PLUS SIDE: Yesterday, a reader had said lady bugs – because of
their bite – are no ladies!
Today, Jerry Kleisath of Preble, N.Y., rises to their defense:
“Lady bugs were sold by the gallon to farmers when I lived in Texas
to eat the eggs of the boll worm and weevils. Not too sure they
were an effective insect control measure. Most areas were sprayed
shortly after releasing the bugs.”
Of course, this brings up the controversy over whether these
lady bugs are “real” lady bugs. They are not. Although they do
resemble the lady bugs they are actually the Chinese beetle, a
close relative, but not an identical twin. And, yes, they do bite!
With our recent frost, however, they are probably gone ’til
spring.
BILLS TIE-IN: P. Gary Poleto of Bradford tells us of a
“connection” to Bills (sometimes) quarterback Trent Edwards of Los
Gatos, Calif.
Gary lived in the San Jose, Calif., area from 1985-2002,
including a brief period in Los Gatos.
“It’s actually from my two years experience with a National
Championship Girls club soccer team, the DeAnza Magic, in the
’90s.
“One of our star players was Lisa Nanez. She played at Santa
Clara for Brandi Chastain’s (she of the World Cup fame) husband,
Jerry Smith. Lisa also played for the Mexican World Cup team in
1999 and professionally with Brandi (along with two other of our
club team girls) on the San Jose Cyber Rays in 2000 in the WUSA.
They won the inaugural WUSA title that year.
“I stay in touch with Lisa and her parents and this past
Saturday (Oct. 27) I called to say hello. Lisa’s dad, Tony,
answered and when I asked him about Trent Edwards, he said: ‘I’ve
known him before he was born.’ He played softball and basketball
for many years with Trent’s dad.
“He told me there is a Buffalo Bills Fan Club now in Los Gatos
that meets in a local sports bar. They show up at 10 a.m. Pacific
team because of the time difference. Trent’s dad works for the
State of California and his mom is a teacher.”
TODAY’S QUOTE: “We need to turn around the belief that
newspapers are going away. Because everyone else has gotten so
fragmented, newspapers remain the only mass medium left.” So said
David Zeeck, executive editor, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.,
2006.
