At least my column can line bird cages (Bird Cages)

At least my column can line bird cages
It seems impossible that I have been writing this column for almost 10 years. That is about 26,000 words a year. It is similar to a mason trying to recreate the Great Wall of China with a single trowel and dry mortar.
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Birthday Balls of days gone by
Since its inception, the Birthday Ball has been the kind of affair that left tongues wagging for days about what the decorations were like, who wore what, what was to eat at the swank affair that benefits Winona Community Memorial Hospital.
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Indonesian doctors go door-to-door in search of bird flu
CANGKURAH, Indonesia -- Indonesia, the world's latest hot spot for bird flu, appears to be taking steps at last to beat back the spread of the disease in its poultry flocks.
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Bargain hunters find paradise
Motorists were careful to look both ways, continuously, on Route 90 between Montezuma and Homer.
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A house full of parrots leads to animal cruelty charges
Verdia Bolster, 38, of Cherokee, was arrested for animal cruelty, a felony, for neglect of birds at her home. Bolster faces six counts of animal cruelty in Alfalfa County District Court.
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Dead man's body to be tested for H5N1 virus
A thorough post-mortem will be carried out on the body of a 60-year-old man from the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lam Phu to find out if he was infected with the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus, according to the Public Health Ministry's epidemiology bureau.
Source: www.bangkokpost.com

Pocono Record - Story
MARSHALLS CREEK A $500 parrot too pleasant to squawk was snatched from its pet store cage Wednesday. "That one is very friendly. That's why he didn't scream on the way out the door," said Sherry Lombardi, co-owner of Animal House Pet Center in Mr. Z's shopping plaza.
Source: www.poconorecord.com

Indonesia gets teams to detect bird flu
Indonesia, the world's latest hot spot for bird flu, appears to be taking steps at last to beat back the spread of the disease in its poultry flocks. In just six months, teams of veterinarians marching along dusty, twisting paths in the remote villages of this sprawling country have uncovered more flu outbreaks among birds than experts had even imagined.
Source: www.contracostatimes.com