Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday November 14 1988— P8 Time to divert attention to inside gardening Several regular readers of this spaee have ®en nodrini me oh so gently to divert my attention from the outdoors and back inside After all the world is full of time who Thalassa Chw cU ‘ gardenless gardeners" and it is a manifold insult to their plight ' I've been there ignore and I know When I worked in California in the heart of Silicon Valley I Uved in a pale green and white apartment that was light and airy Yet it was still an effort to manage most houseplants in such a sunless centrally heated environment Apartments I used to think must be designed by malevolent architects who have an abiding hatred of living things (human as well as potted) who scheme to make their living areas as unconductive to living as possibleIt probably isn't true or not often anyway while I try never to make excuses for ugliness doubtless the architects who design apartments are at the bottom of the architectural ladder and work for masters who are mm Interested in the cheap than the livable Still as the clergyman told the murderer it's not much of an excuse is it? For those living in such places the usual compromises are made with the usual cast-iro- n plants Yet even a philodendron can inspire a to long for bigger and better things and Sower indoor gardens are quite often the Rebekoh Rlpiso of the public's fruitless search for practical information is that so many rush out to buy the latest overpriced tome only to be disappointed yet again by a book with mm pictures than substance Nevertheless in this forum we shallpush on trying to only talk about things that are of interest and of practical use for real living breathing people in less than ideal conditions One of the best ways to accomplish such a goal is to foster a heavy reliance on the questions that readers ask At feast that way there is some assurance that at least one person wants to read all this I've had several calls this week from growers wondering what to do for plants that have been outside all summer Many tell me that after doing fairly well on various sorts of porches and sheltered spots during warm weather their houseplants have reacted horribly to the trip indoors While nearly everyone has enough sense to expect a plant to sulk after such a dramatic change with result Which is wonderful of course except that such attendant reductions of light and fresh air some growers then look about for the sort of supplies folks tell me that their plants seem to be staging and information they really need and are a Victorian death scene complete with total appalled to find that both are just slightly rarer prostration It doesn’t surprise me to hear it Unleu than hen's teeth with sunny south t Not that there aren't a great many expensive Sardeners are messed and windows left standing open all books on the market One of the best indications The resulting humidity will do much to ease day and have neglected to turn on any heating whatsoever plants are lkely to take the whole plants misery especially once the heat is turned thing somewhat hard It seems to them so much on but dont’ take it hard if your plants lose a few like a swift and merciless change from heaven to leaves anyway Most do And lay off the fertiliser too Plants suffering a Chilian prison cell It does take some getting used to so give them from such a shock respond immediately by time cutting off production of new leaves and flowers And it doesn’t do to be so optimistic as to for shorter or greater lengths of time depending overlook the possibility of pests It's astonishing on their personal habits With winter coming and the resultant low light levels and cooler how many critters will hitch a free ride indoors aphids may be the most coommon but thrips dnrer temperatures plants will be longing to d snooze earwigs pulbugs slugs and even the dreaded take a all to mites make If are allow a dormancy period you map them your eager you spider well get more flowers later than if you dont acquaintance as well So do take the time to examine each plant very allow them a break to catch their breath On the other hand I must confess that I have carefully the undersides of leaves the joints between petioles and stems and the potting soil been known to be a merciless taskmaster of itself should all be most scrupulously inspected geraniums streptocarpus and violets pushing Aside from such blatant evidence as holey them on to greater and greater displays leaves look for tiny bumps on stems miniscule floriferousness in the winter It can be done but white specks in crevasses and eggs or crawlies the plants pay the price of their owners in the soil vainglorious pride by declining notkably earlier than those specimens allowed to go dormant in Then as insurance swathe the pot in plastic and dunk the whole plant right up to tne soil peace If you've neglected your collection until line in soapy water swishing it about with as several specimens are in an advanced state of much enthusiasm as you can muster Besides decreptitude please have the strength of character to throw them out I can't think what can be more depressing than pots full of ratty foliage drooping dismally and looking anything plants in your very brightest spots and try to be but decorative Take cuttings if you must but more attentive than usual for a few