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Big city dinosaur now at home in Texas

Back in 1964, the Sinclair Oil Company opened Dinoland at the World’s Fair in New York. The star of the show was this life-size brontosaurus, which was “56 kids long and 100 million years old,” according to a vintage Sinclair ad. After an estimated 51 million people passed through the exhibit, the dinosaur pictured here was disassembled, the animatronics were removed from its neck, and the green beast was shipped to Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, where it still resides today. Dinosaur Valley State Park boasts several life-size dinosaur statues. Five dinosaur track site areas have been mapped within the state park, where you can also picnic, swim, fish and camp. Call ahead because some areas of the park are inaccessible during wet weather.

Park entry is $7 for adults and free to children under the age of 12.

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n Guess Who

n Pop Culture Quiz The history of spring break

experience resulted in a ________ called “Where The Boys Are,” which in turn was made into a ________ featuring George Hamilton.

Within a few years, spring break was a full-blown phenomenon and the film industry responded by producing classics like Palm Springs ________, the Girls on the ________ and Girl Happy, which starred ________, the hip-swiveling superstar of the era.

By 1985, the area was hosting over 370,000 students each spring. Today, millions flock to beaches on every coast, including South ________, Texas and Daytona _______, Florida. Few know the Connie ________ song, the blockbuster film or the deadly ________ that started it all.

Answers: sun, Olympic, boys, book, movie, Weekend, Beach, Elvis, Padre, Beach, Francis, hurricane

What began as a economic stimulus for hurricane-tattered south Florida turned into a cultural phenomenon when Michigan State University college professor Glendon Swarthout followed a few of his students down to FortLauderdale for a week of fun in the ________ back in the late 1950s.

Thirty years earlier, the city had built the first ________-sized pool in the state and encouraged colleges throughout the nation to bring their swim teams to train each spring.

By the late 1950s, roughly 15,000 students were meeting up in Florida — some for training and some to meet those who were in training.

As one teenage girl quoted in Time magazine explained, “That’s where the ________ are.”

Swarthout read the article and followed some of his students down to Florida to research. His

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She originally planned to become a teacher while attending Columbia University, but this actress fell in love with vaudeville and later Broadway. She had roles in more than a dozen films and played a range of supporting roles on television. Career highlights include her turn as Mrs. Barley in the classic 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still. She played a character named Henrietta Perkins in an episode of Make Room for Daddy, which featured Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor and Ron Howard as Opie Taylor. Recognize her? The reveal is on P. 13.

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The JOY Strummers are (back row from left) Frank Cambra, Mary Ann Parker, Carol Livingston, Lillian Haile, and Pat Kemp. Front row from left are Lilly McIntire, Kathi Carpenter, Cheri Fogelman, and Kimberly Gavaletz. Not pictured is member Sharon Rohloff.

Ukulele group unites Hawaiian natives

by Rick Mauch Hoopla Correspondent

Frank said he and his wife were on their way home to Granbury and passing through Benbrook when the meeting took place in October of 2016.

Pat Kemp and Frank Cambra have a lot in com“I always look for any signs of Hawaii whenever we mon, even coming from the same neighborhood in are out. In this case I also wanted to know about the their native state of Hawaii. ukulele decal because I had purchased a ukulele earlier that year and was looking for any groups I could It took the two of them coming to Texas to find join to play,” Frank said. each other, however.

Frank graduated high school in 1975, joined the And now, the two are making beautiful music together – along with the rest of their friends and band- Air Force and left Hawaii. Pat moved away in 1977 mates in the JOY Strummers ukulele group. and went to college on the mainland, also joining the “I was in my truck with the decals on the back Air Force after college. and another vehicle pulled up behind me and a guy The two found their way to Texas. Pat lives near jumps out,” Pat said. “I’m thinking ‘Oh no, did I just Aledo, arrived in 1999. Frank came a couple of years cut this guy off and make him mad?’ later. And while Frank worked for Lockheed Martin “He comes up to my window and asks about my in both Colorado and Texas before retiring in 2016, ukulele and Hawaii stickers. We talked for a while, Pat has been working as a subcontractor for Lockfound out we were kids at the same time in the same heed since moving to Texas.

