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GOOD LIVING
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Denton Record-Chronicle
Friday, January 8, 2016
exercises a good stretch for the brain
Mental
carpet. This will feed back to some cows to do heaven knows
your brain and recharge your what to him, and I’m not 88
years old.”
“You will be some day and
this article says you need to be-
gin exercising the brain early.
Here, you read the book and find
an exercise that suits you.”
He took the book and later I
my body. Next, I let myself float
as I enjoyed the moment of
practicing doing nothing. Then,
as I allowed my mind the luxury
of simply wondering around, I
fell asleep,” he yawned. ‘And
now you need to leave me alone
while I practice that exercise
he other day I suggested
to my husband that we
begin the new year with
some mental exercises. “We
need to create a happy environ-
ment for our brains,” I told him.
“My brain is happy sitting
right here,” he said, leaning his
head against the pillow on his
recliner and closing his eyes.
“We need to keep our IQ’s in-
tact and smarten them up.”
“like how?” he asked, open-
ing one eye.
“Here read this,” I said, point-
ing to a sentence in a book that
read:
day, and Friday in the town hall
Community Room, with exer-
cise beginning at 10 a.m. fol-
lowed by card games at 11 a.m.
Anyone 55 and older is welcome
to attend.
For more information, call
Stella at 940-464-7438 or Ka-
ren at 940-464-0506.
■ Keep Argyle Beautiful will
meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
Community Room at the Argyle
Town Hall, 308 Denton St.
Keep Argyle Beautiful preserves
and enhances the town’s natural
environment through educa-
tional and motivational pro-
grams, and special events.
For more information, visit
www.keepargylebeautiful.com
or contact Deborah Cottle via
email at dcottie@tempo-
rah.com.
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“No way! The only feedback
my brain would get is that I’ve
gone daffy.”
Well, how about this exer-
cise? Put a rock in your hand
and pretend you are very small.
Imagine that you are so tiny you found him asleep in his recliner.
can crawl inside and become like
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again.
Note: A gnirettams fo gnih-
tyreve, dna a egdelwonk fo
gnihton. - selrahC snekeiD is: A
smattering of everything and a
knowledge of nothing.
— Charles Dickens
Lynn Sheffield
Simmons
THE PLACE IS ARGYLE
‘You were supposed to be do-
it — a rock. Then, after you tell ing brain exercises, not nap-
me how it feels being a rock lying ping,” I said,
in a field, pretend it begins to
rain and then some cows come
He opened his eyes and said,
‘I did, and I exercised so hard I
up. Now how would this affect must have fallen asleep.”
you?’
smiled, snuggling back against
the pillow.
Well, how about this one?
You can stimulate your brain by
crawling around.”
“Doing what?” he asked,
pulling his chair to an upright
position.
What you do is begin by get-
ting on your all fours and then
you creep around in any pattern
until one feels comfortable.
Once you have established a pat-
tern you need to become aware
of how the weight of your body is
distributed, the extension of
your muscles and bones, and no-
tice everything in your visual
field, like the chair legs and the
Organizations
■ The Argyle Senior Center
will have its monthly luncheon
at noon Friday, Jan. 22 in the
Community Room at Argyle
Town Hall, 308 Denton St. Bar-
ry and Kathy Rimley will come
dressed in western attire to talk
to the seniors about “The Leg-
ends of Texas” and the gunfight-
ing show performed at the Fort
Worth Stockyards during the
summer. Those attending are
asked to dress western and to
bring a side dish.
The Argyle Senior Center
meets every Monday, Wednes-
“What exercise did you do?”
“I did two of them, beginning
grounds that it might incrimi- with this one right here,” he said,
nate me,” he said, leaning his pointing to a page in the book.
“I practiced getting the noise
out of my head by concentrating
“All right, read this article on and breathing. I also practiced
howffesh challenges keep an ag- another one on brain manage-
ing brain agile. It’s about an 82- ment — how to take a 20-min-
year-old woman and her 88- ute break — and that is what I
year-old husband who are both was doing when you woke me
still painting and doing show- up.’
ings all over the country”
“Ah, you see? He isn’t crawl-
“A gnirettams fo gnihtyreve,
dna a egdelwonk fo gnihton.”
— selrahC snekeiD.
“I can’t read this!” he ex-
claimed, shoving the book to-
ward me. “It’s in a foreign lan-
‘I refuse to answer on the
head back and putting his chair
in a reclining position.
guage!
