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BY NEIL SPERRY
Dear Neil: I have two old
splitleaf philodendrons in
large pots on my porch. They
are so cumbersome I cant
keep them indoors in the win-
ter any longer. Can I cut their
trunks up to the first several
oots and replant them?
Probably not successfully.
The plants will have too muchleaf area in relation to the few
large roots that will make themove with them. It wouldbe best to find someone who
does have enough room forthem. I have one thats spent
every summer in a very largeconcrete pot in the shade
alongside our driveway. Minegoes into my greenhouse eachwinter, but to conserve space,
have to use plastic plant tieto draw its leaves up tightly.
ts worked fairly well forme for all of that time. Ive
not seen it done, but I sus-pect they would sprout out ifyou cut them back to 8 to 10
inches of the soil line, but youwould need to do so now to al-
low time for them to regrow.This would be my last choice,
however. For the record, thevariety Xanadu looks about
the same as Philodendronselloum but stays muchsmaller and more manage-
able.
Dear Neil: How can we kill
bahiagrass that has invaded
our bermudagrass lawn?
Spray it with MSMA. Itmay yellow your bermuda for
a short while, but it will comeback very quickly. MSMA
kills dallisgrass as well. Youneed to make your applica-tion soon, before the grasses
start to slow down this fall.
Dear Neil: If you wereonly given the choice of one
roundcover to use in a heav-
ily shaded area where St.
ugustine has died out, what
would it be?
My own personal choice
in exactly that situation hasbeen mondograss (Ophio-
pogon). It grows to 6 to 8 inch-
es tall. I use dwarf mondo-grass, but not for large areas.It simply grows too slowly.
For variety, I also have purplewintercreeper euonymus and
Asian jasmine. Both are out-standing full-sun groundcov-
ers, but they also do very wellin shade. So, the answer isnt
quite as simple as the ques-tion.
Dear Neil: What can I do
to get rid of chinch bugs per-
manently? They come back to
the same places every summer
even though Ive had the lawn
sprayed professionally.
Unfortunately, thats not a
realistic expectation. Insecti-cides have much shorter re-
siduals than you are wanting,
and chinch bugs are very mo-
bile from lawn to lawn. Thepractical solution is to learnto recognize them at their
earliest appearance, then toapply a good turf insecticide.
Its not terribly expensive,nor is it difficult. Those of us
who prefer St. Augustine forwhatever our reasons learn
to cope with the insects.
Dear Neil: Our Asian jas-
mine has turned brown de-
spite regular watering. Fun-
gicides havent helped. The
stems are also brown. What
have you seen bother it?
Absolutely nothing otherthan freeze damage and
drought. It almost has to havegotten too dry sometime ear-
lier this late spring or sum-
mer. The fact that the stems
are brown is not good. It mayhave to fill back in from theedges of the healthy jasmine.
Dear Neil: How do I elimi-
nate nutsedge from a Vinca
minor bed? Hand-pulling has
not worked.
Check the labels of Image
and Manage. They are themost effective controls, butyour time is rapidly running
out for this season.
Dear Neil: Our very impor-
tant elm tree is besieged with
mistletoe. Pruning doesnt
seem to slow it down. Ive
heard there is something that
can be taken in through the
roots. What do you suggest?
There is no product that
can be applied to the soil to
be taken in through the roots.Professional applicators havea spray they can apply to the
mistletoe, but it does littlemore than kill it back to its
roots. The best control is toprune it out in its first winter,
before it becomes firmly root-ed and before the twigs be-
come larger branches. Aboutall that can be done when itis infesting large limbs is to
keep it pruned off flush eachwinter. If someone develops
a better remedy it will be areal boon to the horticulturalindustry.
Dear Neil: We are consid-
ering replacing our St. Augus-
tine with Turffalo grass. Any
comments?
You need to decide, firs
and foremost, what the verybest turfgrass for your needswould be. If you have shade,
St. Augustine is the handsdown winner. Turffalo is a
form of buffalograss. As such,it is drought-tolerant, bu
it definitely will need full ornearly full sunlight. Bermu-
dagrass and St. Augustinewill both invade any buf-falograss planting. There is
no chemical control to stopthem.
!
Have a question youd like
Neil to consider? Mail it to
him in care of the Wise Coun-
ty Messenger, P.O. Box 149,
Decatur, TX 76234 or e-mail
him at mailbag@sperrygar-
dens.com.
