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Page 10A 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. THUMBS UP! Whatever you're after, just thumb through the Classifieds and you'll be good to go! That's all there is to it! N: MainStreet EWSPAPER J%JUpUTl HOrllkS Tha Cl(ftTW|taLi-|9WH “l-e 0-jnm Goiinly TflH Mad-TLT- Caunly JULFriaJ Th= Duse tor News 706-335-2927 www.mainstreetnews.com 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 Road Evans Jewel Box “Selling Quality X Service for Over 51 Years' 1956 - 2007 (// Select Group JEWELRY 50% OFF Giftwarf 20 to 30% OFF ,411 Italian Fancy Bracelets, Bangles, Anklets & Chains 50% OFF All Diamond Jewelry Diamond Rings, Pendants, Earrings, Bracelets, Add-A-Diamond Bracelets, Emeralds, Sapphires & Rubies With Diamonds 40% OFF In Stock Only Cash or Layaway Til Christmas Entire Stock Watches & Clocks by Seiko, Bulova, Cyma and Accutron 20 - 30% OFF Choose Prom Over 400! All Pulsar Watches emoFF WV CLOSEOUT! 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