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September 2015
The Mayor Mentions: Doing battle with poke sallet monsters
As most who travel along Dacula Road
know, my front yard looks like a war
zone as the County completes a school
safety project near Broad Street. Part of
that construction is a silt fence. Behind
that fence, several poke weed plants have
come up and are growing vigorously.
These plants triggered several memories
of my growing-up time.
I guess most of Dacula’s older residents may know pokeweed by the name
of poke sallet. Poke weed, Phytolacca
Americana, by its scientific name, is
native to the eastern United States. The
plant can grow to about eight feet and
most consider it to have significant toxicity. The plant has simple green leaves on
purplish stems. The flowers are green to
white. The berries that form are almost
black purple.
When I was growing up as a boy, my
friends and I used to have many a battle
with the poke sallet monsters. Dueling
with sticks (pretend swords), vanquishing whole rows of poke sallet—only to
have the plants regrow from the damage
we inflicted. My grandmother and my
mother both were happy that we were using our imagination in our play, and we
were actually doing something constructive in our sword play. You see it was
common to dry your laundry outside on
a clothes line. Birds often dropped what
was left of the poke berry on white shirts
or sheets—staining them purple with no
hope of getting the stain out. The more
Dacula Mayor
Jimmy Wilbanks
poke sallet monsters we attacked, the less
likely a ruined laundry.
What’s this “sallet” in the name poke
sallet? Sallet is an old English word,
still used in the south but most often
interchangeably with the word “mess.”
It simply means a portion or a mess or
a meal. So poke sallet means a portion
(meal) of green pokeweed. Wow, if poke
sallet is poisonous why would I ever
want to eat it?
More than that, how would I cook
it? Well my grandmother was a great
believer in the medicinal uses that native
plants could be used for. She believed
that you should eat at least two servings
of poke sallet, if not more, each year.
Once just after the plants started to grow
in the spring, and then again in the fall
just before winter got off to its cold start.
My grandmothers method of cooking poke sallet was to gather the plants
(young tender leaves-we never ate any
of the stems), wash them thoroughly,
boil them through two or more cooking
of about five or 10 minutes changing the
water each time washing away whatever
poison the plants might have had. When
the final boiling was complete, she typically stirred the greens in a frying pan
with bacon drippings or fatback. Poke
sallet cooked this way tasted just about
like spinach. I’ve seen recipes that say
the tender stems can be cooked the same
way and taste like asparagus or battered
and fried like fried okra.
Pokeweed has a long history in traditional medicine as a purgative and vitamin content. Poke berries should never
be eaten. They may be toxic to very
young children. The entire plant grows
more toxic as the plant grows throughout the year. Many have used the juice
of pokeweed berries as ink. During the
Civil War many soldiers used pokeweed
berry ink to write letters and journals,
and the writings maintain clarity even
150 years later.
When you see those old poke sallet
monsters, encourage your youngsters to
engage them in play sword fights. But
caution them never to eat any part of the
plant (especially the berries) raw.
Memories how they linger!
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Is your home ready
for the Holidays?
Now is the time
to start planning!
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ON THE FRONT
n the front this month, we have
something to bring to your
attention. If you did not know it as yet, it’s
now legal to own backyard chickens.
Since we are financially headed toward
becoming a third world country, we might
as well look like one.
All of you who have been hiding illegal
chickens, you can now breathe easy depending on how many illegal chickens
you’ve stashed away.
The Gwinnett County Commission has
finally approved keeping backyard
chickens for eggs, or as a hobby, or simply
to be a nuisance to your neighbor.
No roosters please. Roosters are illegal
and not allowed within the boundaries of
your property. Just try keeping them out.
Keeping roosters out could become a
serious problem. Once they know you have
hens, I’ve heard they’ll take a bus, if
necessary, to get there.
For those of you planning on launching
the Chicken Nation, imitations have been
placed on how many chickens per acre you
can legally cram into your yard. That too
could become a problem.
We already know people have no
limitations when it comes to cats. Why not
chickens as well?
It is highly unlikely those of us who live
in covenant protected subdivisions have to
worry, unless we want chickens. Then, we
have a problem.
In our subdivision, we’re not allowed to
have a plastic flamingo, let alone chickens.
