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Is there a special gardener on your Christmas list this year? Consider giving a rain gauge, composter, books, computer software, yard cart, or a gift certificate from a local merchant, nursery, or garden center. Any gardener loves to wander through the aisles with “cash in hand” looking for that special tool, comfortable pair of gloves, or special piece of art that adds a bit of whimsy to their landscape. My husband surprised me with the old radiator from our newly restored John Deere “M” tractor. I haven’t decided what the metal sculpture will look like, but we have already drawn a few sketches. I am on the hunt for some other “rare pieces” to add to the 1949 radiator. Do you have a young gardener on your gift list? I found a great website www.gardeningwithkids.org) which is sponsored by the National Gardening Association. This website is beloved by teachers for the incredible wealth of FREE content, including lesson plans, grant schedules, classroom-tested project ideas, in-depth activities, resource guides, horticulture information, and much more that supports garden-based learning, indoors and out! I found a weatherproof time-lapse PlantCam digital camera that has been added to my “wish list”. The unit converts a series of photos into video so you can watch a lengthy period of growth in just seconds of viewing time. What a fun way to tell the
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The good news? The plants will grow where others won’t. The bad news? The plants will probably spread rapidly if not controlled. Read carefully! This time of year is a good time to pull out your garden notes from this summer. If you didn’t make a journal, take time right now to remind yourself about the successes and failures in your garden. This will remind you if there is a need to try a different variety of a particular plant because the past year’s crop was not successful. Did you make that wish list for your landscape this fall? If not, take a walk around your property and take notes. Look out your windows. Are there places where new trees or shrubs might be attractive? Have you up-dated your gardening journal? Be sure to record the names and planting times of new
shrubs, plants, etc. Ready to start planning your new garden? The second of four Master Gardener educational seminars for anyone interested in gardening will be offered at the Fincastle campus of Southern State College on Monday, January 23. This class will include information about garden lay-out and spraying and will be taught by Brad Bergefurd (OSU Extension). No pre-registration is required. The class will meet in Room 110 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. These seminars are free to the public. Mark your 2012 calendars and plan to attend the free informational seminars being presented by Brown County Master Gardeners at the Fincastle campus of Southern State College. Seminars are held in the library, 6:00 p.m.
until 7:30 p.m. The schedule includes: January 19 – Meditation Gardens February 23 – Starting Seeds March 15 – Flowers April 18 – Container Gardening May 17 – Herbs Don’t forget your feathered friends outside and sprinkle some birdseed! My bird count this morning was pretty high! Kitty was highly entertained by the 5 Blue Jays that kept crowding the smaller birds to another feeder. It is cold, we’ve had some snow….I’m sure I will receive my first seed catalog soon! Have you started your New Year’s Gardening Resolutions list? Next week we will look back over my list and see how I fared in the Year 2011!
Bayer scientist creates Aspirin This is a story that starts long, long ago. The ancient Egyptians recognized that the bark from the willow tree helped to relieve pain and help reduce fever. Fast-forward to the 1800s when European chemists discovered that the chemical in the willow bark that was responsible for its medicinal properties was salicylic acid. Sometimes it seems that the cure can be worse than the disease, and that would be the case when people tried to take salicylic acid for aches and pains. Salicylic acid is the active ingredient in Compound W, the acid that is used to get rid of warts. It had a similar effect on patient’s stomachs. In 1897, a chemist named Felix Hoffmann discovered that the chemical acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) was much easier on the stomach. Hoffmann worked for the company Bayer, and Bayer named his chemical Aspirin. That was Aspirin with a capital A because Aspirin was Bayer’s brand name for acetylsalicylic acid. The capital- A Aspirin is still a valid trademarked name in most of the world, including Canada. Aspirin lost its capital A and became the generic name in the United States during World War I. Because Bayer was a German company, the United States nationalized it in 1917, and later sold off the properties including the Bayer brand name to Sterling Products Inc. The U.S. rights to
HEALTH MATTERS TOM CALLAHAN, RPH the Bayer name and the trademarks were sold back to Bayer in 1994 for one billion dollars. Aspirin is a member of a group of drugs called NSAID’s (pronounced en-sed). Other NSAID’s are ibuprofen and naproxen, which are both also available over the counter. There are also a bevy of prescription drugs. None of these drugs should be taken together. The exception to this general rule is if your doctor has you taking one “baby” aspirin a day to thin the blood, then it’s generally considered OK to take another NSAID for something like arthritis. The term “baby” aspirin refers to the 81mg chewable aspirin because it used to be given to young children. All that changed in the 1980s when the association between aspirin use and Reye’s syndrome was discovered. In 1986, the FDA required that any product containing aspirin carry a warning about not giving them to anyone under the age of 19. For decades, scientists were stumped trying to figure out how aspirin works. They figured out that aspirin’s blood thinning abilities, its pain relieving properties
