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Contents OCTOBER 2019 VOL. 75, NO. 10

To find a fun fall
event, see
page 10.

16 Lights, animals, action! Animal Casting-Atlanta helps critters prepare for their close-ups. By Pamela A. Keene

20 Rivers run through it Advocates of Georgia's rivers share their messages. By Amber Lanier Nagle

26 Carving out a niche Atlanta's Highland Woodworking helps craftspeople find their groove. By Laura Raines

28 Weaving a tale Storytelling festivals promote the power of

the spoken word.

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By Laura Raines

COURTESY CONNIE REGAN-BLAKE

GWYNETH MOODY/GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK

CITY OF WOODSTOCK

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On the cover
Olivia, a West Highland white terrier, waits in the greenroom on the set of the E! late-night talk show "Busy Tonight." She is one of the many dogs and other animals represented by Animal CastingAtlanta in Ball Ground. (Photo courtesy of Animal Casting-Atlanta.)
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4 GEORGIA NEWS
8 CURIOUS GEORGIA
Doll's Head Trail
10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
14 CURRENTS
15 MY GEORGIA
Taking on the Silver Comet Trail

37 GEORGIA'S ENERGY
OUTLOOK
38 GEORGIA COOKS
Hungarian recipes
42 SNAPSHOT
Georgia 4-H Photography Project winners
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GEORGIA News Compiled by Jennifer J. Hewett

Loggerhead sea turtles break nesting record

A nesting loggerhead on Ossabaw Island returns to the Atlantic Ocean.

L oggerhead sea turtles along the Georgia coast have had a record-breaking nesting year with more than 3,925 nests recorded. The previous record of 3,289 nests, set in 2016, was exceeded by early

July. Nesting season extends from May through August, though it typically

slows down in mid-July.

While the loggerhead sea turtle is listed as threatened under the

Endangered Species Act, Mark Dodd, wildlife biologist at the

For three decades, the number of loggerhead nests has increased by an average of about 3.5 percent each year.
--Mark Dodd

Georgia Department of Natural Resources, notes that this recordbreaking year reflects a greater trend.
This can be largely attributed to several conservation initiatives, such as the use of turtle-excluder devices, which allow turtles to escape from shrimp-fishing nets, and the implementation of nest-management initiatives that prevent predators from destroying turtle nests. Collaboration among federal, state and volunteer organizations has been crucial to the success of sea-turtle conservation.

"Loggerhead sea turtles are a really important indicator species for

the health of the coastal marine ecosystem," Dodd says. "They are telling

us that we, as humans, are having a direct effect on the ecosystem that we

depend upon for our own survival."

For more information, visit georgiawildlife.com.

--Chaney Wynne

They read and won!
Congratulations to Georgia Magazine's latest 2019 trivia contest winners:
January: Loretta Sparn, Rossville; February: Nicole Rondeau, Hinesville; March: Sandra Moore, Springfield; April: Jim Cheek, Martin; May: Leslie Dempsey, Richmond Hill; June: Gail Reynolds, Carrollton; July: James Doran, Marietta; and August: Marlene Barton, Cleveland.
Entering our trivia contest is easy. Correctly answer five simple questions about the current month's issue, and you could win a $25 Target gift card. Look for our contest questions in the magazine each month and online at georgiamagazine.org. This month's contest is on page 6.

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From THE EDITOR
All pet owners think their furry friends are cute and talented, but only a few have the star quality needed to make it as animal actors. Our cover canine, Olivia, is part of that exclusive fraternity.
Greg and Carol Tresan of Animal Casting-Atlanta are experts at helping dogs like Olivia get a paw in the door of the film industry. See "Lights, animals, action!" starting on page 16 to find out how their curated list of camera-ready critters is making its mark in the dogeat-dog world of animal showbiz.
Georgia's rivers are the lifeblood of our region, providing drinking water for communities, critical wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts. No one understands this better than Georgia's river advocates.
These organizations are the unofficial police force of our waterways, working to restore and protect some of the state's most valuable resources. On page 20 we tell the story of how these groups are helping ensure there's enough clean water in our rivers--now and for future generations.
Speaking of stories, have you heard any good ones lately? You're sure to hear many at the storytelling festivals featured in "Weaving a tale," starting on page 28. Storytelling is deeply rooted in the history of the South, and in an age of increasingly digitized entertainment, these festivals bring communities together to share the laughter, lessons and joy that only a well-told tale can deliver.
And be sure to take a look at our calendar of events, starting on page 10, for information about other festivals and happenings around the state. Additional event information can be found in our Fall Festivals and Events Guide on page 13 and our online calendar at georgiamagazine.org.
Happy fall!
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KRISTIN BARLOWE

Singer-songwriter Langston on the rise
Raised on a hearty mix of family, sports and faith, Jon Langston of Loganville was just a few weeks from graduating from college when he made a decision that would change the trajectory of his life.
This Georgia boy wanted to make his dreams come true ... in Nashville.
"It took a lot of faith because I had never been to Nashville," recalls Langston, who gave up his dream of a football career after suffering a series of concussions in college. "I had to dig deep and have some faith in God that he was going to show me the way and it was all going to be all right. But yes, it was a very big leap."
That leap is paying off, as Langston is becoming one of country music's most promising new singer-songwriters. And as fate would have it, a fellow Georgia native, Luke Bryan, is helping him learn the ropes of what can be a tricky industry. Langston is supporting Bryan on his Sunset Repeat Tour, running through October.
"Luke [Bryan] is just such a good big-brother figure and such a good mentor," says Langston, the first artist signed to Bryan's new 32 Bridge Entertainment label.
"I'm proud about being from Georgia and the roots and the morals that come along with that," says Langston, who recently released his new single, "Now You Know," to radio. "That, along with how my parents raised me, is certainly going to help me on the journey that lies ahead of me."
To see what's next for Langston, visit facebook.com/jonlangstonmusic. --Tricia Despres

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Curious GEORGIA By H.M. Cauley
Hello, dolly! Toys, found objects mark Doll's Head Trail

NATALIE GEORGE

NATALIE GEORGE

Discarded items found at the site have become quirky art installations at Doll's Head Trail. One portion (above, center) pays tribute to late actor Burt Reynolds.
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S ome call it creepy; some consider it a unique form of folk art. The man responsible for Doll's Head Trail in DeKalb County admits the concept is a bit of both.

"Yes, `creepy' is used a lot to describe it," says Joel Slaton, a Tucker

carpenter who created the path in Constitution Lakes Park. "I like to think

it's whimsical, but dolls' heads are just creepy."

Slaton, who grew up near the nature preserve in southern DeKalb

County, got the idea to put dolls' heads and other found items along a trail

he blazed during the Great Recession.

"My work was down to almost nothing, and I started the trail to give

myself something to do," he says. "A lot of people walk along the sidewalk

and the boardwalk near the water, but there was also a trail off the

boardwalk that was forbidding and dark. I went back in there, exploring,

and set up a nature trail."

During the cleanup, Slaton uncovered several objects. The

park grounds once had been a brick factory and, later, the site of old

homesteads, but before becoming an attractive amenity in 2003, it

was also a dumping ground.

"People were dumping appliances, bike parts--you name it,"

Slaton says. "I found a pit with pieces of dolls in it, and I figured some

boy dismembered his sister's doll collection. And over the years, I've

found dolls in the South River nearby."

Slaton used the doll heads and arms and later other odd objects to

mark the trail's direction.

"I found stuff to use for signage, and once I started, I went into

overdrive. But the rule has always been that I only use things that are

found in the river or the park," he says. "The oddest thing I ever found

was a prosthetic leg. One time, I found three duck decoys. But a lot of

that stuff gets cherry-picked [taken by trail visitors]; it isn't there anymore."

Slaton fashioned his favorite trail marker out of an old toy car that he

surrounded with clay tiles on which he wrote the names of five movie char-

acters played by Burt Reynolds. "It was my little tribute to him."

Trail hikers have added their own markers as well. "People have built

little vignettes of brick or multiple pieces," says Slaton, who gets out to the

park about once a week to patrol the trail and remove any additions that

might be deemed offensive. "At Halloween, I'll find all sorts of wild stuff, like

dolls with horns grafted onto them."

In the last few years, the trail has garnered significant internet public-

ity, drawing hikers and gawkers alike, Slaton says.

"It's amazing; people have gotten married out there, done videos

out there, gone on their first dates, traveled out of

state to be there," he says. "I've met some very cool

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classical chamber music, will perform at the Savannah Music Festival.

