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Page 12 • The Oglethorpe Echo • Thursday, December 12, 2013
Dustin Martin,
at left, works on
getting control of
his opponent in
a match Tuesday
against Cedar
Shoals.
Below, Zack
Thornton has a
problem with his
head gear during
a match against
a Banks County
opponent in the
tournament the
Patriots hosted
on Saturday.
Community Christmas
Continued from Page One
adopt children or volunteer.
The site can be found at www.
communitychristmasoglethorpe.
org.
The families that are interviewed
fill out financial aid forms that
are then reviewed and verified by
DFACS. Children between the ages
of birth and 18 can be eligible for
assistance as long as they are still
in school.
The wish lists include things
that the child really needs, such as
clothing and other items, and also
has a few things that the child would
like to have, such as toys and games.
When sponsors are given a child to
“adopt,” they are asked to spend
about $75-100 on each child.
Anyone interested in donating
or volunteering to help can contact
Drewry at (706) 743-3592 or at
drewrys@hm-e.net.
Looking for a really
unique gift?
Consider a night or a
weekend at
The Chicken Coop
Bed ‘n Breakfast.
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Book signing planned at Local Color
Following closely on the success
of Sautee Shadows, Book One
of The Georgia Gold Series,
Canterbury House Publishing
and Watkinsville author Denise
Weimer announce the release of
the second novel in the series,
The Gray Divide. Weimer will
sign copies of the novel and chat
with customers at Local Color
during Christmas in Oglethorpe,
Saturday, December 14, from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
In the halycon days of
the 1850s, Georgia’s coastal elite
find a retreat in the foothills of
Habersham County, where half-
Cherokee Mahala Franklin goes
nose to nose with arrogant rival
hotel owner Jack Randall. Well
aware she’s not of his class - as
her Cherokee friend Clay Fraser
jealously reminds her - Mahala
can’t ignore her attraction to the
Savannah shipping entrepreneur
any better than she can the clues
about her father’s murder and
missing gold left to her in his
strongbox. Especially when her
unlikely friendship with socialite
Carolyn Calhoun constantly thrusts
her into Jack’s circle! Carolyn’s life
of privilege might seem a lark to
Mahala, but Carolyn is expected to
overcome her awkward personality
and make a brilliant match between
two very different men, rice planter
Devereaux Rousseau and his
minister brother Dylan. Can she
even be sure of the love of the one
she chooses, or will she merely be
a prize?
Hidden loyalties
are exposed and relationships
threatened as Georgia seeks to
become its own republic, only to be
plunged into civil war. Faced with
taking over his family’s shipping
firm, Jack must choose between
his Northern convictions and his
Southern family, while Devereaux
tests himself and his feelings for
Carolyn on the battlefields of
Virginia.
Of the type of reader who
would enjoy her novels, Denise
Weimer says, “While I’d imagine
the typical reader would be an
adult female with an interest in
history, I’ve included enough
business and military action to
lure men, and kept it clean enough
for teenagers, who might have a
special interest in.book one where
the main characters are coming to
maturity.”
Denise Weimer is a
native resident of Georgia. She
earned her journalism degree with
a minor in history from Asbury
University. She is the author
of romantic novella Redeeming
Grace, and her magazine articles
about Northeast Georgia have
appeared in numerous regional
publications. Weimer is also a
wife, mother of two daughters,
and a life-long living historian. She
resided in Habersham County for
ten years before her husband’s job
took the family to Watkinsville.
The attractive cover
designs for the four-book series
will continue to feature paintings
by acclaimed Georgia artist, John
Kollock, whose family letters and
diaries were consulted in research.
Copies of both Sautee Shadows and
The Gray Divide will be available at
Local Color. The next two novels,
The Crimson Bloom and Bright as
Gold, will be released in spring and
fall of 2014. For more information
on the signing event, contact the
store located at 202 West Main
Street at (706) 340-1049.
The Gray Divide: Book
Two of the Georgia Gold Series is
available nationally in bookstores
and online retailers. Canterbury
House Publishing, ISBN: 978-
0-9881897-2-0, trade soft cover,
$15.95. For more information
about The Georgia Gold Series
visit: http://deniseweimerbooks.
webs.com.
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