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thesylvaniatimes.com The Sylvania Times Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - Page 11 2022 Livestock Parade Scheduled For April, 2,2022 The F arm Wife at Two Pennies Farm Talmadge Fries Gfardeninj with dafmadge Selecting Azaleas for the yard A blooming azalea is a sure sign spring is here. There are a lot of species of azaleas that are avail able. The old standard flo- ribunda azalea is a large growing bush and makes a large statement in an open yard. I prefer the newest variety known as encore azaleas. This plant blooms almost all of spring and till frost. The encore azalea comes in a wide variety of vibrant colors. The encore makes for a multicolored, mutli season and mutli blooming landscape in your garden. This azalea is hardy once established, sun tolerant and pest resistant. A bonus is that it becomes a pemianent evergreen in your garden and is low maintenance. The blooms make a lovely fresh ar rangement. Native azaleas are becom ing popular again in our area. These plants come in colors of whites to pink to orange. Some bloom early while others bloom late in the season. Some native azaleas have very fragrant blooms that are tubular with showy petals and long stamens. Also, the na tive azaleas have an excep tional one last hoorah in the fall when their leaves change color before they drop for the winter. Native Azaleas need at least 50% of their day in the sun to develop blooms. Now is the best time to plant native azaleas while they are dormant, it is less shock to the plant and the survivability is best. If you irrigate azaleas, do it with very low sprin klers or soaker hoses, as to avoid wetting the foli age. It is best to fertilize in early spring and again in the early fall. Azaleas bring color and greenery to your garden and are low maintenance. As always, join your local garden club for a wealth of information and fellow ship. Annual Georgia Youth Bird Competition To BeHeld The 2022 Youth Birding Competition will be here soon. This year’s event offers two ways - in-person and virtual - to take part, blending the excitement of a rush to the finish line while accommodating health concerns and teams that cannot attend the awards ceremony. Although last year's event was held in the fall, this year’s is returning to the peak of spring migration. In general, YBC birding will be allowed from 5 p.m. April 15, to 5 p.m. April 23. During that time, youth and chaperones will spend a contiguous 24-hour stretch of their choice finding as many spe cies as possible as they compete against teams their own age. An engaging - and livestreamed - awards ceremony and ban quet will cap the birdathon at 5:30 p.m. April 23 in the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center banquet hall near Mansfield. The contest is Statewide. Visit as much or as little of Georgia as you want. There are no restrictions on where you can bird. Just make sure you have permission or the licenses/permits needed to access the sites you bird.Teams can compete in one of two ways. Virtual. Choose a contiguous 24-hour period to bird as a team between 5 p.m. April 15 and 5 p.m. April 22. Then - by no later than 5 p.m. April 22 - turn in the Participation on a birding team is en couraged but not required to submit artwork. The deadline for entries to be emailed is March 15, 2022. All will be awarded a cool YBC T- shirt - while enjoying birds in Geor gia’s great outdoors. Participation is absolutely free (including the cov eted YBC T-shirts). But register as soon as possible. Remember, the deadline is March 31. Details on registration, rules, ethics, resources, becoming a mentor and more are included in the 2022 Youth Birding Competition booklet. This guide includes a bird species check list but you can also download one separately. Please visit the Georgia team checklist via email or eBird (directions are in the competition booklet). Or in person. Choose a contiguous 24-hour period to bird between 5 p.m. April 15 and 5 p.m. April 23 (this includes the traditional YBC period ending just before the awards ceremony). Submit the checklist in person by 5 p.m. April 23 at Charlie Elliott Conference Center. For each age group (K-2, 3-5, 6-8 Department of Natural Resources or 9-12), teams will compete for Wildlife Resources Division online most birds reported, most money f° r more information. http://geor- raised and the top first-year teams, giawildlife.com Grand prizes include new binoculars for the team find ing the most birds. There also will be door prizes for almost all participants who attend the awards ceremony. Enjoy drawing? Also, leam more about the related Youth Birding T-shirt Art Contest. ^GEORGIA “ jf DE PARTME hfT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION Registration Deadline: March 28, 2022 Parade Information: Parade will begin at 11:00 a.m. (Sharp!) All participants will meet at the Screven County High School motorcycle, 4-wheeler, or band member, (also horse trailer) PLEASE