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By THE AMERICAN
COUNSELINGASSOCIATION
What should you do when
a child experiences a dis-
appointment? Parents andteachers face this kind of
situation regularly. Child-
hood disappointments come
in many shapes and sizes
- not being chosen for a
playground game... losing
in some competition... hav-
ing a best friend or favorite
teacher move away... los-
ing a pet... getting sick and
missing some special activ-
ity the list is as long as a
childs imagination.
A good starting point in
helping a child cope with
disappointment is to listen
to the childs story. Dont
minimize or discount the
event. Adults may see the
story as trivial - My best
friend wont talk to me - or,
they may see the event as a
normal event - being turned
down for a school play part -that will soon be forgotten.
But for the child the dis-
appointment is not some-
thing minor. It may feel like
it will never be overcome.
Its important to remember
that your values and experi-
ences are not the childs.
One reaction to avoid is al-
ways trying to sooth the dis-
appointment with a pleas-
ant experience or reward.
While that ice cream or sur-
prise present may make the
sorrow disappear, it can also
establish patterns that will
be hard for the child to over-
come as he or she grows into
adulthood.
Instead, react to what has
happened by talking with
your child rather than to
your child. Dont interrogate,
but instead give the child anopportunity to tell you what
has happened.
Share your understand-
ing of the disappointment or
loss being felt. Do that with
statements of understand-
ing, not explanations of your
own life difficulties. Dont
try to top the childs disap-
pointment with stories of
your own frustrations.
If you notice a change in
behavior over a disappoint-
ment, especially one for
which you have few details,
make time to allow the child
a chance to talk about what
has happened and how he or
she is feeling. If your child
cant or wont talk about it,
discuss the situation with
your childs school counsel-
or. Counselors are trained
to understand a childs feel-ings and how best to com-
municate with children.
Its important not to ig-
nore or minimize the impact
of disappointing events in
a childs life. When you do
so you simply confirm what
many children think all too
often about the adults in
their lives: They just dont
understand.
!
The Counseling Corner is
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by the American Counsel-
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largest organization of coun-
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Help your child cope with disappointments
THE COUNSELING CORNER
The annual Park Springs Homecom-
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le near the old Methodist Church at
he old town site.
Drinks will be provided.
Sacred, blue grass and country mu-
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The Buckner Boys.
A special tribute will be given to the
ministry of the Rev. Darius Lee McKay
of Park Springs. McKay died earlier
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Early bird registration is at 10 a.m.,
music will start at noon and continue
throughout the afternoon. The formal
program will be at 2 p.m.
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The National FFA Orga-
nization recently selected
Alvord High School FFA as
a two-star winner in the Na-
tional FFA Chapter Award
program. Chapter members
have been invited to at-
tend the 81st National FFA
Convention in Indianapolis,
nd., Oct. 22-25, where they
will be recognized for thishonor.
Alvord was selected from
a pool of more than 600 can-
didates.
The award program is
sponsored by Toyota as a
special project of the Na-
tional FFA Foundation.
The National FFA Chapter
Award program recognizes
FFA chapters for developing
and conducting a detailedprogram of activities. Each
activity provides opportu-
nities for members to excel
in one of three areas: stu-
dent, chapter or community
development. Every year,
chapters are recognized as
having earned a one-, two-
or three-star rating on their
application. The three-star
rating is the highest level
of accomplishment that achapter may achieve.
The National FFA Orga-
nization, formerly known
as the Future Farmers of
America, is a national youth
organization of 500,823
student members all pre-
paring for leadership and
careers in science, business
and technology of agricul-
ture as part of 7,358 lo-
cal FFA chapters in all 50states, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands. The National
FFA Organization changed
to its present name in 1988
in recognition of the growth
and diversity of agriculture
and agricultural education.
The FFA mission is to make
a positive difference in the
lives of students by develop-
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more information.
Alvord FFA chapter receives national ranking
Wise County 4-H members
and their families gathered
n Saturday to celebrate
ast years work and to kick-
ff a new year at the annual
ise County 4-H Banquet.Gloria Campos with
FFA, Channel 8 News,
served as guest speaker and
spoke of her own experiences
and encouraged 4-Hers to
ook for a silver lining in the
storm clouds.
