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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
Rain or shine, Hoschton festival will be held
Federal funds slated for streetscape project
BY KERRI TESTEMENT
THIS WEEKEND'S forecast may call for a
30-40 percent chance of rain in Hoschton, but
there’s a bright side to the city's fall festival.
“Thirty percent chance of rain means it’s
70 percent not-chance-of-rain,” said Robbie
Bettis, one of the organizers of the event.
And while other festivals in Winder, Statham
and Hurricane Shoals Park were drenched in
rain last weekend, guests still came out, Bettis
said. She hopes that rain or shine, the scare
crows will still attract guests to Hoschton’s
annual festival.
The Hoschton Scarecrow Fest will be held
Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 25-27, at
various locations in the city. Most of the events
will be held in the city square or the Hoschton
Towne Center shopping center.
“We have really nice talent throughout the
event,” Bettis said.
Some of that talent was selected to perform
at the fall festival through a competition, which
had a final show on Saturday.
But some of the other talent are well-known
acts that attracted crowds when they performed
last year at the fall festival.
Banks and Shane will perform on Friday,
at 8 p.m., and Bill Gentry and the 35 Cent
Rodeo will be featured on Saturday, at 8 p.m.
Both bands will perform at the Towne Center
Stage. The concerts are free, but the Hoschton
Business Alliance is offering better views of
the stage with chairs for $25 each.
After generating plenty of buzz about the
city's world record attempt for the “Most
Scarecrows in One Location,” the festival
attracted plenty of guests last year.
Festival organizers aren’t anticipating as
many guests this year, but decided to expand
the event from two to three days.
Sunday’s activities start with a new event for
the festival — a church service at 10:30 a.m. at
the Towne Center Stage, with Chris Hoffman
and New Community Church.
“We felt a very big need to incorporate a
church service,” Bettis said.
After the worship service, guests may visit
other activities that afternoon at the festival.
Another new activity at this year's fall fes
tival is the Bark for Life event — a fundraiser
for the American Cancer Society. The event
will be held from 1-4 p.m., in the Hoschton
City Square.
Guests may bring their leased dogs to the
fundraiser, and awards will be presented in
various categories.
Other highlights of the Hoschton Scarecrow
Fest include an inflatable maze — similar to a
corn maze — and a “monster truck” that will
take up to 12 people on rides.
Activities start on Thursday, at 6:30 p.m.,
with the Miss Hoschton Scarecrow Competition
at Towne Center Stage.
A parade starts at West Jackson Intermediate
School, at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, and con
tinues along Ga. Hwy. 53 to Hoschton Towne
Center. The Mill Creek High School Marching
Band will be featured.
Besides the headlining concerts, a number of
other performances will be held on two stages
during the three-day event in Hoschton.
Vendor booths open at 4 p.m. on Friday, 9
a.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday. Booths
will close at the end of the concerts.
For more information on the event, visit
www.hoschtonfallfestival.com.
Scarecrow Fest Schedule
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24
•6:30 p.m.: Miss Hoschton
Scarecrow Competition
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25
•4 p.m.: Booths (food, arts
and crafts, and more), kid’s
park (pony rides, petting zoo
and inflatables), Hoschton
Women’s Civic Club silent
cake auction bidding and
cakes on display at Anthony’s
restaurant begins.
•4 p.m.: Lisa Martin per
forms at Towne Center Stage
•5:30 p.m.: The Wild Herd
performs at Towne Center
Stage
•6:30-7:30 p.m.: Andy Lee
Stephens Band performs at
Towne Center Stage
•8 p.m.: Banks and Shane
(beach night decor and dress)
performs at Towne Center
Stage. The concert is free.
The Hoschton Business
Alliance is offering tables and
chairs with better views of the
concert. Chairs are $25 each.
Vendor booths close at the
end of the concert.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26
•8 a.m.: 5K run, sponsored
by Northeast Georgia Medical
Center, at the Hoschton Park.
•8:30 a.m.: 7 Fold Band per
forms at City Square Stage
•8:45 a.m.: The Overcast
Band performs at Towne
Center Stage
•9 a.m.: Booths and kid’s
park opens. Registration for
the American Street Rodders
Car Show beings at Towne
Center.
•10:30 a.m.: Parade begins
at West Jackson Intermediate
School and continues to Ga.
