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The Braselton News
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
CHECK GIVEN
Representatives of the Jackson County Certified Literate Community program, (L-R) Sue Mealor,
Sandra Fite, Marla Tyler and Joy Bates, receive a $15,000 check from Jackson EMC Foundation board
member Shade Storey and Jackson EMC Jefferson district manager Don Stewart. The funds will
allow the organization to offer GED classes in Jefferson.
Literacy program awarded $15,000 grant
The Jackson County Certified Literate Community
Program was recently awarded a $15,000 grant by
the Jackson EMC Foundation to teach basic adult
education and GED classes in Jefferson.
The program works to equip adults who have not
graduated from high school with a GED diploma to
enable them to pursue a higher education or enter
the workforce. Currently, GED classes are only
offered at the Lanier Technical College campus in
Commerce.
More than 50 percent of last year’s graduating
class lived in West Jackson, so an extension of the
existing Jackson County Adult Learning Center to a
Jefferson class site would make the program acces
sible to students who might have work, transporta
tion or child care conflicts.
Grant funds will be used for an instructor’s sal
ary, books, practice test, and other supplies for GED
classes that will be offered on Saturdays and two eve
nings a week at the First Baptist Church of Jefferson,
which is donating meeting space and utilities.
Jackson EMC Foundation grants assist charitable
and community organizations, as well as individu
als. Any individual or organization in the counties
served by Jackson EMC - Athens/Clarke, Banks,
Barrow, Franklin, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin,
Madison and Oglethorpe counties - may apply for a
foundation grant.
Those seeking funding must complete a grant
application, available at local Jackson EMC offices
or at http://www.jacksonemc.com/Guidelines-for-
Funding.l06.0.html.
December 1 race to benefit Braselton Library
The inaugural Braselton 8K and
2K “Run for Reading” will be
held on Saturday, Dec. 1 and will
benefit the Braselton Library.
The 8K run will start at 8 a.m.
and the 2K run will start at 9:15
a.m.
The Tennessee River Athletic
Club of Florence, Ala., will be
timing the event. The race will
feature computerized timing.
Mile-marker clocks will be at
every mile.
Aid stations will be at the 1.5
and 3.5-mile marks, with both
water and Gatorade.
TJ2 Photography will be at the
race to capture all action. Race
photos will be available to pur
chase at www.tj2photo.com.
For more information, call
Runners Fit at 770-967-9755.
Additional information is avail
able at www.braselton.net.
Sleighbell Run/walk to benefit Red Cross
The East Georgia chapter of the American Red Cross
will hold its 22 nd annual Sleighbell 5K Run/Walk on
Saturday, Dec. 1.
The event will be held at the pavilion at Pittard Park
on North Church Street, Winterville.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the race starts at
8:30 a.m. Proceeds will benefit local disaster services of
the East Georgia chapter of the Red Cross.
For more information, or to register, visit www.sleigh-
bell.org or call 706-353-1645.
Local student to compete in ‘Ms
Jessica Bryant, Hoschton, will
compete for the title of “Ms.
Abraham Baldwin” at the 39th
annual “Ms. ABAC” contest on
Nov. 20, at Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College, Tifton.
Bryant is an agricultural edu
cation major, sponsored by
the ABAC Future Farmers of
America.
The event is sponsored by the
campus activity board and the
student government association.
Contestants are sponsored by
campus groups, including clubs,
athletic teams and student media.
Participants will compete in casu
al and evening wear. They also
will be judged on a written essay
and an interview with the judges.
ABAC’ contest
Mentor training ahead Dec. 6 in Jefferson
Lindsay’s Legacy mentoring program in Jackson
County will hold a mentor training session from
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, at Jefferson
Middle School.
A mentor breakfast was held recently at JMS,
and 18 new mentors were trained and met with
their student mentees. Jill Barefoot is the men
tor coordinator at JMS and may be contacted at
706-367-2882.
To sign up for the upcoming training session,
contact Lisa Stephens at 706-410-5525 or jackson-
mentors @ yahoo. c om.
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COLLECTING TOYS
Jackson Austin, a local patient at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, is shown at the hospi
tal’s clinic with child life specialist Kristi Thompson. They are shown putting toys that were donated
into prize boxes.
New toys being collected for children’s hospital
Toys to benefit patients at Children’s Healthcare of
Atlanta at Egleston are being collected by Danielle
Austin and Dawn Jones.
New toys in their packages — either wrapped or
unwrapped — may be dropped off at one of two loca
tions until Friday, Dec. 14.
Toys may be dropped off at the Braselton Town Hall
with Austin, who is an employee with the town. For
more information, e-mail her at daniellegriceaustin@
yahoo.com.
Toys may also be dropped off at the Gwinnett Justice
Administration Center with Jones. For more informa
tion, e-mail her at Dawn.Jones@gwinnettcounty.com.
The donated toys will be gathered in the commu
nity room of the Braselton Police and Municipal Court
Building on Friday, Dec. 14, from 6-9 p.m. The toys
will be taken to the children’s hospital on Saturday,
Dec. 15.
The toys will be given to patients and used in play
rooms and prize boxes at Children’s at Egleston.
Prize box toys should be from a dollar store, and
include items such as plastic animals, sticker books,
airplanes, balls, make-up, princess items and match-box
cars.
The following list contains requested items from
the hospital’s child life specialists and will be used in
playrooms:
•Books: sound books, “I spy” books, “sudoku” puzzle
books, crossword/word search puzzle books, coloring
books and watercolor books
•Arts and crafts: Playdo, markers, Crayons, construc
tion paper, sketch pad, jewelry kits, model cars with
glue and paint, scrapbooking paper with stickers and
supplies and books, stickers, Crayola wonder activity
books, markers and paints, $1 store craft kits and fuzzy
posters to color
•Infant toys: anything that makes noises and lights up,
Bumbo seat, exersaucer and infant Boppy
•Playroom and clinic toys: plastic doll house furni
ture and dolls, plastic dinosaurs, plastic animals, action
figures (without small pieces), Lego Bionacles, puzzles
(24,63, 100 piece), boardgames (Life, Battleship, Sorry,
character editions, Uno, Uno Attack), cars, bucks, trac
tors, all plasdc baby dolls, little tykes riding toys and
Barbie dolls
•Electronics: dance, dance revolution, Playstadon 2
games, Gamecube games, new release DVDs (G, PG,
PG-13), V-Tech, hand held games and computer games
•Therapeutic/distraction toys - Nerf guns, basket
ball goals, dart boards, magnetic dart boards, blow
up punching bags, Fisher Price doctor kits, bubbles,
20 question games, remote control cars, laptop toys
(V-tech, Bratz, Barbie, educational toys) and squeezy
balls (stress balls).
Business permits approved
Braselton officials recently
approved the following business
licenses:
•Elite Tire and Auto Service,
LLC (automotive repair), 7311
Spout Springs Road
•CIR Electric, Inc. (contrac
tor), 935 Hwy. 124
•J.A. Delerme Construction
(contractor), 2237 Governor
Way
•CIRLV, Inc. (low-voltage elec-
in Braselton
trical), 935 Hwy. 124
•Fish Scales, Inc. (retail sales),
7421 Spout Springs Road
•Merle Norman Cosmetics
(retail sales), 7419 Spout Springs
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