EVENTS Calendar OCTOBER Compiled by Pamela A. Keene

IMMEDIATE THEATRE PROJECT

Halloween classics come to life
S et in the fictitious WVL Radio studios in 1946, "The Headless Hessian of Sleepy Hollow and Other American Horror Stories" goes behind the scenes of a postwar radio broadcast, complete with live sound effects and snippets of backstories among the actors on stage.
Created by W.V.R. Repoley, founder of Immediate Theatre Project, the show plays at several locations in Georgia and promises a new twist on age-old tales, including suspected murderer Lizzie Borden, Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and a 1940s version of the Headless Horseman.
"Seeing a radio-show version of these stories engages the brain in a whole new way," Repoley says. "To listen to these tales and watch the actors' reactions is a different experience than we get at the movies or on television. And, finally, the audience will learn how the actors create the sounds of the wind howling, the slamming doors and the noises that make the production come alive."
--Pamela A. Keene

Event details and costs are subject to change; please verify before attending.

n Historic High Country
Fall Foliage Ride, through Nov. 11, Blue Ridge Railway Depot, Blue Ridge. See the colorful fall foliage during a train ride from Blue Ridge to McCaysville and back. (877) 413-8724. brscenic.com.
Little Big Jam Music Festival, Oct. 3-6, 325 Daniel Rd., Bowdon. Local and regional music, food, vendors. littlebigjam.com.
51st Annual Great Locomotive Chase Festival, Oct. 4-6, downtown, Adairsville. Parades, arts and crafts, entertainment, carnival rides, fireworks. (770) 773-3451. adairsvillega.net.
39th Annual Georgia Marble Festival, Oct. 5-6, downtown, Jasper. Parade, road race, music, arts and crafts, chainsaw carving. (706) 692-5600. bit.ly/gamarb.

Georgia Mushroom Festival, Oct. 12-13, Rolater Park, Cave Spring. Learn about mushrooms, plus arts and crafts, food. (678) 871-0288. bit.ly/gamshr.
Prater's Mill Country Fair, Oct. 12-13, Prater's Mill Historic Site, Dalton. Arts and crafts, pony rides, living history, mountain music. (706) 694-6455. pratersmill.org.
4th Annual Fiddlin' Fest, Oct. 12-14, Broad Street, Rome. Bluegrass music festival. (706) 236-4520. fiddlinfest.com.
71st Annual North Georgia Agricultural Fall Fair, Oct. 17-26, 500 Legion Drive, Dalton. Entertainment, petting zoo, High Flying Pages Circus, carnival rides. (706) 278-1712. northgaagfair.com.
n Northeast Georgia Mountains

17th Annual Fall Fest, Oct. 12, downtown, Dallas. Arts and crafts, entertainment, food trucks, kids' activities. (770) 445-9008. bit.ly/pauldfin.
16th Annual Arts Festival of Carrollton, Oct. 12-13, Carrollton Center for the Arts, Carrollton. Works by more than 70 visual artists, entertainment, youth exhibits, food trucks. (770) 838-1083. carrolltonarts.com.

Scarecrows in the Garden, Oct. 1-Nov. 3, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Gainesville. See scarecrows in all shapes and sizes. (404) 888-4760. bit.ly/abggvscar.
Indian Summer Festival, Oct. 5-6, downtown, Suches. Craft show, 10K, square dance, weaponry demonstration. (706) 747-2401. suches.com/festival.html.

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When you go
Toccoa Oct. 24 Ritz Theatre (706) 244-0039 ritztheatretoccoa.com
Greensboro Oct. 25 Festival Hall (762) 243-8022 festivalhallga.com

Springfield Oct. 26 Mars Theatre (912) 754-1118 marstheatre.com
Marietta Oct. 31 The Strand (770) 293-0080 earlsmithstrand.org

Woodstock Scarecrow Invasion, Oct. 1-31, downtown, Woodstock. View more than 150 scarecrows and vote for your favorite at the Woodstock Visitors Center. (770) 924-0406. visitwoodstockga.com.

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Milton Masciadri, Oct. 6, Sautee Nacoochee

downtown, Alpharetta. Singers and songwrit-

Cultural Center, Sautee Nacoochee. Concert by ers perform in multiple venues. (678) 297-2811.

the double-bass vocalist. (706) 878-3300.

awesomealpharetta.com.

snca.org.

17th Annual Piedmont Pilgrimage, Oct. 12-13,

Georgia Mountain Fall Festival, Oct. 11-19,

19-20, 26-27, various locations, Atlanta. Tour

Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds, Hiawassee.

model trains in the homes of more than 70 train

Music, carnival rides, demonstrations, Georgia's enthusiasts. (404) 550-4816. piedmont-div.org.

Official State Fiddlers' Convention, food.

(706) 896-4191. bit.ly/gamtnfg.

18th Annual Taste of Atlanta, Oct. 18-20,

Historic Fourth Ward Park, Atlanta. Sample

2019 Upper Chatt SUPCAK Race, Oct. 12, Don food from more than 100 area restaurants, plus

Carter State Park, Gainesville. Stand-up paddle- cooking classes, demonstrations, Saturday night

boats, canoes and kayaks compete in 10- and

concert. (404) 875-4434. tasteofatlanta.com.

3-mile races, plus a 1-mile fun paddle. Register

at bit.ly/supcreg. Fundraiser for White County

9th Annual HammerDown 5K, Oct. 19,

4-H. (706) 865-2832. bit.ly/ucsupcak.

JE Dunn Construction offices, 2555 Cumberland

48th Annual Georgia Apple Festival, Oct. 12-13, 19-20, Lions Club Fairgrounds, Ellijay. More than 200 arts and crafts vendors, food. (706) 636-4500. bit.ly/gapfest.

Parkway S.E., Atlanta. 1K fun run for kids and 5K walk/run. Benefits students in need and the homeless. (678) 551-8883. bit.ly/hamrdwn.
Magnolia Fine Arts Festival, Oct. 19-20, Drake

Regions are determined by the Georgia Department of Economic Development. See its online calendar at www.exploregeorgia. org for additional events.

Field, Peachtree City. Juried arts market, student

Apple Arts, Oct. 12-13, 19-20, downtown,

art exhibit, entertainment, kids' corner.

paintings by abstract artist Jaasiel

Ellijay. Browse arts and crafts vendors, enjoy

magnoliaartsfestival.org.

Barrientos of LaGrange. (404) 386-1328.

local shops and restaurants. (706) 635-7400.

bit.ly/grnvart.

bit.ly/appartse.

"Night Must Fall," Oct. 24-27, 30-Nov. 3, 6-10,

Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Roswell. Halloween Fall Family Fun Days, Oct. 5-6, 12-13, 19-20,

Bluegrass Music Festival, Oct. 19, Rabun

tale with twists and turns. (770) 641-1260.

26-27, Nov. 2, The Rock Ranch, The Rock. Trac-

Arena, Tiger. Barbecue and bluegrass music by get.org.

tor wagon rides, pony rides, carousel, special

local and professional bands. (706) 212-0241.

events, including Superhero Day, Oct. 5; Great

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bit.ly/bmfrabun.

34th Annual Halloween Hike, Oct. 25-26,

Outdoor Adventure, Oct. 12; Up, Up and Away

Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell. Well-lit Day, Oct. 19; Not-So-Spooky Halloween Festival,

"Bright Star," Oct. 25-27, Nov. 1-3, 8-10, Holly

forest hike to meet woodland creatures;

Oct. 26; National Pumpkin Destruction Day,

Theater, Dahlonega. Musical by Steve Martin

suitable for children. (770) 992-2055.

Nov. 2. (706) 647-6374. therockranch.com.

and Edie Brickell about Alice, a young woman

chattnaturecenter.org.

from the Blue Ridge Mountains. (706) 530-5162.

19th Annual Harvest Hoe Down Festival,

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hollytheater.com.

I Presidential Pathways

Oct. 12, downtown, Warm Springs. Arts and

crafts, parade, entertainment. (706) 655-3322.

Mountain Farm Celebration, Oct. 26, Hardman Crossroads: Change in Rural America, through warmspringsga.com.

Farm Historic Site, Sautee Nacoochee. Old-

Oct. 4, 104 N. Center St., Thomaston. Traveling

fashioned country fair, hands-on pioneer skills Smithsonian Institution exhibition highlights

Rural America Festival, Oct. 12, Marion County

exhibits. (706) 878-1077. bit.ly/gsphrdmn.

the evolution of rural communities in the 20th Courthouse Square, Buena Vista. Arts and crafts,

century through photos, objects, film, audio

food. (229) 649-8118. bit.ly/bvaevnt.

43rd Annual Harvest Festival, Oct. 26-27,

and interactive technology. (706) 647-1605.

downtown, Toccoa. Craft and food vendors,

tuacga.com.

entertainment, kids' activities. (706) 282-3309.

bit.ly/mstoc.

"Peter and the Starcatcher," Oct. 3-5, Riverside

I Atlanta Metro

Theatre, Columbus. New twist on the story of Peter Pan. (706) 507-8444. bit.ly/csuthea.

A Man's Viewpoint, Oct. 3-Nov. 21, Cultural Arts Center, Douglasville. Works by seven male photographers. (770) 949-2787. artsdouglas.org.

Cotton Pickin' Fair, Oct. 5-6, downtown, Gay. Arts and crafts, antiques, Southern cooking, music, kids' activities. (800) 538-6814. cpfair.org.

