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"LET'S GET REAL"
MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT CONFERENCE
Sponsored by Unity Baptist Church
-Speakers will be-
Dale and Jena Forehand of Stained Glass Ministries
Dale and Jena have spoken at numerous marriage
conferences throughout the U.S., including LifeWay
marriage conferences, and they have been featured
in Home Life magazine.The event is for any marriage,
regardless of the length, stage, or status of marriage.
WHEN: January 20-21
TIME: Friday 7:00pm-9:30pm
& Saturday 9:00am-12:00pm
WHERE: Unity Baptist Church of Sylvester
COST: Advanced tickets are $40.00 per couple
$60.00 per couple at the door
(Childcare is available)
Go to www.StainedGlassMinistries.com
And contact Unity Baptist Church at 776-4212 or Ronald
and Amanda Register at 777-0274 for more information
Space is limited so reserve yours ASAP!
Steak Fingers Basket
Fried sirloin strips w/sauee
Chicken Fingers Basket
Chicken strips & dipping sauce
2 can dine
fear
Slim Jim Basket
Your favorite sandwich with
fries or onion rings
Grilled chicken dinner
Cirtus marinated chicken breast
w/choiee of potato
Fish & Chips
Cod fillets, fried just right with
choice of potato.
Half O Pound
Chopped beef steak w/gnlled
onions or sauteed mushrooms
Community Calendar
GOVERNMENT
Emergency Siren test 1st Wednesday at noon
TCMS School Council, 3rd Monday 4 p.m.
TCDA 2nd & 4th Monday 8:30 a.m. Chamber
County Commission 7 p.m. 1st Tues, American
Legion building, workshop prior to meeting.
Ashburn Council 7 p.m. 1st Thursday City Hall
Board of Ed. 2nd Monday 7 p.m. Civic Center
Rebecca Council 1st Monday, 6:30 City Hall
Sycamore Council 2nd Thurs., 7 p.m. City Hall
TCHS Council 1st Monday 4 p.m., TCHS
Community Relations Board, last Thursday,
7 p.m. Ashburn City Hall
SPECIAL
Chamber 3rd Friday noon Chamber
Fire Ant Festival Wednesday noon, Shoney's
CIVIC
Rotary Noon, each Thursday, Shoney's
Exchange 7 p.m., each Monday, Club Building
Kiwanis Noon, each Tuesday, Shoney's
Sycamore Lodge #210 Masons 1st and 3rd
Monday 7:30 p.m, Lodge
American Legion 2nd Tuesday 7 p.m,
oldLegion Hall
Child Abuse Prev. 3rd Thurs. 6 p.m. Special
Services School
Community Calender Deadline: Noon FRIDAY!
To be listed, call 567-3655
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Patticake House for kids receives grant
The Patticake House is
among 189 agencies chosen to
receive grant money from
StreetSentz Community Grants
program.
As part of its continuing
effort to improve the quality of
life for America’s families
RadioShack Corporation has
awarded the Patticake House a
StreetSentz Community Grant.
The Patticake House is one
of 189 agencies to receive
grant money in the latest quar
terly cycle of the company’s
community grants program.
The program funds worth caus
es that help families protect
children from abduction, vio
lence and abuse.
Through the SteetSentz
Community Grants program,
RadioShack supports programs
in local communities that aim
to keep children safe, said
Laura Moore, senior vice presi
dent and chief communications
officer for RadioShack
Corporation. “We believe our
contributions to agencies like
the Patticake House will posi
tively impact families across
the nation, reinforcing
RadioShack’s commitment to
the safety and security of the
American family.”
The Patticake House is a
Children’s Advocacy Center
serving the Tifton Judical
Circuit of Irwin, Tift, Turner
and Worth Counties. The center
Beth Reynolds
The American Red Cross is
challenging the churches of
Turner County to do their very
best in providing donors for the
first blood drive in 2006. A
donor sign-up sheet will be
provided for donors to sign in
for their church.
The first blood drive in
2006 will be Thursday, January
19, from 2 pm until 7 pm at the
Turner County Civic Center.
As you have seen on televi
sion and in the newspapers, the
blood supplies across the
nation are critically low, there
fore, the Red Cross is appeal
ing to the county churches to
help alleviate this shortage.