Another thing, under the new county
regulations, you can have all the deceased
fried chickens you want, but not live
feather coated chickens.
Why should there be any restrictions,
you ask? It’s hard to imagine people would
continue stuffing chickens in their yard
until they spill over their property line and
into the street but, as we have previously
mentioned, there are people who would
give it a shot.
Speaking of giving it a shot, after
speaking with a county representative, I
learned that you do not have to register
your chickens, or have a conceal carry
permit to carry a chicken in a holster.
Enjoy!
Like I was saying, I have never seen
Tyson-style chickens in the subdivison, but
we did have some quail roaming about quite a few actually.
Clucking chickens apparently drive
people crazy, but cute little Bob White
quail and their cute little “Bob, Bob,
White” call is apparently classy. They are
also ignorant and funny as well.
Whatever you call them, quail are still
little chickens and there may be
restrictions on their cute running around,
but the problem is: Where do you send the
letter from the attorney?
Glenn Matlock, Editor
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September 2015
Neighborhood NewS
Fake Ad Winner
The August, Dog Daze, Fake Ad:
"Undercover K9s Home Security", is
currently posted on the Neighborhood
News Web site: e-neighborhoodnews.
com.
Congratulations to Jolisa Boyd, a
life-long resident of Dacula, for being
selected as the Fake Ad Contest winner for
the month of August.
Jolisa has been following the contest for a
long time, but this is the first
time she has entered.
Jolisa told me she was 110
percent sure that she would
win. You can't get much
more confident than that
without drifting off into
serious mathematical error.
Jolisa's extended family is
also from Dacula. Jolisa
works with Comcast as a
fraud investigator and
currently holds a Bachelor's
Degree in Computer
Science, her chosen field, but plans to return
to Strayer University to obtain a Master's
Degree.
Jolisa is married to Vincent Boyd, who
works for Archway Advertising Supply and
Services. The Boyds don't have any
children as yet, but hope to one day.
When that day comes, Jolisa hopes to
keep harmony in the family by having
twins? Having twins would mean her
mother, Sylvia Tanner, and her husband's
mother Sylvia Boyd could each have a baby
to hold.
A least some degree of thanks for the win
must go out to Jolisa's grandmother, Sarah
Tanner, who provided the stamp to mail in
the winning entry.
Most of the prize money will remain her's
to spend, Jolisa said. Grandmother Sarah,
who looks for the fake ad, but has never
sent in an entry, will at the very least, get
her 41 cent stamp back, Jolisa said.
Last but not least, her
husband Vincent will not
walk away empty handed
either, she said.
"He will get the joy of
seeing me happy spending
my prize money," Jolisa
joked.
The fake ad, UnderCover
K9 Security, is based on the
premise that dogs dressed up
in funny costumes are
capable of preventing home
break-ins.
Featuring a bull mastiff dressed up like a
blushing bride and an English bulldog
dressed in a silly pink pig costume, the idea
generated a great deal of discussion,
including the reason the bulldog was not
dressed in red and black.
To address that question, I must point out
that the bulldog is also not all white.
Imagine the criticism we would get had we
dressed the animal in red and black.
It's hard to understand why there is not a
single college I can recall that has a bull
mastiff as a mascot. They are larger and
more terrifying than a bulldog even when
wearing a wedding dress.
However, not everyone felt that way, like
Paul from Dacula, who wrote: "I guess it
works like this, Criminal enters home and
sees dog in costume. Criminal falls down
laughing. This gives your normal alarm
time to call police and police arrest
criminal."
Or it could go this way: Criminal enters
home sees dogs dressed in silly costume,
falls down laughing so hard resident must
have ambulance transport criminal to the
hospital.
Ouida from Dacula had a strange
thought: "I don't think a robber would be
afraid of a dog dressed in a Halloween or
Christmas costume."
Well, we do have some pretty scary
Christmas costumes, Ouida.
Sheila from Auburn had a thought. She
wrote: "A criminal would probably steal the
dog to show their friends."
So, Sheila, you're saying that UnderCover
K9s could actually contribute to criminal
behavior? That certainly was not the
intention, at all!
