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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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Annual Literacy Ball set for Jan. 28, sponsors needed
Adult Literacy Barrow
(ALB), in conjunction with
presenting sponsor. Brand-
Bank, and catering sponsor,
the Georgia Club, will hold
its 24th annual Literacy Ball
on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the
Winder Community Center.
Music will again be pro
vided by the nine-piece
“Back in Time” band, led
by Winder native Mercer
Crook playing “rock n ’roll,
beach and soul” sounds.
The planning committee,
comprised of some mem
bers of the ALB board of
directors and other individ
uals. is currently soliciting
sponsorships for the ball at
the following levels:
•Diamond sponsor:
$1,500
•Platinum sponsor:
$1,000
•Gold sponsor: $750
•Silver sponsor: $500
•Bronze sponsor: $250
Each sponsor will be enti
tled to tickets to the event
based on the level of spon
sorship.
A portion, or all. of the
sponsorship is tax-deduct
ible, depending on the num
ber of tickets requested.
A sponsorship donation
page can be found on Adult
Literacy Barrow’s website
at www.adultliteracybarrow.
org.
Individual tickets to the
black tie optional event are
available for $75 each ($57
of which is tax deductible).
Businesses and individu
als are encouraged to pur
chase tickets as holiday gifts
to employees, customers or
friends.
For more information on
the Literacy Ball and Adult
Literacy Barrow, go to the
Adult Literacy Barrow web
site at www.adultliteracy-
barrow.org. our Facebook
City of Statham, Georgia
Schedule of Project Expenditures with
Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Revenue
For the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2016
Original
Estimated
Cost
Prior
Years
EXPENDITURES
Current
Year
Total
%
of
Completion
Proiect-2006 SPLOST
PUBLIC WORKS:
Road Improvements-Paving
$
600,000
$ 250,515
$
0.00
$
250,515.00
42%
Proiect-2012 SPLOST
WATER & SEWER SYSTEM:
Water & Sewer System Improvements
$
1,405,980
$ 296,102
$
77,158.00
$
373,260.00
27%
SPLOST TOTALS
$
2,005,980
$ 546,617
$
77,158.00
$
623,775.00
page “Adult Literacy Bar- contact the Adult Learning
row — A Novel Affair” or Center at 770-531-3361.
“Okinawa
Etched Deep
in My Mind”
By Herman Buffington
A Georgia Soldier’s
Recollection of
Okinawa, The Last Battle
of World War Two
This book by Herman Buffington, the long-time pub
lisher of MainStreet Newspapers, is again available in a
limited quantity.
Buffington, who passed away in 2014, was a combat infan
tryman in the last battle of World War II, the Battle of
Okinawa. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army’s 96th Infantry
“Deadeyes” Division and this book is his personal recollec
tion of the Easter Sunday, 1945 Okinawa invasion and other
memories of that battle.
The book is available for $10 plus tax at The Jackson Herald
office, 33 Lee Street in Jefferson.
To have a book mailed to you, send a check for $13.70 ($10
plus tax & shipping) to Helen Buffington, 162 Jett Roberts
Road, Jefferson, GA 30549. For more information, call 706-
614-4354.
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