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Biden chides China and Russia for not doing enough
G20 pledges to phase out coal power 'as soon possible'
NGO groups say the G20 should have done much more
ROME, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies agreed on a final statement on Sunday that urged "meaningful and effective" action to limit global warming, but angering climate activistsby offering few concrete commitments.
The result of days of tough negotiation among diplomats leaves huge work to be done at the broader United Nations COP26 climate summit in Scotland, which starts this week.
U.S. President Joe Biden said he was disappointed that more could not have been done and blamed China and Russia for not bringing proposals to the table.
"The disappointment relates to the fact that Russia and … China basically didn’t show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change," Biden told reporters.
Although the G20 pledged to stop financing coal power overseas, they set no timetable for phasing it out at home, and watered down the wording on a promise to reduce emissions of methane - another potent greenhouse gas.
However, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who chaired the Rome gathering, hailed the final accord, saying that for the first time all G20 states had agreed on the importance of capping global warming at the 1.5 degrees Celsius level that scientists say is vital to avoid disaster.
"We made sure that our dreams are not only alive but they are progressing," Draghi told a closing news conference, brushing off criticism from environmentalists that the G20 had not gone nearly far enough to resolve the crisis.
The G20, which includes Brazil, China, India, Germany and the United States, accounts for 60% of the world's population and an estimated 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
The 1.5C threshold is what UN experts say must be met to avoid a dramatic acceleration of extreme climate events like droughts, storms and floods, and to reach it they recommend net zero emissions should be achieved by 2050.
The stakes are huge - among them the very survival of low-lying countries, the impact on economic livelihoods the world over and the stability of the global financial system.
"This was a moment for the G20 to act with the responsibility they have as the biggest emitters, yet we only see half-measures rather than concrete urgent action," said Friederike Roder, vice president of sustainable development advocacy group Global Citizen.
The final summit document said current national plans on how to curb emissions will have to be strengthened "if necessary" and makes no specific reference to 2050 as a date to achieve net zero carbon emissions.
"We recognise that the impacts of climate change at 1.5°C are much lower than at 2°C. Keeping 1.5°C within reach will require meaningful and effective actions and commitment by all countries," the communique said.
CONSEQUENCES OF INACTION
The leaders only recognised "the key relevance" of halting net emissions "by or around mid-century". This removed the 2050 date seen in previous versions of the final statement so as to make the target less specific.
China, the world's biggest CO2 emitter, has set a target date of 2060, and other large polluters such as India and Russia have also not committed to the 2050 target date.
U.S. President Joe Biden talks with people in the crowd after a family photo session during the G20 summit at the La Nuvola in Rome, Italy October 30, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the agreement was a good signal for COP26, but Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled he would have liked to see more ambition.
"There's no question that Canada, along with a number of other countries, would have liked stronger language and stronger commitments on the fight against climate change than others," he told reporters.
U.N. experts say that even if current national plans are fully implemented, the world is headed for global warming of 2.7C, with catastrophic consequences.
Draghi predicted that nations would keep on improving their plans to lower carbon emissions in the years ahead, adding that he was surprised by how far countries like China and Russia had shifted their stance in recent days.
"It is easy to suggest difficult things. It is very, very difficult to actually execute them," he said.
The final G20 statement includes a pledge to halt financing of overseas coal-fired power generation by the end of this year, but set no date for phasing out coal power, promising only to do so "as soon as possible".
This replaced a goal set in a previous draft of the final statement to achieve this by the end of the 2030s, showing the strong resistance from some coal-dependent countries
The G20 also set no date for phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, saying they will aim to do so "over the medium term".
METHANE REDUCTION
On methane, which has a more potent but less lasting impact than carbon dioxide on global warming, they diluted their wording from a previous draft that pledged to "strive to reduce our collective methane emissions significantly".
The final statement just recognises that reducing methane emissions is "one of the quickest, most feasible and most cost-effective ways to limit climate change".
G20 sources said negotiations were tough over so-called "climate financing", which refers to a 2009 pledge by rich nations to provide $100 billion per year by 2020 to help developing countries tackle climate change.
They have failed to meet the pledge, generating mistrust and a reluctance among some developing nations to accelerate their emissions reductions.
However, Draghi said the funding gap had narrowed to less than $20 billion and predicted it could be closed further, with wealthy nations considering using financing from the International Monetary Fund to make up the shortfall.
World leaders will kick start COP26 on Monday with two days of speeches that could include some new emissions-cutting pledges, before technical negotiators lock horns over the rules of the 2015 Paris climate accord.
The United Nations said last week greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record in 2020 and the world was "way off track" in capping rising temperatures. read more
Additional reporting by Angelo AMante, Elizabeth Piper, Jeff Mason, Andrea Shalal, Michel Rose, Giselda Vagnoni and David Ljunggren Editing by Nick Macfie, David Evans, Frances Kerry and Giles Elgood
Washington — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo predicted Sunday that it could be some time before supply chain bottlenecks are alleviated, even as the Biden administration works to address the backlogs at ports on the West Coast.
In an interview with "Face the Nation," Raimondo said the supply chain issues are temporary, but a "direct result" of the COVID-19 pandemic, as some industries were forced to lay off workers and Americans were told to stay in their homes to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
"Last year during COVID, we shut our economy down. You know, I was the governor at the time. We shut down Rhode Island's economy. We have never seen that before," she told "Face the Nation." "So that meant factories closed. People went home. You can't just turn the economy back on overnight. So, it takes a little bit of time. I will say we are making progress."
To help relieve the disruptions, President Biden announced earlier this month that the Port of Los Angeles would be open around the clock to relieve the congestion there and at the Port of Long Beach. Together, the two ports account for 40% of all shipping containers entering the U.S.
Raimondo acknowledged that there are "backups" at the Port of Los Angeles despite the 24/7 operation, and warned "this isn't something that can be fixed overnight."
"Fundamentally, supply chains and logistics are run by the private sector. People say to me, 'Will Christmas gifts be delivered?' To which I say, 'Call FedEx,'" she said. "You know, that isn't what the government does. What we are doing, and the president is committed to this, we're using every tool in our toolbox to be supportive, to help to unstick the ports."