Many times, out of these
ark moments, there is
a silver lining, Campos
said after talking candidly
about her sadness in losing
oworkers to layoffs last
eek. All I can control is
y behavior and my work
thic you are in control of
our own destiny.
Life is a road full oflessings and I like to
hink of myself as a work
n progress. You never stop
earning if you realize that
about life, it makes it that
uch more fun.
A variety of awards were
anded out at the banquet.
Gold Star Award winners
his year were Stephanie
evels with Wise County
orse Club and Alicia Erwin
ith Bridgeport 4-H Club.
The Silver Star Awards
ent to Douglas Rynders
ith Slidell 4-H and Cody
imbro with Paradise 4-H.Monika Qualls with the
ridgeport 4-H and Lyndi
uttrull with Decatur 4-H
ook home the Bronze Star
Awards.
The Danforth I Dare
ou Award went to Justin
Green with Bridgeport 4-H
and Anna Fortenberry with
Slidell 4-H.
Jake Williams received
the Farm Bureau Award.
Wise County Texas
AgriLIFE Extension was
named as the Friend of 4-
H this year.
Bridgeport 4-H Club was
named as Club of the Year.
Leader of the Year was
Robin Meadows.
New officers were alsoinstalled for the new year,
with Justin Green named
president, Hanna Simon
as first vice president,
Cody Kimbro second vice
president, Logan Moore
treasurer, Megan Short
ecretary, Remi Swennson
public relations and Dustin
Short recreation leader.
Awards given at 4-H banquet
STARS Gold, Silver and Bronze Star winners were announcedat the Wise County 4-H Banquet Saturday. Winners picturedfrom left are Monika Qualls (bronze), Cody Kimbro (silver),Douglas Rynders (silver), Lyndi Luttrull (bronze), Alicia Erwin(gold) and Stephanie Revels (gold).
Messenger photos by
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AWARD WINNERS
Awards wereannounced at
the Wise County4-H BanquetSaturday. Fromleft, Brian Greenwith Bridgeport4-H and AnnaFortenberrywith Slidell 4-Hreceived theDanforth I DareYou award andJake Williamswith Decatur4-H received theFarm BureauAward.
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in the business of locatinghunting lands, negotiat-ing deals with landownersand offering access to hishunting club members for
almost 20 years. Dusty re-cently joined forces withanother like group of folksthat lease fishing rights toover 80 excellent lakes inTexas. The merger is knowsas The American Fish andGame Club (www.ameri-canfishandgameclub.com)and organization is provid-ing myriad opportunitiesfor those that enjoy huntingand fishing on a wide assort-ment of properties, ratherthan just one lease. Heresthe way the Club works:The member simply goes
online and decides where hewishes to hunt or fish. Theclubs website has a listingof properties that includesparticulars to each lake orhunting area and very cleardriving direction. A fulltime employee with the clubschedules the lake or pieceof hunting property for theclub member on a particu-lar day and the deal is done,simple as that!
This past week, I joinedSchneider and long timeclub member Mike Hunn fora little bass fishing. Whenplanning the trip, Dusty
asked me to go online andchoose a lake I wished to fish.With lakes well distributedacross the state, I though Idlook for one close to home.
was surprised to find theClub has a lake within threemiles of my home. I studiedthe details pertaining to thelake online and drove rightto the gate. The map on theClubs web page depicted avery accurate descriptionof the various lakes on theproperty and the roads usedto access them. Well orga-nized!
Texas hunters are wellknow for lease hopping,changing from one huntinglease to the next, sometimeson a yearly basis, in hopes offinding that perfect huntingspot. With about 20 hunt-
ing ranches currently on-line with the Club, huntershave the freedom to hunt
different regions and gameanimals, all within the samehunting year. Schneidersays stands and feeders arein place, all the hunter hasto do is schedule the time heor she wishes to hunt andshow up.
Some of our hunters areinterested in hunting onlybirds, everything from doveto turkey, and we have aspecial package and rate toaccommodate them. Otherswish to hunt deer or hogswhile some wish to sign upfor fishing only. We haveplans to accommodate the
different levels of involve-ment with the Club, saidSchneider.
I was impressed at theaffordable rates; fishingrights on over 80 lakes isless that $300 per year andthe other opportunities areproportionally economicallypriced.
