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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1.2011 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 11A
4-Her’s send care packages to Army
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4-H’ers pictured with the care packages they assembled for our troops.
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By Clarcy Kirby
Pickens County 4-H
Pickens County 4-H kicked
off the new 2011-12 year with a
fun packed County Council
meeting. Every month, 4-H’ers
meet to work on project work,
community service activities and
talk about upcoming activities.
In August, 4-H’ers welcomed
Sergeant Thomas B. Lewis with
the U.S. Army. Sergeant Lewis
talked to the group about the
Armed Forces in general, train
ings required for Armed Forces
and also career choices for peo
ple attending the military. After
answering lots of questions from
the group, Lewis described his
recent tours and how much he
loved getting packages from
“back at home.” After our discus
sion, 4-H’ers put together “care
packages” that will be mailed to
troops still on tour.
Pickens County 4-H would
like to thank Sergeant Lewis for
taking time out of his busy
schedule to talk to us.
If you are a 7th- 12th grader
and are interested in the 4-H pro
gram please give us a call at 706-
253-8840.
Edible Jasper to expand downtown garden project
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Edible Jasper volunteers layering mulch at their first downtown
garden last spring. The group is holding a workday on September
14 to lay the foundation for three more plots in the same downtown
parking lot.
By Angela Reinhardt
staff writer
areinhardt@pickensprogress.com
Sage, rosemary, fennel, bee
balm and mint are just a few of
the many herbal characters at
play in Edible Jasper’s first gar
den plot on North Main Street.
Edible Jasper, a collaborative
effort between several local
groups looking to landscape
downtown Jasper with edible,
medicinal or native plants, is
now entering the second phase of
their unique project.
Edible Jasper’s first garden
plot was planted in the spring of
2010, beginning as a scraggly,
spindly bed under one of the
lampposts in the parking lot next
to the Pickens County Progress
building. Just one year later the
garden has not only survived one
drought and two weed whack-
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ness of Georgia and the US as a
whole will be determined by the
preparedness of our future work
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ics, engineering and technology
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ings by community service
workers, but organizers say it is
thriving.
Edible Jasper is now expand
ing its garden project to include
the grassy areas under the three
remaining lampposts in the
Progress parking lot. Each indi
vidual area will have a theme,
such as the “Salsa Garden” that
has already been designated for
one of the plots.
Group leaders are inviting
you to their next workday on
Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. when they will be put
ting in the foundation for the next
three plots. Participants will put
down layers of newspaper, fol
lowed by a layer of soil and com
post and a layer of mulch.
You can also bring edible or
otherwise useful plants to donate
to the project, and the group will
create themes based on plants
that are available.
If you have extra compost or
a track to haul mulch, organizers
ask that you bring those along,
too.
For more information about
Edible Jasper visit www.edible-
jasper.com.
You can also follow them on
Facebook.
Downtown business owners
who are interested in having their
storefronts sustainably land
scaped can call 770-605-2451 or
email info@eduexcursions.org.
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of Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Jasper, 1036 N. Main
Classes held Thursdays. 10-12 AM (nursery provided in a.m,), 7-9 PM
Fall sessions: September 1 - November 17. Cost of workbook: $12
To enroll, call 706.692.6315 or write mtzionjasper@etcmail.com
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