Hwy. 53, and ends at Hoschton
Towne Center. Cannie Ash,
Olympic hopeful in flat water
sprint kayaking, will be the
grand marshal. The Mill
Creek High School Marching
Band will be featured.
•11:30 a.m.: Tractor show
in the parking lot of New
Community Church, locat
ed on Ga. Hwy. 53, near
Hoschton Towne Center.
•11:45 a.m.: West Jackson
Middle School Band performs
at City Square Stage
•12:00 p.m.: Charlotte’s
School of Dance performs at
Towne Center Stage
•12:30 p.m.: Strike Force
Karate demonstration will
be held at the Towne Center
Stage, while Jordan Rager
performs at the City Square
Stage
•1:15p.m.: David Leon per
forms at City Square Stage
•1:30 p.m.: Talent Stampede
winners are featured at Towne
Center Stage. Winners include
Paige Williams, Dawn DeWitt
and Bill Boswick. Hailey
Smith, harpist, and Lynn,
Lilly and Victoria Mulvey
will also perform.
•2:30 p.m.: Scarecrow
awards ceremony starts at
Towne Center Stage
•2:40 p.m.: Red Velvet
MoJo performs at City Square
Stage
•3 p.m.: Car show awards
ceremony begins at Towne
Center Stage
•3:30 p.m.: Irish step danc
ers perform at Towne Center
Stage
•4:30 p.m.: Lisa Martin per
forms at Towne Center Stage
•6 p.m.: Hoschton Women’s
Civic Club silent cake auction
winners announced at Towne
Center Stage
•6:30 p.m.: Opening band,
Under One Roof, performs at
Towne Center Stage
•8 p.m.: Bill Gentry and the
35 Cent Rodeo (red, white and
blue night) perform at Towne
Center Stage. The Hoschton
Business Alliance is offering
tables and chairs with better
views of the concert. Chairs
are $25 each. Vendor booths
close at the end of the con
cert.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 27
•10:30 a.m.: Sunday morn
ing service with Chris Hoffman
and New Community Church
at Towne Center Stage
•11:15 a.m. and2p.m.: Ron
Vedder, magician and enter
tainer, performs at Towne
Center Stage
•Noon: Booths open
•1-4 p.m.: Bark for Life to
benefit the American Cancer
Society at City Square Stage.
LOCATIONS
•The Towne Center Stage
is located in the Hoschton
Towne Center shopping cen
ter, located on Ga. Hwy. 53 at
Towne Center Parkway.
•The City Square Stage is
located in the city square in
downtown Hoschton, next to
Little Hooties Dippin’ Parlor.
•The Hoschton Park is
located off Cabin Drive.
PARKING
There is no designated
parking for the Hoschton Fall
Festival. Guests may find an
available spot in the city and
walk to the events.
CONCERT
REGULATIONS
Guests may bring coolers
with snacks and drinks to the
concerts, but bringing alco
hol to the event is prohib
ited. Alcohol will be available
to purchase at the concert.
Guests are asked to bring
ponchos, instead of umbrel
las, to the concerts in the
event of rain. Tents are not
permitted.
THE CITY of Maysville
will receive $500,000 in fed
eral funds for its streetscape
project.
Governor Sonny Perdue
announced last week that
he certified a list of county
transportation projects under
the “1511 Certification” that
will be funded through the
American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Maysville is being award
ed $500,000 and will add
$100,000 of its city funds
toward a streetscape proj
ect, according to city clerk
Barbara Thomas. The project
will add sidewalks from the
Maysville library to Maysville
Elementary School.
Thomas said that currently
the plans are being reviewed
by the Georgia Department
of Transportation and once
approved, companies will bid
on the project.
“These projects will bring
much needed repair and
maintenance to roads, inter
sections and bridges,” Perdue
said. “The federal funds will
strengthen our transportation
network and help us to better
serve Georgians.”
For more information, visit
Georgia DOT'S stimulus web
site at www.dot.state.ga.us/
gastimulus.
Jefferson BOE approves personnel action
BY SHARON HOGAN
THE JEFFERSON Board of Education
approved the following personnel items at
the monthly board meeting for September:
•employment: Cassie Berryman, half
time Jefferson Elementary School (JES)
paraprofessional; and Kimberly Barber,
Jefferson High School (JHS) food service
assistant.
•transfer: Tricia Bartoletta, from half
time JES paraprofessional to full-time JES
paraprofessional.
