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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009
THE JACKSON HERALD
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Bear Creek receives
prestigious award
The Upper Oconee Basin
Water Authority — which
manages the Bear Creek
Reservoir — has received
the prestigious platinum
award from the Georgia
Association of Water
Professionals (GAWP) in
recognition of complete
compliance with stringent
water quality permit require
ments for 2008.
Gold and platinum awards
are presented annually in
recognition of municipalities
that are able to maintain the
exceptionally high standards
of water quality required by
their individual permits.
The GAWP gold and plati
num award program hon
ors municipalities for their
stewardship and dedication
to keeping Georgia's water
safe.
“It is imperative that
municipalities inform their
citizenry of the exceptional
progress our industry has
made in environmental pro
tection,” said GAWP execu
tive director Jack Dozier.
“GAWP is honored to rec
ognize pace-setting perfor
mance in the water resource
field as this leadership is
essential to a prosperous
future for all of Georgia.”
Eric Hancock, plant man
ager of the Bear Creek Water
Treatment Plant, said: “We
are honored to be receiv
ing the platinum award
from GAWP. This award is
a testament to the dedica
tion and hard work by the
staff at the facility and the
support we receive from the
Upper Oconee Basin Water
Authority.”
GROUP HONORED WITH AWARD
Bryan Wagoner from the Georgia Association of
Water Professionals presents the platinum award
to Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority chair
man Melvin Davis and the staff of the Bear Creek
Reservoir. Shown (L-R) are: Davis, Jimmy Cofer,
Wagoner, Wayne Wilson and Eric Hancock.
For The Best Buys,
Read The Classifieds
WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
But you don’t know where to start?
TRY VOLUNTEERING!
HelpJacksonCounty.com
Opportunities are abundant and simple to
select. It’s about People helping People, and
People need you. It’s a great way to meet new
friends and help someone at the same time.
Most people who volunteerjeel like they get
more out of it than they put into it.
The Leadership Jackson Class of 2009’s project is about where
people can go to volunteer their time! Twenty business members/
classmates came together and decided that their project would be to
create a web site listing all nonprofit organizations. Now you have
one place to go to find an organization that you want to give your
valuable time to!
Leadership Jackson, a program of the Jackson County Area
Chamber of Commerce, is designed to build a network of
community leaders who can enhance their problem solving skills
and leadership abilities through shared perspectives and by
working together.
For information on Leadership Jackson, please visit the Chamber’s
website at jacksoncountyga.com or call 706-387-0300.
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Jefferson Washington St. - 1,629 sq. ft. zoned
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“When Only The Best Will Do. ”
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Jackson County Boys and Girls Club offers lunch to members
LUNCH OFFERED
The lunches usually consist of a box of juice, a snack,
a piece of fruit and a sandwich, either ham, bologna,
tuna salad, chicken salad or peanut butter and jelly.
BY KATIE HUSTON
The Boys and Girls Club
of Jackson County is entering
its sixth summer of providing
lunches to children who other
wise may not have received any
lunch at all.
Partnered with Family
Connections and Creative
Jackson, the Boys and Girls
Club prepares meals offsite
and transports them to their
facilities in Jackson County and
Commerce. Students enrolled in
the summer session receive the
meals daily Monday through
Friday.
Executive Director, Michael
Williams is in his 28th year
of working with the Boys and
Girls Club and his second year
doing so in Jackson County.
“It's got a lunch which con
sists of a sandwich, a juice, a
fruit and a snack; be it either a
cookie, Danish, or something
like that,” Williams said.
This particular Boys and
Girls Club is able to sponsor
free lunches because of the area
where it is situated. Income
level and population determine
if an area is eligible.
“This area is in the area of a
low income area,” he said. “So
it would constitute that we can
serve lunches on the govern
ment's side.”
The Boys and Girls Club is a
membership program for chil
dren ages six through 18 which
costs members $25 a year. An
eight-week summer course
lasts from June 1 through July
24, and costs $75.
“Seventy-five dollars pays
for extra staff that we have
to hire. It's nine hours a day;
you have to have supervision,”
Williams said.
While there is no lunch pro
gram during the school year,
there is a snack program where
children receive a snack after
school lets out each day.
The program tries to offer
food kids will enjoy eating, but
funding does not always sup
port that kind of consumption.
“(Kids) are going to be
picky. Kids would love to have
McDonalds and Zaxby’s and
Taco Bell be their lunch every
day, but really that's not fea
sible and that's not what the
Boys and Girls Club is about,”
Williams said. “We can feed
them a nice, nutritious meal,
suffice to say that they don’t
have to worry about paying for
anything. It’s a win win situ
ation.”
Williams and the others
involved with the lunches are
looking to supply better food.
Featured items vary day to
day, but not week to week.
With a recent boost in fund
ing, Williams is looking for
improvements to begin soon.
“We're going to be able to
help this program go to another
level now, once we get those
monies,” he said. “We'll be able
to have maybe hotter food, more
days other than once or twice,
maybe three or four days, and
food that the kids like a lot.”
The club is also looking to
function more like school caf
eterias in the next five to ten
years with the addition of its
own cafeteria.
“I hope that we will build
a real strong relationship in
Jackson County and surround
ing areas, that we would get
more funding and that we
will always have a summer
lunch program and that the
kids always will have a snack
program after school from
the time that they’re here to
the time when their parents
pick them up,” Williams said.
“(Also) that we will have
facilities that are second to
none.”
Williams is hopeful for the
future. The club is currently
housed inside of two trailers.
It was meant to be a tempo
rary shelter for two years, but
it has turned into six.
Historic Downtown Commerce, Georgia
Presents:
City Lights
Downtown
Festival
Saturday, June 27,2009
8:00 a.m. to Dusk
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Solstice Sisters (11:00)
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Eli Carlan Band (2:45)
Betsy Franck & The Bareknuckle Band (4:00)
SOLSTICE SISTERS
East Ponce Soul Faction (6:00)
THE Breeze Kings (8:00)
BETSVFRANCK&
THE BAREKNUCKLE
THE BREEZE KINGS
TEMPLEJOHNSON
BAND
EAST PONCE
SOUL FACTION
Featuring
Arts & Crafts Vendors
7th Annual Star Chase 5K Road Race
Hot Rod & Antique Car Show
band pood Vendors and Kids Zone
Farmers 1 Market
Fireworks at Dark
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