8A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, March 23,2022
Dawson County 4-H
members see success
at district competition
By staff reports
Earlier this month, nine
members of the Dawson
County 4-H group compet
ed at the Northeast District
Project Achievement com
petition at Rock Eagle 4-H
Center and saw success
with the projects that they
presented.
According to a release
by the organization, the
district meeting was from
March 4 through 6 and
was attended by 420
junior and senior 4-H
members from the
Northeast district.
Members presented their
projects and participated
in activities such as deco
rating flower pots, plant
ing flowers for senior citi
zens and coin wars to col
lect money to send kids to
camp.
Six senior Dawson
County 4-H members
attended: Johnathan
Graves with an interna
tional project, Phillip
Hunt with a public speak
ing project, Madelyn
Long with a Festive
Foods for Health project,
Hayden Reidling with a
performing arts instru
mental project, Dalton
Rider with a general rec
reation project and Olivia
Smith with a public
speaking project.
“Hayden took first
place finish in the district
with a guitar medley trib
ute to Tony Rice,” the
release said. “He will
compete at the state level
in July 2022.”
Three junior Dawson
County 4-H members
also competed and saw
success at the meeting:
Megan Bearden won third
place with her cheesy
quesadillas in her dairy
foods project, Savannah
Griffith won first place
with her speech on
“Parakeet Basics” in her
companion animal sci
ence project and Gloria
Jerzierska won first place
with her health project
about “Heterochromia”.
“On the way home, the
competitors were treated
to a stop at Insomnia
Cookies in Athens as a
reward,” the release
added. “Overall the week
end was a huge success
and we brought home a
bus full of tired but very
happy 4-H members.”
If you would like more
information on what
activities and programs
4-H has to offer your 4th-
12th grader, contact the
Dawson County
Extension Office at 706-
265-2442.
Photo courtesy Samantha Graves
Left to Right: Madelyn Long, Savannah Griffith, Megan Bearden, Gloria
Jerzierska, Johnathan Graves, Hayden Reidling, Phillip Hunt and Dalton
Rider.
Ga. celebrates Ag Week March 21-25
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
This week, Georgia is
celebrating Ag Week to
honor the state’s farmers
and the contributions they
make, according to a
press release by the
Georgia Farm Bureau.
According to the
release, Georgia’s farmers
produce more chickens,
peanuts and pecans than
any other state. Georgia is
the second state in pro
duction of cotton lint, cot
ton seed and watermel
ons, third in cantaloupe
and peach production and
fourth in blueberry pro
duction.
"All told, Georgia’s
farmers and ranchers pro
duced more than $12.2
billion worth of agricul
tural commodities in
2020, according to the
University of Georgia
Center for Agribusiness
& Economic
Development,” the release
said. “Agriculture had an
economic impact of $69.4
billion on the state’s
economy while providing
352,430 jobs.”
In celebration of all of
the hard work that farm
ers contribute to the state,
the Georgia Department
of Agriculture has
declared March 21
through 25 as Georgia Ag
Week. This week is also
National Ag Week, and
National Ag Day is
March 22.
Each day during
Georgia Ag Week, the
Georgia Farm Bureau
will provide a video on a
specific theme and sup
plementary classroom
activities that teachers
can download. The theme
and video for each day
will be:
March 21, Hands-On
Garden Day: the video
will feature a UGA
Extension Agent demon
strating planting zucchini
March 22, Buy Georgia
Grown Day: the video
will feature a chef prepar
ing a no-bake recipe and
discussing nutrition
March 23, Ag Hero
Day: the video will intro
duce students to a farmer
and provide information
about planting
March 24, Ag Literacy
Day: the video will fea
ture a librarian reading
the American Farm
Bureau Foundation Book
of the Year, “How to
Grow a Monster” by Kiki
Thorpe
March 25: the video
will feature beekeepers
discussing the importance
of pollinators for
Georgia’s fruit and vege
table production
“Agriculture has played
a major role in Georgia’s
progress throughout state
history, and we’re proud
to maintain that legacy of
feeding our fellow
Georgians,” Dawson
County Farm Bureau
president Wayne Bennett
said in the release. “We’re
also proud that we do it
the right way, working to
protect natural resources
and caring for our ani
mals to keep them
healthy to ensure that
farms can continue to
prosper into the future.
When Georgia farmers
succeed, all of Georgia
benefits.”
Bowen Center to hold Juni Fisher concert in April
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
In just a little over a
month, the Bowen Center
for the Arts will host
famous western singer
and songwriter Juni
Fisher for a concert put
on by the Chattahoochee
Trail Horse Association
and benefiting North
Georgia horse trails.
According to a release
by the Bowen, Juni Fisher
will be at the art center on
April 24 from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. for the benefit con
cert. During the perfor
mance break, concert
attendees will be invited
to meet the singer person
ally and enjoy heavy hors
d’oeuvres and refresh
ments compliments of the
Chattahoochee Trail
Horse Association
(CTHA) and the Bowen.
Fisher was raised in
San Joaquin Valley,
California in a farming
family and was active in
4H and FFA. She studied
equine science and won
championships in horse
showing, training and
competitions in racing
and western events.
During college, Fisher
began singing to help pay
for her horse show entry
fees, then began playing
rhythm guitar and singing
before joining country
dance bands in LA clubs.
She moved to Tennessee
to hone her songwriting
skills, and by 2003 made
the shift to music full
time. Since 2005, she has
won multiple awards for
her singing and songwrit
ing, including being
named the 2011 WMA
Entertainer of the Year.
The concert at the
Bowen will benefit the
North Georgia Public
Horse Trails, which
include the Don Carter
State Park in Gainesville,
Watson Mill Bridge trails
in Comer, A.H. Stephens
trails in Crawfordville
and the Garland
Mountain trails in
Waleska.
To get tickets to the
April 24 concert, send a
check for $25 to CTHA,
care of the Bowen, at PO.
Box 249, Dawsonville,
30534 or pay online
through the Bowen’s
website. The release
added that seating is
limited, so make sure
to reserve your tickets
ahead of time.
For more information
about the concert or to
reserve tickets, go to
https ://www.bowenarts.
org/events/juni-fisher-
western-music-awards-
entertainer-of-the-
year/.
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