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Page 6 — Wednesday, July 1,2009, The Millen News
Opinions, yours and ours
The Chatter Box
By Deborah Bennett
The Millen News will be closed Friday, July 3, in obser
vance of the Fourth of July holiday.
All news items for inclusion in the July 8 edition should be
submitted by noon, Thursday, July 2. I wish everyone a safe
and happy holiday.
If you haven’t visited the Bo Ginn Aquarium at Magnolia
Springs State Park lately, now is the time to do so. The aquarium
is now under the management of the Jenkins County Devel
opment Authority (JCDA) with Robert Jenkins serving as
aquarium manager.
Many improvements have been made to the facility, includ
ing the addition of a small gift shop in the lobby and new
exhibits. There is a $1 admission charge to help defray the
costs of improvements and operating the aquarium.
Had the development authority not assumed responsibility
for the facility, it would have been closed by the state as of
June 1. Hats off to the JCDA for their initiative!
Happy birthday this week to: Martha L. Phillips, Ronnie
Fleming, Myrt Wilson, Daphne Wiggins, Logan Marie Reid,
H.G. Wiggins, Ivey McMillan, Judy Taylor, Brook Bowers,
Sarah Johnson, Jim Waters, Ed Wilson, Sidney London, Marsha
Hood and Kayle Boynton.
Celebrating wedding anniversaries are: Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Landing, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boynton, Mr. and Mrs. David
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Godbee Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John Troisi Jr. and Mr. and Mrs.
John Troisi III.
Military Active Duty List: Ronnie Perryman, Charlie Troop,
108 th Calvary Division, 4 th Platoon, Afghanistan; Lance Cpl.
Adam Lanier, U.S. Marines, 8 th & I Marine Barracks, Wash
ington, D.C.; E-4 Sr. Airman Roy Davis, U.S. Air Force, RAF
Molesworth, United Kingdom; Lance Cpl. Patrick Barnette,
U.S. Marines, Baharia, Iraq; Sgt. Adam Demshar, 44th Sig
nal Battalion, Baghdad, Iraq; Cpl. Lee Ogden, U.S. Marines,
Camp Pendleton, CA; E5 Petty Officer 2 nd Class Eric B.
Kelsey, U.S. Navy, NSA Naples, Italy; Senior Airman Charles
F. Woods, Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, GA; Stuart
Burrus, U.S. Air Force, Barksdale AFB, Bossier, LA; SPC 4
Travis D. Motes, 1st Calvary Division, T. Hood, Texas; Capt.
Donald Slade Burke, 735th Air Mobility Squadron Detach
ment 1 Commander, Richmond Royal Australian AFB, Rich
mond, Australia; Staff Sgt. Gilbert C. Sheppard III, 48th
Brigade, 118th Field Artillery, Iraq; Petty Officer 3rd Class
Jamie A. Yager, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; Petty
Chief Officer Andy D. Crosby, U.S. Navy, Elroy Destroyer,
Norfolk, Va.; Stephanie Crosby, R.N., U.S. Navy, Lafayette
Destroyer; Jimmy Cooper, U.S. Army National Guard, 878th
Engineering Battalion-Augusta, Persian Gulf ; 1st Lt. J.R.
Taylor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division,
Iraq; SPC. Daniel Stuart, 18th MEDCOM, 121 General Hos
pital, Seoul, Korea; Jeffrey Sweat, U.S. Navy, USS Kauffman,
MM3 59/E-Division, A-Gang, Norfolk, Va.; Cpl. Larry
Lamont Clark, U.S. Marine Corp, 2nd Marine Expedition
ary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Bagdad, Iraq; Khan Young,
U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, Persian Gulf; Robert Milton
Jr., E-3, U.S. Army, Ft. Stewart, Hinesville, Ga., Mission Ku
wait; Arnold R. Mosley, 2nd Lt., U.S. Air Force, Randolph
AFB, Texas; and Debra A. Mosley, Tech. Sgt., U.S. Air Force,
Randolph AFB, Texas; and SPC Charles “C.J.” Amerson,
U.S. Army, Camp Adder, Iraq.
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Farm & Home
Ag Line: Scale Insects in the Landscape
By Wade Parker
County Extension Service Coordinator
Scale insects are among the most serious pests of shrubs and trees
in the landscape. Scale insects fall into two groups - armored scales
and soft scales. The armored-type is what we usually call "hard
scales.” Both types of scale insects secrete a cover which protects
them from weather, predators, and insecticides. You can identify the
scale by the type of cover it has and other characteristics. Scale
identification may be important in selecting the proper control.
Armored Scale: The scale insect’s cover is separate from the body.
If you flip the cover off an armored scale, the insect beneath it will
remain intact. Armored scales feed on the contents of plant cells and
do not produce honeydew.
Soft Scale: The scale insect’s cover is part of the skin of the insect.
Flipping the cover of a soft scale tears the insect’s body apart. Soft
scales feed in the conducive elements of the plant, the xylem and
phloem. Like aphids and whiteflies, the soft scales produce lots of
honeydew. This coats the foliage below with shiny, sticky liquid
and supports the growth of sooty mold.
There can be as many as five or six generations of scales per year
for some species, but most have just one or two. Some soft scales
give birth to living young, but most lay eggs that hatch into mobile
crawlers. The crawlers move out from under the cover of the female
and settle down to feed on leaves or stems. Once settled, most lose
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closed Friday, July 3rd.
All news items for the July 8th
edition should be submitted by
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We wish you a safe & happy
Fourth of July!
their legs and do not move again. Others like wax scale and cottony
cushion scale, retain some degree of mobility throughout their lives.
The cover of scales is secreted beginning with the first molt and
provides very effective protection for the insects from weather, natural
enemies, and insecticides. Scales can be small and hard to see, like
obscure scale, or large and conspicuous like wax scale. The main
effect on infested plants is a gradual weakening that can lead to
thinning of the plant’s canopy, die back, and eventually death.
Contact insecticides are effective against young crawlers, but less
so against later stages. Systemic insecticides can be very effective
against soft scales but only a few are effective against armored scales.
Horticultural oils are also effective, as are insect growth regulators.
The biggest challenge is usually identifying scales as the problem.
If you think you have a scale problem, break off a piece of in
fected plant tissue and bring it into the office.
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gard to race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability.
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