Newspaper Page Text
jenkinscountytimes.com
The Jenkins County Times
Wednesday, February 7, 2024- Page 11
Uncle Roger's Tales of the Ogeechee
Catching (RedBreast for a coh£winter
Hey guys. Have you been out
on the Ogeechee this week? Well,
let me tell you, it has been cold.
Very cold early in the mornings.
But, all the forcast have been
correct. The local fishing on
the Ogeechee is not at it's peak
during the end of January or the
beginning of February. However,
I have found that some black
crappie and catfish are biting
in deeper waters and where the
waters spill into other lakes and
streams.
Later in the day, I have
caught a few, Sunfish and a few
largemouth bass.
Of course, you have to be able
to stand the cold breeze. Lately,
the breeze has been stronger
than it usually is. However, the
weather is different too.
I also find that using a trollling
motor works best in the river for
now if you are working down
stream. It makes it so much easier
to miss the stumps, trees and
snags.
Liking cooler waters and
shade, the red breast will fomi
schools and you will find them
drifting along the river and the best
way to catch them during the winter
months is to cast along the sides.
Look for deep holes where they are
feeding and there you will catch
them in fairly large amounts.
Of course, during the cooler
months, I find that smaller baits
presented more slowly will likely
have better results than a cricket
drifting along the current. You can
also try a half a red wiggler the same
manner with a splitshot and hook, or
under a small float.
I find drifting with a cricket can
get you hung up a lot. Make sure
you match your splitshot size with
the current. You defintely want
a bait that you can cast easily
and accurately , but yet drift
naturally. If you happen to get
caught on the bottom too often,
you can switch to a smaller split
shot. Just occasionally feel your
weight and line to see if it is
bumping the sandy bottom of the
river.
Once the line hits the water,
allow the line to sink. Once it
stops sinking, let it drift or start
retrieving slowly. If the line
stops moving in the current reel
slack out or set the hook. Often,
fish will take the bait and the line
will quit moving in the current
without you feeling or seeing the
strike. Reel the slack out and
gently tighten the line to set the
hook.
These are just a few things I do
while fishing in the river to help
during those cold months.
Happy fishing and please STAY
WARM!
Happy Trails!
Uncle Roger
Jenkins County Times looks at Alice Dunnigan
Alice Allison Dunnigan was an American journalist,
civil rights activist and author. Dunnigan was the first
African-American female correspondent to receive
White House credentials.and the first black female
member of the Senate and House of Representatives
press galleries. She wrote an autobiography entitled
Alice A. Dunnigan: A Black Woman's Experience. She
is commemorated by an official Kentucky Historical
Society marker.
Alice chronicled the decline of Jim Crow during
the 1940s and 1950s, which influenced her to become
a civil rights activist. She was inducted into the
Kentucky Hall of Fame in 1982.
During her time as a reporter, she became the first
black journalist to accompany a president while
traveling, covering Harry S. Truman's 1948 campaign
trip.
Dunnigan's career in journalism began at the age
of 13, when she started writing one-sentence news
items for the local Owensboro Enterprise newspaper.
She completed the ten years available to blacks in the
segregated Russellville school system, but her parents
saw no benefit in allowing their daughter to continue
her education. A Sunday school teacher intervened,
and Dunnigan was allowed to attend college. By
the time she had reached college, Dunnigan had set
her sights on becoming a teacher, and completed
the teaching course at what is now Kentucky State
University. Dunnigan was a teacher in Kentucky
public schools from 1924 to 1942. A four-year
marriage to Walter Dickenson of Mount Pisgeh ended
in divorce in 1930. She married Charles Dunnigan, a
childhood friend, on January 8, 1932. The couple had
one child, Robert William, and separated in 1953.
