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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7 2010 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 13A
4-H’ers compete, place in Livestock Show
Ga. Retired Educators official to speak
Lance with his 2nd place gilt.
Luke with his Angus heifer.
By Clarcy Kirby
The 29th Annual Gilmer
County Livestock Show was
held Saturday, Oct. 2 at the
Gilmer County Livestock Facil
ity. Pickens County 4-H had 23
students competing. The local
exhibitors were William Roper,
Thomas Roper, Austin Ledbetter,
Katherine Kirby, Alice Kirby,
Mason Sims, Josh Fitts, Davon
Painter, Courtney Painter, Travis
Painter, Alex Pence, Burton
Blackmar, Marie Blackmar,
Renee Baker, Mary Baker, Laura
Baker, Nina Dykes, Jay Dykes,
Kaitlin Dykes, Lauren Cooper,
Lance Chapman, Zach Adams
and Luke Chastain.
Lance Chapman and Zach
Adams competed in the Hog
Show. Lance won 2nd place with
his breeding gilt and 3rd place
with his market hog. He also
placed 4th in his Showmanship
class.
Luke Chastain exhibited his
Angus heifer in the Cattle Show.
He placed 3rd in the fall English
Breed Heifers.
Two Pickens County 4-H’ers
competed with market lambs.
Katherine Kirby and Lauren
Cooper made a good showing
with their animals. Lauren
placed 4th in Showmanship and
4th in Class. Katherine exhibited
3 lambs in this show. She won
1st in Showmanship. Her lambs
placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in
their market classes. Katherine’s
lamb Franklin went on to win
Grand Champion.
In the Market Goat Show,
their were 20 students exhibiting.
Thomas Roper, Jay Dykes, Alex
Pence, Austin Ledbetter, Mary
Baker, Laura Baker, Mason
Sims, Marie Blackmar, Courtney
Painter, Nina Dykes, Renee
Baker, Burton Blackmar, Alice
Kirby and Davon Painter com
peted in the Junior Showmanship
class. Alice won 1st, Mary won
2nd, Nina placed 3rd, Courtney
was 4th, Renee was 5th and
Mason won 6th in this class. Josh
Fitts, William Roper and Travis
Painter competed in the Interme
diate Showmanship class. Travis
won 2nd, William placed 3rd and
Josh was 4th. In the Senior
Showmanship, Lauren Cooper,
Kaitlin Dykes and Katherine
Kirby exhibited their goats.
Katherine won 2nd in this class,
Lauren was 4th and Kaitlin
placed 10th. In the Market
classes, placings were as fol
lows: Lauren placed 1st and 5th,
Alex won 1st and 4th, Mason
won 3 - 3rd places, Courtney
won 4th and 5th, Davon was 1st,
Alice had 2 - 2nd places, Kaitlin
won 6th and Katherine won 1st.
Alex went on to win Grand
Champion with his goat Priscilla
and Katherine won Reserve
Champion with Skippy.
Saturday was a very busy day
Alex with Grand Champion Market Goat and Katherine with Reserve Champion Market Goat.
for all of these students. They
started the day early preparing
their animals for show. As you
can see, the hard work paid off.
Congratulations to all of you!
By Lawton Baggs
The October meeting of Pick
ens County Retired Educators
Association will be held on
Wednesday the 13th at Dunn’s
Restaurant. The meal will begin
at 11:30 a.m. and the program
component starts at noon. Cost
for the meal is $10 including
drinks and gratuity.
Vice President/Program
Chairperson Jean Chastain an
nounces that Mr. William G.
Sloan, executive director of the
Georgia Retired Educators Asso
ciation, will be the speaker on
that occasion. Mr. Sloan will
bring an update on upcoming
legislative matters of concern
and ongoing projects of the state
association.
PCREA’s involvement with
the Talking Rock Schoolhouse
Teaching Museum during the
2010 Talking Rock Heritage
Days will be discussed. The mat
ter of By-Laws Revision will
also be addressed.
Local Unit President Jesse
Hunter reminds all members to
continue seeking to increase
membership and bring books for
Hope House.
The meeting on Oct. 13 will
be another opportunity for fel
lowshipping and sharing among
people with a common interest in
education regardless of the era in
which each engaged in the pro
fession. The greater the audience,
the greater will be the enjoyment.
PCREA By-Laws Chairperson Debbie Hunter (l) and Vice Presi
dent Jean Chastain.
Katherine with Grand Champion Market Lamb.
Alice 1st place Junior Showmanship
Tater Patch Players
Real life mother/daughter team on stage
Bay (Thelma) Cagle and her daughter Katie will
both appear in the Tater Patch Players ’ Smoke on
the Mountain.
By Nan Nawrocki
Bay (Thelma) Cagle
and her daughter Katie
are often together. And
now that they are both
in Tater Patch Players’
Smoke on the Moun
tain., they are together
in another very special
way. They play the
“mama” of the Sanders
family, Vera, and her
daughter, Denise. Their
acting and singing re
flects their special
bond. Katie has been in
some small roles in
Tater Patch shows in
the past, but this is her
first major part.
Denise, her charac
ter in Smoke, is a young
woman who has found
what she really wants
to be. And that is Scar
lett O’Hara. The play is
set during the time that
David O. Selznick had launched
a nationwide search to cast the
lead role in Gone With the Wind.
Denise’s accounting of her quest
to become the definitive leading
lady are one of the many
episodes of Smoke on the Moun
tain that will bring smiles to the
audience’s face. Katie shares her
mother’s musical abilities. As
Denise, she plays the fiddle, the
autoharp and the mandolin.
Katie, in real life, has been a vi
olin student for four years and a
mandolin student for 18 months.
She says. “Denise and I are a lot
alike - we are both divas with big
dreams.” She blends her lovely
voice with those of the other cast
members in joyous harmony.
Bay, known to Tater Patch
fans as a gifted actress, is also
known for her amazing musical
skills. She has been playing in
singing in Pickens County - from
church to Sweet Tater harmonies
to Main Street Mania - for many
years. She also enjoys teaching
others about music and training
musicians. As Music Director, as
well as a lead cast member, in
Smoke on the Mountain, Bay has
an opportunity to display her
many talents. Her most recent
stage performance was
as the uncontainable
character of Ouiser
Boudreaux in Steel
Magnolias. Bay tells
us, with a grin, that she
has been “redeemed”
by playing Vera
Sanders. Bay says that
everyone who is in the
show is there for their
unique talents. She says
the audience should
come expecting “music
to stir their souls”.
Please come
see this wonderful
mother-daughter com
bination, as well as the
other gifted cast mem
bers in Tater Patch’s
Smoke on the Mountain
at the Pickens Chamber
of Commerce. Shows
will be performed on
Oct. 28 and 29 and
Nov. 4, 5, 6 at 7:30
p.m. and Oct. 30 and 31 and Nov.
7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for stu
dents and $12 for adults in ad
vance. Prices will be $2 more at
the box office. Seating is by gen
eral admission, so come early to
get the best seats! However, in a
new policy, preferred seating will
be held for those who have tick
ets purchased online. Advance
tickets will go on sale this week
at Community Bank of Pickens
County, who sponsors this show,
and Jasper Drug. They are al
ready on sale through the
troupe’s Web site at www.tater-
patchplayers.org
Dr. Robert Henry
CONCERT PIANIST
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
Jasper, GA
W 770-735-PIANO(7426)
EB www.RobertHenry.org
Robert@RobertHenry.org
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