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What makes
a ‘true friend?
Inside: Summer Reading Club begins — page 3C
May 27,
2009
T RUE FRIENDS really
are hard to find. When
you are in elementary
school, you have lots of friends. The
list may get smaller in middle and
high school,
but you still
have 20 or 30
people or even
more who you
consider to be
real friends. As
you get older,
the list gets
shorter and
shorter.
I now have
only a handful
of people I consider true friends.
These are people I can count on in a
crisis and people I talk to about my
troubles and successes.
One of the worst things that can
happen is when you find out some
one you thought was a true friend
isn't the person you thought they
were. This happened to me many
years ago and I learned a valuable
lesson. I have been much more
cautious with the friendships I’ve
developed since then.
A true friend is someone you
can ask to take you to the airport
at 6 a.m. on a Saturday or pick you
up after your car breaks down at
midnight.
A true friend is someone who
encourages you when you are down
and supports you in whatever you
do.
A hue friend is there in the good
times and the bad times. A true
friend will pray for you, cry with
you and laugh with you.
A true friend will tell you if a
dress you try on isn’t flattering and
will tell you if you have food or
lipstick on your teeth. She will also
point out that you have on different
shoes or that you have a big spot on
your shirt.
While you might have a lot of
people who make the cut on the
items listed above, it is the next two
that will take all but a handful off of
your list.
A true friend is someone who
defends you when others try to tear
you down and who tells you when
others are out to get you. A true
friend is someone who will not
talk about you behind your back or
pretend to be close to you only to
hurt you.
If you have a true friend, hold
on to them. And when you are dis
appointed by a false friend, know
you aren’t alone. We have all been
there.
Angela Gary is editor of The
Banks County News and associate
editor of The Jackson Herald. She
can be reached at AngieEditor@
aol.com.
Movie-making,
acting classes
to be offered
AN ACTING workshop for
adults and an “All About Movie
Making’’ workshop for kids ages
6 to 18 will be held in Jefferson
in June.
Actress Ondie Daniel and actor/
director Keith Kelly will offer an
adult acting workshop for those
ages 16 and up interested in the
film industry from 10 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Saturday, June 6. By the Lake
Productions will sponsor the work
shop.
Topics will include core tech
niques for film acting, plot and
character developments, set tech
nology, make-up and how to break
into the business. A film will be
shot. The cost is $75 and includes
handouts, materials and lunch.
The workshop for kids and young
adults will be held from 9:30 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 15, at
By the Lake studios.
Topics will include plot points,
movie set design, character devel
opment, core techniques for film
acting, make-up and how to break
into the business. Participants will
have their names submitted to sev
eral casting agencies.
The fee is $84, which includes
lunch and materials. The registra
tion deadline is June 12, or when
the 15-student limit is reached.
For both workshops, call for
directions and to register: 770-374-
4930/706-367-8339. Email thetf-
pagency@yahoo.com or rkeithkel-
ly@yahoo.com.
angela
gary
0 The Jackson Herald
Jana Adams Mitcham,
Features Editor 706-367-8760
jana@mainstreetnews. com
Section C
May is Historic Preservation Month
Historic Preservation
WORK IN PROGRESS
Renovation and restoration continue at the Crawford W.
Long Medical Museum in downtown Jefferson.
Photos by Jana Mitcham
Behind the scenes
Work continues
inside museum
By Jana A. Mitcham
I T’S NOT THE old museum you
used to know.
While it is still a work in prog
ress, the interior of the Crawford W. Long
Museum in downtown Jefferson is begin
ning to take a new shape.
Open space, movable walls and user-
friendly exhibits — those are the goals.
The middle room in the two-story brick
building, which has housed the Dr. Long
diorama, is now open to possibilities, with
hardwood floors revealed as furniture and
the diorama have been located along the
walls to leave space for exhibits. As struc
tural and repair work has been completed,
museum staff can now turn their atten
tion to researching and setting up new
exhibits.
“With the exhibits moved out of the
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FAMILY TREASURES
Vicki Starnes reveals Long
family silver and items found
in a safe deposit box. Dr.
Long’s medical bag is shown.
Brochure in works for walking and driving tour of historic Jefferson
“Welcome to Jefferson. Georgia. The Birthplace of Anesthesia.”
BRIEF history of Dr. Crawford W. Long, along with a
portrait, is found inside the new brochure to be found
later this week at the Crawford W. Long Medical
Museum in downtown Jefferson. More than the history of Dr.
Long, the brochure also focuses on the historic district within walk
ing distance of downtown, as well as the historic residences and
structures easily found on a driving tour.
From point one — the museum — to point eight — the Lee
Street buildings — the walking tour synopsis provides brief histo
ries of and directions to buildings and sites in downtown Jefferson.
From point eight — the Washington-Lawrenceville Historic
District — to point 28 — Woodbine Cemetery — the driving tour
segment of the brochure details the history and locations of various
historic homes, districts, churches and other sites important to and
indicative of Jefferson history.
The brochure is an effort of the museum. Main Street Jefferson
and the Jefferson Historic Preservation Commission. For more ^ brochure on the walking and driving tour of historic Jefferson will be avail-
information, call 706-367-5307 or 706-367-5714. able later this week at the Crawford W. Long Museum.
Back to the roots
Restoration work continues at
county’s historic courthouse
By Jana A. Mitcham
ARLIER THIS month, the 1966 additions to the historic
Jackson County courthouse was removed, further restor
ing the old building to its 1907-08 shape.
In coming months, work will begin on
the structure’s clock tower, the roof, win
dows and restoration of the clock itself. The
abatement process should be completed by
mid-June.
For the committee appointed to oversee
the renovation and restoration of the historic
courthouse in Jefferson, it’s another step in
digging down to the “roots’’ of the old build
ing, dating back in its earliest days to 1879,
while also making it a functional space for
use today.
A year ago, the appointed committee,
including Charlotte Mealor, Carol Holzhalb,
Margaret Ward. Robert House, J.T. Wilkes,
Linda Aaron and Buz Ward, visited other
restored historic courthouses across Georgia,
getting ideas on how to proceed and also on how the Jackson
County courthouse may have looked in its heydays.
“The architect is telling us outside restoration may be complete
by the end of the year,’’ said Charlotte Mealor. “We are still looking
at funding for the interior work.”
The county has $2 million in bond revenue to fund work on
the historic courthouse. The purpose of the committee has been to
explore what can be restored and how the historic courthouse could
eventually be utilized.
"We want the old courtroom as it was,” Mealor has said. “We
want the benches restored and left.. .we want to salvage and reuse
materials where possible.”
The committee’s proposal to the BOC for developing a multi-
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OLD GRANDEUR
Built in 1879, the historic Jackson County courthouse, located in down
town Jefferson, has undergone a series of additions and construction
projects through the years. Now the county is working to restore the
structure to its 1907-08 grandeur. Architectural details are shown above
and at left. Photos by Jana Mitcham