Page 4B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, January 31,2024
SUPER BOWL
ACROSS
1. Desert bloomers
6. Request for tailor
9. Paul Bunyan’s com
panion
13. Delivered by plane
14. Boiling emotion
15. Match play result?
16. Like the North vs.
the South war
17. Bag, $ Paris
18. Nymph of lakes
and springs
19. *Team that never
made it to Super Bowl
21. *Last year’s Super
Bowl winner
23. *Safety value
24. Disfigure
25. *Birthplace of
NFL
28. Roofed colonnade
30. Dr. Seuss’ Yertle
35. Auctioneer’s final
word
37. Sea eagles
39. Popular winter
boot brand
40. Largest ethnic
group in Rwanda
41. User’s destination
43. Like Twiggy’s skirt
44. Former anesthetic
46. Not all
47. Death notice
48. Like r in American
English
50. Luau souvenirs
52. Opposite of WSW
53. Vatican’s head
55. Cattle prod
57. *AFC’s top seed
60. *Host state of this
year’s Super Bowl
63. Like allergy spray
64. Second person of
be
66. Pleasant odor
68. Fervent
69. Grazing ground
70. “When pigs fly!”
71. Modeling material
72. *NFL Honors’
announcement
73. Trento’s Council of
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1. Chlorofluorocarbon,
abbr.
2. Alight, past tense
3. Boat mooring spot,
e-g-
4. Short for betwixt
5. Wife’s parents
6. Serpentarium noise
7. Time period
8. Hajj destination
9. Hillside, in Scotland
10. “Dream on!” (2
words)
11. Constricting snakes
12. * zone
15. Bad blood
20. Post-it user
22. Not miss
24. Street opening
25. *Half-time show
entertainer
26. Compass point
27. In spite of the fact,
arch.
29. Loads from lodes
31. *CBS announcer
and former QB
32. Native American
group
33. Famous Bolshevik
34. *Like the Super
Bowl players
36. Sonny & Cher, e.g.
38. Ditto
42. Neutral shade
45. With mature ap
pearance
49. Bamboozle
51. Learned one
54. Religious song
56. Defier
57. Not top-shelf
58. On the ocean
59. Deviate
60. Type of tide
61. Peace symbol
62. End of grace
63. *49ers’ conference
65. Short for one time
around
67. Short for Arthur
Tips for Selecting the Best Tomatoes for Your Garden
Special to the Ledger
by Melinda Myers
Whether you enjoy
tomatoes sliced, sauced,
or cooked in your fa
vorite recipe, they taste
best when grown and
harvested from your
garden or container.
With more than 10,000
varieties available it can
be difficult to select the
best ones to grow in
your garden.
Start by looking for
those varieties best
suited to the intended
use whether for slicing,
cooking, preserving, or
snacking. Most seed
catalogs and websites
as well as plant tags and
garden centers provide
recommendations.
Bite-sized tomatoes
are great for salads, rel
ish trays, and snacking.
Trailing varieties like
Lizzano, Tumbling Tom,
Litt’l Bites Cherry, and
Red Robin also grow
well in hanging baskets
and even window boxes.
Paste and sauce toma
toes have meatier fruit
making them perfect
for sauces, soups, and
preserving. Roma is the
traditional favorite with
an egg-shaped fruit that
has thick walls and few
seeds. The All-America
Selections Early Resil
ience Roma has excel
lent disease and blossom
end rot resistance and
does not require stak
ing. Use paste tomatoes
during the growing sea
son for sauces, chop and
add them to an omelet,
can or freeze them for
future use.
Grow a few slicing
tomatoes to enjoy on
sandwiches, grilled, or
on their own. Beefsteak
and Better Boy are
longtime favorites while
Iron Lady, Galahad,
and the colorful Chef’s
Choice series are more
recent additions to this
category.
Perhaps you are
looking for an heirloom
tomato, one that has
been grown for more
than 50 years and main
tained its original traits
and popularity. Chero
kee Purple’s rich flavor
constantly rates high in
taste tests. Brandywine,
Black Cherry, Chocolate
Stripes, Amana Orange,
and Black Krim are also
gardener favorites.
Coax reluctant veggie
eaters of all ages to give
tomatoes a try with
some of the sweeter
varieties like Sunsugar
often called the candy
of the garden. Consider
having a taste test after
growing a variety of su
per sweet tomatoes like
Sungold, Super Sweet
100, Suncherry, and
Sunrise Bumble Bee.
Boost your success
by selecting disease-re
sistant varieties and
growing your tomatoes
in full sun and moist
well-drained soil. Plant
tags, internet sources,
and catalog descriptions
usually highlight this
and other helpful infor
mation.
Look for tomato
varieties suited to your
growing conditions.
Check with your Uni
versity Extension for
a list of recommended
varieties for your area.
You will also find help-
Photo courtesy of All-America Selections
Lizzano is a semi-determinate tomato great
for hanging baskets.
ful information on the
best time to start tomato
seeds indoors and when
to place transplants in
the garden.
Start enjoying the
harvest sooner with
fast-maturing tomatoes.
These are perfect if
you have a short grow
ing season or are just
anxious for your first
garden-fresh tomato.
