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Page 2 — Wednesday, August 26, 2009, The Millen News
Qualifying begins for
City of Millen election
By Deborah Bennett cil member Ward #1, to succeed p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at the office 5. Those who are not already reg-
Millen News Editor WalterThomas; Council member, of Election Superintendent istered to vote may do so at the
Three seats on Millen City Ward #2, to succeed Ivey Wanda Burke at the Jenkins office of the Jenkins County Reg-
Council will be up for election in McMillan, and Council member, County Courthouse. istrar, Jenkins County Court-
the City of Millen Nonpartisan Ward #3, to succeed James Ford. The qualifying fee each Coun- house.
General Election to be held Tues- Candidates may begin qualify- cil member post is $45. For additional information,
day, Nov. 3. ing 8:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, The last day to register to vote contact Wanda Burke at (478)
Seats up for election are: Coun- and continue to do so until 4:30 in this election is Monday, Oct. 982-5581.
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By Wade Parker
County Extension Coordinator
In late summer, almost every
year, armyworms invade pas
tures, hay fields, and turfgrass
throughout the state. Particu
larly in pastures and hay fields,
damage may be severe before
the worms are noticed. The
grass is not killed, but hay yield
and forage can be reduced to
almost nothing over whole
fields in extreme cases. The
damage to established turf is
mostly aesthetic, but newly sod
ded or sprigged areas can be
more severely damaged or even
killed.
Most of the worms are fall
armyworms. The adult moths
are active at night and females
lay eggs in batches of 50 to sev
eral hundred. Eggs hatch in 2 -
10 days, and the young larvae
begin to feed on leaf tissue.
Damage from small larvae may
at first look like skeletonizing,
but as the worms grow, the en
tire leaf is consumed. Army-
worms are most active early and
late in the day, spending the
hotter hours down near the soil
in the shade. Larvae feed for 2
to 3 weeks before pupating in
the soil. Moths emerge 10-14
days later.
Few insecticides are labeled
for use on armyworms in pas
tures. The most consistently ef-
Brinson speaks
to Rotary Club
Matt Brinson, Rotarian and president of the
Jenkins County Boosters’ Club, gave the
Millen Rotary Club program Aug. 18 on the
contributions of the Boosters’ Club to the
athletic program in Jenkins County. (Photo
contributed)
Dorminy
Johnson
participates
in pageant
Dorminy Marie Johnson re
cently participated in the Miss
Georgia Princess Program at the
Rivercenter for Performing Arts
in Columbus. This program is
by invitation and is in conjunc
tion with the 2009 Miss Geor
gia Scholarship Pageant.
Dorminy shared this magical
experience with Whitney Bush,
Miss East Georgia College. She
participated in daily rehearsals
and productions from Tuesday,
June 23, through the finals on
Saturday, June 27.
She is the 10-year-old daugh
ter of David and Angie Johnson
and sister to Hil of Swainsboro.
She is the granddaughter of
Franklin and Marie Garvin of
Millen and Hilton and Abby
Johnson of Thomasville.
ROTC
Schedule
The Jenkins County High
School Army JROTC Raider
schedule for competitions is
as follows: Aug. 29, Jenkins
County; Sept. 12, Statesboro
High School, Statesboro;
Sept. 19, Portal High School,
Portal; Sept. 26, Hephzibah,
Blyth Recreation Center,
Hephzibah; Oct. 3, Elbert
County, Elberton; Oct. 10,
Spaulding High School, Grif
fin; Oct. 17, Hiram High
School, Hiram; Oct. 24, State
Raider Championship, Fort
Yargo State Park, Winder, 8
a.m.; Oct. 31, Hart County,
Pine Valley Recreation Com
plex, North Georgia State
College, Dahlonega; and
Nov. 7, National Raider
Championship, Thunder
Scout Boy Scout Camp,
Molena, 8 a.m.
Competition start times are
9 a.m., unless noted differ
ently. There is no admission,
and concessions will be avail
able.
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fective are Lannate and Sevin.
Lannate requires a 3-day har
vest or 7-day grazing interval.
For Sevin, the interval is 14
days. In any case, if the hay is
close to ready, cut it before treat
ing. It also helps to increase
your spray volume as much as
possible, particularly with Sevin
on larger worms. Recognize that
very large worms are tough to
kill and the best option may be
to wait until the next generation
and target the smaller worms.
Sometimes, the next generation
will move on and no treatment
will be necessary.
I also recommend treating
your hayfields with Intrepid 4
ozs/acre or Tracer 2ozs/acre.
These two products will con
serve beneficial insects and also
give a longer residual. Up front
these two products will be more
costly, but again the residual
activity will help compensate.
Spray volume is important to
improve the chance of control
ling larger worms. I suggest
spraying with a minimum of 15
gallons/acre. This will assist the
farmer in obtaining the neces
sary coverage.
Keep in mind that army-
worms can defoliate a hay field
in a matter of days.
As always, call if you have
any questions!
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