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HOGANSVILLE HERALD - THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016
By Andv Kober
ON THE GROUND - The abandoned house on Maple Street, a long-time eye sore in
the neighborhood, was demolished earlier this week by Dominion Contracting of
Whitesburg. Monday the debris was being loaded into a container and will be hauled
away. This was part of a continuing effort by city officials to rid the city of old, abandoned
and dilapidated houses.•
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By ANDY KOBER ing area.
The council authorized expenditure up to
Precision Planning has been chosen to $500,000 for Phase I of the project. The funds
help develop the Lake Jimmy Jackson proj- will come from Special Purpose Local Option
ect for the city. Sales Tax revenue designated for the proj-
The company has already done prelimi- ect.
nary work, such as taking council members Precision Planning has performed other
to similar projects to gather ideas, and design- work for the city including the Streetscapes
ing a working idea for Lake Jimmy Jackson. project in the downtown area.
The project has been divided into differ- When completed, Lake Jimmy Jackson
ent phases and the next part will include for- will be a tribute to former Hogansville Mayor
mal design, engineering and construction Jimmy Jackson who passed in May 2014. He
management of Phase I. was a supporter of utilizing the water reser-
Phase I of the project is set to include voirforrecreationalactivities, including fish-
entrance features, a restroom and conces- ing, picnicking, swimming and even boating.
sion building, boat ramp and kayak dock, No work is anticipated to begin for sev-
swimming area, fishing access and a park- eral months.
B~' ANDY KOBER
i The Hogansville Police
Department has scheduled the
fUfoo Nation l Night ,Out festiv-, house, a DJ music andp : For more information about
r Friday, Sept. 9. plus a Variety of food iter . National Night Out in
The event, which has proven Agencies scl duled 'to be Hogansviile, contact the police
Storm Troopers from Star Wars
and other figures.
There will be free items given
away, a dunk tank and bounce
e a'e elypopularinHogansville present at Night Out includes
isheldaspartoftheNationalNight HogansvillePolice Department,
Qut during which law enforce- Troup County Sheriff's Office,
r ent officers and other public Georgia State Patrol, Georgia
s fety entities have the opportu- Bureau of Investigation,
nity to interact with members of Meriwether County Sheriff's
the community- especially the Office, 2Youp County Fire
children. Department, American Medical
The year's Night Out is set to Response and others.
have visitors includingR p, The Hogansville Police
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Department Night Out will be
held 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Hendrix
Held at Hogansville Elementary
School
department at 706637-6648.
If your grass has a dull
bluish-gray cast and leaves
footprints after you walk
across it, it undoubtedly is
under stress. Weeks of tem-
peratures in the nineties with
very little rain is causing
havoc with our lawns. How
can we help our turf survive
August?
Dr. Clint Waltz, turfgrass
specialist with UGA
Extension, suggests these
practices during drought
periods:
* Raise the cutting
height within the recom-
mended range for your grass.
• Reduce fertilizer
applications until conditions
improve.
• Modify herbicide
programs during high tem-
peratures and moisture
stress.
• Water deeply and
infrequently.
• Grasscycle
• Select drought toler-
ant turfgrasses.
Raising the mowing
height can help a lot. Mow to
the highest level recom-
mended or at least 1A higher
than what you are already
mowing. Taller blades of
grass and a denser canopy
can reduce surface temper-
atures and reduce evapora-
tion. Leaving the grass clip-
pings on the lawn, also known
as "Grasscyling" will con-
serve ground moisture and
water retention.
Keeping the blade sharp
or replacing worn out blades
minimizes moisture loss
through wounds and helps
prevent disease entry.
One of the best ways to
stress out turfgrass is to con-
tinue to fertilize especially
with nitrogen when there has
been no rainfall. Nitrogen
stimulates new growth and
new growth requires water.
Hence, stress is produced.
Postpone fertilizer applica-
tions until adequate rainfall.
Herbicide applications on
drought stressed turf maybe
less effective. Hot, dry tem-
peratures also promote
volatilization of the herbi-
By ANDY KOBER
Eight months after heavy rains and flood-
ing damaged streets and storm drains in the
city, funds might become available for
repairs.
During last week's city council meeting,
City Manager James Woods announced that
funding from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency might finally become
available.
Damage in the city has been divided into
two designations including small projects and
large projects.
The small projects can be handled by the
city though Woods said the city would have
to cover 12-1/2 percent of the cost, or about
$102,000 as a low estimate. It is possible that
once the projects begin, additional findings
could drive the price up and Woods report-
ed the city's share could increase by $50,000.
