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Journal Kristy Warren
The Swanson owner, Kim Sheridan stands outside with the Deodara, Cedrick the
Cedar.
Unique tree graces
downtown Perry
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal Staff Writer
The Swanson on Carroll
Street downtown is home to
the exact kind of tree Tim
Smalley and his graduate
student are looking for. (See
related story below) In front
of the restaurant, is a large
Deodara Cedar.
Current owner of the
Swanson, Kim Sheridan says
the tree is “the one thing
that stood out when we were
looking at the property.”
She and her husband even
considered naming the res
taurant after the unique tree,
but decided the name might
have seen to be difficult for
people to remember and to
pronounce, as even she and
her husband pronounce the
name differently.
The eventual name of the
restaurant, The Swanson,
is for the last family that
lived in the house. Noreen
Swanson moved from the
home in 1985. Her step
daughter, Virginia Jones,
80, says that the tree was
transplanted by Noreen
Swanson and her nephew
Billy Wilkinson one Arbor
Significant Georgia trees sought by pair
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University of Georgia
Some people see a tree and
think shade from the sum
mer sun. Some remember
climbing to the top in days
gone by. Tim Smalley and
his graduate student Sarah
Thompson see a rich heri
tage and want to record it
for posterity. And they’re
asking for your help.
“We’re trying to docu
ment all the unique and
historically significant trees
in Georgia,” said Smalley,
a University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences
horticulture professor. “We
want Georgians to appreci
ate the value of trees to their
communities.”
Smalley and Thompson
are using Global Positioning
Systems to make accurate
maps and video documenta
tion to record their findings.
They’re visiting communi
ties and talking face-to-face
with local tree lovers.
“We’re seeking out people
in the communities who real
ly know the trees,” Smalley
said. University experts and
community foresters and
arborists have nominated
many trees already. “But
there may be that one tree
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Noreen Swanson in front of what is now The Swanson in
the shade of the Deodara in 1979.
Day when Jones was 12
years old.
Their house was home
to quite a few businesses
before landing in the hands
of the Sheridans who have
been very interested in the
tree and its history.
“The tree is always a
topic of conversation with
customers,” says Sheridan.
She says she has given away
hundreds of the tree’s cones
as souvenirs to patrons.
The bright green cones
we might miss somewhere in
Georgia.”
To make sure they don’t
miss that tree, Smalley and
Thompson have developed
the Significant Trees of
Georgia Web site (www.uga.
edu/significanttreesofgeor
gia).
There, people can nomi
nate trees they find unique
in some way or know the
history of.
“We’re using GPS to
locate them so we can make
accurate maps,” Smalley
said. “Some will be private.
Others will be available for
the public to see. Hopefully,
anyone who is a tree lover
can visit our Web site in
the future and find interest
ing trees in any region of
Georgia.”
Smalley and Thompson
plan to document only sig
nificant trees and groves of
trees in the landscapes of
Georgia. They don’t plan
to document Georgia’s
Champion Trees, which are
the state’s largest trees and
are often found in isolated
woodlands.
“Champion Trees have
already been documented,”
Smalley said. “We want to
document trees found in
landscapes which may be
grow upwards says Jones,
and when the top gets too
heavy, they fall off and look
like rosettes.
The late local florist
Margorie Wells made a beau
tiful Christmas tree out of
the rosettes, says Jones.
Over the years, the tree
has gained a personality of
its own. Cedrick the Cedar,
as they call it, even has a
face that has been put on its
trunk.
significant for their unique
ness, beauty or role in the
community rather than for
their size.”
Smalley hopes the project
will help people be more sen
sitive to the value of older
trees. “Trees unite a com
munity,” he said. “When
people say, ‘What a beautiful
neighborhood,’ they’re real
ly saying, ‘What beautiful
trees.’”
Some trees already on
Smalley’s list include
Lanier’s oak in Brunswick
and “the tree that owns
itself” in Athens.
Lanier’s oak is the tree
that Georgia poet Sydney
Lanier sat under while
he wrote the “Marshes of
Glynn.” And Thompson has
found that the Athens tree
was actually a test by the
local newspaper for UGA
law students to see if a tree
could really own itself.
“What we really hope is
that this project will raise
awareness, document trees
and identify those trees that
might need help,” Smalley
said.
