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GOOD LIVING
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Friday, December 1, 2017
Denton Record-Chronicle
Argyle Christmas Festival and Tree Lighting on Saturday
eep Argyle Beautiful
will host the annual
Argyle Christmas Festi-
val and Tree Lighting from 4
to 7 p.m. Saturday at the
Argyle Fire Station, 511S.
Gibbons Road. Those attend-
ing are asked to bring canned
or boxed food to benefit the
Argyle Food Bank.
The event will have food,
games, face painting, scavenger
hunts, balloon sculptures,
holiday vendors, entertainers, a
photo booth and crafts for
children.
Santa will make a special
entrance and children can have
their pictures taken with him.
The evening will end with
holiday songs and the tree
lighting in front of the Argyle
Fire Station.
tree lighting at 6:30.”
Holiday Open House
set for Dec. 8
The Denton County His-
torical Commission invites the
public to attend their Holiday
Open House from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at
Denton County Historical
Park, 317 W. Mulberry St.
Light refreshments will be
served.
For more information, call
Kelsey Jistel with Denton
County Office of History and
Culture at 940-349-2850
planned a holiday happy hour
mixer and would like to invite
all of the women in Argyle.
For more information about
the event, such as the time and
place, email her at womenof
argyle @gmail.com.
U.S. Highway 377. For more
information, visit www.argy-
lechamber.org or call 940-
464-9990.
Argyle Senior Center
meets every Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday in the Commu-
nity Room at Argyle Town
Hall, 308 Denton St., with
exercise beginning at 10 a.m.
followed by card games at 11
a.m.
every month at 5:30 p.m. in
PointBank, 302 U.S. Highway
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377.
Keep Argyle Beautiful pre-
serves and enhances the town’s
natural environment through
visit educational and motiva-
tional programs and special
events.
For more information, visit
www.keepargylebeautiful.com
or email Deborah Cottle at
dcottle@temporah.com.
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Organizations
Argyle Lions Club will
meet at noon Tuesday at Cof-
fee Tree Cafe, 144 Old Town
Blvd. in Argyle. For more
information, contact Deborah
Cottle at dcottle@tempo-
rah.com.
Argyle Chamber of Com-
merce meets the third Tues-
day of every month for break-
fast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at
Lantana Golf Club, 800 Golf
Club Drive. The chamber
office is in PointBank, 302
Lynn Sheffield
Simmons
THE PLACE IS ARGYLE
COMMENTARY
The ASC has a monthly
luncheon on the third Friday of
every month at noon. Those
attending are asked to bring a
side dish. Anyone age 50 and
older is welcome to attend. For
more information, call Stella at
940-464-7438 or Karen at
940-464-0506.
Keep Argyle Beautiful
meets the second Monday of
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 hooks
and two history hooks on Ar-
gyle. Her website is www.argyle
books.com. She can be reached
at lynn@argylehooks.com.
“Santa will be making his
appearance at 4:30 in a very
special way, and you don’t
want to miss it,” KAB board
member Deborah Cottle said.
“Everyone needs to come help
make the Grinch’s heart grow
three times larger before the
Women of Argyle planning
happy hour mixer
Robin Massey, a founder of
the Women of Argyle, an-
nounced the organization has
kicks off pledge campaign
BRIEFLY
Texas 4-H
IN GOOD LIVING
disease is found in tropical and
sub-tropical climates world-
wide. It causes a flu-like disease
that can cause joint pain, nau-
sea, vomiting and a rash. In se-
vere cases, dengue can cause
breathing problems, hemor-
rhaging and organ failure.
The World Health Organiza-
tion says about half the world’s
population is at risk of dengue
and estimates that about 96 mil-
lion people are sickened by the
viral infection every year.
Sanofi is proposing that na-
tional authorities update their
prescribing information. It also
said doctors should assess the
likelihood of prior dengue infec-
tion in people before choosing
whether they should get the vac-
cine.
London
Dengue vaccine could
worsen disease in some
n 2018, Texas 4-H will
celebrate 110 years of pro-
viding youth with the
latest in technology, knowl-
edge and experiences through
the land-grant universities of
Texas — Texas A&M and
Prairie View A&M.
To celebrate this monu-
mental milestone, the Texas
4-H Youth Development
Program and the Texas 4-H
Youth Development Founda-
tion are introducing a new
campaign called to engage
youth, volunteers, alumni and
friends in the celebration of
110 years of Texas 4-H.
“Give 110” is a three-phase
pledge program to encourage
anyone presently or formerly
involved with 4-H to step up
and support today’s 4-H pro-
gram in Texas.
From giving 110 hours of
community service, to 110
hours of leading and support-
ing 4-H members or making
a donation of $110 or more to
support the programming
encouragement and real op-
portunities to lead. You may
think 4-H is only for your
friends with animals, but it’s
so much more. You can do
one project. When you choose
a project, you will learn every-
thing there is to know about
that topic.
You will participate in
various hands-on activities,
learn new skills, do communi-
ty service, or even make
speeches about your project.
Join for $25 or less. Texas
4-H is for kids of almost any
age — kindergarten through
second grade can be in Clover
Kids.
