Newspaper Page Text
4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, August 1,2018
Community
Clark MacAllister is the Dawson County extension
agent. For more information, call (706) 265-2442.
Tomato fruit disorders
Tomato season is in full
swing and many local
gardeners have been see
ing several different
issues arise. Much of
what I am seeing on
tomatoes is non-patho-
genic disorders, meaning
they are not caused by a
disease and are not infec
tious. The main tomato
fruit disorders I have
encountered are blossom-
end rot, cat-facing, crack
ing, zippering and sun-
scald.
Several of the common
tomato disorders are just
the plant responding to
unsuitable weather condi
tions. Many of them can
be corrected by adjusting
water and environment.
I wrote about blossom-
end rot in a column a few
months ago. This disorder
leaves dark, sunken
lesions on the bottom end
of a tomato fruit. It is
caused by a calcium defi
ciency, usually brought
on by irregular or insuffi
cient watering. Increased
irrigation will help allevi
ate this issue.
Cat-facing is the next
most common tomato dis
order I see routinely. This
is characterized by fruit
with deep, scar-like
indentations that distort
the fruit on the blossom
end. The indentations can
run the length of the
tomato. Cat-facing is
caused by low tempera
tures during flowering,
which causes the female
part of the flower to
develop abnormally. Long
periods of cool daytime
and nighttime tempera
tures can lead to cat-fac
ing. Using row covers can
help avoid this disorder
during cooler periods.
Cracking is another dis
order often seen on toma
to fruit. The cracks can be
either radial or concen
tric. Radial cracks looks
like the spokes of a wheel
coming from the stem
end of the fruit. They are
the result of excessive
watering after an extend
ed dry period. Even
watering will help prevent
these cracks.
Concentric cracks form
on the shoulders of the
fruit and appear as rings
of brown scar tissue.
These are often caused by
droplets of water being
exposed to heavy sun.
Maintaining healthy foli
age cover on the tomato
plants should keep the
fruit from cracking.
ft
CLARK MACALLISTER
Columnist
Zippering is a disorder
that shows up as thin
lines of brown tissue run
ning from the stem end to
the blossom end, resem
bling a zipper. This is the
result of part of the toma
to flower remaining stuck
to the new fruit during
development. Choosing
varieties not prone to this
disorder is the only
known method to avoid
zippering.
Sunscald is a disorder
caused by heavy exposure
to sunlight. Fruit will
appear bleached and blis
tered on the surface.
Maintaining healthy foli
age on the plant, avoiding
excessive pruning and
planting vines closer
together can help avoid
sunscald.
Most of these disorders
are very common this
time of year. Luckily,
most can be prevented by
a slight change in cultural
practices. Simply adjust
ing things like irrigation
frequency, plant spacing
and changing varieties
can often make big differ
ence in dealing with these
annoying issues.
DawsonEvents
Listings in Dawson Events are free and available to nonprofit organizations
sponsoring free or low-cost events for the public. Groups may submit notic
es by fax at (706) 265-3276 or via eail at editor@dawsonnews.com.
COMMUNITY
Join the Lions Club of
Dawsonville for a free,
fun, family event of
award-winning bluegrass
music at 7 p.m. Aug. 2.
Three on a String will be
the live entertainment and
the event will be held at
First Baptist Church of
Dawsonville, 900 Hwy. 9 N
in Dawsonville.
The city of Dawsonville is
hosting a Food Truck
Friday from 5 p.m. to 9
p.m. Aug. 17.Thefood
trucks will be located
downtown on Bill Elliott
Street andTucker Avenue,
next to the Purple Corn
Boutique and Dawson
County News. Food truck
vendors, inflatables, face
painting, balloon animals,
corn hole and the
Amicalola Regional
Farmers Market will be
among the festivities.The
event will be held weather
permitting. Parking is lim
ited so city residents are
encouraged to walk to the
event.
Get some exercise while
supporting Kiwanis Club
of Dawson County's
mission of strengthening
the community and serv
ing children with the
Revenuers' 5k and 1-mile
Fun Run, scheduled for
Saturday, Aug. 25 at Rock
Creek Park.The run starts
at 8 a.m. Register online at
active.com.
On Saturday, Aug. 25,
Save Georgia's
Hemlocks will offer a
training class on how to
save endangered Hemlock
trees, a beautiful and
important feature in our
north Georgia communi
ties. The event will be
held from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the BentTree
Fireside Lounge, 40 Little
Pine Mountain Road in
Jasper.
Registration is required.
We hope you'll plan to
come learn how to save
these valuable trees in
your own community.
Please contact Kim Wood
at kimberlyraewood@
gmail.com or (706) 455-
2313 to sign up.
The Dawson County
Library is hosting Adult
Craft Night on the last
Tuesday of each month.
Registration is required;
call the library at (706)
344-3690 to sign up.The
library is located at 342
Allen Street in
Dawsonville.
The Amicalola Regional
Farmers Market is open
from 3:30 to 7 p.m. each
Friday at Veterans
Memorial Park, 186
Recreational Road in
Dawsonville. If you are
interested in becoming a
vendor email Clark
MacAllister, county exten
sion agent, at clarkmac@
uga.edu.
Free BINGO for seniors
will be held beginning at
9:30 a.m. every
Wednesday at Ingles in
Dawsonville.
GeorgiaCares at
Legacy Link is offering
services to help screen
and enroll for Medicare.
For more information, call
(770) 538-2650.
The National Alliance
on Mental Illness
Forsyth Dawson
Lumpkin Chapter (NAMI
FDL) holds separate sup
port group meetings for
family members and
another for adults with
mental illness from 6:45
p.m. to 8:15 p.m. each sec
ond and fourth Thursday
of the month at the
Forsyth County Senior
Center.
