Thursday, April 30, 2009

Working Girl

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Carol's Florist will be opening soon, possibly as early as Saturday or Monday. After proving herself at other local florists, Carol is ready for her own shop. Located in the John Ellington building, she will be operating out of the historic Nic Nac Grill and the Corner Restaurant, less than 100 feet from the dead-center of Soperton, across the street from the historic Moring building.

Carol has been working away this week, getting ready for customers.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

DQ Regulars Welcome Jack back Home

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The coffee club at the Soperton Dairy Queen was glad to have a special guest to join them this morning. Jack Barwick and wife LaGail moved away from Treutlen County several years to St. Mary's where they have a number of enterprises, including the popular Jack's Bait and Tackle. They've seen their new home grow from sleepy towns to the fastest growing county in the United States.
Jack shared his special recipe for fried rutabagas. Cut into half-inch slices, cook for a while, use the "fried green tomato" batter, and fry until done.

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Good Looking Airplane

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The plane spent some time at the Treutlen County airport during the weekend. Now that you have the what, where, and when, maybe someone else knows the who or why. Anyhow, it looks great with a Rolls Royce turbine and space for passengers.
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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Weekend Feature - Benefit for Babe Sellers

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The Lothair Horseshoe Club hosted a benefit for Babe Sellers Saturday at Keith Clements' on Windmill Way. A large crowd participated, and all had fun raising funds for a worthy cause. The club raised over $18,000 for charity last year. Everybody enjoyed the barbecue plates and snacks, pitching horseshoes, and each other's company. Be sure to attend their next benefit. Take highway 46 out to Cowboy Carey's, keep going until you see Osceola Road on the right. Old timers might know it as the Oliver Smith road. Continue on the pavement until it turns left as Windmill Way.
Sponsors were Violet and Brandi Sellers, Danny Mason, Dixie and Scott Donaldson, Michael Manning, Kelli Clements, Violet Steptoe, James Manning.

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Yes You Can

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Yes you can buy a new riding mower in Soperton. Wayne Lowery (left) and Charles Johnson (right) check out the 60-inch Jazee Country Clipper at Soperton Farm Center, as the Soperton Sign Man observes. See his signs on our link "old photos and new signs".

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Friends and Neighbors - Franklin McArthur

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Mr. Franklin McArthur was returning from a shopping trip downtown at midday. He said he was thinking about going fishing. When you see him ask if he caught any.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

April Showers Bring April Flowers

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"God gave us memories so we could have roses in December."

The spring roses are blooming in abundance in Treutlen County today. Enjoy them. Some will keep blooming into the winter.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Progress in Pictures: The New County Jail

Views of the new jail, this morning, show costruction buildings on site, gray concrete blocks and other materials. The site is across the street from the Georgia Department of Corrections facility. The spacious grounds are bordered by paved streets on three sides.
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Many Local Artists Show Work at Library

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State Senator Jack Hill and wife Ruth Ann (right) chatted with Treutlen Librarian Mary Jane Smith and husband Al during the "BE CREATIVE AT YOUR LIBRARY" art show Saturday evening. The event was sponsored in part by the Grassroots Arts Program of the Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and in partnership with the Statesboro Arts Council.
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Loutrel Edenfield (left), who started the community's art movement 35 years ago, joined renowned artists Frenas R. Daughety and Billy Morgan at the show.
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There were were artists and patrons of the arts.
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Part of Laverne Davis's work, photographed from a child's viewpoint.
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Two of the young artists who won Blue Ribbons.
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Artists included: Alma Brantley, Christine Bridges, R.Kasey Bridges, Kenton Chelf, Laverne Davis, Mrs. R. O. (Loutrel) Edingfield, Samantha Grinstead, Stephanie Grinstead, Reba Grinstead, Jasmine Haynes, Jonathan Findlay, Bessie Joyce, Courtney Love, Morgan Love, Tyler Love, Evelyn McCain, Margret Mathis, Carson Mullis, Clayton Mullis, Harian Mullis, Kate Reese, Dorothy June Scott, Mary Jane Smith, Nancy Sweat, Juanita Youmans.
Plus over 50 egg artists.
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Horse and Buggy Days Live on in Parkerville

