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CLASSIFIED Monday 28 august 2017
Maine blueberry crop falls with dOCTOR ON dUTY
Oranjestad
both disease, lack of pollination Dr. Esschendal
Tel. 586 0334
San Nicolas
FOR SALE FOR RENT Dr. Linden v/d
Casa del Mar Divi Golf & Beach Tel. 584 6427
wk 1 +deed week 35 9/2-9/9 studio $4,950 EMERGENCIA 911
2bedroom and 2 bath #1313 week 35 9/2-9/9 2 room
Presidential / ocean view suite $5,600
$21,000 week 36 9/9-9/16 2 room suite
e-mail: gkoons2@gmail.com $5,600
_________________________________206677 week 36 9/9-9/16 room $5,260 POLICE 100
ORANJESTAD 527-3140
Phone 5086510016 (565 9394)
TIME SHARE FOR SALE email: rmjmw@aol.com NOORD 527-3200
Divi Dutch Village STA. CRUZ 527-2900
wk 35 9/2 - 9/9 deluxe studio _________________________________208065 SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
$3,950 FOR SALE POLICE TIPLINE 11141
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aruba Beach Club: wk 33&34 Renaissance FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
8/19 - 9/2 superior studio Great Deals!!! HOSPITAL 527-4000
In this Aug. 7, 2017 photo a girl holds a handful of wild blueber- $5,000 Wk 18, unit 2450 $ 5000 DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
ries picked near Sherman, Maine. The state’s blueberry crop is Phone 5083098782 Wk 19, unit 2416 $ 3500 AMBULANCE 582-1234
way down this year due to weather and a scale back of farming. Wk 21, unit 2307 $ 3500 IMSAN 524-8833
Maine is one of the biggest blueberry producers in the country, email: threejw@aol.com Wk 23, unit 2326 $ 3750 RED CROSS 582-2219
and the only producer of wild blueberries. _________________________________208065
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) FOR RENT Wk 32, unit 2323 $ 3500 Women in Difficulties
Wk 33, unit 2323 $ 3500
By PATRICK WHITTLE that farming effort appears Divi Village Wk 34, unit 2323 $ 3500 PHARMACY
Associated Press to be down this year, pos- wk 40 10/7-10/14 studIo $775 Wk 30, unit 2531 $ 4750 Oranjestad:
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) sibly influenced by the low divi golf Village wk 35 9/2-9/9 Wk 31, unit 2531 $ 4750 Santa Cruz Tel. 585 8028
— Maine’s wild blueberry prices to farmers, he said. 1 bedroom $875 Wk 34, unit 2109 $ 5000 San Nicolas
Centro Medico Tel. 584 5794
crop is likely to be much The high crops of recent Phone 5083098782 Wk 35, unit 2315 $ 4250
smaller this year than in re- years have taken a toll on email: threejw@aol.com Wk 35, unit 2349 $ 6500
cent summers because the the industry due to over- _________________________________208065 Wk 36, unit 2315 $ 4250 INFORMATION 118
industry is contending with supply. The U.S. Depart- TIME SHARE FOR SALE Wk 38, unit 2143 $ 4500 TAXI-TAS 587-5900
troubles such as disease ment of Agriculture ap- by owner save $$$$$$$$$$ PROF. TAXI 588-0035
and a lack of pollination. proved up to $10 million Barcelo/ occidental Call 7373006 TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
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tal of the U.S., and in re- an effort to prop up prices. $5,000 best offer _________________________________208073 CRuIsE sHIP
cent years crop sizes have The USDA also made a sim- e-mail: mloudb@gmail.com FOR RENT
soared and prices have ilar move in 2016. _________________________________208062 Divi Phoenix
plummeted, bringing un- One year of lower blue- week 34 8/27-9/2 studio $3,450
certainty to a key state berry yield might not be week 35 9/2-9/9 1 bedr $5,350
industry. The crop grew a enough to raise prices, week 36 9/9-9/16 1bdr $4,950
little less than one percent Yarborough said, because week 37 9/16-9/23 studio $3,150
August 29
last year to almost 102 mil- so many surplus blueber- Phone 508 6510016 (565 9394) Carnival Magic
lion pounds (46 million kilo- ries from past years remain email: rmwjmw@aol.com
grams), while prices hit a in freezer storage. A rise _________________________________208065 Aruba Airport 524-2424
10-year low of 27 cents per in prices to farmers could American Airlines 582-2700
pound to farmers. eventually impact con- Avianca 588-0059
But it’s apparent as the sumers in the form of higher Aruba Airlines 583-8300
summer harvest nears its prices, but it’s unclear yet if Jet Blue 588-2244
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end that that’s all chang- that will happen any time Venezolana 583-7674
ing this year, University of soon, he said.q Aruba Foundation
Maine horticulture profes- For those Visually Incapasitated
sor David Yarborough said. Tel. 582-5051
He said “mummy berry” AL-ANON group
disease, a crop-killing ail- Sabana Liber #8, Noord
ment caused by a fungal Tel. 736-2952 or 593-7081
pathogen, and other fac- FUNDACIONS
tors could cut the crop as Respetami
much as 36 percent this Tel. 582-4433
summer.
“I do expect to see signifi- Centro Diabetic Arubano
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cant reduction in harvest
compared to the last few Narcotics Anonymous
years,” Yarborough said. Tel. 583-8989
“And it’s probably going to QUOTA Club
end a little earlier than typi- Tel. 525-2672
cal.”
Yarborough said a short- Women in Difficulties
age of pollinators like bees, Foundation
Tel. 583-5400
a lack of rain and some
localized frost issues have Bloodbank Aruba
also held back the blue- Tel. 587-0002
berry crop. Another factor
influencing the crop size is