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Drugmaker Sanofi says that
its dengue vaccine, the world’s
first, should only be given to peo-
ple who have previously been
sickened by the virus, according
to new long-term data.
In a statement, Sanofi said it
recently examined six years of
patient data. Scientists conclud-
ed that while the vaccine protects
people against further infection
if they’ve already been infected
with dengue, that’s not the case
for people who haven’t previous-
ly been sickened by the disease.
“For those not previously in-
fected by dengue virus ... the
analysis found that in the longer
term, more cases of severe dis-
ease could occur following vacci-
nation,” Sanofi said. “These find-
ings highlight the complex na-
ture of dengue infection.”
People who catch dengue
more than once can be at risk of
a hemorrhagic version of the
disease. The mosquito-spread
activities like shooting sports,
food science, healthy living,
robotics, fashion and photog-
raphy.
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However, Texas 4-H is like
a club for kids and teens ages
5-18, and it’s big.
It’s the largest youth devel-
opment program in Texas
with more than 550,000
youth each year. No matter
where you live or what you
like to do, Texas 4-H has
something that lets you be a
better you.
Look for 4-H clubs at your
school, an after-school pro-
gram, a community center or
even on a military base or
through the reserves for mil-
itary families.
In 4-H, the activities are
organized by topics and called
‘projects.’ All 4-H members
must be enrolled in at least
Jessica Kimbro
4-H & YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT
efforts of 4-H across our
state, everyone has an oppor-
tunity to make a difference.
Through this year-long
effort, it is our goal to demon-
strate the strength and im-
portance of 4-H to our com-
munities, state, country and
world while engaging more
alumni and volunteers for
Students in third through
12th grades can be in 4-H.
Contact the Denton County
Extension Office through
http://denton.agrilife.org
today for more information
on how to become a true
leader.
“For individuals who have
not been previously infected by
dengue virus, vaccination
should not be recommended,”
Sanofi said. The vaccine is cur-
JESSICA KIMBRO is the
4-H and Youth Development
county extension agent with
Texas AgriLife Extension. She
can be reached at 940-349-
2884 or via email atjessi-
ca.kimhro@ag.tamu.edu.
local, county and state sup-
port.
rently recommended in most
dengue-endemic countries for
people over age nine.
We are challenging Den-
ton County residents with a
mission, to empower this
generation of youth with
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he average date for the
first freeze in the Dallas-
Fort Worth area is Nov.
22, therefore we are past due
for cold weather. With that
being said, we all know that
extremely cold weather will be
here soon. It is important that
your pool equipment is pre-
pared to handle the freeze.
The following are some
recommendations on how to
prevent freeze damage to your
pool equipment.
■ Backwash the filter as
necessary — It is very impor-
tant to have good water flow
and a clean filter, especially
going into a freeze situation.
■ Keep the water level at
the normal level — typically the
middle of the tile.
■ Be sure that your pump
or pumps are running when
the temperature is freezing.
This will help prevent freeze
damage to the equipment and
plumbing which is an expen-
sive repair. Many pools are
equipped with a freeze sensor,
which should turn the main
pump on and circulate water
through the equipment, in-
cluding the automatic cleaner
booster pump.
It is a good idea to make
sure that your main pump is
on during the first freeze just
to be sure that your freeze
sensor is operating properly.
Other pumps in the system
(pumps for waterfalls, spa
jets, etc.) may or may not be
freeze-sensored. If they are
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For you “weather nerds,” the
following is more Dallas-Fort
Worth winter weather
information from the National
Weather Service and the
National Oceanic & Atmosphere
Administration:
Average first freeze — Nov. 22
Average last freeze — March 13
Earliest first freeze — Oct. 22,
1898
Latest first freeze — Jan. 4,1972
Earliest last freeze — Feb. 5,
2000
Latest last freeze — April 13,
1957 and 1997
Average freezes in a season —
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POOLS
COMMENTARY
not, then they must either be
drained or manually turned
on during freezing tempera-
tures.
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Another option to prevent
freeze damage is to drain the
pool equipment. This is a
method used when covering
pools with a solid cover but is
sometimes also used in emer-
gency situations (equipment
problems, no electricity, ex-
treme cold, etc.) to prevent
freeze damage.
Two things to be aware of if
using this method: be sure that
all of the equipment is drained
properly and be sure that the
power is turned off to the pool
equipment to prevent any
freeze sensors from turning on
the equipment, which could
result in damage.
If temperatures reach the
single digits or will be colder
than 32 degrees for an extend-
ed period of time, oftentimes
extra precautions must be
taken. If that is the case, con-
tact your pool company and
Most freezes in a season — 62
(1977-78)
Fewest number of freezes —11
(2016-17)
If you are wondering what the
record low temperature is for
the Dallas-Fort Worth area, you
might be surprised that it only
has been below zero four times:
minus 8 degrees (Feb. 12,1899),
minus 2 degrees (Jan. 3,1949),
minus 1 degree (Jan. 18,1930,
and Dec. 23,1989).
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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@gohlke
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