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PAGE 2A BARROW JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 ENGLAND ATTENDS State representative Terry England attended the Winder-Barrow High School Hunger Simulation Dinner. Not an ordinary dinner WBHS FFA hosts Hunger Simulation event MAKES DONATION Winder-Barrow High School FFA alumni recently raised money through its Hunger Simulation Dinner. Shown are: (back row) Caleb Lee, vice president; Shana Tuggle, treasurer; Emily Hester, Shannon Derrick, Barrow Food2Kids coordinator; Ashley Burton, president; Katie Sonntag, chapter chairman; and Kerrigan Royster, sentinel; and (front row) James Hale and Ashley Cochran, WBHS FFA advisors. April Tuggle and Susan Burton, alumni, were also pres ent but are not pictured. In order to raise commu nity awareness about food insecurity in Barrow Coun ty, the Winder-Barrow Future Farmers of Ameri ca chapter partnered with FFA alumni to host the First Annual Hunger Sim ulation Dinner. The dinner itself was designed to bring awareness to the challeng es that many Americans face on a daily basis of not having enough food to eat, in addition to unemploy ment. unforeseen medical expenses, and having to choose between rent, util ities, medicine or food for the family. The WBHS FFA Hun ger Simulation Dinner allowed participants to experience the opportuni ties for the rich, while also experiencing the challeng es and real hardships for the middle class and poor in the Barrow community. Event tickets were secretly coded so when participants arrived they were seated in one of three classifications. The “rich group” had white tablecloths, ate steak and a delightful meal while being served throughout the meal. This was in con trast to the middle class participants who sat at cafeteria tables and made their own plates from a simple buffet; then the poor or lowest socioeco nomic class of participants were seated on the cold, hard cafeteria floor having only one small bowl of rice to share per 10 people. Later in the meal, real life incidents began to hap pen where a rich family’s stock portfolio crashed so they immediately moved to middle class. The middle and lower socioeconomic families had several inci dents happen to them like loss of jobs, death of a family’s provider, a child’s illness requiring hospi talization, or the loss of health insurance from job loss warranting their move to the poor class seated on the floor. By the end of the evening when all of life’s surprises had hap pened to families, there were 10 percent seated at the rich tables; about 35 percent were seated in the middle class, and 55 per cent were seated on the floor in the lowest socio economic class with little hope for help or food. “Unfortunately, these classifications and divi sions accurately reflect the Barrow community,” lead ers state. The student led Hunger Simulation Dinner “was a truly moving experience,” said Shannon Derrick. Barrow Food2Kids coor dinator. WBHS FFA president Ashley Burton asked par ticipants’ questions follow ing the simulation; “What group were you in? How did you feel about being in your group? What did you notice or feel about the other groups? What was surprising about this din ner? What moments were particularly challenging or made you think twice?” “As a Winder-Barrow FFA alumnus, what a privilege it was to attend the WBHS FFA Hunger Simulation Dinner.” said state representative Terry England. “The money raised will help the local food bank and the (Bar- row) Food2Kids program that provides bags of gro ceries every weekend to 240 Barrow county stu dents.” Items in the silent auc tion were donated by local businesses and individuals within the community, and proceeds from this event were given to the Barrow Foods2Kids program. In total $2,000 was donated to sponsor the First Bar- row Food2Kids Summer Pilot program which will run from May through July to feed 30 Barrow students in need. “Once, a teacher on the first day of school noticed a child who’d quickly fall en asleep in class,” orga nizers said. “She asked if he had eaten breakfast that morning and he answered, “It wasn’t my turn.” Hun ger is a very real problem in our community. Join the WBHS FFA students & alumni in being part of the answer in Barrow County.” To find out how you can help or donate to students and families in need, con tact Ellen Petree, BCSS school and community relations specialist at 678- 425-2913 or ellen.petree@ barrow.kl2.ga.us. CASA plans several Summer Park Play Dates ’ Piedmont CASA is hosting play groups in the park every Tuesday and Thursday this summer. CASA will provide free snacks, drinks, bubbles, chalk, toys and games. The hours will be 10 a.m. to noon. The schedule is as follows: •Fort Yargo Park in Winder — June 21, July 5 and July 19. •Hurricane Shoals Park in Maysville — June 9, June 25, July 7 and July 23. •Hoschton Park — June 14, June 28, July 12 and July 26. •Victor Lord Park in Winder — June 16, June 30, July 14, July 21 and July 28. For