Student to represent NGEMC on D.C. Youth Tour

DALTON, Ga. —  Dalton High School senior Erin Bethany Nelson is one of three area students chosen by North Georgia Electric Membership Corp. (NGEMC) to participate in the 2018 Washington Youth Tour, a leadership experience sponsored by electric membership cooperatives in Georgia, including NGEMC. The Youth Tour was established to inspire the next generation of leaders, said Laura Sparks, communications coordinator with NGEMC. This year’s tour, which is June 7-14, offers opportunities for students to meet policymakers, tour historic monuments and participate in leadership experiences, all while making new friends from across the state and the nation. NGEMC’s delegates were chosen through a rigorous application and interview process that considered leadership experience, academic excellence and community involvement. The three graduating seniors are among 112 students from across the state that will gather in Atlanta to kick off the tour, spending time getting to know each other before departing for Washington, D.C. When the Georgia Youth Tour delegation arrives in Washington, they will join more than 1,800 other youth representing cooperatives across the nation.

Memorial Day Get-a-Way set for Music Park

LIVE OAK, Fla. — The first holiday of the summer has arrived.

With it is the Memorial Day Get-a-Way at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park where there will be plenty of camping, music and lots of fun.

This year’s Get-a-Way will include live music in the Music Hall with the Terry Cole Band (Central Florida) on Friday night, SoulShine (Fitzgerald/Valdosta, Ga.) on Saturday night and Snake Blood Remedy (O’Brien) on Sunday night.

Children may enjoy free hot dogs, four water slides, volley ball, badminton, cornhole, various other games, bounce houses, game room and the swimming pool for overnight guests. Adults might like to try golf carting, disc golf, hiking, biking and/or canoeing.

Terry Cole and his band are regulars at the SOSMP with great country and other genres of music for your listening and/or dancing pleasure. SoulShine has also become a regular provider of great country and other music in the Music Hall along with Snake Blood Remedy, which plays old time country and bluegrass with excellent mandolin, banjo, fiddle and guitar playing.

Doors to the Music Hall open at 6 p.m. with music beginning at 8 p.m. Admission is free to the music shows.

Gate admission for non-camping day visitors is $10 per carload.

UGA Extension to host insect scouting schools in June 

TIFTON, Ga. — Two insect scouting schools, hosted by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension in June, will introduce new scouts to insect monitoring and serve as a review for experienced scouts and farmers. One of the scouting schools will be held on Monday, June 11, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. The second school will be held on Tuesday, June 19, at the Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center in Midville, Georgia. Both events will run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This year’s scouting schools will cover insect pests in row crops like cotton, peanuts and soybeans. ttendees will learn identifying information about pests and the damage they inflict on crops, natural enemies, different scouting procedures, and safety in the field. The schools will conclude with an in-field review.The event is free. For more information about the scouting school in Tifton, contact Debbie Rutland at 229-386-3424. For more information about the scouting school in Midville, contact Peyton Sapp at 706-554-2119.