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Lake Oconee News
Friday, December 25, 2015
Area Events
SPOTLIGHT
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"Chicago" the musical comes to Georgia College and State University in
February.
"Chicago"
"Chicago" The Tony-Winning Broadway Musical comes to Georgia
College and State University's Russell Auditorium on Feb. 24-28. The
Feb. 24-27 shows begin at 8 p.m. and the Feb. 28 show is at 2 p.m.
The performance is for mature audiences and features music by John
Kander- general admission is $16, senior citizens, Georgia College
faculty and staff, Non-Georgia College students are $12 and Georgia
College students are $7. For more information and tickets visit www.
visitmilledgeville.org.
OCONEE
Thursday, Jan. 14,2016
Global Escapes and Trafalgar invite you to
their event "Talk, Travel and Taste." The
event begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Jennings
Mill Country Club Clubhouse located at
1150 Chambers Ct. in Watkinsville. For
more information and to RSVP email bet-
sy@globalescapes.com.
Saturday, Jan. 16 -
Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016
Georgia Elite Gymnastics will host the 2nd
annual Georgia Elite Classic meet at their
facility located at 1010 Lampkin Branch
Drive. The meet will have gymnasts from
across the area competing. Cost of admis
sion to watch the meet is $7 for adults,
$5 for children, and seniors and children
under three are free. For more information
visit www.georgiaelitegymnastics.com/
geg-classic.
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016
Oconee County Recreation Department will
host their 4th annual Coaches vs. Cancer
event. This American Cancer Society ben
efit tournament will have teams of three
or four playing in a pool style tournament
with a three game minimum. The event
begins at 1 p.m. and the cost is $50 per
team and the deadline for registration is
Wednesday, Jan. 7. For more information
email jhightower@oconee.ga.us or visit
www.oconeecounty.com/ocprd.
ATHENS-CLARKE
Friday, Jan. 8, 2016
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia will
host its January Friends First Friday event
in the Visitor Center and Conservatory
Cardenside Room. The event will walk
guests through what makes a garden a
botanical garden, the historical background
and the impact botanical gardens are
making today. Director Wilf Nicholls will
present these topics and more. Cost is $12
or $10 for members. For more information
visit www.botgarden.uga.edu.
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016
Phi Gamma Delta and Bulldogs Battling
Breast Cancer present "Battle of the
Bands" at the Georgia Theatre. The show
features bands such as King Guru, The
Welcome Home, Space Mama and Walden.
The performance is for those 18 years
old and up and begins at 9 p.m. For more
information and tickets visit www.georgia-
theatre.com.
Monday, Feb. 1, 2016
42nd Street, a musical comedy, comes to
The Classic Center for one show at 7:30
p.m. The musical is a song and dance fable
of Broadway with an American Dream sto
ry. For more information and to purchase
tickets visit www.classiccenter.com.
Nov. 16 - Feb. 28, 2016
The Classic Center will provide Athens only
indoor/outdoor ice-skating rink. The rink
will be indoors during the early season
before moving outside for guests to enjoy
the winter weather. The rink offers mul
tiple public skating sessions, toddler and
youth classes, adult sessions and youth
hockey clinics. For more information visit
http://www.visitathensga.com/event/pub-
lic-ice-skating/18354/.
BALDWIN
Friday, Jan. 8 2016
Monroe Crossing will present a bluegrass
concert at Allen's Market at 7:30 p.m. The
band will entertain audiences with their
mix of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel
and heartfelt originals. The group of five
players brings a distinguished mix of vivid
personalities to the stage for an electrify
ing performance. Tickets are $10.70, for
more information call 478-452-3950.
Friday, Jan. 15,2016
Georgia College and State University Friends
of Music will host the Low Brass Bash
beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Max Noah
Recital Hall located at 231 West Hancock
Street in Milledgeville. The performance
will be for an intimate audience of about
200 and will feature Demondrae Thurman,
Euphonium Joanna Hersey, Tuba Georgia
College faculty and students. For more
information call 478-445-8289.
The Holidays Remind Us
To Be A Heart Healer'
GREENE COUNTY
Think Through Math supports greater success
A former patient recently
took me off guard by say
ing, “John, you are a heart
healer.” I thanked the per
son. I had not been called
that before. The expression
has stayed with me and
caused me to reflect on the
process of heart healing.
There are many broken
hearts in our community, as
there are in any other com
munity. Hearts are broken
by many people and cir
cumstances. Husbands and
wives, parents, children,
siblings, extended family
members, lovers, friends,
co-workers, et al are capa
ble of breaking hearts.
Death, divorce, break
ups, arguments, natural
disasters, illness etc... also
contribute to hearts being
broken. I would guess that
most of us can both identify
with having a heart broken
along the way, as well as
seeing others in that posi
tion now.
