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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008
BARROW JOURNAL
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RECOGNIZING FARMERS
Barrow County citizens attend the lucheon Monday
recognizing local farmers.
Statham officials up
community center rent
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
City of Statham officials
voted Tuesday night to use a
new scale when charging for
use of the community center
starting Jan. 1.
Residents who live within
the city will now have to pay
$75 for the first four hours
with an additional $25 per hour
after that time. An all day rent
al, not exceeding eight hours,
will be $175.
For residents outside the
city, the new rate will be $200
for the first four hours with an
extra $50 per hour after that.
An all-day rental, not exceed
ing eight hours, will be $400.
A $150 cash deposit will also
be required when the key is
picked up and contract signed.
If the community center is left
in acceptable condition, $25
will be returned to the person
at that time with the remain
ing $125 paid after a complete
inspection.
No sound equipment or
utensils will be furnished by
the city.
The council discussed the
issue at its October meeting
when member Gayle Steed
said it was time to revisit the
fee and deposit amount.
Concerns were expressed
over issues, such as the sound
system being damaged by those
renting the facility. Steed and
fellow council member Betty
Lyle studied what other area
municipalities were charging
to rent their community cen
ters.
Previously, Statham officials
charged $125 for residents
inside the city and $225 for
residents outside the city.
In other business at Tuesday’s
meeting, the council:
•approved a setback variance
request for Arti Ridgeway on
411 Sunset Drive.
•approved a setback variance
request for Russell Watkins on
1895 Broad Street.
•voted to give city employ
ees a $25 gift certificate from
Publix for Christmas. The
Christmas dinner for employ
ees was set for Dec. 24.
Conveniently located in Jefferson across from the old train near Jefferson High School.
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Barrow celebrates ‘Farm City Week ’
The Jefferson Boy Scouts' 13th Annual
HIM! IMF
Bring your family and pick out a beautiful, fresh-cut Fraser Fir for your home!
“Let us not forget that the
cultivation of the earth is the
most important labor of man.
When tillage begins, other
arts will follow. The farmers,
therefore, are the founders of
civilization."
— Daniel Webster
To celebrate Farm-City
Week, the Barrow County
Farm Bureau hosted a din
ner Monday in recognition
of some of Barrow County’s
outstanding farmers.
State senators, state rep
resentatives and local offi
cials were in attendance. The
Cattleman Association and
Barrow Co. Extension Office
also joined in the recognition.
At Thanksgiving, Americans
often celebrate their bless
ings with family and friends.
Because food plays an integral
part of holiday gatherings, the
week of Thanksgiving makes
the perfect time to celebrate
Farm-City Week, Nov. 21
through Thanksgiving Day,
and reflect on the cooperative
relationship between farmers
and their urban colleagues
who help process, market and
retail the food farmers grow to
the American consumer.
Rural and urban residents
are partners who produce the
products, consumer the prod
ucts, and make them readily
available through an efficient
production and marketing
chain. Farmers and ranch
ers are just the beginning of
that chain. Farm workers,
researchers, processors, ship
pers, truck drivers, inspectors,
wholesalers, agribusinesses,
marketers, advertisers, retail
ers and consumers all play
important roles in the incredi
ble productivity that has made
our nation’s food and fiber
system the envy of the world.
Organizers said this is the
53rd anniversary of Farm-
City Week. National Farm-
City Week was begun in 1955
by Kiwanis International to
increase the understanding of
the partnership between urban
and rural residents. Farm days
at schools, farm tours, ban
quets and mayoral proclama
tions are just a few of the
CHAIRMAN SPEAKS
Banks County chairman Doug Garrison speaks Monday
at the Farm City banquet.
observances that will be held
in communities across the
country to mark this annual
event.
“What better time about
agriculture and Georgia’s
farmers than at Thanksgiving
when we gather around the
table with our families,”
said Doug Garrison Barrow
County Farm Bureau presi
dent. “Farmers depend on
consumers to purchase the
crops they produce and con
sumers depend on farmers to
provide a safe food supply.”
According to a report pub
lished by the United States
Department of Agriculture’s
National Statistics Service,
Georgia farmers lead the
nation in producing broilers,
pecans, peanuts and water
melon and second in the
production of fresh market
cucumbers, spring onions, and
rye. In 2007, the top ten com
modities grown in Georgia
in 2007 were broilers, cot
ton, timber, beef, eggs, horses,
peanuts, greenhouse plants,
dairy and container nursery
plants. The 2007 Georgia
Farm Gate Report from
The University of Georgia
Center for Agribusiness and
Economic Development indi
cates that Georgia agricultural
production value was about
$1.2 billion more in 2007 than
in 2006, or just over $11.5
billion.
Georgia farm and timber
owners also provide environ
mental benefits to the state
by preserving natural habitats
for native plants and animals.
According to the Georgia
Forestry Commission, of
Georgia’s 37 million acres of
land area, 24.8 million acres is
forestland.
“As you dig into your
Thanksgiving feast, take time
to say a prayer of thanks for
the farmers who grew the
food you will eat this holi
day season and all the hands
that played role in getting that
food to your table,” Garrison
said. They have all proudly
labored all year to produce,
process and deliver food to
feed not just our families in
the U.S., but also the rest of
the world.
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GUEST
State rep
resenta
tive Terry
England,
right, talks
with those
attending
the ban
quet.
TALK IT OVER
Master gardner John Gladney talked with Raymond Butler, owner of Double Bridges
Farm during this week’s luncheon. Photos by Jessica Brown