Scott Slade's Georgia

"Looking ahead to Veterans Day — a tribute to Georgia Vietnam veterans and their mission to give back."

It's thought that over 200-thousand Vietnam veterans are currently living in Georgia. As we approach Veterans

Day next week, speaking with John Butler with the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association. He describes

how their mission started over four decades ago as a way to communicate the patriotism and professionalism of returning Vietnam

veterans. It has evolved to service to the community, ranging from endowing scholarships, a 40-year partnership

with the USO, and creating and maintaining twenty-nine memorials, including the one at Dunwoody's

Brook Run Park. It's the only one like it in the world. www.avvba.org

Speaking with Georgia filmmakers Luke Pilgrim and Brad Kennedy about their latest project, "Unknown Georgia --

Macon to Augusta." Collecting stories from real people about their paranormal experiences ranging from UFO

sightings to a haunted floor in an Augusta hotel popular with guests. Strange how there seem to be a quite of few

of these stories popping up along the Georgia Fall Line. https://www.youtube.com/sozobearfilms

"How a six-decade tradition of bluegrass music is being kept alive and well in North Gwinnett."

Speaking with those who have been keeping Everett's Music Barn thriving since 1964 in Suwanee.

Here's how Tommy Everett, Rena Everett MacDaniel and a long list of musicians and volunteers are

keeping the popular Saturday night performances up and running for all these years. Their October

Fall Festival and Fundraiser begins at noon on Saturday October 24. www.everettsmusicbarn.net

Speaking with White County High School Principal Steve Horton about his school's ultra-successful student media Pathways program. A hundred students are involved

year round In everything from live and recorded broadcast production to selling, writing and producing commercials for local businesses for the Friday Night

live football game broadcasts on the school's YouTube channel, Warrior TV. This is a great example of how successful Pathways has been preparing students for careers ranging from medicine to education to agriculture to media. @wtvnwarriortv

"Here's the recipe for a stunning leaf season in the North GA Mountains."

Speaking with Georgia Forestry Commission Ranger Casey Tudor about how the leaf season

is shaping up. Peak weeks are usually the last week of October into the first week of November.

Follow along at www.GAtrees.org and hit the "leaf watch" button.

https://gatrees.org/forest-management-conservation/fall-leaf-watch/

"Here's the recipe for a stunning leaf season in the North GA Mountains." Speaking with Georgia Forestry Commission Ranger Casey Tudor about how the leaf season is shaping up. Peak weeks are usually the last week of October into the first week of November. Follow along at www.GAtrees.org and hit the "leaf watch" button. https://gatrees.org/forest-management-conservation/fall-leaf-watch/

"It's not just football and pumpkin spice — it's Joro Spider Season in Georgia!"

Speaking with UGA Entomology Professor Jason Schmidt about the study he has coauthored on what makes

these spiders tick. They have been with us for about a decade, imported from Japan, and lucky us — they thrive

in north Georgia, the thinking being it's a climate similar do their native Japan. They tend to build their webs near

human infrastructure, they are cold hardy, they are venomous but they are not harmful to humans or pets. They eat

pests and largely do not compete with native species. And how they spread so quickly? They can fly. www.jorowatch.org

"Here's a rare opportunity to own a piece of Georgia history."

A sizeable portion of historic Gay, Georgia, is now on the market. Speaking with Harrison Summerour, whose family owns and operates the small

Town and the biannual Gay Cotton Fair, coming up the first weekend of October. Offered at $13.5 million, the town is about 50 miles south of Atlanta.

The property contains about 64 acres,17 buildings spanning much of the town's historic center including commercial storefronts, agricultural land,

the Townhouse Farm and Brewery, and the fairgrounds.

The town has been a movie and TV production set ("Lawless" starring Shia LaBeouf, The Walking Dead, The West, Barbecue

Showdown, and others) and nearby neighbors include the renowned Big Red Oak Plantation sporting reserve and Quercus, Georgia's only Relais and

Chateaux hotel and dining destination, recently awarded a coveted Michelin Key.

How this year's Dekalb Peachtree Airport Good Neighbor Day event will make history this weekend.

Speaking with PDK Airport Director Hunter Hines and airshow announce Matt Jolley about the Saturday

September 19 event that features aerobatics, static displays, an interactive STEM exhibit, and for the

first time ever at PDK: a nighttime airshow segment with drones and fireworks.

Gates open 1:00 PM-8:45 PM Saturday, free admission with $20 parking fee. Details at PDKairshow.org.

"NOAA says the lower 48 United States has just experienced the hottest summer in 132 years of record keeping."

The summer heat is making a difference in the North Georgia apple season this year. This week, Scott's speaking with Anna Woodward, the Agricultural and Natural Resources Extension Agent in Fannin and Gilmer Counties. While there will be plenty of apples for picking through October, the harvest season has started several weeks early. And the lack of cooler temperatures is affecting the color, though not the quality, of the fruit.