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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010
THE JACKSON HERALD
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The Ark gets Jackson EMC Foundation grant
THE JACKSON EMC
Foundation — a charity fund
ed by donations from the coop
erative’s members through
Operation Round Up — has
awarded The Ark of Jackson
County a $10,000 grant to
help provide emergency finan
cial assistance for housing and
prescription medicine.
A community outreach
effort by area churches, The
Ark provides counseling and/
or financial assistance to indi
viduals who have experienced
a loss of income due to cir
cumstances beyond their con
trol.
“Many people work full
time for low wages, and an
emergency such as a sick child
who causes a parent to miss
work, or a sick parent, may
prevent them from being able
to pay for life’s necessities for
a period of time,” said Ark
director Carolyn Townes.
Jackson EMC members fund
these grants by volunteering
to have their monthly electric
bills rounded up to the next
dollar amount. Since October
2005, the “spare change” has
Roller, Moore to wed Jan. 16
CHECK TO HELP THE ARK
Staff and volunteers of the Ark of Jackson County hold a $10,000 Jackson EMC
Foundation check that will help fund emergency financial assistance for housing
and medical needs of area residents served by the organization.
funded at least 365 grants to
organizations and more than
145 grants to individuals, put
ting more than $3.9 million
back into local communities.
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 a foundation grant by
completing an application,
available online at www.
j acksonemc.com/Guidelines-
for-Funding,106.0.html or
at local Jackson EMC offic
es. Applicants do not need
to be a member of Jackson
EMC.
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ROTARIANS LEARN ABOUT DIABETES
Gennie Smith (right) of Athens Regional Medical Center
recently addressed the Rotary Club of Jefferson about
diabetes education. The discussion included talk
about self-management, exercise and healthy life
styles to keep people from getting the seventh most-
common disease in the United States. Smith is shown
with Rotarian Hal Pruett.
Blood drive planned Jan. 23
A BLOOD DRIVE will be held at Wal-Mart at Banks
Crossing from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 23.
The bloodmobile will be located in the parking lot of the
store, located at 30983 Highway 441 South in Commerce.
Another blood drive is planned in the area on Thursday,
Jan. 28, at the Lanier Technical Campus, located at 631
South Elm Street in Commerce. It will be held from 1 to
6 p.m.
All LifeSouth blood donors will be entered into a prize
drawing for a 32-inch Vizio LCD HDTV and an RCA DVD
home theater system. Each donor will receive a LifeSouth
recognition item, a complimentary cholesterol screening
and blood typing and 12 months coverage in the LifeSouth
Blood Donor Benefit Program.
For more information, call 770-538-0500 or visit www.
lifesouth.org. Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years
old with signed parent permission form), weigh 110 pounds
or more and show a photo I.D. at the time of donation.
Dr. Meadows completes
cosmetic surgery fellowship
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W.
Roller Jr. of Commerce
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Anna Elaine
Roller, to Stuart Woodward
Moore, son of Dr. and
Mrs. F. Stephen Moore of
Dahlonega.
The wedding is planned
for Saturday, Jan. 16, at the
Mandalay Bay Resort in Las
Vegas, N.V.
The bride is the grand
daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. J. Lamb Johnston,
and Ms. Marion Carter,
Columbus, and the late
Robert W. Roller Sr. Miss
Roller is a 2002 graduate of
Commerce High School. She
graduated in 2006 from North
Georgia College and State
University where she was
a member of Kappa Delta
sorority and the NGCSU
Cross-Country Team. She
received her MBA from
Georgia State University in
December 2009. Miss Roller
MISS ROLLER
AND MR. MOORE
is a staff accountant with
Burns and Associates LLC,
Gainesville.
The groom is the grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Palmer, Dahlonega; the late
Dr. James G. Woodward and
the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles
R. Moore. Mr. Moore is a
2001 graduate of Gainesville
High School. He gradu
ated in 2006 from Auburn
University where he was a
member of the AU golf team.
Mr. Moore is an agent with
the Southeastern Insurance
Group, Gainesville.
Things that make you go ‘ooo’
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DR. LIONEL Meadows of
Meadows Surgical Arts recently
completed a Cosmetic Surgery
fellowship in Little Rock, Ark.
Dr. Meadows, Medical
Director of Meadows Surgical
Arts in Banks Crossing,
Commerce, has continued to
care for patients throughout the
year , however, he will now be
seeing patients full time in his
new office.
Over the past 10 years, Dr.
Meadows has built a gynecolo
gy practice in Northeast Georgia
at the Toccoa Cinic with sat
ellite offices in Demorest,
Clayton and Lavonia. He and
his wife, Kathryn, also founded
Simply Skin Medical Spa and
Cosmetic Surgery Center in
Toccoa.
The new office, Meadows
Surgical Arts, opened in Banks
Crossing September, 2009.
Meadows Surgical Arts is a
blend of cosmetic surgery and
gynecology and also offers
medical spa treatments as well
as a state-of-the-art surgical
facility.
