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PAGE 20B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. APRIL 15. 2004
Local party handling
Republican candidate qualifying
The local Pickens County
Republican GOP, Inc. is announcing
they are handling the Candidate
Qualifying for all Republican Can
didates in the County for elections
in November. Chairman Kevin
Osborne reports that the week of
April 26th is qualifying week for
candidates throughout the state. All
local candidates are requested to
contact the party for the require
ments, if not received by mail prior
to April 26th. "There are currently
ten candidates listed running on the
party ticket which requires filing by
state law", Chairman Osborne says.
Candidates can meet officials at the
courthouse, on Main Street, at the
Election Board Office April 26th.
Contact the PC GOP at P.O. Box
578, Jasper, Ga. 30143.
Native landscape options
plentiful in Georgia
Photo: NESPAL
Pink muhly grass, pictured, is a Georgia native plant that works
well in residential and commercial landscapes. Georgia has over
2,800 native plant species. Only two states have more.
By Brad Haire
University of Georgia
Georgia has many native plant
species that can be viable, low-
maintenance choices for home land
scapes.
"Georgia is blessed with many
diverse, beautiful and interesting
native plant species," said Amy
Carter, a research coordinator at the
UGA National Environmentally
Sound Production Agriculture Lab
in Tifton, Ga.
Georgia has one of the most
abundant plant populations in the
United States, she said. With more
than 2,800 tree, shrub, flower and
ground-cover species native to the
state, the native landscape potential
here is almost endless. Only three
states have more.
Devilwood, possum haw, hairy
ruellia, black gum, sourwood, flow
ering dogwood, wire grass, switch
grass, muhly grass, magnolia, wax
myrtle, saw palmetto and many oth
ers are Georgia natives.
For a list of plants native to
Georgia and where to get them, visit
the Georgia Native Plant Society's
Web site (www.gnps.org).
Native plants offer many advan
tages over exotic species, Carter
said. But there are a few misconcep
tions.
A native plant usually requires
less maintenance. You don't have to
fight to keep it alive because it's
where it wants to be. But this does
n't mean it needs no maintenance.
You can't be lazy. "All landscapes
need some maintenance," she said.
The native species have been
here a long time. Generally, if
placed properly in the landscape,
they require less water and chemical
insecticide and fungicide to grow.
That's much better for the immedi
ate environment.
"They've proven they can handle
the weather, bugs and conditions in
Georgia without much help," she
said.
When many think of native land
scapes, she said, they think of an
unkempt area. This doesn't have to
be so. It can be as tidy as any flower
bed.
To get started, as with most land
scape plans, you first want to assess
the landscape area. Is it dry? Wet? Is
the soil acidic? Shady? Sunny? How
will it look from the house or street?
Then choose the right trees,
shrubs, flowers or ground covers for
the area. Consider where you live in
Georgia. It's a big state, with many
ecosystems. What grows well in the
north Georgia mountains may not
do well in south Georgia or along
the coast, she said.
Don't try to get too complicated
with the planting, either. Keep it
simple and your new native land
scape will bring you much pleasure
and pride.
"Natives can give you a sense of
place or let you know where you
are," she said.
A U.S. native plant is generally
considered a plant that thrived in an
area before Europeans settled it,
said Carter, who also manages and
conducts tours of the UGA Coastal
Plain Research Arboretum in Tifton.
But as Europeans settled, so came
the exotic plant guests.
"At that time, instead of buying a
nice foreign car, the rich would pur
chase and bring over exotic plants
to show off in their landscapes," she
said.
Because of this practice, she
said, some plant species have
become so common and abundant
that many mistake them for natives.
But they aren't. For example, camel
lias, boxwoods, mimosas and some
azaleas are foreigners.
Contact your county UGA Exten
sion Service offices to find out more
about how to establish a native
Georgia landscape.
(Brad Haire is a news editor with
the University of Georgia College of
Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences.)
Marble Festival booths available
on first come, first served basis
Plans for the 24th Annual Geor
gia Marble Festival are already
underway. The planning committee
is preparing to make this festival
one of the best ever.
In making these plans, we want
to encourage in local business, indi
vidual or civic organization that is
interested in having a booth at the
festival to get your applications in
early.
There will be 20 food booths and
over 100 craft booth spaces avail
able.
These are on a first come, first
serve basis and the food booths are
promised exclusivity on their major
products.
If you are interested in having a
booth at this years festival, please
contact the Pickens County Cham
ber of Commerce for a booth appli
cation (706) 692-5600.
Health Dept.
Restaurant Score
Quick Burger
3411 Hwy. 53 E, Jasper
Previous Score: 99
Re-opening Score: 100
No noted violations.
Card of Thanks
Louis Gay and family would like
to take this opportunity to dearly
thank their church family and com
munity for the kind words of com
fort, phone calls, cards, food and
especially prayers at the time of
Louise Gay’s passing and funeral.
We thank you for the love and sup
port you gave us at this time of loss.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given of a hearing to be held at 6:00 p.m. April 21,2004
at Jasper City Hall before the Planning Commission of the City of Jasper,
Georgia. The purpose of the hearing is to discuss a request by the owner
Robert McClure to have parcels JA12-079 and JA12-080, Lots 9 & 10 of
0.27 cumulative acres L.L. 17,13TH DISTRICT, 2ND SECTION. Re-zoned
from R-l Single Family Residential to R-2 Multi-Family Residential. The
property has a 911 address of 291 Richards
Street, Jasper, GA and is located on the west
side of Richards Street and the north side of
Fily Circle. The recommendation of the plan
ning commission will be brought before the
City Council at 6:00 p.m., April 12, 2004.
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