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Fire Ant Festival Sign

located at the Turner County Courthouse on E. College Avenue in Ashburn, GA

Tags: Fire Ant Festival, Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

Turner Will Wage War on Ants

Tags: Ants, Fire Ant Festival, Georgia Department of Agriculture, State Representative Ted Hudson, The Wiregrass Farmer

Committee Picks festival name 'Spirit of the South'

1995 Aug 2 - FAF - spirit of the south festival name.jpg

Spirit of the South is the name for the planned Turner County festival. Shirley Whiddon suggested the name.

The festival will be in March, 1996 and is planned to involve all parts of Turner County...

The committee set up a festival checking…

Tags: Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Machine, Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Branding Iron, Charles Marion Payne (1938-2010), City of Ashburn (government), Fire Ant Festival, Hobby's, Jay Leatherwood (1936-2019), Rotary Club, Shirley Beard Whiddon (1942-2018), Tabernacle, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse, Turner County Elementary School

'Fire Ant Festival' my choice

1995 Jul 6 - FAF - Ben Baker wants the Fire Ant Festival name.jpg

Editorial by Wiregrass Farmer Editor Ben Baker advocating for the Turner County festival to be named the Fire Ant Festival.

"I like the idea for a number of reasons (not just because I came up with the name.) Think about the other festival around…

Tags: Ben Baker, Fire Ant Festival, Shelley Zorn, The Wiregrass Farmer

Local festival seeks name; set of last weekend in March

1995 Jun 7 - FAF - festival seeks name.jpg

"The Festival Committee agreed to have a contest to name the event. The Committee is also seeking someone to draw a mascot for the planned annual event..."

Tags: Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Community National Bank, Fire Ant Festival, Jay Leatherwood (1936-2019), Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, Shelley Zorn, The Wiregrass Farmer

Fest name changed again

1995 Nov 1 - FAF - festival named changed to Wiregrass Festival.jpg

"The name for the planned Turner County festival has been changed again.

At its regular meeting last week, the festival voted to change the name to 'Wiregrass Festival.' This year's theme will be 'Flame the Fire Ant.'

Several committee members…

Tags: Community National Bank, Fire Ant Festival, Jerry Parker, McKenzie Building, Rotary Club, Sue Rochfort, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Motors, Wanee Lake Country Club

Festival name register to avoid another change

1995 Nov 15 - FAF - WGF name change explained.jpg

"Another stumbling block was jumped by the Turner County festival committee last week.

The committee voted several weeks ago to officially name the festival the 'Wiregrass Festival.'
...
Mr. Leatherwood said he received a call from a man living…

Tags: Ashburn Bank, Jay Leatherwood (1936-2019), McKenzie Building, Shelley Zorn, Snow Jamison, The Fire Ant Festival, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thrasher House, Turner County Civic Center, Turner County Commission

Festival Picks 1996 Logo

Flame the Fire Ant drawn by Minnie G. Brown

Tags: Bancorp Finance, Fire Ant Festival, McKenzie Building, Minnie G. Brown, Rev. John Townsend, Tabernacle, The Wiregrass Farmer

Fire Ant Frenzy on line for '97 Festival

1996 May 29 - FAF - 1997 theme announced.jpg

"At its regular meeting, the Wiregrass Festival Committee decided a theme for the 1997 festival.

It will be: 'Fire Ant Frenzy,' a gene suggested by Sue Lanneau. In the discussion, Mrs. Lanneau noted that 'Frenzy' implies a lot of activity,…

Tags: Ashburn Bank, Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Fire Ant Festival, Hobby's, Jay Leatherwood (1936-2019), Olde Towne Deli, Steve Lee, Sue Lanneau, The Wiregrass Farmer