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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2009
Allen, Martin to wed March 6
Vest, Elkins to wed March 14
Wilson, Childs to marry April 4
Tammy and Ricky Hayes,
Jefferson, announce the
engagement and forthcom
ing marriage of their daugh
ter, Brandy Crumley Allen, to
Billy E. Martin, son of Robin
Parsons, Athens, and the late
Billy Martin.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Freddie and Doris
Phillips, Jefferson and the late
Helen Phillips.
Ms. Allen is employed by the
Barrow County News, Winder.
Mr. Martin is employed by
Delta Realty, Athens.
The wedding is planned for
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7
p.m. at the New Beginnings
Pentecostal Church,
MS. ALLEN AND
MR. MARTIN
Jefferson.
All family and friends are
invited to attend.
birth announcements
Ashton Cole Major
Todd Major and Melanie
Wilson, Braselton, announce
the birth of a son, Ashton
Cole Major, on Jan. 13, 2009,
at Northside Forsyth Hospital,
Cumming.
He weighed 7 pounds, 7
ounces, and was 21 inches
long.
He joins a sister, Jordan Major, 6.
The grandparents are Sulla Wilson, Jackson, and Linda and
Larry Major, Miami, Fla.
James Crane, Jackson, and Midge Silverman, Sandy Springs,
are great-grandparents.
Ella Ruby Weaver
Jonathan and Samantha Weaver,
Pendergrass, announce the birth of
a daughter, Ella Ruby Weaver, on
Jan. 14, 2009, at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center, Gainesville.
The grandparents are Sam and
Gwen Satterfield, Pendergrass; Jeff
and Sonya Prag, Commerce; and
Johnny Weaver, Douglasville.
The great-grandparents are Jim
and Gwen Saville, Maysville; the
late Myron and Ruby Cooper,
Pendergrass; the late Harold and
Mary Satterfield, Talmo; and the
late Glenn and Pauline Weaver, Cartersville.
WEAVER
Malcolm and Joyce Vest,
Commerce, announce the
engagement and forthcom
ing marriage of their daugh
ter, Jennifer Maria Vest,
Commerce, to David Lee
Elkins, Athens, son of Mary
Elkins, Athens, and Floyd
Elkins, Clermont, Fla.
The bride-elect is the
granddaughter of Flora
Humphries, Commerce, and
the late JB Humprhies, and
Loraine Vest, Commerce,
and the late HC Vest.
Miss Vest is a gradu
ate of Jackson County
Comprehensive High School
and Toccoa Falls College.
She is employed with Hope
Animal Medical Center,
Athens.
The future groom is the
grandson of Mary Lou
Sharp, Corcoran, Calif., and
the late David Lee Sharp,
and the late Mallie Floyd
and Rennie Lee Elkins, Ft.
Smith, Ark.
MISS VEST AND
MR. ELKINS
Mr. Elkins is a gradu
ate of Jackson County
Comprehensive High School.
He is employed as a sales
representative with Pepsi
Bottling Group, Athens.
The wedding is planned
for 4 p.m. March 14, 2009,
at Ridgeway Baptist Church,
Commerce.
All family and friends are
invited to attend.
David and Jeree Wilson,
Jefferson, announce the engage
ment and forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, Darea Jill
Wilson, Commerce, to Cody
Nicholas Childs, Commerce,
son of Steve and Linda Childs,
Commerce.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Bobby and Mildred
Wilkerson, Gainesville; Gene
and Rachel Graham, Buford; and
Mattie Wilson, Lawrenceville,
and the late Hershel Wilson.
Miss Wilson is a 2003
graduate of Jackson County
Comprehensive High School
and graduated in 2007 from
the University of Georgia with
a bachelor’s degree in poultry
science. She is employed by
Merial Limited, Athens, as a
master technologist.
The future groom is the
grandson of Rachel Hawks,
Commerce, and the late G.B.
Hawks, and Donald and Edna
Childs, Commerce.
Mr. Childs is a 2003 grad-
MISS WILSON AND
MR. CHILDS
uate of Jackson County
Comprehensive High School and
is attending Athens Technical
College, majoring in electronic
technology. He is employed by
Childs Equipment, Commerce.
The wedding is planned for 2
p.m. Saturday, April 4. 2009, at
Gwinnett Hall Baptist Church,
Lawrenceville.
All family and friends are
invited to attend.
JCCO offers scholarships
JACKSON COUNTY Community Outreach plans to
award $10,500 in scholarships to local high school graduates
this spring.
JCCO is in the process of distributing applications for nine
$1,000 scholarships to the four high schools in the county,
the Regional Evening School and the Jackson County Adult
Learning Center.
The winners will be graduates who meet the JCCO criteria
and who have applied to or been accepted by a college or tech
nical school. Each qualified applicant will be interviewed.
The $1,500 Dr. Tom Lewis Scholarship will also be award
ed to a recipient deemed to have demonstrated outstanding
leadership qualities. The scholarship is named after a former
pastor of Commerce Presbyterian Church, who was a found
ing member of the JCCO board.
Awards will be presented at each school’s Honors Day
program. Since it began offering scholarship, JCCO has given
away $59,500 in scholarships.