Habitat improvement isa big factor with the Cluband Schneider says improv-ing the properties to insurebetter hunting and fishingis something the land own-ers he works with really like
about the Club.We do everything fromplanting food sources forwildlife to creating coverfor baitfish and bass on ourlakes. Were in this thing forthe long haul and under-stand that proper manage-ment practices are key tokeeping these lands boun-tiful in years to come, headded.
On our recent scouting/bass fishing trip to the lakenear my home, Schneiderwas continually pointingout projects to improve theduck hunting and fishing
opportunities.
See that little area ofstanding water over there?This winter, it should be ide-
al duck habitat. We will soonbe building a couple of per-manent blinds here. Then,when club members showup this fall and winter, theywont have to worry aboutspending time working, theblind locations will be notedon the locator map on ourweb site and hunters can gostraight to the blind to hunt.We need to cut a couple ofthose dead willows and getthem in the deep end of thelake to improve the habitatfor bass, Schneider said.
Fishing private waterswithout crowds is a real
treat and one of the reasonsfor the huge success of theclub. Many anglers like theidea of having sole fishingrights to a lake for the entireday. Some of the lakes havesmall fishing boats providedfor the use of members butmany of the Club membershave their own 2 man bassboats or aluminum Jonboats with trolling motors.Most of the lakes providegood bank access, as did theone we fished recently.
The American Fish andGame Club gives its mem-
bers affordable and varieduse of prime privates landsand waters which, to myway of thinking, is a conceptwhose time has come. Longgone are the days whengaining access to good fish-ing and hunting is as simpleas asking a neighbor foraccess to his back fortyor fishing pond. For moreinformation on the club, goonline to www.americanfis-handgameclub.com or call(888) 303-4822.
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FEISTY BASS Dusty
Schneider with AmericanFish and Game Club showsoff a feisty bass landed fromprivate waters near Dallas.Photo by Luke Clayton
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By GARY CLAYTONWise Co. Extension Agent
Todays column is part two
of a two-part series on effec-tive cattle handling tech-
niques. If you missed lastweeks suggestions, call the
xtension office and well behappy to get those for you.
6. Pressure cattle from be-hind only when absolutelynecessary. Like any prey
animal, cattle cannot seedirectly behind themselves.
f you assume a position di-rectly behind cattle (in theirblind spot), they will turn to
one side or the other in orderto see you. To drive cattle in
a straight line, assume a po-sition behind their point of
balance (shoulder) and off toeither side.
7. When working cattle,
move in triangles. Soundsodd, but it works. Move in
straight lines. For example,if you work in an arch pat-
tern behind the cattle, youwill find them being drawnfrom side to side (and con-
sequently walking in a zig-zag pattern) as they follow
your movement. Invadetheir flight zone to create or
correct movement. Retreatfrom their flight zone to slowor stop movement.
8. Going with the flow ofcattle slows them down or
stops their movement. Itsall about that point of bal-
ance as you move in thesame direction the cattle
are traveling, when you ap-proach a position parallel totheir point of balance, they
will slow down, and as you
pass the point of balancethey will stop and/or reversetheir direction.
9. Going againstthe flow of cattle
initiates or accel-erates their move-
ment. The inverseor opposite of point-
er No. 8. Ever filledthe chute, and thenpressured the last
animal in line tomove the others
forward? Its likelyhe or she had no place to goand nothing happened. Next
time, try leaving their flightzone, walk up ahead of the
line, then re-enter the flightzone of the first in line and
walk alongside the chute,front to back, and see whathappens. We suspect that as
you pass their point of bal-ance, they will step forward.
The one in the front willpull the others forward.
10. Cattle work best whenthey are ready - You have toget them there... Cattle (like
husbands) are not mindreaders. You have to teach,
condition and prepare them.Unfortunately, todays cattle
owners are short on timeand experienced labor, andconsequently, dont spend
time with their cattle as didthe stock men of days gone
by. Perhaps theres not timeto educate the entire exist-
ing herd, but quality timespent with replacement
heifers will pay dividendsfor years to come. Spendtime with heifers (in both
the pasture and the pens)
when you want to, not justwhen you have to.