Because December was
provides interagency forensic
interviews of children who are
alleged to be victims of abuse
and coordinates sharing of
information between agencies
involved in the investigation of
such abuse. The Patticake
House began operations in June
2005 and is funded from local
foundations and civic clubs,
individual contributions, and
local governments and 5% vic
tim assistance money.
The Patticake House is
associated with Ruth’s Cottage,
the Tiftarea shelter for battered
women.
Church Challenge blood drive is January 19
such a special time of gift-giv
ing, January 19 will be a good
time for all eligible donors to
continue the giving spirit by
making a commitment
to give the gift of life
year-round.
According to the
American Red Cross, a
healthy person can
donate blood every
eight weeks. There is
no substitute for human
blood. The people who
need blood are depend
ing on you, the healthy
people in our commu
nity, to give the gift of
life by donating blood
or platelets.
Be a lifesaver! Give
blood every time the American
Red Cross has a blood drive in
Turner County.
Blood is like a
parachute.
If it's not there
when you need
it...
chances
are you'll
never
need it
again.
GANG
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criminal activity won’t be
tolerated.
“They know. We’ve been
locking them up,” Lt.
Yarbrough said. “It’s like a
wildfire. If you don’t put it out,
it will corrupt everything.”
The APD has been aware
for some time that a growing
gang presence was in Ashburn.
Gang-related graffiti has been
seen on buildings and reports
of gang-recruiting efforts are
common.
Lt. Yarbrough said the
Folks and Pearls, a male and
female division in the same
overall gang, have organized
now and have a recognized
leadership structure.
As for those who don’t
accept the fact Ashburn has a
formalized gang, the lieutant
pointed to a growing stack of
evidence compiled after last
week’s fight.
“When you have an elderly
grandmother come in and tell
you who the gang members are
and their names, that re-affirms
times 10 there is a gang prob
lem,” he said.
Gang members can be rec
ognized, in part, because they
dress completely in black.
Black shirts and coats, black
pants and black shoes. Lt.
Yarbrough said everyone
arrested so far in connection
with the fight was wearing all
black.
ATTACK
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was beaten just because he
was from Rochelle and was
told to not come back to
Ashburn, he added.
Eight people are charged
and more are expected to be
charged following a fight
Monday, Dec. 26, in the 600
Allen's Tire
Service
1-75 & Bussey Rd
Open 6 days
Free repairs & rota
tion on sets of four
567-3390
block of W. Madison Ave.
They are:
Tameka Ralunda Foster,
DOB 12/28/77, of 546 Carlos
Ave.
Demarcus Antwan Wilson,
DOB 8/4/83, of 172 Taylor St.
Johnny King, DOB 1/15/87,
of 619 W. Madison Ave.
Andy Brown, aka Deanglo
Douglas, DOB 2/20/87, of 530
W. Washington Ave.
Erica Wilson, DOB 9/1/88,
of 201 MLK.
Tawanda Denson, no age or
address given.
Tromaine Roshae Wilson,
DOB 2/23/80, of 219 Taylor St.
They are all charged with
affray, aggravated assault and
simple battery.
Germaine Wilson, AKA
Pig, DOB, 7/19./77, no address
given, charged with aggravated
assault.
Speaking in his office last
Thursday, Lt. Yarbrough said
the APD concentrated most of
its investigation work on the
fight and the gangs last week.
“When this fight happened,
we had numerous people call
us and help us out. The public
has been very cooperative,” he
said.
Chief Ben Sumner said he
thanked the public for their
help in the investigation. He
encouraged people with infor
mation about the fight and
gang activity to give their
information to the police.
“Our officers can’t be
everywhere at once,” the chief
said. “Citizens can be of
tremendous assistance to us in
cases just like they. They can
give us information we need to
go gather evidence, secure war
rants and make arrests.”
Lt. Yarbrough said public
assistance was the key to two
arrests.
Ms. Wilson and Ms. Foster
were both arrested in Cordele
as they attempted to board a
bus to Jacksonville, FL. Lt.
Yarbrough said a citizen tip put
police on the women’s trail and
so they were caught before
they could leave the state.
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