News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Monday December 29th 2025
Living With Cave Bear
By Peter Molenaar
Ursus spelaens (Cave Bear) emerged one million years ago, coexisted with Homo neanderthalenis for 300,000 years, then went extinct in the period of Homo sapien ascendency. Cave Bear was a big vegetarian. In those Ice Age winters, he and his kind occupied in masse the great caves of Europe. There, they would hibernate. Who doubts that our own brethren and Cave Bear coexisted as cohabitants of the cave?
Neanderthal man had entered the scene, spear of Africa in hand. Nonetheless, necessity and fear imposed a powerful tension. We soon learned, however, that Cave Bear had come to sleep, and after all, would prefer not to mess with us. So then we, with our fire and spears, held the raiding hyenas at bay, while the old bears, which had come to sleep forever, provided a ton of meat.
Enter the dark cave”¦
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LOOK! Just Half of the BACKYARD INITIATIVE Activities in April!!!
A partial sampling of the activities hosted by the leaders and members of the BYI Community Health Action Teams (CHATs). There is so much happening, there was not even room to list all of it!
photo by Susan Gust
Growing the Backyard
*MIDTOWN GLOBAL MARKET; * SABATHANI-Central Neighborhood; *WAITE HOUSE; *EAST PHILLIPS CULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTER-East Phillips
1. Community Engagement Survey: Get feedback from community through survey to develop training to increase growers and farmers. (6 times)
2. Value Add to the Food System/Skill Share: Recruit and train participants for food production for markets. (6 times)
3. Recruiting and Seed Give-Away: Talking with people in the community who farm or are interested in farming. (5 times)
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MAY DAY CARTOON COLORING CONTEST
To Enter Contest
Ӣ Color this Cartoon by Dave Moore
Ӣ Submit by U.S. Mail postmarked no later than May 25, 2016 to
The Alley P.O. Box 7006 / Mpls., MN 55407.
Winner will be announced at
Cinema at the Cemetery May 28th 7 PM before the Buster Keaton Movie
1st Prize $50. And Pkg. of 26 Spirit of Phillips Greeting cards.
2nd Prize $25 & 10 Spirit of Phillips Greeting cards.
All entries receive 5 Spirit of Phillips Greeting Cards
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