Ruth asked:

>>It is what the environmentalists call a "non-native species"<<

...about bittersweet and I'm pretty sure "wild (multiflora) roses" are
too. Lore has it that they were introduced by Louis Bromfield as a
hedge.

We just returned from the first official meeting of the Trades Education
Initiative at Belmont Tech in St. Clairsville, OH. We started the plans
for the International Trades Education Symposium to be held at BT in
April 2005. It will be a must for anyone interested in trades education.
De there or be square!

On the way to and from we realized we were looking at hillside after
hillside of "reclaimed" strip mine that was covered with wild roses. A
very surrealistic environment.

I'm thinking about firing up the old time machine and bringing a Seneca
brave up to see how he likes what we've done with his forested hunting
grounds.

What's even more disturbing is visiting the once rich mining towns and
seeing what is becoming of the fabulous 19th century downtowns.

Let's call it progress instead of what it really is.

Rudy

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