Many industries are also battling a shortage of semiconductors, or microchips, that are in many electronic devices, including smartphones, cars and appliances. To help address the chip shortage, Mr. Biden included in his $1.75 trillion social policy and climate framework new incentives to bring manufacturing of semiconductors back to the U.S.
"This is a fund that will come to the Department of Commerce. It's a $52 billion set of incentives to rebuild the domestic supply here," Raimondo said of the so-called advanced manufacturing investment credit. "The day after Congress passes this it can come to us and we can get to work."
Raimondo said the Commerce Department is working to incentivize domestic production of semiconductors after much of it was moved to Asia.
"We want to make chips in America, so we are incentivizing companies to do that, creating jobs every step of the way," she said, adding that the Biden administration is not mandating domestic production of the semiconductors.
Raimondo also rejected the suggestion that implementation of COVID-19 vaccine mandates be pushed back after the holiday season to ensure there are no labor shortages stemming from workers who don't want to comply.
"It would be a mistake," she said. "You know, this year we're on path to have the strongest GDP growth in decades. We had a blip in the third quarter. Why? Delta variant. The quicker everyone gets vaccinated, the better our economy will be back on track, the quicker everybody gets back to work."
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Voter turnout out in advance of Election Day on Tuesday is “a little low, but on trend based on ballot content,” according to Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder Janice Vos Caudill.
That’s Vos Caudill’s way of saying that participation is about normal for an off-election year in which there is neither a presidential race nor a congressional race for local voters to consider.
“Last year, we had a great turnout,” she said Saturday, referring to the Nov. 3, 2020 election in which Democrat Joe Biden defeated Republican incumbent Donald Trump for the top job in our nation’s government. More than 12,000 county voters cast ballots in that election.
As of Saturday morning, the county Clerk and Recorder’s Office had received 2,955 ballots. The county has slightly more than 14,000 active registered voters, according to Vos Caudill.
Voters were able to cast ballots early and in person at the county’s administration building on Aspen’s Main Street last week. Vos Caudill said only 41 took advantage of that opportunity.
She expects around 30 more people to vote in-person on Monday, and perhaps another 150 to 200 to walk in on Election Day. Voting hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Thus, the lion’s share of votes are being cast by mail or by dropping off ballots at the county’s boxes located in front of the administration building, Snowmass Village Town Hall and Basalt Town Hall.
“You can drop off your ballot at any county voting box in the state,” Vos Caudill said. “If it’s in by 7 p.m. Tuesday, it will count.”
She said it wouldn’t be fair to compare turnout in this election to the one 12 months ago.
“That’s like comparing grapes to oranges,” Vos Caudill said.
Still, she and her staff are prepared for whatever may come their way. During the weeks preceding an election, it’s all hands on deck at the Clerk and Recorder’s Office. Those who don’t want to vote in person but haven’t received a ballot by mail can still get a ballot at her office, take it home and then drop it off Tuesday.
“We can accommodate anybody with anything,” she said. “But we are encouraging people to vote early because of COVID-19.”
Vos Caudill said in an off-election year, a person’s individual vote is stronger since turnout isn’t as high.
“Your vote has more strength in an odd-year election,” she said. “It’s just as important as it is in a presidential election year.”
Masks are required for those voting in person at the county building (in the conference room next to the county commissioners’ meeting room). Election officials need to see identification, such as a driver’s license or passport. In lieu of that, voters may present a utility bill. More detailed information is available at pitkinvotes.com.
Vos Caudill said the public should be informed that, because of the election Tuesday, the county’s motor vehicle service will be closed.
Here are the highlights of the Aspen voter ballot. The information was culled from various sources, including candidate questionnaires, Aspen Daily News story coverage and the 2021 State Ballot Information Booklet, also known as the “blue book.”
Aspen ballot question 2A
If passed, this item would allow the Aspen City Council to redirect more revenue from the Wheeler Real Estate Transfer Tax fund toward arts and culture.
For several months this year, city of Aspen staff and council members had been discussing potential new purposes for WRETT funds, given the fact that millions of dollars had been flowing into it annually due to the recent real estate market boom. However, local citizens connected with the Aspen District Theatre and the Black Box Theatre also were eyeballing the money with the goal of securing some future funds for theater renovations and other purposes.
In July, the local citizens circulated a petition to place an initiative on the fall ballot. They wanted 50% of future WRETT revenue to go toward arts and culture purposes. They also sought to remove the annual cap of $100,000 that can be spent by the city on cultural and arts organizations from the Wheeler fund. However, the effort fell short, as there were not enough petition signatures for the item to be placed on the fall ballot.
Some council members and others in the community were critical of the citizen effort, saying it was rushed and that the 50% diversion figure had not been researched thoroughly. There also was concern that the citizen’s proposal did not go far enough in protecting the opera house, given that voters had initially passed the WRETT, and supported it at the polls subsequently, to dedicate the lion’s share of the monies for the historic facility’s preservation.
Following that failed petition effort — and though there was discussion about waiting until 2022 to move forward — the Aspen City Council came up with its own plan and voted Aug. 31 to place a WRETT item on the Nov. 2 ballot. The council’s proposal seeks to ensure continued funding for the Wheeler Opera House, while removing the $100,000 cap for arts and culture grants.
The ballot language makes specific mention of using the funds not only for the general “cultural, visual and performing arts,” but also the “capital and operational support of the Red Brick Center for the Arts,” an organization that is managed by the city.
The city currently has a balance of about $40 million in its Wheeler RETT fund, which is derived through a 0.5% tax on Aspen real estate transactions. Some in the community have expressed concern that the city council also rushed its proposal, and that the ballot language makes no mention of protecting the $40 million in reserve for opera house-only purposes. However, supporters of Ballot Question 2A say the reserve money is not an issue.
A group that calls itself Aspen for Arts, Arts for Aspen provided a letter to the editor to the Aspen Daily News last week in which it asked to clear up “misconceptions” relating to the initiative.
“…There will be no unlimited access to Wheeler funds if the $100K grant cap is lifted. Passage of the ballot measure would not permit access to the Wheeler’s present RETT balance of approximately $40 million. That is dedicated to the exclusive use of the opera house. In fact, 2A will allow the Wheeler to use its own earned revenues (approximately $300,000 annually that were previously allocated to arts grants) for its own programming.