If you’d like to nominate
a tree in your community
or a tree you know about in
Georgia, visit the Significant
Trees of Georgia Web site.
LOCAL
WRFD chief gets
academy honor
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins Fire
Department Chief Robert
Singletary has completed
a four-year course at the
National Fire Academy.
Chief Singletary was
recognized for completing
the Executive Fire Officer
Program at the National
Fire Academy at last
month’s city council meet
ing.
“Congratulations to
Chief Singletary,” said
Councilman Douglas
McDowell, “This shows his
dedication to the depart
ment.”
It sure does. The four year
course required Singletary
to travel to Emmitsberg,
Md. once a year for two
weeks.
At each meeting, applied
research projects were
assigned. Topics were cho
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Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker (right) presents the framed certificate from the
National Fire Academy to Fire Chief Robert Singletary as his wife Sharon looks on at
June’s city council meeting.
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Georgia
Miller-Murphy-Howard
Building
Estimated number of
people is set at 2,000
Information: 770-220-
0210
Aug. 11 - Aug. 13
Magnolia Arabian Horse
Association
Reaves Arena, Covered
Horse Arena, Horse Barn
Estimated number of
people is set at 1,117
Information: 478-955-
3030
Aug. 18 - Aug. 20
Horseman’s Quarter
Horse Association
Futurity
Reaves Arena, Covered
Horse Arena, Horse Barn,
Beef/Dairy Barn
Estimated number of
people is set at 1,725
Information: 770-227-
2159
Aug. 18 - Aug. 20
Georgia Wildlife
Federation Buck-A-Rama
Various Buildings
Estimated number of
people is set at 17,000
Information: 770-787-
PUBLIC NOTICE
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2006 Logic and Accuracy Testing of the Direct Recording Electronic (DRE)
Units, Encoders and Express Polls will begin at 2:oopm at the Houston County
Board of Elections Office located in the Houston County Government Building,
801 Main Street, Perry and continue from B:3oam - s:oopm weekdays until
complete. Following completion of testing on the DRE Units, Encoders and
Express Polls, Logic and Accuracy Testing of the AccuVote OS Units will
begin and continue until complete.
This equipment will be used for absentee, in person absentee/advance voting
and the tabulation of votes for the August 8, 2006 General Primary Election
Runoff. s
This testing ios open to the public. i
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sen by Singletary based on
the WRFD and its needs.
His topics/proposals
were a Reinstatement
Assessment Center for
Promotional Process; a
Regional Response Team; a
plan to assist the Hispanic
population; and a Career
Development Program.
While the first two pro
grams have been imple
mented, the Career
Development Program is
in the works and steps are
still being taken to reach
out to the Hispanic popula
tion. Workbooks have been
printed in Spanish, and the
department is working with
local Spanish teachers.
Having his undergradu
ate degree from Macon
State, Singletary explains
that this course is presti
gious and would be compa
rable to a Master’s Degree.
“It’s like the FBI acad
Fairground Calendar
7887
Aug. 24 - Aug. 27
AQHA Regional Quarter
Horse Show
Reaves Arena, Barns
Estimated number of
people is set at 4,180
Information: 706-655-
2354
Aug. 24
Georgia Chamber of
Commerce Congressional
Luncheon
Miller-Murphy-Howard
Building
Estimated number of
people is set at 1,500
Information: 404-223-
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emy for police,” said Mayor
Donald Walker.
“We’re real proud of
him.”
He said the course was
very time consuming, doing
school work in the eve
nings and performing the
research for his projects.
The shortest paper he
wrote was about 40 pages
and the longest was 70.
The time away from his
family was the most diffi
cult part for Singletary.
“I appreciated the sup
port of the mayor and coun
cil. Without support from
the city, the department,
and my family, I couldn’t
have done this,” said
Singletary. “Everyone had
to put up with me being out
of town.”
The chief completed his
final paper in December and
recently received a notice of
approval from FEMA.
2298
Aug. 26 - Aug. 27
Middle Georgia Computer
Show
McGill Marketplace
Estimated number of
people is set at 1,000
Information: 770-663-
0943
Aug. 31
Southeast Alabama
Kennel Club Show
Various Buildings
Estimated number of
people is set at 2,500
Information: 229-723-
3079