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News from PCHS Athletic Department
Please note the physical is for all
athletes..not football players.
Physicals for the 2012-2013
football season will be held in
the Peach County High School
gym on April 18 at 6 :00 p.m.
for all 8-lith grade student/ath-
Achooo! It's Allergy Time
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It’s tree pollen time and every
other person in Peach County
seems to be suffering from the
yellow airborne stuff. I’m going
to take the privilege of being
personal and share my experi¬
ences with the wretched aller¬
gen called tree pollen. First of
all. I don’t remember seeing or
being affected by pollen when 1
grew up Our cars didn't gather
a film of yellow dust on them,
and we sat on the faint porch
in the spring without washing
the pollen off. I can’t find a
person over 50 years old who
remembers, as a child, the mis¬
ery that tree pollen now brings
each year. Pollen makes me feel
sick - as if something is seri¬
ously wrong with me. I get a
headache, a sore and scratchy
throat, itchy and watery eyes, a
drowsy, sleepy, lazy feeling and
sometimes a sinus infection that
leads to laryngitis for months.
It seems that I get three or four
months out of the year free of
allergies, but spring is the worst.
Based on my experience with
sinus allergy and tree pollen. I
will share how 1 have learned to
tolerate the yellow menace.
First, I now follow doctor's
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letes. The cost will be $5. All
physical forms should be picked
up in the front office at the
high school or download from
the website pchs.peachschools.
or hair oil in my hair. Pollen
loves a well-greased head of
African American hair, as well
as mousse on straight hair for
that matter. Most of the season.
I wear a hat or some other head
covering until the pollen is gone.
When I'm working in the gar¬
den. I wear a mask whether or
not I know the pollen count for
the day.
Readers gave probably
guessed, and correctly so, that
I am a Dr. Oz geek; I tape
his shows and watch them with
paper and pen in hand. He rec¬
ommends the Neti Pot as a natu¬
ral way to treat allergies, nasal
congestion, sinus infections,
dry air. and post nasal drip. I
find the Neti Pot a wonder¬
ful way to relieve that itchy,
twitchy feeling in the nasal pas¬
sage and throat and preventing
that clogged up green, yellow,
or brown, mucus that develops
when I have waited too late to
take care of my sinus allergy.
At the pharmacist, the Neti Pot
is called SinuCleanse and Neil
Med Sinus Rinse, which is a
small pot or bottle that allows
the use of a saline solution to
run through one nostril and
come out on the opposite side.
Several people in my family call
it gross; the only problem I find
is that use of the Neti Pot too
much will cause an ear infection
for people who are prone to ear
infections.
Finally, anyone who has
sinus allergy this time of the
year should follow the doctor’s
orders first, make changes to the
physical environment, and use a
sinus rinse.
instructions and don’t do as I
have done over the past years.
One year, 1 called the nurse
at my ENT’s office and asked
her to have the doctor change
my medication because what
he had prescribed didn’t work.
Apparently, every other aller¬
gy sufferer in Middle Georgia
had called in with the same
complaint, and she was a little
irritated. She asked was I tak¬
ing my meds on schedule, and
I said. “Of course, this stuff
just doesn't work.” She then
asked a series of specific ques¬
tions such as: "Are you taking
your oral medication as directed
each day whether or not you
have symptoms’?" "Did you start
using your nasal spray before
the onset of the allergy season?”
My answer to each questions
was “no.” Then she gave me a
real zinger, “If you think your
medication is not working, try
not taking it at all and see what
happens.” In other words, as
miserable as I felt, taking the
medication on schedule was
helping somewhat. Needless to
say, she didn’t recommend a
change in my medication.
However, even if I follow my
doctor's orders, there are some
environmental changes that I
have learned to do. which are
a big help. On the days that
the pollen count is high. I come
home and take change clothes
near the washer or in another
bedroom where I don’t sleep.
I want to keep the bedroom
where 1 sleep free from excess
pollen. If I’m in for the day, I
take a shower. If not. I wash
my face and use a wet towel to
get the excess pollen off of my
skin. Also, I don't wear mousse
PCHS Spring
Sports Round-up
Baseball
March 20: Howard 12, Peach 1
March 23: Peach 8, Central 1
Soccer
March 20: Central 3. Peach 2 (Girls)
March 23: Perry 5. Peach 3 (Boys)
March 23: Perry 4. Peach 0 (Girls)
Tennis (Best of 5 Matches)
March 20: Perry 3, Peach 2 (Boys)
March 20: Peach 3, Perry 2 (Girls) 1
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 27
Track ® Baldwin County Meet.
Milledgeville. 4 p.m.