days To one rid of raise the humidity around them make sure the getYou'll every be surprised how much better your pots are set (m trays filled with pepples and half rooms look It’s also great fun to sally forth full of water keeping the bottoms of the pots well shopping for lush new ones above the waterline I’ve also used “ecxcrate" — florescent light diffusing panels — with great Editor's note: Rebekah Alpisa is food and gardtn editor for sucess The Herald Journal well-earne- ‘Court of Peeves Irks Crotchets’ filled with examples The quarterly session of the Court of Peeves Irks and Crotchets will kindly come to order The first motion comes from Cullen Hightower of Fort Walton Beach Fla who asks that the court be dissolved never to be convened again This is the gentleman's point: “The only tribunal for the usage of a written word is acceptance by the reader” The motion is summarily dismissed The court holds that in language as in most areas one finds universally recognized distinctions of bad fair good better best At some levels “it don’t’’ and between you and I" doubtless are “acceptable" If all that is asked of English composition is that a sentence clearly convey an idea “she dime gone to town” meets the test Bnt writers and readers rightfully may ask to something more This small and insignificant tribunal stands in the prescriptive tradition Its mock rulings always are subject to contempt contention and appeal Thomas W Harris Jr of Birmingham Ala objects to “veggies” as a legitimate substitute to “vegetables Objection sustained Baby talk has its place but mat place is the nursery "Veggie” is as icky-po- o as“preggie" Jacob I Miller of Deerfield Beach Fla is irked by references to a “sound bite” on television programs He sees the term as a corruption of tne “byte” that has been a part of -- James Kilpatrick computer language for more than 30 years Technically a byte is “a sequence of adjacent binary digits operated on as a unit by a computer It is “a unit of information” By changing the spelling from “byte” to “bite” the word is given an incisive connotation it never was meant to have The court’s ignorance of computer language is profound Case continued Several complaints come to hand against the use of archaic verb endings as in Dear Abby’s comment that “he who seeks the knowledge of the number of ribs hath man and woman had of both Then let him best look upon the ending go forth and compareth” The n properly belongetn only to the singular present indicative The writer who useth the ending wrongly looketh pretty foolish Robert H Nielsen of Seattle asks help in eradicating some weeds that have grown up in airline speech He particularly objects to a “preboarding” announcement He asks “How can you get on before you get on?” Once the X-ra- ys third-perso- Air pollution often worse indoors than outdoors federal study shows WASHINGTON (UPI)-- In a tion ended and could remain study that may help explain elevated as long as six months “sick building syndrome fedAltogether more than 500 eral officials say tests have chemicals were detected in 10 found indoor air in new build- buildings sampled in the ings has levels of harmful five-yestudy Including four chemicals 100 times greater homes for elderly people three than outdoor air office buildings one hospital The Environmental Protec- one school ana an institute for tion Agency study the first governmental studies The buildings examined were major uS assessment of air in Washington Worcester and pollution in public buildings noted Thursday that chemical Cambridge Mass Fairfax concentrations in new Va Martinsburg WVa and structures were highest in the the Research Triangle Park in initial months after construc North Carolina Three of the ar infants and old folks have gone down the ramp the boarding process has begun He demands that “preboarding” be abandoned in favor of “early boarding” or “initial boarding” He also objects to “wherever your final destination may take you" on the reasonable grounds that a destination can't take us anywhere The court will add its own animus against the agent who will be “more than happy” to help us What's more than happy? Hysterical? Mrs Gerald L Molloy of Naples Fla winces at the redundant use of “of” as in “too gloomy of a picture” and “too great of a liability risk’ Objection sustained! Strike those useless and intrusive prepositions From Mrs Benjamin C Pollard of Vista d Calif comes a complaint against the use of “purchase" when what is meant is “buy” She observes that few items are bought any more they are “purchased" and she regards “purchase’ as a “prissy pedantic and pretentious verb” Complaint sustained Gerrit Krot of Lantana Fla asks for an edict against “expensive price” and “hot temperature” Prices and temperatures he observes may be high or low a coat may be expensive high-fame- and the weather-mabe hot The same observation may be made about “quality” When we say that an automobile is “a quality car” we haven't said much for “quality” is a measure of excellence Further note: A sick child runs a fever not a temperature HI Edward KenyoL of Ingleside seeks eradication of “in order" as in “In order to qualify for this category the candidate's behavior must be exemplary" Again “In some cultures one must be careful in order to avoid getting to the point” The gentleman regards “in order'7 as mere sentence-paddin- g g and but the