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PRAYERS FOR AUDREY NORRIS, WHO COL
LAPSED DURING ULMS FIELD DAY AT SCHOOL
LAST WEEK AND HER HEART STOPPED... she is
still in the hospital getting tests to see what caused
it... for those wish to send her a card, you can mail
cards to: Audrey Norris, 60 Eastside Drive, Thom-
aston, GA 30286.
WE NEED HELP FOR THE MAN WHO HELPED
US... LINEMAN DENNIS "BUBBA" WATSON IS A
LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, AND UP UNTIL
LAST YEAR, HE WAS A LINEMAN FOR SOUTH
ERN RIVERS ENERGY, WHERE HE HAS
WORKED FOR 33 YEARS... After enduring months of
biopsies, tests, surgeries, infections, and no clear diagnosis,
doctors diagnosed him with pancreatic cancer... after un
dergoing surgery to remove as many tumors as possible,
they changed his diagnosis to Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Initially, this was a better diagnosis than pancreatic cancer,
but his pathology reports in November showed what they
call a double hit - a mutation in the cancer cell that makes
it a very aggressive form called Diffuse Large B Cell Non-
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. A Go Fund Me account was created
on Facebook for the fella who helped keep our power
going... Please help us raise funds to help this sweet family
with Bubba's medical bills so they can spend all their
energy on helping him heal when he is finally able to come
home from the hospital... Donations will go straight to
Bubba and Lora Watson's account... Please consider do
nating, but if you're unable to right now, prayers are also
needed... to donate, visit Help Bubba Finish Beating
Cancer on Facebook.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LIZ (ADAMS) AND
BRAD PAIML, WHO TIED THE KNOT THIS
WEEKEND... and congratulations to Abby (White)
and Adam Laney, who also got hitched this week
end... as the happy couples starts their new lives,
we wish them the best as husbands and wives.
CONGRATULATIONS TO JON AUSTIN HOLLEY
AND SAM GOULDING, WHO GOT ENGAGED.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES EXTENDED TO...
Jim Wheeless, Jared Streetman, Wes McCard, Jessica
Faulk, Nora Jean Daniel, Stephanie Faulkner, Bryce
Blount, May 27... Joel Burke, Donna Anderson, Jackie
Chambers, Darlene Cleveland Johnson, Jon Austin Holley,
Don Peacock, Karli Tyler, Jordan Ramey, May 28... Steven
Stinchcomb, Dara Wade, Sam Danehower, Destiny
Oglesby, Jonathan Jensen, Payton Teal, TJ Harp, Sherry
George, Payton Trickel, Ty Eubanks, Whitney Beeland,
May 29... Anthony Atwater, Patrick Allen Gregg, Mike Bur-
brink, Vicki Raines, Catherine Sapp, Lee Ellison, Randy
Glover, Kelli Coggins Wilson, Michael Rogers, Chris New
man, Bailey Lawson, Erin Keel Clarke, May 30... Kay Har
ris, Chris Gilbert, Lindsey Herrington, Cissie McSwain,
Chris Smith, Brishel Respress, Roxtavious Harris, May
31... Allen McLemore, Anzlie Fields, Barbie Crane, Carla
Roberts, Mike Bates, Katherine Stella, Kurt Burnette,
Ryran Traylor, June 1... Amy Helms, John Shaw, Jared
Penny, Michelle Boyt, James Salter, June 2... We wish for
all celebrating birthdays many more happy and healthy
ones.
AS THIS SCHOOL YEAR COMES TO AN END... I
want to thank all of our teachers, administrators
and staff at all of our schools... Every single day
you’re shaping the next generation... Your com
mitment to our children is second to none, espe
cially over the past year... Thank you all so very
much and we hope you have a great summer.
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
County Requests
Resident Participation
for CDBG Funding
Page 3A
Upson County is re
questing the input of cit
izens while undergoing a
consideration process for a
Community Development
Block Grant to upgrade the
portion of the county water
system services by the Thur
ston Well and needs com
munity support and
participation to provide ac
curate, up-to-date infor
mation about the needs of
the community, according
to Upson County officials.
As part of the considera
tion process, a Department
of Housing and Urban De
velopment review panel re
quires household surveys,
completed by local res
idents, to accompany the
application.
