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The Jenkins County Times
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FFA kick off
agriculture
week with
breakfast
By: FFA, Special Contributor
for
The Times
The Jenkins County Farm Bureau sponsored the middle
and high school FFA officers to breakfast Monday morning
to kick off National Agriculture Week, (photo contributed)
HONEY
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brokers, grocery buyers and
other food product experts.
Entries are evaluated by
category based on their
Georgia theme, commercial
appeal, taste, innovation,
and market potential.
Contestants will provide
samples to judges while
pitching their products in a
three-minute presentation.
Winners will be named for
each category, the overall
grand prize and a people's
choice award, which will be
chosen by event attendees.
Flavor of Georgia is more
than a contest; it helps
promote and showcase the
variety and success of food
entrepreneurs in the state.
Since 2007, more than
1,700 products have been
entered into the contest,
and participating businesses
have experienced increased
sales, business contacts,
publicity, and overall
interest in their products.
The Flavor of Georgia
Food Product Contest is
organized by the UGA
CAES Department of Food
Science and Technology
with support from the
Georgia Department of
Agriculture and Georgia
Grown. This event is a
part of CAES Signature
Events. These special events
showcase outstanding
Honey s Lemon Blueberry
Cheesecake is a classic south
ern cheesecake made with Bynes
blueberry preserves and topped
with lemon crumble, (photo con
tributed)
faculty contributions, foster
community and industry
collaboration, and spotlight
the college's impact on a
global scale.
“Flavor of Georgia
showcases all the different
ways FST impacts the
food industry, from flavor
profiling to extending the
shelf life of a product and
value addition of food
products," Singh said.
More information about
the contest is available
at flavorofgeorgia.caes.
uga.edu and by following
the contest on Facebook,
Twitter, or Instagram.
Accepting Bids
The Town of Hiltonia is accepting bids for
water meter upgrades. The project will
consist of replumbing
and installing new components including
flow meter at the well located at 2469
Waynesboro Hwy, Hiltonia, GA 30467. The
successful bidder will be required to show
proof of general liability insurance, workers
compensation, and valid
Georgia business license.
Proposals for water meter upgrades must
be received at the Hiltonia Town Hall
located at 2386 Waynesboro Hwy, Hiltonia,
GA 30467 by 12:00 noon, Monday, April
10,2023. The Town of Hiltonia reserves the
right to reject any or all bids. Contact Clerk
Shannon Moore at 912-829-3999 with any
questions.
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JCHS SENIORS
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Sylvia Culp, the JCHS
Family and Consumer
Science Teacher. Students
learned proper laundering
and ironing techniques,
and how to sew on buttons.
From there, students made
their way to the cooking lab
where Mrs. Amber Cates,
owner of Cafe’ on Cotton,
gave a hands-on cooking
demonstration. Students
got to cook Chicken Bacon
Ranch pasta and then enjoy
the fruits of their labor in
the kitchen. Once students
had a good meal, it was on
to the shop where Mr. Pete
Bennett, JCHS Agriculture
Teacher, helped students
understand the inner
workings of household
plumbing. Students learned
how to unclog a stopped-up
toilet, fix a leaking flush
valve, and change out the
float assembly. Lastly,
students made their way
outside to the parking lot
where Mr. Roy Cook gave
students an entertaining
and informative lesson
on how to properly
maintain a vehicle, how
to change a tire, and why
proper maintenance is so
important. Once the event
was over, students were
treated to lunch, and a
drawing where four lucky
students won free prom
tickets to the JCHS Prom.
The JCHS CTAE
department would like to
thank all our community
partners who contributed
to making this year’s
Adulting Day a success for
our students.
Fr. Larry’s Lent Part 4:
Healing
-Fr. Larry Jesion, St. Michael’s
Episcopal Church
“All our infirmities, whatever they are, are just opportunities for God to display his gra
cious work in us.” - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
This has been an amazing week for me and my family. Early Tuesday morning when my
wife Pam woke me complaining that her blood pressure was very high and that she felt
pressure on her chest, we rushed to the hospital fearful that she was having a heart event of
some sort.
After several long hours in the emergency room, she was diagnosed with atrial fibrilla
tion and treatment via medications began to work to stabilize her heart. In the chaos and
confusion of the emergency room, I saw God in the women and men that worked with my
wife.
Thanks be to God that she is home now and is feeling almost normal again.
The gospel lesson assigned for this past Sunday was John 9:1-41. This is the story of
Jesus healing the blind beggar on the sabbath day. The disciple asked Jesus whose sin
caused this man’s blindness, offering the possibility that it was the man or his parents that
sinned resulting in God causing the blindness as punishment. Jesus tells them that neither
the man nor his parents have sinned, but rather the man was bom blind for God to be
glorified. Jesus then spits on the ground, mixes it with the dirt, and applies the mud to the
man’s eyes to restore his vision.
The scriptures recording the miracle of restored sight has often left the impression that
God caused the man’s blindness for His own sake. This creates a dilemma (called theod
icy) in our understanding of the nature of God related to suffering. Why would God do
this to the man?
Did God cause this man’s suffering?
It is my belief that God does not cause our suffering and that suffering occurs because
(because of our sinful nature) we are a broken people in a broken world. During our suffer
ing, it can be difficult to see that God is with us.
I have had people ask me why we don’t see miracles like the one in the gospel of John
anymore. But there are miracles to be seen daily, and they do happen.
In my work as a hospital chaplain, it was my role to be with patients and families in their
times of suffering, to be a rock of stability in the chaos of the moment and to try to point
out to them where God might be in what was happening.
My prayer whenever walking into another’s suffering is that God will reveal Himself to
me so that I might point Him out to those I’m called to minister to. So many times, I wit
nessed miracles that occurred in these moments. Some were miraculous healings of body,
mind or spirit. Others were in the healing of relationships with family or with relation
ships with God.
It was in these moments where God has shown up in a big way, that I have experienced
outpourings of joy with others as together we praise God.
Perhaps the reason we don’t see miracles in our daily living is that we are choosing our
own blindness to the works of God all around us each day. We are not seeking to see the
miracles in our very ordinary, everyday lives.
My prayer for us all is that Jesus opens our eyes so that we may witness God at work per
forming miracles in the world around us and that when we do see, we may join in praising
Him.
Brier Creek
Chapter
inducts three
By Dess Smith,
Special Contributor
to
The Times
The Brier Creek Chapter Georgia Society Sons of
the American Revolution held its monthly meeting,
Thursday night, February 2 at Walls Restaurant in
Sylvania. With President Wayne Howard presid
ing, there was 26 in attendance. Dual member Dess
Smith III presented 5 Flag Streamers to the Sgt-at-
Arms Don Bazemore that the Brier Creek Chapter
had won at the GASSAR Annual Conference in
Duluth, GA for outstanding Areas. President Wayne
inducted Bernard Martin's three sons into the Brier
Creek Chapter, Bernard Martin II, Benjamin Mar
tin and Joe Martin. Historian Larry Stevens from
Savannah then presented his program, "Hornets’ Nest
in Wilkes County, GA" to the Chapter. Pictured are
brothers Bernard Martin, II; Benjamin Martin, and
Joe Martin, (photo by Dess Smith)
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