned about.

EVERGREEN — It takes a lot longer now to introduce Tim Shirley.

Back when the Conifer resident first started competing at the Evergreen Rodeo in 2001, it was just Shirley the local kid.

Now it’s Shirley the local kid with blond hair who went to the prestigious Nationals in Las Vegas this past winter and placed sixth, pocketed more than $111,000 and is currently ranked 14th in the nation in the bareback event.

While living in Tallahassee, Fla., I had the unique opportunity of meeting a lot of professional athletes.

I was lucky enough to work at the city’s biggest - and newest - fitness center. All of the former Florida State University athletes would return to the city during their off-seasons and train at Premier Health and Fitness Center - a 55,000-square foot mecca of physical fitness.

Professional football players such as Peter Boulware, Corey Simon and Brad Johnson spent a good deal of time in the weight room.