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Brown’s Farm is chosen as Conservationists of the Year

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Thursday, April 24. 2014

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Brown’s Farm at Chauncey, Inc. has been named Dodge County’s Conservationist of the Year by the Central Georgia Soil and Water Conservation District. The award was presented at the district’s annual program for their achievements in soil and water conservation.

Brown’s Farm at Chauncey, Incorporated is located in southern Dodge County and is operated by Roger, Jenny, Jaye, and Caitlin Brown. Brown’s Farm at Chauncey presently manages 600 acres of farmland. Almost all of the crop land and pasture is irrigated with center pivots using remote monitoring and control equipment. All center pivot irrigation systems on the farm have been retrofitted with low pressure sprinklers with drops and are utilized through an injection system to provide fertilization and chemigation. Their row cropping includes conservation tillage, terraces, water outlets and grass waterways. Wells and ponds are also being used for irrigation practices. Brown’s Farm participated in the cost share program with the NRCS and Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission to build an irrigation pond to aid in supplying water to their pivots. Besides row cropping, they manage a 100 pure bred Black Angus herd, permanent pastures, timberland and a beginning silvopasture. Brown’s Farm also participates in several experimental projects through NRCS and UGA; the current project is Alfalfa interseeded into a permanent Bermuda grass pasture. Brown’s Farm is cost sharing with the NRCS in a Hoop House program to be managed by Jenny Brown. The Brown’s goal is to manage and improve the land while utilizing all available conservation practices. [Full Story »]

Day of prayer set for May 1 at courthouse

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Wednesday, April 23. 2014

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The 63rd Annual National Day of Prayer will be observed on Thursday, May 1, 2014. A Solemn Assembly for Prayer will be observed at 12:00 noon at the Dodge County Courthouse on Thursday, May 1, 2014. Christians across Dodge County are encouraged to participate in this special time of prayer or organize your own prayer group for the day.

The Day of Prayer is an opportunity to see the Lord’s healing and renewing power come to our country as we call on citizens to humbly come before Him in prayer. The National Day of Prayer was established as an annual event in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. The observance of the National Day of Prayer is founded on the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and freedom of religion and can be celebrated by all Americans. The theme for 2014 is One Voice, United in Prayer, emphasizing the need for individuals, corporately and individually, to place their faith in the unfailing character of their Creator, who is sovereign over all governments, authorities, and men. [Full Story »]

Letter to the Editor

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Wednesday, April 23. 2014

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Dear editor,

(This is a continuation of a Letter to the Editor from the March 26, 2014 edition.)

As the line gets closer and closer to the throne I can see people walking from the throne to a hallway. As they are walking they have their heads down and are crying. I have no sense of time but soon the young man is in front of the great white throne.

The young man bows down and is now on his on his hands and knees. He that sits on the throne calls out his name. upon hearing his name the young man raises his top half up while remaining on his knees. The angel that is in front of a stand, upon hearing the young man’s name, begins reading from one of the books that are open.
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Letter to the Editor

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Wednesday, April 23. 2014

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Dear editor,

Outside the over commercialization of Easter that has turned the holiday into an annual spring festival, marked with gobs of candy, bunny rabbits, new clothes and flowers galore, never have I seen something so disrespectful and putrefied as that notorious race hustler showed up on friendly turf this past week in a spot on the “Tom Joyner Show” who dared to compare President Obama to Jesus Christ.

To hear the Reverend Al Sharpton and I’ll use that title loosely too, preach it, the unfavorable treatment by white America is on the same level as the crucifixion of Christ.

Now as the Reverend Al says, in “ the story of Jesus on the cross,” “No matter what they humiliated him with, no matter how they mocked him he took it, because he knew he could rise again. As I look at President Obama at our convention last Friday, where all he took, he has been able to rise politically again,” he continued, “As I compare him to Jesus, every crucifixion their is a resurrection for those who believe, praise Obama.”
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Letter to the Editor

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Wednesday, April 23. 2014

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To every clime and nation,  We send it forth today;  God speed its glorious mission,  With earnest hearts we pray. The Christian Flag! behold it,  And hail it with a song,  And let the voice of millions  The joyful strain prolong. The Christian Flag! unfurl it,  That all the world may see  The bloodstained cross of Jesus,  Who died to make us free.  The Christian Flag! unfurl it,  And oer and oer again,  Oh! may it bear the message,  Good will and peace to men. The Christian Flag! God bless it!  Now throw it to the breeze,  And may it wave triumphant  Oer land and distant seas,  Till all the wide creation  Upon its folds shall gaze,  And all the world united,  Our loving Savior praise. *
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Letter to the Editor

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Wednesday, April 23. 2014

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Confederate Memorial Day of Southern memories.

Sir Winston Churchill once said:
“The flags of the Confederate States of America were very important and a matter of great pride to those citizens living in the Confederacy. They are also a matter of great pride for their descendants as part of their heritage and history.”

You ain’t just whistling Dixie!

Memorial Day in America was first held as “Decorations Day” in the South in honor of both the soldiers of Confederate gray and Union blue.

Some folks call the War Between the States, 1861-1865, a lost cause but stories of the heroic—brave men and women who stood for Southern Independence are still cherished in the hearts and souls of many people throughout the South.

Saturday, April 26th is Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia and other states.

The only surviving copy of the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America — a part of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library collections — will be displayed a day earlier on Friday April 25 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries at the University of Georgia, 300 S. Hull Street, Athens, Georgia. Read more at: http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=8612
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Letter to the Editor

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Wednesday, April 23. 2014

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Dear editor:

I see from the front of your newspaper that I have been nominated once again for the Dodge County Hospital Board. While I appreciate the thought behind this and the confidence it proclaims, I am not interested in serving. Thanks for allowing me to make this public knowledge. I wish the employees of Dodge County Hospital all the best in these tumultuous times for healthcare.

Sincerely,
Jan Parrott Jones

The “New Klan”

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Wednesday, April 23. 2014

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What big media failed to mention about about a few doctors bilking the Medicare system:

“The winner of the current Medicare sweepstakes is Dr. Soloman E. Melgin, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic. The loser is the American taxpayer, doubly so when a healthcare recipient.”
Brenda Walker on VDARE.com 4-9-14

They were ramping up outrage at doctors’ charges but left you thinking American-born doctors were the pricey ones, when the worst offenders were immigrant doctors jumping on the U.S. government gravy train.
VDARE.com is a great site, one I check several times a day.

America’s foreign adventurism continues. Once in these places we never seem to leave. Republican politicians stupidly go along with this madness, even though Democrats invented it. Only six Republicans voted against the Iraq war. One of the six was John Duncan of Tennessee, who sees these excursions for what they are. Congressman Duncan knows that being in Iraq and Afghanistan and the rest of the 160 or so nations we now occupy is now a conservative position. Many other Republicans in Congress should think more before they vote. [Full Story »]

Indians win region soccer championship

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Wednesday, April 23. 2014

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By Angie Bland
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) Indians soccer team won the region championship again! They are the 2014 region champs!
After winning the 2013 region championship and losing some fantastic Seniors last year, there were some who doubted another championship. The DCHS boys won the last seven games straight, region and non-region. The last two games were Bleckley, which was Senior night and Jefferson County, which was a region game.
The Lady Indians have also brought home high honors with a second place region trophy and a win over Jefferson and Bleckley Counties.
Senior night was a night to remember for the 2014 DCHS Seniors. They were scheduled to play their biggest rivals of the year even though it wasn’t a region game. The teams always look forward to playing Bleckley County every year. [Full Story »]