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Show OUR TOWNS oi| It's like coaxing tomatoes to grow from bricks. “The soil here is so bad,” said master gardener Judy Arnold of gardening in Utah Valley. “Thepioneers mixed waterwith this clay to make bricks. We mix waterwithit and expect things to grow.” The key to a great garden in Utah Valley is soil improvement, she said. “Youneed to turn your clay into soil, and makeit fluffy,” she said. SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2006 METROEDITOR| Joe Pyrah - 344-2586 - jpyreh@heraldextra.com Utah's Master gardener gives planting tips Karissa Neely NORTH COUNTY STAFF DailySHerald only black It’s hard not to get excited about garcening while around Arnold. Talking to her about her gardenis like talking to an artist about herlatest masterpiece — you can't help but feel likegoing out and creating one of our own. “It doesn't take much to makegardens,” Arnold said, noting even 50 pounds of potatoes can be grownvertically in oldtires. “Youshouldjust have fun with it, be creative. Express yourself through See GARDENING, B3 MATT SMITH/Daily Herald CedarHills resident Judy Arnold positions a soaker hose in her garden Friday afternoon. legislator: resigns Paul Foy The Utah Legislature's only lack member resigned his seat Wednesday fter 10 years in office. Rep. Duane Bourdeaux, D-Salt LakeCity, represented District 23 onthecity’s west side, a heavily Democraticdistrict where 41 percentofthe residents are Hispanic. Hispanics makeup9 percent of Utah's population andblacks accountfor 0.8 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. “The timing’s right ... My parents are elderly and their houseis deteriorating, and I'm trying to runa business.” Rep. Duane Bourdeaux D-Salt Lake City Goy. Jon Huntsman will appoint areplace- menttoserve out Bourdeaux’s termuntil Dec. 30. Huntsman can choose from upto three candidates nominated by the Utah Democratic Party Party officials said theyplan to submit the nameofonly one candidate, a person they wouldn't identify on Wednesday. Bourdeaux cited family and business reasons for stepping down. “The timing’s right.” he told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “My two parents are elderly and their house is deteriorating, and I'm trying to run a business.” Bourdeaux is founder, president-and chief executive of the gang intervention program Colors of SuccessInc. In 2002,healso assumed therole of ‘executive director of the Center for Family Development, which treats MARIO RUIZ/Daily Herald Ajuvenile Prairie Falcon flies over a group of people at De Hutchings Museumin Lehi on Saturday. The wildlife conservation group Skymasters Wildlife Foundationvisited the museum to show variousbirds to children and parents. Falcons, hawks and owls impress kids, parents Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD “It looks like a real owl.” A venomous duck, a wild gray potato and a Himalayan raptor chickenall took wing before a delighted crowd of200 in Lehi on Saturday. Eight birds of prey werepart of a demonstration at the John Hutchings Museurn of Natural History. Foratleast someof the children gathered,it was their first experi- is small boy observing demonstration ence being so close to falcons, hawks and owls. “It looks like a real owl,” said one small boy in aweas ornithologist Ben Woodruff, of the Skymasters Wildlife Foundation, wandered throughthe audiencewitha tiny screech owl perched on his gloved hand. Apparently caught off guard, Woodruff momentarily searched for words. “This oneis real,”hesaid atlast. It was not a hard mistake to make. Upclose, the potato-shaped ball of fluffy gray feathers with wide,piercing yellow eyes, which oodruff had teased the crowd by calling a “wild gray potato” as he revealed it, seemed almosttoo adorable to be real. Cute was not the only wow-factor on Saturday. Morethan oneparent gasped outloud and manychildren hid their heads as prairie falcon named Cowboy,a red-tailed hawk named Utana anda Hairis hawk named Matieachin turn flew over the crowd, sometimesinches from people's heads. See BIRDS, B3 sex offenders at prison halfway houses. In both roles, Bourdeaux has worked on federally funded crime-fighting programs with an emphasis on turning aroundjuvenile offenders. Bourdeaux wasthe sponsorof a 2004 tax onstrip clubs and escort services that was supposed to help fund treatmentfor sex offenders, but has been held up bya court challenge. In statementissued Wednesday, Utah Democratic Party Chairman WayneHolland praised Bourdeaux. “His leadershiponissues dealing with troubled young people has been inspiring. 1 know hewill continueto serve our communityin other ways, but we'll miss him a great deal on CapitolHill. I just want to say‘thank you for your service,’ " Holland said. 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