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Fire Prevention Week starts at Hunt Primary
Captain Otis Daniel and Fireman Harold Fluellen visited Hunt Primary School to speak on fire saftey during National
Fire Prevention Week. The kindergardeners were given fire hats, certificates and fire prevention booklets. They
were also treated to an inspection of the fire truck and all the gear.
Peach County Clean
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An Affiliate of Keep America Beautiful Inc.
Composting in 12 easy steps
By Charlie Short, Director
The following information was
told to Dr. Clark Gregory, some
times known as “The Compost
Man.” and has been relayed to Keep
America Beautiful affiliates. Gover
nor Miller composts at his home.
1. Get a simple enclosure to hold
about one cubic yard (3ft by 3ft) of
compostables. See NOTE below.
2. Get a long handled pitchfork,
for loading and turning compost.
3. Get a 5 gallon plastic bucket
from a house painter, or sheetrock
man, for carrying water and compost,
or use a hose and wheelbarrow.
4. Put your bin on a flat place
convenient to the kitchen and on the
way to the garden or back yard.
5. Start your compost bin now.
no matter-what time of year.
6. Fill your bin and keep it full.
Start with leaves, yard trimmings
food scraps, and wdt paper towels.
Turn your bin one month after start¬
ing it, or never (compost happens!).
7. Get a 5 quart stainless steel
soup pot at a yard sale to collect
food scraps in the kitchen. Make
sure it has a matched, tight-fitting
lid to discourage fruit flies.
8. Add food scraps into the cen
ter of your bin. Do not “dump and
run. Use your pitchfork. Never
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leave food scraps showing.
9. Make compost this year, use it
next year,
10. Late next fall, put your com
post to bed for the winter by remov
ing the compost from your bin. giv
ing it a final turn, mounding it up.
and covering it with recycled plastic
sheet to keep it dry for screening
next spring. Reload your bin as
shown next.
1L Start a new bin every fall.
Plenty of leaves are available then,
Add kitchen scraps, yard trimmings,
and nonrecyclable paper to it for a
whole year as it shrinks. Use last
year’s bin. Stockpile leaves to add
to the bin over the next 12 months.
12. Use your compost in the gar
den in the spring,
NOTE: Use an eleven foot
length of welded fence wire, with
“2x4” mesh, cut from a 36 inch
wide roll. Join the two ends to form
a hoop. For a larger bin get 5 wood¬
en shipping pallets. Lay ons down
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then stand the other four pallets,
good sides out, to form the bin. Tie
the comers together with pieces of
rope. Load as directed above.
The Clean Community has
established a compost bin demon
stration site at the Byron newspaper
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recycle shed area, behind the Police
Department. Two bins, one wire
hoop and one pallet type, are set up
for you to see how easy it is to do.
The wire costs less than S5. Pallets
can be obtained from several
sources. Another demonstration site
is being established at the home of
Joan Hobbs in the Jackson Station
area off Houser’s Mill Road.
If you would like further infor¬
mation, need help, or would like to
demonstrate composting to others,
please contact the Clean Communi¬
ty director. Charlie Short at 825-
3041.
FV Business
Council to meet
The Fort Valley Business Coun¬
cil will meet Tuesday, October 13
at 8 a.m. at the Evans-Cantrell
House, 300 College Street.
Joe Harrell and Peach Valley
Office Supply will be the hosts.
The speaker will be Ralph Nix
from the Middle Georgia Regional
Development Center, addressing
the fact that "existing businesses
are the foundation of every commu¬
nity's economy."
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‘Thanks, for the cards. Our
hearts are so fuff of Cove, and
gratitude to all of you. four
prayers, words of consolation,
flowers and the many hind acts,
Both seen and unseen, have sus¬
tained us these days since the
passing of our loved one.
‘We thanfiQodfor fiarnng such
wonderful friends like you. May
he make us every thankful for
your love, kindness and trust.
“Please continue to k.eep us in
your prayers.
‘The “Bessie M. ‘Riley ‘family
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Harris, ‘Thelma M. ‘Praten,
Johnson ‘Edwards & Others
Fort Valley kids ride for St.
Jude Children's
By Kevin Osborne
About 3045 children are expect¬
ed to take part in a Bike-A-Thon on
October 10,1992, from 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. at Peach County High
School. The event will be to raise
money for St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital.
St. Jude was founded by enter¬
tainer Danny Thomas. The hospital
opened its’ doors in 1962, and its
purpose is to help children with
catastrophic diseases
The hospital, through the help of
organizations and fund raisers, cov-
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Children who will ride in the Bike-A-Thon admire the first prize
Pictured above are: Jerard Green, Lisa Corbett, Buddy Corbett, and Meghan Waites. These are four of the children
who will participate in the Bike-A-Thon to raise money for St. Jude Children's Hospital. They are admiring the first
prize, a Huffy all terrain bicycle, donated by Middle Georgia Bank. Mrs. Ruth Cooper from Middle Georgia Bank is
also pictured. Citizen's Bank and First South are donating two $50.00 savings bonds each and Reddick Hardware
is donating the safety equipment for the event. Food will be donated by Dairy Queen, Pizza Hut, Harvey’s, Food
Depot and McDonald's.
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Fall is in the air, time to start
bundling those pipes, insulating
those floors, and getting ready for the
cold months to come. Here at Ogle
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ready for old man winter. Whether it
be plumbing, or an electric heater,
come see us at Ogletree Supply!
Store Hours: 7:00 to 5:30 Monday through Friday
Saturday 7:30 to 5:00
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The Leader-Tribune Wednesday, October
ers all expenses for the care of the
children beyond what insurance
pays.
The hospital also searches for
cures and prevention of these dis¬
eases and shares the information it
gathers with doctors and hospitals
all over the world. The hospital has
done research with leukemia,
Hodgkin's disease, sickle-cell ane¬
mia and other child-killing diseases,
giving children with these diseases
a much better chance for survival.
The Bike-A-Thon this year is
dedicated to Ryan Martin, a six year
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old Wilms' tumor patient at St.
Jude. He was diagnosed in June,
1986, and had one kidney removed.
He also went through six months of
chemotherapy at St. Jude.
Today Ryan is cancer free and
only returns to the hospital once a
year for a check-up, thanks in part
to all the research that has been
done at St. Judes.
The project coordinator is Jud
Henley, and he may be reached at
825-0572, if anyone has any ques¬
tions concerning the Bike-A-Thon.