and its anti-inflammatory effects all come from its ability to block a single enzyme. This enzyme is responsible for producing two chemicals in the body, prostaglandins and thromboxanes. By inhibiting thromboxanes aspirin prevents platelets from sticking together which is one of the steps in forming a blood clot. Platelets can also stick to the sides of blood vessels, and then start to stick to each other forming a clot inside the blood vessel cutting off the blood flow. Aspirin’s ability to inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins is what is responsible for both its anti-inflammatory and pain relieving properties. Prostaglandins are part of the body’s inflammatory process, plus they are also partly responsible for the initiation of pain. Although aspirin has lost market share to Tylenol and ibuprofen, it is still an amazingly effective pain reliever. When you consider aspirin’s ability to relieve pain, help prevent heart attacks, strokes and possibly prevent certain cancers (those results are still preliminary), it’s obvious there’s no other drug on the market that compares to it. If you have a question you’d like me to address, stop in and see me at Pamida pharmacy, call me at 378-6849, or send an email to PRXM093@Pamida.com. You can find archives of previous Health Matters at tomhealthmatters.blogspot.com
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story of your garden! In the November/December issue of my favorite magazine, “Ohio Gardener”, there is an article written about Christmas Trees. Bill Cackler, President of the Ohio Christmas Tree Growers Associations speaks to the importance of growing Christmas trees. Each live tree takes about seven to ten years to mature. During that time, they fight climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide and making oxygen for us to breathe. As well as improving air quality, maturing Christmas trees house birds’ nests and provide shelter for all sorts of critters. The article’s author, Laura Mathews, shares some alternative holiday trees if you can’t stomach axing a tree for Christmas. They include: Purchase a live potted tree to plant outdoors. While an appealing option, this doesn’t always work. You may end up killing the tree anyway. In cold regions, pines will be dormant in December. Bringing the tree inside for the holiday breaks the tree’s dormancy. Immediately, planting it outside in the cold in the New Year without a soft transition back into dormancy will stress and kill the tree. You’ll have better luck if you store it on a sun porch or somewhere warm and bright and transplant the tree outside come spring. Decorate an outdoor pine for Christmas. This minimizes the environmental impact but also takes some of the joy out of the tradition. Opening gifts on Christmas morning in a tree-free living room gazing lovingly at outdoor decorations may not hold the
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The Mary P. Shelton Branch of the Brown County Public Library has recently donated a “Welcome Wagon” to the Pregnancy Resource Center. The “Welcome Wagon” is a child’s wagon filled with books and toys that will hold the interest of preschool aged children. The purpose is to occupy children who come to the Center with their parents who are participating in programs to improve their parenting skills and earn needed baby supplies and equipment. The library has also donated “Welcome Wagons” to other community organizations whose clients may have young children with them when they come in for appointments. The children of PRC clients have gotten lots of enjoyment from playing with the toys and books that came with the wagon as well as playing in the wagon itself. The toys included in the wagon are fun to play with as well as educational. This gift has been very helpful to parents who are clients at the Pregnancy
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Ohio State Patrol plans extra enforcement during the Holidays BY Randy McElfresh Ohio State Patrol Georgetown The Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol will be out in full force this holiday season removing dangerous and impaired drivers in an effort to reach historic lows in the number of people killed on Ohio’s roadways in 2011. Last year fatalities increased to 1,080 over a record low of 1,022 in 2009. With the upcoming holidays, the Patrol is asking motorists to help Ohio achieve a record year by not driving impaired, buckling-up and keeping their focus on the road. During last year’s holiday reporting period of Midnight on Thursday, Dec. 23 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 26 – 14 people lost their lives on Ohio’s roadways, with four deaths alcohol-related.
“The holidays can be one of the most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving,” said Lt. McElfresh, commander of the Georgetown Post. “Last year during the holiday weekend, troopers arrested 226 drivers for impaired driving.” As part of national holiday enforcement efforts, the Department of Public Safety’s Office of Criminal Justice Services is assisting law enforcement around the state, including OVI task forces, in coordinating efforts to step-up enforcement of traffic and impaired driving laws. Last year in Ohio, 39 people died in alcohol-related crashes between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. The public is encouraged to continue using 1-877-7PATROL to report dangerous or impaired drivers, as well as stranded motorists.
located at 852 Mt. Orab Pike in Georgetown, Ohio. Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are accepted. Clients may call 937-378-6853 to make an appointment. Anyone interested in learning more about the PRC services is also welcome to call. PRC hours are Monday and Thursday (10 am – 2 pm); Tuesday (10 am – 8 pm); and Wednesday (2 pm – 6 pm).
Conservation District meetings set for 2012 The Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (Brown SWCD) Board of Supervisors is announcing its first board meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 18 at 7 a.m. Future meetings will also be held at 7:00 a.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. All meetings are held at the Brown SWCD office located at 706 South Main Street, Georgetown Ohio 45121. Meetings are open to the pubic. Media sources and the general public should call 937378-4424 extension 4 if they wish to be informed of regular and special meetings.
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Christmas and the gardener plus here come the seed catalogues