court is uncertain The words may convey a useful sense of causality not well conveyed by the abrupt infinitive The last word on redundancy goes to Gordon Dew Sr of Garden City Ga who complains of “close proximity” Sustained sir! There Isn’t any other kind of proximity And if you run across a paddy in which anything but rice is grown the court would like to be advised Adjourned © 1988 Universal Press Sundicate throat-clearin- Editor’s note: James Kilpatrick is a syndicated columnist who writes about writing mvumamwwmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaami Christmas Portias - Rasarvo Now 752-315- 5 Buffots - Dinnars - Brookffast buildings were newly constructed The study focused on a class of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds because they are suspected of contributing to “sick building syndrome” the widespread reports of headaches eye and nose irritation fatigue nausea and other maladies by employees in particular buildings The study found volatile or-compounds are emitted Janie wide range of materials KVNU announcers now living up things like a 1938 calendar 50 puzzle pieces or a KVNU all over the country have been business card On Thursday contacted and asked to record those items can be taken to birthday greetings which are Continued from page I Axtell Chevrolet where the being played on tree air Lewis said the station's conperson who has all the required including the business aspects items will be given the use of a tinued success has come from of running a radio station car for a year In case of a tie its commitment to the commuthough he stillgets behind the contestants will have to take nity “We do a little bit of everymicrophone Tne station has part in a radio quiz about 20 full- - and part-tim- e we’re a radio thing But the highlight of the celesaid he “KVNU employees has station” 8 will come at bration pm always been oriented around “It's a good business” Lewis Thursday night when KVNU’s the personality of the commusaid “We try to transmit the “50th Birthday Party” will be We've tried to retain the nity excitement the spontaneity held appropriately enough in best of radio — the and the audience reaction to the Capitol Theatre the site of news information and enterour advertisers The way I feel the station's early broadcasts One tainment about thing The public is invited with all about advertising — radio KVNU over the years is that it — to the is proceeds going Capitol has newspaper or television sounded like Logan that if a business feels like Theatre Foundation a group and always but it Cache Valley advertising is an expense they working to bring live perfor- doesn't sound ” to old back theater the shou!dnTt be doing it mances Modern radio is a highly Advertising should be a will a be live radio competitive business On tap Lewis benefit drama performed by a group said Stations are frequently “We're here to give the from USU The drama will be being bought and sold and acted out on stage just as if the changing call letters and public the news information need” and entertainment they formats Radio personalities players were in a radio studio he said “We're partners with with scripts in hand and sound often move from market to our advertisers We’re part of effects Lewis said A KVNU market staffer has scripted a radio Yet KVNU “basically” has their business” Lewis and the rest of the melodrama that will be had the same ownership for its — 50 years Lewis said and KVNU staff are involved in the — k by KVNU personalities don’t come and go station's 50th anniversary tongues-in-cheepromotion A number of activi- employees There will also be a as often as in other markets e “One thing that has really ties have been part of the group that will sing attracand other made a difference is that all radio jingles celebration our AM announcers have lived tions Lewis said Contests have been an ima show on to want here for several years They've “We KVNU's of put appeal portant part become part of the communover the years Lewis said so that shows tne glorious the station has come up with a glamorous days of radio” ity” Lewis said technological inOn the air KVNU is broadunique contest to highlight the shows to help novations are constantly radio old a scavenger casting anniversary relive the days when radio was changing the way radio works hunL and sounds Ana the current 50 of each the For days prior the most popular entertainment medium in the country national trend is toward FM to the station's 50lh anniversary listeners have been asked to One of Reed Bullen's “Man on radio But “there will always locate specific items things the Street" interviews will be be a need in the community for a good solid AM station” that relate to the number 50 or broadcast And to highlight Bullen's — Lewis said to the year 1831 or to KVNU “And as long as I'm in and Lewis' — belief that the Lewis said station's employees have been charge KVNU will continue to So for the past few weeks listeners have been scrounging critical to its success former fill that local need” TO BE HELD IN KVNU 1075 North Main full-servi- ce (Bridgerland Plaza) 'old-styl- e' small-town- performed with November 15-1- 6 November 1 Z 9am-6p- m 9am-2p- m Mini World First Quality Dresses Newborn sizes to size 14 on-a- ir old-tim- suggested retail price Fall 1988 50 Holiday 1988 40 - 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