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44th Annual Founders Day, Oct. 5-6, Shamrock Park, Tyrone. Arts and crafts, music, parade, fireworks, carnival. (770) 487-4038. tyrone.org.
Joe Gransden and special guest Francine Reed, Oct. 11, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta. Concert featuring the vocalist Gransden and his jazz band with Atlanta-based singer Reed. (404) 872-5338. callanwolde.org.
Wire & Wood Songwriters Festival, Oct. 11-12,

Shady Days in Gay, Oct. 5-6, downtown, Gay. More than 200 arts and crafts exhibitors, food, entertainment. (706) 977-8548. shadydaysingay.com.
Whaley Fair, Oct. 5-6, downtown, Gay. Arts and crafts, music, kids' activities. (706) 616-5774. bit.ly/whaleyfr.
Art of Jaasiel, Oct. 5-Nov. 2, Artisans on the Square Gallery, Greenville. Solo exhibit of oil

Fried Green Tomato Festival, Oct. 26-27, downtown, Juliette. Eat at the Whistle Stop Caf, plus arts and crafts, music, kids' rides. (478) 992-9996. bit.ly/fmfriedg.

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8th Annual Stories in the Garden, Oct. 13, Hills Georgia National Fair, Oct. 3-13, Georgia

downtown, Harlem. Celebrate native son Oliver

and Dales Estate, LaGrange. Storyteller Andy

National Fairgrounds, Perry. Agricultural compe- Hardy with entertainment, arts and crafts,

Offutt Irwin and local storytellers perform.

titions, Georgia Grown Baby Barn, carnival rides, look-alike contest, food. (706) 556-0043.

(706) 882-3242. hillsanddales.org.

concerts, Georgia Grown products, food.

harlemga.org.

(478) 987-3247. georgianationalfair.com.

Sprewell Bluff Park's Spooky Trail, Oct. 18-19,

Kaolin Festival, Oct. 11-12, Sandersville School at

Sprewell Bluff Park, Thomaston. Family-friendly Zombie Farms Haunted Trail, Oct. 4-5, 11-12, Linton Park, Sandersville. Arts and crafts, parade,

hike on the spooky trail. (706) 601-6711.

18-19, 25-26, Zombie Farms, 568 Smithonia Rd., entertainment, mine tours, kids' zone.

bit.ly/sprewell.

Winterville. Three-quarter-mile trail through

(478) 552-3288. bit.ly/kaolinf.

dark and spooky woods, plus storytelling and

marshmallow roasting; may not be suitable for Resthaven Cemetery Revisited, Oct. 19, Cham-

children 10 and younger. zombiefarms.com.

ber of Commerce, Washington. Notable spirits

from Washington's past come to life.

Everything You Need, Oct. 5, Macon Coliseum, (706) 678-5001. bit.ly/resthvn.

Macon. Worship and original music featuring

David Jeremiah. (478) 803-1593.

Wiggle & Twist Festival, Oct. 19, downtown,

maconcentreplex.org.

Wrightsville. Entertainment, arts and crafts, Kids'

World, classic car show. (478) 864-7200.

Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories,

wiggleandtwist.org.

Oct. 5-Dec. 29, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens.

View three decades of creations by the Alabama Marquee Comedy Tour, Oct. 25, Bell Auditorium,

quilter. (706) 542-4662. georgiamuseum.org.

Augusta. Comedians Gary Owen, Tony Rock and

WASHINGTONWILKES TOURISM

Tommy Davidson perform. (706) 722-3521.

35th Annual North Georgia Folk Festival,

bit.ly/augentc.

Oct. 12, Sandy Creek Park, Athens. Arts and

crafts, demonstrations, kids' activities, music on 155th Anniversary of the Occupation of

two stages. (706) 338-3111. bit.ly/ngffest.

Sandersville, Oct. 26-27, Brown House Museum,

Courthouse Square, Old City Cemetery and Forest

Anchor of Hope Golf Tournament, Oct. 14,

Grove Plantation, Sandersville. Re-enactments,

River Forest Golf Club, Forsyth. Charity golf

living history, masquerade ball, craft vendors.

event to raise funds for Anchor of Hope Founda- (478) 552-3288. bit.ly/occsand.

tion. (478) 994-0438. bit.ly/gtaoh.

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39th Annual Mule Day Southern Heritage

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Festival, Oct. 12, Callaway Plantation,

Fall Festival, Oct. 19, Lane Southern Orchards,

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Washington. Mule competitions, arts and

Fort Valley. Arts and crafts, food, plus corn maze, Great Southern Music Festival, Oct. 3-5, Picker's

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crafts demonstrations, period music, sheep-

pumpkin patch, kids' attractions. (800) 277-

Paradise Park, Ochlocknee. Bluegrass and new-

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dog herding, jail wagon. (706) 678-2013.

3224. bit.ly/LaneSouth.

grass featuring Amanda Cook, Edgar Loudermilk,

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bit.ly/muled.

Kenny Hill Band and Cross Roads Bluegrass.

6th Annual Pedal with a Purpose, Oct. 26,

(229) 221-5467. bit.ly/picparpk.

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4993 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins. Cycle on

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Day Out with Thomas, Oct. 18-20, 26-27, SAM 16-, 32- and 64-mile routes. Proceeds benefit the 2nd Annual AMA ChalkFest, Oct. 5, downtown,

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Shortline Excursion Train, Georgia Veterans

Alzheimer's Association of Central Georgia.

Albany. Professional chalk artists create images on

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State Park, Cordele. Ride the SAM Shortline

(478) 328-3800, ext. 24. bit.ly/pwapalz.

the street, plus music, kids' activities, food trucks.

train with Thomas on the Steam Engine Tour.

(229) 439-8400. amachalkfest.com.

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(877) 427-2547. samshortline.com.

Deep Roots Festival, Oct. 26, downtown,

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Milledgeville. Artist market, music, antique car 52nd Annual Thomasville Fly-in, Oct. 11-13,

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Deer Day Fall Festival, Oct. 19, City Park,

show, kids' zone. (478) 414-4014.

Thomasville Regional Airport, Thomasville. Dis-

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Oglethorpe. Entertainment, arts and crafts, food, deeprootsfestival.com. hayride, games, 5K Deer Dash walk/run.

plays of restored classic and home-built aircraft,

plus bonfire, Sunday worship. (229) 403-1071.

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(478) 472-6485. cityofoglethorpe.com.

Roller Derby Scrimmage, Oct. 26, Gray-8-Skate, bit.ly/thvflyin.

Gray. Doubleheader co-ed and costumed scrim-

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Beaver Creek Festival and Duck Race, Oct. 26, mage. bit.ly/mgdrbd.

The Georgia Trust Fall Ramble, Oct. 11-13,

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Charlie Jackson Unity Park, downtown, Mont-

various locations, Cuthbert, Georgia, and Eufaula,

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ezuma. Arts and crafts, food, barbecue ribs

Winds of Ocmulgee, Oct. 27, First United

Alabama. Tour beautifully restored private homes.

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cook-off, car show, duck race. (478) 472-2391.

Methodist Church, Warner Robins. Brass

(404) 885-7812. georgiatrust.org.

bit.ly/beavrfst.

orchestra with the church's recently refurbished

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organ. wrconcert.org.

Fletcher Henderson Jazz Festival, Oct. 12,

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Dolly Goodpuppy Society 2019 Chili Cook-off,

Oct. 26, Lake Pavilion, Griffin. Chili cook-off,

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Iris Gardens, College Street, Cuthbert. Celebrate

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Cuthbert's native son and jazz/swing pianist, who

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music by The Buckeye Band. bit.ly/dgpchili.

led bands in the 1930s and 1940s. (855) 782-6312.

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Westobou Festival, Oct. 2-6, downtown,

bit.ly/rcchamb.

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Augusta. More than 60 events at 40 venues

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explore arts, music, food and more.

42nd Annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposi-

Athens Jazz Festival, Oct. 2-6, various locations, (706) 755-2878. westoboufestival.com.

tion, Oct. 15-17, Sunbelt Ag Expo, Moultrie.

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Athens. Jazz shows and concerts. (706) 340-

More than 1,200 farm exhibitors, electric safety

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9334. jazzathensga.org.

31st Annual Oliver Hardy Festival, Oct. 5,

displays, field demonstrations, stock dog trials.

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marstheatre.com.

Afro jazz and gospel. (912) 212-2787. bit.ly/avrtctr.

Fall Festivals Pumpkin Patch at Market On Madison,
Oct. 19, 314 Madison St., Dublin. Hay-bale maze,

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bouncy house, kids' activities. (478) 272-2560.

visitdublinga.org.

and Events Guide

59th Annual Georgia Sweet Potato Festival, Oct. 26, downtown, Ocilla. Parade, arts and crafts, food, kids' activities. (229) 468-9114.

