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Page 5 About All West Alabama Marengo Academy elementary students who participated in the AISA State Art Show and placed were front row Cheyenne Sheffield, Addison Gunter and Sierra Ratcliff. Back row Ashleigh Overstreet, Charlie Vickers. Anne Harding Pugh, and Avry Davis. W DAYS GONE BYE...BY TOM BOGGS Thursday, •April 19, 2012 , i ,,, , ............... " " Now, there are going to be a mess of y'all still around who will know right off what I mean by brown boots. It was the brown boot army time, replaced by the black boot army, which came about, near as I can recollect, in the late 50s. The ones of us already in uniform at the time of the change were given black boot dye, and told to change the color of the footwear...no matter that when you bloused those starched Khaki pants, there would be black dye all over the legs. Not so bad when you bloused those wool pants that went with the Eisenhower jacket. Pretty good looking uniforms, but the World War II era Eisenhower jackets went the way of the brown boots real soon. How many of y'all remember that dagburn PRI Circle? For the unin- • formed, the troops lay in a drcle with the M1 rifle resting on a wood- en box. There would be a loud mouthed and bering 2nd Lieutenant giving out commands all afternoon on "dry" firing that weapon. Changing up the sling on your ann, and every other torture he could think of. You just lay there, and dreamed of being able to actually get on the firing line, and pop some 30-06 caps, sending the bullet toward the bull's eye downrange. Nothing much to look forward to at break time every hour on the hour on the PRI circle. Just go sit under a pine tree, and take out that alu- minum canteen with the warm water contained therein, and grtmace as it went down your throat, but at least wetting the dry lips. The idea of using the MI Gar~fnd rifle was not to spray bullets all over the place, but. instead, to take care- ful aim, and squeeze off rounds. There was one exercise on the firing range where the shooter fired one round from the prone position, put in an eight round clip, and rapidly fired off those eight bullets. Never will forget seeing this little fellow one time who fired off those 8 shots from the prone position, and that big oi' rifle knocked him back a bit with every shot. He had to get up, and walk back to the line when he fin- ished. I later became one of those dan- ged 2nd Lieutenants, and I was ran- rang the fifty caliber machine gun range one day. Every fifth round was a tracer bullet, so you could get some idea of where the shells were hitting way down range. I made sure that all the recruits understood that, and were aware that the first four projectiles were, of course, not brightly lit up orange phosphorus shells. Firing that fearsome 50 cal 400 yards down range resulted in many of the bullets hitting dirt embankments, and ricocheting on up in the air. You could see the track er bullets doing that all day. At the end of the day's activities, I had sev- eral of the recruits stay back to help me police up the spent brass and clean up the firing range. There was one private who was country when country was not coot. I reckon he must have been thinking about this thing all day. He edged up toward me. built up his courage, and asked, "Lieutenant...how come them red 'uns won't stick?" Well, sir, I had to laugh out 10tgl before I explained to him that bunch of those rounds were rico, cheting off the dirt mound wo}~ down yonder, but he just could~ see the ones that were not tracers, He looked a little puzzled, and just said, "Oh." You remember, the ones of you who were there, that we always had to fit that heavy steel helmet called a steel pot on top of the plastic hel- met liner anytime there was any fir- ing or stuff like that. It just seemed like the weight of the world was lift- ed when we were allowed to slip off the pot, and just wear that light hel- met liner. Small pleasures of life. don't you- know? Those were fine times, and pleas- ant memories of wearing the same uniform, and firing the same weapons used by our daddies in the Second World War. Times, how they have changed, but the American sol- dier, although outfitted much differ- ently, is the same dedicated arid motivated American protector of our nation...thank GOd. j. These high school students at Marengo Academy placed at the AISA State Art Competition held at Macon East in Montgomery on April 12. 2012. Pictured Black Belt Treasures will host a Hog Wild for Art Festival on Saturday, April 28. 