Annette from Buford suggested that the
two dogs featured in the ad appeared that
they might prefer another line of work. She
wrote: "The two K9s looked as if they had a
choice they would want to come out of
undercover work."
The sad truth is dogs have no rights. They
have no choice, Annette. Dogs are basically
Jolisa Boyd
slaves forced to suffer such treatment for
the amusement of their owners - at least
until we have to pick up their poop.
Nothing amusing there in my book.
Donna from Dacula wanted to recruit a
90 pound yellow lab she knows to stop
criminals.
Donna wrote: "(This dog gave me) a
flying lesson off the porch, down three
steps to the bricks below. I stuck the
landing head first. He almost killed me."
OK Donna, the key is that he almost
killed you. At UnderCover K9s, our
expectations are much higher.
Now for the higher expectations we have
in you. Gather your thoughts and the kids
so you all can go find this month's fake ad.
Glenn Matlock, Editor
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Neighborhood NewS
September 2015
Woman, 74, raises chickens, geese, guinea peafowl on small 12-acre farm
By Christy Smith
Staff Writer
AUBURN – Decades ago, the sound
of clucking hens was firmly rooted in
Gwinnett County.
Today, once again that sound is likely
to be heard in any of Gwinnett’s
suburban neighborhoods from Norcross
to Snellville to Dacula.
In July, Gwinnett County residents
won the right to keep chickens on a
minimum of 10,000 square feet of
residential property.
Many metro-area citizens already
had this right, including those living in
the cities of Atlanta, Decatur, Sandy
Springs and Fulton and DeKalb
Counties, as well as Savannah and
Chatham County. Celebrity chef Paula
Deen was cited in 2011 for keeping
chickens in her Wilmington Island
backyard prior to changes to Chatham
County’s ordinance.
The new laws won’t affect Margaret
Bartlett. Her almost 12 acre farm on
Auburn Road was already legal under
county regulations for keeping chickens
and other livestock.
An animal-lover who grew up on a
farm in south Georgia, her current
menagerie boasts two miniature
donkeys, two cats, one dog and roughly
200 birds, including peafowls, guineas,
Sebastopol geese and exotic chicken
breeds.
The freedom to raise animals brought
the Bartlett family to Gwinnett County
from their DeKalb County home in the
late 1970s when the number of
Margaret’s Maltese and Pekingese
show dogs exceeded the amount
allowed by her Wesley Chapel Road
subdivision. In the fields between
Auburn and Dacula Margaret could
have all of her dogs as well as the
peafowls she’d always wanted (a
peacock is a male peafowl, a peahen is
a female peafowl, according to the San
Diego Zoo’s website).
As a young girl, Margaret fell in love
with the iridescent peafowl. During
harvest and canning seasons, she
stayed with a relative who owned
peafowl and exotic chickens. The
unique birds are beautiful, but they
make noise and they scared Margaret’s
new neighbors.
“Granddaddy wouldn’t let us have
any because they holler,” Margaret
said. “When we built here I had six
peafowl. When they call at night it
sounds like a woman screaming.
There’s a creek that separates my
property from the neighbors. One night
my neighbors called the police and they
walked up and down the creek in the
wee hours of the morning with a
flashlight looking for the woman
calling for help.”
Keeping birds in the backyard,
including chickens, is no picnic,
Margaret said. They can damage
property and can be dangerous to
Photos by Glenn Matlock
At the top, Margaret Barnett holds a Silky rooster she breeds on her farm in Auburn. Above right, is a small black Polish bantam rooster.
Mrs. Barnett raises several different breeds of exotic chickens and other fowl including peacocks (peafowl), and Sebastopol geese, above
left. Their large bodies and curly feathers make it impossible for them to fly. These geese weigh around 30 pounds each. The geese mate
for life. This year, daddy Buster, and his two sons Mutt and Jeff lost their mother, when Margaret’s rambuncious puppy accidentially killed it.
people and pets.
“Chickens can cause damage with
flowers and poop and roosters can be
dangerous,” Margaret said. “One of my
roosters had spurs about four inches
long. I had my back to him and he stuck
one of his spurs in my leg. I had to pull
him out. That was about the time we
started hearing about flesh eating
bacteria and it scared me. I went to the
emergency clinic and I had to tell them
that a rooster spurred me.”