The days of
whoop and hollercattle handling need
to pass quickly.Numerous others
will handle yourcattle after they
have left your care.Bad habits and un-ruly behavior are
learned. Make sureyour cattle (calves)
are started cor-rectly. First impressions arecritical - as Will Rogers once
said, You never get a sec-ond chance to make a first
impression.Safety and wholesomeness
of our food supply have longbeen important. Our preser-
vation techniques have pro-
gressed from smoking, dry-ing and salting, to canning,to refrigeration and freezing,
to vacuum packaging andmost recently to irradiation.
The U.S. food supply is thesafest and most wholesome
on the planet.Beef consumers remain
interested in safety andwholesomeness, but aremore concerned than ever
before about where and howtheir food is produced. When
working slow and correct,shouting, whistling, pokingand prodding cattle is un-
necessary. In fact, they arecounterproductive and dis-
tract cattle from what youreally want them to do.
Area pecan growers should
be planning their first appli-
cation of insecticide for pe-can weevil control. A secondapplication should be made
10 days after the first if ac-
tivity continues. Most of our
entomologists agree the Se-vin 80S is the insecticide ofchoice for weevil control.
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diagnosed, the better the chances are for recovery. However, ovarian
cancer is difficult to detect early. In many cases, the symptoms are non-
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To complicate matters, symptoms of ovarian cancer are nonspecific and
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In spite of what you mayhave heard, not all fat isbad. Although a high-fat dietprobably isnt good for any-body especially for peoplewith diabetes fat can stillhave a place in a healthful
menu.To help you learn how to
plan and prepare meals thatcan be enjoyed by peoplewith and without diabetes,Texas AgriLife ExtensionService is planning a four-part series of cooking class-es called Cooking Well with
iabetes.The classes will be held
from 6-8 p.m., beginningTuesday Sept. 2 and con-
tinuing through Sept. 9, 16and Oct. 7 at the Wise Coun-ty Extension office, locatedat 206 S. State inDecatur. Cost forthe four week seriesis $20 per personor $30 per couple.Space is limited, sopre-registration is
a must. The serieswill include cookingdemonstrations aswell as discussionsof research findingson diabetes fromarea dieticians, diabetes ed-ucators and nutritionists.
Following is a sample ofinformation that will be cov-ered during the class series.People with diabetes need tobe more careful than others
in watching their dietaryfat intake because diabetesbrings an increased risk of
heart disease andother medical con-ditions. Followingare a few simplesteps that can helpyou lower your fatintake:
When cookingand baking, use oilsand fat substitutesinstead of lard orshortening. Buy leaner cuts
of meat and low-fat or no-fatdairy products. Trim the visible fats
from cuts of meat beforecooking. When cooking, reduce
the amount of fat in a recipe
by one-quarter. Limit the amount of fat
you consume to 30 percentor less of daily calories.
There are four types of fat:monounsaturated fats, poly-unsaturated fats, saturatedfats and trans fatty acids.
The good news: Monoun-saturated fats and polyun-
saturated fats can help youlower your blood cholesterolif you decrease the amountof saturated fat in your diet.
The bad news: Saturatedfats are solid at room tem-perature and, when con-sumed, tend to accumulatein the blood vessels, whichrestricts blood flow throughthose vessels. This increasesthe risk of heart attack orstroke. Trans fatty acids,
often found in baked goods,margarine and hydrogenat-ed oils, can raise blood cho-lesterol levels.
To gain additional infor-mation about how peoplewith diabetes can ensure
that fat is a part of a health-ful diet, I encourage you topre register for the CookingWell with Diabetes class se-ries by contacting the Ex-tension office at (940) 627-3341.
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By JIM MILLER
Dear Savvy Senior,
Are there any good re-
sources that offer tips on
what older drivers should
look for when purchasing a
new car? My wife and I have
been looking around, but at
ages 69 and 71 we want to
make sure we get a good ve-
hicle that meets our futureneeds and current budget.
Senior Drivers
Dear Senior,The National Older Driver
esearch and Training Cen-ter at the University of Flor-ida and AAA recently de-
veloped a handy new guidecalled Smart Features for
ature Drivers thats per-fect for seniors who are in
the market for a new car orthose evaluating their cur-rent one. Heres what you
should know.Shopping guide
Even healthy seniors facesome degree of physical
challenge (reduced vision,mobility, strength, range ofmotion and reaction time)
that can make driving moredifficult. Finding a vehicle
with features that meetsthose challenges can make a
big difference in both plea-sure and safety.
