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THURSDAY. MAY 27. 2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 7A
Onions, radishes, lettuce, garlic
at the Farmers Market
Moriah, Lily and Shiphrah Anderson were back with
their incredible pumpkin bread, grits and other goodies.
Submitted by Xaviere
Chatagnier
We had another terrific
market last Saturday with
over 55 vendors and a few
surprises.
I bought onions, garlic,
radishes, micro greens, broc
coli, sea kale, lettuce, cab
bage, chives, lavender, bread,
sorbet, pumpkin bread and
eggs. It was quite a haul con
sidering summer hasn’t even
started.
The best surprise of the
Jasper Farmer’s Market was
the return of the Anderson
girls. The Anderson family is
back at the market with the
best ever pumpkin bread. I
haven’t seen the girls for two
years and I think they grew
two feet. This lovely family
sells organically grown
onions, best ever pumpkin
bread, non-GMO grits, and a
whole slew of handmade
goods. I stopped to say hello
and left with delicious pump
kin bread, onions and grits.
We also had the B e-Paws
Animal Rescue selling t-
shirt’s and gifts to raise
money for heartworm treat
ment of homeless pets. A
great cause indeed. They plan
to be at the market this Satur
day with raffle tickets and the
winner will be announced
during the market.
VEGETABLES
Zach Henson has a terrific
assortment of heathy pro
duce. He grows the best
onions around. We all bought
several bunches of sweet
white onions ( as I write this,
two are baking in the oven
with butter and parmesan.
Yum.) Zach plans to have lots
more onions, radishes, garlic,
lettuce, kale, herbs, greens
and eggs.
Earth Folks are new to our
market and a terrific addition.
Last week, they sold Swiss
chard, sea kale, chives, let
tuce, mild heirloom turnips
and lavender. I had no clue
what sea kale was but we
bought them out. Sea kale is
a cross between a cabbage
and kale but more like kale.
Earth Folks also grow using
organic methods and a lot of
manure.
Smoky Mountain Produce
sells wonderful lettuce, micro
greens, garlic scapes (watch
out, their fantastic garlic will
be here in a few weeks), cat
grass and jams. I have a blast
talking to Steve and Becky
Alexander.
Paulette, of Sunny Side
Farms, won’t be at the mar
ket this weekend but will re
turn the following week. She
had cabbage, broccoli and as
paragus last weekend.
SORBET AND PIES
Vivian Tritt almost sold
out of her sorbet last week
end. Hot weather means ice
cold sorbet in hand. I bought
several to-go cups for the
boat this weekend. Vivian
plans to scoop out key lime
pie sorbet (one of my fa
vorites), Georgia peach and
Mexican sangria). The Mex
ican sangria is a great fruity
sorbet. Vivian also supplies
local restaurants with her best
ever sorbets. It will be hot
this weekend so bring a
cooler for all those to go cups
you want to buy.
Irene Neal, Burnt Moun
tain Pie, makes the best pies
you have ever had. She will
be back this Saturday, and
plans to have a Red, White
and Blueberry Cake, blue
berry pie, cherry pie, apple
pie and best ever coconut
macaroons.
Bo’s dog treats are home
made dog treats with human
grade ingredients.
The Cookie Lady makes
the prettiest cookies in town.
You can’t miss her because
her cookies are exquisitely
decorated.
Roxanne, Roc Ken, not
only makes bread but pound
cake and cookies.
EGGS, FLOWERS and
BREAD
Just about everyone has
eggs but that should change
with the temperatures going
up.
Clayton and son Cold
Johnson sold me a couple of
dozen eggs, but his brother
Gary has them as well.
Sergeant Pepper makes
great pepper jelly but has
pastured eggs too.
Blu Roo didn’t make it to
the market last weekend but
if you see him you for sure
want his eggs and pasta.
Jenny Fellenbaum is our
market manager. She is an
awesome manager but sells
flowers too. Her blackberries
will be ripening in about a
month. Can’t wait.
Tony Pisconeri bakes a
wonderful sourdough bread,
focaccia and pizzetties. I love
his cranberry walnut rolls but
then I love all of his bread.
SHARPEN YOUR KNIVES
Tony Whitfield is our
amazing knife sharpener. He
sharpened my clippers last
weekend and they look new.
It is so nice having sharp gar
den tools.
We have a real blacksmith
at the market. Josh Catron is
an amazing blacksmith.
Think Father’s Day gifts. He
is such a cool guy and we
love talking to him.
