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BARROW JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011
Food Pantry in
need of donations
The shelves at the local
food pantry are almost bare
due to a recent delay in local
food stamp processing and
distribution.
Items of most use at the
pantry are: canned meat,
cereal, peanut butter, jelly
and other breakfast prod
ucts. Food pantry coordina
tors are hoping businesses
and/or churches will spon
sor emergency food drives to
help meet this urgent need.
To facilitate food distribution
and cut down on sorting time,
pantry coordinators ask that
larger donors or food drive
sponsors donate bags or cases
of a single item, rather than a
selection of items. Monetary
donations are also welcome
and are tax deductible.
The food pantry, which is
located at 41 Candler St. in
Winder, is operated by the
Barrow County Cooperative
Benevolence Ministries
(BCCBM.)
Donations can be left at the
pantry just before 5:30 p.m.
or just after 6 p.m. A1 Brown,
the BCCBM Food Patnry
Coordinator, will also pick
up food for the pantry. For
more information, to donate
or to help, call Brown at 770-
868-7269.
Senior Center plans
October activities
The B anow County Senior
Center has several activi
ties planned for the month
of October, which include
Bingo, St. Mary's and Athens
Regional health programs,
GeorgiaCares, a volunteer-
based program that provides
free information and assis
tance to Medicare beneficia
ries, UGA nutrition program,
music, and a trip to Jaemore
Farms.
All seniors age 60 and older
arc welcome to attend.
The center is located at 80
Lee St. in Winder. For more
information, contact the cen
ter at 770-307-3025.
Leftover Pets announces
Oct. spay/neuter dates
Leftover Pets offers low
cost spay/neuter surgeries
every other week at their
clinic in Winder (610 Barrow
Park Drive). More than 400
animals have been spayed/
neutered since the Barrow
clinic opened in May.
Upcoming dates include
Oct. 27 and 31. Prices are
$75 for a female dog over 25
lbs, $60 for a female dog up
to 25 lbs, $50 for a male dog,
$50 for a female cat, $30 for
a male cat.
All surgery prices include
a free rabies vaccination.
Leftover Pets does not add
fees for in heat or pregnant
animals.
For more information on
clinic services, please visit
http://www.petmechan-
ics.org. Appointments are
required and must be made
by calling 706-654-3291.
Brotherhood club to hold
community service banquet
The Brotherhood Club,
Inc. will hold its annual
Community Service Awards
Banquet Friday, Oct. 21,
at 7 p.m., at the Winder
Community Center located at
113. E. Athens Street.
The guest speaker will be
Dr. John Talley, Senior Pastor
of First Baptist Church of
Winder.
This annual event helps the
organization continue to pro
vide scholarships for college
bound students in the com
munity.
Tickets are $20 each and
may be purchased by con
tacting Anthony Harris at
770-369-2922 or A1 Brown
at 770-868-7269.
Corporate sponsorship and
donations can be made by
contacting The Brotherhood
Club, Inc., at P.O. Box 761,
Winder, Georgia 30680.
‘Boo Y’all Ball’ to
benefit March of Dimes
An inaugural benefit for
the B anow-Jackson March of
Dimes — “Boo Y'all Ball"
— will be held on Saturday,
Oct. 22, from 7-11 p.m., at
the Winder Lions Club.
The event will feature live
music by The Hit Factory, a
costume contest, silent auc
tion, free appetizers and cash
bar for those 21 and older.
Costumes are optional for
guests.
Tickets are $25 each or six
for $125. All proceeds will
benefit the Barrow-Jackson
March of Dimes.
For more information, or
tickets, contact Candy Greene
at 678-425-1309 or candy.
greene@cbtonline.com; Patty
Shaffer at 678-425-6105 or
patty.shaffer@chicos.com;
or Wendy Mingus at 706-
824-7019 or by e-mail at
wmingus @hometowncb.
com.
Pilot Club to hold
annual BBQ dinner
The Pilot Club of Winder,
Inc. will hold its 14th
Annual Bar-B-Que dinner on
Saturday, Oct. 22, from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Winder
Masonic Lodge located at the
corner of Center Street and
Kelly Drive.
Tickets are $7 each and can
be purchased from any Pilot
member or at the door. All
proceeds will fund Pilot ser
vice projects directly benefit
ing the residents of Barrow
County.
Pilot membership is open
to all civic/service-minded
adults; new members are
welcome.
Please call 770-867-3919,
or 770-867-7147 or 770-867-
7309 for ticket or member
ship information.
Health Dept,
offers flu shots
The Barrow County Health
Department is offering flu
shots for $20. The health dept,
is located at 233 E. Broad St.
in Winder. For more informa
tion call 770-307-3011.
Bike Race to benefit
camps for Special Kids
Camp Twin Lakes, located
in Fort Yargo State Park, will
host a Spin For Kids benefit
mountain bike race on Sat.,
Oct. 22, at the park. Riders
can choose 8, 12 or 20-mile
rides.
