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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
THE JACKSON HERALD
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PRESENTING CHECK
Jackson EMC Foundation board member Johnny
Fowler presents a check for $15,000 to American Heart
Association Regional Representative Kasey Dillard
to fund the organization’s Start! Walking and CPR
Anytime programs in Jackson and Hall counties.
Heart association given
$15,000 grant from JEMC
A $15,000 grant by the
Jackson EMC Foundation
to the American Heart
Association - Northeast
Georgia Chapter in Athens
will be used in Hall and
Jackson counties to encour
age employee walking pro
grams and provide CPR edu
cation kits.
Start! Walking Kits will be
purchased and distributed to
area employers.
The turn-key tool kit con
tains resources to help work
places set up “walking routes”
on site, encourage employees
to use them and celebrate
and reward employees who
go from sedentary lifestyles
to a more active one.
The CPR Anytime Project
distributes kits that contain
everything needed to learn
basic CPR, including an
inflatable manikin and a “CPR
Anytime Skills Practice”
DVD to community organi
zations. Representatives from
those organizations will be
able to attend facilitator train
ing with the heart association
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and then distribute kits to
their clients and members.
Grants are made possible
by Jackson EMC members'
contributions to the Operation
Round Up program, which
rounds up electric bills of
participating members to the
next dollar amount and uses
the spare change to do chari
table work.
Since its creation in
October 2005, the founda
tion has awarded nearly $3.4
million through 297 grants to
organizations and 130 grants
to individuals.
Any individual or chari
table organization in the ten
counties served by Jackson
EMC (Clarke, Banks, Barrow,
Franklin, Gwinnett, Hall,
Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison
and Oglethorpe) may apply
for Foundation funding by
completing a grant applica
tion, available online at www.
jacksonemc.com/Guidelines-
for-Funding,106.0.html or at
local Jackson EMC offices.
Applicants do not need to be
a member of Jackson EMC.
GRANDMOTHER... The
following is a portion of a note
received from an ACS
grandmother. “Thank you for
keeping your watchful eye on my
grandson. We feel so blessed
that he can be In such a
wonderful environment. We
pray everyday that God will
continue to bless Athens
Christian and all the teachers
and students."
Our thanks go out to this
precious grandmother, and we
thank her for her daily prayers
for ACS.
And, for the many people
who pray for the school, we
send our heartfelt thanks to
you....We’re happy to say, “the
Lord is answering your prayers.”
ATHENS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
“Affordable Quality Education Since 1970”
K3-12TH CALL (706) 549-7586
www.athenschristian.com
Osteoporosis Study
Osteoporosis is a condition where bones
become weak, making the more likely to break.
The United Osteoporosis Centers is currently
enrolling post-menopausal females, 55-85 years of age,
in a research study to evaluate an investigational
medication in women who were previously treated
with an oral bone building medication.
Eligible volunteers will receive at no cost:
Study Medication
Calcium and Vitamin D
Study-related Bone Density Scans [DXA]
Study-related Lab Work
Study-related Physical Exams
Compensation for Time and Travel
United
To find out if you qualify for this study,
Call The United Osteoporosis Centers at
770-534-5154 ext. 261 or 1-877-CARE-UOC
Retired educators to meet soon
Downtown Jefferson
more tourist-friendly
THE JACKSON County
Retired Educators will hold
a reception for newly-retired
educators on September 10 at
1:30 p.m. in the community
A NEW class for the
Piedmont Judicial Circuit’s
Court Appointed Special
Advocate (CASA) program
will begin October 13 from
6-9 p.m. at the Commerce
First Baptist Church.
This class will run every
Tuesday night from October
13 through November 24.
“You will learn about
CHRISTMAS MAY be
months away, but rehearsals
for a community choir to per
form at Braselton’s annual
tree lighting ceremony will
soon begin.
The Tree Lighting Ceremony
— part of Celebrating the
Holidays in Braselton festi
val — will be Saturday, Nov.
14, at the Braselton Antique
Mall.
Ryan Langford, a Piedmont
College graduate, will direct
the choir. Langford toured
the U.S. with the Piedmont
College Chamber Singers and
taught in the Hall County
School System for three
years. He recently accom
panied the Jefferson High
School Drama Dragons pro
duction of “Oklahoma.”
Laura Pityer, long-time
pianist of Hoschton Baptist
Church, will accompany on
piano.
Langford said he encourag
es anyone — trained singer or
room of The First Georgia
Bank on Swimming Pool
Road in Jefferson.
All retired educators are
welcome .
Juvenile Court processes,
how children develop, how
families and children inter
act, and most of all you
will learn how to help a
child whose world is turned
upside down,” organizers
said.
Call Annette Raymond at
706-387-6375 for an appli
cation and to register.
novice — to join the chorus.
“You don’t have to be a
professional performer or a
member of a local choir,” he
said.
Participants must be 16
years or older and must
commit to practices every
Tuesday, from 6:30-8 p.m.,
through Nov. 10, at Zion
Baptist Church in the YearOne
center in Braselton. The choir
will perform several songs
appropriate for the season.
The first meeting will be on
Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 6:30-
8 p.m.
Singers must also be avail
able on Friday, Nov. 13, from
6:30-8 p.m., and during the
tree lighting ceremony on
Saturday, Nov. 14.
Registration will occur at
the first meeting.
For more information — or
to ask about the choir sing
ing at your venue — contact
Ryan Langford at braselton-
choir@gmail.com.
DOWNTOWN
JEFFERSON is evolving into
a more tourist-friendly area.
Beth Laughinghouse,
director of Jefferson’s Main
Street Program said that
this is being done through a
wide variety of Main Street
projects, often in conjunc
tion with another community
group.
These Main Street efforts
include:
•historic preservation,
which includes exterior and
interior renovation of the
Historic Courthouse and the
Crawford W. Long Museum
and the restoration of some
business facades.
•streetscape.whichincludes
such things as sidewalks,
lights, planters, drainage
issues and other infrastruc
ture matters. The Georgia
Department of Transportation
is involved with this as well.
•Confederate monument.
The statue above the monu
ment cannot be replaced
because of certain restric
tions by the Daughters of
the Confederacy that erect
ed it. However, a smaller
Confederate monument will
be erected and both it and the
existing one will be placed on
the south side of the square.
•Jefferson Community
Theater, the newest commu
nity project which recently
presented “Steel Magnolias”
and will present “The Odd
Couple” in January.
•The Heritage Tree Council,
which has several facets. One
was the heritage tree inven
tory done by an arborist.
Another is the gift tree pro
gram whereby a tree may
be given, at $110, as a gift
for any special occasion and
which will be planted Feb.
19, 2010, on Arbor Day.
•Christmas Tour of Homes,
held the day following the
Christmas parade.
In addition, Laughinghouse
said that Main Street is
involved in other events held
by a variety of community
groups. These include the
“One for Chipper” Christmas
tree recycling program, the
Jefferson Public Library
book sale, the Easter egg
hunt, Georgia Olympics in
May, Freedom Festival in late
June, Art in the Park Festival
in September, the Halloween
Walk in October, The Holiday
Market in November and the
Christmas Parade.
Lauginghouse said that The
Main Street Program, which
is a state-affiliated group,
was previously known as the
Better Hometown Program.
Because Jefferson has grown
in population, it is now under
the Main Street designation.
Laughinghouse was the
guest speaker at the August
meeting of Post 56 of the
American Legion and its
guests.
NEED PRINTING?
CALL 706-367-5233
New CASA class coming up
Community choir seeks singers
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