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Steve and Reba Grinstead are from pioneer stock - hardworking, imaginative, and industrious. Their beautiful self-landscaped lawn and grounds fit right in with family neighbors on US 221 in Parkerville, and its Pineland Subdivision. The community is an example of Georgia's rural developments with country living, paved streets, property codes, and abundant wildlife.
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Reba's parents, Mr. Verlie Foskey and the late Mrs. Editha Foskey, led by example as the neighborhood grew. When the Pineland Subdivision streets were dirt roads, Mr. Verlie used his own mower to keep the shoulders clean and mowed. The Foskeys have shared their pond and pavilion. Reba's artistic talent is shown in the large painted sign that hangs at the pond entrance.
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From the huge blooming Amaryllis to the decorative old farm implements, the Grinstead home is a sight to see. Reba and Steve work regular jobs, Steve with Reeves Construction and Reba with UniPress, but they stay busy after work, too.
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Steve says that his interest in animals started when he was a boy and worked with mules on the farm. They used to keep milk cows which Steve would take to schools and festivals for children to see and pet. "The cows were a big help when our children were growing up," Reba said, "as it saved a lot of money."

In cages in a metal building behind the house are some of the biggest healthiest rabbits to be found. In the pasture are herd animals. "At present count," Steve says, "we have four donkeys, 10 horses and two new foals."
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The horses are small. The taller ones are called ponies, while the smaller ones are miniature horses. Two of the ponies, Patty and Dixie, are learning to pull the buggies and carts.
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On pretty afternoons, Steve can be seen out exercising a pony. Neighborhood children listen out for the clip-clop sound of tiny hoofbeats, a signal to go running for a cart ride with Mr. Steve.
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The pictures show an old buggy that the Grinsteads stripped down to solid metal and wood, worked through the winter to restore to better condition than the original. Reba did the burgundy upholstered seat.
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Then there's the two-seater, popular with groups of children. Finally an all-metal buggy, designed and built by a nephew, Brian Foskey. It resembles those used at harness races. Many family members have learned skills from high school vocational education and the state technical colleges. Among the good folks of Treutlen we can count the Grinsteads and Foskeys as neighbors and friends.

We hope you enjoyed this snapshot of Treutlen County, where there are thousands of stories to tell. As time goes by, we aim to share more of the people and land we love.

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Guess Who?

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Do you know the pony or driver? Do you recognize the grass or gate? All of them are in Treutlen County.

Learn more from our first Friday Feature to be posted during the next 24 hours.

Call the Soperton Sign Man to make a guess. You know how to find his number.

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Work in Progress

Tax Day, yesterday, brought a few headlines. It always does. We wanted to tell you a few things about taxes locally, but we ran out of time. We did find you a website of interest. It tells some things about our taxes and other Treutlen facts.
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/CountySnapshotsNet/countysnapshot.aspx?stype=1&cicoid=1140140

We are working on a local story, and when the words and pictures are done we will publish, maybe as early as tomorrow.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Jesus Ate Fish

We're trying to get back to business after a busy weekend, which included lawn mowing, hunting Easter eggs, church and family time.

Did you know that after He rose from the dead Jesus ate fish. He appeared to a number of people in a physical body.

For your convenience, we have added a Bible link to the popular Bible Gateway, a searchable Bible in many translations. Click on our Bible link, use Gateway's search strip and type in "piece of fish" to read about the resurrected Lord eating fish.

When you were a child, did you play Red Rover? It seems that it isn't fashionable anymore. Share the game with today's young folks. Click the Wikipedia link or use the URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rover

Thanks to all of you who have found TREUTLEN E-NEWS and like it. When we started, it wasn't very searchable, but now it can be Googled.

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Friday, April 10, 2009

Our cross cluster is one of 1,864


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Today is Good Friday. A day for planting and planning.

In some places it is a day of repainting crosses. Rev. Bernard Coffindaffer was responsible for building 1864 clusters of three crosses before his death in 1993. Others have adopted the repainting the crosses in the original colors to keep the project alive. For details: http://christiancrosses.org/

Three crosses represent the Lord's sacrifice plus the choice of sinful mankind (thieves) to reject or accept Him.

"Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43

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Thursday, April 9, 2009

From the Queen

One of the local founts of elderly wisdom is the Soperton Dairy Queen, where a half-dozen, give or take a few, men assemble from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. for coffee and discussion. One of the topics this week really separated the country boys from the town boys, also the real elders from the young folks, those around 65. It's an open fraternity which anyone can join by simply showing up.