Proceeds will go to help
support the camp, which
hosts year round programs
for children with serious ill
nesses, special needs or chal
lenges. The camp is solely
funded by donations and the
race is one of its major fund
raisers. For more information
or to register, go to www.
spinforkids.org.
Senior crime
prevention class
The Barrow County Senior
Center will host a second
crime prevention class for
residents 55 and older. The
Barrow County Sheriff’s
Dept, will teach the class.
The session is scheduled for
for Tuesday, Oct. 25, from
10 — 11 a.m.
Contact the center at 770-
307-3025 for more informa
tion and to reserve a space.
The center is located at 80
Lee St. in Winder. Space is
limited.
Alzheimer’s support to
meet Oct. 25 at BRMC
Are you caring for a loved
one with Alzheimer’s disease
or related dementias? Join
Athens Community Council
on Aging (ACCA) at the
third floor conference room
at Barrow Regional Medical
Center, 316 North Broad
Street in Winder for a care
giver luncheon.
The support group will
meet on Tuesday, October
25, at noon for lunch and
networking.
Community Briefs
This program provides an
opportunity for individu
als caring for someone with
Alzheimer’s Disease or relat
ed dementias to fellowship
with other caregivers, partici
pate in educational programs,
have questions answered
about your loved one’s care
and gain knowledge from
health care professionals.
Pre-registration is required
and care for your loved one
and lunch will be provided at
no cost to you. Please RSVP
to Mallory Lopp at 706-549-
4850 or email mlopp@accag-
ing.org. Space is limited.
Benefits set for Tonya
Royster Lynn children
Two benefits for the children
of Tonya Royster Lynn will
be held Saturday, Oct. 29, at
Statham Elementary School.
A yard sale will begin at 9
a.m. and donations are being
accepted. For more informa
tion call Grapelle Thompson,
770-867-7457. A family fun
night will be from 6 p.m.
until 9 p.m. Hamburgers and
hotdogs will be sold and live
entertainment including The
Down Home Cut-Ups and
gospel groups Crystal River
& River’s Edge will perform.
Genealogical Society
sets meeting dates
The East Georgia
Genealogical Society meets
the second Tuesday of each
month at 7 p.m. at The
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints located at
36 Sims Road, Winder.
A variety of programs are
presented to help enhance
your research.
Meeting dates scheduled
for the remainder of this year
are: Nov. 8 and Dec. 13.
E-mail gaeggs@yahoo.com
for more information.
Visit the website at www.
rootsweb.com/gaeggs. EGGS
is celebrating its 20-year
anniversary (1991—2011).
Habitat hosting
spaghetti dinner
Barrow County Habitat
for Humanity is having a
Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser
on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the
Lions Club in Winder, from
5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Plates,
which include spaghetti,
salad, bread and a drink, are
$7. After the dinner, a live
auction will begin at 7 p.m. A
list of items to be auctioned
is at www.barrowhabitat.org.
Bids can be submitted through
the website or at the auc
tion. All proceeds go to fund
the construction of Barrow’s
14th Habitat House. For more
information, call Sally Brown
at 770-995-1690.
Run/Walk to benefit
Christmas Toy Drive
To help ensure that every
child in Barrow County gets
a gift this Christmas, Barrow
County Family Connection
is sponsoring the first annual
Holiday Harvest 5K Run/
Walk on Friday, Nov. 11.
Headmaster’s
Corner
by
Steve Cummings
PINKED OUT - This past
Friday evening at the ACS v.
Riverside Military Academy
football game, we got “pinked
out" as we honored ACS family
members and relatives of ACS
family members who are breast
cancer survivors. Although
breast cancer continues to
impact 1 in 8 women in this
country in 2010, there were
more than 2.5 million breast
cancer survivors living in the
U.S.
Life on this earth can be filled
with pain and sorrow. As
believers, we look forward to a
day when there will be no more
pain and no more suffering.
What great news to know there
will be no cancer - of any kind -
in Heaven.
ATHENS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
‘‘Affordable Quality Education Since 1970”
K3-12TH CALL (706) 549-7586
www.athenschristian.com
Proceeds will benefit Holiday
Connection, a local program
that provides gifts for chil
dren whose families are
having trouble making ends
meet. Corporate and/or pri
vate sponsorships for the race
are available.
The race will start and fin
ish at W. Clair Harris Stadium,
Winder-Barrow High. Day-of
registration and race packet
pick-up begins at 6 p.m. The
race starts at 7 p.m. For more
information or to pre-regis
ter, go to: www.active.com/
holidayharvest5krun/walk.
Registration forms can also
be accessed through “events’’
at www.barrowfamilyconnec-
tion.org.
