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Page 2 — Wednesday, September 2, 2009, The Millen News
Student Leadership
Council announced
“I had a fall. That’s when I realized
I needed Lifeline.”
Jenkins County Middle
School is proud to announce
its Student Leadership Coun
cil members.
The Student Leadership
Council is a new program ini
tiated this year with the pur
pose of encouraging leader
ship among the students.
These students were nomi
nated by their teachers on the
following criteria: respon
sible, problem solver, creative
thinker, communicator, moti
vator, willing to serve, re
sourceful, and outstanding
behavior. The final selection
was made by the administra
tion.
Their responsibilities will
include identifying ways the
school’s learning and physical
environment can be improved,
identifying and helping imple
ment ways to encourage
greater student participation
in programs already in place
at the school. They will pro
vide input and feedback from
students to faculty.
Eighth grade representa
tives are: Dolan (D) Brown,
Sarah Beth Cates, Gresham
Conway, Brenda Gomez,
Infiniti Jones, Harley Purvis,
Tyler Taylor, and Walter Tho
mas. Seventh grade represen
tatives are: Joseph Budgett,
Will Collier, Dona’ Gay, Jor
dan Hagins, Adrian Kirkland,
Ty’dre Lee, Destinee Mosley
and Jenifer Sanders. Repre
senting the sixth grade are:
Sydney Clark, Embree
Jenkins, Lorenza Laster, Paola
Morales, Destiny Mosley,
Tykeise Oliver, Cory Thomas
and Logan Wright.
We hear the same story over and over.
It takes a fall or a medical emergency
to make someone realize how
vulnerable they can be living alone.
And just how close they may be to
losing their independence.
But there is a way to help you to
maintain your independence. To safely
continue to do the things you love. In
the home you love. It’s called Lifeline.
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Serving the CSRA
since 1982
Art returns to JCES
For the 2009-2010 school
year, students at Jenkins County
Elementary School (JCES) will
have the opportunity to have Art
as a part of their curriculum once
again.
Mrs. Jeannine Curl, a parapro-
fessional at the school and a lo
cal artisan, has taken on new re
sponsibilities as the art teacher
for Grades K-5 and has the op
portunity to work with each of
the students once a week or once
every six days.
Mrs. Curl is a very gifted and
talented artist and has brought a
new excitement and enthusiasm
to the halls of JCES with the
daily buzz of what is going on
in the art room each day. Stu
dents and parents have been
very supportive and complimen
tary of the new program and the
positive impact it is having on
students.
Students are being shown a
wide variety of media and have
been given a host of new expe
riences as they have been given
the opportunity to express them
selves through art. Upon enter
ing the room, one is quickly
overtaken by the sights and
sounds of creativity in the air. A
glance to the front of the class
room reveals the following
statement, “Life is a painting ...
cover the entire canvas by us
ing all of the colors of the rain
bow.”
The students of JCES are be
ing exposed once again to all the
colors of the rainbow through
an exciting new Art program.
Parents and members of the
community are invited to stop
by the school, peak in the win
dow, or open the door and ex
perience the world of art at
JCES!
New programs always have
needs and with the budget cuts,
this one is no exception. Listed
below are items that are needed
for art projects or you may have
some items that you would like
to donate: recyclable items:
light bulbs (blown), plastic cof
fee containers (Maxwell House/
Folgers), Coke bottles (16 oz.
or smaller), bottle caps (metal
or plastic) CDs (scratched),
cardboard oatmeal containers,
coffee creamer containers (card
board), baby food jars and lids,
stamps (old ones on letters), old
card fronts (Christmas, birthday,
etc.), light switch covers
(wooden or plastic), cloth (any
kind), sewing thread and needles
(any kind or color), and neck
laces/bracelets/broaches (old or
broken with beads or stones).
Items for donation: black
chalkboard paint (spray on or
brush on), magnetic tape rolls;
clay pots (medium size and
smaller), embroidery hoops and
thread, ceramic tiles (any size or
color), 4x4 white ceramic tiles,
Marbles (round), decorative
marbles (flat on one side
rounded on the other), dry goods
(rice, grits, and noodles), Velcro
(sew on and stick on),food col
oring (all colors), Ritz dye (any
color), wrapping paper (all
kinds), gift bags (assorted), light
switch covers (wooden & plas
tic), smooth stones (found in
craft & garden section), white
cotton wash cloths (inexpen
sive), yam (any color) and wood
- luaun or plywood 4x8 sheets
or smaller.
Farm & Home
Early Pecan Defoliation
By Wade Parker
County Extension Coordinator
Crop Update
As I was writing this article,
a line of thunderstorms just
passed through our area. Over
all, Jenkins County is on the
road to having a very good year
in agriculture. With the excep
tion of dryland corn, cotton,
peanuts, and soybeans are in
good shape. There are some ar
eas that have missed the scat
tered showers, but hopefully
those areas will improve shortly.
We are indeed thankful of the
rain!
Black Pecan Aphid
Have you noticed the pecan
trees in the backyard shedding
their leaves? In many of these
yards, it appears that fall has
arrived early! No, I am afraid
not. Actually, the leaves on
these trees have been damaged
by Black Aphids. Black aphids
can defoliate a tree in a matter
of days. Black aphids are very
tiny insects that can be seen with
the naked eye. They are found
on the underside of the leaf
feeding, and if you barely touch
them, they will jump great dis
tances. The aphids have a stylet
on the end of their mouth that
punctures the underside of the
leaf. As the aphid extracts juices
from the leaf, the leaf eventu
ally will become dehydrated
and die. As aphids feed in the
same area of the leaf, the feed
ing area becomes yellow then
brown then defoliation takes
place shortly. If you experience
defoliation during this time of
year, the tree will shoot out new
growth. The problem is that this
new growth depletes the tree of
much needed carbohydrates
needed to make next year’s
crop. In other words if you have
no leaves, at the best, you will
experience a short crop next
year.
The pecan varieties that are
susceptible to black aphids are
Schley, Mahan, Sumner, Gloria
Grande with Stuarts being mod
erately susceptible. This is the
reason that you see some trees
that are totally defoliated, while
some trees have been virtually
untouched.
Controlling black aphids on
big trees is impossible without
the proper equipment. The typi
cal homeowner does not have
access to ground spray equip
ment needed to reach the top of
the tree. If you have small trees,
an application of Lorsban +
dimethoate will aid in the con
trol of these pests. Again, the
homeowner is going to be very
limited.
Controlling black aphids re
quires constant scouting and
one has to be ready to treat at a
moments notice. Please contact
the Extension Office for further
information.
The University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension offers
educational programs, assis
tance and materials to all
people without regard to race,
color, national origin, age, sex
or disability.
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