In the twelve years that
I have lived in the Lake
Oconee area, I have had the
privilege of working with
clergy, various health pro
fessionals, law enforcement
personnel, journalists,
and caring friends for the
benefit of our community
- particularly people with
Dr. John
Stathas
Columnist
broken lives, broken homes,
broken hearts.
As I look around, I am
constantly seeing men and
women of our community
reach out and give of their
time, talents, and dollars to
those in need. Often in our
local newspapers we see
pictures and stories of peo
ple giving service to those
in need.
Some examples would
be the wonderful volun
teers who are involved
with the Senior Center,
Circle of Love, the Dream
ers, Habitat for Humanity,
the Humane Society - and
many others.
My purpose in writing
this is to say “thank you”
to those who have privi
leged me while I try in my
humble way to assist in
heart healing through my
articles.
And thanks to all you
other heart healers who
reach out with a generous
and loving heart.
If you are a “Heart
Healer”, keep it up. If you
have not been attuned to
the needs and opportu
nities beckoning, please
join in. Together all of us
can assist in the healing
of wounded hearts in our
community.
The holidays are an
emotional time. Many
of us are particularly
blessed, and our hearts
are filled with love. Oth
ers are experiencing
intense pain during this
time.
For all who celebrate
Christmas in the spiritual
sense, may we all learn
from the person whose
ministry we are called to
emulate.
Be a “heart healer”
during this special time,
and may it carry forth
and continue to be a part
of your essence.
Happy Holiday!
“The unexamined life is
not worth living” Soc
rates
Dr. Stathas can be
reached at 706-473-
1780. Email:Stathas@
plantationcable.net. Web
site:drstathas.googlep-
ages.com. His blog:
drstathas.com
With a focus on the Pete
Nance Boys & Girls Club
slogan “Great Futures Start
Here” PNBGC began to look
at ways to work more closely
with their Greene County
Schools’ partner and col
laborate on ways to support
kids academically to ensure
on-time graduation.
Georgia Department of
Education released a study
in 2014 that identified
fourth-grade proficiency as
the predictor for gradua
tion. Math and reading pro
vide the link to success in
all core subjects, so PNBGC
made its academic support
more focused, particularly
during “Power Hour,” where
volunteers provide home
work help each day.
In 2014, PNBGC was
offered an opportunity to
pilot a diagnostic teaching
tool called “Think Through
Math” that was designed to
support and track the indi
vidual progress of PNBGC
members.
A team of volunteer,
retired math teachers, engi
neers and other business
professionals, 11 in all, met
with groups of third grade
students weekly to work on
the TTM computer-based
teaching tool in the Novelis
Math/Science Lab.
The pilot year required
PNBGC members, staff,
and volunteers to learn how
the program worked. As
with most pilot programs,
you learn “how” to imple
ment a program to ensure
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Club members
and volunteers
learn how to
utilize Think
Through Math
in the Novelis
Math/ Science
Lab.
Contributed
greater success.
PNBGC learned that kids
are very smart about get
ting around the program to
the games, and so changes
were made to require kids
to complete certain prob
lems before moving ahead.
PNBGC also learned that
their volunteers needed to
know “how” the schools
were teaching the new
math core curriculum, so
in 2015 Mrs. Glubber, the
district’s Elementary Math
Coach provided a training
session for the volunteers.
TTM is based on Georgia
Core Curriculum for math
and provides individual
ized adaptive testing and
instruction with regular
assessment, feedback and
goals to help students move
through increasingly more
difficult problems and
math concepts based on
what they already know.
Volunteer Lead, Becky
Geihsler reports, “We are
up and running smoothly
this year, and we are very
excited about the changes
we see in our students and
volunteers as they work
together three days a week
on this program. We are
currently serving 30-40
students weekly in grades
three, four and five, and
kids are making good prog
ress.”
Math volunteers report
greater implementation of
the program, and share a
mutual understanding of
the value and effectiveness
of using this approach.
Individual folders track
the progress of each child
and serve as a guide for
volunteers to know how to
help move students along a
path to success.
One unexpected change
has been the growing bond
between volunteers and the
students, changing the vol
unteer role from monitor
ing to mentoring for greater
success.
If you are interested in
visiting or volunteering
for this or other programs
at PNBGC, please contact
PNBGC Volunteer Coor
dinator: Jim Liebeck at
706-817-0964 or by email
at hliebeck@plantationca-
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ORHS wishes our community a
safe, happy holiday. And thank you
for all your support this year.
Our Adoption Center will be closed
on Thursday, 24th by noon
and re-open on Monday, 28th.
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