With so much in common, it only made sense that neighborhood but had never met back then. We have Frank join his new friend in the JOY Strummers, of been friends ever since.”

which Pat is the leader. JOY stands for Jesus, Others and You. The group is based at the Church at the Crossing in Aledo, formerly known as First Baptist Church.

Pat is a long-time member of the group, which was started by Roger McCasland in 2006. There are currently a dozen members, men and women, ranging in age from their 50s to 80s, with some youth occasionally joining throughout the years. Members come from Aledo, Annetta, Azle, Granbury, and Weatherford, said group spokesperson Kimberly Gavaletz, who ironically, was also Frank’s director at Lockheed.

And they all one thing in common, a love of the ukulele.

“The ukulele is an easy instrument to learn to play and it is so fun,” Kimberly said. “You can play with the group by learning just a few chords and strumming along. And you get to sing too.”

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“Members of the group play all types of ukuleles, including concert uke, baritone uke, banjolele and guitalele,” Kimberly said. Who knew there were such varieties? Well, the folks in the JOY Strummers, who also invite nonmembers to stop by for a Sunday jam session at The Church at the Crossing.

“We have had people play guitars and violins with us, and we had one of our member’s grandchildren play the flute and the french horn at a special performance for a 50th wedding anniversary,” she said.

Much like pictures depicting island folk, Pat played ukulele as a child growing up in Waikiki. It was always on his bucket list to learn again as an adult, so he bought a cheap ukulele in 1998.

“I messed around playing ukulele by myself and kept thinking this would be a lot more fun if I had some other people to play along with,” he said.

“One Sunday in 2006 I was sitting in church at FBC Aledo and Roger McCasland was making announcements.

He said ‘and the ukulele group will be practicing on Tuesday,’” Pat recalled.

He was hooked. It was a decade later before he brought his new friend Frank onboard. And their friendship has grown for several reasons, Frank said.

“We can pronounce the Hawaiian words in songs, we found out that we lived in the same neighborhood in Hawaii, he went to the same high school

as my brother and sister, and when we talk about the islands and places on the islands, we know where the places are,” Frank said, adding with a smile, “And being the only two guys in an otherwise all-female group, we need to stick together.”

They play gigs between four and six times each year, places such as assisted living and nursing homes, along with special occasions, including anniversaries and gathering.

“We love playing for luaus at the living facilities, and our Christmas performances are a real highlight each year,” Kimberly said.

Kimberly has her own special story of how she came to join the group.

“When my husband and I moved to Aledo in 2006, we saw the JOY Strummers perform during a church service, and I told my husband that when I retired, I wanted to join the group,” she said. “In 2013, I bought a ukulele the month I retired and joined the group.

“I had never played a string instrument before, and I just showed up at a practice and they welcomed me and got me started. A few years later my mother moved to the area and we gave her a ukulele and she started out just singing with us.”

Her mom is still a member of the group also.

While the group considers itself something of a family, it expands when they play a gig because they also consider audiences a part of the family, Kimberly said.

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Frank Cambra and Pat Kemp “We love interacting with our audiences. We ask them to sing along, and frequently see tears as we sing a song that brings back sweet memories,” she said.

The group sings a variety of songs, including gospel, folk, and, of course, Hawaiian. Occasionally, one of the members will get up and hula, and members of our audience will join in.

Both Pat and Frank still have family and friends in Hawaii. Pat said he and his wife get back a couple times a year.

Frank returns every three or four years, and he and his wife celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary in Maui.

“Frank and I share something hav-

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And both said they will always be grateful for finding each other – and a ukulele group, in Aledo, Texas, of all places. “God does answer prayers, even some of the goofy ones,” Pat said with a laugh. “Who’d a thunk in the middle of Texas?”