more information on the schedule, call 706-387-6375. Tea Party to meet June 28 The Tea Party of Northeast Georgia will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 28, at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express at Banks Crossing. All concerned citizens are encour aged to attend. For more information, call 706-654-8292. THE BARROW COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY INVITES THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND Monday, JUNE 20, 2016 at 7:30 pm Winder Woman’s Club • 15 W. Midland Ave. STATE SEN. FRANK GINN STEVEN QUINN, STUDENTSFIRST GEORGIA JOIN THE LOCAL GOP FOR 2016! www.barrowgop.org ■■ CHRIS SAVAGE Lawn Care • Mowing • Leaf Clean-Up • Gutter Cleaning • Pressure Washing • Pine Straw & Mulch • Seasonal Flowers • Shrub Trimming • Aeration Annual Contracts Available Call Chris 678-910-9946 ...for all your lawn care needs! Like us on facebook B SES honor, merit rolls announced Statham Elementary School announced the follow ing students obtained Honor and Merit rolls for the third quarter grading period: Fifth Grade Honor Roll: Brett Boswell, Mancel Camp, Valo Doster, Martha Garcia, Maci Lewis, Oliv ia Little, Karla Lopez, Trinity Maxey, Jaxson McEl- hannon, Michelle Mejia, Nicholas Palmer, Alexandra Roberts, Isaac Sanders and Emma Stutts. Fifth Grade Merit Roll: Joshua Allen, Maddi Allen, Samaria Almond, Malena Anderson, Johnny Argueta, Mary Patience Asu Abang, Joshua Autry, Ian Bathurst, Johnathan Baxter, Paris Chhoeurm, Summer Collins, Destani Conerly, Hayden Danson, Rezena Davis, Clayton Derby, Ajaria Eberhart, Annis ton Flanigan, Ryan Ford, Ciera Good, Tessa Greeson, Alexis Hammers, Gracelyn Hardy, Jacob Hart, Des tiny Hayes, Samuel Herr, Hannah Hunt, Asia Jack- son, Jessica Jamison, Benji Jauregui, Kenya Jones, AJ Krasner, Chandler Lampp, Alexys Lopez, Ben McElreath, Daniel McKay, Jacob Methvin, Marissa Metz, Audrey Morgan, Anthony Neese, Macy Nelson, Izzy Nicklas, Cole Ogle, Angelina Owens, Bianka Pacetti, James Parrish, Dylan Peppers, Calvin Peters, Rebekah Pettyjohn, Hannah Pineda, Jeanna Presley, Lindzay Ramirez, Felipe Solis-Lara, Zoey Spence, Jasmin Vang, Cassidy Xiong and Chris Xiong. Fourth Grade Honor Roll: Abby Boles, Ansley Fields, Addison Grizzle, Chloe Johnson, Alexis Pel legrini, Haley Sargent, Alicia Smith and Gabe Stokes. Fourth Grade Merit Roll: Chloe Adelman, Chan dler Aiken, Yahir Amador, Logan Bane, Allyson Barber, Sean Barnett, Chance Barr, Jakeb Barr, Evan Bentley, Shayna Bolen, Giovany Bradley, Chelsey Brown, Jackson Brown, Jocelyn Cabrera-Amador, Valeria Cases-Pena, Wilmer Cases-Ramirez, Case Conaway, Izzy Cook, Yessica Deloya-Soto, Gracie Doolittle, Madison Dunahoo, Jaylen Echols, Kiriyana Faust, Liam Foley, Josh Foster, Jadyn Franklin, Logan Gleitz, Eliany Guzman-Sandoval, Jordon Hartman, Howard Holloway, Mariah Hood, Elisa Huff, Hanna Johnson, Dre’Shaun Jones, Zaharah Jones, Jared Jordan, Amanda Khang, Faith Khang, Josh Lefebvre, Grace Little, Connor Manning, Mitchell Marchese, Alejandro Martinez, Pierce McWhorter, Alex Mercer, Caleb Mercurio, Elizabeth Mericle, Amberly Miller, Ross Owens, Wendy Oxford, Ke’Mya Payne, Sarah Peek, Steven Phillips, Tylan Pope, Maddie Price, Gracie Reynolds, Jack Roberson, Jose rodriguez-Gar- cia, Breanna Ryle, Alberto Salazar-Marez, Aaliyah Simmonds, Ajah Stephens, Joslyn Stinchcomb, Kaley Thomas, Zach Ulrich, Way an Vernatt, Kay lie Wade, Makhi Wiley, Tristan Willis, Jack Winseltt and Kyla Womack. Third Grade Honor Roll: Mason Direnzo, Han nah Oliver, Alana Metz, Kendall Sanders, LillyAnn Shaw, Lilliam Shreve, Riley Wells, Olivia Westbrook and Joseph Wren. Third Grade Merit Roll: Austin Arthur, Jon-Mi- chael Avera, Alex Barraza-Castro, Danika Bell, Trinity Billings, Levi Bingham, Jenna Bond, Lexie Buchan, Noah Calabra, Nora Canalis, Sarai Caza- les-Flores, Alivia Coleman, Johnathan Compton, Hannah Crooms, Ayla Davis, Anna Deeds, Cheyanne Derby, Avery Dutton, Ella Eunice, Kiegan Farris, Bryce Fleming, Christopher Fleming, Kira Fuller, Jayden Godsted, Jake Hansen, Betsy Hernandez, Katie Hernandez, CJ Hill, Dylan Hoard, Brody Holt, Savannah Jackson, Courtney Johnson, Madison Lee, Taylor Long, Abraham Loza-Munoz, Zach Mann, Kaden Mason, Jenna Maynor, Asa McDaniel, Sierra McGeehan, Scarlett McPherson, Camryn Meeks, Sydney Methvin, Mariah Ming, Nataly Onesto-Gar- cia, Mackenzie Ouzts, Layla Peacock, Elizabeth Popa, Harley Porter, Jesus Rio-Luis, Victoria Rodri guez, Cassidy Rodriguez-Bartlett, Izabella Schutte, Chae Sims, Ellie Skinner, Robert Skipper, Grayden Stilwell, Edie Stripling, Samuel Thor, Leyland Veal, Jackson Wallace, Collin Waldrop, Austin Ward, Breniya Willis, Mason Woods, Samantha Xiong and Eileen Xiong. Weight loss group meets Tuesdays Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) meets on Tuesdays at the Braselton Community Center. The weigh-in is at 5:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6 p.m. The community center is located at 126 Harrison Street, Braselton.
