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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008 WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
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CHISHOLM TRAIL FUN
— From right, Kip Tuner (aka Brazos), Mark Davis (aka Doc Anderson) and Mike Charles (aka Mustang Charlie) pause for a photobehind their makeshift bar while preparing for one of their gun fight shows Saturday afternoon at the Chisholm Trail days in downtown Decatur.
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ALL AROUND WISE, Decatur, Texas, Thursday, June 26, 2008
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BY NEIL SPERRY
Dear Neil
: My sister livesalong the Texas Gulf Coast.She has an invasion of in-sects that may be leafhop- ers. When you approach thelant, the brown bugs movearound the stems where youcan’t see them. She triedspraying, but the adults ei-ther fly or jump off. Do theydamage crape myrtles andlantanas?
You’re correct - those areout of the leafhopper clan.They’re probably sharp-shooters, and your descrip-tion of their movement tohide is the one that is mostoften given for them. Spray-ing with a general-purposeinsecticide such as acephateor malathion will be best,but spray from the top of theplants, down - in a sweepingmotion. Sharpshooters aremore novelties than threatsto our plants. Aphids aremore common on crape myr-tles, and lace bugs on lanta-nas.
Dear Neil
: We have a St.ugustine lawn, and earlyeach spring a goathead-likeweed sprouts and produceswhite blooms. The burs areawful. How can they be elim-inated?
Use a pre-emergent weed-killer containing Gallery inSeptember. Almost all cool-season weeds sprout goinginto the fall so that theycan be well-established byspringtime. If you still misssome with the pre-emer-gent, you can control themafter they are growing witha broadleafed weedkillerspray containing 2,4-d inearly spring. This is thesame advice I give for con-trolling dandelions, cloverand other broadleafed win-ter and early-spring weeds.If you follow the guidelinesfor them, you’ll be on target.
Dear Neil
: We boughtour house a couple of yearsago, and it had a 12-year-old weeping willow growingnear it. It budded out earlythis spring, but a late freezekilled it back and the earlyleaves were lost. Now it’sbare and appears to be dead.The bark has peeled off thetrunk 6 inches wide and 18inches long. Should I takeit out? A friend told me theywould last a long time.
Your tree, by willow stan-dards, had a long and richlife. Their average life ex-pectancy, if you consider allthe willows that are lost tocottonwood borers at a veryearly age, is probably eightor 10 years. It’s time for anew tree. If you plant any-thing before fall, you’ll haveto hand-water it to keep itgoing all summer. Sprinklerirrigation alone will not besufficient.
Dear Neil
: My zucchini plants produce lots of flow- ers but no fruit. Why?
Two possibilities, both in- volving pollination. Whenany plant in the cucumberfamily starts to bloom, itwill produce male bloomsfirst (straight stems at-taching the flowers to the vines). Only after a couple of weeks will the female flow-ers (swollen stems that willdevelop into the fruit) startto develop. It’s nature’s wayof ensuing good pollination.However, if you do see thefemale flowers and you’restill not getting good fruitset, you have sluggish beeactivity. Do some pollinatingyourself. Pluck a male flow-er from the plant and stripits petals back to expose thepollen. Carefully daub thepollen onto the female flow-ers. Presto! You’ll be eatingzucchinis just a few dayslater.
Dear Neil
: What wouldcause the leaves of an angeltrumpet to cup under? I seeno insects. It’s almost as if the edges of the leaves havestopped growing, while thecenters continue to grow.
The cause of leaf curl isoften hard to pinpoint. The various angel trumpet plantsare rank growers, so theycan exhibit unusual growthat times. Your plant mayhave been dealt a glancingblow of broadleafed weed-killer spray from afar, or itmight be spring damage leftbehind by aphids, especiallyif it’s only the old growththat is affected. Moisturestress at a critical time, oreven hot, drying winds mayhave been responsible. I’veseen this a few times on thebrugmansias, far less oftenon daturas.
Dear Neil
: Why wouldthe tips of my tomato plantsturn brown and die?
