Calling all artists

Public Notices

Winners featured on the cover and inside pages of our October magazine edition. Submissions accepted in acrylics, oil, watercolor, pastels, pencil & photography. (Up to three works of art per artist accepted) p.m. All are welcome to the meetings which provide a safe and loving environment for individuals seeking to conquer their hurts, habits and hangups. For more information, visit www. Gracepoint.info or contact Gwin Greathouse at gwingreathouse@gmail. com.

Entries must reﬂect life and scenes in Tallapoosa County or the Lake Martin area.

All entries must be framed, matted or mounted on boards and ready to hang.

A panel of local artists will judge the entries. There is no fee to enter, and no prizes or monetary awards will be made. This year’s contest is just for fun!

Clearly mark each entry with the artist’s name, address and telephone number and deliver entries to the ofﬁce of Lake Martin Living magazine on or before 5 p.m. September 23.

The ofﬁce is located at 548 Cherokee Road, Alexander City, across from Benjamin Russell High School.

Please call magazine editor-in-chief Betsy Iler at 256-234-4282 with questions or email editor@lakemartinmagazine.com.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY SANTUCK: Celebrate Recovery meets each Thursday at 6:15 p.m. at Santuck Baptist Church at 7250 Central Plank Rd. This is a Christ-centered, 12-step program for anyone struggling with hurts, habits, and hangups. Call 334-567-2364 for more information or contact jyates@santuckbaptist. org.

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS: Gamblers Anonymous meets Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Cedarwood Community Church at 10286 U.S. Highway 231 in Wallsboro/Wetumpka. Call 334-567-0476 for more information.

AA MEETING: Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held Mondays at 7 p.m. locat - ed at 105 Tuskeena St. in Wetumpka. a free program it offers its customers already.

RED HILL SCHOOL: The Red Hill School on Highway 229 in the Red Hill Community in Tallassee is open Fridays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for local live music performances. No admission is charged but donations are welcomed to maintain the building and pay for refreshments.

MASTER GARDENER HELPLINE: If you have gardening questions you can call the Master Gardener Helpline at 1-877-252-4769. The helpline starts March 1 and ends in August.

CHILDREN’S HARBOR: Children’s Harbor Treasures and Thrift Store Located on state route 63 just south of Lake Martin Amphitheater, the Children’s Harbor Thrift Store is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. proceeds are used to help fund the activities at the Lake Martin campus of children’s harbor and the Family Center at Children’s Hospital. Call 334-857-2008 for more information.

“[The applicants] go through and take our ag based business training,” Thiseen said. “It’s a standard program we offer for anybody online about how to fill out a business plan, how to think about your own agricultural enterprise. This doesn’t guarantee tomorrow will be perfectly successful for all of you, we get that. But maybe it gives you the jumpstart you need.”

Elmore County natives Kade and Ashley Campbell received one of the grants recently to help construct a 30x50 equipment and hay barn that will help prolong equipment life and preserve the nutritional value of the hay for livestock.

Kade is a native of Eclectic and Ashley of Wetumpka. They purchased property near Fleahop with the idea of raising a family on a farm and the children, ages one and three, attending schools in Eclectic.

“We had to think about that and where our kids would grow up,” Ashley said. “When we bought our property, our big goal was to put cows on it. I’m not sure where that desire came from.”

The idea was to use the farm to help teach responsibility to the children.

“It’s one of our priorities to understand when they grow up to have responsibility for taking care of animals, that they can’t just go out and play video games,” Kade said.

The couple still work full time jobs. Kade is an engineer with Montgomery Water Works and Ashley is a chemist there. The jobs help the Campbells make ends meet while their farming operation grows. Justin and Neily Barret have helped the Campbells be successful as first generation farmers.

“We’ve had some really good mentors,” Ashley said. “They have really helped us with our cattle operation. We would not have been able to have the experience we had without them.”

The Campbells own 28 acres and lease another 70 for their cattle operation with just more than 30 brood stock. And they are just getting into pigs.

“The pandemic brought the idea of farm to table with beef,” Kade said. “People are looking for the same thing with chicken and pork especially with the pricing.”

Ashley said a farm to table pork product is their niche with few smaller pork growers.

In time, the Campbells want to be able to get USDA approved so they can sell single cuts of meat, but for now they are growing the operation selling sides of beef and pork, mainly to those they know.

“Your biggest customers are repeat customers,” Kade said. “If the first thing they taste isn’t good, they won’t be back. We want to make sure we are putting out quality.”

Do you know anyone that enjoys the game of golf? Golf is a popular sport that is played by millions of people in the United States and around the World. The object of Golf is to use various types of clubs to hit a small ball several yards into a hole at the other end of the course. Courses usually have nine or 18 holes. The game is played on a grassy field called a Golf Course. Players use several types of clubs. A driver sends the ball long distances; the iron is used at shorter distances; and a putter is used at the end for precision. The course is made up of several elements. The player starts by hitting the ball at the Tee. The ball then travels down what is called the Fairway. Along the sides of the fairway are often wooded areas which are called the Rough. The hole is on a special area of grass called the Green. Other areas that are sometimes hard to avoid, like sand pits or small bodies of water, are called Traps. The object of the game is to get the ball into the hole with the least number of strokes to the ball with your clubs. The number of strokes that it should take an almost perfect player to get the ball into a particular hole is referred to as Par. Most holes are somewhere between Par 3 and Par 5. When a player gets the ball into the hole with one stroke, it is called a “Hole-in-One.” Players can play alone, in teams, or in groups. Players can travel along the course by foot or in a golf cart. Professional players often have a caddy. A caddy is an assistant who carries the golf bag and retrieves the clubs for them. The exact origin of golf is unknown. The oldest golf courses in the World are located in Scotland and some of them were used as early as the 16th Century.

Across Clues: 3. Assistant to professional golfers. 5. The number of strokes it should take to get the ball in a hole is called _____. 6. Sand pit or body of water. 8. When only one stroke is used. 9. Areas that run alongside the fairway. 11. Where the ball is first hit. Down Clues: 1. Stretch of grass that ball travels down.