“The ballot question does not mention the existing Wheeler fund because there is unanimous consensus (by city staff, city council and this campaign) that its purpose for the Wheeler cannot be changed, even by voters. It has been collected for a designated purpose, which remains in effect,” the letter continued.
The group added that approval of Ballot Question 2A “is in fact within striking distance based on current voter turnout. This is still going to be an incredibly close vote, and every vote really does count, so please vote ‘yes’ on 2A.”
The ballot question needs support from at least 60% of the city residents voting in the election to pass.
Aspen Board of Education
Local voters also will decide the fate of three Aspen School District Board of Education seats currently held by Suzy Zimet, Dwayne Romero and Susan Marolt. Marolt and Romero are term-limited, but Zimet is seeking re-election. The other candidates are: Larry Butler, John Galambos, Dr. Christa Gieszl, Stacey Weiss and Anna Zane.
Through a questionnaire this newspaper provided to the candidates, Butler, a self-employed investor, said he was running for a board seat “to give back to the community I love. … I have three children attending Aspen public schools and want to be aware of and involved in policy decisions affecting my children and all the children in Aspen public schools.”
Butler went on to say that the district did “as well as anyone could have done” in navigating through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The amount of continually changing information (and misinformation!) and circumstances made it an impossible task. … I believe in science and have faith in our public health officials. If the medical community urges (or demands) vaccinations and mask wearing, I support that. Community health comes first.”
When asked his reasons for running in 2021, Galambos, who previously ran unsuccessfully for the school board, said he didn’t see this election as particularly issues-based, but that didn’t make it any less important.
“I think I can provide some leadership to the board and some stability to the board. That’s one of the reasons I decided to give it a go a second time,” he said. “… I just feel like there are some rifts, and there’s some healing that needs to happen [in the school district and on the board].
“To me, it’s not about math grades and hot-button issues, it’s about how do we build a better community and how do we reflect our community in the schools?”
Gieszl, a primary care physician, wrote of how the past 18 months have been as challenging as anything faced in the history of Aspen’s schools.
“Our children are at varying levels of education, due to COVID disruptions. Teachers have been working under great stress. And divisions have opened between health care workers and citizens, and between parents, administrators and teachers. I offer a unique skill set and perspective to help heal these divisions,” she said.
Gieszl said research shows that children flourish and thrive, in terms of academic achievement, social development and mental health, when they can attend school in person.
“My No. 1 priority is to keep schools open while pursuing measures to keep its members healthy and safe,” she said. “Our teachers and students alike deserve strong and consistent policies — such as masking in indoor settings, vaccination and rapid sharing of information — so that they can do their work safely and with confidence.”
Weiss, a retired public school teacher, wrote that she believes the board would benefit from a career teacher’s perspective — “a viewpoint that has been lacking on the board for too long.”
Asked what role the school board should play in ensuring the mental health of staff and students in the school district, Weiss responded that children learn best and teachers are most effective when they’re mentally healthy.
“And therefore school boards play a vital role in supporting the comprehensive health needs of students and staff,” she said. “… Given the many challenges that young people face today, including the pressures of social media, bullying and the stress brought on by the COVID pandemic, we should prioritize our students’ mental health and do all we can to help our students cope and thrive.”
Teachers should be included in the discussion about mental health, she added.
“The pressures of teaching during COVID, along with an ever-increasing workload and inadequate pay has led to burnout, resignations and staff shortages across the nation, and Aspen is not immune to this problem. I believe the remedy lies in a focus on improving climate and culture, realistic expectations for teacher workloads and salaries sufficient to enable our teachers to meet their material needs without a second or third job,” she said.
The Aspen Daily News also asked the candidates whether they would like to see the district handle questions surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion differently. Zane, a small business owner, stated that she supports efforts “to identify areas in our school that might impede a student’s success or deny them access to opportunities.”
“Achieving true equity and inclusivity requires lifting each student to their fullest potential, regardless of race, religion, disability, language, body type, political orientation, social class or financial resources,” Zane continued. “Not only do we need a ‘COVID Recovery Plan’ for students whose growth has been stymied during the pandemic, we need to channel resources toward identifying the causes for student underperformance and intervene to help them advance.”
The results of the “equity survey” administered to high school students revealed a healthy school environment, Zane noted, “which is a credit to [school district] staff who must be encouraged to continue promoting the dignity of difference, fairness and equality for all while promoting free inquiry, civil discourse and the accumulation of knowledge.”
Zimet said she was proud to run on her record.
“I feel like I’ve worked hard and we’ve accomplished a lot during the past four years,” she said, pointing out that, during her recent term, the board hired a new superintendent, increased teacher pay and conducted a curriculum audit and made curricular changes in response.
The board also conducted a facilities/plant audit and began deferred maintenance, including safety and security measures; commenced buying additional teacher housing stock; and provided responsible leadership during COVID-19.
“I hope the voters give me another four years to see through to completion the work I’ve started,” she wrote.
Galambos, Butler and Weiss have been endorsed by the Aspen Education Association, the local teacher’s union. The Aspen Daily News editorial board has endorsed Weiss and Gieszl, but did not reach consensus on a third choice.
However, the newspaper’s endorsement pointed out that “Butler seems to fill a hole. With Dwayne Romero’s departure, the editorial board was concerned that a voice of reason would be lost. In too many school board meetings, reporters found themselves patiently waiting for Romero’s input. His focus on resources was appreciated — and it’s our (cautious) hope that Butler could serve that role.”
Statewide issues
The Nov. 2 election features three statewide questions for consideration — all of them placed through citizen initiatives.
“Amendment 78: Legislative Authority for Spending State Money” is a constitutional change that would pass with support from 55% of the state’s voters, according to the aforementioned 2021 Colorado Ballot Information Booklet, commonly known as the “blue book.”
A “yes” vote on Amendment 78 seeks to require that all state spending be allocated by the Colorado General Assembly and that custodial money be deposited in and spent from a new fund. A “no” vote allows state agencies to continue spending custodial money and certain other monies without appropriation from the legislature.
“Custodial money” is defined as money received by the state that must be used for a particular purpose. It is not part of the annual budget process.
“This includes money received from the federal government, as a legal settlement from a lawsuit, or as a donation from a private individual or organization,” the blue book says.