park in front of the high school and walk/ride to the designated location. This will elimi nate the congestion in the old parking lot where the entries will be lining up for the parade. Remember, DO NOT block any entrances at any time. Printable Registration Form please go to: https://screven- county.com/ from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. for lineup Lineup is first come, first serve (Excluding dignitaries and Queen/Contestants) Horses and other animals are always at the end of the line Judging categories are: Walking ATV/Tractor/Vehicle Float Livestock If a parent is dropping off a child that will ride a float. CHICKS ABE HERE! Ihaf kind of Chick! This kind of Chick! r nEh Davis FeeH A Seurl 1120 South Main SI Sylvania, Ga. 30467 Open (912)5647651 Free Range FARM FRESH EGGS Dullcrmilk Read Sflrania Feoroia JJJiT (717)433-1094 I STARVIEW [ * ACRES * Syl vania Sportsman, Inc Rusty & Abb c Robbins 305 Minti ftoaif SylYania. Georgia 30467 s jhanuspi rl bnm £)] mai I [ i m Gup-C Ji GjJ-C IPiP yd-M iT i>l-> J#^. 1 Sylvnnin RPO HtBM ATT They don’t look like much tucked back in the comer of the cupboard. Heck, they don’t look like much when you get them out on the counter. Pudgy with tan bottoms and a brown rim around the top, they are a set of 1970’s coffee cups. I first saw them when I met my husband’s family over 40 years ago. Each cup had a name on it: Merle, Rod, Brad & Brian. No one ever had to worry about using someone else’s favorite cup. On my first trip home after our wedding there was a matching cup in the cup board with my name on it. Nothing fancy, no elabo rate presentation cer emony, my matching cup was just there in the cabinet with my name on it. I almost cried. Without any words that cup said, “We accept you. You’re part of our family now.” When my sister-in- law joined the family several years later, her cup joined the set. A quiet part of visits home was knowing your cup was there waiting for you just like Mom was. Mom was a real lady. She was naturally refined, polite, and well spoken. I am not. I am sure I startled her a few times in our early days together, but she never up braided me for my language or corrected my manners. She let her example inspire me to at least try to filter my thoughts and be more considerate of other. I’m sure I disappointed Merle a good bit early on. I did not know what a good mother-in-law / daughter-in- law relationship looked like, but she quietly showed me. As I told my sisters later, I really lucked out in the in law department. Mom’s not waiting on our visits to North Caro lina anymore. She died on March 6th. That sounds so cold and unfeeling, but mom specified that we weren’t to use any euphemisms when talking about her death. And here we are now cleaning out her beautiful house. I can see her fading from her home with every bag and box that leaves. Some of it is just stuff like silk flower arrangements, and some of it is family history going back hundreds of years, but all of it is a reflection of her love for family and friends. All of the family has gone through the house and taken their mementos or furniture and furnishings they can use in their own homes. It will be comforting to visit them in years to come and see beloved items living new lives. But there are still rooms full of things that my husband and I have to clear out before the estate liquidator comes in. We keep telling each other that we can’t take everything; where would we put it? But these cups, I can’t just leave them. After 40 years of use, these coffee cups aren’t just empty cups, they are full of love. They are love in solid form. : “We : accept you. \ You ’re part : of our : family now. ” Miss Screven County Livestock Festival Queen to be crowned The Annual Miss Screven County Livestock Festival Queen Pageant is being held Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at the Screven County High School Audi torium. Tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 at door. Advance tickets will be sold various businesses. Donna's Bakery, Walls Diner, Mag gie School of Dance, Cotton Patch, and Camille's Studio. Sponsors for the pageant are local businesses. The Sylvania Florist, donated the crown, flowers are by Mary Joyce Florist, programs Pictured here are the 2022 contestants for the Miss Screven County Livestock Festival Queen. (In alphabetical order) Shelby Amsdorff, Kennedie Black, Emily Crews, Leslie Daniell, Ana Dias, Jada Kate Monroe -2021 Queen, BreAnna Monte, Destiny Sanders, Emma Warren, Emma Webb, Kaden Williamson printed by First Franklin, contestant photos are by Miah Powell (2008 queen). This years Emcee will be Brooke Lariscy Lawn our 1970 Queen. Entertainment will be by Maggie School of Dance, Studio 23, Alana Mil ner - 2020 Queen and Savannah Lariscy 2018 Queen. The 2021 Queen Jada Kate Monroe will be giv ing away the crown to the new winner. Get your tickets now! This will be the best pag eant ever. Good Luck to all the contestants from The Sylvania Times
