2022-07-13

Now Accepting Nominations for Farmers and Ranchers to Serve on Local County Committees


The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is now accepting nominations for county committee members. Elections will occur in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA) for members. LAAs are elective areas for FSA committees in a single county or multicounty jurisdiction. This may include LAAs that are focused on an urban or suburban area. County committee members make […]

The Changing Landscape of College Athletics

Around the horn

To continue my annual countdown – 22 days until the first regular-season softball game, 19 until the Greenbrier scrimmage, and 36 days until the first regular-season football game, 29 until the Effingham County scrimmage. The second GHSA dead week has come and gone and practice by both teams began in earnest this past Monday. Too soon to really get the […]

THE EVOLUTION OF INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS AT SYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL

PART VIII


When Sylvania High School opened its doors to students in the fall of 1932, there was a big announcement; the school was going to field its first football team. Mae Belle Bowen, Editor in Chief of the Hi-Lights of Sylvania Hi wrote that “Football season is on! The boys of Sylvania Hi have caught the spirit and have thrust themselves […]

Recreation Department News

Screven County Highschool Cheerleaders invite you to 2022 Kiddie Cheerleading Camp Screven County Recreation Dept. GymGrades Pre-K – 6thJuly 25th – 29th / 3:45p – 5:30p$60 includes camp shirt and snackFORMS AVAILABLE AT THE SCREVENCOUNTY RECREATION DEPT.

Souvenirs

The Farm Wife
at Two Pennies Farm

As a kid I loved souvenirs. I didn’t need them to remind me of where I’d been; my memory was still in good working order then. I just liked them for what they were, pretty little trinkets. I gave up buying them a long time ago and got rid of the ones I had collected. One less thing to dust. […]

Georgia Grown Farmers Markets, Farms & Ranches

Visit DICKEY FARMS
#4


Dickey Farms is located at 3440 Musella Rd, Musella, GA 31066, and has been growing peaches in the heartland of Georgia for over 120 years. Their growers are part of a multigenerational legacy with experience being handed down from one generation to the next. They are so proud to be home to Georgia’s oldest, continuously operating peach packinghouse. During peach […]

Fishing in Georgia With Jack “The Fishing Man”

This week let’s take a look at a great lake that is halfway between Augusta and Marietta. Lake Oconee is one of the most popular lakes in Georgia. A perfect place for the leisurely fisherman, Lake Oconee provides lots of opportunities for catching trophy fish, like, largemouth and striped bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, blue catfish, black crappie, white crappie, […]

“Yellow spider lilies”

Gardening with Talmadge

The yellow spider lily or golden spider lily is a beauty that glows in the garden with a golden yellow color. They are often referred to as Hurricane Lilies because of the soaking rains of a hurricane trigger their blooms to emerge about a week after the storm. The blooms are softball sized standing on a stalk of about 18 […]

PLANTING DAYS FISHING DAYS PLANTING TABLE

PLANTING DAYS ACCORDING TO MOON SIGNS Above-ground crops: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12Root crops: 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27Seed beds: 8, 9, 25, 26, 27Kill plant pests: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 14,15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 28,29, 30, 31 FISHING DAYS FOR JULY 2022 Best: 14, 15, 16, 17, 25Good: 8, 9, 12, […]