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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2016 BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL PAGE 11A The other day an email arrived from a Korean War veteran who started off by saying, “I suppose someone else will get this, add me to your fan club and you will never hear a word of it. But here it goes anyway.” He was writing to com ment on how a column I had written on the Great Depres sion had affected my parents and how, in turn, they taught me the lessons they learned. Although I do use a bank a whole lot more than my Daddy because when he was nine, he lost 50 cents when a bank closed and he never got over it. Daddy's trust was hard to win and easy to lose. He dug holes and buried money and used a safe deposit box at the bank to keep enough money to see his family through a couple of years should the banks fail again and another Depres sion come lurking. The writer shared similar stories of growing up in the Depression, recall ing the time when his family of eight could not come up with 75 cents to pay a bill collector. “You have no idea how hard it is to throw away anything or waste food to this day.” Yes, I do. He ended by saying that he reads only me on a regular basis and that Who I Am he hopes I am really the person I project. I’m afraid I am. I say it that way because recently it has occurred to me that I’m just too extreme in how I save and manage and refuse to throw away. My husband, as I have told you, has OCD which I often opine that I never knew any one who had OCD because poor people can’t afford it. It costs too much in water, paper towels and soap. This is no joke: When we married and he moved into the house I had built a few years earlier, our water bill doubled. The cost of paper towels and soap have quadrupled. I might as well share this story that speaks to my frugality. It was Thanksgiving and I was getting ready to cook. I realized that I needed Crisco and since we live out in the country, I had two choices: Dollar General (a store getting rich serving rural America) and a small indepen dent grocery store. “We need dog food and a small can of Crisco,” I said to Dexter who helps us around the house a couple after noons a week. “Go to the grocery store and get the Crisco. It should be cheaper there but get the dog food at Dollar General because it will be cheaper there.” These two stores are close enough to run a touchdown from one parking lot to the other. When he returned, I asked how much the Crisco was. “Four dollars.” I stopped in the kitchen and looked at him quizzically. “I could buy a big can for that at the grocery store. I wonder if it was cheaper at Dollar General.” Dexter knows me. He knows to find these things out so he said, “Yep, it sure is. It’s $2.50 there ‘cause I checked. But you told me to go to the grocery first so I had already bought it.” I tried to overcome it. I tried to bat down the worry rising inside me that I had just thrown away a dollar and a half. Had I been able to do it, it would have been a big moment in my life. But I suppose that once poverty has threatened to strangle the breath from the body of your family, it's just not easy. Maybe not even possible. “Take it back,” I said. “I just can't do it. Return it, then buy it at DG.” He smiled, picked up the can and walked out the door leaving me to wonder if I'm badly damaged or remarkably smart. It’s hard to say. Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of the What Southern Women Know trilogy. Visit www.rondarich. com to sign up for her free weekly newsletter. Food distribution day set Aug. 25 at Holly Hill The Barrow County Food Pantry in partner ship with The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia will hold a Food Distribution Day on Thursday, Aug. 25, beginning at 8 a.m. The event is held rain or shine at Holly Hill Mall on Ath ens Street in Winder. This is open to all Bar- row County residents who meet USDA income eligi bility requirements. Proof of Barrow County residen cy is required and the food is distributed on a “first- come, first-served” basis. Sunflower Festival set Sept. 17 The City of Statham will host its 18th annual Sun flower Festival on Saturday, Sept. 17. Applications are currently being accepted for ven dors. Space is limited and vendors will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. The festival committee attempts to not have an over-abundance of the same type of vendors, however, there may be some duplications. All interested vendors are asked to make inquiries early about space for this year’s Sunflower Festival. Vendor spaces are 12x12. Craft vendor spaces cost $30 without electricity and $40 with electricity. Food vendor spaces are $55 without electricity and $65 with electricity. Vendors are responsible for furnishing their own tables and other needed mate rials. All food vendors must have an up-to-date fire extinguisher. No refunds are given due to weather. Call 770-725-5323 for more information or write Statham Sunflower Festival, RO. Box 87, Statham, Ga. 30666. Funding continued from 1A She added that while doz ens of positions have been added to those agencies since 2008, the public defender's office has not seen any new positions during that same time frame. The office also doesn't receive funds from any other source except for its state positions and funds that the county commissions in Barrow, Jackson and Banks provide, Seagraves said. "What has gone up for us is what we're minimally required to do for our cases,” she said. “The standards for adequate representation are increasing all the time. There are more information gathering requirements for administration, more screen ing requirements for people who apply for our services and more requirements for seeking alternatives to pris on for our clients.” One of the most popu lar and successful of those alternatives, Seagraves said, has been offenders’ partici pation in the drug and men tal health courts. But not everyone in need of help is eligible for those programs, she added. So far in 2016. eight peo ple have applied to enroll in the drug court program and been denied because they didn’t have the necessary requirements for entry, Sea graves said. Those require ments include adequate housing and transportation and a general support sys tem. That's