Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:20:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kit Donner
Subject: Unmanageable and dangerous dogs

Dan -

Good luck with both getting your life back together, and with hopefully doing something responsible about your unmanageable dogs.

You may not want to hear my suggestions, if so stop reading now.

I recommend that you call Chatham County Animal Control and ask them to pick up the dogs as surrenders (not strays) and give the Animal Control Officer a candid history of the problems.

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 14:24:21 -0400
From: Lauren Craig
Subject: McDonald’s

Ok, has anyone else noticed that we are getting a MCDONALD’S beside the Lowes on 15-501? I don’t want a McDonald’s in Pittsboro. Many of you probably don’t want a McDonald’s in Pittsboro. Carrboro has a moratorium on fast-food chains in town. Please–let’s band together and keep that intersection from becoming a fast-food pit of despair–sucking the money out of our town and making us all fat!

Are you with me?

-Lauren Craig

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:08:09 -0400
From: Dan Cahoon
Subject: 504 plans

I am in the same situation with one of my children. He is disabled and as a result has difficulty with the current method of education at his school. I am a teacher and so well versed in the laws that protect individuals with disabilities (not to mention having a child with a disability).

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Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 16:48:57 -0400
From: Gene
Subject: Chatlist Membership database cleanup this week

I will be doing a chatlist membership database cleanup this week.

That means that I will be removing any email addresses with multiple “bounce backs” from the database.

I like to keep a current and clean database and do this every couple of months.

It is also very likely that once the cleanup is completed we will have over 2,600 members.

Note to potential chatlist sponsors. This means our sponsorship rate will go up to $13 per daily chatlist starting next month.

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:14:01 -0400
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: RE: Chatham Chatlist #3136

Robert,

I appreciate your questions. Most crop insurance programs are designed for commodity growers producing just a few crops on large acreage. These programs are not designed for our diversified growers who often grow 75-100 different crops throughout the growing season. The USDA’s Risk Management Agency recently developed an insurance program for smaller diversified growers, but to date these programs have not proven cost effective for most small growers.

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Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 15:14:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Sprenger
Subject: What The Hail Was That….!?

I sometimes wonder where the State/Federal Crop Insurance programs stand today…. especially for small local producers.

Is it available? Is it affordable? Is it responsive? Is it invasive? Is it worth it?

Should We Self Insure Our Own Local Growers?

Hail often makes a perfectly usable mature crop “unmarketable” because of blemishes and appearance. Want to help? Go buy it anyways.

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 06:58:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: jaye
Subject: Donkeys as guards - cons

I read the very good post about donkeys and I would add that if you are considering them, that you Google “donkey care” first so you know what’s involved. I have horses, a llama and a mule and I think donkey care would be similar. For instance, it must have its feet trimmed regularly, shots twice a year, regular worming and cannot be out on too much grass in the spring or get too much grain.

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Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:09:05 -0400
From: Dan Cahoon
Subject: Help!

My life is falling apart and I need assistance from the community at large. After reading the recent “stolen dog” drama, I needed to put in my need for someone to “steal” my two bad dogs. They eat cats (which I
need around to keep me sane) and chickens (I just like them and want a flock) and occasionally good friends (well one of them has bitten 5 of my good friends).

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Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 20:45:17 -0400
From: Gloria Schrader
Subject: Re. the tick sticks I mentioned ….

I had quite a few people email me about the tick sticks I mentioned when I asked for advice on guard donkeys.  Here’s the tick stick story:  While our home was being built, I used the Chatlist to ask people how to deal w/ the ticks.

Getting guinea hens was the number one piece of advice, but someone emailed me about making “tick sticks.”  They don’t keep ticks off you, but they are a handy way to get rid of them once they are on you!  We made some and carry them w/ us when we are in our pasture or in the woods.

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Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 12:03:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kit Donner
Subject: Guard Donkeys and other livestock guardians

For best advice about guardian animals with sheep or goats in Chatham, you should call the county ag agent. He is extremely knowledgeable and helpful.

For my opinion -

Is a guard animal necessary with goats or sheep? Some people do get away without them, but in many parts of Chatham a guard animal is a very good idea.

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