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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010
THE JACKSON HERALD
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Jackson County Relay for Life begins Fri.
THE JACKSON County Relay for Life will begin at 7 p.m.
Friday, June 4, at the East Jackson Comprehensive High School
track. The relay, which is a fund-raiser for the American Cancer
Society, will continue all night into the morning of Saturday, June
5. Entertainment will be held all night.
SURVIVES LEUKEMIA
Harlie Ray, 5, is a survivor
of leukemia. She was diag
nosed in April 2009 and
underwent chemotherapy.
Harlie, the daughter of Jen
Ray, is now undergoing
maintenance treatments
and will be among the can
cer survivors participating
in the Relay for Life this
weekend.
The face of cancer
L ook at this
picture of a
beautiful little
girl. Do you notice any
thing special about her?
No, you don’t because
she looks and acts just
like every other 5-year-
old child. But there is
something special about
Harlie Ray — she is a
survivor of leukemia.
You wouldn’t know this
to look at her or watch her at play.
That is why it came as such a
shock to her family when she was
diagnosed in April 2009.
Harlie’s mom, Jen Ray, car
ried her to the doctor in April for
a well child check-up and the
possibility of a slight cold. The
doctor thankfully did some tests
and within days Harlie was in
Augusta for further blood work.
Her family was told that she had
leukemia. At this time Harlie
was 4 years old and expecting
to go into pre-school with all her
friends in the fall. That was not
to be. Her family had to be very
careful what she did, who she was
around and watch her constantly
for any unwanted responses to the
chemo treatments that she took.
Harlie is now taking maintenance
treatments and will continue to do
so until July 2011. She is doing
great and enjoying her life as a
5-year-old cancer survivor. She is
a precious little girl who has had
to endure too much this past year.
I asked if you noticed any
thing special for a reason. Cancer
knows no boundaries such as age,
sex, color or ethnicity. It only
knows to attack the body and
do as much harm as possible.
It often doesn’t make you look
different, but sometimes it does,
especially when you lose your
hair, lose weight and your color
goes a little too pale. It can sure
make you feel bad when you
have to take treatments that make
you sick and weak. Cancer never
sleeps or takes a break and often
the patient finds it hard to sleep
because of the sickness and pain
they are enduring. That is the rea
son we ask team members attend
ing the Relay For life to stay up
all night and see what it is like for
patients dealing with this awful
disease. Give up one night when
they give up so many.
While Harlie has been deal
ing with her cancer battle, her
grandfather, Howard Pollock, is
also fighting his own battle with
cancer. He was diagnosed with
cancer in July 2007, and has been
having treatment off and on since
then. He knows what Harlie has
been going through as she fights
through her treatments and he
fights through his. This is a fam
ily that has been doubly touched
by cancer.
Does this sound familiar to
some of you? There seems to
be too many families that have
cancer affecting a lot of their fam
ily members. They five in fear
of who might be next. This is
something that we
want to eliminate.
We work hard each
year to raise funds for
the American Cancer
Society so that more
research can be done
to find a cure. The
Relay For Life is our
way of having fun,
raising funds and call
ing attention to the
disease.
Have you made your plans to
come to the relay on June 4-5,
at East Jackson Comprehensive
High School? Why not? Are you
too tired because you’ve worked
all day? Cancer patients get tired
of fighting the disease and hav
ing treatments but they can’t quit
because they’re tired. Do you
have to work the next day? Some
cancer patients continue to work
even while taking treatments.
Can’t stay up all night? Many
cancer patients can’t sleep at night
because of the sickness and pain.
Besides, we’re not asking you to
come stay all night if you don’t
want to, just come for a few hours
and support the teams onsite by
buying raffle tickets, food and
items they have for sale. Do you
have any other excuses? I’m sure
we can find an answer for all of
them, especially those of us that
are survivors.
I don’t know about any of you,
but I have seen and heard enough
about what cancer can do. I have
lost too many family members
and friends to this horrible dis
ease. I want to hear about what
we can do to help find a cure. The
best way I know is with research
and that takes money. I know that
the economy is bad and money
is scarce for so many, but a lot
of $1 donations can go far. Your
$1 might be the one that makes
that cure possible. Wouldn’t it
be great to know that another
precious child like Harlie would
never have leukemia? Wouldn’t
it be great if you had to explain to
your children and grandchildren
what cancer was because it didn’t
exist anymore? If no one ever
again had to hear the words “you
have cancer,’’ it would be one of
the greatest things that I know
could happen in my lifetime.
Help us make it happen.
