The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 3, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 March 1989 — Page 10

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., March 1,1989

Sports

U 41 ;;^fik: ''-wk bib TOUCH — Wawasee gymnast Diane Karst completes her floor exercise routine with a pleading look towards the ceiling. Karst scored a 7.65 aria took second in junior varsity competition. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)

Gymnastics team is geared up for sectional

(Continued from page9* and the Elkhart Central Blue Blazers. Elkhart's squad handed the Warriors a loss in Elkhart earlier in the season and Wawasee's girls are itching for a rematch Sumpter said her team will be . ready for the Blue Blazers this time / — Elkhart Central brings in a 7-1 * record inter the sectional Blue Blazers coach Steve Rossi expects the Warriors to be better at this stage df the season. “I’m surety'll be better than when they were at our place," he said. Rossi thinks his team will be in good shape if it can score in the. mid-90s range. "We expect to break the 96-mark at sectional if everything goes well, he said. Other schools included in the sectional will be Warsaw (7-6). Tippecanoe Valley (2-8), Memorial (2-6), Plymouth '3-4)

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and North Wood (3-6). Laville will be represented by a one-person entry. Gymnastics fans may be disappointed to know that Northwood's Heidi Freed will not be competing in the sectional. The sophomore sensation injured ' herself while performing a halftime routine as a cheerleader , Following is the score of Monday's meet: Wawasee Varsity 100.25, DeKalb Varsity 83.00 Wawasee JV 85.00. DeKalb JV 56.70. Vaulting Ist-Anne Poftl (Wawasee), 7.95; tied for 2nd Angela Kistler 'Wawasee> and Barb Signorelli Wawasee). 7.90; 4th-Darcey Smith 'Wawasee JV). 7.70; sthDiane Karst' Wawasee). 7.60. , Uneven Bars Ist-Angeia Kistler (’Wawasee), 8 75; 2nd-Karen Butt 'Wawasee), 8.45; 3rd-Britani Stoller (Wawasee), 8-35; 4th-Barb ———————l

Signorelli (Wawasee), 8.20; sthNikki Marsh (Wawasee JV). Balance Beam Ist-Angela Kistler (Wawasee). 8.55; 2nd-Angie Bishop (DeKalb). 8.40; tied for 3rd-Anne Pohl (Wawasee) and Britani Stoller (Wawasee), 8.16; sth-Daniss Meshberger (DeKalb), 7.50. ? Floor Exercise Ist-Karen Butt I Wawasee). 8.85; 2nd-Britani Stoller (Wawasee), 8.70; 3rd-Darcey Smith (Wawasee), 8.65; 4th-Anne Pohl (Wawasee). 8.60; sthAngela Kistler (Wawasee), 8.40 All-Around Ist-Angela Kistler (Wawasee), 33.60: -2nd-Nikki Marsh (Wawasee JV), 28.25; 3rd-Shelby Davidson (DeKalb), 28.25; 4th-. Angie Bishop (DeKalb), 27.50; sth-Daniss Meshberger (DeKalb), 25 45.

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Wrestling club to open at Wawasee

The Wawasee wrestling club rs scheduled begin action on March 7 Warriors coaches Dave

VanLue and Scott DeHart will be providing instructions in freestyle wrestling on Tuesdays from 6-7 pm-. in the high school's wrestling room. The weekly program will continue through. May 9. except for the Tuesday of Spring Break The club is open to all boys from the ages of six to 18. Information for freestyle registration and tournaments will be made available, A registration fee will

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be charged to pay for a club Tshirt Registration forms will be available at each elementary and middle school and also at the high school. The wrestling room is located upstairs in the P.E. annex. Recycled nests The eagle uses the same nest year after year, adding new material each year.