Anyone is interested in visiting a practice, or even joining the group, is encouraged to email Kimberly at kimberlygavaletz@gmail.com.

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The war within each of us For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. Romans 7:18-19 I don’t’ know anyone who doesn’t like the idea of becoming something new and different. That may have something to do with the season of life we are in since some of us are at that inevitable juncture in life where our lives are changing, and the time has come to “reinvent” ourselves. When we are saved, we are “reinvented” in Christ. Our old life is gone, and we are resurrected in Christ with a new life, but our bodies are still human, and we still have weaknesses. Because we are human, we will stumble at times and when we do, we will experience the conflict that Paul speaks of above: For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.. We want to do good, but we choose sin, and this creates conflict in our hearts because we know it is wrong. It steals our peace and freedom and we cannot find rest or confidence in what Christ did on the cross. We cannot reap the full benefit of the great gift that God has given us.

Sin can have a powerful grip, but God has provided a way for us out of sin. Through His power we can choose every single day to not allow sin into our lives that causes this raging conflict inside our hearts. It is a choice that has to be made every day; sometimes more than once a day. When we belong to God, sin is no longer our master because we live under His grace. We can stumble and even get caught up for a season but we belong to God for eternity and He never gives up on us, and lovingly waits for us to return to Him. Both of these natures cannot coexist inside our hearts without misery; one will prevail. The nature you feed is the one that will be stronger. Be

deliberate in walking in the Spirit so that you strengthen that nature and do not feed the sinful nature. It is there inside all of us, but God gave us the gift of salvation, freedom from sin, and grace and mercy when we do make the wrong choices. He loved us enough

to die for us, to take our place and the punishment for our sins, regardless of the many times we have not chosen Him. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But

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Life in Grace

by Lara Cook North Side Baptist Church

when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1 Corinthians 10:13

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North Side Baptist hosts deaf ministry, sign language classes

by Rick Mauch Hoopla Correspondent Folks the world over are encouraged to listen to the gospel of Jesus Christ. But what about those who can’t hear?

Thanks to the efforts of folks such as Chris McKenzie, his wife Stacey, and others at North Side Baptist Church in Weatherford, the gospel is being brought to many deaf people.

Chris, who was born deaf, started the ministry at North Side in 2015. Before then, the church had an interpreting ministry, but no deaf classes or leaders.

“I have gone to many hearing churches in the past.

And they have many good well-intentioned people, but are ignorant about the needs of or how to support the deaf,” Chris said.

Now, North Side offers a Sunday school class for its deaf members and visitors, along with Bible studies on Wednesday. The church also still provides interpretations for its 9:30 a.m. services on Sundays.

Chris leads much of the Sunday school and Bible studies. He believes it is important for a deaf person to be administering the Gospel to another deaf per-

son. In fact, he and Stacey have also started Deafbridge, a ministry that empowers deaf leaders to plant deaf churches.

“A deaf person can understand and connect with another deaf person better. They have a better feel for if the deaf person is understanding, or if they need more explanation, or which stories from the Bible will speak to their need at that time,” Chris said.

Mandy Lashbrook leads the sign language classes at North Side. She got the idea after the church hosted a Deaf Bible Camp.

“We wanted to be sure that our adult volunteers had the sign skills to communicate with the students,” she said. “We also wanted to teach sign to NSBC kids who were interested so our students would have peers who could communicate with them if they decided to attend church at NSBC. “We started a sign class for kids and a separate one for adults in the fall of 2018. We have a variety of people attend. It’s neat to watch them all come together to learn a new language and about deaf culture.”

Mandy said people attend the class for a variety of reasons. One man is learning it to take that knowledge to nursing homes to engage with senior citizens,

and a mom is teaching sign language to her daughter with Down Syndrome to facilitate communication at home.

Dennis Brown is taking sign language classes because he is losing his hearing after struggling with a severe sinus infection.

