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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Braselton News
Page 3A
Local arts
New community theater to present free show
CAST OF ‘KINDERGARTEN’
The cast of Saturday’s performance will include: (from bottom)
Matt Kniffen, Caitlin Chalmers, Nita Tisdale, Lance Stinespring,
Marilyn Lev, Dee Dee Allard, Ciro Manzari, Scot Chalmers, Deborah
Meeks, Milt Lev and (back) Dan Kniffen.
State water plan
Graham may be tapped as representative
Local governments are jockeying to
get representation on the “water planning
districts” that will implement the state
water management plan passed last week
by the Georgia General Assembly.
Most of Jackson County falls in the
Upper Oconee District, but Braselton
— because its city limits reach into
Gwinnett County — has been placed in
the Metro North Georgia Water Planning
District. Commerce, because its reservoir
and treatment plant are both in the Broad
River Watershed, will be in the Savannah-Upper
Ogeechee district.
Each district will have 25 board members, at least
eight of which must be elected officials, and the oth
ers of whom will come from various constituencies.
Gov. Sonny Perdue will appoint 13, the Speaker of
the House, Glenn Richardson, will appoint six, and
Lt. Governor Casey Cagle will appoint six.
“What we want to do is, with the water planning
district we will be in, is we want to ensure that
we get as well represented as possible,” explained
Hunter Bicknell, who chairs the Jackson County
Water and Sewerage Authority.
County and municipal elected officials met a cou
ple of weeks ago to plot strategy. Out of that came
three potential “nominees” for seats on the Upper
Oconee District, whose names would be submitted
to the Republican leadership for consideration.
Interestingly, Braselton Mayor Pat Graham is one
of the names to be offered, even though her town
will be in the Metro North Georgia District.
Graham has agreed to serve, if appointed, said
Bicknell. He declined to announce the
two other nominees because they were
not at the meeting and had not been asked
if they were willing to take on the respon
sibility.
Commerce is working through the
Broad River Soil and Water Conservation
District toward the same end, says Bryan
Harbin, the city’s director of water and
sewer operations.
“Us, and Banks, Madison and Elbert
counties are working to make sure we
have representation,” Harbin explained. “What we
don’t want to happen is to let Augusta hog all 25
seats”
Commerce officials are happy, however, to be in a
district that is a little further away from Atlanta.
The underlying fear is that if the drought con
tinues into the late spring and lake levels at Lanier
and Allatoona continue to fall, the state could order
the diversion of water from other basins to bail out
Atlanta.
“We want to pretty much control our water
resources. The closer you are to Atlanta, the more
likely you are to be asked to bail someone out,”
Harbin explained.
It also doesn’t hurt that the Broad-Savannah basin
has been largely spared the worst of the drought.
Harbin said the members of the Broad River
sub-basin of the Savannah-Ogeechee basin hope
“to present a solid front” when the district begins
formulating policy.
“We haven’t met yet, but we’ve been talking,”
Harbin commented.
GRAHAM
Road work
Construction underway at 1-985 exit in Gainesville
BY KERRI TESTEMENT
A new community theatre
group is offering an alter
native for those seeking
the arts in Atlanta — a free, kick-off
performance in South Hall.
Fifth Row Center — which serves
South Hall, Braselton and Hoschton
— will hold its inaugural produc
tion, “All I Really Need to Know
I Learned in Kindergarten,” on
Saturday, Jan. 26, at 3:30 p.m. and
7:30 p.m.
The play will be presented in
the theatre’s temporary location,
The Springs Church, located at
6553 Spout Springs Road, Flowery
Branch. The church is located across
from Spout Springs Elementary
School.
“It’s a great play, even for people
who think they don’t like theatre,”
said Donna Chalmers, produc
ing artistic director of Fifth Row
Center.
Chalmers is spearheading the
effort to bring a new community
theatre group to the area served
by Flowery Branch, Braselton,
Hoschton and Oakwood.
Chalmers formerly led the
Lawrenceville Community Theatre,
but after moving in August to
Sterling on the Lake in South Hall,
she began looking at how she could
bring more arts to the area.
The South Hall area is a great
place to start a community theatre
group, Chalmers said.
“I think people are ready for it,”
she added.
The beauty of community the
atre, Chalmers explained, is that it
includes people of all backgrounds,
ages and levels of experience.
“You don’t have to have any expe
rience to audition for our plays,”
she said.
Chalmers is hoping to announce
at Saturday’s performance that
the community theatre group will
hold its first open auditions. Some
ideas being tossed around for pos
sible productions include “Beauty
and the Beast” and “To Kill a
Mockingbird.”
“We’re completely open to the tal
ents of this community,” Chalmers
said.
The local community theatre
group is christened Fifth Row
Center because that’s a “great seat
in the house,” Chalmers said. The
fifth row isn’t too close to the stage
to strain a guest’s neck, but isn’t
so far back that guests feel like
they’re not part of the action, she
explained.
Fifth Row Center will become a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization,
which will allow it to seek grants,
Chalmers said. The group will use
The Springs Church, which can seat
187 people for each performance, as
a temporary home.
"Our goal is to provide a the
atre to audition in and (for others)
to come see great family-friendly
shows,” Chalmers said.
For “All I Really Need to Know I
Learned in Kindergarten,” the inau
gural performance will feature per
formers from last year’s production
of the play by the Lawrenceville
Community Theatre, which is a sis
ter theatre for Fifth Row Center.
“Kindergarten” relates to aspects
of everyone’s life, but isn’t ideal for
young children, Chalmers said. The
play is best-suited for children 10
and older, and adults.
The hour-and-a-half performance
is free, but the group will accept
donations to further establish Fifth
Row Center, Chalmers said.
If there’s a demand for commu
nity theatre in the area, Chalmers
hopes Fifth Row Center will offer
classes for all ages in the future.
For more information, e-mail
Chalmers at 5thRowCenter@gmail.
com or visit www.myspace.com/
fifthrowcenter.
The Georgia Department of
Transportation is continuing its
“makeover” of I-985’s exit 22 in
Gainesville.
The interchange reconstruction
project includes the construction
of dual left turn lanes from U.S.
129 to the northbound entrance
ramp of the interstate. The exit
Winder
ramp from 1-985 south to U.S.
129/State Route 11 will also get
dual left turn lanes headed into
Gainesville. A traffic signal will
be installed at the ramps to and
from 1-985 south.
Work is already underway on
the entrance ramp from US 129/
SR 11 to 1-985 north and lane
closures will resume this week,
if weather permits. Lane closures
are expected, as crews install
pipes in the area this week.
The overall projected comple
tion date is July 31, 2008, and
its construction cost is more than
$1.64 million, according to the
Georgia DOT.
‘Baby Jam’ to raise funds for March of Dimes
“Baby Jam 2008,” benefiting the March of Dimes,
will be held Friday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m., at the Winder
Community Center.
The event will feature “The Bretheren,” a funk, soul
and R&B band from Atlanta.
A free buffet will be available, along with a cash bar.
Advance admission is $20, or $40 at the door.
Reserved tables are available.
For more information, or tickets, call Winder-Barrow
Realty at 770-867-7933.
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