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May is here and it’s time to get to your favorite nursery and choose some annuals to add color to your landscaping or garden. If planted at the right time and treated well, they will flower into the fall. What new breeds of annuals will you try this year? An annual is a plant that thrives during the spring and summer and dies during the first frost. They have only one year to please you, but it gives your home color and liveliness and the chance to change up the look every year. Tried pink around your trees last year? Give yellow and orange a try. There’s nothing like an easy way to perk up your landscaping look every year. This year, some nurseries are recommending the Cobra Dahlia. Imported from Europe, this compact plant provides tons of dramatic gold/orange flowers. Another new variety of annual is the Solar Flare Sunflower. Petals that change from deep red to gold surround a very large center. As most sunflowers, it grows quickly and will reach five to six feet in height. Frosty Knight Alyssum is a variegated bloom with white flowers and gold and green leaves. The benefit of alyssum is that it attracts bees, butterflies, and other insects that are healthy for your garden. The T. Rex First Blush Begonia is large, hence the T. Rex name. Lavender and deep pink leaves are the star of this annual and outshine the tiny flowers. Mix with other flowers for the spectacle. The Stardust Caladium are graced with large leaves of white, trimmed in green. Don’t be blinded by all of these new varieties and forget the old favorites. Petunias come in a wide variety of colors, and look great around trees or as zings of color throughout landscaping. Verbena varieties attract hummingbirds…
The Nez Perce Reservation, located in North Central Idaho, has had its application for a liquor license for its new convention center and hotel denied by the state. The Nez Perce Tribe has licenses to sell beer and wine, but would like to extend their menu to cocktails for convention center guests as well as visitors to the Clearwater River Casino and It’se Ye Ye Bingo & Casino to drive economic growth. So, why does Idaho want to stop the sale of alcoholic beverages? Idaho has very strict liquor laws, outlined in the Interpretative and General Provisions of Idaho Liquor Act. The Idaho Liquor Act states that “The public interest requires that traffic in alcoholic liquor be regulated and controlled by the state, through the medium of a state liquor division vested with exclusive authority to import and sell such liquor, with certain exceptions, which are subject to its regulation.” This is recorded in Title 23 of the Idaho State Statutes. The Nez Perce Tribe would like to serve liquor at the establishments on its reservation, but lawmakers have thus far blocked their efforts, stating that that the tribe must obtain an exemption from the state because the convention center and hotel are outside of the Lewiston city limits. The request is now going on for review by the House State Affairs Committee. Lawmakers were hoping to reach a decision before the issue is tried in the court of public opinion. One representative states that the biggest concern is an increase in drinking in the Reservation population. According to him, the tribe has struggled with increased alcoholism in the past. Arrests for alcohol-related arrests from 1998-2008 was 34.9% of total arrests in Nez Perce County. For comparison: Canyon County yielded 16% alcohol related arrests of total arrests and Blaine County…
The city wants to remind residents that legal fireworks are permitted tonight for New Year's celebrations - but only during a two hour span.From 11:00pm tonight until 1:00am on January 1st you can use legal fireworks. More information on what's legal and how to stay safe can be found online....