“Sign language classes have been great in helping me to communicate with the new friends and have made the future not seem so bad if I lose my hearing completely,” Dennis said.

Stacey, who teaches deaf education in the Weatherford School District, said she and Chris also host a monthly gathering at their home where they share Gospel stories, a meal and fellowship.

Chris and Stacey said they are grateful to North Side for being open to their vision and way of bringing the gospel to the deaf. They are also thankful for the support the church has given to Deafbridge as they work to enhance their deaf ministry worldwide.

“Their attitude is what sets them apart. North Side has embraced my husband and treated him like they should,” Stacey said.

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Cooperstein gives play-by-play of his broadcasting career

by Rick Mauch Hoopla Correspondent

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Chuck Cooperstein at work in the American Airlines Center.

Chuck Cooperstein is living his dream, and he’s telling anyone who will listen as often as he can.

And a lot of people listen.

While his face may not be familiar to many, there’s no mistaking the voice of Cooperstein when he comes on the radio to call any of a number of sporting events. He has been a play-by-play announcer for the Westwood One network on college football (since 1995) and college basketball (since 1991).

And locally he is best known as the radio voice of the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. “I knew I wanted to get into broadcasting when I was in high school, and I realized I would never be a good enough athlete to get into the games,” Cooperstein recalled. “That was always the goal, to be able to go to games. Since I knew I could talk,

‘I realized I would never be a good enough athlete to get into the games...Since I knew I could talk, this was my way in.’ this was my way in.”

And it’s gotten him into a lot of games - and his voice onto many radios - throughout his life. And he doesn’t hesitate a single second to say what has been his favorite moment of a memorable career.

“Without question Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals when the Mavericks beat Miami to win the NBA title,” he said.

The Heat had defeated the Mavericks in six

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COOPERSTEIN

And he loves to travel with his wife Karen.

From Page 8 Of course with such a historical career come some games five years earlier to capture the title. legendary stories. CooperWhile humble about his high school athletic prowstein has some doozies. ess, Cooperstein did indeed play both soccer and “When I was doing a talk golf at Friends Academy on Long Island in New York. show, I said if Rangers pitchNow, at age 60, he’s a prolific golfer, often hitting the er Roger Pavlik made the course during his off days while traveling with the All-Star team with an ERA Mavericks on the road, though he generally plays for Cooperstein over 5.00 (even though he fun. was 11-2 at the time), I would “I started playing when I was 14. I would not call do an hour of my show standing on my head,” he remyself competitive at this time,” he said. “As a nine membered. “Lo and behold, the AL manager, Mike handicap I’m not good enough to play in any amaHargrove of the Indians, chose him. teur events. I don’t mind playing for a few dollars “And so, I did it. The call screen was turned upside here and there, but nothing that would truly make down so I could read the calls. We had TV stations in me shake over a five footer.”

Cooperstein might have inherited some of his golf- the studio recording it. It was pretty funny.”

Cooperstein is also enjoying the resurgence of the ing skills from his mother, who was one of the top Mavericks following the retirement of NBA Hall-ofamateurs in the Northeast. His father was an attorFamer Dirk Nowitzki. ney.

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kind, both on and off the floor. But now it’s time for these two guys to put their stamp on the team and the franchise.”

A long career also means seeing a lot of changes, some good, some not so. He’s seen his share of both.

“Every game has evolved to the point where it’s almost unrecognizable from what it was. What’s most noticeable has been the amount of physicality that has been taken out of games like football, basketball, and hockey,” he said. “All sports have taken the tact that offense is what people want to see so they bend the rules to support that thinking, but the best games always have the proper balance between offense and defense.

“The idea that leagues are accepting, and even embracing, gambling is just stunning to me. And lastly, fans today root for players more than they root for teams since the combination of free agency and salary caps make it pretty well impossible to keep teams together for long periods of time.”

But wherever the world of sports goes, Cooperstein is sure to follow. For how long? Who knows, but for now he’s still like a child at Christmas when it comes to his profession.