There are so many ven
dors at the market from
plants, jewelry, knitwear, pot
tery, cutting boards, wood
work and so much more. Fa
thers Day is June 20th. Shop
for a locally handmade gift.
The Jasper Farmers Mar
ket is sponsored by the Pick
ens County Master
Gardeners and is open every
Saturday from 7:30 a.m. - 12
p.m. in the Park & Ride lot
next to Lee Newton Park.
Sequoyah Chapter DAR announces
American history essay winners
Pickens Jr. High essay winner, Abby Thompson; Dr. Dale Yount, essay contest chair;
Pickens County overall winner 7th grade, Alexis Cox; Maria Garcia; and Sue Sonke, co-
chair of essay contest.
“Have a Heart”
fundraiser a success
OREO will have his surgery,
but help is still needed
Thanks to donations, sweet OREO is off to have his
life-saving surgery at UGA.
Submitted by Be-Paws We
Care
Thank you all who came
to Be-Paws We Care tent
this past Saturday and do
nated towards OREO’s sur
gery. We have met our goal
thanks to all of the wonder
ful support he has received.
He will be going to UGA on
May 25 to get his exam and
his surgery the following
day if he is a candidate for
the procedure.
Pictured is the 13 th
homeless pup to test posi
tive for heartworms. Her
name is Birdie and we be
lieve she deserves that sec
ond chance also. We hope
you will help us to continue
to treat our heartworm pos
itive homeless pets by going
to be-
pawswecareinc.com/have-
a-heart-fundraiser and also
get your chances to win
some wonderful prizes for a
donation of $10 each for our
“Have a Heart” Raffle
fundraiser. First prize is val
ued at $1000 and includes a
two-night stay at a beautiful
“Sunsets to Sunrise” cabin
in Blue Ridge that sleeps
six. The second through
Birdie has tested posi
tive for heartworms, and
needs a second chance.
fourth prize packages are
valued at $445 to $360.
Prizes can be viewed at
www.be-
pawswecareinc.com/have-
a-heart-prize-preview. To
date, we have reached 80
percent of our goal for our
heartworm treatment re
serve.
Winning tickets for
“Have a Heart” raffle will
be drawn at the Jasper
Farmers Market on May 29
at 10 a.m. Winners need not
be present, but we sure
would love to see you there
to present the winners their
prizes.
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JMS Principal Corey Thompson, Zadie Hall, Diane Jackson, and Sequoyah Chapter
Regent Mary Turner.
The Sequoyah Chapter of
the National Society Daugh
ters of the American Revolu
tion is sponsoring an
American history essay con
test. March 5, 2020, marked
the 250th anniversary of the
Boston Massacre and it was
considered a pivotal event
that paved a way to the
American Revolution. Stu
dents were asked to imagine
they are living in Boston and
witnessing the events of
March 5. Pickens County
grades 5th through 8th grade
were encouraged to partici
pate. Due to the Covid re
strictions, a school wide
award assembly was not al
lowed. Regent Mary Turner
as well as the essay coordina
tors, Sue Sonke, and Dr. Dale
Yount presented their awards
at each school.
From Pickens Junior
High, 7th grader Alexis Cox
was honored with the
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county’s top award. Other
seventh grade classmates
Abby Thompson and Marie
Garcia were participants in
the essay contest. Their 7th
grade language arts teacher,
Misty Norton and Assistant
Principal Dr. Rosemary Nel
son joined us for the presen
tation.
Jasper Middle School
award winner was 6th grader,
Zadie Hall. Her presentation
was joined by her gifted
teacher Diane Jackson and
Corey Thompson, the princi
pal. Twenty-five other 5th
and 6th graders were ac
knowledged for their partici
pation in the essay contest. A
previous student at Jasper
Middle School, Naomi
Lynne Lott wrote an out
standing essay.
The National Society
Daughters of the American
Revolution (DAR) is a
women’s service organiza
tion whose members can
trace their lineage to an indi
vidual who contributed to se
curing American
independence during the
Revolutionary War. Today’s
DAR is dynamic and diverse,
with over 185,000 members
in 3,000 chapters in the
United States and abroad.
DAR members annually pro
vide millions of hours of vol
unteer service to their local
communities across the
country and world. DAR
chapters participate in proj
ects to promote historic
preservation, education, and
patriotism. Over one million
members have joined the or
ganization since its founding
in 1890.
If you are interested in
learning more about DAR
membership, contact sequoy-
ahchapterdar@gmail.com.