For more information on
Holiday Connection, Family
Connection or the race, call
Meg Loggins at 770-868-
2910.
Narcotics Anonymous
hosts ongoing meetings
Narcotics Anonymous
weekly group meetings are
held every Tuesday, from 7
— 8 p.m., at Statham First
Baptist Church, located at the
corner of Broad and Jefferson
St., in the fellowship hall.
Meetings are non-smoking,
open and wheelchair acces
sible.
BRMC program helps
cancer patients’ self-esteem
A national program
designed to boost cancer
patients" self-esteem is now
available at Barrow Regional
Medical Center.
Look Good...Feel Better is
open to women with cancer
who are undergoing various
treatments like radiation and
chemotherapy.
The toll that cancer takes on
the body is unmistakably dif
ficult, and Look Good...Feel
Better provides support and
information on how to com
bat the physical side effects
of the illness and therapies.
In the monthly 90-minute
class, women can learn tech
niques such as makeup appli
cation, choosing and wearing
wigs and proper nail care.
The program also pro
vides information to male
cancer patients in the form
of brochures and daily rou
tine changes that can help to
counter the effects of harsh
cancer treatments. The class
is currently scheduled for the
fourth Monday of each month
in the third floor conference
room at BRMC. For more
information on the Look
Good...Feel Better program
and other cancer support ser
vices, visit www.lookgood-
feelbetter.org/programs or
www.cancer.org.
Information is also available
through the Athens office of
the American Cancer Society
at 706-549-4893.
Books needed for
Detention Center
The Detention Division of
the Barrow County Sheriff’s
Office is seeking donated
books for the inmate library.
For more information or
to donate, contact Lt. Jimmy
Carroll, 770-307-3080, ext.
1450.
Donations requested
for tree lighting event
The organizers of the
Celebrate the Holidays in
Braselton festival are seeking
donations from local busi
nesses to include as door
prizes at the annual Lighting
of the Braselton Christmas
Tree.The event will be held
on Saturday, Nov. 12, and
“door prizes” will be given
to attendees throughout the
tree lighting. Volunteers are
seeking small items for the
giveaway for both children
and adults. The themes are
“Winter Wonderland” and
“Cars 2.” Those who provide
a prize will have their busi
ness or product recognized
in front of all of those that
attend. For more informa
tion, e-mail Braselton town
manager Jennifer Dees at
jdees@braselton.net.
AARP offers
driver safety class
Barrow County AARP
Chapter No. 3735 will offer
a driver safety class Friday,
November 29, from 9 a.m.
- 3:45 p.m. at the Barrow
County Leisure Services
Center, 195 Second Street,
Winder.
The course cost is $12 for
AARP members and $14 for
non-members. Payment is
due the morning of the class.
November is military month
and all military personnel are
eligible to take the class for
free with valid ID.
Participants may be eli
gible to receive a discount on
car insurance upon complet
ing the course.
For more information, call
770-725-2239.
Senior Center planning
February cruise
The Barrow County Senior
Center is planning a 5-day,
4-night cruise, departing Feb.
25, 2012, to Cozumel Mexico
and Grand Cayman Islands.
There are a few rooms still
available.
For more information and
to reserve your space, call
the center at 770-307-3025,
Monday — Friday, 8 a.m.
until 4 p.m.
Auburn Library hosts
Preschool Story Time
The Auburn Libary holds
Preschool Story Time each
Tuesday morning at 11 a.m.
Kids Art Club is held each
Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. It
is geared toward ages 8-12
with a $1 fee.
Winder Library
hosts ‘Story Time’
“Story Time” at the Winder
Library is held each Thursday
at 10:30 am.
Kids, come ready to play
games, sing songs, and have
fun.
“Mr. Richard" will choose
his favorite picture books
from the Winder Library to
share with his young friends
and will have a fun craft
prepared. Kids and parents
can check out books from the
Winder Library’s expanding
children’s section before or
after “Story Time” and, on
this special day and kids can
have their portraits drawn by
local artist Richard Gnann IV
for free. From now until next
summer, if it’s Thursday, it’s
“Story Time” at the Winder
Library.
Hospice offers free
grief support group
Hospice of Northeast
Georgia Medical Center
(NGMC) is offering a free,
six-week grief support group
for adults grieving the death
of a close friend or relative.
The group will meet at
Northeast Georgia Physicians
Group Braselton Clinic,
located inside Medical Plaza
1, at 5875 Thompson Mill
Road, Suite 200.
The group will meet
Mondays, from noon to 1
p.m., through Oct. 24.
The meetings are free, but
registration is required. To
register, visit the hospice
events calendar at www.
nghs.com/hospice, e-mail
GriefS upport .hospice @ nghs.
com or call 770-219-8888.
For more information on
the support group, contact
Karla Brookreson-Owens,
LMSW, at Karla.Brookreson-
Owens@nghs.com or 770-
219-8554.
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