Early Girl is a longtime
favorite, Bush Early Girl
produces more fruit on a
compact plant, and New
Girl produces bigger
few of the many others
to consider. Check the
catalog description or
plant tag for the number
of days to harvest.
Select plants with the
growth habit that best
works with your garden
space and gardening
style. Determinate
tomatoes are perfect
for small space gardens
and containers. They
grow a certain height,
stop growing, and
produce their fruit over
a relatively short time.
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Dave Says
(Celebrate and Give
With a Plan in Place)
Dear Dave,
My wife and I have
always accepted the
fact that we’d have a
mountain of debt to pay
off after the holidays.
Having to deal with it all
seemed more frustrat
ing this year than ever
before. Can you tell us
how to make it through
the next Thanksgiving
and Christmas without
having to pay off so
much debt?
Brady
Dear
Brady,
Giving is
a wonderful
thing if your
intentions,
and your
finances,
are in the
right place.
But gener
osity isn’t
meant to be
stressful to
you or your
bank ac
count. It’s all too easy to
try to justify overspend
ing during the holiday
season, because so
many things you do are
for family and friends.
Still, you shouldn’t let
yourself become trapped
by the shopping craze
or overspending just
because everyone else is
doing it.
Give with the right
intentions, and give
with a financial plan
in place ahead of time
that doesn’t include
debt. Thanksgiving is
always on the fourth
Thursday of November,
right? And Christmas
always falls on Decem
ber 25th. The holidays
don’t come as a surprise
to anyone, so don’t wait
until November, then act
shocked that it’s all just
around the corner. Jump
on things right now,
and start setting aside
a little in your budget
each month throughout
the year for the holiday
season.
Sit down with your
wife, and decide togeth
er how much you can
put aside each month
for Thanksgiving and
Christmas. Once you
agree on an amount,
make a list, check it
twice and stick to it. It’s
easy to
find some
thing in the
mall you
just have
to buy for
someone.
And that’s
where
problems
start. So,
include
amounts
you’re
going to
spend on
each per
son, each
charity, or each event.
It’s all just common
sense. But it’s up to you
and your wife—togeth
er—to decide to live on
a budget and give every
single dollar a job.
You can do this, Brady.
Make it happen!
—Dave
* Dave Ramsey is an
eight-time national best
selling author, personal
finance expert and host
of The Ramsey Show.
He has appeared on
Good Morning Ameri
ca, CBS This Morning,
Today, Fox News, CNN,
Fox Business and many
more. Since 1992, Dave
has helped people take
control of their money,
build wealth and en
hance their lives. He
also serves as CEO for
Ramsey Solutions.
Happy Birthday to:
February 1: Buddy Rainey, Taylor Freeman,
Michael Daniels, Alan Pace, Courtney Mo
reland, Laura Scott, Debbie Brock, Diane
Bowles; February 2: Sam Futch, Coast A. Da
vis, Bobby T. Roberts, Linda Watson, Barbara
Urtchok, Wendell Grace, Bill Meshanko, Chris
Miller, Madison Wilcox, Kaleb Hall, Irene
Tabor, Haily Moreland, Amber Statham, Emily
R. Lindler, Brent Goodson, Missy Paige, Steve
Hubbs, Eddie Cowart, Jacqueline M. Hardison,
Stephen Gross; February 3: Allison Hancock,
Rhonda Butler, Benny VanDevender, Mandy
Basko, Robert J. Lange, Jr. , Sandy Gregors,
Scott Denham, Lisa Meritt, Tim Pierce, Michael
Davis, Lindsay Majeski, Burt Ferrell, Rickey A.
Gadd, Derrick Sheffield, Rob Williams; Febru
ary 4: Madison Gaines, Sarah Nalley, Miranda
Glore, Bobbie Hudson, James Scharnikow,
James Johnson, Daniel W. Roberts Sr. , Mac
Davis, Keith Barbee, Shirley Williams; Febru
ary 5: LeeAnn Hunt, Bubba Reames, Victor
Cannon, Christie Guy, Carly Hall, Autumn
McSwain, Morgan Gatlin, Megan Moshell, Eric
Soto, Sarah Landon, Ted Bentley, Tim Knight,
Billy Breeden, Dorothy Olene Curtis, William
Whittle, Judy Hood, Kari Black, Joe Mercer,
Tim Knight; February 6: Aubree Cross, Tyler
Anglin, Ayden Jowers, Mindy Thigpen, C.R.
Taylor, Dylan Spence, Michael Antonio Jr. ,
Amy Rogers, Kristen Coxwell, Jay Sudduth,
Lewis Jerome Philips; February 7: Sharon
Williams, Geraldine Jenkins, Mindy Phagan,
Nelda Owens, Carol Clements, Forrest Gosa Jr.
, Kaleb Akins, Hoppy Hopkins, Sonya Horne,
Vertis Marchant
Happy Anniversary To:
February 1: Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Owens, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Somers; February 2: Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Smallwood, Mr. and Mrs. Sammy
Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Benson, Mr. and
Mrs. Art Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Butt, Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie
Middlebrooks; February 3: Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Croft; February 4: Mr. and Mrs. John Carmo-
dy, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wiley; February 5:
Mr. and Mrs. Bubber Herrington, Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Brooks; February 7: Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Richardson