Smart Features for Ma-
ture Drivers is a great toolto help seniors evaluate a
vehicle, by focusing on thedifferent features that ad-
dress age-related problems.Here are some of the fea-tures they recommend you
look for, depending on whatails you: Limited range of mo-
tion: Drivers with limited
flexibility in the neck, backand arms usually have a
difficult time looking overtheir shoulder to backup orto merge into traffic, and
have a hard time reachingfor their seat belt too. These
drivers can benefit fromlarge, wide-angle mirrorswhich minimize blind spots,
a tilt and telescoping steer-ing wheel that offers more
comfortable positions to al-leviate neck and shoulder
pain, adjustable seat beltsthat are easier to reach, andheated seats with lumbar
support to help those stiffachy backs.
Limited mobility: If yousuffer from hip or leg pain
or limited knee range of mo-tion, look for vehicles thathave low door thresholds,
six-way adjustable powerseats, and seat heights that
come up to your mid-thighlevel. These features make
it easier for you to get intoand out of the vehicle. Arthritic hands: Driv-
ers who have hand or wristarthritis or a weak upper
body can benefit from thicksteering wheels which are
easier to grip, keyless entryand ignition that eliminatestwisting and turning, power
mirrors and seats that areeasy to operate, larger dash-
board controls with buttonsversus knobs that are easier
to manipulate, and four-doormodels versus two-door cars
which have longer heavierdoors that are harder toopen.Diminished vision: Driv-
ers with diminished vision
and sensitivity to glare willfind extendable sun visorshelpful, as well as larger
audio and climate controlswith contrasting text which
are easier to see. Short drivers: For old-
er drivers that are smallin stature it can be a chal-lenge to comfortably reach
the pedals without being tooclose to the airbag or being
able to see over the steeringwheel safely. To help with
these problems, look for ve-hicles with adjustable footpedals, tilt and telescoping
steering wheel and six-wayadjustable seats.
Safety features
AAA also recommends
that all seniors, regardlessof their health issues, lookfor vehicles with solid safety
features and a proven safetyrecord. Start by checking
the vehicles crash test androllover ratings which you
can find at www.safercar.gov. Other safety featuresto look for include: side and
dual-stage/threshold airbagsthat adjust the deployment
force based on the sever-ity of the crash; adjustable
head restraints and extrapadding that moves forward
to cushion the head, reduc-ing neck injuries when a caris hit from the rear; antilock
brakes that prevents thewheels from locking dur-
ing emergency braking; anddynamic stability controlwhich helps prevent loss of
control in a turn.
Savvy Tip: To get a copyof the Smart Features for
Mature Drivers brochure,call your local AAA (call800-564-6222 to get your
local number). You can also view it online at www.aaa.
com/seniors along with theirlist of 2008 vehicles that pro-
vides these senior-friendlyfeatures.
Send your senior questions
to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box
5443, Norman, OK 73070, or
visit www.savvysenior.org.
Jim Miller is a contributor
to the NBC Today show and
author of The Savvy Senior
book.
By ADRIAN ARREDONDOWise Co. Extension Agent
If you are going to show a lamb at the WiseCounty Youth Fair and will have it for a project,
you need to start working with them early.When leading your lamb during a show, you
are not supposed to use a halter on your lamb.Some show/judges will allow you to use a hal-ter, but it is preferred that you do not use one.
You cant just expect your lamb to go intothe show ring knowing how to be led without
its halter, so you must train it to do so. In orderto do this, pick a day when you have nothing
better to do (whats better than sheep?) andget your lamb out. Practice nothing but lead-ing without the halter.
When leading your lamb, place one handunder its chin near the jaw line and your other
hand on the back of your lambs head, rightbelow the ears. Using slight pressure, gentlypull on your lambs head in the direction you
would like to go. If your lamb will not walkwhen you are leading it, take your hand off of
its head and tap or squeeze the lambs dock.This is slightly uncomfortable to the lamb and
will cause him to move. However, some lambs,particularly wild ones, may jump into the airinstead of moving forward when their docks
are touched. Never let go if they jump. Thiswill only teach the lamb that when he jumps
he gets loose. If you are unable to control yourlamb when it jumps, you can try to straddle
your lamb to prevent him from jumping alto-gether.
