About The Forest-blade. (Swainsboro, Ga.) 1996-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 2021)
Glad Garden Club returns to Sudie A. Fulford Center The Glad Garden Club held its regular meeting on February 8, 2021 and is very proud to be able to return to the Sudie A. Fulford Community Learning Center located just inside the main gate on the beautiful campus of the East Georgia State College. The Learning Center has been closed for several months due to the COVID-19 pandem ic but is now open with current COVID-19 guide lines in place. Each room is set up to make sure that visitors are socially distanced and face masks are to be worn at all times while in the building. The club is very thankful that the center is once again available as the accom modations are peaceful and picturesque. Mem bers were also greeted by a new director. Founding Director Jean Schwabe retired in December but has left the center well cared for. Harley Smith is the new coordinator of communications and the Fulford Center. Smith started her education at EGSC and later finished her degree at Georgia Southern University, ma joring in journalism and public relations. She was also Miss EGSC in 2013. Smith has worked at WTOC as their multime dia journalist but came back to her roots at EGSC in 2019 as communica tions coordinator, then easily moved into her new role after Schwabe retired. The meeting was called to order at 10 a.m. by Pres ident Sylvia Durden. She was happy to announce and introduce new mem ber BeeBee Connell of Swainsboro. Old friends are precious and price less but new members are important and dear. Inspirational message was given by Carolyn Brown referring to Mat thew 25:25, "and I was afraid and went and hid my talent in the ground". Words of encourage ment: Don't let the cir cumstances of what is happening cause you to lose your talent and gift ing to others. Margaret Sweet shared an interesting presenta tion about the Franklin Tree. Franklinia alatama- ha, commonly called the Franklin Tree, is indige nous to Georgia. Genus name honors Benjamin Franklin. It is Ameri ca's first rare tree. John Bartram was appointed Royal Botanist for North America by King George III in 1765. In that same year John Bartram and his son William discov ered this tree growing in a 2-3-acre tract along the banks of the Altamaha River. The Franklin Tree has never been observed growing in any other place than along the Al tamaha River. In a return trip in 1773, Bartram col lected seed from this site and brought it back to Bartram's garden in Phil adelphia where the tree was successfully grown. This tree has been extinct in the wild since 1803. It isn't even known precise ly why this tree disap peared in the wild. It has been perpetuated only by cultivation by (all plants derive from the seed col lected by Bartram) not only because of its rari ty but also because of its attractive flowers and foliage. Its genetic base is quite narrow because all plants/trees currently in existence in the world come from the seeds col lected by the Bartrams. Correspondence was reviewed as thank you notes were received. Among them was a thank you from Kristin Hall for the club's donation to the Barbara and Tobe Karrh Community Arts Center home of the Historic Dix ie Theatre. The theatre first opened in 1934 and not only ran contempo rary films but a variety of vaudeville acts. Its doors closed in the late '60s and generally remained emp ty until the proprietor W.M.Karrh's grandsons, Bill and Jim, donated the property to the City of Swainsboro for redevel opment into a communi ty arts center. For further information go to www. KarrhCenter.com Due to COVID-19, Oc tober District Meeting was cancelled this past year, so awards were giv en to presidents at dis trict board meeting. Glad Garden Club is proud to have won several awards, as a designated small club of under 29 members, at the National Garden Club, the Deep South Region, and the Garden Club of Georgia level. Club members are in hopes and pray to be able to have more real meetings to celebrate and have fellowship with dear friends that they have been unable to meet with this past year due to COVID-19. Plans are in the works to plant a tree as an Ar bor Day celebration in April. Discussion was also had on what the club may do as a fund raiser this year. This will probably involve the community. Future trips and programs were dis cussed as there are many COVID-19 guidelines to be followed. Glad Garden Club follows strict CDC guidelines and protocols but if you would like to have some great fun with a great group of sassy seniors, Glad Garden Club members are your type. Glad Garden Club attempts to meet every second Mon day of the month September through May at 10 a.m. at the Sudie A. Fulford Com munity Learning Center unless otherwise notified. The Glad Garden Club is a member of the Nation al Garden Clubs Inc., Deep South Region, the Garden Club of Georgia Inc., of the Oleander District. The Forest-Blade • www.EmaniielCountyLive.com • Swainsboro, Georgia • February 17, 2021 3B Photo by Mark Williams Photography DADDY- DAUGHTER ATTENDEES SECRD holds annual Daddy-Daughter Dance Over 40 couples enjoyed this year's Daddy-Daughter Dance hosted by Swainsboro-Emanuel County Recreation Department Friday evening, February 12. The annual event was held in the Recreation Department Gym with limited attendance due to Covid-19 guidelines. The event was for girls ages 4 and up and their father or an adult escort. The girls enjoyed an evening of socializing and dancing to a variety of music provided by disc jockey Joey Crapps. Refreshments were also served throughout the evening. PAM AKRIDGE PRESENTS CHECK TO OWENS Owens wins New Year Resolution contest! This year's winner of The Forest-Blade's annual New Year Resolution contest was Wanda Owens. She was awarded $100 for participating in this year's con test! Be sure to stay on the lookout for more ways to play and win with The Blade! Emanuel County's Covid-19 virus and vaccine update According to the coun ty commissioners' up date on Tuesday, Febru ary 16, the total active cases of COVID-19 in Emanuel has decreased from 49 to 19 since last week's COVID-19 update report. The report on February 9 was as follows: • 49 active cases • 2,357 confirmed cas es • 2,228 recovered cases • 80 deaths This week's most up County Board of Com missioners is the Eman uel County Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Update. This data is the most up to date and is provided in a joint effort by the Emanuel Med ical Center, East Geor gia Healthcare Center, Emanuel County Health Department, Shop- Rite Pharmacy, and the Emanuel County Board of Commissioners. The most recent report regarding 1A+ vac- ty office will update in formation as soon as it is received. Be sure to fol low the Emanuel Count Board of Commission er's Facebook page and turn your notifications "ON". C.C eds of Ho, Be "How many more times do I have to tell you before you remember what I'm trying to teach you?" asked Jim’s Dad. "Probably as many times as it takes for’me to see what's in it for me," answered Jim. Most of us have been involved in similar "discus sions." Some "lessons" are more difficult to learn than others if we see no immediate benefits. So it was with the Children of Israel. Psalm 78 begins with a plea from God: "Oh my people, hear my teaching!" Notice that God is pleading with His people to hear Him. There is a difference between listening and hearing. We often listen but do not hear. So God emphasized that fact: "listen to the words of my mouth." Of course we want to know what He means when He asks us to "listen to the words of my mouth." Then, as now, many only listen when any speaker has anything to say that has value to’them - even God. If we do not believe that the words of the speaker - even God - will benefit us personally and tangibly we will not hear their voice. Sadly, what was true then is true today. God spoke to the Israelites many times on many different occasions through many dif ferent individuals and unex pected miracles. Yet, His message did not penetrate into the depth of their hearts and make a lasting impression in their lives. They seemed to forget the importance of His teachings and paid a price. If we listen to and obey His Word, He will reward’us. Visit us at: SowerMinis- tries.org PS 178 LINCOLN A member of TE Redding Enterprises, LLC - & Metier Ford 122 Kile Road, Swainsboro 237-7811 Toll Free 1-856-889-FORD DON’T MAKE RESOLUTIONS. GET IMMEDIATE RESULTS & CREATE HEALTHY HABITS! GUIDING YOU IN MAKING HEALTHY CHOICES. 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