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THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS - JULY 2, 2008 - PAGE 3B
— GAS Young Guns Ready For Peach State
Cont. from Page IB
season in 2006, Fowler moved
up to Pro Late Models last year,
taking home the GAS Rookie of
the Year title.
Fowler said it feels good to get
back to Peach State.
“We were over at another series
for a while, and I’m glad to be
getting back over here," he said.
'That other one didn’t have nearly
the experienced drivers that the
GAS series does. It’s great to be
coming back here and getting
back on this big half mile.’’
Fowler returns to Jefferson off
of a tenth place finish at Dillon
Motor Speedway in South
Carolina.
Following in Fowler’s rookie tire
tracks is 18-year old T,J. Reaid, the
current leader in the GAS rookie
points standings.
Reaid also started his career
in Quarter Midgets before mov
ing up to Legends competition.
Reaid’s family operation took a
big step up this year, moving to
the GAS series to race Pro Late
Models.
Reaid said the veterans of the
series do a lot to try to help the
younger drivers learn the ropes.
They’re good guys to race with.
They’ll race you really clean.
Overall, they’re good guys that
we race with. Every time I get out
there on the track with them, I
learn something new. They teach
me something new, and I can
capitalize on that every week.’’
Reaid says that help extends off
of the track too.
“You can go to them, and they’ll
answer any question you want,’’
he said. “I feel I can walk around
the pits and talk to any guy in
here, and they’ll give me advice
on how to make my career better,
and be better on the track also.’’
One thing that both Fowler and
Reaid agree on is the challenge
of racing on Peach State’s high
T.J. Reaid is in his first full year of Pro Late Model competi
tion, and is currently the leading GAS series rookie. He’ll be
looking for a breakthrough win Thursday night at Peach State
Speedway.
banks.
“Peach State is a really fast race
track,’’ Fowler said. “We have two
grooves here, and always see a lot
of side by side racing’’
Reaid echoed that sentiment.
“This track is real tough,’’ he said.
“It’s a multi-groove race track, and
there’s racing all over it.’’
In addition to the GAS Series
event, all the local classes will
compete as well, including Outlaw
Late Models, Toyota Tundra Super
Trucks and the Mini-Stocks.
Racing is scheduled to get
underway at 7:30 p.m„ with GAS
qualifying set for 6 p.m. A huge
fireworks display is also sched
uled to follow the racing action.
Photo by Brandon Reed
Outdoors
Input Sought On Aquatic Invaders
The public can read and voice
opinions on a proposed man
agement plan targeting aquatic
invaders in Georgia.
July 30 is the deadline to
comment on the draft Georgia
Aquatic Nuisance Species
Management Plan. The docu
ment is available at www.
georgiawildlife.com (click
the “Conservation,’’ “News’’
or “Get involved’’ tabs) and
from the Georgia Wildlife
Resources Division office in
Social Circle.
Also, a public comment meet
ing is scheduled for 5:30-7:30
p.m. July 10 at Charlie Elliott
Wildlife Center in Mansfield.
Check www.georgiawildlife.
com for directions.
Jon Ambrose, assistant
chief of Wildlife Resources’
Nongame Conservation
Section, said the five-year plan
is the first statewide attempt at
prioritizing non-native species
that threaten Georgia waters
and identifying what can be
done by a variety of organiza
tions.
The work of the Georgia
Invasive Species Management
Plan Advisory Committee,
representing about 30 public
agencies and non-government
organizations, is designed to
“maximize our efficiency in
dealing with these (species),’’
Ambrose said.
Troublesome exotics include
hydrilla, an Asian/Australian
water plant that has infested
several Georgia reservoirs,
and the island apple snail, a
South American mollusk that
threatens aquatic communities
in the southernmost part of the
state. The plan even addresses
land-dwellers that pose risks to
aquatic systems, such as feral
hogs, which can affect streams
and wetlands by rooting up
soil and vegetation.
Georgia’s plan must be
approved by a federal aquatic
nuisance species task force
and Gov. Sonny Perdue’s office
before being put into practice.
The advisory committee is
also developing a broader
strategy that includes terres
trial invasive species. Both
plans build on current efforts
of groups such as the Georgia
Invasive Species Task Force to
identify high-priority species,
assess impacts and threats,
implement control methods,
and educate the public about
the environmental and eco
nomic impacts of invasive spe
cies.
The state’s Wildlife Action
Plan rates invasive species a
major threat to biodiversity
and lists development of a
statewide plan to monitor and
control them as a high prior
ity
On a national scale, the eco
nomic losses and environmen
tal damage caused by exotic
species total approximately
$120 billion a year.
Send written comments on
the Georgia Aquatic Nuisance
Species Management Plan to
jon.ambrose@gadnr.org or Jon
Ambrose, Georgia Wildlife
Resources Division, 2070
U.S. Highway 278 S.E., Social
Circle, GA 30025.
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4th of July
Event
2 P.M. - Dark
July 4
Behind
Nicholson City Hall
at The Amphitheater
location
No pets or alcoholic
beverages, please/
Come join us for our
Annual Fourth of July Celebration.
There will he food, games, karaoke and live
entertainment featuring The Maxwells, The
GTO’s, Tim Watson and The Bohhy Compton
I . Band. Karaoke winners will receive prizes
<yl for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Please stay for our spectacular
a fireworks show right before dark.