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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
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Deadly plant virus
rampant in Barrow County
No one wants to see the word virus at
this point.
I didn’t write this article last year be
cause so many people were taking needed
refuge in their gardens. Why bring anoth
er pandemic, even of the plant variety, to
their attention? However, I see this killer
virus at over 50% of the homes I visit and
many local businesses. If this disease is
not controlled, soon knock-out
roses will be a thing of the past.
Check your knock-out roses
today for Rose Rosettes Dis
ease. This incurable disease
causes abnormal growth; witch’s
brooms, excessive and pliable
thorns, small twisted leaves, and
extreme red growth. It will kill
the plant. No amount of pruning,
fertilizing or watering will save
it once it is infected, and the vi
rus is widespread in the area.
Unfortunately, many home-
owners either don’t know or
care, and businesses don’t want to invest
the money to replace them. The problem
with that is If you leave your viral rose, it
is going to die, but it may take it a while,
and while it is sitting there looking terri
ble and slowly dying, it has the potential
to spread the virus to your neighbors. All
of this trouble is spread by a microscop
ic mite; you won’t know that it’s there,
and you won’t know when it’s gone. You
won’t know it’s an issue until your roses
start showing symptoms. And, if you leave
the infected rose, the mites can spread to
infect other roses in the area. Once the
rose is diseased ripping it up is inevitable,
it is already in its demise; but don’t take
out all the neighborhood roses with you
by leaving it in its place to spread the vi
rus. Remove any roses with Rose Rosettes
Disease as soon as you identify the prob
lem.
Knock-out roses have great characteris
tics. They have an extremely long season
of color, are disease-resistant
and can take the variable Geor
gia weather. But because of their
popularity, millions have been
planted. Their abundance allows
this virus to spread easily. If
you have to replace your roses,
or are just looking for an alter
native, try these instead: dwarf
vitex, American beautyberry,
Hardy Hibiscus, Blueberries, or
even tall herbaceous plants.
No one wants to lose plants
they have invested in and spent
time caring for. But please,
check your roses immediately for Rose
Rosettes Disease. If you think you may
have it but are unsure, contact me at the
Barrow County Extension office.
Alicia Holloway is the Barrow County
Agriculture and Natural Resources Exten
sion Agent. She can be reached by e-mail
at aholloway@uga.edu, by phone at 770-
307-3029, or by stopping by the Barrow
County Extension Office at 90 Lanthier
St., Winder. Follow Barrow County Exten
sion on Facebook at @BarrowCountyEx
tension.
alicia
holloway
What we learned
My husband and I are both storytell
ers. This is how we make a living and
we consider ourselves blessed that peo
ple buy our words.
There are differences between us,
though. His words are stacked into lines
of dialogue and are broken into scenes
that unfold over five acts that fills up
60 single-spaced pages. This creates 43
minutes of a one-hour television drama.
The other 17 minutes are ad
vertising.
His work is fictional except
for the stories and clever wit
ticisms he "steals” from me.
This is a family joke but I am
happy to share because he en
thusiastically uses money he
earns to buy me a new dress
or fill the barn with hay for the
coming winter.
Here’s another difference.
A BIG difference. His words
make a more lucrative living
than mine, and while my stories are read
by hundreds of thousands of people, his
stories are enjoyed by millions. Proba
bly, over the course of a 35-year career,
John Tinker-written/produced stories
have been watched by at least 500 mil
lion people.
My favorite is a Tinker episode named
“Brothers” that was aired near the end of
the first season of an NBC drama called
“St. Elsewhere.” Ironically, he co-wrote
it with his brother, Mark, who would go
on to make his legacy as a multi-Emmy
award-winning director not a writer.
Tink, a couple of years later, would win
an Emmy for his writing on that highly
critically-acclaimed show.
While we are both enormously blessed
by the good Lord to earn a living at a
folly such as storytelling, it sometimes
comes with a downside that can be soul
aching to bear.
It happened recently.
Tink had put in a year of hard work
on a series — “When Calls the Heart”
— that also included nine months of be
ing locked in Canada when the borders
closed abruptly while he was on loca
tion, filming. The show has a zealous
following which we knew when he took
the job as showrunner/head writer/exec
utive producer.
We were in the car, headed west on
1-20 toward one of my favorite places
in the world — Mississippi — when the
call came, asking him to take the show.
I put down the newspaper I was read
ing, slapped my hand on the console and
said, “YES! You have to take this show
so you can write good spirited family
drama.”
He became completely wrapped up in
it. Enamored. He poured 14-hour days
into it including long video conversa
tions with cast, crew and the
network. Sometimes, he would
sit on the sofa, writing for
hours without standing up or
taking a break. He was com
pletely consumed by the stories
and characters. He added God
back, introducing a black fam
ily, the Canfields, who would
quickly win many hearts. Jo
seph Canfield is a preacher and
Tink built him using the foun
dation of my Daddy’s legacy
of unbreakable faith.
My friend, Karen Peck, and I joined
forces to ask our folks to watch. And that
they did. The audience grew so tremen
dously that an already-successful-show
became the most watched in the history
of the Hallmark channel.
All was wonderful until the final ep
isode when Tink — with the support
of the actors and network — resolved
a love triangle. A portion of the audi
ence disagreed with the suitor chosen
with such vigor that hate spewed like
a skunk’s spray. To be fair, we have re
ceived many more letters of support and
kindness than the ugly ones. I especially
loved the ones that disagreed with the
choice but says, “I want what’s best for
the show.”
Yet such ugliness isn’t pretty. It’s
heartbreaking. Especially when it comes
from those who sprinkle scriptures
throughout their rants.
Tink is a kindly soul. He forgives —
and forgets — quickly. He is grounded,
like my daddy and Joseph Canfield, in
the word of God.
As for me, I am gloriously altered to
a more emphatic, loving person. A less
critical one. I am grateful.
Ronda Rich is the best-selling author
of Let Me Tell You Something. Visit www.
rondarich.com to sign up for her free
newsletter.
‘Bark for Life 9 pet parade,
contest set for Oct. 10
A “Bark for Life” pet
parade and contest will
be held 3 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 10, on the lawn of
First Christian Church,
275 North 5th Ave.,
Winder.
The event, which will
include awards for cut
est costume, best tricks
and pet-and-owner look-
alike, is being held in
conjunction with the Bar-
row County “Out of the
Darkness Walk” fund
raiser aimed at raising
funds for suicide-preven
tion efforts.
Pet parade organizers
are asking those able to
make donations to the
American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention.
The church will also
host the Out of the Dark
ness Walk at 2 p.m. Oct.
24.
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