Lifestyle

The Mansfield Garden Club met at 9:30 a.m., January 24, 2018, at the De Soto Chamber of Commerce Building for the monthly meeting with President, Gail Gage presiding. After refreshments and new year’s greeting which included the Club Collect, conservation pledge, and pledge of allegiance Stacy Rivers did the roll call. Ott Murphy, Treasurer, gave the Treasurer’s Report. The Club voted to donate money to “Pennies for Pines” National Garden Club program to help replace lost trees due to fire and water.

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BackAlley opens The Nerd Feb. 8 and continues all weekend 9-10 at 7 p.m. and a matinee on Sunday Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. at the theater in Grand Cane. Jay Fewless plays a friend who is surprised when his army buddy shows up but refuses to leave.

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North DeSoto Lower Elementary celebrated their grandparents on Friday, Jan. 26. Over 600 grandparents came to share in the festivities. Each grade level performed a variety of songs, including ‘You are My Sunshine’. Grandparents also joined their Little Griffins in a fun-filled game of Book Bingo. Participants were all smiles as they enjoyed time at the photo booth. A ‘grand’ time was had by all.

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Celebrate BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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BackAlley Theatre is gearing up for its winter comedy The Nerd. The two-weekend show will run Feb. 8- 16 at the theatre in Grand Cane. The show is the story of an old friendship between two army buddies that wears thin.

Starring as “the nerd” Rick Steadman is Barry Larson. Larson is familiar with BackAlley audiences from Barefoot in the Park and the Sander’s Family musicals.

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BackAlley Theatre is presenting a night of 50s and 60s music called At the Hop for two nights only: March 2 and March 3 at 7 p.m. in the theater.

The band Flashback will be playing and singing and inviting the audience to sing along as the evening is filled with oldies from a time you could actually understand the words to the songs. This show is not on the season ticket but is an extra, so call for reservations at 461- 0202 for the $10 show.

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Many gardeners consider snails and slugs to be the most disgusting pests in the garden. I could live with their looks if they just didn’t cause so much damage.

Snails and slugs belong to the mollusk family along with oysters. They crawl along on a single foot over a thin layer of slime that they produce to ease their way. Snails carry a shell on their back into which they can retreat when threatened. Slugs do not have shells. Both are mostly active at night, particularly when conditions are moist.

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The Mansfield Lions Club supports eye care as one of its main projects for this area. A presentation was provided to the Club on one of the latest methods of detecting and screening for potential eye issues on Pre-K children.

The method of observing eye issues is using a small camera that takes a picture of the eyes and can recommend further eye tests by professionals if needed.

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By Dan Gill

LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Our winter landscapes look decidedly different from our landscapes in summer for two major reasons. First, many of our shade trees drop their leaves in winter, and in their leafless state their appearance is stark and bare. In addition, our lawn grasses go dormant in winter and turn brown.

Lawns can be overseeded with ryegrass if a green winter lawn is desirable (and you don’t mind continuing to mow). But nothing can be done about the trees.

Plants that drop all their leaves at one time and enter a leafless, dormant state are called deciduous. In climates that experience cold winters, such as the northern U.S., this leafless time for trees and shrubs is during winter when subfreezing temperatures occur.

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