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STRAIGHT TALK
FROM TDA
MIKE MOELLER
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
TEXAS DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
Greenhouse Pest
Management
A Winter is one of nature’s
most effective pest controls.
Ths cold temperatures either
kill many insects and fungi or
slow them down so dramati-
cally that they no longer cause
problems.
Winter also drives many gard-
eners indoors and out of busi-
ness for several months. Others
move their operations into a
greenhouse, to extend the
growing season artificially or
simply because they don’t want
their cold-sensitive ornamen-
tals filling up the house all
winter.
A word of caution to green-
house garcGSfcrs: The same
warmth and protection that
your greenhouse gives seed-
lings and plants also foster any
garden pests that manage to
sneak inside.
Whiteflies, mealybugs,
aphids, mites, pill bugs and
even cockroaches can intrude
into greenhouses and take up
wipter residence. When mov-
ing plants indoors, remove
hitch-hiking pests with water
sprayed from a garden hose
(particularly effective on
aphids), with an insecticidal
soap spray, or by hand-picking.
Be sure to look on the under-
side of leaves, where pests and
their eggs like to hide.
You might decide to get rid of
a diseased planOinstead of
t aking it indoors. Or you might
put it in a “quarantine" area of
the greenhouse to keep the
disease from spreading while
you treat it.
You can also design pests out
of your indoor gardening sys-
tem by screening and caulking
all greenhouse windows and
vents. If pests can’t get in, they
can’t feed and multiply over the
winter and damage your plants
in the process. A crack under
the door invites trouble, so seal
thresholds with weatherstrip-
ping plates.
If whiteflies do get in, re-
member they’re attracted to
yellow objects. That’s why
some gardeners rely on sticky
hellow boards or strips placed
strategically throughout the
greenhouse to trap whiteflies
and other insects. (These traps
shouldn't be confused with the
once-popular chemical strips
that release pesticide fumes
into the air.) Sticky traps are
available commercially, or you
can make your own with store-
bought sticky substances with
names like Tanglefoot, Stickem
or Sticky Stuff.
Sticky barriers around free-
standing table and bench legs
also help keep crawling insects,
snails and slugs away from your
plants.
A number of other pest-con-
trol tricks used in summer
gardening usually work indoors
in winter, too. You can:
* Use reflective mulches,
such as aluminum foil or white
plastic sheets, to discourage
pests from landing on plants.
* Water early so that foliage is
dry at the end of the day. This
discourages fungal and bacter-
ial growth.
* Fertilize with the smallest
amount of nitrogen that allows
adequate plant growth. Slow-
release formulas help discour-
age sucking insects such as
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STATE CAPITOL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lindell Willimas
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN-Though state poli-
tics cooled down for most
during the Christmas freeze,
Texas Attorney General Jim
Mattox dominated the news in
a storm of judicial .system
controversy and signs indicated
his gubernatorial bid is gaining
ground.
Mattox was berated by a host
of state district judges for
messing with a federal plan to
overhaul their elections. Jud-
ges said he sold them out for
Hispanic votes.
Mattox, who also angered
Gov. Bill Clements for endors-
ing the minority-backed elect-
ion plan, denied the charge.
Mattox Poll Released
Meanwhile, his , campaign
aired poll results which show
him now to be the Democrat
front-runner, ahead of Ann
Richards. *
The Richards campaign ques-
tioned the accuracy of the
v Mattox poll, and said Richards
was still leading.
But no one can deny that
Mattox, thought to be running
third two months ago, has
momentum.
The old adage has it that any
controversial news, good or
bad, increases name identifi-
cation, and Mattox certainly
has been reaping it both ways.
Workers’ Comp Wars
In what may be the top
challenge of the post-workers’
compensation wars, state Sen.
Chet Brooks, D-Pasadena, will
be opposed by state Rep. Lloyd
Criss, D-LaMarque.