Implementation of the measure, if it passes, could require the legislature to establish a new process to allow spending of custodial money outside of the regular legislative session, or to meet for a special session, according to the blue book.
Other examples of custodial money include transportation funding, which is allocated by an independent commission, and grants, which typically come from the federal government or private organizations.
Should the proposed amendment pass, “These changes may affect the timing of certain spending decisions, potentially resulting in delayed or interrupted operations until spending is directly allocated” by the legislature, the blue book states.
An argument for the amendment is that it would increase transparency and accountability in state government. Arguments against it are that it adds unnecessary and expensive bureaucracy, while risking significant unintended consequences, and shifts decision-making from program experts to the political process.
“Proposition 119: Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program,” would pass with a simple majority vote. A “yes” vote provides financial aid for tutoring and other out-of-school enrichment and instruction. The monies would come from an increase in retail marijuana taxes and transfers from existing state funds, the blue book states. A “no” vote means the program would not be created and funded.
Children between the ages of 5 and 17 would be eligible to apply for inclusion in the program. It would be funded by a 5% increase in marijuana taxes over three years, plus an estimated $20 million annually from the state’s general fund. Additionally, the measure would divert around $20 million annually from the State Land Trust, which helps to fund public schools, to the State Public School Fund.
“The financial aid provided by the program cannot be used for school tuition or for instruction or materials that are part of the student’s regular school curriculum,” the blue book states.
Additionally, the measure would establish a new state agency, the “Colorado Learning Authority,” which would be independent from oversight by the State Board of Education and the Colorado Department of Education. Its nine members would be appointed by the governor.
An argument for Proposition 119: “School closures caused by COVID-19 have urgently increased the need for outside instructional support, especially among low-income students,” the blue book says. An argument against it is that increasing the sales tax on marijuana will further increase the gap between legal marijuana and black-market marijuana, “pushing more individuals into the black market.”
The third statewide question is “Proposition 120: Property Tax Assessment Rate Reduction,” which aims to lower the property tax assessment for multifamily housing and lodging properties. A “yes” vote would not impact assessment rates for other types of residential and nonresidential properties. A “no” vote retains the current assessment system.
The actual impact on a property owner will depend on several factors, according to the blue book, including the jurisdiction where the property is located, changes in future mill levies and the value of a property, the blue book says.
“The measure provides targeted tax relief for important sectors of Colorado’s economy,” says one argument for the measure. Also, “Reducing property taxes for most multifamily properties may ease pressure on rents and encourage investment to address Colorado’s housing shortage.”
A primary argument against Proposition 120: “Permanently reducing property tax revenue to local governments may result in cuts to important government services,” the blue book adds.
October 31, 2021 at 04:00PM
https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/turnout-a-little-low-but-there-s-still-time-to-vote/article_c1724ccc-39e5-11ec-9b31-73b6a75e49dd.html
Turnout ‘a little low’ but there’s still time to vote - Aspen Daily News
Arcata High’s Tigers overcame a late charge by hosts McKinleyville High to link their seventh consecutive win in a high-scoring Friday night football game, 38-32.
AHS quarterback Shane Purcell was once again instrumental in the victory, throwing five touchdowns and putting the team two touchdowns ahead of their rivals during the first quarter.
The senior-year arm capped off the team’s first two drives with complete passes to receiver Carson Tucker to open the score and put more distance between the teams early on. The first pass came from 38 yards away, while the latter throw came from 16 yards out.
The home team scored its opening touchdown when junior-year quarterback Jack Clancy sneaked past the goal line on a two-yard play minutes after the start of the second quarter.
The Tigers replied on their following drive, reaching the end zone when Purcell threw a five-yard ball to Oscar Carlson to further their lead back to two touchdowns.
Draeson Amato wraps his hands around the ball to score a touchdown for the McKinleyville High Panthers.(Jose Quezada, HUMEDIA / For The Times-Standard)
But McKinleyville would bridge the gap with two quick touchdowns with halftime less than two minutes away. The Panthers finished off the corresponding drive with a 19-yard touchdown pass from Clancy to Draeson Amato.
Put on the opposite of the ball, McKinleyville held the Tigers to a quick turnover on the visitors’ possession. Clancy executed with less than a minute on the clock, reaching Mettah Kuska with a complete 58-yard pass.
The catch was the second big catch of the first half for Kuska, having set up his team’s first touchdown on another long-range pass caught within the Tigers’ 10.
Going into halftime, two more successful conversion plays by the Tigers had Arcata four points ahead of McKinleyville, 24-20.
Second-half play saw AHS pull ahead once more, with the Panthers fighting to stay in the game.
Similar to the first quarter, Purcell threw two more touchdowns in the team’s opening and subsequent drives. Ty Franklin handled the first touchdown of the third quarter, making a 34-yard catch. Carlson Tucker received a nine-yard pass to set the boards at 38-20.
The home team kept up its fight with an early touchdown in the fourth quarter. Connor Berg delivered the ball to the end zone with a one-yard effort.
An interception by John Randall on the next Arcata possession set the Panthers up for another touchdown. Quarterback Clancy would run the ball for a touchdown, putting a win within McKinleyville’s reach.
Arcata was not able to put the game out of McKinleyville’s reach on the following drive, giving up possession with the last three minutes of regulation ticking away.
A Purcell interception on corner ended any possible comeback from the hosts, to set the final score at 38-32.
The win not only sets AHS’ record in conference play at 5-0 but also clinches the Little 4 conference title for this season. The Tigers hold a cumulative 7-2 record in the fall 2021 season, with the team’s two losses coming in the season’s first pair of games.
McKinleyville’s conference record stopped down to 1-3 in conference play and 4-4 in the overall season.
By J.E.Ballantyne, Jr.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – As we roll into Halloween weekend, the University Theatre at Youngstown State University set the right mood Friday evening with its production of the musical “Little Shop of Horrors.”
Based on the 1960s film by Roger Corman, “Little Shop” tells the story of hapless Seymour Krel.born who works at a down-and-out skid row flower shop in New York. The shop is about to close, due to the lack of customers, until Seymour comes across an exotic plant during a total eclipse of the sun. His little find brings overwhelming business to the decaying store until it is discovered that the plant needs blood, human blood, to survive.
