YOU ARE THERE - March 3, 1976

Gov. George Busbee signed the bill to designate I-16 as the "James Gillis, Sr. Memorial Highway".

Bids were opened for construction of I-16 in Candler and Bulloch Counties.

Bill Peterson was Treutlen County Chairman of the Reagan Presidential Campaign.

Windsor's column: FFA Banquet and the great speech by Chapter President/State Vice President Chuck Ellington.

Ricks's column: His attempt to read the weather with his own instruments.

The Junior 4-H Rally was held in Soperton.

Lyons defeated Treutlen and Wheeler to take the Region Crown - the end of the season for the Vikings.

Lots of flu virus was going around.

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Zaidee, Georgia

Google Earth is a free application, unless you want to pay a few hundred dollars for the deluxe version. One of the drawbacks, as you can see, the images fuzz out the closer (bigger) you get to them.  North is at the top, south at the bottom west at left, east at right.  At left is GA 46 leading in from Soperton.

The USDA aerial photos were made last year before the northeast corner of the intersection was cleared. We've pinned the Phillips house, built by the Brantley family, the Pat & Clyde Palmer Store on the southwest corner, the Clyde Phillips on the northeast corner, and the approximate location of the Zaidee Country Store & Restaurant, opened January 2011.

Today we've added a string of Facebook comments to the blog comments on the snow picture:

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Worth Repeating: February 20-26

Some of the stuff posted on my Facebook profile last week:

February 20

February 20, 1902: Photographer Ansel Adams born.

I got the DVD for Christmas. I wonder what he would have thought of Photoshop and digital cameras. I saw some of his prints at the Eastman House when I was in Rochester. Indescribable!

Ansel Adams Printing www.youtube.com February 21 Who drove #21 1975-2008 NASCAR.COM www.nascar.com Car #21 history: (In case you've forgotten or too young to know.) "The team adopted the #21 permanently, and would become as notorious as any number in NASCAR history (along with the Petty #43 and Earnhardt #3)." "The Wood Brothers invented the modern pit stop." Wood Brothers Racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org

The public cost of corporate greed keeps growing and growing. Fort Ritchie is in Maryland. Say what you will about Jimmy Carter, but if the country hadn't taken a leftward twist back then, we wouldn't have a national bird today. "Safe" chemicals. Sheesh! Agent Orange was tested at Fort Ritchie Army Base www.herald-mail.com

Long Story. Read it all when you have time. High speed trains. Plans for new trains draw visions, reignite opposition - Local & State - Macon.com www.macon.com

Cameras in the classroom: Should we film teachers at work? news.yahoo.com

You now have your online copy of Million Pines Festival Souvenir Book 5, 1977, about the City of Soperton, photos of former Mayors, important historical tidbits, directory of every street address and family living there, ads from all substantial businesses, and public servants, plus public-spirited citizens, such as Jimmy Lawton and Jack Ellington. Souvenir Book 5, 1977 City of Soperton picasaweb.google.com Photos by Bill Ricks, Feb 21, 2011

“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.”
Jimmy Carter quote

February 22

Treutlen Trounces Vidalia www.southeastgeorgiatoday.com The same sun that drives up your electric bill in summer could reduce it with solar panels. One company leases them. A Lease On Solar Panels? Some States Pitch In : NPR www.npr.org

iPad sales increasing as laptops decrease. Why nobody can match the iPad's price www.cnn.com

This is the first time I ever saw this site. Wouldn't it be great if all of the yearbooks were on line. I don't know why the schools haven't already scanned and put them online. Treutlen High School - Pinevista Yearbook (Soperton, GA), Class of 1982, Pages 1 - 17 | Yearbook pi www.e-yearbook.com

February 23 He's from Soperton! 23-year-old beaten to death in Ga. prison | Atlanta Business Chronicle www.bizjournals.com February 23, 1685: George Frederick Handel in Halle born. Handel became the leading musical figure in England. He lived a few years longer than Bach, which means, like Bach, he lived long enough to see his music fall out of fashion. His oratorio, "The Messiah," was first heard in 1749. Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See! www.youtube.com

February 24 iPad 2 on March 2 The i(Pad)s of March: Apple plans tablet event | ajc.com www.ajc.com Spiking Oil Prices: Time To Worry Yet? : NPR www.npr.org A beautiful obituary for a Soperton (wi) citizen. Kaker, Martin L. (Louie) | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press Gazette www.greenbaypressgazette.com

NEW: Easy. Sturdy. Reliable. Professional. $1,200 to $2,500. Get what you pay for. MacBook Pro - Buy MacBook Pro notebook computers - Apple Store for Business (U.S.) store.apple.com

Want to name this waterfall? http://app.bronto.com/public/?q=preview_message&fn=Link&t=1& ssid=7026&id=9r5x7lf8u0db93k58 1mmokk0n05 Souvenir Book #6 1978 Soperton News picasaweb.google.com Photos by Bill Ricks, Feb 15, 2011 Souvenir Book 7 - Schools Treutlen County picasaweb.google.com Photos by Bill Ricks, May 13, 2010 - Please refer to blogpost dated May 13, 2010 http://billricksofsoperton.blogspot.com/