Artoberfest, Oct. 26, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta. Fine art show and sale along with art demonstrations, music, food. (229) 247-2787. bit.ly/ahtcfaa.
Tenth Avenue North No Shame Tour, Oct. 27, Theatre Dublin, Dublin. Inspirational music, worship and storytelling, featuring Austin

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Cirque Mechanics: 42 FT, Oct. 25, Georgia

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706-694-MILL PratersMill.org/fair

Southern University, Statesboro. Old-

fashioned circus with a modern dose of

Rock Shrimp Festival, Oct. 5, downtown

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engineering and mechanics. (912) 478-7999.

waterfront, St. Marys. Juried arts and crafts,

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bit.ly/gsupac1819.

music, rock shrimp. (800) 868-8687.

visitstmarys.com.

Picnic in the Park, Oct. 6, Forsyth Park, Savan-

(229) 985-1968. sunbeltexpo.com.

nah. Music by the Savannah Philharmonic and

area high school bands, plus the U.S. Army 3rd

Brooks County Skillet Festival, Oct. 19, court- Infantry Division Color Guard. (912) 232-6002.

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house lawn, Quitman. Artisan craft show, food

bit.ly/savphil.

fair, quilt show, vintage market, kids' parade, 5K,

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music. (229) 263-4841. skilletfest.com.

Rebecca Rose Memorial 55th Bluegrass

Festival, Oct. 16-20, Mossy Oak Music Park,

Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Oct. 22,

Guyton. Traditional bluegrass and gospel music,

Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville.

arts and crafts, indoor flea market.

Concert by the violin, cello and piano trio.

(912) 772-5142. bit.ly/mosoak.

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(229) 226-7404. tefconcerts.com.

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Kick Out Homelessness Tournament, Oct. 19,

Spooktacular, Oct. 26, Chehaw Park, Albany.

Allen E. Paulson Softball Complex, Savannah.

Halloween fun for all ages, costume contest,

Kickball tournament, food trucks.

cookie decorating, animal enrichment programs. (229) 430-5275. chehaw.org.

(912) 790-9446. bit.ly/famprom.

43rd Annual

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Halloween Express Train Rides, Oct. 19, 26, St. Marys Railroad, St. Marys. Family fun for all

October 26 & 27

ages. (912) 200-5235. stmarysrailroad.com.

The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival, Oct. 11-12, downtown, Lyons. Barbecue, car

Scarecrow Stroll, Oct. 25, downtown, Hines-

The next Festivals and Events Guide

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show, music, arts and crafts, quilt show, fire-

ville. Decorated scarecrows, costumed kids and

will be published in our April issue.

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works. (912) 526-6445. therealsqueal.com.

family activities. (912) 368-4445.

libertycounty.org.

If you'd like to promote your spring

Crossroads: Change in Rural America,

or summer event to our million-plus

Oct. 12-Nov. 23, Telfair Center for the Arts, McRae-Helena. Traveling Smithsonian Institu-

United States Air Force Band of the West Mission Winds, Oct. 26, Ritz Theatre, Brunswick.

readers, please call our advertising

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through photos, objects, film, audio and interac-

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tive technology. bit.ly/crsrdsmcr.

Events for the January 2020 issue

in the April issue is Feb. 5th.

Nobunto, Oct. 13-14, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro. Female a capella quintet from Zimbabwe performs traditional Zimbabwean songs,

are due by Oct. 15. Email calendar@georgiaemc.com. See more event listings at georgiamagazine.org.

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Currents

News from Georgia's electric co-ops Compiled by Amy Schneider

SHORTTakes
New CEO: Joseph "Joe" Pandy Jr. assumed the role of president and CEO of Grady Electric Membership Corp. (EMC) in Cairo on May 2. Pandy holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and an MBA from Ohio University. He has worked for municipal power companies as well as other member-owned cooperatives in the Midwest and Colorado.

COURTESY GEORGIA COOPERATIVE COUNCIL COURTESY GRADY EMC

COURTESY GEORGIA COOPERATIVE COUNCIL

Co-op camp inspires young leaders

F ifty-one Georgia teenagers got a firsthand look at the world of electric cooperatives during the

Georgia Cooperative Council Youth

Leadership Conference July 15-19 at the

Georgia FFA-FCCLA Center in Covington.

The schedule included a Congressio-

nal Insight workshop run by Leann Para-

dise of the Arlington, Va.-based National

Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a

personality profile session with Monroe-

based Walton Electric Membership Corp.'s

(EMC's) Jennifer Broun and a field trip to

Walton EMC and the Williams Dairy Farm

in Madison.

Outdoor activities incorporated the

center's challenging low and high ropes

and obstacle/mud courses. Teens heard

presentations from council members

Teens who attended the Georgia Cooperative

Georgia EMC in Tucker, Go Energy Financial Credit Union in Tucker and Farm Credit Associations of Georgia.
Students chose fellow campers

Council Youth Leadership Conference tested their skills on the obstacle/mud course and ropes courses at the Georgia FFA-FCCLA Center in Covington.

Colson Jones, sponsored by Flint Energies

(Reynolds), and Stormy Bush, who attended as a 4-H scholarship recipient, to come

back as youth staff next summer. Vienna-based Middle Georgia EMC's Chipper Jones

and the Georgia Cooperative Council's Cindy Greene served as conference staff.

EMCs that sent students to the camp were Altamaha (Lyons), Canoochee (Reids-

ville), Flint, Irwin (Ocilla), Middle Georgia, Ocmulgee (Eastman), Oconee (Dudley),

Tri-County (Gray) and Walton.

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Here comes the sun: Ocilla-based Irwin EMC o cially began producing power at its cooperative solar eld in Ben Hill County in May. The solar eld will produce about 2.3 million kilowatt-hours of solar energy per year--enough to power 190 houses. Irwin EMC members may purchase blocks of energy produced by the solar array; each block is equivalent to the energy provided by about ve solar panels.
Aquatic education: Coweta-Fayette EMC in Palmetto donated Operation Round Up funds to Chattahoochee Riverkeeper's West Point Lake Floating Classroom program in LaGrange. Students aboard the 42-foot "Miss Sally" experience onthe-water environmental STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. In Operation Round Up, members opt to round their monthly bills to the nearest dollar, and the difference goes into a fund that is used for charitable causes in the community.

HENRY JACOBS

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My GEORGIA

By Lance Lamberton

Taking on the Silver Comet Trail

M ost large cities have dedicated trails that are free from motorized vehicles, yet few are as long and pristine as the Silver Comet Trail. The 61.5-mile trail starts in Smyrna and ends at the Georgia/Alabama line, where it extends 33 miles into Alabama on the Chief Ladiga Trail.
Having lived in the area for close to 20 years, I thought it would be "fun" to bike from my house in Austell to the Alabama state line in two days-- a 120-mile round trip. Doing so had been on my bucket list, but I needed to wait until I had two consecutive days of near-perfect weather. When that chance finally came on Oct. 23, 2018, I was off to the races, so to speak.
My plan was to get to the border before dark and then head back to the last town on the trail, Cedartown, at dusk, about 10 miles from the state line. Once on the trail, I got a decent rhythm going and was averaging 8 to 10 mph.
Twenty-five miles into my journey, I reached the town of Rockmart. The trail, which had averaged a 2 percent grade, turned markedly steeper, with grades that really put me to the test. Even in the lowest gear, I sometimes had to dismount and walk the bike. The terrain also put a damper on my plan to reach Alabama and make it back to Cedartown by nightfall. When I finally made it to Cedartown, I decided to call it a day.
I awoke to a chilly morning, with temps in the low 40s. By 9:30 a.m., I was on the trail again, and an hour later it appeared in the distance: a large red trestle marking the end of the Silver Comet Trail and the beginning of the Chief Ladiga Trail. I was hoping I might encounter other cyclists who could photograph me at the trailhead, proving that I had arrived. Lo and behold,

a couple appeared coming from Alabama, and they obliged me with the proof that I sought.
On my way back, everything went fine until I hit those dadgum hills east of Cedartown. One of the cables connected to my gear shifter snapped, locking me into high gear for the rest of the trip. Consequently, I had to exert energy I didn't know I had to get myself home. Before long, every muscle in my body cried out in agony, but what choice did I have? Somehow I managed to get home before dusk, and I immediately drew a hot Epsom salt bath, which I had been fantasizing about for hours. It did the trick, and before long I fell into a deep sleep.
I awoke sore but rested and asked myself if I would ever do that again. The answer was "maybe." After all, there is no way to anticipate mechanical failure. Nonetheless, I was proud of what I had accomplished and could take this off my bucket list and write about it.
Lance Lamberton is a freelance writer, motorcyclist and occasional bicyclist. He lives in Austell and is a member of Douglasville-based GreyStone Power Corp.
Lance Lamberton achieved his goal of riding to the Alabama border and back in two days in October 2018.

To submit a My Georgia story, send the essay (no more than 500 words) and 300-dpi digital photos by email to mygeorgia@georgiaemc.com or by mail to the address listed on page 6. A self-addressed, stamped envelope must be included for photos to be returned. Published essays pay $100. Georgia Magazine reserves the right to edit submitted pieces.

