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Fine Arts Festival to expand
School system’s annual showcase kicks off this week with pair of concerts
SBamrow County School System
March 1 st through April 15th
By Ron Bridg'eman
News-Journal Reporter
Barrow County's annual
Fine Arts Festival is going
to look different, a lot dif
ferent, this year.
The festival, which offi
cially starts March 1 but
will kick off Feb. 27-28
with two band concerts,
will be much larger and
last much longer.
The festival will stretch
over six weeks. March 1
to April 15, will be held
at a number of locations
and will include the efforts
of a few thousand Barrow
County students. A major
change will be the display
of visual arts, Lee Bane.
STEAM coordinator for
Barrow County, said.
The displays will be
larger than in the past.
Bane explained that each
school will have a class
room in the new Center
for Innovative Teaching,
the former Russell Middle
School.
Schools have had dis
plays on “two sheets of
butcher paper" Bane said,
“to display basically their
full year (of work).”
The CFIT will be set up
more like an art gallery,
Bane said, and each school
will display its work in a
classroom. Each art teach
er will design the gallery
for each school.
The art will be exhibit
ed March 20-31. Displays
have been for only five
days in previous years.
For the first time, the
displays will be open on a
weekend.
Hours are expected to
be 5 to 7 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 1 to 4
p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The festival also will
include nearly 20 perfor
mances of musical and
drama groups. It will begin
Monday and Tuesday with
concerts at the two county
high schools.
Performances will be
held between March 1 and
April 15.
The final two will be
musicals put on by the
drama departments at each
high school.
Appalachee will pres
ent “Hairspray” March
31-April 2 and Wind
er-Barrow will perform
"Bye Bye Birdie” April
14-15.
The elementary honor
chorus, made up of 10
fourth- and fifth-grade stu
dents from each elemen
tary school, will perform
March 24 at the Colleen O.
Williams Theater in down
town Winder.
The Bethlehem Elemen
tary School Hip Hop Club
will perform March 22.
The same day, Sims
Academy will present its
first “short films” festival
at the Williams theater.
That will start at 6:30 p.m.
and last for “about an hour
of student-produced short
films,” Bane said.
He said the art teachers
also will produce their own
work for display, also a
new feature of the festival.
Local Red Cross blood
donation opportunities
coming up in March
During Red Cross Month
in March, the American
Red Cross encourages eli
gible donors to join in its
lifesaving mission by giv
ing blood.
Since 1943, every U.S.
president has designat
ed March as Red Cross
Month to recognize how
the Red Cross helps peo
ple across the country and
around the world.
Blood donor Timo
thy Sheely knows the
need firsthand. His wife
required 12 units of blood
during emergency surgery
following the birth of their
son. “If it had not been for
blood donors, she might
not have survived,” he
said.
“Thanks to generous
blood donors, I still have a
wife and my kids still have
their mom. I can’t possibly
thank those people in per
son, but I can give a little
piece of me back with each
donation for the greater
good.”
Red Cross Month is a
celebration of supporters,
who are the face of the Red
Cross in their communities
and bring hope to people
facing emergencies.
The Red Cross depends
on blood donor heroes
across the nation to col
lect enough blood to meet
the needs of patients at
approximately 2,600 hos
pitals nationwide.
Donors of all blood
types, especially type O,
are needed to help those
who rely on blood prod
ucts.
There will be several
blood donation opportuni
ties in March in Barrow
and surrounding counties.
Those in Barrow
include:
•noon to 6 p.m., March
3, Winder First United
Methodist Church, 280
North Broad St.
•2-7 p.m., March 8,
Winder Masonic Lodge,
83 Kelly Drive.
How to help
Download the American
Red Cross Blood Donor
app, go to redcrossblood.
org or call 1-800-RED
CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
to make an appointment or
for more information.
All blood types are
needed to ensure a reli
able supply for patients. A
blood donor card or driv
er’s license or two other
forms of identification are
required at check-in.
Individuals who are 17
years of age in most states
(16 with parental consent
where allowed by state
law), weigh at least 110
pounds and are in gener
ally good health may be
eligible to donate blood.
High school students
and other donors 18 years
of age and younger also
have to meet certain height
and weight requirements.
DESIGN AWARD
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton was recently named the top winner of the national
Construction Owners Association of America Project Leadership Awards.
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton
campus honored with top design award
In addition to winning awards for
its health care and environmental-
ly-friendly initiatives, Northeast
Georgia Medical Center (NGMC)
Braselton has now been named the
top winner of the national Construc
tion Owners Association of America
(COAA) Project Leadership Awards.
NGMC Braselton was the recip
ient of the Gold Award, the highest
of four awards given to construc
tion projects from across the United
States, according to a news release,
“We are honored to be recognized
for the time, effort and innovation
that went into the design and con
struction of NGMC Braselton,” said
Anthony Williamson, president of
NGMC Braselton. “It was certainly
our goal to create a facility that would
advance wellness while providing
safety for patients, families, staff and
the community, but the remarkable
teamwork and support from all of the
designers and contractors enabled us
to take the project much farther than
we’d ever imagined.”
The hospital construction proj
ect was credited with exceeding
numerous industry benchmarks and
including a Lean process-led design
“resulting in a highly innovative and
sustainable facility.”
The project was also completed
ahead of schedule and under budget,
the release said.
To achieve this, designers and
contractors utilized many innovative
techniques that eliminated waste,
decreased time from the schedule,
and reduced overall project cost, the
release said.
“The 2016 Project Leadership
Awards winners are stellar exam
ples of leadership and excellence in
the construction industry, said Dean
McCormick, president of COAA.
“On behalf of all our members, I
congratulate this year’s winners and
commend them on their outstanding
efforts.”
The COAA recognized three other
projects this year: Silver Award win
ners Henry B. Gonzalez Conven
tion Center in San Antonio, Texas,
and Biomolecular Engineering and
Chemistry Building at Ohio State
University and Special Award win
ner One World Trade Center in New
York.
New law
group
opens in
Braselton
Parkway Law Group
recently opened in Braselton.
The law firm specializes in all
facets of real estate law and is
located at 4955 Hwy. 53, just
across from Town Hall.
The Lawrenceville-based
law firm has two attorneys
assigned to its Braselton
branch, Chris Litde and
Tommy Zilahi. In all the firm
employs 25 people. Braselton
DDA vice chairman Hollie
Hutchinson welcomed the
new firm and presented a gift
basket.
For more information, visit
the firm’s website at www.
ParkwayTide.com or call
404-213-0208.
New Year, New Leaf.
Calvin Terrelonge, MD
NGPG Bethlehem
916 Loganville Hwy, Suite 350
Bethlehem, GA 30620
770-791-0167
Ling Li, MD C.J. Rolison, IV, DO
NGPG Gateway Exchange
426 Exchange Blvd, Suite 600
Bethlehem, GA 30620
770-868-5186
Devin Stephens, MD
NGPG Statham
1906 Railroad St
Statham, GA 30666
770-868-5172
Kabita Regmee, MD
NGPG Winder
316 N. Broad St., Suite 250
Winder, GA 30680
770-867-4146
Walk-Ins Welcome and Same-Day Appointments
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