With book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, “Little Shop of Horrors” is a fun and entertaining way to enjoy the Halloween season.
Guest director Ian Silverman updated the show from the 60s to the 80s and relocated it from New York to skid row in Cleveland. None of that really matters since it still plays just as well as the original except for some updated song lyrics, some of which didn’t work as well as others.
Silverman has a talented and energetic cast and you could tell that they were more than eager to get back in front of a live audience after such a long absence during the pandemic.
Adam Dominick led off the two-weekend run as Seymour (the leads are double cast and alternate performances). Dominick gave Seymour the full treatment as our poor hero who stumbles upon this cute little plant that he unknowingly turns into a monster. He delivers well with a strong singing voice and a great feel for the role of the meek little accident-prone nerd.
Fellow shop employee, Audrey, is handled more than capably by Samantha Gurd. Audrey is a little light in the intellect department but is the object of Seymour’s dreamy affections. Gurd has a powerful voice and knows the way around the stage. The portrayal of Audrey made you eagerly anticipate the next entrance. This character always reminds me of Carol Wayne from the old Johnny Carson Tonight Show. You can’t get much more light-headed than she was.
Shop owner, Mushnik, is played in grand style by Tommy DeLuca. DeLuca doesn’t miss a beat with Mushnik and makes the most out of every second on stage. Nathanael Montgomery plays the sadistic dentist Orin (incidentally Jack Nicholson’s first movie role in the original film). His enjoyment in playing the role shines through. He also shows up in various other smaller roles.
The Urchins also saw a bit of a change in this production. Instead of being the trio of Crystal, Chiffon, and Ronnette, they became the quartet of Crystal(Lexi Cerny), Chiffon(Machiah Davis), Ronnette(Trinity Thomas), and Dawn(Lacey Farina). They serve as a sort of Greek chorus and show up in many spots during the show adding vocal support to many musical numbers.
Vocally the show is strong all across the board. Music director Maria Fenty Denison has done her job well and gotten the most out of each musical number. Some of the highlights in this department were Mushnik and Son with Dominick and DeLuca and Suddenly Seymour with Dominick, Gurd and the Urchins. Also well done were Somewhere That’s Green by Gurd and Closed For Renovation with Dominick, Gurd, and DeLuca.
Scenic design by Todd Dicken was adequate but did seem to lack some of the degradation one would associate with a skid row flower shop. Ellen Licitra’s lighting design adds mood and atmosphere along with some fun elements here and there. Costumes, wigs and makeup by Kath.erine Garlick were colorful and fit well into the time period.
Kudos to Wendy Akers and the Department of Visual & Dramatic Arts on the building and operation of the Audrey II puppet in all of its various stages. The physical Audrey II puppet was very impressive, however, the portrayal of the puppet was a bit disappointing. The puppet was given a face and voice by Rue Deja. And although Ms. Deja did a good job with her portrayal, I missed the low bassy menacing voice that is generally associated with Audrey II. The usual thundering dialogue of the plant is part of what takes control of Seymour. A talking plant with no eyes or face adds to the threatening quality. Adding a face and a much higher pitched female voice left the plant just a little too anemic.
If you are looking for some fun Halloween entertainment plus a fast-paced stage musical, Little Shop of Horrors fits the bill. If you have never seen the show this production would be a good one to catch.
Little Shop of Horrors will continue:
Sat. Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m.; Sun. Oct. 31 at 2 p.m.
Fri. & Sat. Nov. 5, 6 at 7:30 p.m.; Sun. Nov. 7 at 2 p.m.
Pictured: Tommy DeLuca, Adam Dominick, Samantha Gurd and Nathanael Montgomery star in University Theatre’s “Little Shop of Horrors.”
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Just as the Civil War plunged our nation into a heart of darkness and uncertainty, the present day challenges the human spirit. Then as now, people have always found a way through their deepest valleys. In 1869, a few years after that war, novelist Louisa May Alcott wrote a semi-autobiographical — and feminist-themed — novel about the March family of Concord, Massachusetts, and in 2005 lyricist Mindi Dickstein, musician Jason Howland, and musical book writer Allan Knee created Little Women: the Broadway Musical, which was magically produced into an evening of delightful entertainment by the University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies.
Directors Alvin Mayes and Scot Reese harnessed the talents of outstanding players such as Jordan Embrack (who played Margaret “Marmee” March), Anton Van De Motter (Laurie Laurence), and Leilani Clendenin (Jo March) to bring forth an emotionally upbeat musical to the audience. The directors also brought topical subtext to the show with non-traditional casting of some of the actors. Marci Shegogue, musical director, and Matré Grant, associate musical director, gave the show the musical backbone on which the actors’ singing performances grew.
The March sisters — Amelia Yasuda (Beth), Karenna Foley (Amy), Leilani Clendenin (Jo), and Carolina Tomasi (Meg) in ‘Little Women: the Broadway Musical.’ Photo by David Andrews.
The show followed the adventures and misadventures of one Jo March, who wanted to write and publish stories with “violence and seduction on every page!” Played with panache by Clendenin, Jo would get her sisters to act out her stories in the March family living room.
Embrack excellently played matriarch Marmee March, waiting for the return of her Union Army Chaplain husband, with a loving authority. Carolina Tomasi’s Meg March was ready to travel the traditional path of marriage and love. The fantastic Amelia Yasuda made Beth March a voice of reason, and the talented Karenna Foley brought the necessary brattiness to little sister Amy March, who hated Jo’s stories enough to burn one of them.
To that mix was added the relative Aunt March, portrayed with sternness by Allyson Sweiderk; suitors to the March women were Laurie Laurence (the comical and curly-haired Van De Motter), Mr. Brooke (Marcus Campbell), and Professor Bhaer (the wonderful Jake Schwartz). Evan Thanicatt (Mr. Laurence) and Katie Rees (Mrs. Kirk) completed the cast.
The word dazzling comes to mind when I think of the musical numbers. “Our Finest Dreams” was sung with a hint of Christmas cheer by Yesuda, Clendenin, Foley, and Tomasi.
I enjoyed the lovelorness of Embrack’s “Here Alone.” My foot tapped rhythmically to “Delighted” sung by Embrack, Yasuda, Clendenin, and Tomasi.