where an addition al social worker would come in handy by helping clients obtain those resources, Sea graves said. "Sometimes, people are uneducated, they are without certain resources, they don't have help or a strong sup port system, and often times, they are incarcerated," she said. “But they're supposed to be making numerous phone calls, sending and gathering numerous pieces of documentation and they just can’t do it so the courts turn to us.” But with a slim staff struggling to fulfill statutory requirements, such as client representation in Superior Court and juvenile delin quency matters, Seagraves said it’s become increasing ly difficult to justify provid ing nonobligatory services. “I’m asking for this posi tion because we have to have more help to be able to do what we’re supposed to be doing already.” she said. "Even if the commis sion were to approve the funding, it would be January before we’re able to fill the position because of our cal endar-year contract with the county. And if it’s not fund ed, we’d be looking at an additional year, and we are beyond desperate already.” 74 N Broad St Winder, GA 30680-1902 Phone (770)867-3171 RELIGIOUS DIRECTORY Fraud continued from lA The investigation began after allegations that Reyn olds illegally changed the beneficiary on his wife's insurance policies, allowing him to receive over $100,000 of insurance money intended for her daughter. Reynolds is charged with one count each of fraudu lent insurance claim, finan cial identity fraud and felony theft by deception. Moon is charged with false statements to a law enforcement officer during an investigation and viola tion of oath of office, both charges are felonies. Reynolds was arrested without incident at his resi dence and transported to the Barrow County Detention Center where he is awaiting bond. Moon, an employee of the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested without incident at the Barrow Coun ty Detention Center where he was then processed, booked and later released on a $10,000 bond. The arrests were coordi nated with Sheriff Jud Smith and his command staff, who were aware of the investi gation and fully cooperated with Winder Police officials. The investigation of this case is still ongoing at this time, according to the press release from Lt. Chris Coo per, WPD. CITY OF AUBURN AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE PORTION OF THE CITY WITHIN GWINNETT COUNTY Auburn - The City of Auburn anticipates that Property tax levies for the Gwinnett County portion of the City for the 2016 tax year will be set at 4.951 mills. The City of Auburn, per O.C.G.A. § 48-5-32, will hold a Public Hearing on September 1, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. The meeting will be held at the Auburn Council Chambers located at 1361 Fourth Avenue, Auburn, Georgia. The City will set the millage rate on September 1, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. at the Auburn Council Chambers lo cated at 1361 Fourth Avenue, Auburn, GA. The five year tax and levy history will be published no less than 14 days prior to the adoption. ANNUAL REPUBLICAN BAR-B-QUE Saturday, August 27, 2016 • 5:00 p.m. Winder Lions Club • 354 E. Broad St. U. S. Senator David Perdue Sec. of State Brian Kemp & Others Food • Fun • Door Prizes Adults ~ $15 • Ages 6-12 ~ $7.50 • Under 6 ~ Free Sponsorships Available • Take-Outs Welcome CONTACT US: 770-867-5748 or 770-560-4523 Email: chairman@barrowgop.org APOSTOLIC METHODIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 270 Bill Rutledge Rd., Winder (770) 867-6343 Bethlehem First United Methodist Church 770-887-3727 Sundav Services Sunday School 9:30 am & 11:00 am Holy Communion Worship Service 8:30 am Contemporary Worship Service 9:30 am Traditional Worship Service 11:00 am Contemporary Worship Service (in Worship Center) 11:00 am Worship with us on Channel 12 11:00 am Youth Group 6:00 pm Holy Communion Every First Sunday Wednesday Fellowship Dinner 6:00pm Children’s Choir & Youth 6:30pm Adult Bible Studies 7:00pm Adult Choir Practice 7:00 - 8:30pm www.bigwhitechurch.com SUNDAY SERVICES: WEDNESDAY 10:00 AM ■■ - Sunday School 7:00 PM -Bible Study 11:00 AM —Worship FRIDAY 6:00 PM -■ Evangelistic 7:30 PM - Youth Program Pastor Tommy Baker, 770-867-9377 BAPTIST N0N-DEN0MINATI0NAL OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH 4921 Jackson Trail Road. Hoscliton, Georgia Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Sunday Evening Worship G:00 PM Wednesday Evening Worship 7:00 PM 706-367-2777 Pastor, Robbie Black Fundamental Independent Baptist “A Heart for the World, A Home for Your Family” LOVE! Vf F 11 Uk NOW. 17 N. Broad Street • Winder, GA 30680 Service Times: Sunday Morning 10:45 - Nursery provided Contemporary Worship, Relevant Teaching, Kid/ Church, Casual dress Sunday evening at 6:00 - Youth and Adult small groups www.WarHillSouth.com EPISCOPALIAN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST §| St. Anthony's I Episcopal Church 174 St. Anthony Dr., Winder Sunday: 9am ■ Round Table Conversation 10am - Holy Eucharist Rite II Rev. Don Harrison 770-867-5633 Nursery Provided Auburn Seventh-day Adventist Church 14 County Line Road Auburn, GA 30011 Phone Number 770-995-0811 Saturday Service Times: 9:30 a.m. Sabbath School 11:00 a.m. Worship Service Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Teen/Collegiate Bible Study Pastor Gary B. Rustart “A Christian Faith Community Preparing Everyone for the Return of Jesus Christ.” INTERDENOMINATIONAL UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AT WINDER 546 Treadwell Rd., Bethlehem Sunday Services Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Praise and Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Fellowship 7:00 p.m. “■Jesus Christ, The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever” 770-867-8888 CHRISTIAN LifeCENTER Pastor: Lewis L. Long Assoc. Pastor: Jeff Long 8383 Hwy. 53 • Braselton, GA (770) 867-9740 SERVICE SCHEDULE Sunday @11:00 a.m. Wednesday @ 7:30 p.m. (Youth Class on Wed @ 7:30 p.m.) "Enjoy Pentecost at its Best!" Located between Interstate 85 and the Road Atlanta Racetrack ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE If you would like information about including your church in this directory, call 770-867-7557 and ask for an advertising representative.