| Show PMIMI rte7 gb TrZ3 CITIZI:t1 HAG CR C1-7- 0 11:2 PLALITCLIC CT MALI zoo raltsuirl SAIsILl'IrAtI - ' ILfhtlet 06l 14 -- r 9 - 11 I 4- -- " wit k 0 3 14t e iila) --- 4 p‘' r177''''''' 't'a'41 4' Total Amount Encl$ Please Print: NAME ' ADDRESS I 1 CITY - 13 :i - kiytiz!:::"-'':": ::::c:' :: 4P- :: "':::: :: -- --- i Respond by :: :i:iriti---- ::I:- -- ' r u 14 4 4 I Treereeple LI louder eel president C I Andy Lipids - 0 ' 11 sold a few of Us "urban foresters" E P111 TREES CLEAN THE AIR HOLD THE soil provide homes for wildlife and give us food beauty and shade But on this bright day in Hollywood Calif Jog Barba 15 and his friends are discovering what may be the greatest ef ft of trees: Their ability to foster a close-kn- it k community "The tree isn't going to jump in the Iground by itself" Barba says with a sweaty grin as he digs a hole for an tbottlebrush tree Strung along the street of modest bungalows just a block from !Sunset Boulevard 20 other equtdly damp tbut cheerful volunteers prepare holes for 11 more trees Asked why he is spending this 1 morning maneuvering a shovel instead of a skateboard Barba's answer is direct: "It's my neighborhood" That matter-of-fa- ct view—that one's neighborhood should be tended loved 1and adorned with trees—is the infectious Iattitude ofTreePeople the nonprofit "ur1 ban forestry" organization that supplied 1Barba's training shovel compost and Iat least some of his enthusiasm TreePeople-traine- d "citizen foresters" I have planted more than 2 million trees iin the Los Angeles area and assisted or i inspired the planting of more than 200 1 90-deF- ee ' s DY 1 11 PARADE - MAGAZINE 0 ): :: : ‘:? 44 hy do doughnuts have holes is just one of more than 100 questions answered in "Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?' the latest book by David Feldman This book goes all out to explain some of the mysteries of everyday life Submitted by readers these questions have been tirelessly investigated by the author He has contacted professors corporate bigwigs scientists cosmeticians candy makers— anyone who could brill him closer to uncovering the answers No subject was too large or too small to daunt him David Feldman has appeared on TV shows including Good Morning America and Regis Pbilbin's Lifestyles and is well known for his bestsellingbookimponderables These questions and answers will provide you with hours of delightful reading A very quotable "can't put down" book 251 pages Includes dozens of illustrations Only $8951 ' million trees worldwide Andy Lipids 36 the bearded Los Angeles native who is founder and president of the organization says the added benefit comes when neighbors who met around the freshly planted sapling go on to cooperatives carpool form baby-sittior run off their blocks "People realize they can do it" Lipids says "They don't have to hope the government will do it for them Lipids got his own taste of volunteer power at 15 When he heard that pollution from Los Angeles was killing 40000 trees each year in nearby forests he and some friends dug up an old parking lot and planted pines "We woticed our tails off in heat" he says "and we had much more fun than we ever had sitting around twiddling our thumbs playing Frisbee getting into minor bits of trouble doing the usual stuff that teenagers do The work produced a feeling of connection family love—all the things that people truly seek in their lives "After three weeks" Lipids adds "squirrels birds and other critters returned to the spot that was formerly dead We saw that we had done a healing I said soft-spok- en ng drug-deale- rs smog-resista- ?Why are people immune to their own body odor? 711nly do dogs walk in circles before salute? 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