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A night at
the Fox
Inside: CASA training coming up — page 3C
September 2,
2009
W ith more people
staying closer to
home for vacations
and weekend get-aways, Atlanta
beckons North Georgia residents
with its wonderful entertain
ment, fine dining and other area
attractions.
Located less
than one hour
away, it's
also a great
destination
for a night
out. But there
is so much to
do and see
that you will
want to make
it a weekend
Fox Theatre
entertainment
year-round. “42nd Street” star
ring Loretta Swit of “MASH”
fame and “Grease” starring
Taylor Hicks of “American
Idol” were presented recently. I
saw both and they were great.
I'm looking forward to what is
offered for the remainder of the
theater season.
Here's what's coming up from
Theater of the Stars:
•’’Chicago” will be presented
Sept 8 - Sept 13 and will fea
ture television personality Jerry
Springer. There’s never been
a better time to experience
“Chicago,” Broadway’s razzle-
dazzle smash. This triumphant
hit musical is the recipient of
six Tony Awards, two Olivier
Awards, a Grammy and thou
sands of standing ovations.
•’’The Color Purple” starring
Fantasia of American Idol will
be presented Sept. 15-27.
•’’Rain, A Tribute To The
Beatles,” Oct 6 - Oct 11. They
look like them and they sound
like them. All the music and
vocals are performed live. “Rain”
covers the Fab Four from their
earliest beginnings through the
psychedelic late 60s and their
long-haired hippie, hard-rock
ing rooftop days. “Rain” is a
multi-dimensional experience...
a fusion of historical footage and
hilarious television commercials
from the 1960s lights up video
screens and live cameras zoom
in for close-ups. Sing along with
your family and friends to such
Beatlemania favorites as “Let
It Be,” “Hey Jude,” “While My
Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Come
Together,” and “Can't Buy Me
Love.”
•Radio City’s Christmas
Spectacular featuring The
Rockettes will be presented Nov.
19. - Dec. 6. A holiday favorite
of children and adults alike, it
is a great way to celebrate the
season.
Tickets are on sale at all
Ticketmaster outlets and www.
ticketmaster.com. For more
information, call 404-252-8960
or go to www.theaterofthestars.
com.
An evening at the Fox should
start with a wonderful dining
experience at The Melting Pot,
located just two blocks from the
theater. The Melting Pot offers
a fun interactive fondue expe
rience with wonderful cheese,
entrees and chocolate options.
On a recent visit, we chose
the fondue feast which is a
four-course meal that starts off
with cheese fondue. We took
our server, Amanda’s, sugges
tion and tried the Wisconsin Trio
Cheese Fondue. It was the per
fect start to our meal. Fontina,
Butterkase and Buttermilk Bleu
Cheeses with white wine, scal
lions and a hint of sherry make
for a wonderful combination that
is great for dipping apples, bread
and vegetables.
Next up, we had salads.
The Caesar Salad, which had
encrusted pine nuts for a great
twist, and the California Salad,
with the wonderful black walnut
vinaigrette dressing were great
choices. Both were light and per
fect for the second course.
We selected the coq au vin
cooking style for our main entree
and it had a wonderful blend of
fresh herbs, mushrooms, garlic
and spices. The main entree for
the fondue fest includes filet
mignon Florentine, limoncello
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0 The Jackson Herald
Jana Adams Mitcham,
Features Editor 706-367-8760
jana@mainstreetnews. com
Section C
One of the projects completed by the
youth was painting this porch. Austin
Joiner, Brian LaRue and Ben Roberts are
shown working on the project.
Spencer Arnold and Tyler Burnette are
shown clearing brush as part of God’s Aid
and Mission Experience (G.A.M.E.).
Alison Salsman and Rebecca
Stoudenmire took a break with a few kit
tens. Rich Lindauer is also shown.
Mission Effort
Youth take on
improvement
projects
BYANGELA GARY
Painting a garage, build
ing wheelchair ramps and
mowing yards are among
the projects a group of
Jackson County teenagers
accomplished this summer
as part of a local mission
effort.
