'Fire Ant Festival' my choice

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

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'Fire Ant Festival' my choice

Description

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 Georgia. Georgia has kudzu, mule, hogs and gnats for goodness sake with festivals in their name.

"We can have a mascot, an ant in a fire chief's hat and bunker gear standing with a hose ready to put out a fire. Or maybe an ant in camp fatigues and a flamethrower strapped to his back...

Fire ants are everywhere down here. Everybody has been bitten by a fire ant at least once. I can't think of a single redeeming feature for these insects.

Our festival would be an honoring tribute to the fire ant but a simple recognition for all this tiny creature has done since coming here from another continent..."

Source

The Wiregrass Farmer

Publisher

The Wiregrass Farmer

Date

July 6, 1995

Citation

“'Fire Ant Festival' my choice,” Turner County Project Digital Archive Repository, accessed November 13, 2024, https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/items/show/203.

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