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4-H Forestry Field Day
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Four Newton County 4-H'ers competed in tree identification, saw timber estimation, insect and disease identification and pacing at the district Forestry Field Day competition September 10 in Conyers. Students competing were Kelsi Holland and Erica Babcock of Palmer-Stone Elementary and Austin Wynne and Jarod Holland of Cousins Middle. The team - made up of two fifth graders, a seventh grader and an eighth grader - also had to practice spelling while learning varieties of trees, insects and diseases.