For information about the Silver Comet Trail, visit silvercometga.com.

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Lights, animals, ACTION!
Greg Tresan, owner of Animal Casting-Atlanta, poses with Lion and Bright, a pair of oxen who have appeared in such productions as the CW's "The Originals."
Animal Casting-Atlanta helps critters prepare for their close-ups

By Pamela A. Keene Photos courtesy of Animal Casting-Atlanta

I t all started nearly 30 years ago with Jumpin' Jess, an Australian shepherd touring the country with her owner, Greg Tresan. From their home base in the San Francisco Bay area, they traveled from city to city, where Jess performed as one of the nation's top competitive Frisbee dogs.
Tresan started training Jess when she was a puppy, and her talent for high jumps, tricks and catching Frisbees in midair put them on the competitive circuit in the late 1980s.
"Someone in marketing saw us and put us in a commercial for Little Debbie Snack Cakes," he says. "Jess was a great Frisbee dog, and the production company that did the Little Debbie commercial liked us, so we had good work."
He soon realized that learning more about animal behavior would be helpful to his career, so he took jobs in Connecticut and Virginia training dogs and running a commercial kennel. In late 1992, he moved to Ball Ground to open Atlanta DogWorks

Inc., a canine kennel and obedience school that he still operates.
Tresan met his wife, Carol, when she was training horses and competing in equestrian events. They married in 2002, and in 2012 they opened Animal Casting-Atlanta to broaden the scope of their business and build awareness of their film work.
A menagerie of talent
Today, Greg and Carol Tresan live on a 15-acre farm in Ball Ground with their 14-year-old daughter, Devon, and Animal Casting-Atlanta's menagerie of creatures, which includes a pair of Canadian lynx, opossums, a turkey named Pilgrim and a few prairie dogs in addition to cats, dogs, horses, pigs and other farm animals.
Caring for the animals is a 24/7 operation. On top of that, they regularly field requests from directors and producers for unusual animals like rattlesnakes, elephants and even Madagascar cockroaches.
As the film and television production industry grew in Georgia, so did their business.

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Top left: Cruiser, a shelter rescue, lives with Carol and Greg Tresan on their farm. Cruiser performed in Season 1 of the Netflix series "Stranger Things" and also in the CBS reboot of the TV series "MacGyver." Above: Nash, the brown-and-white goat in the foreground, recently starred in the IFC television series "Stan Against Evil." Left: Mr. Tuddles, a sulcata tortoise, takes a break from filming. He recently appeared in "Mr. Mercedes," Audience Network's crime drama series, and was featured in the show's trailer.
"We really saw an incredible increase in our film work after the tax incentives that started in 2008," he says. "We went from the obedience training and dog boarding being our main business to providing animals from lions and eels to frogs, various insects and even giant grubs for all kinds of productions."
The request for giant grubs was only one of their more unusual casting challenges.
"It took us eight months to fatten up those grubs," he says.
To see some of Animal Casting-Atlanta's talented piglets in action, visit bit.ly/fineswine.
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Left: Carol Tresan shows off Cali, a blue-and-yellow macaw who appeared in the movie "Stuber." Above: Trained rat Mr. Green's film credits include "The Haunting of Hill House" and "The Avengers."

The demands of stardom
"We can have anything from three months' to three minutes' notice to provide animals for a film," Carol Tresan says. "That's the joy and the challenge of what we do every day, and we love it."
"The hours can be grueling, and scheduling can be a nightmare," her husband adds. "We may have as many as a dozen shows going on at the same time. Just recently we had four jobs in three states all on the same day."
The Tresans and their animals have worked on hundreds of films, including "Black Panther," "The Hunger Games" franchise, "I, Tonya," "Avengers: Endgame" and "The Mule." Olivia, a West Highland white terrier, has made quite a name for herself, starring as Jesse Plemons' dog in "Game Night" and appearing with Viola Davis and Liam Neeson in "Widows." Cruiser, described on his casting card as an "all-American" dog, appeared in the first season of the Netflix series "Stranger Things," the film "The Darkest Minds" and the CBS reboot of the TV series "MacGyver."
It's not as easy as it looks
Tresan says that when people find out what he and Carol do, the first thing they ask is if they can get their pets into the movies.
"That's really not how it works," he says. "Direc-

tors and producers are very specific about an animal's role in a film. They're not looking for cats who can sit up and beg for food or horses who can stand on their hind legs. One of the keys is finding an animal that can remain calm on set and perform exactly as the director wants. Our business is also about managing directors' expectations and still being able to provide an animal whose actions are authentic and believable."
When Animal Casting-Atlanta doesn't have a particular animal on its farm, the Tresans call on their vast network of connections for animal talent. Sometimes they issue casting calls through their Facebook page, and they even offer animal acting lessons on their website, animalcastingatlanta.com, if you think your dog or cat may have star quality.
Family first
"Another part of our job that people don't think about is keeping all the animals happy, healthy and safe," he says. "No animals are harmed, and we return them to their original environment."
Many of the Tresans' creatures are rescues. They do not breed animals. And whether the members of their menagerie live indoors or out, they're all members of the Tresan clan.
"Our animals are family first, then they're talent," Carol Tresan says. "We love what we do and wouldn't trade it for anything. I'd rather be working 12 hours a day in all kinds of weather than sitting in the same cubicle day after day."
Pamela A. Keene is a freelance writer living in Flowery Branch.

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Rivers run through it Advocates of Georgia's rivers share their messages

JOE COOK

DICK BRYANT QUINT ROGERS

By Amber Lanier Nagle

Above: The Flint River flows 344 miles from the region just south of Atlanta to the southwestern corner of the state. Left: Gordon Rogers displays a big shoal bass he caught while fly-fishing on the Flint River at the Big Lazer Creek Wildlife Management Area.

S ome remember being baptized in the cool waters of the Ohoopee River in Southeast Georgia. Others reminisce about casting their fishing lines into Southwest Georgia's Flint alongside a father or grandfather or falling into North Georgia's Nottely River from a rickety rope swing. In Georgia, our relationship with the 70,000 miles of rivers and streams winding through our state is somewhat of a love story.
Not only home to an abundance of trout, catfish, bass and bream, our rivers showcase lanky herons, bushy-headed kingfishers, dragonflies, alligators, beavers and a web of wildlife whose existence depends on the natural flowing waters.
We, too, rely upon the health and vitality of the rivers-- a message Georgia's river advocates emphasize. Here are a few things they want everyone to know.
We've made great strides, but ...
The Chattahoochee River downstream of metro Atlanta once resembled a cesspool--a byproduct of ancient, overloaded infrastructure that sometimes discharged sewage into the city's creeks, which then empty into the river. Today, the Chattahoochee is one of the state's many river-cleanup success stories.
"The Chattahoochee and other Georgia waterways

are much cleaner than a few decades ago, since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972 and a major lawsuit brought and settled by Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, but we still have a lot of work ahead of us," says Gordon Rogers, a self-described "river nerd" who grew up near the Satilla River in Southeast Georgia. He's been the executive director of Flint Riverkeeper Inc. since 2009. "Today, we have an alarming `flow' problem, and it isn't all attributed to drought conditions. It has more to do with intentional water withdrawal." He notes that the Flint River, which stretches from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta to the wetlands of the Gulf Coastal plain in the southwestern corner of the state, has been dewatered by 50 percent in recent years. "Even in very wet years, we are experiencing flows similar to former drought flows across the state," Rogers says. But restoration efforts are underway. Metro Atlanta and Georgia's agriculture community have made significant investments in technologies designed to put water back into the rivers, and people finally are understanding that their actions can help keep rivers healthy. Tips include never pouring grease down drains and using minimal amounts of pesticides and herbicides per the instructions on the packages. "And join a local riverkeeper group," he says.

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JOE COOK GWYNETH MOODY / GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK

Above: Volunteers pull trash and debris from the Etowah River in North Georgia during a cleanup event. Right: River kayaks line the banks of the Withlacoochee River in south-central Georgia. rom

al

Everyone can get involved

But there are other ways to get involved as well.

Riverkeepers and watershed groups monitor, defend,

In 2016, after folks became concerned that fracking (the

e

protect and restore the state's rivers, lakes and streams. Jesse

process of using pressurized liquid to force open subterranean

Demonbreun-Chapman, the executive director and riverkeeper fissures to extract oil or gas) could possibly contaminate the

of the Coosa River Basin Initiative (Upper Coosa Riverkeeper), water of Northwest Georgia, Demonbreun-Chapman worked

believes everyone has a vested interest in keeping rivers clean with landowners, state lawmakers, the Southern Environmental

and flowing.

Law Center and others to shape state regulations ensuring that

"Everyone can be a champion of the river," Demonbreun- private landowners have some say on how and where gas and

Chapman says. "Nearly everyone, regardless of age or ability,

oil can be extracted in the future. Gov. Nathan Deal signed the

can participate in a community river cleanup."

bill into law in May 2018.

