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  • MEMORABLE MEMORIALS

    WINSTON WEEKLY[1] May 24, 2026 Vol. 4, No. 21 MEMORABLE MEMORIALS[2] Now in its 22nd year, the Celebration at the Station in Kansas City provides a memorable way to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend. The largest free Memorial Day celebration in the Midwest, Kansas City Symphony guest conductor Stuart Chafetz will be joined this evening…

  • PERFECTLY PINK

    WINSTON WEEKLY[1] May 17, 2026 Vol. 4, No. 20 PERFECTLY PINK[2] Amazon river dolphins or “boto” are the largest species of river dolphins. Residing in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins, their grayish color becomes pink as they age. Males are predominantly more pink, sometimes resembling a “flamingo pink” color. Nicknamed the “pink river dolphin,”…

  • MAGNIFICENT MOMS

    WINSTON WEEKLY[1] May 10, 2026 Vol. 4, No. 19 MAGNIFICENT MOMS[2] If a “Queen of Moms” existed in the in the wild, it would be the orangutan. There are three species of orangutan: Bornean, Sumatran, and Tapanuli. Giving birth every eight to nine years in two areas of Indonesia, their offspring are nursed for up…

  • MARVELOUS MOTHS

    WINSTON WEEKLY[1] May 3, 2026 Vol. 4, No. 18 MARVELOUS MOTHS[2] With more than 160,000 species worldwide, moths outnumber butterflies by nearly 15 to 1. From the Atlas moth in Asia with a wingspan of nearly a foot to the intricate small phoenix moth, some species migrate in the fall while others survive in place…

  • MISCHIEVOUS MAGPIES

    WINSTON WEEKLY[1] April 26, 2026 Vol. 4, No. 17 MISCHIEVOUS MAGPIES[2] Even more jarring than waking to the nagging squawk of a baby magpie is a male magpie careening at full speed, intent on wounding your head. With a wedge-shaped bill and sharp claws, they are frightening during nesting season, earning them the nickname, “Magpie…

  • WHISKERS GALORE AND MUCH MORE

    WINSTON WEEKLY[1] April 19, 2026 Vol. 4, No. 16 WHISKERS GALORE AND MUCH MORE[2] When they are not on ice or rocky cliffs, walruses use their massive whiskers to poke around in shallow water for clams and other shellfish, sometimes consuming between 3,000 to 6,000 clams in one meal. With nearly 700 sturdy whiskers and…

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