Not to be confused with a song by 70s pop group ABBA, the uptempo number “Take a Chance on Me” was brought to life by Van De Motter. “Off to Massachusetts” featured the delightful dueting of Yasuda and Thanicatt.
The title of the musical number “Astonishing” contains the adjective I need to describe it, as it was gorgeously sung in a heartfelt solo by Clendenin to close out the first act.
Leilani Clendenin as Jo March in ‘Little Women: the Broadway Musical.’ Photo by David Andrews.
The company gloriously opened the second act with “The Weekly Volcano Press.” Schwartz brought strong vocals to “How I Am.” I could feel the love in “The Most Amazing Thing” by lovebirds Laurie and Amy with vocals by Foley and Van De Motter.
One of the finer solos was Clendenin’s “The Fire Within Me,” which displayed a feminist determination to succeed; and I was moved by her and Schwartz’s duet, “Small Umbrella in the Rain.”
Costume Designer Ashlynne Ludwig more than earned her keep with the Union Army uniform she put Campbell in, and the ball gowns she put Clendenin and Yasuda in. I loved how Lighting Designer Michael Winston spotlighted actors such as Embrack as they sang their solos, and Sound Designer Sam Crawford worked magic with the ocean sounds of the beaches of Cape Cod.
Relying on scrims and flown set pieces, Scenic Designer Sarah Beth Hall’s scenic design evoked the Civil War era through oversized wallpaper patterns and a large floral-patterned upstage set piece. Wooden beams — both arched and straight — suggested the March house’s structure. Of the props, I liked the old cast-iron stove, which sat near center stage, and Jo’s upstage-left stand-up writing desk, complete with quill pen.
With young stars like Van De Motter, Embrack, and Tomasi and direction by Mayes and Reese, this show will leave audiences smiling and — at least for two hours and 30 minutes — make audiences forget the turmoil of these days.
Running Time: Two hours and 30 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.
Little Women: the Broadway Musical plays from October 28 through 31, 2021, in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s Kay Theatre at the University of Maryland, 8270 Alumni Dr, College Park, MD 20742. For more information and to purchase tickets, go online.
The Clarice COVID health and safety policy is here.
CREDITS
Little Women: the Broadway Musical
Book by Allan Knee
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Music by Jason Howland
Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
Directors: Alvin Mayes and Scot Reese
Musical Director: Marci Shegogue
Scenic Designer: Sarah Beth Hall
Costume Designer: Ashlynne Ludwig
Lighting Designer: Michael Winston
Sound Designer: Sam Crawford
Stage Manager: Keta Newborn
Fight Captain: Kiefer Cure
CAST
Mr. Brooke: Marcus Campbell
Jo March: Leilani Clendenin
Marmee March: Jordan Embrack
Amy March: Karenna Foley
Mrs. Kirk: Katie Rees
Professor Bhaer: Jake Schwartz
Aunt March: Allyson Sweiderk
Mr. Laurence: Evan Thanicatt
Meg March: Carolina Tomasi
Laurie Laurence: Anton Van De Motter
Beth March: Amelia Yasuda
UNDERSTUDIES
Aunt March, Mrs. Kirk: Taryn Carone
Mr. Laurence: Kiefer Cure
Professor Bhaer: Robert Duncan
Marmee March: Kayleigh Gallagher
Mr. Brooke: Sam Intrater
Amy March: Grace Guzman
Beth March: Annabel Lee
Jo March: Katie Rees
Laurie Laurence: Davis Stack
Meg March: Allyson Sweiderk
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, DESIGNERS, AND STAGE MANAGERS Assistant Directors: Virginia Coldren and Abigail Landesman Associate Musical Director: Matré Grant Assistant Costume Designers: Layali Aljirafi, Fionna Clark, Cody Von Ruden Associate Lighting Designer: Eric Pitney Assistant Lighting Designer: Jisu Han, Christina Smith Assistant Stage Managers: Matt Haggerty, Jillian Harvey
PRODUCTION STAFF
COSTUMES Drapers: Lisa Parkel Burgess, Susan Chiang, Tessa Lew, Steven Simon First Hand: Amy Vander Staay Wardrobe Crew Head: Macaley Fields Graduate Assistants: Clare Lillig, Connor Locke Stitchers: Katy Cawley, Leilani Clendenin, Ariella Cohn, Robbi Duncan, Jade Hull, Annabel Lee, Mel Mader, Nicholas McQuain, Lisa Myerovich, Nicole Panebianco, Katie Rees, Celia Richardson, Tien Tran, Amelia Yasuda
TECHNOLOGY Technology Graduate Assistants: Christian Henrriquez, Christina Smith Lighting Supervisors: Malory Hartman, Cassaundra Saulski, Cameron Smith Electricians: Samuel Biuk, Matt Brehm, Grant Hill, Jonah Pereyra, Zachary Rupp, Miguel Sarmiento, Erin Taylor, Lelia Vetter, Hanna Zakharenko Production Technology Student Crew: Max Abramovitz, Taryn Carone, Alie Karambash, Elizabeth Raney, Evan Thanicatt
PAINTS Scenic Artists: Andrea Ball, Kristin Brain-Tanman, Bobbie Carter Dewhurst, Sarah Beth Hall, James Raymond, Stephanie Warrington Student Scenic Painters: Isabella Benning, Josie Danckaert, Nicole Panebianco, Kira Peck, Jalen Wilhite
SHOW CREW Dressers: Viola Costen, Nicholas Lee McQuain, Kiana Malak Motiei, Mirsa Oporta Hernandez Light Board Operator: Tien Tran Audio Engineer: Emily Pan Audio Technician: Madeline Redding Follow Spots: Nelson Chen, Alana Isaac Run Crew: Jade Hull, Logan Stevens
How a 17-year-old model, her sister and parents began making horror films on their compound in the Catskills.
ROSCOE, N.Y. — Sitting on a red velvet couch in her living room, Zelda Adams, 17, opened her mouth to describe the plot of her family’s next movie. Before she could begin, a bloody, chewed-to-the-gristle, severed arm emerged menacingly from behind a wall and then waved cheerily at her.
“It’s a period piece,” she said without missing a beat. “Set during the Great Depression.”
