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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016
BISTRO OFF BROAD OPENS
Bistro off Broad, located at 16 East Candler Street in downtown Winder,
recently opened, and restaurant representatives, local officials and represen
tatives of the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting
ceremony and grand opening for the restaurant on Friday. The location is an
historic one for Winder and has been home to a hotel, Coca Cola distribution
center and most recently Larry’s Easy Pay. According to the restaurant’s
website, the 1890s building has been restored and transformed into a “casu
ally chic bistro” serving a selection of traditional French and contemporary
American cuisines. The bistro is hosted by Jeffrey Hills, previous owner of
the Flowery Branch Yacht Club in Flowery Branch, and chef Alex Friedman.
Photo by Susan Treadwell
Church continued from 10A
Cedar Creek Baptist Church holds a
Bible study class each Sunday at 7 p.m.
and a prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at 7 p.m.
The pastor is Duke Forster. For more
information, call 770-616-1666.
The church is located at 403 Cedar
Creek Road in Winder.
Union Baptist Church has Sunday
School services at 9:15 a.m. and provides
an interpreter for the deaf at its 10:30 a.m.
worship service each week.
The senior pastor is Dr. David M. Cook.
Wednesday night suppers begin at 5:45
p.m.
Donations are $2 per plate or $10 per
family.
The church is located at 527 Union
Church Road. Winder.
Whistleville Christian Church holds
a Bible Club every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner and family hour is held each
Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The church is located at 83 Patrick Mill
Road, Winder.
Morningside Baptist Church offers the
following on Wednesday evenings: Fel
lowship Meal at 5:45 p.m. and Children/
Teen Service and Adult Prayer/Devotion
at 6:30 p.m.
The church is located at 580 Miles Pat
rick Road in Winder.
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Jackson EMC: Scammers don’t
take a break this holiday season
Scammers aren’t giving
utility customers a break for
the holidays, even going so
far as targeting local small
business owners, accord
ing to Jackson Electric
Membership Corporation
(EMC).
“Scammers seem to be
endlessly creative in ways
to rip off utility custom
ers. We’re receiving reports
from residential and busi
ness customers alike that
they’re being contacted
by phone and email by
imposters claiming to be
their utility company, warn
ing them that their bill is
overdue, or that they’re
being charged for services
they haven’t requested,
like a meter upgrade,’’ says
Jackson EMC director of
customer service Brent
Cochran.
What all the scams have
in common is the threat of
imminent power disconnec
tion and the demand to pay
immediately. Scammers
have also faked the phone
number from which their
call is originating to look
like a Jackson EMC office.
“Legitimate utilities
do not call customers and
threaten immediate dis
connection, and they never
request immediate pay
ment, by Green Dot card
or any other means,” said
Cochran. “Once a utility
customer loads a Green
Dot card or gives scammers
their information, their
money is gone and there’s
nothing their utility can do.
BCREA to meet Dec. 14
The Barrow County Retired Educa
tors group will hold its December meet
ing at the new Russell Middle School
on McNeal Road at noon on Dec. 14.
RMS will provide lunch and a choral
program. All retired educators, whatev
er the area of service, are encouraged
to attend.
Members are encouraged to bring a
donation for the scholarship fund since
the school will graciously provide the
lunch.
Smith continued from 6A
grinning approval had to do with a din
ner when I sat by him at the head table,
for a roast of the late Upshaw Bentley,
one-time mayor of Athens.
As the meal was getting underway, I
told Jon that I needed a glass of wine
and offered to bring him a glass, too.
He simply winked.
Later, when he turned 60. I had an
opportunity to use the following story
which had been incubating for some
time.
Enumerating a gaggle of places I had
visited, real or imagined, I outlined
them succinctly and closed with this
wisecrack.
“The greatest thrill I have ever had in
my life was buying a Baptist preacher
a drink.”
Somewhere his patented grin is flash
ing.
Loran Smith is a columnist for the
Barrow News-Journal. He is co-host of
the University of Georgia football radio
pre-game show.
family has radically changed
since last year. Someone in
the family is missing.
Perhaps death has come
to someone, or perhaps
estrangement, or divorce is
the reason for the empty chair
at the dinner table. For those
who are grieving the loss of
a loved one, the holidays can
be especially difficult.
I remember my first
Christmas after my husband
and I divorced, there were
so many changes, and things
just didn’t work out like they
were supposed to.
By Christmastime, I still
hadn’t found my new nor
mal, and I truly thought I
would rather go lick my
wounds and be in the pres
ence of other single parents
like myself, than to be around
all the happy family stuff that
was going on around me, and
pretend that I was fine.
I wasn’t fine. It sounds
so crazy. But it’s the truth.
I’m sure it is difficult to
understand for someone
who hasn’t walked the path,
but sometimes there is truth
to the saying “misery loves
company.”
The first holidays after los
ing someone are brutal.
A dear friend of mine is
currently going through this,
and I understand the expe
rience.
Everyone tells you it gets
easier. But at the time you
don’t believe it.
You don’t even know how
to take your next breath.
Is there anything worse
than being lonely at the hol
idays?
One of my favorite Bon
Jovi songs has a line in it that
says “I won’t be alone, but
you know that don’t mean
I’m not lonely."
Sometimes, being in
a room full of people can
actually make the loneliness
seem worse.
There are many people
walking among us who will
say to you, when asked how
they are doing, “I’m fine.”
Don’t believe them. If you
know they have gone through
a tough time, don’t assume
that they are fine because
they tell you they are.
Bennett continued from 6A
Just take a quick look
around you. In your neigh
borhood, in your own
home, at your work, in your
church.... There is someone
who is struggling this holi
day season.
What a wonderful gift of
yourself to be a blessing to
them.
The needs of the hurting
are many, and it helps just to
know that there are people
who care.
"All hearts come home for
Christmas.”
Yes, I believe they do. But
when a heart has been bro
ken, sometimes it doesn’t
feel like home, and it won
ders if home will ever be
the same again. I encourage
each of us to remember that
Christmas isn’t a holly jolly
time for everyone.
Let’s remember those who
are hurting, and do our best
to be a blessing to them.
Cathy Watkins Bennett is a
Barrow County native and a
graduate of Winder-Barrow
High School. Send com
ments about this column to
bencath@aol.com.
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