Spring-like weather brings up bulbs

Hoosier gardeners have anxiously awaited the arrival of the 1989 growing season, but many have been surprised to see that their bulbs have gotten a head start. “Although this winter’s warm up seems a bit early this year, garden plants are reacting in their usual manner,” said B. Rosie Lerner, Purdue University extension home horticulturist. Each winter tends to have a brief warming period that causes some plants to break their dormancy. This year’s came in January rather than waiting until February as usual, which means that new growth could still have a long cold spell ahead. Most hardy plants should not be noticeably affected as yet, said the horticulturist. The most dramatic response is with the early flowering bulbs. Plants such as tulips, daffodils and crocus may be showing a bit of their foliage above ground now, especially where planted near buildings or other warm, protected locations. The leaves may be nipped back when temperatures drop back down below freezing again. But in most cases, the flower buds should still be protected inside the bulb below ground. If the warm temperatures continue for an extended period, the flower buds may also break out.

Tools and other purchases for lawns and gardens

Ninety-three percent of all US households participating in lawn and garden activities (65 million households) purchase one or more types of lawn and garden products, according to a nationwide survey. The “hit parade” of products purchased are: • Nursery products, such as transplants, bulbs, shrubs and trees, purchased by 52 percent or 36 million US households • Indoor houseplants/supplies. including potting soil, containers and houseplants, purchased by 50 percent or 35 million households. • Fertilizer, including both chemical and organic, ranks third with purchases by 45 percent or 32 million households. • Seeds rank fourth, with vegetable seed foremost, followed by grass seed and flowers, with a total of 45 percent or 31.5 million households buying seeds. • Insect controls/chemicals were purchased by 45 percent or an estimated 32 million households. • Wild bird/pet products, including pet food and care products and bird feed, bird houses and feeders, were purchased by 45 percent or an estimated 32 million US households. • Watering equipment ranks seventh with 39 percent or an estimated 27 million households purchasing hoses, nozzles, connectors, water timers, inground irrigation systems and drip irrigationsystems. • Outdoor living products, such as barbecue grills and accessories, outdoor furniture, fencing. pool, greenhouses and more were purchased by 38 percent or an estimated 27 millioqx households. • Garden tools, including both long-handle and short-handle pruning tools, sprayers, wheelbarrows and composters. were purchased by 37 percent or an estimated 26 million households. • Soil amendments/mulch ranks number 10, with 32 percent

wWRMk FREE-THROW DISTRICT WINNERS - Brandon Lozano Syracuse Middle School, and Heather Perzanowski, Wawasee High School freshman, are the winners from this area w ho competed in Fort Wayne February 25 in the Knights of Columbus Basketball FreeThrow Shoot. They are both in the 14-year-old division and both have won three rounds - council, local and district. They have earned the right to compete at the state finals in Indianapolis March 11. __ Lozano was the state champion last year m his age division, and hopes for another victory this year. He and Perzanowski are shown with their trophies.

Some precocious bulbs such as snowdrops may already be in bloom. They too could be nipped by a hard freeze. But the bulbs themselves will survive and come back next year even if the flowers don’t make it this year. Lerner said there’s not much a gardener can do to prevent this turn Os events except let Mother Nature take its course. “Mulching over the plants now might smother them and would only serve to warm the soil further, causing continued growth.” Mulch applied after the ground freezes in early winter helps keep plants dormant in most years. But this winter has been so mild that even the xyinter mulch may not have been able to keep the ground cold enough. Most woody plants should still be dormant at this point, said Lerner. If the warm weather continues for an extended period, some bud break is possible, particularly on fruit and landscape plants that bloom early in the spring. “The further along the buds are in growth, the more susceptible they become to freeze damage when temperatures drop,” said Lerner. “But there still isn’t anything practical that the gardener can do, short of covering the plants when freezing temperatures are predicted. And that could be an awful lot of work in this early stage of the winter.”

or 22.4 million households purchasing topsoil, peat moss, mulch and landscape fabrics. Gardeners made their purchases in garden centers/retail nurseries <44 percent or 31 million households), hardware stores (30 percent or 21 million), mass merchandiser/discount stores (21 percent or 15 million), feed/seed stores (19 percent or 13 million households), supermarkets/drug stores (15 percent or 11 million), and home centers (16 percent or 11 million -households^; mail order accounted for eight percent or six million, and other retail sources accounted for purchases of three percent or two million households.

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