He mentions that the Georgia Environmental Protection

"People began paying attention. They showed up to

Division's Rivers Alive program hosts fall weekend cleanups

town hall meetings, listened and voiced their own opinions,"

throughout the state. More than 464,000 volunteers have

Demonbreun-Chapman says. "They wanted to make sure that

plucked 111 million pounds of garbage from 32,000 miles of

the rivers, streams and their private well water would be safe if

waterways since 1999.

their neighbors decided to drill one day."

A family cools off in the Withlacoochee River during Fall Float.

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He's an active member of the leadership team for the Georgia Water Coalition, a group of organizations, companies, faithbased groups and others who are committed to clean-water policy in Georgia. He notes that people can sign up to receive water legislative updates at protectgeorgia.org/sign-up.html.
"It is so important for everyone to let their voices be heard on matters that affect them, especially matters as important as protecting our water resources," he says. "Know your elected officials and let them know how you feel. Be part of the process."
Explore Georgia's waters
"If you spend a day or two on the river, you'll fall in love," says Gwyneth Moody, who grew up paddling Northeast Georgia's Broad River with her family. Today, she's the director of water trails and outreach at the Georgia River Network, an Athensbased organization that helps people enjoy, connect with and advocate for economically vital and clean flowing rivers.
"Water trails, or blue ways, are like hiking trails in our rivers," Moody says. "We have 18 established water trails in Georgia and 18 developing water trails."
She says that her organization is working with stakeholders to develop water trails, including the Tugaloo River Water Trail near Toccoa.
"Its crystal-blue waters are beautiful," she says. "And it also

has a lot of Cherokee history associated with it." All water trails are listed at gawatertrails.org, along with
maps, lengths, access points, classifications and points of interest along the routes.
"The water trails draw people into the rivers to see spectacular sunrises and sunsets and hear the flap of a beaver's tail on the water," she says. "They experience the wonder of nature up close and personal."
Paddling a stretch of water has transformed people into engaged citizens who want to help with river protection efforts, and that's not all. Water trails boost tourism and an outdoor recreation industry that boasts significant economic benefits for Georgia communities.
"Recreating on rivers helps us realize that they are the lifeblood of our communities," Moody says. "When you paddle on a river and pass pumps withdrawing and returning [treated wastewater] for agricultural irrigation, industry and municipal drinking water, you see and better understand how rivers are utilized for so many aspects of our lives.
"Rivers are here for our enjoyment, but we need to ensure they are protected so they're here for future generations to enjoy as well."
Amber Lanier Nagle is a freelance writer who lives in Adairsville.

For more information
Rivers Alive, riversalive.georgia.gov Get involved with a waterway cleanup event this fall.
Georgia River Network, garivers.org Connect with and advocate for economically vital and clean owing rivers. Browse the established and developing water trails across Georgia.
Georgia Water Coalition, gawater.org Browse the annual Clean 13 and Dirty Dozen lists. Join other groups and clubs statewide that are committed to protecting and caring for Georgia's surface water and groundwater resources.
National Park Service, nps.gov/ subjects/rivers/georgia.htm Browse the listing of Georgia's rivers with locations and descriptions.
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, adopta stream.georgia.gov The site provides manuals, training and technical support so that individuals and communities can monitor and/or improve sections of streams, wetlands, lakes or estuaries.

Paddlers find serenity on the Etowah River in Dawson County, downstream of the Dawson Forest and Kelly Bridge.

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Carving out a niche

LEITA COWART

Atlanta's Highland Woodworking helps craftspeople nd their groove
By Laura Raines

Above: Woodworker Phil Colson uses a gouge to shape the outside of a turned bowl. Below: Highland Woodworking in Atlanta has evolved to serve an international community of woodworkers, offering high-quality tools and educational classes.

LEITA COWART

W hat began as a traditional hardware store in Midtown Atlanta in 1978 is now a mecca for woodworkers from around the world. First-timers and regulars feel welcomed by Highland Woodworking's gleaming, planked floors and old-timey mezzanine. They delight in the shelves filled with essential and hard-to-come-by tools, hand-forged axes, chisels, rasps, drill bits, dovetail jigs, spokeshaves and hand planes, alongside a rich variety of shop supplies, woodworking plans and books about guitar-making, birdhouses, home improvement and more. Those who can't drop in find the products and tips they need online through the highlandwood working.com website, the store's monthly "Wood News" or the seasonal mail-order catalog, which is an educational read on its own. Customers come with wish lists and problems
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to solve, and they find not only a knowledgeable staff but also a community of other woodturners, furniture makers, refinishers and cabinetmakers with a passion for working with wood.
"In the store, we'll re-create a problem in order to solve it and may discover new problems in the process," says Sydney Dew, a wood finisher and longtime employee. "But we're going to help people find what they need."
Learning from others
"Woodworkers are incredibly giving and sharing people. If someone asks how they do something, chances are they'll say: `Come with me. I'll show you,'" says Phil Colson, woodturner,

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LEITA COWART

teacher and staff member since 1984.

Highland Woodworking is a "show-me" kind of place.

"Education is the center of the story here," he says. "We

field questions all day long, and we encourage customers to

pick up the tools. We'll point out the qualities of each, but ulti-

mately we tell them to select what feels best in their hand. If it

feels good to hold, you're going to use it."

Highland Woodworking imports high-quality tools from

manufacturers worldwide and sells to customers as far away as

New Zealand.

Colson made furniture before taking his first woodturning

class 20 years ago. He sold his table saw and plane, bought a

lathe and never looked back. A founding member of the Wood-

workers Guild of Georgia, he taught classes for 15 years at the

John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. And he still

teaches at Highland Woodworking.

"Woodturning is problem-solving, and the

only way to get better is to spend time at

the lathe," Colson says. "I'm fascinated

by form and line. Something will grab

me, but I may have to turn 500 pieces

before I get the piece I'm after. I love

Above: Instructor Phil Colson explains the

the process and teaching others."

basics of working at the lathe to students

Highland Woodworking offers classes and seminars on hand and power tools, carving, finishing, woodworking fundamentals and more.
Colson's students are a mix of young people, retirees and professionals looking for creativity, a new hobby or just the satisfaction of making something

When you go

DAVE RICHARDS

during a bowl-turning class at Highland Woodworking. Left: Dave Richards creates and sells woodturned bowls, such as this one made of spalted river birch.
them. He sells online and in galleries. He's joined a woodturning club in Tifton and wants to be able to teach the craft to

tangible.

Highland Woodworking,

his grandkids.

Hooked by one class

1045 North Highland Ave. N.E., Atlanta. (404) 872-4466.

From hobby to career

Dave Richards retired as a veteri-

highlandwoodworking.com.

Atlantan Kirk McAlpin III is proud to

narian in 2012. Years before, he'd seen

have a lawyer dad who also liked to build

the woodturned bowls of a friend and

things and taught him how to use tools.

thought he might try it himself one day.

After college and a career in public rela-

"I live in Valdosta, but my son lives in Atlanta, so I signed tions, he realized that he'd rather be working with his hands.

up for a class with Phil [Colson] at Highland Woodworking," he

McAlpin began making furniture for his family, friends and

says. "I'd never seen a lathe. I was that green."

art shows. He now works largely on commission and is crafting

He discovered that Colson also taught a week at John C.

a massive outdoor table for the Atlanta History Center.

Campbell Folk School, so he signed up.

His specialty is tables of all sizes and shapes. He knows

"I asked him to help me set up a workshop and bought

his clients will use them and pass them down to the next

about $1,000 worth of equipment and tools, including a small generation.

lathe. I've been turning almost every day since," Richards says.

"I love helping people define what kind of piece they want.

"I guess you could say I was bitten by the bug. I tried to soak up And there's nothing like finding a good piece of wood and ask-

all that [Phil] taught me."

ing what it might want to be," he says.

Richards says he still visits the store when he's in town. "I

He says he challenges himself to learn something new with

love walking through and looking at everything. I've been to

each work and considers himself fortunate to live a mile from

other woodcraft stores around the country, but there's none like Highland Woodworking, where he can find "an unusual finish

this one. They cover all the woodworking disciplines," he says. or the right kind of sandpaper.

Richards says that if he needs something, someone will

"You spend so much time making a piece of furniture and

leave the counter and walk him to the section. "Either they'll

if you don't finish it right, you can ruin it. It's not always easy to

have it or they'll tell you where to get it. They'll even tell you if figure it out on your own, but [Highland Woodworking staffers]

you don't need it and why."

are always willing to coach me through it."

He likes making bowls because he knows people will use

Laura Raines is a freelance writer from Mableton.