Her father, John Adams, 55, bounded in and deposited the limb, along with a gnarly chopped-off hand, next to a plate of homemade chocolate-chip cookies. The appendages appeared ready to duke it out for treats, but aside from the gory props, the family’s rustic hillside house, packed with colorful landscape paintings and portraits, felt downright cozy.
The family of four — Zelda’s sister, Lulu, 23, and their mother, Toby Poser, 52, are the other members — is Wonder Wheel Productions, a production company based out of their home in the western Catskills town of Roscoe, N.Y.
They write, produce, shoot, edit, costume design and act in all their films, rotating from behind the camera to the front. They’ve made six small independent movies, and their last two, “The Deeper You Dig” and “Hellbender,” took a sharp turn into horror. Creatively and professionally, they seem to have found their niche.
“Their films are grungy and enthralling explorations of family and fear,” IGN, the entertainment news site, said in a recent review of “Hellbender,” which is touring the indie festival circuit. Zelda’s performance earned her a best actress award at the Fantasia International Film Festival, and the movie got picked up by AMC’s horror streaming service, with a release planned for early 2022.
The Adams family even have an admirer in Freddy Krueger himself, the actor Robert Englund, who tweeted last year : “Fans craving a summer horror thriller should check out the fresh take on a ghost story, ‘The Deeper You Dig.” It delivers the goods!”
Zelda, 17, stars, directs, shoots and edits the films with her family. She also models on the side.Bryan Derballa for The New York Times
A Real-life Adams Family?
Mr. Adams and Ms. Poser both found success in New York in the 1990s. Mr. Adams worked as a model in ad campaigns for Gucci, Giorgio Armani and Calvin Klein. Ms. Poser, an actress, appeared in Off Broadway plays, and had parts in “Sex and the City” and “Law and Order,” and a recurring role on “Guiding Light.”
Mr. Adams’s modeling career ended after a Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis in 1994 and he spent 10 months undergoing chemotherapy. Once he recovered, he switched to a music career, performing in bars with his rock band Banana Fish Zero, often in his underwear.
The couple met at a Bogmen concert at Irving Plaza in 1996 and shared a first kiss on their third date, at Coney Island. Two years later, Mr. Adams proposed under the Wonder Wheel, when Ms. Poser was pregnant with Lulu. “I wore red,” Ms. Poser said of her wedding dress. “I figured the cat was out of the bag.”
Mr. Adams’s parents owned land in Roscoe and offered some acreage to the couple if they could build on it. “They’d been told it was undevelopable,” Ms. Poser said.
Mr. Adams had learned carpentry at a young age and erected a simple shack on a steep slope. To pay for the house, Ms. Poser relied on commercial voice-over work for big brands like Clairol and Tide. “Whenever I got a big check, we’d build the foundation or add windows,” she said.
Zelda came along in 2003 and the family headed to Los Angeles in 2008, where Ms. Poser thought there’d be more work for her, but it didn’t pan out.
“I was about to hit 40, and my acting career just waned,” she said. “John kept saying, ‘Why don’t you write your own screenplay?’ The kids were interested in acting, so we got an old R.V. and took off and shot our first family film, ‘Rumblestrips.’”
The movie, in which a mother takes her daughters on a road trip before reporting to prison for growing marijuana, got picked up by several small film festivals and won a few awards, including the best no-budget feature at the 2013 Berlin Independent Film Festival. The family self-distributed it on Amazon Prime Video Direct.
Over the next several years they bounced between New York and Topanga Canyon, filming more no-budget dramas as a family. They shot on Canon EOS Mark cameras, using only natural light, and editing as they went. Even when the girls were little, everyone had a voice in the process and, as Ms. Poser put it, they evolved together as filmmakers.
“They all have equal say on every shot, every take,” said Trey Lindsay, a special effects designer who assisted the family on their horror films. “They share directing duties in terms of suggesting different needs on lines or alternate takes. And since they’re also the lead performers, they cycle through and take turns depending on who’s on camera.”
The family’s wooden clapboard home sits on a steep hillside in Roscoe, N.Y.Bryan Derballa for The New York Times
A Haunting House
Lulu left for Lewis & Clark College in 2016, and the rest of the family returned to Roscoe. Mr. Adams’s family owned an 1890s farmhouse nearby that squatters had wrecked. During a solitary, cold-weather restoration, Mr. Adams grew mesmerized by the dust swirling in the light as he gutted the place to its bones. “I came home and was like, ‘You guys, you can just set a camera up and you’ve got a great horror movie,” he said.
Horror had been a long time coming for the Adams family. “‘Rumblestrips’ was going to be kind of a ghost story,” Ms. Poser said. “And John had to kill the kids. We were having so much fun on our trip and one day we’re driving and he’s like, ‘I just don’t want to kill the kids.’”
That storytelling malleability became a template for their guerrilla filmmaking style. “Often when we start shooting, we don’t know where the film’s going to go,” Ms. Poser said.
The family began work on what became “The Deeper You Dig,” about a mother searching for her missing daughter with the help of terrifying psychic visions. The stark beauty of the family’s wooded property, with trees stripped skeletal and blankets of white snow — all the better for a certain red contrast — adds much to the film, and there’s a melancholia throughout that came from a real place.
“When we first started shooting, I found out I had endometrial cancer and had to have a hysterectomy,” Ms. Poser said. “As I was losing my reproductive prowess, my daughter in the film is disappearing. It became very personal from a writing angle.”
“A lot of what we do is reflective of our fears as parents,” she added. “There’s something to be said about giving a nightmare breath in horror, because a nightmare is just a practice ground.”
The film, now streaming on Shudder, Prime Video, Apple TV+ and other platforms, has been praised. Variety cited its “offbeat atmosphere and integrity all its own — something that can’t be said for the vast majority of horror movies with plenty of rote jump scares but scant individual personality.”
John Adams, a former model, is covered in fake blood.Bryan Derballa for The New York Times
Filming Through the Pandemic
The family’s latest film, “Hellbender,” also grew from parental anxieties. In 2019, Ms. Poser’s mother made a deathbed confession: Ms. Poser had been donor conceived, and her biological father’s identity was unknown.
