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The Leader-Tribune archives
20 Years Ago
The city of Fbrt Valley and Luke Green of Miller Street reached
an agreement-Green had to move his cut and burn operation
out of town. The reason was that he was polluting the neighbor¬
hood from him burning automobiles.
***
Rosa Hutchins joined the staff of The Leader Tribune as a news
and sports reporter.
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T.A. Jones was the owner of a Boston Fern that she had for six
or seven years. The fern grew to be 8 feet and 3 inches.
15 Years Ago
Leonard Donaldson residence on Railroad Street in Byron,
caught on fire around 4:00 a.m. in the morning. Donaldson was
asleep during the fire but his life was saved when his pet dog
woke him up.
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August 25, was the day everyone was waiting for...Thomas
Public Library moved from its old headquarters to the new one.
10 Years Ago
Peach County B.O.E approved implementation of a new anti¬
drug program for grades K-5 in Peach County School System.
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Holly Jackson, at the age of six, took a trip to the Scottish-Rite
Children’s Hospital in Atlanta for observations. Holly was found
to have cancer.
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Some chores for the lawn and garden
Late summer always comes
with a variety of questions on
gardening. There isn’t always a
single topic that takes the lime¬
light except, perhaps, drought. I
refuse to rehash the old “dry
enough for you?” routine.
Well, maybe one more how-to
water reminder.
Let’s just cover several chores
which are best completed prior
' to the busy fall gardening sea¬
son.
• If azaleas look yellowish,
check the soil pH. They need
more acid soil to keep iron
available, and lack of iron
makes plants yellow. Iron sul¬
phate provides iron and reduces
pH to a more tolerable level.
• Root cuttings of shrubs like
azaleas, hollies, and
hydrangeas this time of year.
Winston welcomes a new year at FVSU
Time to say goodbye to
bie Faccento and hello,
again, to me, Jane
Debbie, of the Fort
State University
Office and I, a member of
FVSU faculty, decided
semester that a weekly
umn in The Leader Tribune
would provide us the
nity to share with locai read¬
ers information about
Valley State University,
students, its faculty, its
grams and more. In
up the duties, we decided
would write in the
While I am away at
Island, Michigan, and that I
would write during the
year while she is away
recruiting trips
Georgia. So far so good,
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«4 - letters to the editor f
the sales tax referendum
Editor: The Leader
To the citizens of Peach
ty, I urge each and every one
you to support the sales tax
erendum on September
1999. This money will be
to start providing water
sewer into the county. We
this info-structure to grow.
1% sales tax ends and will
Crisis brews in nation’s farm....
Editor, The Leader Tribune
In June I telephoned Miss
Chisholm to get information
about Board of Regents Person¬
nel policies. She was as knowl¬
edgeable as she was when she
was employed as Personnel
Director at Fort Valley State
College. She told me who to con¬
Where have all
When I picked up my newspa¬
per last week to read of the day’s
trials and troubles of the human
race, I discovered that Celestine
Sibley had died at the ripe old
age of 85. Even Sibley, had met
with an opponent she could not
best, Cancer. I am betting,
however, that this game old girl
put up a gallant battle.
Celestine Sibley was a familiar
name to those who appreciate
the well written or spoken South¬
ern word. She was adept both as
a journalist and a speaker. She
could handle a newspaper story
or any assignment given her in
her years as reporter or colum¬
nist for the Atlanta Journal Con¬
stitution. She could compete and
play hard ball with the “Big
Boys” but she had maintained'
that down home Southern style
of writing which made her a
favorite.
Her generation of journalist
grew up and matured in a time
which probably was instrumen¬
tal in shaping their uniqueness.
It was a Southland which no
longer exists other than in the
out of the way, off the beaten
track, small towns and rural
areas. She grew up in a poor fam¬
ily and in her lifetime faced
many difficulties and personal
problems. I think each obstacle
overcome only burnished and
polished a talent and firmed a
conviction that life is to be lived
one day at a time and small joys
and everyday pleasures are the
more important ones.
I Putting Peach County knowledge Extension to Office work
Mark Collier
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• Lacking rain, water shrubs
deeply once a week. Many
plants, including camellias, are
setting next year’s flower buds
and do not need to be stressed.
• Water lawns just as they
show a flat, dull wilted look,
Run sprinklers in the early
morning.
• It is time to get your flower
catalogs; choose and order bulbs
for fall planting.
• Like fruit trees, flowering
The positive side
by tjane Winston
thanks Debbie for keeping
readers apprised of FVSU
activities this summer!!
What makes this column
fun is the information e
mailed, phoned, and handed
to us on the back of envelopes
about people, places and
things at FVSU. So if you
have anything of a positive
nature you would like to
share via this column contact
me through e-mail at win
stonj@mail.fvsu.edu, ky
phone at 825-6652 or by snail
mail to the Bond Building at
be an additional tax, but a
replacement of the sales tax
already being collected. Please
vote yes for this very important
sales tax that will allow Peach
County to hopefully stop
unwanted annexation from the
city of Warner Robins,
Matt Mullis
Peach Commissioner
tact and to tell that person that
she told me to call. In the mean¬
time she would talk with the
person. When I did receive the
information, it was instant and
accurate. Miss Chisholm helped
me more times than I can
remember.
(continues on page 6a)
trees are prone to borers,
Trunks and lower limbs should
be sprayed twice this month
with Thiodan or Dursban.
• Apply Gibberellic Acid to fall
and winter-flowering Camellia
buds for larger and earlier flow
ers.