Margaret accidently killed her
favorite peacock when it attacked her
husband.
“I hatched him [the peacock] in the
incubator and raised him and he
thought he was my body guard,” she
said. “My husband walked up and put
his arm around me and the bird had
him down on ground. He had his hand
up to protect his face. I hit the bird with
a two by four to knock him off my
husband, but I hit [the peacock] in the
head and killed him.”
Margaret has kept chickens almost
all of her 74 years. While her mother,
who she describes as “Rosie the
Riveter,” worked on ships in Brunswick
harbor, Margaret lived with her
grandparents on a farm in Rebecca,
GA.
“My great-great-grandfather donated
the land to build the town of Rebecca
and its railroad,” she said. “My
grandmother was best friends with my
grandfather’s first wife. She had seven
children and died in childbirth. She
asked her best friend, my grandmother,
to look after her children. My
grandmother married him and they had
seven more. I was number 15. I was
born on my grandmother’s birthday and
on my grandmother’s bed.”
Farm life agreed with the child.
“If we wanted to eat, we had to raise
it or barter it or swap it out,” she said.
“It was a hard life, but we didn’t know
any better.”
That life included raising chickens,
gathering their eggs and slaughtering
them to put fried chicken on the table
for Sunday dinner. Raising chickens is
harder than people think, she said.
“A lot of people will be in for a real
shock when they realize they can’t put
them in the backyard and forget about
them,” she said. “All of a sudden you
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Bartlett: ‘You can’t put chickens in your backyard and forget about them’
Continued from previous page
have possums, raccoons, coyotes,
chicken hawks and feral cats coming to
the Bartlett Buffet. Coyotes got 45 of
my peafowls in a two-year period and
once wiped out $4,000 worth of
peafowl in one night.
Corn and feed attract rats, and rats
attract snakes. Animals can tear up
chicken wire like it’s tissue paper. I pen
mine up with chain link fence and
hardware cloth on top.”
A few chickens on site at a senior
citizens’ home would be beneficial to
the residents, Margaret said.
“Sometimes I would take a chicken
with me when I visited my mother and
it was amazing how much they enjoyed
it,” she said.
Nevertheless, chickens and small
children might not be a good mix, she
said.
“Children can get sick if they handle
the chickens and don’t wash their
hands,” she said. “Even with the right
Photo by Glenn Matlock
Margaret recently got a pair of donkeys, Hershey, right, and Jenni. The donkeys are very
smart. After losing a good pair of wire cutters, she told Jenni “I know you know where those
cutters are.” Later, Jenni came up behind her with the cutters in her mouth.
enclosure a predator can come around.
Chickens can’t see at night so even if
the predator can’t get to the chickens,
the birds often break their necks trying
to get away. There will be a lot of
broken hearts because children get
attached.”
The revised ordinance allows
residents to keep chickens as pets and
to gather their eggs. Those eggs must
be washed before they can be eaten.
“They need to be cleaned,” said Dana
Smith, owner of Harbins Country Store
in Dacula. “They taste better and are
better for you than what you would get
at the grocery store.”
Dr. Tim Montgomery, DVM, Dacula
Animal Hospital, who grew up on a
chicken farm in Barrow County, agrees.
“The primary concern is salmonella,”
Dr. Montgomery said. “Fecal matter can
contaminate yard eggs and they must be
gathered every day, washed well and
refrigerated. Make sure that your
chickens have good, well-balanced
nutrition and that the birds are safe
from predators. With proper
cleanliness, backyard eggs are fine to
eat. Although I wonder who was the
first brave man who saw an egg and
thought ‘I’ll bet I could eat that.’ If he
saw where it came from he had to be
mighty brave or mighty hungry to try
one.”
New Gwinnett regulations allow backyard chickens with limitations
By Christy Smith
Staff Writer
Spurred by a growing appetite for fresh
eggs, a desire to “eat locally” and to have a
closer relationship with food, Gwinnett
residents successfully petitioned commissioners in July for permission to keep a
limited number of chickens in their
backyards. A divided Gwinnett County
Commission voted 3-2 to adopt a long list
of revisions to the county’s livestock
ordinance.
