Smithgall Woods impresses third graders
Becky Landress Sentinel Writer
      Ms. Sheila Humphrey with Smithgall Woods Regional Education Center, came to Towns County Schools on Thursday, September 20th to give the third grade classes a presentation. The lesson was on Animal Adaptations. Ms.
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Conservation in Nature
By Joyce Hall Native Plant Rescue
      Our highlight of the summer was taking our two grand boys to Len Foote Hike Inn near Amicalola Falls State Park in Dawsonville, Georgia. We feared the five mile hike, the only access travel to the inn, in the unusually hot weather even for August.
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TVA Reservoir information
      Extended drought conditions across the Tennessee Valley have caused the tributary reservoirs on the Tennessee River system to stay well below their targeted levels for this time of year, and some reservoirs have already reached winter levels (This applies to Lake Chatuge).
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This is a hammer
Putting Your Lawn Mower to Bed
BY SAMANTHAMAZZOTTA
      Q: In one of your winterpreparation columns last year, you mentioned storing lawn mowers and removing the spark plug. Why do that, and what else is involved in storing a mower for the winter? -- Pauline S., via e-mail A: Removing the spark plug keeps the mower from starting up as you go through t...
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Tips for 4-H and Youth
Caring
BYNORMAFLANAGAN
      Caring is being kind, helpful and generous to everyone. Caring people are unselfish. They are considerate they think how their conduct affects others and how others feel. Caring people are charitable and forgiving, and they do good without expecting a reward.
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Forgot to Buy Your Halloween Costume? Now That's Scary!
      Halloween is around the corner. You run to your local Target or Big K to find a costume, but all the cute ones are gone. What do you do -- a ghost again? Not necessarily, says Jocelyn Leiser Herndon, an instructor in Fashion Design at The Art Institute of California - San Francisco.
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