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Page 10 - The Wiregrass Farmer, December 28,2016
REVIEW
2017 production meetings
(Continued from Page 3)
Peanut Production Meeting
Time: Tuesday, January 17,2017. Supper 6:30
Location: Turner County Civic Center
Speakers: Mark Abney (UGA peanut entomologist), Bob Ke-
merait (UGA peanut pathologist)
Cotton Production Meeting
Time: Monday, February 20,2017. Lunch 12:00
Location: Turner County Civic Center
Speakers: Phillip Roberts (UGA cotton entomologist), Jared
Whitaker (UGA cotton agronomist)
Agronomic Crop Weed Meeting
Time: Wednesday, March 1,2017. Lunch 12:00
Location: Turner County Civic Center
Speakers: Eric Prostko and Stanley Culpepper (UGA Weed
Scientists)
Crisp County Watermelon Meeting
Time: Thursday, January 19,2017. Supper 6:30
Location: Crisp County Extension Office
Speakers: Tim Coolong (UGA vegetable agronomist) and
Bhabesh Dutta (UGA vegetable pathologist)
Turner County Extension invites you to the meetings listed.
We also thank you for continued support and cooperation that is
shown throughout the county. There may be a few other meetings
that will come out a later date so keep looking out for more up
dates.
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The Ashburn First United
Methodist Church men's group
made a donation to the Lady
Rebels basketball team to help
assist with expenses.
Turner 4-H air pistol team
attended and competed in the
11th Annual Cannon Classic
Air Pistol Matches.
Week 5
Rain kept the crowd small
at this year's Fire Ant Festival.
Most events still took place but
for Friday night the Lip Sync
contest was cancelled as was
the The Young and Old Band.
The ant was found by Matthew
Jordan who was part of a team
with Kristen Michelle Story
and Dylan Ray. The ant was on
Kendrick Road. In the BBQ
bash Lang Smokers took home
the Grand Championship tro
phy and a $2,500 check. Susan
Watson received the purchase
award sponsored by Golden
Peanut in the art show. Despite
the rain this year it was still a
great time for everyone that
came out.
“Jump Rope For Heart”
raised $8,459 at Turner County
Elementary School.
April
Week 1
Clifford Jordan is the new
Ashburn Police Chief. He is
from Ashburn and has law en
forcement experience in other
counties and in Florida. Jordan
is looking forward to providing
the citizens a quality law en
forcement department.
The BOE recently honored
STAR Student Kayland Winter
and STAR teacher Millie
Puckett and the Lady Rebels
basketball team.
The high school band goes
to Disney and brings back an
award for their performance.
In Sycamore, the Council
votes against applying for a
CDBG to pave roads and im
prove sewer service to resi
dents of Nor-Way Court.
Week 2
Ashburn Mayor Sedric
Carithers resigns as mayor to
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Grayson Watson tries to
booths earlier this year.
1st Place and the Region
Championship. The Armed
Drill Squad earned 3rd Place.
Both Teams will compete at
the State Drill Meet.
Week 4
The Fire Ant Festival begins
this weekend. The Find the
Fire Ant Contest is underway
and still snug in it's location
waiting to be found.
Sheriff Andy Hester was the
guest of honor at a reception in
the Chamber of Commerce last
week. The occasion was a
presentation by the Georgia
House of Representatives
thanking the sheriff for catch
ing a wanted bank robber.
Sheriff Hester states it is a
group effort and gives all
praise to his people.
Turner County Young
Farmers hold their annual ban-
avoid getting clobbered in one of the Fire Ant Festival
take the City Manager posi
tion. Johnny Burgess is Mayor
Pro Tem until a new mayor is
elected in a special election in
November. Qualifying will
begin the last week of August.
Ashburn Police Chief Clif
ford Jordan is sworn in.
At the Board of Education
meeting school superintendent
McDaniel explains the gover
nor's budget for teacher raises
but is also a net cut for Turner
County.
The annual Kiwanis Talent
Show was held and the win
ners were Alyssa Brown,
Haley Kendrick and Abigail
Kendrick.
Ashburn is having it's first
Autism Awareness Walk April
30.
Turner County High School
held a Senior Walk at the Civic
Center.
Week 3
Turner County is near the
top in Georgia in spending per
student according to a report
issued by National Public
Radio (NPR) and Education
Week.
A decision to close the west
side EMS station may go be
fore the County Commission at
the May meeting. The station
is closed right now. The ambu
lances and EMS crews are ah
at the main station on the east
side of Ashburn.
A public hearing on a new
transmission line going up in
Sycamore.
Relay for Life will take
place over the weekend.
Shepherd's Pantry is now
receiving pizza donations from
Ashburn Pizza Hut.
Week 4
City of Sycamore has a
backhoe that is in need of re
pair and although the budget is
okay, changes must be made to
allow for repairs or make a de
cision to purchase a new one.
While work continues on
the new 911 dispatch center
and sheriffs office and jail ex
pansion the County Commis
sion had approved to order
new items for the center.
May
Week 1
Hundreds of people turned
out for the first ever Autism
Walk for Turner County. A
lunch was prepared for those
who participated and plans to
create a support group and a
walk for next year.
The EMS Station 2 at Eu
reka is open again after being
briefly closed. According to
County Manager Horace Hud
gins everything got worked
out, giving thanks to Ashburn
City Manager Sedric Carithers.
National Day of Prayer was
held at Heritage Park with spe
cial guest speaker Rep. Austin
Scott.
In sports, the Turner County
Longshots won the state title in
air pistol. The Turner County
Track team is also state bound
after competing in the Class A
(Public) Sectional Track Meet
in Bogart, Ga. Four young
ladies will represent Turner
County at the state track meet
in Albany and seven young
men will represent Turner
County at the Georgia
Olympics in Jefferson.
The Turner County Kiwanis
Club and Rotary Club honored
the Lady Rebels basketball
team in a joint meeting last
week.
Fire destroys an historic
Sycamore home. The home
was vacant with no utilities
provided to the home. State
fire marshals were called to as
sist in determining the cause of
the fire.
Week 2
The fire that destroyed an
historical home in Sycamore is
ruled as arson. A the state is of
fering a reward of up to
$10,000 for the arrest and con
viction of whomever set the
fire. The home was not in
sured.
Sidewalks, paving and the
new Flash Foods store are
closer to coming to Ashburn
says Ashburn City Manager
Sedric Carithers.
At the last Commission
meeting the zoning issue was
discussed. That zoning require
ment states that it takes five
acres for a new house in the
unincorporated county and has
been in place for years, despite
objections from a lot of people,
came up again at the County
Commission work session last
week as a tangent to a zoning
request.
Immediate Past President of
Turner County Kiwanis,
Nancy Garnet, was honored
with a Leadership Medallion
presented at the 2015-2016 Di
vision Rally.
Week 3
The class of 2016 graduates.
Sycamore City Council
unanimously approved a $2
rate hike for water and $2 for
sewer stating it's necessary to
cover City loans and operating
expenses. The mil rate will be
set in August.
A new initiative organized
by the Chamber of Commerce,
“Turner Pride” which is dedi
cated to improving the appear
ance and quality of life of
Turner County began it's first
alley cleanup Friday. The Ash
burn Downtown Development
Authority, the Fire Ant Festival
and the Ashburn Turner
County Chamber of Com
merce thanked all the volun
teers who came out to help
clean up. A meal, courtesy of
Keith-a-Que, was enjoyed
after the clean up.
In sports, Turner County
saw several Rebels make the
top 10 at the state track and
field meet.
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