•family medical leave requests: Meg
Perry, Jefferson Academy (JA) teacher;
Traci Costilow, JA teacher; Mandi Mizenis,
JES teacher; and Brooke Vaughn, Jefferson
Middle School paraprofessional.
•substitute teachers: Sloane Thompson,
Kim Archer, Kaitlin Wilson and Catherine
Czerneski.
JABA continues work on by-laws
BY SHARON HOGAN
THE JEFFERSON Area
Business Association contin
ues to work on updating its
by-laws and mission state
ment for serving area busi
nesses.
At the monthly meeting on
Thursday, Sept. 17, members
discussed ways to clarify the
by-laws, especially on how
the board of directors is set up.
At the August meeting, a by
laws committee was formed.
Patrick Phelps, Terry Harvey
and diAna Kunz-Huckins
serve on this committee.
The by-laws need to clarify
the roles of officers and set
up eligibility for officer posi
tions, Phelps advised.
The by-laws also need to
outline how to select officers,
boards and other positions, as
well as what the terms lim
its and succession of officers
should be.
JABA president Bill Frazier
said the group also needs to
work on finding a mission
statement and “deciding on
the characteristics of JABA”
with “one of the main ones
being to support the commu
nity.”
A suggestion was made that
every member should keep
up with what they spend each
month in Jefferson and this
information be combined and
put on the website. The group
agreed this would show busi
nesses in Jefferson how much
JABA members help support
them.
“We need to write a clear
mission statement and goals,”
Frazier said.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at the Sept.
17 monthly meeting:
•the website committee, con
sisting of Beth Laughinghouse,
Yasmin Loft, Preston Henry
and Tom Murphy, reported on
their work. Their main topic
has been web.com. The cost
for web.com is $11.95 per
month with no set up fees or
contracts. Web.com also has
web hosting that goes through
their web department. Murphy
mentioned there are free host
ing sites available. The com
mittee will continue to work
on this and report back to the
group at the October meeting.
•the treasurer’s reports was
presented showing a balance
of $1,377.
•JABA member Kunz-
Huckins made a $500 person
al donation to the association.
•the membership report was
presented showing 29 paid
members and four possible
new members.
•Laughinghouse announced
the annual Jefferson
Halloween Walk set for 4-6
p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. JABA
members will set up tables
at Marlowe Park and give
out candy and information.
Frazier advised he has the
JABA banner to be displayed.
All members were urged to
“dress up” for the event. Kim
Kyst and Teresa Smith vol
unteered to man the JABA
table for the Halloween Walk.
Members were asked to pur
chase candy for the event.
The candy can be dropped
off at the Mainstreet Jefferson
office, located at the Jefferson
Civic Center.
•Laughinghouse advised
she is looking for a theme and
a grand marshal for the annual
Jefferson Christmas Parade. “I
need this as soon as possible,”
Laughinghouse said.
•Smith reported that Habitat
for Humanity needs volunteers
to work on the Habitat house
on Pine Street in Commerce
from 8:30 a.m. until noon on
Saturdays. “We are in dire
need of volunteer help,” Smith
said.
The next regularly sched
uled JABA meeting is set for
11:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct.
15, in the meeting room at
Community Bank and Trust,
Memorial Drive, Jefferson.
Comprehensive plan update meetings set
TWO MEETINGS are com
ing up to give Jackson County
residents the opportunity to
give input on an update of the
comprehensive plan.
The meetings will be held
on Sept. 28, at the Nicholson
Community Center at 7
p.m., and on Sept. 29 at the
Commerce Civic Center at 7
p.m. The meetings are open
to all citizens in Jackson
County. Meetings have
already been held in Jefferson
and Braselton.
The comprehensive plan
covers a timeline of 20 years
and will provide a commu
nity assessment, community
participation program and
a community plan. It cov
ers population, housing, eco
nomic development, natural
and cultural resources, land
use, community facilities and
services and intergovernmen
tal coordination. The goal is
to use the plan as a guide
in rezoning decisions, capi
tal improvements and new
program initiatives after it
is approved by the board of
commissioners. The dead
line to complete the update
of the comprehensive plan is
October 31, 2010.
At the meetings, residents
are put into groups to discuss
what kind of development
is important to them. Each
group has a map of the county
and is asked to present what
they discussed to the rest of
the meeting’s attendees.
For more information on
the comprehensive plan, con
tact Department of Public
Development Planner Toni
Smith at 706-367-1832 or
by email at tsmith@jackson-
countygov.com.
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