• Comparatively, kudzu is
weaker this time of year. The
last two weeks of August is a
good time to mow it or spray it
with a herbicide like Roundup.
While waiting for the phone
to ring or the e-mail and let¬
ters to start pouring in, allow
me this opportunity to share
a few details of summer. I
spend my summers far North
in Michigan on Mackinac
Island where the warmest
day is cooler than the coolest
day here in middle Georgia.
There are no automobiles on
this small island, so all visi
tors spend lots of time on
bicycles, on feet, on a horse,
or behind a horse pulling a
carriage. Nita Smith of the
office of Academic Affairs
visited the ilsland this sum
mer, as did Connie Smith of
the College of Education Cur
riculum library. Ask them,
they’ll confirm that Mackinac
Island is a uniquely wonder
ful and different place . a
step back in time.
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The last photo of Celestine Sib¬
ley which I glimpsed revealed a
relief map of wrinkles which life
had etched upon her face. The
dominant ones, however were
laugh lines. Ill miss her home
grown stories and books. I'll miss
hearing of her home which she
found and called SWEET
APPLE. I enjoyed the book she
wrote about her favorite get¬
away haunt where many of her
books and columns were birthed.
HI miss Celestine Sibley.
When husband Rich and I were
moving about the states fre¬
quently in his mapmaking
career; it was a distinct pleasure
to whenever possible grab a copy
of The Atlanta Journal Constitu¬
tion and check out the home
scene back in Ga. I checked out
Sibley and Lewis Grizzard often.
Afterwards, I felt as if I had
enjoyed a visit back home. Some¬
how, I never felt that way about
watching a T.V. newscast. News¬
papers can never be replaced as a
means of relaying both national,
international, or hometown
news. The clippings of special
events; weddings, births, deaths,
White flies sometimes get
heavy in August, showing up on
gardenias, privet, and some
vegetables. There are no pre¬
ventive controls, so catch popu¬
lations early with sticky yellow
traps and use soap sprays
before numbers build up.
• Spider mites thrive in hot,
dry weather. They make foliage
appear dull and dirty on
junipers, marigolds, eggplants,
tomatoes, etc. For mild infesta¬
tions, hose the leaves to wash
them off. If you have a heavy
problem, call your Extension
agent for spray recommenda¬
tions.
In fact, call your Peach County
Extension office with any lawn
and garden question, even
those not covered here. Our
phone number is 825-6466.
Additionally, the hubby and
I spent time with our six
grandchildren and celebrated
my mother’s 90th birthday in
Bloomington, Indiana. I pub¬
lished my first book called
Voices of Michigan , an
anthology of new Michigan
authors. The book which con¬
tains short stories, poems and
non-fiction pieces is the
result of a refereed writing
contest I conducted last year.
I am happy to report that
sales are going well through¬
out Michigan.
All-in-all, it was a wonderful
summer, but I am always
excited about returning to
academia and the shaping of
young minds!! Please let me
hear from you. Nothing is too
little or too big for this col¬
umn!!
flowers
the fabric of our lives are trea¬
sured reminders.
In the homes where many of us
grew up in the darker days of the
Depression and the years when
our nation was slowly recovering
from its effects, there was little
cash for small extras such as
newspapers and books. There
were, however, several which
were familiars throughout the
years. The newspaper. The Coun¬
try Gentleman, and The Progres¬
sive Farmer. There were the
columnists, some who would
leave you with a warm fuzzy feel¬
ing, some who could evoke a
chuckle or a laugh on even a
dark day. I think of them as Ros¬
es, American Beauty Roses.
There are some whose abrasive
personality shines through their
writing. Their controversial sub¬
ject matter leaves us with an
uncomfortable, questioning,
uneasy feeling. They cause us to
question, ourselves, our motives,
and our actions. They may be the
thorns instead of the rodes. They
may prick our conscience and
leave a drop or three of blood or
cause us to do a bit of soul
searching. That too, is good.
All too many of my personal
favorites have disappeared from
the scene in recent years; the
covers permanently placed over
their Royals and Smith-Coronas.
Both Joe Parham of the Macon
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es formal name is allergic rhini¬
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Telegraph, our Southern by the
grace of God, Lewis Grizzard,
and of course, Erma Bombeck
the hoysewife’s spokeswoman
and advocate; a fellow wayfarer
and sufferer on the road of life.
Erma knew exactly why the
Grass Always Grew Greener
Over The Septic Tank. That was
the title of one of her many
books
Each made a dull, dark day a
bit brighter with their amusing,
laid back, brand of humor; some¬
thing taken from everyday life
with which most of us could
emphasize. I think of each of
them as the tough and hardy
yard flowers we enjoy
Do you remember Violet Moore
who contributed her columns to
our local newspapers for many
years? I think of fragrant wild
Violets when I recall a particular
column which she pounded out
on her typewriter. They are the
Zinnias, the Petunias, and the
Marigolds. Celestine Sibley could
be a colorful, pungent smelling
Marigold. Parham or Grizzard
might take offense at being
called a flower and perhaps they
or even crusty Andy Rooney
could better be called a Dande
• lion, a Ragweed, or some other
tough, hard to control pestweed.
There are other columnists who
make us consider and think and
make us examine ourselves.
They fill an important niche.
Each leaves a fragrance, a linger¬
ing scent which evokes and
probes a memory and causes us
to recall people, places, and plea¬
sures of another day, another
time.
When I think of Celestine Sib¬
ley, 1 sense a fragrance of Apples,
Sweet Apples.
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