EDUCATION
Parents of preschool
children who suspect
developmental delays
may have their children
screened by the Dawson
County School System.
The screening covers five
areas of developmental
growth including motor
skills, adaptive behavior,
social/emotional skills,
speech/language and cog
nitive skills. Parents must
be residents of Dawson
County to be eligible. For
more information or to ini
tiate the screening pro
cess, contact Early
Childhood Coordinator
Shari Chastain at (706)
216-5812, ext. 1961.
Free English classes are
held at 7 p.m. each
Thursday night at
CrossPoint Church. For
more information, call
(706) 265-6262.
Home School
Enrichment Co-op offers
classes in art, creative
writing, Spanish, band,
cooking, music, sewing
and physical education.
Classes will be held at
Lighthouse Baptist
Church, 329 Harmony
Church Rd., Dawsonville.
If you are interested, con
tact Ginger Haney at (678)
200-3832.
North Georgia
Homeschool Alliance
invites all area home-
schoolers to attend
"Thursday Live" events.
Students research the
month's theme and then
make their presentations
on stage, from 1 p.m. to 3
p.m. every fourth
Thursday, at Concord
Baptist Church in
Cumming. Membership in
the alliance is free to
homeschoolers. For more
information, visit www.
northgeorgiahomeschool.
com.
Boy Scout Troop 422,
chartered with the Etowah
Lodge F&AM 222, meets
at 7 p.m. each Monday at
the lodge, located off the
square in Dawsonville. For
more information, visit
www.bsatroop422.com or
call (404) 569-5334.
Cub Scout Pack 422
meets every other
Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at
the Etowah Lodge in
Dawsonville. New boys
are welcome to join. If
interested, call (706) 265-
8054 or visit www.bsa-
troops422.com.
Daisy Girl Scouts meet
at Bethel United
Methodist Church the sec
ond and fourthThursday
of each month from 6 p.m.
to 7 p.m. Girls from all
schools welcome. Call or
email troop leader
Adrienne Baker for addi
tional information at (404)
944-9668 or rasbaker13@
windstream.net.
The Dawson County
Adult Education Center
needs volunteer teachers
and tutors to assist stu
dents of all ages who are
preparing to take the GED
test. In just two hours
each week you can help
someone who is trying to
get a job, support their
families or enroll in col
lege by gaining a diploma.
For more information, call
(706) 265-1690.
Dawson County WEE
Books Program Inc.
meets the firstTuesday of
each month at Fire Station
No. 2, on Hwy. 53 East, at
4 p.m. For more informa
tion, call (706)216-4872.
Lighthouse Christian Academy opens
For the Dawson County News
The Dawson County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremo
ny July 26 for the opening of Lighthouse Christian Academy in Dawsonville.
Lighthouse Christian Academy is a pre K-12th grade private Christian school
located at 329 Harmony Church Road in Dawsonville. There are currently
close to 80 students enrolled, and is staffed by 14 faculty members. Pictured
cutting the ribbon is Dr. Charles Blackstock, pastor of Lighthouse Baptist
Church.
King Crossword
ACROSS
40
Genesis cre
12
Auction
1 They may be
ator
action
proper subjects 42
Billboards
18
True-to-life-
6 Distorted
44
Camel feature
style
12 Circus tent
46
— podrida
21
" — the ram
13 Utica's county
50
Second of two
parts ..."
14 Mistreat
52
Acre's acres?
23
Plenty of time?
15 Cat in 9 Lives
54
Hateful
24
Not many
commercials
55
Original inhabi
25
Commotion
16 Antelope's
tant
26
Doubter
playmate
56
Washington
28
Dormant
17 Rowing team
city
30
Pirouette pivot
19 Biblical verb
57
Too bright
31
Whammy
suffix
33
Alias abbr.
20 Take heed of
DOWN
34
Summertime
22 Profit
1
Cleo's river
mo.
24 Air safety org.
2
Lecher's look
39
Watery dis
27 History chap
3
One-eighty
charge
ters
4
Ph. bk. data
41
Heart line
29 Inauguration
5
Ghostly
42
Oodles
recitation
6
One or more
43
Arp's art
32 "The Gold
7
Famous
45
— Major
Bug" author
8
Always, in
47
Den
35 Policy expert
verse
48
Tax
36 Stead
9
Bugs
49
Hearty brew
37 Gender
10
Tend texts
51
Excessively
38 Item for 17-
11
T, in Morse
53
Bando of
Across
code
baseball
■
12
1
2
3
4
5
1
6
7
8
9
10
11
13
14
15
16
■
17
18
■
19
21
■
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
■
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
■
36
37
38
39
■
40
41
42
43
■
44
45
■
46
47
48
49
50
51
1
52
53
54
55
■
56
57
©2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
■
3
A
a
V
3
O
1
V
IAI
O
O
V
1
A
i
i
V
N
S
n
O
1
a
o
1
3
V
a
S
'
U
3
1
1
V
3
V
3
3
O
■
d
IAI
n
H
■
S
a
V
1PSHSI v
9
3
S
Hia
V
O
X
3
S
(3
3
■
X
N
o
AA
3
o
d
N
V
3
3
V
a
V
9
a
3
H
1
V
O
S
V
a
3
V
V
3
1
H
i
O
H
1
3
■
AA
3
a
O
■
U
3
3
a
S
1
a
a
O
IAI
i
3
s
n
3
3
i
V
a
i
3
N
°
d
o
i
9
1
a
■
a
3
AA
3
y\
S
S
N
13
O
N
"sujiu pz :duuji uojinios
sjdMSuy