The knowledge and experience was challenged when someone asked "Do you know how to use a joe harrow?" Feeling smug, they continued with "Do you know what a number ten Oliver is?" As the audience was all male, everybody nodded in the affirmative, but at least one didn't have a factual answer.

So, here's your talking point for the day. Ask your children. Then ask them to ask Grandpa. He will have the answer. How about you FFA boys and girls? Ask Mr. Barry Norris.

We don't have a photo for this post, because we hope somebody will send one, or if they have a number ten Oliver we'll be glad to take the picture.

For your convenience, we've added Wikipedia to our links.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

River's Dropping




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The Oconee River looked like this at 11:30 a.m., swift current and muddy brown at the GA 46 bridge. The Mount Vernon station reported that the river was receding at 3.6 feet above flood stage. The log next to the footbridge is wet near the bottom, suggesting that thewater had been slightly higher. The blooming lilies are a beautiful reminder of the wonderful park that once existed until series of vandals destroyed it.

We're still tinkering with our site. Google is the foremost search engine, so we've added a Google search gadget at the top left to make it handy for your googling.

What are your favorite local internet sites? We'd like to know.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Georgia Leads in Pecan Production

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No news that Georgia is the pecan leader. You knew that. The native American nut and tree is a type of hickory, grown in the south, mid-west and Mexico. Did you know that a pecan tree could live for 300 years and continue to bear nuts? More at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan

These emerging leaves were picked in Soperton and brought in away from the cold wind outside. Look for deep shade soon.

There were reports of snow flurries at Kite at 4 p.m. After tonight's cold snap we can look for the 60s and 70s again. In April 80 years ago, there were good stands of corn and cotton in Treutlen County. The water had reached the footbridge yesterday at the GA 46 boat landing. Due to peak tomorrow.

Check our GA NEWS link for the Dublin Courier Herald's story about Dubose Porters candidacy for Governor.

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Monday, April 6, 2009

High Water, Windy and Fair

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The sun made the wild flowers sparkle as the grassy crop blew in the wind out on Thrasher Road, while the flooded branch made the way impassable.

The road, in dryer times, connects GA 46 (east) with Coursey Grove Way (formerly named Joe Moxley Road).

The Mount Vernon river station showed the water three feet above flood stage at four this afternoon, due to keep rising until Wednesday. Near freezing tonight and Tuesday. Check our weather link for details.

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Saturday, April 4, 2009

River Flood at Bridge



The Sign Man and Buck Lammp check out the rising Oconee River at 6:00 at the GA 46 bridge. Boat ramp is submerged by the water in background.



The current runs swift at center stream. Tree at left is on the west bank.



The footbridge of the old park is open at this point. Buck said that he had seen it covered with water at times.



A big, strong boat was moving at a fast clip against the stiff current.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

FLOOD WARNING!

Click on our weather link for details.

Citizens are being warned to prepare for rising water on the Oconee River. The river is already 1.5 feet above stage at the monitoring station at Mount Vernon. It's expected to go up another two feet by Wednesday, and possibly higher.

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Like fixin' your lawn mower



This is Marlee. She's our chief advisor - the one who gives final approval of every word and picture of TREUTLEN E-NEWS.

She can't repair a lawn mower. She can't set up an internet site.

Neither can we. The difference is that it doesn't matter to Marlee. It matters to us would-be online publishers. So we keep struggling.

We wanted to put Marlee's picture at the top of every page, as she is Chief Advisor, but the "gadget" to do it doesn't work. If you are not mechanically inclined, it's very much like trying to fix your lawn mower. The experience is likely to expand your vocabulary and try your soul.

Marlee growled "I didn't want y'all taking my picture anyhow! As for the lawn mower, take it to Elmie Phillips!"

The regular photo import mechanism seems to be working fine. Heeere's Marlee, our Chief Advisor.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Happy April Fool's Day

Hope y'all made it through the day in spite of all the foolery. We're still working on stories. One interesting happening over the weekend was the gold buying on Main Street. Even with the weather (rain and tornado watches) a steady stream of potential gold sellers visited Jennifer's Florist.



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