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Pictured above are the Model Students for the month of September from Twin Oaks Elementary School. From left to right from the third grade are: (Back Row) Mitch Goodman, Elizabeth Robinson, Katelyn Paulson, Danica Barkalow, Trevor Gore, and Kayla Stroud. (Front Row) Corey Crofoot, Ti Potts, Antonio Mantica, Kyle Wingfield, and Alana Eudy. Not pictured is Jaycee Mann. Pictured above are the Model Students for the month of September from Twin Oaks Elementary School. From left to right from the fourth grade are: (Back Row) Katie Usry, Jaron Frazier, Hannah Bryan, Alexa Millerd, and Matthew Suggs. (Front Row) Macy Seymour, Christopher Mathis, Alex Rathel, and Cody Johnson. Pictured above are the Model Students for the month of September from Twin Oaks Elementary School. From left to right from the fifth grade are: (Back Row) Russell Cook, Ashleigh Johnson, Amberly Holt, and Jeremiah Tinsley. (Front Row) Alec Edwards, Lauren Pressley, Cheyenne Goodman, and Christina Rose. Pictured above are the Model Students for the month of September from Twin Oaks Elementary School. From left to right from the sixth grade are: (Back Row) Latoya Phillips, Ryan Satterfield, Alisha Somani, Joshua Carter, and Nikki Remington. (Front Row) Cody Fowler, Merritt Johnson, Landon Carter, Tejas Bhavsar, and Susan Horne. The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, October 4,2001 - Page 5A Snakes, Folklore and Bare Feet By Wade Hutcheson Georgia Extension Service Summertime growing up it was hard to keep shoes on my feet. I loved to go barefoot and still do but with two puppies in the yard now, when you're barefoot you had better watch your step. One particular afternoon I was running, barefoot, across the yard when I came across a snake. Ac tually stepped on it and boy was I running after that. My brothers say I didn't and you can't win an argument with an older brother. Snakes in our yard were fairly common. Our farm was out in the country with woods, ponds and creeks all around us so we were used to seeing them. We would see king snakes, garter snakes.black snakes, rat snakes, rattlesnakes and upon going to the creek or pond the occasional cot- tonmouth. People have incredible fears of snakes whether poisonous or not. Too many times have I heard the saying, "the only good snake is a dead snake." I have also heard too many times the old remedy of applying lime or sulfur to an area to prevent snakes. How this one got started I'll never know, but it doesn't work. Georgia is home to some 40 dif ferent species of snakes. If you live in an area surrounded by woods you may encounter one. My advice is to be aware that they are out there but remember BUFFET PIZZA Now At 5impfy (MOSEtMi they are not out to get you. They're as afraid of you as you are of them and will usually avoid you if given the opportunity. Learn how to tell what snake it is. Get a resource which gives a color photo and description to help you learn their markings and color patterns. Teach your chil dren about them and about being safe and aware when out in na ture. The Georgia Extension Ser vice has a good publication so call your local office for details. Forget the lime and sulfur and remember this, clean up and clean out. Remove objects that they can hide in and under such as pieces of lumber, shingles, metal, junk piles, and yard debris. These items will also attract the small insects and rodents that they prey upon. Cleaning up re moves the reasons for a snake to be there. Make the habitat unat tractive to the unwelcome visi tors. Remember too as people move into areas where snakes live, en counters with a snake may in crease. They are an important part of our ecosystem serving as both predator and prey. There fore they should be afforded the opportunity to co-exist with us. Second to the question about what to use to repel snakes is the question how do I tell the differ ence between a poisonous and non-poisonous snake. There is no single rule to distinguish the two except for the presence of fangs. Poisonous snakes do have large, triangular-shaped heads but so do some non-poisonous snakes. This clue is not always accurate. Poisonous snakes have ellipti cal pupils. All harmless snakes in the eastern U.S. have round pupils but so does the poisonous coral snake. So no single rule applies except the presence of fangs. The take home message is learn to identify the different snakes. Maintaining a neat, well kept landscape which isn't attractive to snakes for food or cover is usu ally prevention enough. 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