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20 Years Ago
Representative Bryant Culpepper announced that the House
Appropriations Committee has specified that Peach County be
named the site for the proposed state safety training facility
Peach County Hospital Authority passed a motion to hire an
emergency room physician for weekend duty to work a maxi¬
mum of 46 hours per weekend at a maximum wage of $24 per
hour “
10 Years Ago
A frame house occupied by the Rinsey Lee French family on
Drive burned to the ground on February 24, 1989.
A Fort Valley locksmith had taken issue with the police depart
meat’s policy of breaking into locked cars, but the police said he
would continue to do so in an emergency
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The Board of Directors of The Citizens Bank promoted Judy
Holland to Assistant Banking Officer and Andrea Tucker to
Assistant Operations Officer The Board’s action was to recog¬
nize the outstanding performance and express sincere apprecia¬
tion for the faithful service to the bank and its customers
5 Years Ago
Peach County Sheriffs Deputies, Fort Valley Police and Houston
County Officers had took in custody three teenagers they believe
were responsible for shooting out more than 250 car windows in
Peach and Houston Counties
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Blue Bird, the world's largest school bus manufacture, delivered
the spring of *94. a heavy-duty, 72 passenger electric school bus
to the Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency, Lancaster
California
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Peach County Historical Society had issued a historical print of
The History of Peach County designed by the Southern artist
Paul Miller. The print captured over 20 people, places and things
that have made the county what it is today
A weed-free summertime lawn starts right now
A few weeks ago, 1 mentioned
the control of winter annual
weeds like dandelions and how
hard they are to control now
They've had time to grow big
and strong Fall control is more
effective while they are young
or even before they sprout
Well, the same principle
applies to summer annual
weeds like crabgrass Spraying
weed killers in July is not
nearly as successful as control¬
ling your weeds right now
I would like to start by say¬
ing, though, that herbicides are
not the best weed control
A thick, healthy turf out com¬
petes most weeds, preventing a
problem before it starts Fertil¬
izing according to a soil test,
mowing at the correct height
and frequency, and managing
water are the basics to healthy
grass.
The most effective herbicide
treatments catch weeds small
and weak, or even before they
come up. This last method, pre
emergence weed control, is the
most effective way to use herbi¬
cides
Think back to last summer
What weeds did you have 0
Whether you had crabgrass,
gooeegraas or prostrate spurge,
you have a great opportunity to
got the jump on them this year
Putting knowledge to work
Peach County Extension Office
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A lark Collier
Since summer annuals will be
emerging during March and
April, right now is the time for
preemergence applications.
There are plenty of preemer¬
gence products for lawns avail
able in retail outlets containing
oryzalin (Surflan), benefin
(Balan), benefin + oryzalin
(Balan XL), pendimethalin
(Halts), bcnsulide (Greensweep
product line) or atrazine
(Bonus S, Purge II). among
others
For preemergence plant bed
treatments, choose from mate¬
rials such as DCPA. etc.
Some of these lawn herbicides
are available only on a dry fer¬
tilizer granule (Weed and
Feed) On certain turfgrasses
such as Zoysia and bermuda,
preemergence weed *n feed
type materials are generally as
effective as sprayable formula¬
tions.
