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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 The Braselton News Page 11A Lions Club welcomes special guest Weekend book sale planned by LOCAL BOOK GIVEN Lions Club District 18-D Governor Ruth Payton receives a copy of “Passing - Stories through the History of Hoschton & Braselton Georgia,” by Robbie L. Bettis, from West Jackson Lions Club presi dent B. Gordy. Arts festival planned in Winder The Georgia Piedmont Arts Center in Winder is inviting everyone to attend the 10 th annu al Harvest of Art two-day indoor festival on Saturday, November 10, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday, November 11, from noon until 4 p.m. The festival is being held the same weekend as the Winder Chautauqua Celebration. Art in all mediums will be dis played and offered for sale both days. There will be art demon strations all day long on Saturday and children’s art activities will be offered on Sunday. More than 20 area artist have already registered to partici pate, including: Joyce Nelson, painter; John Weber, photogra pher; Jo Cooper, painter; Dottie McCague, jewelry design; Alice Stark, painter, jewelry designer; Ben Willingham, painter and gourd artist; Bill Cooper, potter; Rose Hardy, glass artist; Lou Germain, ceramic artist; Bobbie Austin, painter, sculptress; Myrna Trapp, potter; George Germain, painter; Joyce Shores, potter; Craig Gill, glass artist; Loy Lawrence, woodworker; Luz Rodriquez, painter, potter; Kathleen Gill, glass artist, pho tographer; Rebecca McCartt, painter, mixed media; Christina Sullo, potter; Paul Handy, pot ter; and Charleen Romine, glass artist. The Georgia Piedmont Arts Center is located E. Athens Street at the intersection with Park Avenue in downtown Winder. This event is free to the public. Call Kathleen Gill at 404-202- 3044 for additional information or visit the web site at www. GeogiaPiedmont Art sC enter, com. Please Read and Then Recycle This Newspaper! BRASELTON TILE FACTORY #1 IN CUSTOMER SERVICE Carrying The Latest In Stylish Quality Tile Starting At Only A | •Tile • Supplies • Installation • Design V y 9907 Davis Street • Braselton, GA (at the corner of Hwy. 53 & Hwy. 124) 706-654-0819 770-962-1254 Open Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 3 p.m. The West Jackson Lions Club recently welcomed District 18-D Gov. Ruth Payton to a meeting. Payton started with a presen tation called, “Why are you a Lion?” and said that Lions Club members throughout the world have a heart for helping others. One of the Lions Club’s most important initiatives is the Campaign SightFirst II Program. Since 1990, Lions Club mem bers have done more to prevent blindness and restore sight than in their previous 65 years as “knights of the blind.” In a decade-and-a- half, Lions have prevented severe vision loss or restored sight to 27 million people - more than the combined populations of New York and Tokyo. On average, $6 can save one person from becom ing blind, according to the club. This year, 300 eye surgeries will be conducted by the Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation through the Camp for the Blind. Twenty- four percent of the Feader Dogs Program comes from the Fions Club. It costs $39,000 to raise and train one dog to assist a blind Vintage Tractors will be on dis play at Hoschton Towne Center on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is a coordinated effort by the North Georgia Two- Cylinder Club and the Hoschton Business Alliance. Free admission, free parking, vendors and various activities for kids will be available. A pet costume contest will be sponsored by Dixie Pet Supplies. Pumpkin carving for kids at noon will be sponsored by Coldwell Bankers RMR. Tractor Club president, Dale Wiley, of Wiley Farms in Jersey, Ga., will display his 1957 John Deere model 720. The model is one of the larger models of that era. Another late 1920s model on display will be a Ford Kit Tractor. During hard times, country folks could not afford both a car and a tractor. The Ford Motor Company offered a kit that would convert either a Chevy or Ford car into a working tractor for the approxi mate price of $90. The model was recently purchased from the original owner’s family at a trac- person. Fions Club members have also collected eye glasses, hearing aids, cell phones, provided diabe tes education (diabetes and glau coma silently stalk the vision of tor event in Indiana. The owner knows of only one other model in a museum in the mid-west. A special tractor, painted in a color to prevent neighbors from borrowing her tractor, will be on display. A Farmall “B” Tractor was recently restored in bright pink. The Tractor Club will perform various competitive events dem onstrating skills in operating older millions who may not even know that they are at risk), eye screen ing, and hearing programs, among others. For more information, call 706- 654-9365. model tractors, including a “slow race,” an “egg balancing” event and a “kiddy peddle” tractor race. The public can help determine the “People’s Choice” award, and the owner will receive a trophy. The event is sponsored by Tractor Supply, Gene & Matt’s Tractors, Mayfield Dairy and the Farm Bureau. For information, call 770-331- 5525. The Jackson County Certified Fiterate Community Program will sponsor a sidewalk book sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 19-20, at the Commerce Fanier Technical College campus, 631 S. Elm Street. Proceeds will benefit the coun ty’s adult literacy programs. Hardback books will cost $2 and paperbacks will be $1, with more than 1,000 books available. For more information, call 706- 335-9549. CARHARTT-LARGEST INVENTORY LOWEST PRICES ANYWHERE! One of Georgia’s largest Carhartt dealers. Winter clothes just arrived! CARHARTT COATS, PANTS, BELTS, CAPS, GLOVES, VESTS, THERMAL UNDERWEAR, INSULATED & UNINSULATED OVERALLS & COVERALLS Carhartt IF CARHARTT MAKES IT, IRVIN’S HAS IT! Sizes from 2T for kids to 60 and 4XXXL IRVIN’S STORE & HUNTING SUPPLY Located 6 miles South of Baldwin on Old 441. Look for the signs. 4964 Hwy 441 N, Baldwin • 706-778-6116 Hours 9:00-5:00 Mon-Sat, December Hours: Sun 10:00-4:00 This. llteyTo Showroom Samples Close Outs Scratch-N-Dent Warranty Claims premium furniture' outlet prices a v>e$L-« (706) 335-4944 321 Pottery Factory Drive, Commerce -- across from OUT3ACK STEAK House Need Printing? Call 706-367-5233 Biglit Choice Energy Efficient. Guaranteed. Too Hot? Too Cold? High Energy Bills? Problems with Air Quality? You need a Right Choice’ High Tech Audit ,TM ► reduce energy bills ► increase comfort ► improve air quality Right Choice spokesman and HGTVstar Pat Simpson \ 1 .Ji-’ . Jackson EMC members can get a FREE Energy Audit Kit and DVD featuring Pat Simpson, call 1-800-462-3691. Learn more about the High Tech Audit and the value of Right Choice homes at jacksonemc.com. only from Jackson EMC Vintage Tractor Show ahead Oct. 27 in Hoschton TRACTOR SHOW Vintage tractors, such as this one, will be on display at Hoschton Towne Center.