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A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. Winder, Barrow County, Georgia $1.00 Copy Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Bethlehem boy a Bert's Big Adventure
star, heads to
As a 2023 Beit’s Big
Adventure child and lo
cal rockstar in the mak
ing, Jax Anglin, 6, of
Bethlehem, lived out his
rock-n-roll dreams while
drumming alongside The
Big Beyond at Luck of
Avalon in Alpharetta on
March 16.
The band surprised Jax
and gifted him a pair of
signed drumsticks to kick
off the big concert. Bert’s
Big Adventure staff and
another 2023 family
came out to support him
as he rocked the night
away, playing along to
“Uptown Funk” by Bru
no Mars and “Shake It
Off’ by Taylor Swift.
Jax and his entire fam
ily stayed overnight at
Hotel at Avalon to keep
the party going. Special
praises were given to
Chris and Sandra Cau-
ley and The Big Beyond
for making Jax’s magical
night possible.
In addition to being a
lover of all music, Jax
loves Toy Story, espe
cially Buzz Lightyear
and Woody, Spidey and
Friends, chicken nuggets,
baseball, soccer, and the
color red, and he wants to
be a firefighter when he
grows up.
Jax is one of 13 chil
dren across the state cho
sen to be one of Bert’s
Big Adventure stars of
2023. Jax was bom with
a rare genetic disorder
called Floating Harbor
Syndrome (FHS) and is
one of about 100 known
cases ever reported, ac
cording to rarediseases.
org. He was also born
with Perthese Disease,
which affects roughly
one in 10,000 children,
a Right Aortic Arch, a
vascular ring and Speech
Apraxia.
Established in 2002,
Bert’s Big Adventure is
a nonprofit organization
that provides a magical,
all-expenses-paid, five-
day journey to Walt Dis
ney World® for children
with chronic and terminal
illnesses and their fami
lies. The organization has
served nearly 270 chil
dren and their families
through its trip to Disney,
Fairy Godparent Volun
teer Program and quar
terly Family Reunion Ad
ventures.
To learn more about
Bert’s Big Adventure,
please visit bertsbigad-
venture.org.
Disney World
Credit: Amanda Coker
Jax Anglin, 6, drummed alongside The Big Beyond at
the Luck of Avalon event last week as one of the 2023
stars chosen for Bert’s Big Adventure.
Credit: Amanda Coker
Jax rocking out on the drums alongside The Big Be
yond, who surprised him with his very own signed pair
of drumsticks.
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BARROW COUNTY THIRD GRADERS GIFTED BY
LOCAL NONPROFITS FOR DICTIONARY WEEK
Submitted photo
Third graders at Bramlett Elementary were excited to receive their very own dictionaries from the Woodmen-
Life chapter 1395 on the annual Dictionary Day in Barrow on March 23. Pictured with the students (from left):
Clifton Shedd, Teri Jackson, Brian Shedd, Jimmie Shedd, Zita Shedd and Eddie Jackson.
Lanier Tech announces
2023 EAGLE winner
BOC moves forward
with Tanner’s Bridge
Expansion Project
The Barrow County
Board of Commission
ers approved funding
for the Tanner’s Bridge
Expansion Project,
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which will consist of a
two million gallon per
day (MGD) expansion
and a new law build
ing at the county’s
Tanner’s Bridge Road
Wastewater Treatment
Plant using the 2018
SPLOST funds totaling
$2 million to the Tan
ner’s Bridge Expan
sion Project account.
Engineering Manage
ment, Inc. provided the
estimate project budget
cost at the amount of
$6,471,000, which in
cludes the design phase
engineering, surveying
geotechnical and per
mitting fees, totaling
$503,000.
The Tanner’s Bridge
2 MGD project was
not included in the fis
cal year 2023 projects
list and doesn’t have
funding allotted to it.
See BOC, page 2A
This year's 2023
Exceptional Adult
Georgian in Literacy
Education (EAGLE)
winner is Kayla Hill,
31, from Lanier Tech
nical College (LTC).
After enduring multi
ple family and person
al tragedies throughout
her life. Hill struggled
with addiction. She
discovered the LTC
Adult Education pro
gram while in the Bar-
row County Detention
Center. Within a few
months, she earned her
High School Equiva
lency (HSE) diploma
and was released from
jail three hours after
passing her last test.
Kayla began a weld
ing class and fell in
love her first day. She
is continuing her stud
ies at LTC’s Welding
and Joining program.
“Thanks to the sup-
hnical College
Kayla Hill
port I have been given,
I now have a life that
I am proud of,” said
Hill.
As the state EAGLE
winner. Hill will re
ceive a full two-year
scholarship to the
technical college of
See EAGLE, page 2A
BASA’s
'Mamma Mia!’
sells out every
show at WBCT
Jeff Seeley
Pictured (from left): Georgia Rhinehart (Donna), Selah
Moore (Sophie)
Jeff Seeley
Pictured (from left): Simon Camathan (Harry), Joe
Bonanno (Bill) Sean Brown (Sam), Selah Moore (Sophie)
BASA’s 6 Mamma
Mia!’ sells out every
show at WBCT
The Barrow Arts and
Sciences Academy’s
(BASA) Choral and
Theater Programs per
formed popular musical
“Mamma Mia!” at the
Winder Barrow Com
munity Theater March
23-25 and March 26.
WBCT sold out each of
the three performances.
“Mamma Mia!” fea
tures over 20 songs and
dances including “Danc
ing Queen,” “Honey,
Honey,” and “Money,
Money, Money,” and
“S.O.S.”
The musical’s chore
ography and direction
was led by Bethany
Barnes, music direction
by Haley Mitchell and
technical direction by
Sherelle Patisaul.
See MAMMA MIA, page 2A
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Credit: WBHS
Justice Billings and Nivea Campbell were crowned
Winder-Barrow High School’s 2023 prom queen and
king Saturday night at the Classic Center in Athens.
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