February 24, 1818: Frederic Chopin made his debut as a pianist. He was seven years old. The little boy was elaborately dressed up, and after the recital someone asked the kid what he thought impressed the audience the most. You know how literal children are. Chopin replied, "My collar." Chopin Nocturne in C sharp minor op posthum piano music (Royalty free flower photos) www.youtube.com February 25

THE LION IS COMING! Apple - Mac OS X Lion www.apple.com

In Wisconsin, the story may be presented as Tea Party again bad old union bosses, but the bottom line is about real people working hard to provide for families with little pay. Are These People Overpaid? www.huffingtonpost.com

"This sense of heartbreak and disappointment defines the Blue Water veterans community, which lost hundreds of men to Agent Orange-inflicted diseases in 2010 and watched Congress go home without restoring the VA medical benefits the Bush administration eliminated in 2002." Agent Orange was carried aboard Navy vessels and the spray from the mainland of Vietnam drifted out many miles to affect sailors. Still Adrift | The American Legion | Veterans Serving Veterans www.legion.org

What a glowing report! Looks successful. Wanna invest? http://www.usbiomassboard.gov/pdfs/range_fuels_tac_san_anton io_2_26_09jg.pdf www.usbiomassboard.gov

Jimmy Sharpe brought honor to Soperton and all of Georgia, being the only non-Florida entrant in the race. Beat the socks out of them! WhoWon.com ... The Internet Source for Motorsports News and Information www.whowon.com

Google to attack the spam jungle. Google Revamps Its Search Engine to Weed Out Junk Sites - WSJ.com online.wsj.com

February 26  February 25, 1873: Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor born. Una Furtiva Lagrima - Enrico Caruso 1904 www.youtube.com

‎8th District Congressman Austin Scott stated the deal would bring 370 jobs to Georgia and have an economic impact of more than $17 million. Scott’s office told The Telegraph on Friday that Boeing had not released further details about those jobs.... Scott’s office said there was no indication yet whether parts of the aircraft would be built in Macon. Tanker contract promises jobs, but no guarantees yet - Military - Macon.com www.macon.com

Want to save on gasoline? Something that everybody can do. Something simple. Just drive at 50-55 miles per hour on the highway. Speeding is the biggest gas burner. In town, maintain a constant speed; eliminate stop and go as much as possible.

Got a minute? Listen to this. Part of the reality of war. storycorps.org storycorps.org Jerald Collman, who served in Vietnam, remembers receiving the bodies of fallen soldiers as an Army Graves Registration collection point officer. February 26, 1852: John Harvey Kellogg was born Tyrone, Michigan. An American physician and health-food pioneer whose development of dry breakfast cereals was largely responsible for the creation of the flaked-cereal industry. (I was 8 years old when Frosted Flakes came along. The greatest invention! Sugar that stayed with the cereal ... See More VERY OLD Frosted Flakes KELLOGG'S CEREAL COMMERCIAL www.youtube.com Tony Tiger and Tony Jr in this RARE Kelloggs Frosted Flakes spot. For more Tony visit us at http://www.vintagetvcommercials.com/ William A. Ricks http://billricksofsoperton.blogspot.com  Thanks for subscribing to  'Bill Ricks of Soperton'  Photo files at http://picasaweb.google.com/W.A.Ricks/

New Slide Show - Dublin Mall Science Fair

One of Treutlen's First Place winners.

Treutlen Elementary School students did very well with their Science Fair exhibits which were at Dublin Mall during the week. Many students, parents, and friends have attended, and good compliments are being passed around on Facebook.

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1986 End of Season

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February 26, 1986

Perfect photo to illustrate defeat and the end of basketball season. Bible Baptist trounced Treutlen and later did the same thing to Jenkins County. For the record, Joe Moore was the coach. Nuff said.

Others that week: FFA farm animals, donkey basketball, Teacher Day Proclamation, FBLA, Junior High Basketball Girls, stadium rails installed, new deluge gun for firemen.

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1981 TPS Program

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February 25, 1981

I must have made at least one picture of everybody who passed through the school system during the years I was working with the Soperton News, because each Primary School class had a program each year.  Most of the time we concentrated on the students on stage, but this rare time we shot part of the crowd, and some of the children were more interested in the photographer than what was happening on stage. So a lot of full-grown 35 year old "children" still call me "Picture Man".  I've been rather lazy about identifying each class, simply recording the shots as "TPS program".

Others that week: Basketball, state welcome center personnel at our center, big squash, Charles Zeigler with Mr. Glisson in ag class, top conservationists, Dr. McNair, Nursing Home residents Edward Love, Mae Ella Shurling, Chester Sumner, TES Semester Honor Roll group and individual, Pharis Jenning with Mary Ann Hutcheson, Bill Clontz, Dale Hooks, Danny Shepherd with steer.

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1976 Soperton Garden Club Donates Books

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The Soperton Garden Club donated books about poisonous plants to Treutlen Primary School, Mrs. Inez Keen, Principal.  Left to right: Neva Williamson, Mrs. Keen, Dicy Kate Gillis, Lula Wommack, and Rose Hawkins.

Others that week: Eli Branch at age 102, Conservation Awards, Aerial shots of I-16 at US 221 (by Gene Bowers), Basketball, big bass by Jean French and Mrs. Lester Gillis, yellow jacket nest, FFA proclamation, Russell-Fullerton Chevrolet - Cadillac at Vidalia, James Windsor.

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