| Hambone Jam Photo Mailbag - June 20, 2006 |
 |
| Hambone Jam |
James:
Thank you so much for the KNS's Johnny-on-the-spot reporting of Saturday's Hambone Jam. It truly exceeded our modest expectations. Loraine (Khoury), Mike (Brennan) , William (Khoury) and I couldn't have done it without the volunteers who so generously gave their time and hard work to help us. The judges, W.L. Brown, Deeda Brown, Will Crawley and Randy Head, are all certified Memphis in May judges and we were honored to have them.
The volunteers, Delise Knight, Paul Knight, Jane Simmerly, Jay Borum and Annette Jones worked as hard as any people I've ever seen and did it all with smiles on their faces. Mike Brennan's band, Plan B, also donated their time and talent to the event and put the "jam" in Hambone Jam.
Jack Lee was kind enough to make up some extra barbecue sauce for us to use when we served the sandwiches. Thanks also to all who entered, as the contestants were the heart and soul of the whole thing.
Congratulations to the winners, Barbecue Monsters, G's Specialty and The Jolly Nut team (twice). I am attaching a few pictures which you may wish to distribute.
Jana Jones - Assistant Mainstreet Director
PS: Don't forget Picnic in the Park
this Thursday - 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM(6/22/06).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hambone Jam Photo Gallery
1st (Phirst) Place Winner in Pork Competition - Barbeque Monster Team (Perry, Ga.)
Mainstreet Director Loraine Khoury presents the winning trophy and a $150 gift certificate to David Braun. The pholks from Perry won the recent Peach Festival Golf Tournament and made off win 1st Place in the Hambone Jam Barbeque Cookoff. They can't beat us in Phootball, however.
Winners of the Sauce Competition "Smilin' Sam" Meyer and "The Judge"
Bryant Culpepper proudly showing off their 1st Place plaque. These two have nothing in common except they know how to phix a good batch of sauce. One is fat, has a headfull of hair and is a University of Georgia graduate. The other is skinny, bald and a Awburn University grad.
This duo plans to market their new product under the label "Smilin' Sams Judgment Day BBQ Sauce". This duo also placed 3rd (Thurd) in the Meat Competition.
2nd (Second) Place winner in Meat Competition - G's Specialty
Gerald Applebee Team - Fort Valley
Gathering Around the Gazebo
The Judges L to R: Randy Head, W.L. Brown, Deeda Brown & Will Crawley. Notice the Styrofoam boxes which were number coded to ensure fairness in the meat competition. The round cups contain the sauces.
In Background - Phormer Kounty Kommissioner Maphew Mullis, "Jimmy the Kricket" Jones, Karen Deese, Peach Kounty High Sheriff Terry Deese
Phoreground: Volunteers Loraine Khoury and Delise Knight. "The Judge" is propped up on Trash Can
Hambone Mailbag
James, Did you know.....?
.....Yours truly is a card carryin', badge wearin' Certified Memphis In May Judge! Next year, if the Hambone Jam is lookin' for Certified Judges to serve along local celebs, I'd love to be considered. Pheel pfree to pass my contact person along to whoever might be coordinating. My contact inphormation should be at the bottom of this string of emails.
-Gordito
(Gordon Maner)
E. Gordon Maner
Program Manager, Local Government Programs
Governmental Training, Education, and Development Division
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
201 North Milledge Ave.
Athens, Georgia 30602-5482
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sounds like a great time!! I'm just sorry that we could not make it down for this inaugural event. I had given it serious consideration. I really wish that we lived closer. Give my congratulations to the Jolly Nut team. It is hard to believe that Sam Meyer and Bryant Culpepper are such good cooks!! We will try harder to make it to FV next year for Father's Day Hambone Jam. Caron Smith Peavy
(Dalton, Ga.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Your wording again lacks any rationale. Being a judge is not a "Job"... It is an elected position just like any other with duties to the elected citizens. It is to be considered a privilege for serve for a while, and then to move over for others to be elected. Try to keep your wording appropriate since you are an elected official also.
Just trying to keep you from sounding so stupid..
It was good about the Hambone Jam although I never saw you around.
Rock Herbert
(Phort Valley)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How about getting that sauce recipe from his honor. Maphew Mullet
(Phort Valley)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GREAT DAY FOR FESTIVAL MY 58TH DAY ON THE LORDS EARTH. JAMES PLEASE ASK THAT NO GIFTS ARE NECESSARY ON JUNE 24, 2006. SEMPER FI,
FLINT RIVER GRUNT
AKA
JH YANCEY, USMC
PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS OVER ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN
Peach Festival News
Hi James, If you send out anything on the Peach Festival this week could you include this... Thanks, Paul Knight paul@knight.name
Fort Valley Sesquicentennial Commission Celebrates Agriculture at the Peach Festival
| Saturday, June 24th, on Main St. in downtown Fort Valley the Sesquicentennial Commission will sponsor 2 booths. The indoor booth will feature 150 years in agriculture with displays depicting the production cotton, peaches and pecans. |
| Peach County Farmers will be available to share their personal stories along with history of local farming from 9 am till 12 noon. Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn local history from the men who lived it. Some of the "agricultural historians" available Saturday morning will include George Hancock, Grover Cleveland, Henry Outler, R.T. Church, Virgil Young, Bill Dick, Wallis Hardeman and Robert Ray. These men will explain "how it was done in the old days" and the modernization of farming that took place over the years. |
| Agriculture has played a vital role in Fort Valley since the city was chartered in 1856. Cotton was king in the 1800's until 1915 when the boll weevil arrived in Georgia and destroyed most of the cotton crops over several growing seasons. |
| Fort Valley became famous in the 1900's for the areas high quality peach crop. In 1921, 1/3 of all Georgia peaches came from Fort Valley. The Peach Blossom Festival, held from 1922 until 1926 drew as many as 40,000 people in one year to Fort Valley. |
| Pecans later become a major crop around Fort Valley. By the 1950's Georgia was ranked as the top state in the nation for pecan production and continues to be regarded as the top producer. |
| Today, you can drive around the Fort Valley area and see all of these crops which are still vital to our local economy. |
| Stop by our booth at the Peach Festival to see and hear how history was made as well as our future in agriculture. |
*******************
For more articles written by the editor go to: