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Page 4A - The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, October 11, 2001
"...Roy sure is taking these budget cuts seriously."
Free Workshop for Small,
Beginning Farmers
November 8 at
Albany State University
A free workshop for small and
beginning farmers will be held in
the Academic Administration
Building at Albany State Univer
sity, Thursday, November 8. The
one-day workshop features semi
nars on: alternative farm enter
prises; aquaculture; crop insur
ance; financing small farms;
fruits; vegetables; goats and small
livestock; irrigation and water
management; labor; local market
ing and community based agricul
ture; pond construction and man
agement opportunities; and taxes.
Ag related groups and agencies
will host displays on site.
The free workshop includes re
source materials and lunch and
will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
with registration beginning at 8
a.m. in the Academic Administra
tion Building. To register, call
Connie McEver at 706-546-2236
or fax her a registration form at
706-546-2416. Pre-registration
deadline for the free workshop is
October 19, 2001. Registration
forms will be printed in upcom
ing issues of the Georgia Market
Bulletin and can also be obtained
from local USDA Service Cen
ters, Farm Service Agency
County Offices, Cooperative Ex
tension Service, and individual
TAG members. Although walk-
ins are welcome, seats and lunch
are limited to about 200 partici
pants.
"This is our seventh TAG spon
sored workshop. These work
shops provide timely and relevant
information that help agricultural
landowners and producers be
come or remain financially stable
and preserve natural resources,"
said Donnie Thomas, TAG Chair
man. " Limited resource farmers
and community leaders gain new
farm management, rural develop
ment, agricultural, and conserva
tion skills." A similar workshop
is being planned for the
Gainesville, Georgia, area next
year.
Team Agriculture Georgia's
mission is to improve state and
federal customer service to all
landowners, land users, and lim
ited resource and beginning farm
ers. The Georgia Forestry Com
mission is an active member of
TAG. TAG members include ag
ricultural agencies and partnering
organizations from across the
state.
Grow
Brad Lofton Director of Economic Development 759-2422
The University of Georgia • Cooperative Extension Service
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Georgia Deer Hunting Laws
A grain drill is ideal for planting small grains for
forage, but broadcast planting works well also.
Winter Grazing
Hunting season begins October
27, 2001 and ends January 6,
2002. The number of deer hunt
ers in Georgia has declined while
the deer population has in
creased. Hunting is encouraged
by the State of Georgia to man
age the population, which di
rectly affects the cost of insur
ance. The season limit for each
hunter is eight deer. Six deer
must be doe and only two may
be bucks. Either sex deer days
are enhanced in most Georgia
counties to cover the entire deer
season. Hunters may not remove
the deer from the place of kill
until the deer harvest record at
tached to the hunter’s license is
completed by hole punch or per
manent mark.
All residents born after January
1, 1961 must successfully com
plete the hunter education course
prior to purchasing a season hunt
ing license. Anyone who has
completed the course and needs
a replacement certificate may
logon www.gohuntgeogria.com.
Hunter education requirements
are relaxed for young hunters.
Hunters from the age of 12 to 15,
hunting on private property and
supervised by an adult are no
longer required to have com
pleted the hunter education
course. Hunters sixteen years
and older using a short-term li
cense (1 day or 7 days) are now
exempt from the hunter educa
tion course requirement.
It is unlawful to hunt or dis-
By J.M. Rhodes
Member of Chehaw Lodge 701
Leesburg, Georgia
"FUNDAMENTALS OF
FREEMASONRY"
Freemasonry's spiritual values
are based on the Laws of Ethics,
and morality. Their application in
our lives, as Freemasons, are of
cardinal importance, if we want
to fulfill the meaning and the
scope of the Craft.
Firstly, let me say a few words
about the definition of Ethics.
Ethics, from the Greek word
"ethos"-character. is the system
atic study of the nature of value
concepts: good, bad, right, wrong
and of the general principles,
charge a
firearm
while un
der the
influence
of drugs
or alco
hol; from
or across
a public
road; from within 50 yards of a
public road and from a vehicle.
It is illegal to use electronic com
munication equipment to hunt
deer; blind deer with lights or kill
or cripple deer without reason
able efforts to retrieve. The le
gal time for hunting is 30 min
utes before sunrise until 30 min
utes after sunset. Anyone hunt
ing deer is required to wear at all
times at least 500 square inches
of hunter orange as an outer gar
ment above the waist.