“What does the future hold? I wish I knew,” he said.

“If I did, I’d head to Vegas and lay it on the line.”

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Campfire Stories

by James Carroll Martin

The bathtub incident A grasshopper flew up in front of my horse an’ sailed across to the woodpile with three or four old Dominicker hens following right along behind it. I rode on into our ranch yard and stopped at the hitching rail.

After having been gone for three days hunting for a Comanche war party, I was dead tired and all I wanted was a pot of Arbuckles’ coffee and about 10 or 12 hours sleep.

The 10-year-old twins, Jake an’ Josh, was sitting on a log bench in the dogtrot log cabin when I rode up with their heads down, looking at me out of the top of their eyes. They were up to something, you could be sure of that. They both sat there with a hint of a smile on their faces like an old coyote just before he got into your chicken house.

“What are you boys up to?”

A mischievous smile appeared on Josh’s face.

“Oh, we ain’t up to nothing, Yancey. We’re just awful glad to see you, that’s all. I think there’s a full pot of hot coffee on in the kitchen if you’d admire to have some.”

Christine’s dog Sampson was lying in front of the kitchen door and growled at me as I approached. Me an’ that dog had ourselves a real good understanding – he didn’t like me and I sure didn’t like him none either.

Sampson raised his head like he was going to bite, so I quickly stepped around him, opened the door and entered the kitchen. No sooner had I entered than I saw Christine sitting in a washtub with her back to me. Stunned, I couldn’t move. I stood there gawking at her. I tried to say something, but my mouth couldn’t form the words.

Christine turned her head and looked back at me. Crossing her arms in front of her, she screamed, “Get out Yancey . . . now!”

I snapped out of it and headed back towards the door. Just as I reached for the latch, a feeling of guilt overwhelmed me. With my eyes staring at the door, I stammered, “I’m . . . I’m sure sorry about this, ma’am, and I want you to know, I didn’t see a dadburn thing worth seein’.”

I was almost out the door when a wadded up, wet, wash rag clobbered me in the back of the head.

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Avoid these estate planning mistakes n Club News You save and invest to meet a variety of goals during your lifetime: college for your children, long vacations, a comfortable retirement, and so on. But you probably also want to leave something behind – to your loved ones and, possibly, to the charitable organizations you support. To do so, you’ll need to develop a comprehensive estate plan, but to make that plan work, you must avoid some common mistakes.

Here are a few of these pitfalls you’ll want to avoid:

find such an individual in your own family, but many people choose someone who is either conflicted, too busy or simply not up to the task. If you have doubts about picking a good executor, you may want to turn to a trust company. The costs likely will be higher than if you chose a family member, but the results may be much better.

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n Not naming proper beneficiaries Many of your assets – 401(k), IRA, life insurance

by Mary H. McDow n Not writing a will and so on – require you to Edward Jones Adviser If you were to die “intesname a beneficiary. These tate” – without a last will beneficiary designations are powerful, ofand testament – the state in which you live ten superseding the instructions in your would determine how your property was will. If circumstances change in your life, distributed. And the state’s decisions may such as new children, or divorce or remarnot match what you had in mind at all. Furriage, you may well want to change benefithermore, a will is where you would name ciaries. It’s easy to do – but it’s also easy to guardians for your minor children. overlook. n Not going beyond a will n Not updating ownership of assets While a will is an essential component of estate planning, it’s often not enough.