After considerable discussion, the expen-
diture was approved by a unanimous vote.
The funds will come from Special Purpose
Local Option Sales Tax revenue.
Woods also explained the large projects
will involve permits from the Environmental
Protection Division, and that process is under-
way.
To date, Church Street and College Avenue
remain closed.
Several years ago my
wife Frances and I had the
privilege of venturing out
west one summer. While we
were in the area we stopped
to see the Grand Canyon in
Arizona. Now that is a big hole
in the ground.
I was amazed at how vast
the view was. From rim to
rim the Grand Canyon aver-
ages around thirteen miles
across. It is about a mile deep
and if you have not had the
chance to see it the Grand
Canyon is massive.
When standing on the rim
and looking down we were
struck by the creativity of
God. He chose to place a huge
canyon that would amaze us
in just that spot. The levels
and layers are beautiful. The
Colorado River that runs
through the canyon floor is
dwarfed by the canyon walls
and rock formations. The
sight is breathtaking and
God's hand was behind it all.
Psalm 95 verses 3-5 say,
"For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of
the earth and the mountain
peaks belong to him. The sea
is his, for he made it and his
hands formed the dry land."
• GOD HOLDS the earth in
his hands. The sea is his
God's creative character.
Then we know that he made
us too, we should be amazed
at the detail he puts into his
fantastic creation. From the
beauty of the Grand Canyon
to the detail and masterful
work of creating a hand that
can type is amazing and pass
me by on this one. I can type,
got up to around fifty or sixty
words or more per minute
while I was in high school, but
my problem is that I cannot
think when I type. Therefore,
Ms. Dorothy has to do it for
because he made it. The dry
land is his because he formed
it. The beauty of this world
can only be attributed to the
God who designed it then
brought it to be. What a great
artist! What a great Creator! me.
What a great Godl
What should be our prop- CAN most definite-
er response to such a great ly do the big things well. He
God? "Come and let us bow can pay close attention to
down in worship, let us kneel details and he most surely
before the Lord our Maker, does deserve our worship. He
for he is our God and we are can handle the big things in
the people of his pasture, the my life and your life well and
flock under his care," Psalm he can handle the day to day
95 continues in verses six and small things also. Let us wor-
seven, ship him for being the God of
The proper response tothe big things and the God of
the God who has created it the small things too.
all, including the majestic In closing let me tell you
Grand Canyon, is to "bow that when we visited the
down in worship" and to Grand Canyon many years
"kneel before the Lord our ago there was a car in the
Maker." When we know that parking lot where we parked
that had a Meriwether
God has made it all, then we
should be moved to worship Cou y lag.oa.it, l/¢edidaot
him in spirit and truth, kno_w who the ,car: heIoaged
From the majesty of the to and had no way of finding
world around us, we learn of out.
cides which may drift onto
non-target ornamentals and
cause damage. Follow label
directions with regard to tem-
perature on applying herbi-
cides.
On heavy clay soils you
have to allow the irrigation
water to infiltrate the soil.
Gentle irrigation allows the
soft to absorb the water. Only
irrigate in the early morning
which prevents evaporation.
70% or more of the water may
be lost if irrigating in the heat
of the day. Irrigating at night
promotes disease.
For future consideration,
UGA Turf grass breeding pro-
grams have produced culti-
vars with low water use and
high drought tolerance such
as TifTuf Bermuda. This
would be for new installa-
• tions.
Mowing height for
drought conditions: (this is I/2
inch higher than normal max-
imum cutting height)
• Hybrid Bermuda: 2
inches
• Centepedegrass: 2.5
inches
• St. Augustine: 3.5
inches
• Tall Fescue: 3.5 inch-
es
What's going on in
Extension?
• August 16th: TCCA
Meeting: Guest speaker: Niki
Whitley, small ruminant spe-
cialist, Fort Valley State
University. Meal at 7 PM
(cost: ¢ 6.00) the program
starts at 7:30 PM, Ag Center
• September lst:
Planting Food Plots for Deer
Wildlife Program. 6:30 PM -
8 PM at the Oak Hurst Farm,
Just south of Jones
Crossroads on HWY 219. Call
to register, no cost. Wildlife
specialist Dr. Mark
McConnell will be the guest
speaker.
• Georgia Master
Cattleman Program starting
September 6th. Tuesday
evenings from 6;30 PM - 8:30
PM at the Ag Center. 8 class-
es. Cost $75.00. Call for more
information.
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