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Page BIO Lake Oconee News Friday, September 29,2017 GREENE COUNTY GREENE COUNTY GCCC to host revival The Greene County Con cerned Clergy will be hosting its annual fall county wide revival Oct. 4-6 at 7 p.m. nightly. The revival will take place at New Springfield Baptist Church in Siloam (Pastor R. Johnson). The guest speaker is the dynamic Rev. Clarence Moore of Good Shepherd in Augusta. Choirs and Churches from all over Greene County will be coming together to lift up the name of Jesus in worship and praise. The theme for this event is “A great Gathering of God’s people Worshipping together.” Our revival focus scripture is 2 Chronicles 7:14. Please make plans to join on any or every night. Friday night will focus on the youth as youth dance minis tries converge to share their gifts before the Lord. The GCCC is asking that each church family represent with a $50 love gift. Proceeds go to fund the revival and the Thanksgiving Day minis try. If you would like more information or if your choir or dance ministry would like to participate, please contact us at the numbers Rev. Willie Chester, Jr. 706- 817-7537 (willieechester@ yahoo.com) or Rev. L.T. Crawford 706-453-2485 revltcrawford@yahoo.com or Minister Jackie McDon ald (8grand2@gmail.com.) Restore We need your donations! Call for more information about pickups. • Washers/Dryers • End Tables • Mirrors Sofas / Furniture • Chairs • Dishes Thursday and Friday 10:00am to 4:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am to 3:30 pm m fifil 1 /aa 1027 Lake 0conee pkw w ■ Jyl“l()UU Eatonton, Georgia 31024 (across from Goodwill) Four more students from Habitat for Humanity homes pursue dreams mon CROSSIN Contributed Third grade students from Mrs. Lancaster's class, including (l-r) Madison Holcomb, Eli Copeland, Emery Bedgood, Quin Ruffin, Wesley Denton and Crant Smith get dictionaries from Lake Oconee Elks Dom Serra, Sally Rockey and Don Hill. Lake Oconee Elks presents dictionaries, scholarships The Lake Oconee Elks Lodge donates dictionaries each year to all third grade students in Greene, Morgan and Hancock counties. A tablet or computer is not always available at home or school to conveniently look up a word for correct spell ing, meaning or proper pro nunciation of a word. The kids are always excited to receive their new dictionary. Lake Oconee Elks per sonally hand out each new dictionary to the kids at school and dictionary chair, Sally Rockey, explained how to use them, while drug awareness chair, Dom Serra, had an open dis cussion about drug aware ness. A colorful superhero bookmark illustrating the importance of “Just Say No to Drugs” is enclosed in each dictionary. In addition to the dictio nary program for third grade students, the Lake Oconee Elks also participate in the Elks National Foundation “Most Valuable Student” contest. The Elks National Foundation awards 500 four-year scholarships each Contributed One of Lake Oconee Elks Lodge's winners from last year, Bonnie Brown, is pictured with Elk John White, on Bonnie's left and scholarship chair, Dick Manwaring, to the right. year ranging from $4,000 to $50,000 to the highest rated applicants in the 2018 competition. Current high school seniors, or the equiv alent, who are citizens of the United States are eligible to apply. Applicants do not have to be related to an Elk. Male and female students compete separately and applicants are judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need. Appli cations are now available at: enf.elks.org/mvs and the deadline is November 27, 2017. The Lake Oconee Elks Lodge also awards its own $1,000 scholarships to the top three male and top three female students that apply in the area, so make sure if you are a senior to apply before the deadline. Lynda Lewis, Lake Oconee Elks Lodge 2849. Gates Open - 6:00pm Concert - 7:30pm Tickets - $25 Table for Eight — $200 (Includes Table & Chairs) Tickets can be purchased at Harmony Pet Resort at (706) 923-1881 or Lake Oconee News at 1106 Market St, Greensboro, GA or The Eatonton Messenger at 100 N. Jefferson Avenue, Eatonton GA or by calling Jennifer Rainey at (706) 923-0190 *Credit Cards Accepted* October 1% 2M.7 — Village Green at Harmony Crossing — Of the 75 students cur rently living in the 55 Greene County Habitat for Human ity homes, four were seniors in GCHS, all four graduated high school and now all four are going to college or the military. From the students living in GCHFH homes, there are now 10 college graduates and 16 in college or the military. The students who recently graduated GCHS are: • Tatianna Dewitt who is currently attending classes at Georgia Gwin nett College and plans to work in the medical field. • Henry Neal is off to Lin coln Technical College in Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue his passion of working with cars and aspires to own his own auto engineering business. • Roemell White is attend ing Athens Technical College classes at both the Greensboro and Athens campuses and plans to work in law enforcement. • Divad Dewitt is currently recovering from an auto mobile accident but plans shortly to join the U.S. Army. These students partici pated in the GCHFH Educa tion Program that involves a computer in every home and a structured formal educa tion/career plan to attend college, technical college or Contributed Pictured are, clockwise from top left, Tatianna Dewitt, Divad Dewitt, Roemell White and Henry Heal with Dave Thillen, director of education for Greene County Habitat for Humanity. the military. The students participate in the develop ment of the plan when in high school and upon com pletion earn a $500 scholar ship and a laptop computer. Over the past 12 years, the graduation rate for GCHFH students is 91 percent and 81 percent continue their edu cation beyond high school. / \ DENTAL Insurance Physicians Mutual Insurance Company A less expensive way to help get the dental care you deserve <*5 If you’re over 50, you can get coverage for about (®f No wait for preventive care and no deductibles $1 a day* - you could get a checkup tomorrow Keep your own dentist! NO networks to worry about <$ Coverage for over 350 procedures including Cf NO annual or lifetime cap on the cash benefits cleanings, exams, fillings, crowns...even dentures you can receive FREE Information Kit 1-877-914-2062 www.dental50plus.com/georgia , . „ npli about this insurance solicitation. This specific offer is not available in CO, NY; call 1 -800-969-4781 or respond for similar offer. Certificate C250A (ID: C250E; PA: C2500); Insurance Policy P150(GA: P150GA; NY: P150NY; OK: P1500K; TN: P150TN) 6096C MB16-NM001Gc A big “thank you” goes out to all Greene County residents who have helped the families living in Greene County Habitat homes to improve their lives. This includes those who helped build the houses, those who help run the GCHFH Affili ate, those who donated computers and those who made financial contribu tions to help build houses or support the Education Fund. The far-reaching goal of breaking the poverty cycle by combining a new home with the promise of education for the children is becoming a reality for many families in Greene County.