A change in your family situation or You may need to create other documents, changes in the laws governing income and such as a living trust, which, among other estate taxes could require you to update benefits, enables your estate to avoid proownership designations of financial assets. bate, a time-consuming and public process that can lead to disputes among your heirs And here’s perhaps the biggest mistake and others. And a living trust lets you place of all not understanding what’s in your eshighly specific conditions on how and when tate plan. You need to work closely with you want your assets distributed. You might your tax, legal and financial professionals also consider other legal documents, into create a plan you fully comprehend and cluding a power of attorney, which allows can communicate effectively to your loved you to appoint a person or organization to ones. Surprises are often pleasant in many handle your affairs if you can’t do so yourself, and a health care directive, which lets areas of life – but estate planning is not one you name someone to make health care deof them. cisions on your behalf, should you become physically or mentally incapacitated. n Choosing the wrong executor An executor is responsible for distributing property to your beneficiaries and paying off any debts and taxes your estate may owe, among other tasks. Because the role of executor is so important, you need to choose someone who is reliable, competent and trustworthy. It’s certainly possible to

Atkins receives Presidential Core Value Medal Dr. Tod Farmer of Weatherford College presented Arleen Atkins with the Presidential Core Value Medal at Zonta’s Amelia Earhart Luncheon last month.

The medal is FACEBOOK.COM/ZONTAPARKERCOUNTYTX awarded to individuals who demonstrate Arleen Atkins significant actions of faith, hope and love.

Atkins is a charter member of the Parker County chapter, which meets the first Wednesday of each month at North Side Baptist Church from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room 118. Elizabeth Mederos will speak at the March 4 meeting.

Send club news to seniors@hooplamagazine.com.

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Forever Aunt Bee Frances Bavier was a veteran actress by the time she starred in an episode of Make Room for Daddy, featuring Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor and Ron Howard as Opie Taylor.

It led to her being cast for the role of Aunt Bee in The Andy Griffith Show.

She complained that her dramatic talents were being overlooked on the show, yet she was the only original cast member to remain with the series in the spin-off, Mayberry R.F.D., for two additional seasons. Bavier confessed in an interview that “it is very difficult for an actress ... to create a role and to be so identified that you as a person no longer exist.”

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Hoopla’s Artist of the Month Hoopla’s Artist of the Month, Kathleen Cunning, is inspired by nature. Cunning, who painted this blue jay enjoying some winter berries, was an art teacher in the Weatherford Independent School District for many years. While her first love is painting, Cunning also enjoys creating puppets, activity dolls and doll clothes. She also still finds time to teach, regularly leading watercolor classes at an area hobby and craft store.

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n Find The Frog Jane Webb of Willow Park found him. Did you? The frog wasn’t hard to spot, sunning himself on a rock at Aquarena Springs (on page 2 of last month’s issue). To enter this month’s contest, submit your name, address, phone number, and a brief description of where you find the hidden frog (not the frog on this page) to Hoopla, P.O. Box 305, Weatherford, Texas 76086 or e-mail seniors@hooplamagazine.com. Contestants will be entered into a drawing for one of three $25 gift certificates.

Read next month’s issue to see if you’ve won.

Winners must contact Hoopla within 90 days to claim their prize.

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Mike Nix of Fort Worth found this old snapshot at his mother’s house.

It shows his father Joe Dale Nix ( far left) and friends with groom Curly Cochran as he wheeled his new bride Caroline (Wilson) Cochran around the Parker County Courthouse. It was a tradition in those times. Best guess is that the photo was taken around 1950. Do you have a special photo to share with Hoopla readers?

Text it to 817-894-1822 or email seniors@hooplamagazine.com.

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Put warm-season veggies, annuals in the ground Warm season vegetables once danger of frost has passed. The most successful types include bush beans, crookneck and zucchini squash, small and mediumsized tomatoes (large-fruiting types don’t set well in Texas), peppers and, for large gardens, corn.

• Warmseason annuals once danger of frost has passed, including marigolds, zinnias, geraniums, cosmos and wax begonias. Wait for warmer soils to plant periwinkles, lantanas, caladiums, moss rose, firebush and copper plants.

• Nursery stock is at most plentiful supply now, but if you see something you like, don’t wait. It may be sold before you get back.

• Best time to plant new sod is late March, April or May. Wait until May to seed bermuda. Soils must be warm.

Prune • Spring-flowering shrubs and vines immediately after they finish blooming as needed to correct erratic growth. Avoid shearing into formal shapes.