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Just about everyone hasseen a Great Blue Heron.These are large, elegant
birds, often refered to as graycranes or blue cranes. This
is a wonderful time of year towatch for herons and egrets.
They are all around manyponds and lakes. In addition
to Big Blue, as I like to callthe Great Blue Heron, wehave several other species of
herons and egrets.First, what is the differ-
ence between a heron andan egret? Just the name.They are all members of the
family Ardeidae and someegrets and herons are in the
same genus. For example,the Great Blue Heron is
Ardea herodias, while theGreat Egret is Ardea alba.
ikewise, Snowy Egret and
ittle Blue Heron are in agenus together. The family
also includes bitterns, whichare brown streaky marsh
birds. I will not discuss themhere since, although theyare not rare here, they are
very difficult to find. Typi-al herons, night-herons,
and bitterns are all in dif-erent subfamilies. Typical
erons include Great Blueeron, Little Blue Heron,
and Snowy Egret. We have
wo species of night-heron:lack-crowned and Yellow-
rowned.I will start with some
ark-colored herons. Weave good ol Big Blue, the
reat Blue Heron. Its a bigird: the largest heron inorth America. They usu-
ally eat fish, frogs, and otheraquatic animals, but will eat
hatever they can catch, in-luding small mammals and
small birds. The Great Blue
eron nests in colonies.t is always fun to see the
awkward young in big stickests at the tops of trees,
ostling for nest space. Bothparents incubate three tofive pale blue eggs for almost
a month. Then the youngherons spend another two
to three months in the nestbefore leaving. This species
is present in our area year-round.
The Little Blue Heron is
much smaller. Adults aredark slaty blue, with a ma-
roon tint to the neck andhead. Like the Big Blue,
its diet is varied and caninclude small fish, crusta-ceans, grasshoppers, frogs,
lizards, snakes, turtles andspiders; it will forage both in
the water and on land. This
is another colony-nester;eggs take about three weeks
to hatch and the young be-gin to climb out of the nest attwo to three weeks. They are
independent at about six toseven weeks. This species is
only found here in the sum-mer. Immature Little Blues
are actually white, and moltpatchwork-like into the slatyblue color. The white imma-
tures are very similar to theSnowy Egret, which I will
talk about next.Snowy Egrets are said
to have golden slippers.Adults have black legs with
yellow feet (and matchingblack beak with yellow infront of the eye). It is also
known for its active feedingbehavior of dancing wildly
around in shallow water.However, I have noticeda tendency for the Snowy
Egret to become stealthy,slow, and subdued whenever
I decided to point this out topeople. Its diet and nesting
habits are similar to the Lit-tle Blue Heron, and like thatspecies, it only occurs here
during the summer.Immatures of these two
species can be nearly impos-sible to separate at times.
Usually, Snowy Egret has adark-tipped beak that fadesinto yellow-green lores (that
is the area in front of theeye) and its legs are yel-
low-green, occasionally withblack on the front of the legs.
The Little Blue Heron typi-cally has pale green, gray, orpinkish bill and lores with
the dark tip, and dull greenlegs. Nonetheless, these col-
ors can be variable and hard
to separate. The immatureLittle Blue Heron, even
when all white otherwise,has tiny bits of dark on thewingtips. If you can see this
you have your identification.Otherwise it is sometimes
best to leave some unidenti-fied.
A rare late summer visitorto our area is the TricoloredHeron. It is about the size
of a Little Blue or Snowy,but has a very long yellow
(nonbreeding plumage) orblue and black (breeding
plumage) bill, and a uniquedark breast with contrasting
white belly in both breedingand non-breeding plum-age. It is a very elegant and
pretty heron that usually oc-curs on the Gulf coast and
eastern coast of the UnitedStates.
Another white egret is theGreat Egret. It is the size ofa Great Blue but is all white
in all plumages. It has ayellow beak and black legs;
these features (in addition tothe size) distinguish it from
Snowy Egrets and imma-ture Little Blue Herons. It isusually a colony-nester and
mainly occurs here duringthe summer. Its diet is simi-
lar to the Great Blue Her-ons. Both parents incubate
three to four eggs for aboutthree weeks; the young be-
gin to climb out of the nestat about 3 weeks age, andcan fly in another three to
BIRDSAND BEYOND
LEFT, IMMATURE BLUE HERON; RIGHT, CATTLE EGRETS.