The revised ordinance makes it easier for
residents to own chickens and places heavy
restrictions on how the poultry can be used,
how many chickens can be kept at a home
and in what types of pens they must be
housed.
Even with the new allowances on chicken
ownership, a local merchant said he’s seen
only a little increase in chicken feed sales,
possibly due to the high number of people
who already owned chickens.
“I haven’t seen a big increase in sales, but
I have seen an increase in sales of nonGMO, non-soy chicken feed,” said Dana
Smith, owner of Harbins Country Store in
Dacula. “There are a good number of
‘chicken people’ in the area to begin with.”
County Commissioner John Heard said
that his desire to limit the level of government in citizens’ daily lives and promote
personal responsibility motivated him to
support the revisions.
“There is quite a bit of desire, not only
here in Gwinnett, but statewide to allow
egg-laying hens to be kept in residential
areas for health purposes and for use as
pets,” Heard said. “I looked at Sandy
Springs, Atlanta, Fulton and DeKalb
Counties and others that allow poultry with
no apparent problems resulting from this
freedom. I came to my personal conclusion
that the ordinance that’s in place of
disallowing overall in residential communities is being vastly violated.”
Commissioners and residents who
opposed the changes to the ordinance cited
their experiences with living near people
who already own chickens, citing noise,
to contract diseases.
“Agricultural poultry that is not free
ranging is much less susceptible than the
popular free-range variety.” Heard said. “I
believe the requirement to house backyard
chickens in six-sided enclosures will
eliminate the possibility of infection. We
probably should address the free ranging issue on larger acreage, however Gwinnett is
very limited in this exposure compared to
Hall County and others.”
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New Gwinnett County codes allow a limited numbers of hens to be kept in backyards. No
roosters allowed, however.
smells and disposal of manure, as well as
their fear of Avian Flu spreading throughout the bird population.
Heard said the revised ordinance includes
a ban on rooster ownership and existing
regulations address sanitation issues.
“Noise is not an issue, hens do not crow,”
Heard said. “Odor control and property
cleanliness are already covered under the
county health ordinance.”
Chickens require a lot of work and some
expense. They have parasites and need
vaccinations and medications. Margaret
Bartlett keeps chickens on 12 acres near
Dacula. Her chickens run on sand that
causes fecal material to dry up quickly and
is composted with little odor.
Georgia and the United States are the
world’s largest poultry producers and the
second-largest egg producer and exporter
of poultry meat after China, according to
the United States Department of Agriculture’s website.
Although there is no immediate cause for
panic, Avian Flu should be taken seriously
because it could devastate Georgia’s
economy, said Dr. Tim Montgomery, DVM,
Dacula Animal Hospital, who grew up with
backyard chickens.
“Georgia is the number one poultryproducing state in the nation and is
Georgia’s largest economic engine,”
Montgomery said. “If it gets in commercial
chickens it would cause billions of dollars
of damage. My worry is that when people
start dealing in backyard chickens and it
becomes a cottage industry, it’s hard to
regulate where they come from. You can
load up some birds in a cage and take them
three or four counties over and they are not
inspected nor regulated by the department
of agriculture. It’s hard to control an
infection once it gets in the bird population.
Backyard birds can infect free-flying birds
that have no boundaries. The biosecurity
aspects must get tighter.”
Heard agrees but states that containment
lessens the chance for residential chickens
Requirements:
Coops must be six-sided including the
roof and bottom, the chickens must be
kept in backyards and the minimum coop
size is 10 square feet per chicken. Heard
said chickens can be used to produce
eggs that will be eaten by humans, but
the poultry cannot be slaughtered.
The number of chickens that residents
can own is determined by the size of
their property. People who live on more
than three acres can have an unlimited
number of chickens, according to the
new ordinance. Chickens cannot be kept
on property smaller than 10,000 square
feet.
The property-sized chicken limitations
are:
• 10,000 square feet, to 12,499 square
feet: Three chickens
• 12,500 square feet to 24,999 square
feet: Five chickens
• 25,000 square feet to 39,999 square
feet: Eight chickens
• 40,000 square feet to 2.99 acres: 10
chickens
Subdivision covenants and homeowner
regulations may prevent or limit keeping
chickens.