Her imagination ran wild. “Dad could be anyone,” Ms. Poser said. “Like a serial killer, an ax murderer! It sparked this idea of ‘What if Zelda’s father was the devil?’ And we were going to make a movie called ‘The Devil’s Daughter.’”
Lulu returned to help, but by then the pandemic was in full force. She wasn’t part of their pod, so all scenes shot with her were socially distanced, which worked for the eventual plot they landed on: about a young woman with latent supernatural powers who’s isolated in the woods by her mother.
“Nature is such a big influence on that film,” Ms. Poser said. “Living where we live and seeing each season devour the last so wholly. Roadkill and the rivers gnawing out the roads, all the dead animals and hearing them die at night.”
The family’s unusual arrangement has made them stronger. “It’s so cheesy to say, but I really do consider us as friends — like equals,” Zelda said, referring to her parents. (Both Lulu and Zelda have called their parents by their first names since they learned to talk.)
The family’s third horror film, the one set during the Depression, will likely be the last cinematic outing for the family before Zelda heads to college, probably in New York City.
Following in her father’s footsteps, she was recently signed by Elite Model Management, after a scout discovered her TikTok account, @grilledjesus.
Asked what she thinks the family’s future holds, Zelda said, “I want to study film and keep making them. It would be a dream come true for someone big, like Netflix, to say, ‘Hey, we want your family to make a movie in your style.’ And that would be what we do. Just making movies together.”
Rather, it’s usually the power forward flying through the air to grab another rebound. There was plenty of film to cut from Wednesday’s victory over Milwaukee.
Making his first start of the season, Vanderbilt finished with 10 points and 13 rebounds — six of which came on the offensive glass — in 30 minutes, while also being tasked with guarding Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Vanderbilt’s effort and energy keyed a team that had put forth consecutive lackluster performances prior to the road upset.
“He played a complete game. He really did,” Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch said.
He also perfectly complemented Minnesota’s starting lineup, which features ample scoring with the likes of Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell. Vanderbilt does everything else on the floor. He defends, rebounds and hustles. He makes sense on the floor to start the game.
“It felt great. Going in, my mindset was do what I do, play hard, bring energy, defend, rebound and stuff like that,” Vanderbilt said. “Got us off to a great start and we finished in good fashion, as well.”
Finch thought Minnesota needed size and physicality, so he called on Vanderbilt. Because you know exactly what you’re going to get when you call on Vanderbilt. He knows exactly who he is and what his responsibilities are on the floor. That, Finch said, is 90 percent of the battle with getting better in the NBA — understanding the type of player you are and what you do and sticking to your strengths.
“I would say the biggest part about being successful and surviving this league is knowing your role and just doing it well,” Vanderbilt said. “Obviously, as a young player, you want to grow your game and continue to get better each year. But you’ve got to have a basic foundation of who you are as a player, and I felt like over the years I kind of established that myself as being a great energy guy, rebounding, defender, make my staple.”
That doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to expand his skillset, but he does want to make an impact right now in the best way possible. Finch said the path to being an offensive rebounder is running in every single play. Vanderbilt goes in every single time, knowing that’s what he’s on the floor to do.
“And then he’s got great athleticism, great timing, great pursuit, multiple efforts,” Finch said.
Vanderbilt doing all the dirty work doesn’t go unnoticed by his teammates. He’s Edwards’ favorite player on the roster.
“I love to see him succeed, man,” Edwards said. “He helps us tremendously. I can’t even describe it. I’m just happy for him.”
As the team’s lone true power forward, and the one man who can take rebounding and interior defensive pressure off Towns on a nightly basis, Vanderbilt’s value to the Timberwolves is revealing itself more and more.
“It just takes the pressure off all of us,” Russell said, “so a lot of credit to him.”
There’s a bright spot in the battle against the little fire ant on Maui. Crews have been successfully eradicating the ants from dense vegetation and difficult terrain.
The Maui Invasive Species Committee began a pilot project two years ago using helicopters to spray bait aimed at sterilizing ant queens and curbing the stinging pests. The spray combines food-grade ingredients and a growth regulator that acts like birth control for the queens.
Fire ant coordinator Brooke Mahnken and education specialist Serena Fukushima said they were happy to share some good news — the project was able to continue throughout the pandemic.
"We were able to continue pretty much uninterrupted. We did 13 treatments, roughly six weeks apart starting in October of 2019 all the way up to May of 2021," Mahnken said. "We needed to go out and conduct a survey to be able to assess how the treatments have been working — and that is no small feat."
Maui Invasive Species Committee
MISC prepares helicopter applications of ant birth control in the dense jungle of Nāhiku.
The survey area in Nāhiku is about 175 acres and ranges from sea level up to 1,200-foot elevation — and it's in the rugged East Maui watershed, he said. The infestation in that area was first discovered in 2014.
"If you look at a map, the infestation is linear. It's very long, almost two miles long. What we believe is that they were introduced mauka, around 1,000 feet at a residence, and the infestation spread and got to the stream and then was washed downstream, all the way to the ocean," he said.
Crews have been navigating dense rainforests, vegetation and rivers to search for the ants after treatments.
"We got about three-quarters of the way done. We just need to go in and fill in some of the gaps. But what we're finding is over 3,000 samples, 95% of those samples came back with no ants at all," Mahnken told Hawaiʻi Public Radio.
He said there are very few little fire ants left, and they're located in one small portion. So they plan to redraw the aerial treatment area and continue treatments there.
"Overall, the change has been very, very big from the infested area before to what it is now," he said. "There are places where you couldn't really practically use a helicopter, of course, and that's around people, houses, etc. And so that's also often where the little fire ant infestations show up."
"But for large natural areas, using a helicopter would really change the game for little fire ant control, particularly for some of the other islands. On Maui, this is our largest infestation and we're hammering away at it and things are going well so there's not a great need for helicopter work here on Maui beyond that — but the other islands could really use the help at this point," Mahnken said.
"Majority of our population reports for little fire ants here on Maui have been reported to us by the community. So it's really important that if people are having suspect ants in their area, if they are getting stung by ants, that they report it over the MISC," education specialist Serena Fukushima said.
Free ant collection kits, and the portal to report ants, can be found at stoptheant.org. This interview aired on The Conversation on Oct. 28, 2021.
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