Brooks, whose district has a
large number of labor Union
members, angered union and
trial lawyer groups with his
pro-business vote on^workers’
comp in the recent special
session.
Criss, a key House chairman,
has strong labor union ties.
Labor and trial lawyer lead-
ers vowed to punish lawmakers
who opposed them; this race
will determine whether they
can deliver punitive pay-backs,
despite pro-business protec-
tion.
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Mauro Seeks Re-Election
Texas Land Commissioner
Garry Mauro filed for re-
election, and vowed to continue
cleaning up Texas beaches and
boosting natural gas as a clean
fuel!
Mauro, a Democrat, is seek-
ing his third therm against
GOP challenger Wes Gilbreath,
a Houston businessman.
Maloney Eyes Court Seat
Frank Maloney, a prominent
Austin attorney, announced he
will be a Democrat candidate
for the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals.
The court became politically
controversial when its justices
voted 6-3 to overturn the
rape-murder conviction of Clar-
ence Brandley, a black janitor
whom civil rights activists say
was railroaded.
Meanwhile, a recent Hispanic
group lawsuit contends the
at-large election system of the
criminal appeals court discrim-
inates against minorities. A
federal judge, acting on a
similar lawsuit, recently order-
ed at-large Elections thrown out
for state district judges.
Maloney said the lawsuit
challenging at-large elections
for criminal appeals court jud-
ges could jeopardize past mur-
der convictions, and that death
penalty punishments could be
overturned. •
Montgomery County DA
Peter Speers filed a motion
with the Texas Court of Crim-
inal Appeals to reverse its
rQing overturning the rape-
murder conviction of Brandley.
Speers, who will decide whe-
ther to prosecute Brandley
again, said some evidence dis-
appeared, possibly because of
complicity by persons sym-
pathetic to Brandley.
Protecting College Sports
Texas Secretary of State
George Bayoud, enforcing a law
protecting college sports, fined
former Heisman Trophy winner
Johnny Rogers and a sports
marketing firm $10,000 each for
illegally contacting Houston
football star Andre Ware.
Rogers and the firm denied
contacting Ware and will ap-
peal the ruling. A firm spokes-
man said Rogers is not their
agent, but they have a contract
with his company.
Rogers said he bought a fur
coat and other items worth
$1,000 for Ware’s mother to
wear to the Heisman Trophy
awards ceremony, which she.
agreed to repay.
Bayoud’s office said Rogers
directly offered Ware $20 mil-
lion is he would sign a profes-
Ask
Ann
Richards
Will My Auto Insurance Premium
Go Up If I Am In An Accident?
Editor’s Note: State Treasurer
Ann W. Richards each week
answers questions about "per-
sonal finance and state gov-
ernment. These questions are
compiled from various letters
to the State Treasury. Answers
are not intended to take the
advice of reputable financial
advisers or other professional
counselors.
If you have a question, write:
Ask Ann Richards, P.O. Box
12608 Capitol Station, Austin,
Texas 78711,’
I was in a car accident last
month. Fortunately no one was
injured, but my wife is con-
cerned our insurance payments
will go up even though it was
determined to be the other
driver's fault. What determines
an increase in our rates l
Your rates may go up follow-
ing a car accident if you
aredetermined to be at fault, if
there was more than $500
dollars in property damage
ftbtolsfor both vehicles) or if
anybody injury or death re-
sulted from the accident, ac-
cording to the Texas Driving
Insurance Plan.
%
You have indicated that the
accident was not your fault;
therefore, your auto insurance
rates should not be increased.
If you were judged to be at
fault, your rates could go up 15
percent. If the accident is
reported to the police, it will
appear on the driving record of
whomever was at fault. So even
if the driver were to change
insurance companies, the pre-
miums on the new policy would
increase 15 percent.
Auto insurance rates can be
A LOSING FIGHT
Molher: ‘‘What’s all that noise
out there by the cookie jar? ”
Boys: “We’re fighting tempta-
tion!”
