OVER 5000 students from across the island, along with their teachers and parents, attended the 19th staging of the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival in Brown’s Town, St Ann, last Thursday.It was excitement all across the Minard property as students and adults participated in various activities.Students showed great interest in the scramble competition, which saw them taking home the animals they caught.
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Big support for Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival
YORKTOWN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Officials in Westchester County are warning residents about an aggressive fox on the loose. Health officials say the fox has already attacked three people in the Yorktown area in just the last three days and suspect it has rabies. “All of us are concerned because it hasn’t been caught yet,” resident Roxanne Kaplan told CBS2’s Janelle Burrell. “It was quite vicious.” Two days ago, Kaplan’s neighbor was attacked. “It jumped up on me and was scratching at me and trying to bite my arm and my leg,” resident Kathy Coakley said. Her clothing prevented her injuries from being worse, but the animal did manage to leave small cuts on her knee and ankle. “It turned to try and bite my arm and I picked it up by the hair on its back and launched it,” she said. Another Yorktown resident captured a video of a fox wrestling with a plastic beach bucket I her backyard on Sunday. Health officials say a fox also bit a jogger on Lee Boulevard and a man in his yard on North Deerfield Avenue over the weekend. The sightings and attacks come as the Westchester County Health Department is now warning residents with robo calls, urging them to be on the lookout. “Stay alert and closely supervise children and pets when outside,” Health Commissioner Sherlita Amler, MD, said in a statement. “If you see a fox stay away from it and contact local police immediately.” Yorktown resident Emily Marino says one of the animals approached her as she was in her car. She stayed in it for half an hour while the fox blocked her path to the front door. “He came up to the passenger’s side door and was looking right at me,” she said. “It was crazy. The next day, she snapped a picture when she saw it under the clothesline in her yard. “The fox was jumping up trying to pull down the laundry, which is so oddball,” she said. “It’s a little bit scary going in and out of the car at night not knowing where it is,” said resident Deborah Young. Health officials say all three people who were attacked are now receiving preventive rabies treatment. They are also urging residents to keep trash can lids securely sealed and keep pet food indoors.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Birds are coming to Broadway , but the wooden statues won’t sing, rather inform. For the last four months, Nicolas Holiber has used reclaimed and recycled wood to build bird statues. The goal is to install 12 of them in Upper Manhattan and bring awareness to how real life birds are impacted by climate change. “For me, this is a great environmental message… Combining of two amazing things: art and conservation,” said artist Nicholas Holiber. The Brooklyn artist has partnered with the Broadway Mall Association and the organization, New York City Audubon. He is using money from a Kick-Starter campaign to fuel his “Birds on Broadway” project. Holiber says each statue represents a bird that is either native to New York City or passes through on their migration routes. “They all are part of a group of over 300 North American species… that are in peril or face threats due to climate change,” he said. The nearly nine-foot tall birds are expected to land on Broadway April, 2019. They will take over Broadway, every 10 blocks or so, from W 64th St. to W 166th St. “Art brings people together,” said Holiber’s assistant Bishop Mcindoe. “It makes people put aside their ego and settle their differences.” Each statue will explain the problems these birds face and what help they need. Some New Yorkers are already looking forward to learning about this. “I don’t think too many people are aware of what’s going on,” said Upper West Side resident Mizunay Symesom. “I think it’s important for the next generation to actually see it,” said Upper West Side resident Peter Miranda. Holiber says he doesn’t plan on water proofing his creations — so New Yorkers can see the wear and tear from the weather. “Seeing that change and thinking maybe about what’s going on,” said Holiber. The organization Big Reuse has donated the wood that’s left over from the city’s demolition and remodel projects. The birds will be up for eight months.
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‘Birds On Broadway’ Project Hopes To Send Environmental Message
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Birds are coming to Broadway , but the wooden statues won’t sing, rather inform. For the last four months, Nicolas Holiber has used reclaimed and recycled wood to build bird statues. The goal is to install 12 of them in Upper Manhattan and bring awareness to how real life birds are impacted by climate change. “For me, this is a great environmental message… Combining of two amazing things: art and conservation,” said artist Nicholas Holiber. The Brooklyn artist has partnered with the Broadway Mall Association and the organization, New York City Audubon. He is using money from a Kick-Starter campaign to fuel his “Birds on Broadway” project. Holiber says each statue represents a bird that is either native to New York City or passes through on their migration routes. “They all are part of a group of over 300 North American species… that are in peril or face threats due to climate change,” he said. The nearly nine-foot tall birds are expected to land on Broadway April, 2019. They will take over Broadway, every 10 blocks or so, from W 64th St. to W 166th St. “Art brings people together,” said Holiber’s assistant Bishop Mcindoe. “It makes people put aside their ego and settle their differences.” Each statue will explain the problems these birds face and what help they need. Some New Yorkers are already looking forward to learning about this. “I don’t think too many people are aware of what’s going on,” said Upper West Side resident Mizunay Symesom. “I think it’s important for the next generation to actually see it,” said Upper West Side resident Peter Miranda. Holiber says he doesn’t plan on water proofing his creations — so New Yorkers can see the wear and tear from the weather. “Seeing that change and thinking maybe about what’s going on,” said Holiber. The organization Big Reuse has donated the wood that’s left over from the city’s demolition and remodel projects. The birds will be up for eight months.
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‘Birds On Broadway’ Project Hopes To Send Environmental Message
LEDGEWOOD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – There’s a cat emergency in New Jersey. More than 170 felines were rescued this week from horrible living conditions in Sussex County. As CBS2’s Cindy Hsu reports, the cats are safe and now in need of forever homes. The animals were found roaming inside and outside a rural home, which had no electricity or running water. An emergency team from St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center rescued the 172 cats. They’re now recovering at two of St. Hubert’s shelters in Morris County. The elderly homeowner will not be charged in the case. “It’s an unfortunate circumstance where the original caretaker had passed away a year or two ago and this gentleman was doing his best to care for the animals with food and water,” said Kathleen Schatzmann, of St. Hubert’s. She said the owner loved the cats and finally asked for help. “There’s always an embarrassment factor, an issue of people judging for what has become this overwhelming number of cats on the property,” she said. Many of the cats had parasites, fleas and were underweight. But they’re slowly recovering with medical care, and they’re all being spayed and neutered. “So the major concerns we have in these big hoarding cases with large numbers of animals of diseases we can’t fix and then make the animals unadoptable. We found none of those diseases,” said Karen Dashfield, of St. Hubert’s. Adoptions have already started. So far, they’ve placed eight outdoor cats in barn homes and starting this weekend, they’ll find new homes for the indoor cats. This was the largest cat rescue in the shelter’s 80-year history and it is in need of donations for the cats’ ongoing care. They’re doing their best to give the animals lots of love, even piping in classical music and using aromatherapy to create a calm environment. With so many cats to care for, the animals have been given generic names, like Happycat and Hotcat. Sometimes they’re named after people. “We have decided that we are going to name this little kitty Cindy, in your honor,” Dashfield told Hsu. “She was waiting for a name.” The cats that are ready for adoption will be located at St. Hubert’s shelter in Madison.
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Hildebrand, 72, started covering blues and R&B in the Bay Area in the years after the British Invasion, when bands like the Rolling Stones, the Animals …
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Blues for Lee Hildebrand
Giants of the British Invasion R&B scene, Eric Burdon and the Animals and the Yardbirds, provided a groovy night of music and nostalgia at Lynn …
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Brits (Animals, Yardbirds) invade Lynn