The city of Dacula is studying the new
county regulations.
Mayor Jimmy Wilbanks says he has
not recommended the city adopt the new
county regulations. However, since
animal control and city marshals will
handle enforcement, he believes it would
make sense to do so.
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CAR CARE
Quality care extends life of newer vehicles even more
“It used to be that when a car hit
100,000 miles, that’s the end of things,”
said Edmunds.com features editor Carroll
Lachnit in a recent issue of NOLN
magazine. “That’s no longer the case with
regular maintenance.”
Because cars are being built better than
ever, Lachnit said, Americans are holding
onto them longer. As a result, the average
age of vehicles on the road has climbed to
an all-time high of 11.5 years, according
to new data from industry analyzer IHS
Automotive.
That means one out of every four vehicles
in the U.S. was built before 2000, with
many of these vehicles trading hands
multiple times over the course of their
mechanical lives.
The best way to keep your vehicle
running as long as possible is regular
maintenance, Lachnit said.
I would like to share a local example of
this. We have a customer with a 1999 GM
small sedan. We have been servicing this
vehicle since 2005. Our first service was
at 113,000 miles. The customer has his oil
changed every 3,000 miles. He also flushes
his transmission, cooling system, power
steering and brakes when the fluid indicates
Brian Klaubert
it is worn out. The car now has 261,000
miles on it. He has flushed each of these
fluids twice in these 150,000 miles. The
value has been that he still has his original
transmission, engine, and power steering
rack and pinion. The water pump was
replaced at 177,000 miles and the radiator
was replaced at 213,000 miles.
That is excellent life from a late 90’s
GM small sedan. Many people think
disparagingly of the quality and lifespan
of these cars. It is very common to
have to replace major components like
transmissions, engines, and steering
components. It is our experience, however,
that usually the owners of these vehicles
have never serviced any of the major fluids.
This customer’s experience is testament
to the value of servicing these fluids when
necessary.
There can be an additional value to
performing fluid flushes on a scheduled
basis. Several maintenance companies offer
terrific free warranties if you flush your
fluids every 30,000 miles. In our family
we have company vehicles that build miles
quickly, and personal vehicles that add
miles much slower. We have three different
vehicles that are each reaching 36,000 miles
– a 2010 IS, 2012 F150, and 2013 Durango.
We are performing all of the fluid flushes on
all three of these vehicles this month.
We feature Valvoline Professional series
fluid flush services. Valvoline extends a
limited life-time warranty on each major
drivetrain component that is flushed within
the first 36,000 miles, and then every
30,000 miles after that. Even though I
own three automotive shops I do not want
to have to pay for a transmission, engine,
or other expensive major component. By
flushing these components on schedule I
can have life-time warranty coverage on
these components.
The irony in this is that if I flush these
components on schedule I will probably
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you follow the directions you won’t need
to replace the major components. Our
customer illustrated above is testament to
that.
If you would like to keep your current
vehicle for 260,000 miles, follow the
example of your mechanic and of our
customer above, and the advice of
consumer experts like Carrol Lachnit with
Edmunds.com – change your oil regularly
and flush your transmission, cooling
system, power steering, and brakes every
30,000 miles.
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Neighborhood News since 2002, and
owns Christian Brothers Automotive,
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7th Annual Fort Daniel Frontier Faire set for Oct. 17
Special Photo
Cast members include: in the first row: Sharon Wilson, Rossi Dingfelder, Peggy Wages, Emily
Warlick, James Burke. Second row: Janice Baskin, Martin Gravely III, Dee Dee Allard, Dan
Kniffen, Calvin Quick. Standing: Scot Chalmers, Madison Warlick. Not pictured: Martin Gravely.
Fifth Row presents possible last performance
FLOWERY BRANCH – Fifth Row
Center, South Hall County’s community
theater will present “All I Really Need
to Know I Learned In Kindergarten” to
the community during the Labor Day
Weekend with performances on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, September 4, 5, at
8 p.m. and Sept. 6 for a 4 p.m. matinee.
The talented ensemble cast consists of
local residents of Hall, Barrow and
Gwinnett communities, including three
generations from one family.