Visitors Place Friendliness
Of Texans At Top Of List
sional contract and illegally
used his mother to lure Ware.
Ware is a junior and state
law bars agents from contact-
ing players with remaining
eligibility.
Valley Freeze Damage
House Agriculture Commit-
tee chairman Dudley Harrison,
who inspected Valley freeze
damage with lawmakers Re-
nato Cuellar, Eddie Lucio and
Alex Moreno, said Texas grow-
ers should be declared eligible
for federal disaster aid for 60
percent losses to their citrus
crops.,
State Sen. Hector Uribe,
D-Brownsville, asked the gov-
ernor to recommend the Valley
as a federal disaster area.
Other Highlights
* Ken Boatwright, who re-
cently resigned after more than
16 years with the Texas De-
partment of Agriculture,
aborted his campaign for agri-
culture commissioner and en-
dorsed Republican Rick Perry.
* Gov. elements appointed
five members of the newly
reorganized Board of Pardons
and Paroles, and designated
James Granberry of Lubbock
as board chairman.
While it isn’t advertised on
state license plates, Texas
friendliness does not go unno-
ticed by visitors to the Lone
Star State.
"The Friendship State’ may
not be so far off after all,” said
J. Don Clark, director of the
highway department’s Travel
and Information Division, after
seeing results of the division's
1989 Auto Visitor Survey.
When visitors to the depart-
ment’s 12 Travel Information
Centers were asked what they
enjoyed about Texas, “friendli-
ness” was the number-one an-
swer, Clark noted. Although
Texans rejected a proposal last
summer to promote their
friendly attitude on license
plates, “they apparently lived
the slogan, impressing their
guests with good humor and
helpfulness,” Clark added.
Scenery, good highways, and
Texas food all ranked high, too,
among the 3-Vi million visitors
to the Travel Information Cen-
ters.
People who come to Texas
are staying longer than their
counterparts last year, the
survey shows, with average
stays up 6 percent over 1988.
‘This shows that the state
continues to provide additional
recreational, historical, and en-
tertainment facilities that ex-
^American Viewpoints
tend the visitors’ Texas exper-
ience,” Clark said.
Oklahoma continued to pro-
vide the most out-of-state visi-
tors, with California remaining
in second place. Missouri jump-
ed from sixth place in 1988 to
third in 1989, replacing Louisi-
ana, which dropped to fifth.
San Antonio is still the most-
visited city by both short-term
visitor and those who stay
longer than 30 days. Short-
term visitors identified Dallas
and Houston «s their next most
popular destinations, while the
long-term visitors listed the
winter havens of Brownsville
and Harlingen.
The report lists the 60 top
Texas destinations as well as
statistics on visitor spending,
miles driven, activities, pur-
pose of -trips, accommodations
used, ages of visitors, and other ,
data'. In addition to the 1989
totals, figures for the winter,
spring, summer, and fall quar-
ters are presented in the sur-
vey report.
More than 2.5 million couples marry each year in the
United States.
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increased for a number of other
reasons not related to auto
accidents. If you notice an
increase in your auto rates,
contact your insurance agent
immediately for an explanation.
I went to my baiyk for a car
loan and was told I had to
purchase credit insurance be-
fore my loan would be ap-
proved. Is this allowedf
Credit insurance is the bank’s
protection should you be unable
to make your loan payments.
The cost of credit insurance is
typically low and can be factor-
ed into the loan amount or be
paid off in full in advance.
Any financial institution can
require that customers purch-
ase a credit insurance policyas a
condition for a loan. However,
if the customer does not with to
purchase a policy, he or she has
the right to go to another
lender.
Persons with poor credit or
an unstable employment his-
tory may find it difficult to
qualify for a lop without
purchasing an insurance policy.
Interest rates are often lower
when credit insurance is pur-
chased since the lender is
guaranteed the loan will be
repaid through the policy if the
borrower defaults.
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