Come to the relay Friday, June
4, 7 p.m. at EJCHS and I promise
you that you will have a great
time. There will be entertainment
going all night, as well as games,
food and fun for all. Show your
support for the cancer survivors
and to those that have been lost
to cancer. Let Harlie and Howard
know that you are supporting
an event that is working to help
them as well as yourself and your
family members. Let’s find a
cure and give us all more “Happy
Birthdays.’’
Sandra Fite is a member of
the Jackson County Relay for
Life committee, a MainStreet
Newspapers, Inc. employee and a
cancer survivor.
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RAISING MONEY
The Jackson County Work-Based Learning class
es raised money through the Jackson County
Adult Spelling Bee sponsored by the Work-Based
classes and the Jackson County Certified Literate
Community Program. Alan Kennedy, WBL instruc
tor, is shown presenting a $1,900 check to Sandra
Fite, director of the Jackson County CLCP, for their
share of the proceeds. Each year the two groups
work together on this event to raise money for their
programs.
Watson, McDaniel plan to wed
Susan L. and Michael J. Watson of Athens announce the
engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter,
Ashley Watson, to Matthew Hoke McDaniel, son of Lindy
Massey of Jefferson, and Teddy McDaniel and Terri McDaniel
of Winder.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Made Vitug,
Maysville; Dennis Bachelor, Toccoa; and the late A.J. Watson
and Francine Willoughby.
Mr. McDaniel is the grandson of Ronnie and Ophelia
Adams, Commerce; Syble McDaniel, Winder; and the late Ted
McDaniel.
The couple will be united at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010.
birth announcement
Brooklyn Taylor Jackson
Caine and Cathy Jackson, Acworth,
announce the birth of their daughter,
Brooklyn Taylor, on April 11, 2010 at
Northside Hospital.
She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces,
and was 20-'/2 inches long.
The grandparents include Susan
Jackson, Pendergrass; Phil Jackson,
Sandersville; and Bob and Betsy West,
Douglasville.
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Maysville
cookbooks
now available
THE “TASTE of Maysville”
cookbooks have arrived and are
available for sale for $10 each.
The sale of these cookbooks
will benefit the Maysville Public
Library’s fundraising efforts to
restore 100 year-old books that
were discovered in the library
storeroom, “The Photograpliic
History of the Civil War in Ten
Volumes.”
Library patrons and
Maysville residents contrib
uted over 180 recipes for the
“Taste of Maysville” cookbook
which is available for sale at the
Maysville Public Library and
Maysville City Hall.
Bicknell named
JACKSON County Board
of Commissioners chairman
Hunter Bicknell has been named
to serve as chairman of the
revenue and finance commit
tee of the Association County
Commissioners of Georgia
(ACCG). He will serve through
April 2011.
TO SERVE POULTRY FEDERATION
Barry Cronic, right, has been named to serve
as the 2010-11 chairman of the Georgia Poultry
Federation. He is shown receiving the gavel from
Greg Tench, left, the 2009-10 chairman, at the
Federation’s recent annual meeting at Brasstown
Valley Resort, Young Harris. Cronic, formerly of
Jackson County, is complex manager, Columbia
Farms, Lavonia, and Tench is marketing director,
Mar-Jac Poultry, Gainesville.
THE Jefferson Civic Center
and The Friends of the Jefferson
Public Library will host Lauretta
Hannon, author of “The Cracker
Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged,
Joyful Life,” at 7 p.m. Friday, June
25, at the civic center.
Hannon will speak and sign
books and refreshments will be
served. The event is free. Books
will be available at the event and
at Downtown Interiors and Love’s
Gifts in Jefferson, at Giftworks and
Our Town Antiques in Commerce
and at the Jefferson library.
For more information, call 706-
367-8012 or 706-367-5754.
Fetch-A-Vet
Dr. Jeff Gilliland
Veterinarian/Owner
(formerly of Commerce Veterinary Hospital
and Jefferson Animal Hospital)
706-614-5266
fetch-a-vet@att.net
75th birthday event set Sat. for Gee
A 75TH birthday celebration hon
oring Sarah B. Gee will be hosted
by her family Saturday, June 5, from
2 to 5 p.m. at First Georgia Bank,
Jefferson.
Mrs. Gee is a lifelong resident
of Jackson County and is remem
bered by many for her 30 years spent
teaching in the Jefferson and Jackson
County school systems.
“She touched many lives in both
GEE
the classroom and sporting arenas,” family
and friends say. “She instilled in her students
a desire to learn in the classroom and taught
the athletes on the teams that she coached
good sportsmanship and the qualities that
they needed to win the game.”
The family invites the community to come
join the celebration and share the many good
memories that they have experienced with
“Miss Gee.” They ask that everyone omit
gifts, as “your presence is all that is needed.”
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‘Cracker Queen’
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