Page 12 Colby Free Press Friday, March 23, 2007 Mowing: How low should you go? TV LISTINGS MANHATTAN — Lowering added. That not only removes some 2 to 3 inches. For tall fescue, it’s 2.5 lawn mower height in early spring of the old, dead grass but also allows to 3.5 inches.With upright-growing is a good/bad idea. the soil to warm up faster. turfs such as bluegrass and fescue, sponsored by the “It certainly isn’t necessary. In “After one or two cuttings, how- mowing height also relates to root fact, it can be harmful if you scalp ever, you need to raise your mower depth, the horticulturist said. parts of your lawn,” said Ward back to recommended height,” he “Within the recommended mow- Upham, horticulturist with Kansas warned. ing ranges, at least, the higher the COLBY FREE PRESS State University Research and Ex- “The higher mowing height will height of the cut, the deeper the root tension. shade the soil. That’s important now system,” Upham said. “And, a Even so, mowing cool-season because crabgrass seed needs light deeper root system means a more turfs (e.g., Kentucky bluegrass and to germinate.” drought-resistant turf by the time SUNDAY MARCH 25 tall fescue) 1 to 1.5 inches high can For Kentucky bluegrass, the rec- summer’s drier, hotter weather actually speed green-up, Upham ommended mowing height range is hits.” 6 AM 6:30 7 AM 7:30 8 AM 8:30 9 AM 9:30 10 AM 10:30 11 AM 11:30 KLBY/ABC In Touch Life that Good Morning This Week-George Hour of Power (CC) The Coral Ridge First United H h drifts. 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Either of- ments to apply. cide. 12 PM 12:30 1 PM 1:30 2 PM 2:30 3 PM 3:30 4 PM 4:30 5 PM 5:30 KLBY/ABC Paid Paid Skiing: Honda Ski NBA NBA Basketball: Phoenix Suns at Sacramento Kings. ABC News H h Program Program Tour. (CC) Sunday ARCO Arena. (Live) (CC) News (CC) College students face sticker shock KSNK/NBC NHL Hockey: Regional Coverage -- Bruins PGA Golf: WGC CA Championship -- Final Round. From Miami. (Live) (CC) L j at Penguins or Rangers at Islanders KBSL/CBS Skiing: King of the Final College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Regional College Basketball: NCAA Tournament 1< NX Mountain Four Final -- Teams TBA. East Rutherford, N.J. or St. Louis. Regional Final -- Teams TBA. 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(CC) concerns among health officials TBS (10:15) Movie: My Best Friend’s Wedding TTT (1997) A Movie: The Wedding Planner TT (2001, Movie: Bridget that some will shift to less preferred Some of our students have two jobs, P_ Movie: food critic seeks to sabotage her buddy’s nuptials. Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez. (CC) Jones: Edge WGN Movie: The Straight Story TTTZ (1999, America’s Funniest MLB Preseason Baseball: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at contraceptives or stop using them have children. To increase this by 100 per- Pa Drama) Richard Farnsworth. (CC) Home Videos (CC) Chicago Cubs. From Mesa, Ariz. (Live) (CC) altogether. “ TNT (11:00) Movie: The Movie: Swordfish TTZ (2001, Suspense) Movie: The Manchurian Candidate TTT (2004) A cent or more overnight, which is what hap- Prices for oral contraceptives, or QW Peacemaker TT (1997, Action) John Travolta, Hugh Jackman. (CC) Gulf War vet is suspicious of a political candidate. (CC) pened, is a huge shock to them and to their DSC Deadliest Catch A Deadliest Catch Deadliest Catch Deadliest Catch On Deadliest Catch Deadliest Catch birth control pills, are doubling and QY New Hunt Begins Smoke on the Water Man vs. Ice the Edge (CC) Pribilof Stare (CC) Race Against the Ice tripling at student health centers, the system.” A&E Criss Criss Criss Criss Criss Criss Criss Criss Bounty Bounty Bounty Bounty result of a complex change in the Q^ Angel Angel Angel Angel Angel Angel Angel Angel Hunter Hunter Hunter Hunter Medicaid rebate law that essentially Hugh Jessop, HIST Movie: Bugsy TTT (1991, Biography) Hollywood gangster Bugsy Man, Moment, Godfathers The Cosa Nostra exploits Q_ Siegel creates Las Vegas. Warren Beatty, Annette Bening. (CC) Machine (CC) historical events. 