• Mow lawn frequently to remove vigorous spring weeds. Mow at recommended height (generally fairly low) to encourage turf to grow low and dense.

• If you are repotting and reshaping overgrown house plants as you bring them outside for the spring, this is the time to do so.

Fertilize • Newly transplanted flowers and vegetables, also newly repotted patio plants with diluted solution of water-soluble or liquid plant food (high-nitrogen) with each waby Neil Sperry tering for the first Gardening Expert month.

• Wait until late March or early April to apply an all-nitrogen (upwards of half the nitrogen in slow-release form) lawn fertilizer to turf.

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On the Lookout • Broadleafed weeds such as chickweed, dandelions, clover, dichondra and dollarweed can be controlled with an application of a 2,4-D product. Your local nursery, hardware store or farm supply dealer can show you the options.

• Aphids congregate on tender new growth of many types of plants. Their colors will vary, but all will have pear-shaped bodies and twin exhaust pipes on either side.

They are easily controlled with almost any organic or inorganic insecticide. You may even be able to wash them off with a hard stream of water.

March 2020

n Plant of the Month: Japanese Maples Japan is a far cry from Parker County, but the very successful Japanese Gardens of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden are just a few miles to the east. Here are the things you’ll want to keep in mind when using this most popular of our small urban trees…

• They must have shade, esNEIL SPERRY pecially after 8 Japanese Maple is a showstopper. or 9 in the morn• Japanese maples are wintering.

• Rich, highly organic and consis- hardy clear to the Canadian border, and that means that they can tently moist soils are a must. be grown outdoors in patio pots 12 • There are several hundred vamonths a year. rieties of Japanese maples. Some • Almost no insects or diseases are green. Many are maroon-red. bother them, but edge burn of their (I often recommend ‘Bloodgood’ because it holds its maroon colors leaves is common due to the low humidities and high temperatures through the summer better than of North Central Texas in summer. most.)

n Frequently Asked Question “Do I need to aerate my lawn?

How can I tell? What about dethatching?”

There are three times when lawn aeration is a good plan.

If a vehicle has been parked daily on an area for a long period of time, it will have compressed the soil.

The same goes for prolonged pedestrian traffic like a pet pacing back and forth in an area or kids playing ball in one space repeatedly.

The most common issue, however, is when a layer of thatch forms.

It’s usually going to be with bermudagrass, and most commonly with one of the hybrid types. The small

clippings accumulate on top of the soil and beneath the runners, and they do not decay. Eventually they pack tightly and impede penetration of air, water and nutrients into the soil.

Use a “core aerator,” a piece of machinery that actually pulls small plugs out of the thatch. Dethatching machines, by comparison, flail the grass. In the process, they damage runners. They’re not the technique of choice.

(If it’s of any interest, I tried dethatching my lawn one time and did so much damage that I’ve never done it again – that was 45 years ago. And as for aeration, I’ve never felt the need to do so.)

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n Neighbors We’ll Miss n Rick Ellenberger, Jr. February 18

n Dearla Phillips February 10

n Molly Baker February 1

n Marilyn Warren January 20

n Bonnie Edwards February 17

n James Coffield February 8

n Charles Dunnington February 1

n Carl Brantley January 20

n Kay Valtierra February 16

n Ted Fina, Sr. February 8

n Alicia Pittman January 31

n Ron Beckner, Sr. January 20

n Hazel Coalson February 15

n Willie Wilson February 7

n Kevin Jackson January 30

n Carl Ray Turney January 19

n Jerry Steidl February 14

n Vicki Lamb February 4

n Lura Jones January 27

n Thomas Martin, Jr. January 18

n Coleta Scott February 13

n Carla Layton February 3

n Toddy Wiggs January 24

n Jack McNealy January 16

n Coy Stinnett February 12

n Irene Frakes February 2

n Bo Jones January 23

n Chuck Stanford February 11

n William Hudson February 2

n Virginia Wallace January 21

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