“No, it isn’t. It is in English,
but written backwards. Here,
you figure it out.”
“What if I don’t want to fig-
ure it out?”
LYNN SHEFFIELD SIM-
MONS is the founder and past
president of the North Texas
Book Festival Inc. She is the
author of 10 children’s books
and two history books on Ar-
gyle. Her website is www.argy-
lebooks.com. She can be reached
at lynn@argylebooks.com.
‘Sure you were,” I laughed.
‘I did everything it said. I
ing around on the floor or pre- loosened my muscles, thought
tending he is a rock sitting in a happy thoughts, felt friendly and
field while it rains waiting for spread that comfort all through
“But it is good for your brain
and there are a lot more exercis-
es on the next page.”
“I’m not ready for it,” he
Kissing bugs may
not pose an immediate threat to all
He will discuss how to main- cal controls before resorting to
tain your home’s value with chemicals,
good pest control covering ter-
mites, bees, fire ants, rodents bugs,
and other pests.
Other speakers will be your ports were in November about
local county Extension agents, the dangers of kissing bugs and
DavidAnniswilldoapresenta- Chagas disease, it’s not really
tion on understanding pesti- the time of year for the insect to
cide labels and how to use that be active,
information properly. Annis
will also do a presentation on weather species but are active
sprayer calibration to include May through October. Also,
how to make a sprayer for your kissing bugs are nocturnal and
home use.
I will do a presentation on
“Least Toxic Pesticides for the run across a kissing bug in your
Home Landscape.” I will dis- house is not impossible but
cuss integrated pest manage- probably not as common as
ment techniques for common you might think,
landscape pests and how to use
cultural, biological and physi- ports, the kissing bug research
issing bugs have been in
the news lately. Maybe
you have been wonder-
ing what that really means and
if you will be impacted by Cha-
gas disease.
On Jan. 28, from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., Texas A&M AgriLife
Extension is offering a class
that will answer these ques-
tions and many more of your
insect questions. “What’s Bug-
ging You?” will feature Sonja
Swiger explaining the risks and
control methods for disease-
vectoring mosquitoes and kis-
sing bugs.
The class will have five con-
tinuing education units
(CEUs) available for pesticide
applicators but is not limited to
just pesticide applicators.
cause they acquire the patho-
gen orally, when they eat bugs.
So even in a high population of
kissing bugs, the problem
seems to be greater for dogs
than humans.
If you have questions about
insects in your home or land-
scape or horticulture ques-
tions, visit dcmga.com, call the
Master Gardener help desk at
940-349-2892 or email mas-
ter.gardener @ dentoncoun-
ty.com.
team at Texas A&M University
received more than 600 sam-
K
pies of insects to identify and
only six of them were kissing
bugs.
But let’s get back to kissing
Even though the news re-
You can visit the team’s web
page to see how to identify a
kissing bug at http://kissing-
bug.tamu.edu.
And what about the danger
of Chagas disease? Right now,
there is not enough data to ver-
ify if Chagas is a common prob-
lem here, especially in North
Texas.
Janet Laminack
HORTICULTURE
Kissing bugs are not a cold-
The class costs $40 and pre-
registration is recommended
because class size is limited.
Lunch will be on your own. To
register, go online at denton.a-
grilife.org.
Mike Merchant will talk
about “pests that every Texas
homeowner needs to know.”
hide very well.
The likelihood that you will
Dog infection rates are very
high where the bugs are com-
mon, more often in the south-
ern parts of the state.
Additionally, researchers
think that dogs are more likely
than people to have Chagas be-
JANET LAMINACK is the
horticulture county extension
agent with Texas AgriLife
Extension.
She can be reached at 940-
349-2883 or via email atjela-
minack@ag.tamu.edu.
In fact, after recent news re-
The price of building a pool
Dread nought us
ne of the most common
questions that pool
builders get is, “How
much does a swimming pool
cost to build?”
It is a very difficult question to
answer, as costs vary depending
on many different variables. As
with many other purchases, pric-
es vary greatly depending on what
the prospective buyer is desiring.
We all have different tastes.
For example, when selecting
a restaurant, there are those who
would prefer to just spend a few
dollars per person for a meal,
while there are others who pre-
fer a gourmet meal and will
spend $100 or even more. I
imagine we could all tell the dif-
ference.