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(CC) TTZ (2000) (CC) dent has a platinum card,” said students who are working very hard made business sense was that they HALL Movie: Ransom for a Dead Man TTZ Movie: Matlock: The Accused TT (1994, Movie: Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007, Hugh Jessop, executive director of to pay for their tuition and books at didn’t count against the drug mak- SW (1971, Mystery) Peter Falk, Lee Grant. Mystery) Andy Griffith, Linda Kelsey. (CC) Mystery) Lea Thompson, Joe Penny. (CC) the health center at Indiana Univer- a time when tuition costs are edg- ers in a formula calculating rebates sity. ing up as well,” said Linda they owed states to participate in There, he said, women are paying Lekawski, director of the university Medicaid. about $22 per month for prescrip- health center at Texas A&M, where In its 2005 bill Congress changed SUNDAY MARCH 25 tions that cost $10 a few months the old price for birth control pills that. Now the discounts to colleges ago. “Some of our students have of about $15 per month is expected mean drug manufacturers have to 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 two jobs, have children,” Jessop to triple. “This is one thing they’ve pay more to participate in Medicaid. KLBY/ABC America’s Funniest Extreme Makeover: Desperate Brothers and News KAKE Lawyer Paid said. been able to benefit from for years.” The result: Fewer companies are H h Home Videos (CC) Home Edition (CC) Housewives (CC) Sisters Family Day (CC) Sports on Line Program “To increase this by 100 percent The change is the result of a chain willing to offer discounts. 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College have now run through their stock- d (CC) Creatures Kidnapped (Part 1 of 2) With (DVS) 2) (CC) (DVS) see prices rise several hundred dol- health officials say they had little pile and started increasing prices. ESPN SportsCenter (Live) NBA Basketball: Denver Nuggets at Cleveland SportsCenter (Live) (CC) College Gameday idea the bill would affect them. O_ (CC) Cavaliers. Quicken Loans Arena. (Live) (CC) Scoreboard (Live) lars per year. Also, many students fill the pre- USA House Paternity House Maternity House Dr. House House The Socratic House Fidelity (CC) Law & Order: SVU About 39 percent of undergradu- Before the change, pharmaceuti- scriptions quarterly so are only now P^ (CC) (CC) treats a nun. (CC) Method (CC) ate women use oral contraceptives, cal companies typically sold drugs seeing the increase. 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Alco- dom’s practice of assigning drugs to and tobacco are more dangerous hol was the three distinct divisions, ostensibly than some illegal drugs like mari- fifth-most based on the drugs’ potential for juana or Ecstasy and should be clas- h a r m f u l harm. “The exclusion of alcohol sified as such in legal systems, ac- drug and to- and tobacco from the Misuse of cording to a new British study. bacco the Drugs Act is, from a scientific per- MONDAY MARCH 26 In research published Friday in ninth most spective, arbitrary,” write Nutt and The Lancet magazine, Professor harmful. his colleagues in The Lancet. 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 David Nutt of Britain’s Bristol Uni- Cannabis Tobacco causes 40 percent of all KLBY/ABC News Enter- Dancing With the Stars (Live) (CC) What About Brian News Nightline Jimmy Kimmel Live versity and colleagues proposed a came in hospital illnesses, while alcohol is H h (CC) tainment (Season Finale) (N) (CC) (CC) (CC) KSNK/NBC News Wheel of Deal or No Deal Heroes Company The Black News The Tonight Show Late new framework for the classifica- 11th, and blamed for more than half of all vis- L j Fortune (iTV) (N) (CC) Man (CC) Donnellys (N) (CC) With Jay Leno (CC) Night tion of harmful substances, based near the its to hospital emergency rooms. 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