The application deadline is March 20. Applications should
be mailed to JCCO, P.O. Box 746, Commerce, GA 30529 by
the respective school counselors.
Mary Dixon is chairman of the JCCO Scholarship
Committee. Betty J. Scott is co-chairman and Jim Scott is
president.
Museum’s reopening postponed
Work to coincide with city's streetscape
THE CRAWFORD W. Long
Museum’s reopening - originally
planned for March 30 — will be
postponed due to delays in final con
struction and conflicts with the city’s
streetscape project.
All structural work on the muse
um’s buildings is complete, but inte
rior details and final exhibit prepara
tion will not be finished until the
late spring. This may move the
reopening of the museum to late
summer, as major construction on
the city’s streetscape project for the
town square is expected to begin in
about 90 days.
“The streetscape project will
involve quite a bit of road and
sidewalk demolition, and dust and
museum items don’t mix well,’’ said
Lesa Campbell, project manager. “If
a new opening date for the muse
um coincides with the bulk of the
streetscape work, our best bet will be
to ‘batten down the hatches’ for that
brief period of time.’’
An opening date for the muse
um will be set after the timeframe
for construction on the square is
known.
Hope Harvest Farm continued from page 1C
knowledge and ability and it is
ridiculous that there is this prob
lem. ..Sometimes you have to
change your mindset. I consider
us people who have enough.
Material goods don’t get you
anywhere...My boss said he’d
never heard of someone giving
themselves into debt, but his
point is, ‘The good Lord will
provide.’”
“It was their brain child,
and then we jumped in,” Kristi
added. “We’ve had people ask,
‘Why are you doing this? You
won’t make any money." There
are a lot of excellent commu
nity garden programs, but we’re
here to help with those who
can’t grow their own gardens,
who don’t have the means, time
or opportunity... We have land,
time and means, why not share?
I left my job in September, but
went back part-time because of
the economy. I devote 75 per
cent of my time to this.. .We’ve
always had a personal garden
out back. We thought, if we’re
going to have extra, why not
have a whole lot? Let’s start a
nonprofit and get some people
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GETTING STARTED
And so it began.
By Jan. 14, the website was
up. A quarterly newsletter is in
the works; the next edition is due
out in February. A Facebook site
is set up online. Phyllis had been
purchased and brought home
from Tennnesse after Christmas.
Kristi made contact with Christa
Shumake at the Banks-Jackson
Emergency Food Bank, as well
as the Northeast Georgia Food
Bank in Athens, and has email
pending to the Georgia Mountain
Food Bank; she’s determined
“there is definitely a need.”
The Pahrs have lived in the
Maysville area for three years —
she is native to Wilkes County
and he to the suburbs of Chicago,
and although they’ve lived close
to Atlanta, they’ve been progres
sively moving away from the
metro-area.
“We’re starting with our focus
here at home,” Kristi said.
The Pahrs use well water at
their rural home and will utilize
a drip irrigation system at the
root level to water the garden.
They also plan to use sustainable
agricultural practices, such as
crop rotation to protect the soil,
Kristi explained.
In addition to feeding people
fresh produce, the Pahrs also
hope to provide some educa
tion on nutrition and health as
it affects all aspects of life, the
benefits and uses of locally
grown food and taking care of
the land.
But the ultimate goal is to feed
as many people as possible.
“We want to grow this, to
have gardens in several different
counties to meet needs,” Kristi
said. “We’ll need a steady vol
unteer base.”
For the time being, the Pahrs
and Hope Harvest produce will
go directly to the local food
banks and community food
drives.
“The emphasis here is to sup
port local food banks,” Ben said.
“They are dedicated, they just
need more food.”
“But as the years go by, we’d
like to branch out,” he added. “I
think big. I want it to be more. I
think the whole country can ben
efit from this type program.”
NEXT STEPS
So, the soil is being prepared.
This year’s seeds are in hand.
The first steps have been made
toward establishing a nonprofit.
The word is going out, with
fliers and cards courtesy of
Commerce Printing and Office
Supplies.
What’s next?
Finding help — whether it be
in the form of volunteers to plant
and weed and pick, or in mon
etary contributions to put back
into the farm (thus far, all but
$200 has come from the Pahrs’
pockets), or even farming equip
ment and know-how on loan or
donated.
“This harrow is the only farm
implement we have,” Ben said.
“We’ll take farm implements,
fertilizer, seeds, anything. We
do want this to be a community
effort, but we’ll be doing the
work, too.. .We’ve turned over a
couple of business plans. Getting
going, we’ll have to make tough
choices about fundraising.”
Right now, Hope Harvest is
incorporated with Georgia as a
nonprofit and it’s a one and a
half year process to reach feder
al tax-exempt status, Kristi said.
“We’re working on that now,”
she said. “Donations will not be
tax-deductible now, but it’s my
understanding it will be retroac
tive once the IRS status goes
through.”
“People want to help, they
just don’t know how,” Kristi
added. “This is a way we can
help.”
“Let’s talk about what we can
do,” Ben said. “We don’t have a
lot of charitable experience, but
we hope to generate some com
ing together. We’re getting the
word out. Anybody who wants
to volunteer, let us know.”
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