Tennis @ Baldwin, Walter B. Williams
Park, Milledgeville. 4:30 p.m. ■ m « v ,r ■
March 28
Baseball vs. Veterans, Anderson Field,
4:30 p.m.
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March 29
Track @ Fendley Relays. Warner Robins, 4 p.m. -*9I
Tennis: Any Make-ups Due to Bad Weather
March 30
Baseball vs. Mary Persons, Anderson Field. 4:30 p.m.
org. Spring football practice
for 8-11th graders will be held
May 1-3.8-10. and I5-I8th. We
are looking forward to a great
season.
Drought Tolerant
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TIM LEWIS
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Last week in this space I
wrote about drought-resistant
perennials for the garden. This
week I would like to suggest
some Tine annuals which will
perform well under the hot,
dry conditions that we have
grown so accustomed to here
in middle Georgia. While most
annuals require constant mois¬
ture during the growing season
for best growth and flower¬
ing, these will flower profusely
without a significant increase
in the water bill. All of these
will require water initially to
establish a good root system
but, once established, will
require infrequent watering. All
perform best in full sun in well
drained soil.
Moss rose (Portulaca grandi
flora) is a succulent often used
in pots and baskets or as a
ground cover. Only a tew inches
tall, it can tolerate the severest
of droughts. A native of Brazil,
flowers come in a wide array
of colors—red, white, pink,
orange, yellow, bicolors—single
or double.
Batchelor button (Gomphrena
globosa) has flower heads like
clover and is available in white,
pink, lavender, yellow, and red.
This old-timer is a favorite of
many due to its durability, its
use as a cut and dried flower.
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
and its tolerance of poor soil.
The dried flower heads retain
their color for long periods.
Height ranges from about 9 to
24 inches, depending on variety.
Dusty miller (Senecio ciner¬
aria) is grown for its foliage
rather than its flowers. Its sil¬
very-gray leaves are often used
as accents in borders, edging,
and container plantings. They
tend to bring out the best in
presentations with red, blue, and
purple hues. Heights range from
8 inches to 16 inches. Compact
and bushy, they prefer hot and
dry conditions. Moist sites tend
to cause them to rot.
Gazania (Gazania rigens) is a
heat-loving daisy. Typical daisy
flowers come in bright shades
of yellow, orange, bronze, pink,
white, red, and various combi¬
nations. Flower heads are 2 to
4 inches in diameter. Foliage is
dark green and dandelion-like
in appearance with white, fuzzy
undersides. Plants range from 6
to 12 inches tall. Flowers tend
to close at night and reopen the
next morning.
Melampodium (Melam
podium paludosum) is an excel¬
lent heat and drought tolerant
annual. Small, golden yellow
flowers cover the 8 to 15 inch
mounding plants all summer
long. They tend to reseed them¬
selves too.
Vinca or periwinkle (Calh
aranthus roseus) is a popular
drought tolerant annual which
has been grown for many years.
Vinca has glossy green leaves
with white midribs, and comes
in spreading types which grow
only a few inches in height to
upright types which can get up
to 15 inches tall. Flowers come
in red. white, pink, blue, apricot,
often have contrasting centers or
“eyes.” Like dusty miller, vinca
actually prefers to stay on the
dry side or root rot will often
result.
Ruellia. also known as
Mexican Petunia, is especially
tolerant of heat and drought
once established. Needs no
deadheading and continues to
bloom throughout the summer.
May be perennial in southern
zones.
Mexican Sunflower, or
Tithonia rotundifolia. is a some¬
what coarse, gaudy plant with
spectacular flowers and velvety
green leaves. Grows rapidly,
certain varieties up to six feet.
Blooms from summer to frost,
bearing 3-4 inch orange flower
heads with yellow centers. Used
as a screen or bushy summer
hedge. Attracts hummingbirds
and butterflies.
Other drought tolerant
annuals include Baby’s Breath
(Gypsophila paniculate), cocks¬
comb (Celosia argentea), Zinnia
angustifolia, and Zinnia elegans
(common zinnia).
Try these heat-loving, drought
tolerant annuals in your garden
this summer. You’ll be glad you
did!
Tim Lewis is a Georgia Green
Industry Association Certified
Plant Professional, gardening
writer, former Perry High School
horticulture instructor, and former
horticulturalist at Henderson
Village and Houston Springs.
He and his wife. Susan, own and
operate Lewis Farms Nursery
located on Hwy 26 two miles east
of Elko, where he was born and
raised. He can be reached at (478)
V54-1507, timlewisl®windstream.
net, and at LewisFarmsNursery.
com.
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