A call for government workers went out in 1942,
and Dunnigan moved to Washington, D.C., during
World War II seeking better pay and a government
job. She worked as a federal government employee
from 1942 to 1946, and took a year of night courses
at Howard University. In 1946 she was offered a job
writing for The Chicago Defender as a Washington
correspondent. The Defender was a black-owned
weekly that did not use the words "Negro" or "black"
in its pages. Instead, African Americans were referred
to as "the Race" and black men and women as "Race
men and Race women." Unsure of Dunnigan's
abilities, the editor of The Defender paid her much
less than her male counterparts until she could prove
her worth. She supplemented her income with other
writing jobs.
As a writer for the Associated Negro Press news
service, Dunnigan sought press credentials to cover
Congress and the Senate. The Standing Committee
of Correspondents (newspaper reporters who ran
the congressional press galleries) denied her request
on the grounds that she was writing for a weekly
newspaper, and reporters covering the U.S. Capitol
were required to write for daily publications. Six
months later, however, she was granted press
clearance, becoming the first African-American
woman to gain accreditation. In 1947 she was named
bureau chief of the Associate Negro Press, a position
she held for 14 years.
In 1948 Dunnigan was one of three African
Americans and one of two women in the press corps
that followed President Harry S. Truman's Western
campaign, paying her own way to do it. Also that year,
she became the first African-American female White
House correspondent, and was the first black woman
elected to the Women's National Press Club. Her
association with this and other organizations allowed
her to travel extensively in the United States and to
Canada, Israel, South America, Africa, Mexico, and
the Caribbean. She was honored by Haitian President
Frantjois Duvalier for her articles on Haiti.
During her years covering the White House,
Dunnigan suffered many of the racial indignities
of the time, but also earned a reputation as a hard
hitting reporter. She was barred from entering certain
establishments to cover President Eisenhower, and had
to sit with the servants to cover Senator Taft's funeral.
When she attended formal White House functions, she
was mistaken for the wife of a visiting dignitary; no one
could imagine a black woman attending such an event
on her own. During Eisenhower's two administrations,
the president resorted first to not calling on her and
later to asking for her questions beforehand because
she was known to ask such difficult questions, often
about race. No other member of the press corps was
required to submit their questions before a press
conference, and Dunnigan refused. When Kennedy
took office, he welcomed Dunnigan's tough questions
and answered them frankly.
In 2022, the White House Correspondents'
Association created the Dunnigan-Payne Lifetime
Achievement Award in memory of Dunnigan.
Burch shows at Pig Jig
Lila Burch won 2nd place in
showmanship and 2nd place in her
age group weight class during the
first annual Two Rivers Pig Jig Show
at the Screven County Ag center this
past weekend. Lila is the daughter of
Cody and Katie Burch of Millen and
Stephanie Sheppard of Sylvania. Lila
attends Screven County High School.
YOUR
HEALTH
IS OUR #1
PRIORITY
• Immunizations
• Medication Management
• Home Delivery
"Very friendly and fast service....
y folks here are as friendly as they come."
• "Our promise is a quality-driven service,
and our focus is to ensure affordable
access to the medications you need at a
price you will love."
478-982-7979
Mon-Fri: 8a.m.-6:30p.m. I Sat: 8a.m.-lp.m. I Sun: Closed
THOMPSON-STRTCKLANP-VATERS
FUNERAL HOME
107 Singleton Ave, Sylvania, GA 30467 ph:912-564-2331
Email: lswlhga@gmail.com
Website: lhomosonstricklandwatcrs.com
(Providing personal caring, andprof essionatservice to every famdy.
“Serving as we would want to 6e served. ”
SERVING SCREVEN COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS SINCE 1981
Let us print it
for you!
• Brochures
• Newsletters
• Programs
• Invitations
• <& More
The Times Printing Services
912.451.6397
The Times Building - 125 North Main St. - Sylvania, Ga.
(C) 473-401-0495
« E7
(o) 513 Cotton Ave
^ m Millen, Go
BRINSON ^Shcmo Brinson
InsuranceA§mc# f ine.
^ Shumcrn
^ Auto Insurance
6? Home insurance
Qd Life Insurance
@ Health insurance
Commercial
w insurance
@ Medicare
Supplements
& Title Bonds
0 AFLAC Products
@ www.brinsoninsurance.net