It is unlawful to hunt over or
near a baited area, unless the bait
has been removed completely for
10 or more days. Baiting is the
practice of placing, exposing, de
positing, or scattering salt, com
wheat, or any other seed that may
lure or attract deer to any area
where hunters are attempting to
hunt them. A person is guilty of
hunting over bait if they know or
reasonably should know, that the
area was baited. However, nor
mal agricultural operations are
allowed and are often referred to
as “legal baiting.” It is legal to
hunt over crops that have been
mowed, diced, raked or burned.
which justify us in applying them
to anything. In one of its most fre
quent uses, refers to a code or set
of principles, by which man live.
Ethics is also called "moral phi
losophy. " The word "philosophy"
is also derived from the Greek,
meaning "love of wisdom." Phi
losophy is generally regarded as
perhaps the most abstract of all
subjects, far removed from the
affairs of ordinary life. But al
though many people think of it as
being remote from ordinary inter
ests and beyond comprehension,
nearly all of us have some philo
sophical views, whether we are
See Masonry, Page 8A
“Here Fishy Fishy”
Samuel Johnson wrote in 1859,
“Fly fishing may be a very pleas
ant amusement; but angling or
float fishing I can only compare
to a stick and a string, with a
worm at one end and a fool at the
other.” This guy obviously has
never sunk his teeth into one of
Georgia’s famous fried catfish.
Could you by chance imagine
someone in his or her oxford wad
ers delicately fly fishing for chan
nel cat? I hope they have made
other arrangements for dinner.
There is nothing in the world
more relaxing than baiting a hook
and wasting the day away along
a pond or riverbank in South
Georgia. Many great Americans
have bonded with their sons and
daughters, grandsons and grand
daughters while fishing for brim.
I doubt that many of you snack
on Vienna Sausages like I do,
though. That’s fine gourmet
cooking as far as I’m concerned.
Just don’t feed them to the fish.
They won’t come back around for
Having just returned from an 11
day trip to the mid-west, I felt I
would be justified in skipping a
column this week, but while the
trip is fresh in my mind, I have to
share some of the experience.
Our trip was primarily the oc
casion of Dons 50th High School
class re-union. We never knew
one another in high school, he
being a "west-side" boy, I, an
"east-side" girl, but through mu
tual friends, we met and married
during the Korean war.
We have attended 9 of the 10
re-unions held since 1951, and
each one has proved that indi
vidual character development is
truly an ongoing process. I have
seen, over these years, people do
a 180° in their attitudes and treat
ment of former classmates, to the
point that after 50 years, there ex
ists the most incredible camara
derie Eve ever seen!
I remember the first several re
unions when youthful ambition,
and personal achievements took
the spotlight, the 'clique' still
cliqued, and the "snobs" re
mained aloof and stand-offish—
but years and experiences later-
-it seems they all think as one, and
this years re-union was a joy to
attend.
One of the most meaningful and
poignant moments occurred on
the second evening. We had a for
mal dinner on Friday evening, but
Saturday evening was planned as
a bit more of an informal get-to
gether. A delicious buffet was
prepared and served by a commit
tee of wives, and then the evening
was like a relaxed story telling -
-"open mike"- sort of an event.
One of Don’s classmates got up
to relate a story of how—47 years
earlier, while attending the local
college, he was assigned a new
room-mate, a foreign exchange
student, and was to help him be
come orientated to campus life.
The student spoke very little
weeks.
The Chamber is partnering with
the Lee County Sertoma Club to
sponsor our annual “Fishing Fan
tasy” at Mossy Dale Plantation.
The event will be on October 20,
and we are meeting at 7:45 A.M.
at the Kinchafoonee Primary
School. The “tournament” will
be for 14 and under kids, and the
proceeds will benefit the Lee
County Library. Everyone will
walk away with goodies, and tro
phies will be awarded for the big
gest fish, smallest fish (I’m sure
I’ll win that one), and most fish
caught. Any catfish caught will
be donated, however, to the “Feed
the Chamber Director” charity. I
do want to encourage you to par
ticipate with your sons and
daughters. Tickets are $5.00 for
fisherman and $1.00 for non-fish
ermen. Call the Chamber for
more information, and we look
forward to seeing you there.
Have a great week!
To visit us online: www.lee.-
ga.us
English, and was from an entirely
different cultural background
then his mid-western classmates,
and thus became the butt of good
many jokes, some bordering on
downright cruel. We all remem
ber those days in school when to
be, in any way different, was
sheer agony! Handles were at
tached, nicknames given, to the
kid with freckles, the fat kid, or
the guy with the goofy hair. Kids
can be mean—even in college—
that’s just the way it is!