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four weeks.Now for some smaller
birds. The Cattle Egret, asyou all know, follows cows (or
sometimes tractors plowingfields) looking for disturbed
insects. This short egret iswhite (with orange-yellowpatches on the head, breast,
and back during peak breed-ing plumage) with a yellow
beak and black legs (redduring peak breeding sea-
son). Cattle Egrets didntoccur on our continent be-fore the early 1950s; they
spread to South Americafrom Africa in the late 1800s
and then made their way upnorth. It was not introduced
by humans and is thought tousually have little impact on
native heron populations. It,like the other species, usu-ally nests in colonies. It is
only found here during thesummer.
The Green Heron is ashort, stocky bird with agreenish back and cap and
rufous belly. The immaturesare streaky brown. If you
get to see one up close it isa treat; the rich colors and
fine details on the wings are
exquisite. This species usu-ally nests alone or in smallgroups. The young can ap-
parently fly when they are3 weeks old, but the parents
will take care of them for afew more weeks after that.
This is another summer spe-cies.
Finally, the night-her-
ons. I have seen more Yel-low-crowned than Black-
crowned here, but both dooccur during the summer.
They are called night-heronsbecause they mainly forageat dusk and dawn, although
you can see them out duringthe day. The Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron is gray with aboldly patterned head black-
and-white head. The Black-crowned Night-Heron is
pale gray with a black crownand back. Immatures of bothspecies are extremely hard
to tell apart; they are bothstreaky brown with white-
spotted wings. The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron main-ly eats crustaceans such as
crayfish and crabs, whilethe Black-crowned prefers
fish. As with all the otherherons, they will eat lots of
other aquatic critters in-
cluding frogs, mollusks, andinsects. The Black-crownedNight-Heron usually breeds
in colonies, while the Yellow-crowned nests alone or in
colonies.The herons and egrets are
out in force this time of year,stalking the ponds, creeks,and fields for a bite to eat.
Be on the lookout for theirelegant, slender forms and
careful steps. Just be gladyou are not a fish or frog un-
der their watchful eyes!
The next monthly field
trips on the Lyndon B. John-son National Grasslands
will be Sept. 3, and Oct. 1.We will depart at 9 a.m. from
the Forest Service DistrictOffice in Decatur. For more
information, please contactMary Curry (see below) orthe Forest Service District
Office, (940) 627-5475.
Claire and Mary Curryare nature enthusiasts basedin Greenwood. If you would
like to contact them, please e-mail them at larksparrow@
eeclaire.com, or call them at(940) 466-3299.
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There is still time to register students for
rekindergarten at Prairie View and Sevenills elementary schools. Northwest ISD of-
ers prekindergarten classes for qualifying-year-olds. To be eligible for enrollment, ahild must be at least 4 years of age on or
efore Sept. 1, 2008, and must meet one ofhe following requirements: unable to speak and comprehend the English
language from a family whose income is at or below
ubsistence level (eligible for free and/or reduced-lunch program)
homeless child of an active duty member of the armed
orces of the United States, including reserves whore ordered to active duty or members who were
killed or injured while on active duty child who is or has ever been in foster care.
The following documentation will be requiredupon registration: birth certificate, immunizationrecords, Social Security card and proof of residen-cy (utility bill, lease agreement, etc.). In addition,proof of income (current check stub) will be neededfor the free and reduced-lunch program application.Military families will need to bring their DOD ID,and reservists will need to bring paperwork indicat-ing that they have been placed on active duty.
The first day of school will be Aug. 26. To regis-ter a child for prekindergarten, take the requiredinformation to the campus prior to the first day ofschool.
Seven Hills Elementary: (817) 215-0700654 FM 3433
Newark, TX 76071Prairie View Elementary: (817) 215-0550609 FM 3433Rhome, TX 76078Northwest ISD Family Involvement Program:
(817) 215-0198
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The Northwest High School footballteam finally got the chance to tacklemore than just fellow Texans as it hostedMansfield last Friday. Left, Bo Nix (44)and Roberto Salazar (55) take down aTiger. Below, Lee Taylor shows off hisquickness as he runs through the line.The Texans will open the 2008 seasonSaturday when they take on WoodlandHills High School from Pennsylvania at11 a.m. at Texas Stadium.