2012. from 10 am until 2 pm. The fes- tival, being held in conjunction with the Wilcox Area Chamber Barbeque Cook-off. will feature demonstrations by artists, craftsmen, and musicians, and will be great fun for the whole family. Artists on hand to demon- strate will be chair caner Jennifer Philen. potter Kristin Law. artist Linda Sturdivant. left to right is Nicole Patten, Victoria Belcher. Mary Alice Moore. and Collin Sheffield, "Tasting Tickets" available for purchase from the Wdcox Area Chamber. Visitors are invited to partici- pate inhands-on art activities. puppet shows, and classes for children and adults beginning at 11:00 a.m. To register for the adult art class contact Black Belt Treasures at (334)682- 9878 or info@blackbelttrea- sures.com. made significant progress in creating an awareness and inter- est in local art. literature, fine crafts, food. and music. For information about the Hog Wdd for Arts Festival or other events, please contact Black Belt Treasures at (334)682-9878 or visit our website www.black- belttreasures.com. Black Belt Treasures is located at 209 Claibome Street in historic downtown Camden, Alabama. ALABAMA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Kathryn Friday Marengo County Extension Last week the emphasis of this column was on "good" bugs. This week we will look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. Many sod insect pest popula- tions reach high numbers in grass or turf, and home gardens established in areas previously covered with grass. To reduce sod insect problems, thoroughly till or spade the area well in advance of planting (30 days or more) and again just before planting. This will bring up sod pests near the surface where thief cliances of being killed are increa xl. In most cases tilling the soil or sod in fall and early spring will sufficiently control soil insects without the need for a sod insecticide. If tilling is not an option, apply a broadcast sod insecti- cide 2 weeks before planting to help control some soil insects like cutworms, wireworms, and white grubs. The Extension office can offer suggestions on available insecticides. The pest I most dislike is slugs. They eat my flowers and my lettuce. Slugs feed on young seedlings and succulent parts of plants. You know where they have been because they leave mucus trails on the surfaces on which they crawl: Here is one tip for slugs. Place stale beer in small cups or pans sunken in the sod so the lip of the container is slightly below ground level. Slugs are attracted to the beer, fall into the container, and drown. For best results replace the beer every two to three days. Do it now and you can greatly reduce your slug population by early sum- meT. A second method of slug control is to pick them by hand. Using a flashlight, check the garden around 10 p.m. for active slugs. If you find any, pick them up with an old spoon and drop them into a container of salt which will kill them. If you do this for 3 or 4 nights in a row. your population can be greatly reduced. Another garden pest is the cutworm. They are active at hight and remain buried below the sod surface near food plants during the day. They emerge at night to feed and often cut seedlings or small stems, cans- ing the plant to fall over. You can prevent damage by placing a paper or plastic "sleeVe" over the plant and pressmg the bottom into the soil: "'-'t~kce sl~m'ound newly transpl s"'6t newly emerged seedlings so that 1 inch is below ground and 3 inches is above ground. Paper cups with the bottoms removed or 4 inch high sections of paper Lamison milk cartons are ideal. Tuna cans with the bottoms removed Baptist Fifth Sunday Singing may also work. Glory Road Quartet will be So you see, insecticides at Lamison Baptist Church at t aren't always necessary. Of course, if you have five acres planted, hand picking might not be your best answer. If you have insect problems, call the Marengo County tor. Extension office, and we will- help find an answer for you. t:30 p.m. on April 29th. Lunch will be served. Everyone is welcome. They will bless you. Come join us. Bro. Benny Harrison is pay Don't forget Administrativ Professional Day April 25, 2012 Nellie's TheHogWildforArtFestival Flowers & Gifts is made possible by the gener- ous support of the Alabama Uniontown stained glass artist John State Council on the Arts with FAX Service t'-h, irr h 5Ol North Main Street, : Hogarth, and bird carver John funds from the National x,om un~,,uu~,m 1 ~m | . : Sheffey. Musical performances Endowment for the Arts. i will include The Grasshopper Black Belt Treasures is a God Youth Linden, Al ! String Band,Bama Kids,and non-profit organization devel- .., . • Bethlehem Baptist Church is pastor of First Mt. Pleasant ,-, m ,,, : !• Laura Grace Creswell.The bar- oped to showcase and promote evlvaI in the Miller's Community in Church Of Jefferson. No let- Vor art your Dower needs::: bequecompetition will be held the arts oft he Black Belt region "-"~'-"~'--" Linden will hold Missionary ters will be sent out. All on the Courthouse Square with of Alabama. Since 2005, it has Uniontown Church of GOd Day Program on Sunday, churches are cordially invited. • Youth Revival willbeheld April22,2012 at2:00p.m. Sis. Gladys Witherspoon is 1-877-260-6881 t • April 27-29, 2012 at 7:00 Rev. Reginald Atkins is pas- church clerk. Sis. Geraldine t l]e rm rra r rfrr pm Speaker will be Matt t°r Rev Edm°nd Charlest°n withersp°°nis president ..... 2 Rouse. Everyone is invited, will be the guest speaker. He 334- 95-0078 ~' ,, ZEIaLEIR'8 R4 ~ 4 Ib O bs. : Los vaumas :1~ /! '° !1! e ,can Gr, ~------. ~ -- ,,.--- i [ 295 4711 [/ "---'- " SAUSAGE $1 4.es [ Dine in or out on our New Patio Deck! 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