Without the support of
the community, the grant
will be unobtainable. Com
munity Development Block
Grants provide a gateway to
funding crucial community
projects and funds received
are based on the needs of in
dividual citizens, as well as
the community as a whole,
officials say.
The Upson County 2021
Household Survey for Pro
posed Community Devel
opment Grant can be found at
http: / / upsoncountyga.org/Ci
vicAlerts.aspx?AID=i25 and
any Upson resident can print
the application, fill out rel
evant household information,
and return the survey to the
Upson County Utilities De
partment, or email completed
applications to gnordan@up-
soncountyga.org by June 4.
The survey includes
questions pertaining to
household income and the
survey asks for your name
and address. Completed
and returned survey results
will remain strictly con
fidential, and must be
signed by a member of the
household to ensure valid
and relevant results. Your
response does not obligate
you in any way.
If you have any ques
tions, please call the Upson
County Water Department
at 706-647-3513 or email
gnordan@upsoncountyga.o
rg for more information.
$1,000 REWARD
for safe return or information
leading to safe return.
Lost Family Pet... Hickmon Fork Road/
Sunnyside Area. This little fella was the same
one that was shot and left for dead a couple
years ago. He recovered and has been doing
very well. He is so loved by his family. Please
call (706) 741-2676 if you see him. The
family wants him back.
Vietnam Veteran
Ceremony Slated
in Roberta June 5
Area Vietnam veterans
will be honored with a Certif
icate of Honor and lapel pin
ceremony hosted by the Na
thaniel Macon Chapter
Daughters of the American
Revolution at n a.m. Sat
urday, June 5 at the Roberta
City Park pavilion on High
way 80, according to the
DAR.
“It is never too late to say
“Thank you” for serving in
the military. Vietnam vet
erans never received that -
no simple acknowledgment
of their personal sacrifice for
military service to our coun
try during the Vietnam War,”
the DAR statement reads.
In conjunction with the
Defense Department’s ongo
ing 50th Anniversary Com
memoration of the Vietnam
War, the Georgia Depart
ment of Veterans Service, in
partnership with the Office of
Gov. Brian Kemp, has
created the Vietnam War
Certificate of Honor program
for these veterans.
This ceremony will in
volve presentation of the De
fense Department’s Vietnam
War 50th Anniversary Lapel
Pin and the State Certificate
of Honor.
Every veteran with hon
orable military service dur
ing the Vietnam War (June l,
1954 to May 15,1975) is eligi
ble to receive the certificate
and lapel pin (This includes
veterans with service in
country and those who
served in other capacities).
Each certificate is per
sonalized with the Vietnam
War veteran’s name, rank,
branch of service, dates of
service printed over the Seal
of the State of Georgia, and
includes the official U.S. De
partment of Defense’s Viet
nam War Commemorative
Partner logo. They are signed
by Gov. Kemp and GDVS
Commissioner Mike Roby.
Veterans are asked to
provide branch of service,
rank, and dates of service.
Deadline to register for
inclusion was Wednesday,
May 26. Anyone interested
in attending, or for more in
formation, call 478-747-7529
or email dysa@cox.net.
By: Rev. Dean Hemphill
Clarks Chapel
Baptist Church
176 Mathis Lake Rd.
Thomaston, GA 30286
A few days ago, I was think
ing that if there was no
Heaven, I would still choose
to be a Christian. Matter of fact, some 50 years ago I
told someone that I worked with that each Monday
morning I came to work happy and he came to work
cursing. He could not find peace or happiness in
anything. I had my daily prayers, attended church,
read my Bible, gave thanks for the food on the table
and clothes on my back.
I say if all there was after death was blackness, I
would choose to still spend my life as a Christian.
Having someone to lean on and to walk daily with
me through this world, and by the way His name is
Jesus. It’s fun to be a Christian.
But I know without any doubt there is a hell to
shun and a Heaven to gain. I know the only way to
Heaven is going through the Lord Jesus Christ. I
know that all those that reject the Lord are making
an eternal mistake. I know that there is a God, be
cause I talk to Him every day.
There are a lot of benefits that come to a child of
God, but if there were none, I would still choose to
be a Christian. Notice, I didn’t say religious, but a
Christian having a relationship with the Savior.
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