The program, God’s Aid
and Mission Experience
(G.A.M.E.), was a project
of three local churches —
Galilee Christian Church,
the First United Methodist
Church of Jefferson and
Bethany Methodist Church.
Youth from Friendship
Baptist Church in Statesboro
also volunteered.
“It was certainly a com
munity effort that complete
ly came together through the
direction of our Lord, Jesus
Christ,” said Erin Roberts,
one of the organizers.
G.A.M.E. was developed
because church leaders
saw a need in the com
munity to “help those in
need around us as Jesus
did: encourage youth to
have a servant’s heart as
Jesus demonstrated; and to
encourage churches to unite
our efforts as Christians as
Jesus expects.” G.A.M.E.
was modeled after two other
similar established missions,
one located in Gainesville
called G.A.P. (Gainesville
Aid Program), and the other
located in Cumming called
C.O.P. (Cumming Outreach
Project).
The projects varied and
included: rebuilding a porch,
painting a garage, building
two wheelchair ramps, pres
sure washing homes, mow
ing yards, clearing brush,
cutting down trees, wash
ing windows and cleaning
homes.
“We learned of these
needs by contacting people
from our own churches,
from the Jackson County
Senior Citizens Center, or
from friends who knew of
an elderly, disabled, or wid
owed individual who needed
our help,” Roberts said.
The total number of peo
ple involved was about 130
from the youth participants
to the adult volunteers. The
ages of youth range from
6th grade to 12th grade,
typically middle school and
high school age.
“I would say that we
accomplished God’s goal,”
Roberts said. “We complet
ed 26 projects in the span of
three days, we demonstrat
ed the love of Christ to the
people around us, and we
worshipped our Lord as our
Savior. It was a success.”
Individual people, as
well as various church
groups from Galilee, First
TEENS HELPING OUT
Youth volunteers from Galilee Christian Church, the First United Methodist Church of Jefferson and Bethany
Methodist Church took part in a local mission effort over the summer. Christina Albea and Rebecca Soldwish
are shown doing yard work.
CLEANING UP
Amy Bullock and
Elizabeth Keller were
part of the six groups of
teens that helped clean
the house and yard of
senior James Woody’s
Jefferson home.
Methodist, and Bethany,
gave money, tools and food
to support this mission. The
youth also paid a small fee
to participate in order to
help cover the cost of food
for the week. Various local
businesses also supported
the mission.
G.A.M.E. occurred dur
ing July 22-26. Each youth
group brought tents for
their youth ministers and
youth participants to stay in
during the week. They all
camped out in the field near
Galilee Christian Church.
After each work team com
pleted their job for the day,
they showered at a church
member’s home and then
went back to the church
for dinner, games, and wor
ship.
“Another powerful piece
to this project is the evening
worship experience that is
held around the campfire,”
Roberts said. “We sing,
share of our meaningful
experiences from the work
day, listen to a speaker share
the gospel, and we simply
worship our mighty Lord.”
The speaker this year was
CAMPOUT AT CHURCH
After work each day, the youth camped out at Galilee Christian Church. Tyler
Burnette, Priscilla Mills, Alison Salsman, Hayley Arnold and Jared Kimmel are
shown gathered at the camp fire after work one day.
WORKING ON PORCH
Nick Ball is shown working on a porch which was one of the projects of a local
mission effort completed by youth this summer.
Fledge Fiamingo, who is
from South Africa and used
to be a Game Ranger.
“He was a blessing to
have this year as he shared
of his safari experiences and
how they paralleled to his
walk with Christ,” Roberts
said.
This was the first year
of the program but leaders
plan to continue it.
“This will be an annual
event,” Roberts said. “We
would like to encourage any
other churches in the area
to get involved and be a
part of this experience next
summer.”
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JOINING TOGETHER
Jacline Griffith, Hayley Arnold and Priscilla Mills are
shown assisting community members who need
help with projects. The youth are part of a team from
three local churches that led a local mission project.