Lime Sink, GA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lime-sink/ Lime Sink, GA News Skaggs: Sunbelt AG Expo is a mustsee event for farmers and http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lime-sink/content/7460d7f8f0f1cc3b5f273684e96d01ae.html Catch a glimpse of farming in the future this October at the Southrsquo;s biggest and best farm show The Sunbelt Ag Expo is the worldrsquo;s largest farm show with onsite row crops and field demonstrations During the showrsquo;s three days Oct 1416 the latest technology from the agricultural industry will be on display near Moultrie for all to see and evaluate Unique A longtime Gainesville family made their mark in yellow brick http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lime-sink/content/118d57f7389f8369f4e25fa51cdda0b3.html In 1920 Harmon Lee Edmondson paid 2500 for a piece of property just outside the old Gainesville city limits It sat on a hill on a dirt road called Green Street Circle not far from the new Thompson Bridge Road Classes AA and A welcome 2 members each to poll http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lime-sink/content/9e544ef5207b0eef430d544012de473c.html ATLANTA mdash; Four weeks into the schedule has Class A and AA welcoming two new members each into this week's Associated Press high school football poll Births published Sept 21 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lime-sink/content/a133df6c4dd465d0289056eb37ecbdd8.html Ballinger a girl Annalee Ivanett Sept 1 Tonia and Justin Ballinger DemorestBatts a boy Zakobe Blade Sept 8 Nicole Garrett and Tobyas Batts Flowery Branch Area students get handson history lessons as 145th Battle of http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lime-sink/content/e1143e486a10b9201a40647f3cd03b42.html INCLUDES TWO VIDEOSStudents step back in historyAbraham Lincoln talks to the studentsCHICKAMAUGA About 1400 students turned out Wednesday at the reenactment site for 145th Battle of Chickamauga The students from schools in Northwest Georgia and South Tennessee schools visited battle sites and encampmentsWalker County is commemorating the Battle of Chickamauga one of the countyrsquo;s most significant events with a threeday reenactment this weekend Sept 1921 The event is expected to draw in addition to the students thousands of reenactors and spectatorsThe Battle of Chickamauga took place Sept 1921 1863 and was one of Americarsquo;s bloodiest battles Walker Countyrsquo;s 145th anniversary commemoration of this battle will take place at Davis Crossroads in McLemore CoveAnother round of students is expected Thursday and a final round Friday morningMore than 4000 students including many from the Walker County and Chickamauga school systems are expected to visit the battlegrounds before the 145th Battle of Chickamauga officially opens with a speech by Vice President Dick Cheney at 1 pm FridayVIDEO: Students step back in historyTo launch external video player click hereOn Wednesday students gathered in various groups and visited each battle site and the encampments including Dennis Boggsrsquo;s Abe Lincoln presentation the Naval Museum of Port Columbus and the 13th United States Colored Troops USCT recruiting station to name a fewThe students were given demonstrations of Civil Wartime tea bag making what Civil War time candy was like period dancing and how Civil War soldierrsquo;s guns were loadedThe many different schools to attend included Naomi Elementary in LaFayette Saint Judersquo;s Catholic School in Chattanooga Davis Elementary in Trenton West View Elementary in Chattanooga Red Bank Middle School East Lake Elementary Bright School Elementary in Chattanooga and Meigs North in Decatur Tennldquo;Our students have been learning about the causes of the Civil War and some of the events of the Civil War like Fort Sumterrdquo; Naomi Elementary fifthgrade social studies teacher Mike Ware said his 83 students who attended School Days ldquo;They have been talking about the Battle of Gettysburg and they have been talking about the main people involved in the Civil War hellip; So they have been covering the main people and events of the Civil Warrdquo; ldquo;They are really excited about being here and they have actually been going home and looking up links on the Internet about the Battle of Chickamaugardquo; Ware saidWare said the students plan to return for the battle reenactments by using their ticketsNora Monteith of Saint Judersquo;s Catholic School in Chattanooga said ldquo;We have brought 40 students out here today hellip; We felt that this would be a really good background for our studentsrdquo;VIDEO: Lincoln presenter Dennis BoggsTo launch external video player click hereCLICK ON THESE LINKSFEEDBACK: Send a letter to the editorSUBSCRIBE: Get The Catoosa County News each WednesdayGO BACK:Return to our homepage High school football: Cairo up to No 1 in AP poll http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lime-sink/content/0061507832a30a7223a4ebed0814f765.html ATLANTA mdash; After losing to Class AAAAA No 3 NorthsideWarner Robins Class AAA CarverColumbus drops to No 2 and makes way for Cairo to top the poll in this week's Associated Press high school football poll September 11 2001 September 11 2008 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lime-sink/content/802edcf2d09c21156e1c3893ab1a58df.html During the Japanese surrender ceremony on Sept 2 1945 Gen Douglas MacArthur offered these words in the aftermath of one historyaltering event that ring true in the face of another nearly six decades later Red Elephants crack the top 10 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lime-sink/content/0059d24eaeb8e3136009e80f36e30939.html In terms of rankings two things occurred Friday Buford proved itrsquo;s worthy of itrsquo;s No 1 ranking and Gainesville proved that it belonging in the top 10