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Weaving a tale
Storytelling festivals promote power of spoken word
By Laura Raines

L ong before technology made communication instant and virtual, people gathered around fires to listen to their elders tell stories, to experience the connection of who they were and where they came from, says Kiran Singh Sirah, president of the International Storytelling Center (ISC) in Jonesborough, Tenn.
"Stories are the essence of what it means to be human. You listen in new ways, and you learn to understand yourself and others better," Sirah says. "There's nothing like a story told live."
He's proud that the ISC is preserving the world's oldest tradition--perhaps the world's oldest art. The center presents more than 300 hours of live storytelling to 26,000 visitors a year.
In October, its flagship National Storytelling Festival draws a "global village" of 11,000 listeners. Giant tents spring up among the historic buildings of Jonesborough. Star professional tellers perform on stage, but anyone can tell a story at one of the Story Spots or the Swapping Ground. There are workshops, competitions, music, food, traditional and new stories from
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Top: Adam Booth tells a story at the 2019 Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival in April while Marti Slaughter interprets in sign language. Behind them are some of the 50 to 75 quilts that tell the stories of those who made or own them. Above: Connie Regan-Blake is the only storyteller to have performed at every National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn.

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process to convince people

that storytelling is an adult

Continued from page 28 multiple cultures, and "lots of energy," Sirah says.
That wasn't always the case.

activity, but once they come, they're hooked.'

Rebirth of storytelling

--Terrell Shaw

Connie Regan-Blake of Asheville, N.C., a

pioneer of the present-day storytelling movement,

remembers the first National Storytelling Festival in

Jonesborough, Tenn., in 1973. There was a wagon-

bed stage for tellers and about 60 listeners sitting on

hay bales.

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People turned away from swapping stories with

the rise of radio and TV in the 1940s and 1950s, she

explains, but interest revived with the folk music and

back-to-the-land movements in the 1960s.

Regan-Blake and her cousin, Barbara Freeman,

hit the road in a yellow pickup truck in 1975, per-

forming as The Folktellers. Regan-Blake became a

founding board member of the National

Storytelling Network.

"Storytelling is the only real job I've

ever had, and the older I get, the more

credible I am," says Regan-Blake, who

has won many awards for the art. She has

told stories in 47 states, in 18 countries

and on six continents, and she coaches

lawyers, ministers, teachers and others in

using story to enhance their jobs through

her Storywindow Productions,

storywindow.com.

She likes the old traditional stories

best.

"When something has been around

for hundreds of years, you have to figure

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that there's something in it that you need

to know," Regan-Blake says. "Storytelling

is in our DNA, and listening to stories

brings people into community in a way

Top: Bil Lepp, a five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars' Contest, spins a tale at the

that is like nothing else. When we're all sharing in the same moment is when I feel most present."
Most states hold one or more annual

National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn. Above left: Nashville, Tenn.-based Minton Sparks performs at the National Storytelling Festival. She specializes in tales about the rural South. Above right: Bilingual storyteller Carolina Quiroga shares stories from Native American, Hispanic and Afro-Latin American cultures at the National Storytelling Festival.

festivals now, each with its own flavor.

A variety of festivals in Georgia
Storyteller and naturalist Terrell Shaw says Debby Brown, former educator at the Chieftans Museum in Rome, was "the spark plug" for the formation of the Big Fibbers Storytelling Festival and the Debby Brown Young Tales Program, which takes storytelling into the schools to teach kids how to tell their own stories.
What started as a contest for Big Fibbers on April Fool's Day has become a three-day event with
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national and local tellers, says Shaw, president of the Rome-based Ridge &

Valley Storytelling Guild.

"It's been an educational process to convince people that storytelling

is an adult activity, but once they come, they're hooked," Shaw says. "The

festival features folk tales and personal narratives, both humorous and

touching. It gives families a chance to get away from their screens and use

their imaginations."

The Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival in Blairsville has a mis-

sion to entertain, to preserve the art form and to educate people on the

power of storytelling.

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--Sylvia Payne

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Above left: Tim Lowry tells a story at the Brevard Storytelling Festival in Brevard, N.C., in 2008. He blends history, regional folk tales and personal narratives. Above right: Internationally known, award-winning storyteller Donna Washington performs at the Heart of North Carolina Storytelling Festival in Greensboro, N.C., in 2015. Her website says she is known for her "vocal pyrotechnics, elastic face and deep characterizations." Left: Gale Buck shares a story at the Brevard Storytelling Festival in 2012. He tells folk tales and fairy tales along with his own stories, some of which are holiday-themed.

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Continued from page 30 "We are committed to bringing in a range of
voices from the Appalachian, Native American and African-Appalachian traditions and a balance of men and women," says director Ruth Looper.
A display of 50 to 75 quilts tells stories in a visual way. Workshops, such as one that uses storytelling to help veterans heal, give people "the communal experience of being in the here and now of stories," Looper says. "This old tradition is growing because people are hungry for this kind of connection."
Entertainment, fun and a bit of fright are the highlights of A Tour of Southern Ghosts, an ART Station nighttime festival that draws 15,000 people to Stone Mountain Park in October.
"Each night six tellers regale audiences with slightly scary stories from Georgia's weird and ghostly past," says David Thomas, director of ART Station.

"A bit of hair-raising history spiced with humor is great fun for families."
North Carolina celebrates its many cultural traditions
With 107 members, the North Carolina Storytelling Guild has been staging storytelling festivals and workshops/retreats around the state for 22 years. The Old North State Storytelling Festival will be held in Cary, N.C., in November with a mix of guild and national tellers at the historic Cary Theater, says Sylvia Payne, membership director.
"Storytelling is about empathy, education and entertainment," she says. "I once had an administrator tell me that schoolchildren wouldn't sit still for a 30-minute storytelling session. My answer was `You want to watch?'"
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Doug Elliott combines his deep love of plants, animals and people to spin stories at the Hagood Mill Storytelling Festival in Pickens, S.C., in 2013. He earned a Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Network.
Continued from page 32 Excellent pacing, the art of the
pause, voice modulation, facial expression, telling gestures and sometimes music or sound effects are the tools of a good teller's trade. No two will tell a story the same.
"Most first-timers' reaction to a good story is `Wow, I had no idea it was like this.' If someone tells a story, each listener is reminded of something in his own life, so they're each also listening to their own story," Payne says.
"The stories we tell ourselves are powerful," says Donna Marie Todd, president of the Asheville Storytelling Circle. As a young widow she started a retreat for other widows to write what their next story would look like. "We are innately formed by the stories we tell and hear. Stories celebrate who we are."
The circle helps sponsor the Asheville Tellabration! each November, which also features locals demonstrating their crafts.
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Continued from page 34 moonshine still. The festival also includes mountain music and Appalachian craft demonstrations.
Fowler is happy to have seen a resurgence of storytelling spurred by podcasts, such as NPR's StoryCorps, The Moth Radio Hour and the Library of Congress' StoryVault; open mics and story slams; and a growth in festivals and events.
"A song will engage you for three minutes. A story can go on for 30 minutes, and you don't want it to end," he says. "When you're telling a story, you're totally in the moment, and so is the audience. It's like we're all in the story together. It's a magical place."
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A selection of storytelling festivals in the region
Georgia
A Tour of Southern Ghosts, Oct. 17-20, 24-27, Stone Mountain Park, Stone Mountain. artstation.org. Azalea Storytelling Festival, March 6-8, 2020, LaGrange. lsparts.org/azalea. Big Fibbers Storytelling Festival, March 2122, 2020, Rome. bigfibbers.com. Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival, April 3-4, 2020, Blairsville. gamountain storyfest.org.
North Carolina
Storytelling Festival of Carolina, Oct. 17-18, Laurinburg, N.C. bit.ly/storytellingnc. Old North State Storytelling Festival, Nov. 1-2, Cary, N.C. ncstoryguild.org/events. Asheville Tellabration!, Nov. 24, Asheville, N.C. ashevillestorycircle.org/events.html.
South Carolina
Starburst Storytellers' Festival, Oct. 13-17, Anderson, S.C. andersonlibrary.org/events/ storytellers. Hagood Mill Storytelling Festival, Oct. 19, Pickens, S.C. facebook.com/hagoodmill. Stone Soup Storytelling Festival, April 17-19, 2020, Woodru , S.C. stonesoupsc.org/festival.
Tennessee
National Storytelling Festival, Oct. 4-6, Jonesborough, Tenn. storytellingcenter.net/festival.

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Solar energy for your home, part 2

W hen most people think of solar energy, they think of rooftops or fields covered with solar collectors producing electricity. These photovoltaic (PV) systems convert sunlight directly into electricity.

