| Spellers compete for title Saturday
WINSTON: Twenty-seven fifth- through eighth-graders will compete at the Douglas County Spelling Bee at 10 a.m. Saturday at Wildlife Safaris auditorium, 1790 Safari Road.
The winner will receive a computer and other prizes. Each speller will receive a trophy for making it to the county event. Students participated in classroom and school spelling bees to qualify.
They represent 22 public schools, two private schools and one home school.
Information: 957-4289.
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African chimp gives birth to female baby
Bogor, West Java (ANTARA News) - An African chimpanzee gave birth to a female baby at the primate center in the Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI) parl in Cisarua subdistrict, Bogor district, recently, a spokesperson said. Wiki, the chimpanzee (20), gave birth to Windi, and Kobi (15) was the father of the newly-born, TSI spokesperson Nur Syamsiah said here Monday. Wiki gave birth to the baby on March 29 after a pregnancy of 236 days. The newly-born brought the number of chimpanzees born in the conservation institution to 8, Nur said. A member of the endangered species could live for about 40 years in their natural habitat, and 60 years in conservation area. The weight of a female chimpanzee ranges from 25 kg to 50 kg, and a male chimpanzee from 38 kg to 70 kg. The Taman Safari, or Indonesian Safari Park, is a drive-through game park built for animals in an environment as closely as possible to their natural habitat.
Steam safaris in South Africa
People travelling to South Africa will soon be able to benefit from a luxury steam train ride through parts of the region.Rovos Rail is behind the routes which last for between fur and six days and the so-called Steam Safaris are set to be a hit with travellers.Tourists who take the four-day safari will begin their journey at Capital Park, Pretoria and will make its way to Bloemfontein.From here, the steam engine will head to the Eastern Cape, where it will pass through the Addo Elephant Park and comes to an end in Port Elizabeth.The six-day safari is 400 kilometres longer begins its journey at Victoria Falls train station. From here it makes its way to Thompson's Junction, before heading to Hwange Game Reserve, Bulawayo, the Soutpansberg Mountains, Polokwane and finally Capital Park Station in Pretoria.'These unusual steam-hauled journeys in our luxury trains are great opportunities for ardent steam enthusiasts,' said Rohan Vos of Rovos Rail.© Adfero Ltd .
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When Indian and Northern Affairs Senior Land Claims negotiator Wayne Walsh visits the community of Natuashish, his meetings usually involve discussions on how to build self-sustaining Innu communities.
This year, however he encountered another challenge of how he was going to ship 800 pounds of donated hockey gear from Ottawa to the north coast Labrador community. .
UK couple critical after elephant fall
A British man and wife were critically hurt when they fell off an elephant at a sanctuary in Hartbeespoort on Thursday afternoon, said ER 24. The woman was sitting behind her husband on the elephant when it knelt to let them climb off after a safari, said spokesperson Werner Vermaak. "The lady and her husband then fell forward and plummeted from the elephant's back right onto the ground. "Both of them sustained multiple fractures and severe injuries," he said. The woman fractured her upper leg. Her husband was thought to have fractured his pelvis. "They were treated and stabilised on scene and rushed off to a hospital in Pretoria for specialist treatment," said Vermaak. .
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