If it’s only affecting thetips of the shoots, it’s mostlikely some type of mechani-cal injury such as hail orbreakage due to wind or thestems being bumped. Lookclosely for signs of insectdamage, and think, also,about any weedkillers thatmight have been sprayed afew days before you noticedit. If it does not get worse,and if new growth is unaf-fected, it’s of no concern.
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Have a question you’dlike Neil to consider? Mailit to him in care of the WiseCounty Messenger, P.O. Box149, Decatur, TX 76234 or e-mail him at mailbag@sper-rygardens.com. Neil regretsthat he cannot reply to ques-tions individually.
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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
— Wise RepublicanWomen President BettyeParker, center, presentedscholarships on May 23at Paradise High School’saward program to SarahKaz, the daughter of Michael and Emilie Kaz,and Travis Barnett, the sonof Shaun and Keri Barnett.Boyd High School seniorSeth Tate, not pictured,was presented a $750scholarship at graduation.
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Dear Savvy Senior,
To keep up with all theifferent doctors I see and edications I take, a friend ecently suggested I start eeping my own medical re-ords at home, but I’m noture where to start. Can you ffer any tips or suggestionsn the best way to go aboutoing this?
Unorganized Annie
Dear Annie
,Keeping a set of your ownersonal health records is agreat tool to help you get aetter handle on your ownealth care, as well as avoid-ng possible medical errors.ere are some tips to helpou get started.It’s a fact that the moreoctors you see, the moreedical files you have. Andhe more scattered youredical records are, theigher your risk of drug er-ors, missed diagnoses, andther dangerous glitches.The solution: Keep a set of our own records at home.And with all the self-helptools available today, it’seasier than it sounds.
Helpful tools
Today, there are literallydozens of Web sites, com-puter software and paper-based products (some arefree; others charge) that canhelp you gather your medi-cal information, create yourhealth records and keepthem updated. The idea:Having your own healthhistory at your fingertipscan ensure better, more co-ordinated care. To find alisting and links to all thedifferent kinds of electronicand paper based self-helptools visit www.myphr.comand click on “Tools and Re-sources,” then click on “PHRTools and Services.”
Getting started
To start your personalhealth record, you’ll need torequest a copy of your healthrecords from all your health-care providers, includingyour general practitioner,plus your eye doctor, dentistand any other specialist youhave seen. Find out if yourrecords are in an electronicformat you can access, or re-quest paper copies.Once you have your paperrecords in hand, keep themtogether in a file folder orbinder so they’re easy to find.Organize the information ina way that makes sense toyou, but mark it clearly, soit makes sense to others aswell. And be sure your lovedones have access to it if youbecome incapacitated. If your records are stored elec-tronically (on your computeror a Web site), be sure theyknow where to find it, andhave any necessary pass-words for access. After you’ve created yourpersonal health record, besure to take it with you toall doctor appointments andremember to keep updatingit. To make your electronichealth records portablethere are a number of han-dy USB flash drives (likewww.medkey.com, www.em-rystick.com, www.vitalkey.com) that are about the sizeof a house key that can holdyour medical records and beupdated easily.
What to include
Here’s a checklist of whatshould be included in yourpersonal health record:
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Personal information:name, contact info, birthdate, Social Security num-ber.
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Emergency contacts in-cluding phone numbers.
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Physicians, dentists,other specialists. Includeaddresses, phone numbers.
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List and dates of sig-nificant illnesses or surger-ies. You could request andinclude a copy of your “dis-charge summary” from eachhospital where a surgerytook place.
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Current medicationsand dosages.
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Immunizations anddates.
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Allergies or sensitivitiesto drugs.
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Hereditary conditionsin your family; importantdates, i.e. father died of heart attack at age 50. Seewww.familyhistory.hhs.gov.
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Important test results;dental and eye records.
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Correspondence withyour health care providers.
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Send your senior questionsto: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box5443, Norman, OK 73070, orvisit www.savvysenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributorto the NBC Today show andauthor of “The Savvy Senior” book.
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