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GEORGIA Cooks By Jane F. Garvey

Celebrating a culinary heritage
Hungarians in Georgia share recipes

G eorgia's kinship with Hungarians is little-known to most of its residents, but according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2017 American Community Survey, an estimated 18,600 Hungarians live in Georgia. Today's Hungarian immigrants aren't the first to come to Georgia. Morris Rich, born Mauritius Reich, established a dry goods store in 1867 that eventually would become Rich's Department Store, bit.ly/richsdept, in Atlanta. His brothers, Emanuel and Daniel, later joined him in business. Hungarian Atlantan Elizabeth Kiss served as the eighth president of Agnes Scott College in Decatur from 2006-18. Kiss, a Rhodes scholar, was born in New York City, where her parents and two older siblings had emigrated after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. New immigrants, such as Tamas Nagy, who runs his EuroCrepe business, bit.ly/eurocrepe, can often be found at the Woodstock Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. Nagy specializes in palascintas, or Hungarian crpes. Among the flavors, he offers them filled with ham and eggs, which appeal to Americans but would not be found in a traditional Hungarian kitchen. In Atlanta's Inman Park, Julianna's Coffee and Crepes, atlantacrepes.com, also offers these Hungarian treats. Owner Andras Turoczi, born in Budapest, was in fourth grade when he and his family came to Georgia in 1988. At the caf he named for his late mother, he offers both traditional palacsintas and some that are, as he says, "more
Get a taste of Hungary
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Tamas Nagy serves a palascinta at the Woodstock Farmers Market.
mainstream." He's been in business for a little more than six years.
"I do traditional ones, following the traditions in my family for this dish," Turoczi says. "I have over 20-something types. I want to be mainstream, though."
A half-dozen of his dishes are rigorously traditional, such as Turos, filled with sweet farmer's cheese and optional raisins, and the rest are designed to appeal to the American palate.
Haralson County in West Georgia also boasts a connection to Hungary. The town of Budapest was founded in the late 1880s when 200 Hungarian families left Pennsylvania for Georgia. Former coal

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Above: Julianna's Coffee and Crepes in Atlanta serves more than 25 types of crpes, including traditional Hungarian specialties. Above right: The Royale is filled with tasso-style ham, smoked Gouda, organic baby field greens and house-made spicy peach chutney.
miners, they headed South to grow grapes and make wine in Carroll and Haralson counties. Connecticut entrepreneur Ralph Spencer acquired 2,000 acres for viticulture and soon had established Budapest, where each family cultivated a vine-laden, 10-acre plot of land.
When Georgia's Prohibition, decreed in 1907, ended all winemaking endeavors in the state, most of those Hungarian families returned to Pennsylvania.
The only remnant of Budapest today is the cemetery holding the graves of these intrepid pioneers who came from Hungary to West Georgia's rolling lands.
Besides Budapest, other established towns included Nitra, named for what today is Slovakia's oldest and fifth-largest city, and Tokaj, honoring Hungary's famous sweet white wine.
For many Hungarians living in Georgia now, the history of these early immigrants comes as a surprise.
"I had no idea [there was a Budapest, Ga.], and I've been living here since 1995," Turoczi says.
Georgia is nothing if not full of surprises! Jane F. Garvey is a food, wine and travel writer from Decatur.

The Hungarian community of Carroll and Haralson counties has assembled both Southern and traditional Hungarian recipes in a cookbook by the Budapest Group/Haralson County Historical Society in Buchanan. "The Southern Roots of Budapest" (2012) offers a substantial cross section of traditional Hungarian fare, along with fried chicken and pecan pie.
This recipe is from Pauline Estavanko Rado. The Estavanko surname, along with variants on that spelling, remains in Carrollton among the descendants of those early Hungarians.
PALACSINTK: HUNGARIAN PANCAKE

Pancakes or Crpes

2 cups flour

2 cups milk, plus more if needed

2 eggs

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Cheese Filling

1 pound cottage cheese or farmers cheese

1 egg, beaten

1/4 to 1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Powdered sugar or syrup

To make the pancakes or crpes: Mix together flour, milk, eggs and

sugar. Note: Batter should be fairly thin. If it is too thick, add a little more

milk.

Heat a crpe pan or 8-inch frying pan. Place a couple of table-

spoons of batter in the pan, turning it to spread the batter so it thinly

covers the bottom of the pan. When the crpe is firm on the bottom,

turn it over and cook it on the other side until it's no longer wet. Remove

cooked crpe from pan, stacking the crpes as you make them. Cover

with a tea towel.

For the cheese filling: Combine the cottage cheese or farmers

cheese, beaten egg, sugar and vanilla. Spread a dollop of filling on

top of the crpes. Starting from one side of the crepe, roll them up.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar (traditional) or serve with syrup.

Serves about 12.

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Few dishes are more associated with Hungarian cuisine than apple strudel. This recipe from "The Southern Roots of Budapest" was contributed by Ziva Peterson.
ALMS RTES: HUNGARIAN APPLE STRUDEL
Dough 3 cups flour 1 cup margarine 3 egg yolks 2 tablespoons vinegar 1/4 cup water Filling 3 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 12 apples, cored, peeled, sliced
Mix flour and margarine as for pie crust. Using two forks, two knives or a pastry blender, cut the margarine into the flour until the mixture resembles cornmeal. In a separate bowl, mix together egg yolks, vinegar and water. Add all at once to the flour mixture. Knead the dough just until blended and divide into 3 equal pieces. Wrap each in waxed paper. Allow to rest in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours.
Meanwhile, make the filling. Place the sugar, cinnamon and sliced apples in a small pot, and cook until sugar is melted. Reserve.
When ready to prepare strudels, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Roll out 1 piece of dough on a pastry cloth and spread with 1/3 of the prepared apple filling. Roll up dough as if making a jelly roll. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and apple filling. Bake the strudels for 50-60 minutes. Cut while still warm on the pan. Note: The pastry will cut more easily and neatly if allowed to cool a little before being cut. Makes 3 strudels.

This dish in "The Southern Roots of Budapest" comes from Andrea Lauer Rice and Edith Lauer, who note that it is a traditional recipe of the Kiss/Lauer families. They say that their grandmother and mother recommend making it a day ahead except for the vegetables, adding those the next day when the dish is to be served.
HUNGARIAN GOULASH GULYSLEVES
2 (14.5-ounce) cans beef broth or 2 cups beef bouillon 6-8 cups lukewarm water 1/4 pound smoked bacon, diced (optional) or 2-3 tablespoons oil,
lard or shortening 2 onions, peeled, diced 2 tablespoons good-quality Hungarian paprika 2-1/2 to 3 pounds lean beef cubes 1 teaspoon black peppercorns Salt, to taste 1 large green pepper, stem and seeds removed, cut into bite-size
pieces 2 or 3 thick carrots, peeled, cut into thick slices 2 parsnips, peeled, cut into thick slices About 16 medium potatoes (2 per person), peeled, cut into thick
slices Sourdough or brown bread, for serving
Mix beef broth (or bouillon) with water and reserve. Saut bacon to render drippings, or melt lard/shortening or heat oil in a large pot set over medium heat. Add onions and saut until translucent. Remove pot from heat, and stir in paprika. Note: Adding paprika over heat will cause it to taste bitter. Add beef; return to heat, browning meat on all sides. Add reserved beef broth/water mixture and peppercorns. Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes. Taste for seasoning and adjust if needed, adding salt, if necessary. Note: At this point, you could let the dish cool and store, covered, in the refrigerator for a day.
When ready to serve, bring the base back to a boil and reduce the heat. Add green pepper, carrots, parsnips and potatoes to simmering liquid. Bring the pot back to a boil again, reduce heat and continue to cook slowly until meat and vegetables are tender, approximately 20-25 minutes. Serve with warm sourdough or brown bread. Serves 8.

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SNAPShot By Jim Jess

Georgia 4-H Photography Project winners

Each July, senior district finalists in the

Georgia 4-H Photography Project compete at

the State 4-H Congress in Atlanta. The 4-H pho-

tographers are judged on their project work,

written portfolios and presentations. Georgia

Magazine is the sponsor of this competition.

This year's project winner was Hannah

Eckerman, of Waynesboro (Burke County 4-H),

the daughter of Nicklaus and April Eckerman.

Gabrielle Harmon, of Evans (Columbia County

4-H), the daughter of Brent and Christina

Harmon, placed second. Kaitlyn Conner, of

Trion (Chattooga County 4-H), the daughter

of Bo and Angie Conner (North Georgia EMC

members), won third place. Photos shown here

were taken by Eckerman and Conner, as well as

finalist Emily Fenno, of Savannah, the daughter

of Jim and Mindy Fenno.

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1. Emily Fenno captured this ominous sky before a
thunderstorm while visiting her aunt and uncle in Poynette, Wis.

2. Kaitlyn Conner took this close-up photo of lemon
slices at Jefferson's Restaurant in Rome.

3. Emily Fenno photographed this colorful shelf fun-
gus at Skidaway Island State Park near Savannah.

4 4. Hannah Eckerman snapped this photo of a daisy
at sunset on a mission trip this summer in

West Virginia.

"Snapshot" submissions: Send photos, along with names of children and parents

(or guardians), city of residence, electric co-op (if served by one), phone number,

Upcoming themes: "Holiday traditions"

email address and mailing address, to Snapshot, 2100 East Exchange Place, Suite 510,

and "Springtime in Georgia"

Tucker, GA 30084. Or send crisp digital (300 dpi) photos to snapshot@georgiaemc. com. (Photos become magazine property.)

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