In addition, hotels in the Dal-
las-Fort Worth area start at less
than $40 per night (according
to hotels.com) and go up to well
over $500 per night (The Ritz
Carlton Dallas, according to tri-
padvisor.com). Of course, hotel
costs can vary greatly, and some
of it is based on supply and de-
mand. The high-end hotel
would likely provide a better ex-
perience than a $40 per night
hotel.
pool is just part of the backyard
project Oftentimes there are ad-
ditional backyard components
such as patio area, shade struc-
ture, outdoor kitchen, fire pit, put-
ting green, landscaping, etc.
■ Size and depth of pool —
We naturally think that the wide
range in pricing mostly has to do
with the size and depth of the
pool. Although size and depth
does factor into the cost, it is not
as big of a factor as the other
variables mentioned here. There
are small pools that have been
built that are very expensive and
large pools that have been built
that are cheap.
As you can tell, there are
quite a few variables when it
comes to the cost of swimming
pools. One of the biggest mis-
takes that I see when selecting a
pool builder is basing everything
on price alone, instead of op-
tions that you want or need. Al-
though price is important be-
cause you do not want to over-
pay, you want to be sure that you
get what you want and not be
misled by price alone. It would
be like buying a car without an
air conditioner or power win-
dows; although you bought the
car for less money, you really did
not get what you wanted.
If you simply cannot afford the
exact pool that you would like to
have, my recommendation would
be to cut features and other back-
yard components, which often-
times can be done at a later time.
Never scrimp on the quality ofthe
construction — you will regret it,
potentially paying for it in the
long run by having more mainte-
nance and repairs. It could also
hinder your house sale when you
do decide to sell. It is not a car —
you cannot just trade in a pool if it
doesn’t work out. You are stuck
with it
Bottom line: It is a good idea
to never make money the num-
ber one priority in any type of
construction project. Once that
happens, bad things begin to oc-
cur and you rarely end up happy.
MATT GOHLKE owns
Gohlke Pools, which has earned
national awards, certifications
and recognition in the pool
industry. He can be reached at
940-387-7521 or
matt@gohlkepools.com.
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POOLS
and as high as $310,000 (infor-
mation was attained from pool
building permits). There have
even been residential pools con-
structed in the North Texas area
for upwards of $1,000,000. With
that being said, most of the pools
that are being built in the DFW
area are in the $40,000 to
$65,000 range. Why the wide
range in pool pricing? There are
many variables, including the fol-
lowing:
■ Quality of construction
Pool construction is like any other
type of construction. There are
different levels of quality, not only
in the materials used but also in
the installation of those materials
— some installers are simply
more skilled than other installers.
Many of these components can-
not be seen once the pool is com-
plete, but quality is typically re-
flected over the long term. The
bad thing about construction is
that once it is done, it is done — if
it is possible to change it, it can be
very expensive.
■ Materials selected —
These are the components ofthe
pool that you see, the finish-out
materials. There are many types
of materials to choose from that
vary greatly in cost. A few exam-
ples of options in the area of ma-
terials selected are interior finish
of the pool (all tile, pebble,
quartz, white plaster, etc.), cop-
ing material (stone, travertine,
etc.) and deck material (traver-
tine, stamped concrete, textured
concrete, gray concrete).
■ Features of the pool —
There are quite a few features
available for a pool, such as an
attached spa, beach entry, wa-
terfalls, fountains, slide, diving
board, etc. All of these features
add to the cost of a pool.
■ Other backyard compo-
nents — Typically a swimming
l
And how about new cars?
New cars start at approximately
$12,000 (2016 Nissan Versa, ac-
cording to nissanusa.com) and
go all of the way to well over
$1,000,000 (Ferrari LaFerrari,
according to autobytel.com). I
believe that we would all agree
that the Ferrari would provide
an unforgettable experience.
Homes also vary greatly in
price. I was recently talking to a
local custom-home builder in
Denton and asked him aboutnew
home prices in the area. He said
that there are new tract homes in
the area that start at around $120
per square foot, but that custom
homes are considerably more,
and that he has built homes that
are as much as $450 per square
foot It likely wouldn’t take any of
us long to tell the difference in a
house costing $120 per square
foot and a house costing $450 per
square foot.
So, back to the original ques-
tion, “How much does a swim-
ming pool cost to build?” Recent-
ly, I have seen inground pools in
file DFW area as low as $28,000
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