In fall, 2008, Dr. Meadows
was invited to become the
2009 fellow with renowned
Cosmetic Surgeon, Dr. Jim
English, “the Face Doctor.”
During this fellowship, Dr.
Meadows has performed more
than 1,000 cosmetic proce
dures and will receive Board
Certification with the American
DR. MEADOWS
Board of Cosmetic Surgery.
He is currently a full fellow
with the American Academy
of Cosmetic Surgery and
serves as a trainer and speak
er for Cynosure; developer of
SmartLipo and the SmartLift,
laser facelift.
Dr. Meadows graduated from
the Medical College of Georgia
in Augusta, completing his
residency in obstetrics and
gynecology at the University of
Tennessee in Chattanooga.
For more information about
Dr. Meadows, call 706-335-
3555.
Oh,
I HAT color
makes me
sick!” I
shrieked as I thumbed
through a stack of paint
samples. The lady help
ing me choose paint for
my room looked at me a
little confused.
“I’m sorry, it just
reminds me of the yellow
pajamas that I wore when
I was pregnant with my
third child.”
The saleslady replied, ‘
I completely understand.”
What I was referring to was
something you men will not
be able to relate to. You might
recall certain foods making
your wife deathly ill when
she was pregnant, but you
probably thought that she was
crazy when a certain smell,
a particular outfit, or a place
made her want to spill her
guts — literally.
I was sick the entire nine
months when pregnant with
all three of my children. Many
of you will agree, it is a sick
ness like no other. I would
wake up nauseated and go to
bed nauseated. When driving
in town, traffic would come to
a complete halt at times when
I had to open the car door and
hang my head.
My mother-in-law says
until this day, if she were
to see a replica of the black
leather shoes that she wore
when pregnant
with my husband
and his sister, she
would still expe
rience that sick
feeling.
My best friend
says that every
time she smells
a particular per
fume that she
wore when preg
nant with her first
child, she immediately makes
a path to the bathroom.
Another said that she can’t
visit a certain store because
she remembers shopping
there when she was pregnant
and very sick with her second
child.
When I was pregnant with
my daughter, I had a pair of
pale yellow maternity paja
mas. Every time I wore those
pajamas, I would turn pale
yellow, too. To this day, I
can not stand to even think
of those pajamas. It has noth
ing to do with my sweet,
precious child. It just brings
back the memory of being so
very sick.
When choosing a new paint
color for my room, I defi
nitely swayed away from pale
yellow. I ended up with a nice
cozy shade of tan. Hopefully
it is a color that I won’t get
sick of.
Sherri Stephens is a South
Jackson resident.
Area diners to serve at Lunch and Learn
LOCAL RESTAURANTS
will be providing meals at
the Lunch and Learn events
this winter, the Friends of the
Braselton-West Jackson Library
announced.
The group will also be honor
ing different communities at the
monthly gatherings.
The Country Kitchen,
Braselton, will donate food for the
Lunch and Learn on Wednesday,
Jan. 13, at 11:30 a.m.
The menu from Country
Kitchen will include fried
chicken, mashed potatoes, salad,
banana pudding, combread and
tea.
Country Kitchen is owned by
Vickie and Don Wise, Braselton;
and Jay Wise, Chestnut
Mountain. The restaurant is
located on Ga. Hwy. 53, next to
Hometown Community Bank.
It serves breakfast and lunch,
and has been open for about two
months.
The Village of Deaton Creek
will be highlighted, as well, dur
ing the next Lunch and Learn
event.
Guest author Jill Webster, a
resident of Deaton Creek, will
speak.
She was bom and raised in
Holleman’s Bend, near Granville,
Tenn. Her book, “Growing up on
the Cumberland River,” takes a
look back through 80 years of
life in the Granville community.
The book focuses on the com
munity’s change from active
agricultural-rural to a small vil
lage of Americana.
Key West Bar and Grill,
Braselton, will donate food
for the Lunch and Learn on
Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 11:30
a.m. The event will also honor
the Town of Braselton.
Susan Ethridge Chaisson, who
grew up on the Shields-Ethridge
Heritage Farm in Jefferson, will
speak about the unique history
of the farm — one of the few
heritage farms still in use.
The Gwinnett Braves man
agement team will speak on
Wednesday, March 10, at 11:30
a.m. The City of Hoschton will
be honored, as well.
April’s Lunch and Learn will
highlight other neighboring
towns.
The Lunch and Learn events
are held in the lower level of the
Braselton Police and Municipal
Court Building, located at 6750
Ga. Hwy. 53. The cost is $6 per
person. For reservations, contact
Diane Lemaster at 678-546-3380
or dilemace@aol.com.
Dr. Neelagaru, M.D. (Dr. Neel)
Dr. Neel is:
• Associated with Northeast Georgia
Heart Center in Gainesville,
Georgia. He performs all invasive
cardiology procedures at the
Ronnie Green Heart Center at
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Clinic.
• Affiliated with BJC.
• Accepts most insurances.
Commerce Cardiology Clinic
Call for appointment.
706-335-2000
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