Remember, though, that we
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Aunt Maggie and bad weather blues
Cattle peacefully today
on the land where Aunt Mag¬
gie and Unde John’s small cot
once stood There are few
reminders left of our childhood
friend, only a few scattered
clumps of the Daffodils ahe
planted. Even the huge Walnut
tree is now gone which once
stood in their yard Their home
fell into disrepair and eventu
ally fell down after they moved
away and it was abandoned
We missed our older friend,
my siblings and I. She was
always quick with a laugh and
a welcoming smile We later
found that Aunt Maggie often
had little to laugh or smile
about. She still, despite this,
retained a childlike sense of
humor and many pleasant
hours were spent visiting with
her. She supplied my siblings
and 1 with outdated Saturday
Evening Post and McCall’s
magazines and scissors
Time passed all too quickly
on a cold wintry afternoon as
we snipped and clipped Betsy
McCall paperdoils from the
pages as she bustled about her
kitchen or churned buttermilk
She read wonderful stories
from well-used storybooks also,
but our favorites were true and
amazing tales from Aunt Mag
gie’s own life Wc loved her as
devotedly as we disliked her
husband, Uncle John, who can
only be described as domineer
mg, demanding, and decidedly
irritable
Our visits were brief when
Uncle John, our grandmothers
brother, was present. Fortu¬
nately. for both Auntie M and
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ua, this wasn’t often Aunt
Maggie was lonely since her
only child, a beautiful young
lady with her mother’s friendly
personality had left home for
job opportunities in another
area Aunt Maggie seldom’via
ited and was virtually confined
to her home Several times
while accompanying us to a
nearby fishing spot or on a
brief visit to our home, she
would be rudely summoned
home by a loud blast from
Uncle John's whistle; one he
carried for this purpose- As he
loudly berated her, my gentle
mom would mutter. “It would
only be divine justice if he
someday swallowed that drat
ted whistle’’ My dad thought a
healthy whack with a cast iron
frypan would better fill the
bill All agreed that a better
name for our patient aunt
would have been “Saint Mag
gie’
Among her great storehouse
of tales, ghost stories were our
special favorites. Some would
raise the hair on our heads and
give wings to our feet if we lin¬
gered long and dusk
approached Last week. Wcath
er Awareness Week, brought
memories of Aunt Maggie and
of a story she shared with us;
mixture needs to be factored
into the overall fertility plan
for the turfgrass
Always read and follow label
directions
, And caiiypyr county agent at
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don’t recommend fertilizing
centipede until after it has
turned completely green With
the exception of atrazine-con
taining herbicides, waiting
until full spring green-up of
centipede to apply a preemer¬
gence herbicide/fertilizer prod
uct is too late. Usually crab
grass and other summer
annual grasses will have
already germinated at this
time and control will be poor
Usually beat way to handle
centipede is to apply a pre¬
emergence grass killer like
Surflan in early March and use
atrazine or an atrazme/fertiliz
er product after full spring
green-up Homeowners may
buy and use products which
contain 2% or less atrazine
(other formulations require a
license)
If a herbicide/fertilizer prod
uct is applied to turfgrass. the
fertilizer component of the
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Todays and
yesterdays
Joyce Matthews
pelted down upon them Stoop
ing to enter the narrow door¬
way into the cool, dim, dark¬
ness. an ominous noise was
detected It brought Unde J to
a screeching halt He recog¬
nised the sound as the angry
buzz of disturbed Rattlesnakes,
several of them
They struggled in the limited
space of the entryway as Aunt
Maggie attempted to enter and
escape the storm. Uncle J. to
exit and escape a larger dan¬
ger, angry Rattlesnakes Even¬
tually, his larger size prevailed,
and in desperation the two
dashed back through the storm
to the questionable refuge of
their small home. As she
recounted, afterwards she
henceforth sat out the storms
there, though quietly and fear
fully yet
When a sudden and violent
storm rages outside When
wind howls around the comers
and a heavy ram drums upon
the roof; 1 smile to myself,
caress my mug of hot coffee,
and think of Aunt Maggie.
Seems she was always caught
between a rock and a hard
place Such is life Hopefully,
there are no storms or storm
clouds in heaven for “Saint
Maggie”
she who was very much aware
of storms and bad weather In
her youth, she had survived,
but barely, a terrible humcane
while living in Florida. This
traumatic expeneuce had been
responsible for her great
respect and fear of storms
Her demands upon Uncle
John were few One however,
she insisted upon; that of a
storm shelter being prepared
wherever they resided This
shelter, a small cave-like
retreat dug into the a rural
roadbank not too distant from
their home, had been prepared
and readied As black clouds
rolled, thunder resounded
loudly, and lightning flashed,
they fled to take refuge in their
shelter. She told between
whoops of laughter, of running
pell mell through the howling
wind. Uncle John leading th<
way, and reaching the small
as a rain
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