“We are excited to present this fun
and poignant work to the community,”
says director and Fifth Row Center
founder, Donna Chalmers. “Robert
Fulghum is a favorite author for a lot of
folks. Here you get to see his most
humorous and touching stories acted out
on the stage.”
The delightful stories feature colorful
characters such as: a shy little boy who
insists on playing the “pig” in his class
production of Cinderella and ends up
stealing the show; a man whose dream
of flying carries him high over Los
Angeles in a lawn chair buoyed by
surplus weather balloons; and a modernday Greek philosopher who finds the
meaning of life in a piece of broken
mirror from World War II. These stories
celebrate our very existence, from the
whimsy of childhood to the wisdom of
old age.
Critics have said the following about
the show:
“Heartwarming, charming, funny
and touching. The stories are about all
of us.” National Public Radio
“A lighthearted, beautifully styled
dramatization of Fulghum’s writings.”
Syracuse Herald Journal
Tickets are on sale at Fifth Row
Center’s website at fifthrowcenter.com,
or call (770)-965-0534 to reserve
tickets. Purchase tickets at the door
with cash or check only. Show times
are Friday, Sept. 4 at 8 p.m., Saturday,
Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 6 at
4 p.m.
Ticket prices are $10 for adults and
seniors, and $7 for students or children. “Our goal is to always keep
ticket prices less than a movie,” says
Chalmers. “And it’s local so you don’t
have to use a lot of gas in getting to
us.”
All performances will be held at The
Crossing Church, 4682 Spout Springs
Road, Buford, GA.
BUFORD - Fort Daniel Foundation and
Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society
are cosponsoring the 7th Annual Fort Daniel Frontier Faire on Saturday, October 17
at Fort Daniel Archaeological site at 2505
Braselton Hwy/GA124 in Buford. Hours
are 9AM - 5PM. Individual admission is
$2 and family admission is $5. Parking
is provided free of charge on the site.
Planned activities include: Community
Archaeology throughout the day, Reenactors, Archeology Lab, Fort Daniel
Museum, Trading Post, Food, Demonstrations, Native American Storytelling by Barry Stewart Mann at 10 a.m.,
Music by Skillet Lickers at 1 p.m.
Many natives of Gwinnett County can
recall driving by the historical marker
in Hog Mountain, but knowing little
about the history of the site. Thanks to
the archaeological work at the site and
the research through archives, detailed
information is now available to us through
The Fort Daniel Foundation’s website and
through scheduled onsite public events.
Today, the Fort Daniel Archaeological
site is owned by Gwinnett County and
managed by The Fort Daniel Foundation.
Located in Hog Mountain, Fort Daniel
was situated 3,600 feet northeast of the
head of the Apalachee River, the south
fork of Oconee River. This point is the
south end of the boundary allotted to
Cherokees for their hunting grounds,
between the said Indians and the citizens
of the United States as described in 1785
Treaty of Hopewell. The line served as
the western boundary of Franklin County,
then Franklin and Jackson Counties.
The head of the Apalachee River is cited
again in 1790 Treaty of New York and
the 1796 Treaty of Coleraine, and served
as the western end of treaty line separating the Creeks from U. S. territory. Early
fortified sites along the frontier played
an important role in Georgia’s history as
settlement of new territories invariably
led to conflict between the settlers and the
indigenous peoples - the main purpose
of the fort at Hog Mountain. In a letter
dated Oct. 21, 1813 Major General Allen Daniel, Commander of 4th Division
of Georgia Militia detailed to Frederick
Beall plans for the mustering of militia at
Fort Daniel, explained the sad state of the
buildings at the Hog Mountain Fort and
gave details for construction a new building. In connection with the fort, many
will be interested in knowing the history
of Old Peachtree Road being built to link
Fort Daniel to Fort Standing Peachtree,
located in what is now Atlanta. Gwinnett County was formed in 1818 from the
combination of land ceded to the state of
Georgia by the Cherokee and Creek Indians and this portion of Jackson County.
The 7th Annual Fort Daniel Frontier
Faire offers a unique blend of exhibitions, storytelling and hands-on activities to learn about local history. The fair
is set for Saturday, Oct. 17, 9 a.m. to 5.
www.thefortdanielfoundation.org
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