After relating a few of the prac
tical jokes suffered by his room
mate, he explained that because
this was the first re-union he had
attended, he was unaware till the
prior evening that his former col
lege roommate had married a
high school classmate and was
also there for this occasion!
This 6'3" giant of a man, now
retired from the Los Angeles Po
lice Department, publicly, and un
abashedly stood at the "mike"-
-in front of 180 people, and wept
as he apologized to his former
room-mate for the wrongs done
to him -by so many people-so
many years ago. He asked him to
join him at the podium, where
upon he introduced us all to the
Chief Engineer of bridge con
struction for the Milwaukee/Soo
Line Railroad! He then pinned an
American flag on his lapel, and
sat down to a standing ovation,
and a room so filled with emo
tion you couldn’t cut it with a
knife—or even a box-cutter!
That former room-mate—his
friend, the successful bridge en
gineer and exchange student,
hailed from Iran.
He and his wife are parents of
four college educated sons, and
he had long forgotten the hurt he
must have felt all those years ago!
This trip was one we will re
member for a long time!
Talk to ya later.
Marty
I've received questions about
planting winter grazing for both
cattle and deer. I talked with Dr.
Robert Morgan, University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service Forage Agronomist. The
following information regarding
the relative merits of different
species of annual winter grasses,
their recommended planting dates
and seeding rates, as well as rec
ommended varieties, is derived
from that conversation.
Rye provides early season graz
ing and is the most winter hardy.
It is the first up in the spring-10
to 20 days before oats or wheat
and 30 days before ryegrass. Rye
will provide forage until May.
Rye should be planted around
October 15. The recommended
seeding rate is two to two and a
half bushels per acre. Recom
mended varieties include Elbon,
Bates, Wintergrazer 70, Wrens
Abruzzi, Wrens 96, Early Grazer,
Oaklon, Wintermore, and Kelly
Grazer II.
Oats, on the other hand, provide
the most fall growth, but are the
least winter hardy. Oats are the
most palatable of the small grains.
These qualities make it a desir
able planting for deer hunters.
The recommended planting date
for grazing is October 1. The rec
ommended seeding rate is four
bushels per acre. Recommended
LEESBURG AMERICAN
LEGION POST 182
SUPPORTS
PRESIDENT - TROOPS
Today, a diverse America shares
a singular sorrow. No words can
express our grief. On September
11th we were horrorfied when
terrorists hijacked four passenger
jet airliners and crashed two into
the World Trade Center, one into
the Pentagon, and one into the
ground in Philadelphia killing all
of the passengers and crew as
well as still uncounted thousands
of innocent American citizens.
The following statement was
issued on September 11.2001 by
American Legion National Com
mander Richard J. Santos of
Greenbelt. Md.. shortly after the
terrorist attacks in New York City
and Washington D. C. Mr. Santos
was preparing to testify to a joint
session of congressional Veterans'
Affairs committees on Capitol
varieties include Horizon 314,
Harrison, and Rodgers. Oats will
provide grazing until the end of
May.
Wheat is similar to oats in its
fall growth and lack of winter
hardiness. Wheat should be
planted around October 15. The
recommended planting rate is two
to two and a halfbushels per acre.
Roberts is a recommended vari
ety for grazing.
Ryegrass is the best quality win
ter grain forage. There is not
much difference in varieties. Gulf
is the old stand by variety. Jumbo
and Marshall are the top variet
ies, with Big Daddy and Jackson
not far behind. Ryegrass should
be planted around October 15. It
will provide grazing into June.
Normally, the seeding rate will be
20 to 30 pounds per acre. The rec
ommended over seeding rate is 20
to 25 pounds per acre. When
planting for silage for dairy cattle,
the recommended rate: goes up to
fifty pounds per acre.
Except for ryegrass, better re
sults will be achieved by plant
ing with a grain drill than broad
casting. These recommendations
are for grazing only. Different
varieties and dates will apply to
grain planted for harvesting as
grain. For more information, call
the Lee County Extension Office
at 759-6025.
Hill when the attacks caused the
session to be cancelled.
"The American Legion ex
presses its sympathies to the fami
lies of all of the innocent people
who perished in these cowardly
acts. I ask all Legionnaires to
keep the families in the forefront
of their prayers.
"The Legionnaires that I repre
sent know terrorism first hand
because they have fought on the
battlefields of the world, and that
is the terror of all terrorism.
"We condemn those respon
sible.
"The American Legion urges
the President of the United States
to use all means available to iden
tify, pursue, and bring to justice
those liable.
"Today's incidents are proof that
we are not immune to such at
tacks and we must take all neces
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