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Cross country team travels to Angel IslandThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:25PMUPPER LAKE -- Upper Lake High School (ULHS) cross country team recently traveled to the Bay Area and Angel Island for a two day workout. Thirteen runners participated in the summer training program.

Cross Country: Adoption of GPS means another advance in farmingThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:07PMIt was nearly eight years ago when I wrote in this column about driving a John Deere 9520T tractor pulling a 46-foot-wide chisel plow across a quarter-mile-wide 320-acre field near Grandin, N.D.

The Leading Business WeeklyThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:05PMDELAYS in conducting constitution-making process outreach programmes in Harare have heightened tension between supporters of rival political parties, a local peace advocacy group has warned.

Cross Country: Adoption of GPS means another advance in farmingThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:47PMFarmers are putting GPS units on their tractors and other equipment, increasing their efficiency. It's another element in a history of technological advances in agriculture.

Mill pond proposal raises questions/ Part 2 of 2Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 10:27AMAt a joint Town Hall meeting July 7, City Council members, planning commissioners and the public expressed concern about the swift nature of a proposal by Georgia Pacific to reroute water from the central mill pond and create a small wetland water treatment area on the former mill site.

School's strict ruling on term-time holidaysThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:47AMPARENTS of students at Bridlington School could face on- the-spot fines and even court for taking their children out of school in term time. (29/07/2010 14:16:28)

No musak... just sounds of the countrysideWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:33AMPERHAPS my main reason for entering a long-distance running event is the incentive it gives to run further and more often. I have to build up the miles.

Good start to harvest... until rain stops playWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:21AMDry conditions allowed our eastern and western Barometer farmers to make a good start to their harvests until rain stopped play earlier this week. James Andrews reports

Two different approaches for fertiliser delivery on drillsWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:06AMPutting fertiliser down the spout or through separate coulters gives grain and oilseed crops an early feed. Peter Hill reports on two different approaches to fertiliser delivery.