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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017
RECEIVES STROKE AWARD
The American Heart/American Stroke Association recently awarded Piedmont Athens Regional’s stroke
program with a quality achievement award for the program’s excellent quality measures. The award
is Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Elite Plus.
The “Silver” level demonstrates that Piedmont Athens Regional’s Emergency Department has upheld
these excellent quality measures for 12 consecutive months. The department received Stroke Elite Plus
recognition for their quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the
hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator (or tPA), which is a drug used
to treat ischemic stroke. The Elite Plus is the highest achievement awarded from the AHA/ASA.
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When you get older, you will realize what a special
mother you have. Robin will provide you with the guid
ance all children need in times that are often troubled and
hard to understand. She is a special, sincere person who
puts God first in her life. This is hard to find and you are
lucky that your mother has these values.
I don’t know your father, Keith Roberts, as well as I do
Robin, but I feel sure that he will also provide the guid
ance you will need as you get older (and teach you to hunt
and fish). He picked Robin for his bride so he must know
what he is doing. I will always remember the special look
he had on his face as Robin walked down the aisle for the
wedding.
You are luckier than many children because you entered
the world with two very special parents who have the
ability to take care of you. You also have two special sets
of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins to take care of
you.
Welcome to the world, Judd, I look forward to watching
you grow up.
Angela Gary is an editor with MainStreet Newspapers
Inc. She can be reached at AngieEditor@aol.com
Jefferson Community
Theatre shows planned
Traditions plans annual charity golf tourney
Traditions of Braselton
will host its third annual
Traditions Charity Classic
Golf Tournament, dinner
and auction on June 23-24.
On Friday, June 23, the
dinner and live and silent
auctions will be held at
the Traditions Golf Club
house. Among other items,
organizers will be auction
ing off a week at a villa in
Tuscany and a week at a
condo in Antigua.
A 50-50 helicopter ball
drop is set for the morning
of Saturday. June 24. If
the golf ball you purchased
drops closest to the pin on
the #1 fairway, you will
receive half of the 50-50
pot with the charities.
Also, one adult will win a
raffle to ride along in the
helicopter for the ball drop.
Immediately after the
ball drop, the golf tourna
ment begins. It’s a two-per
son team scramble format
with nine-hole draw and
prizes for men’s, women’s
and co-ed team winners.
Billy Cain Ford in Com
merce is providing a new
Ford F-150 truck for the
golfer who scores a hole-
in-one on the designated
hole during the tourna
ment.
This year’s event will
benefit three groups:
•The Tree House, Inc.,
a local nonprofit organiza
tion that works with chil
dren, parents and families
to reduce the impact and
occurrence of child abuse
through counseling, edu
cating, supporting and nur
turing children and fam
ilies in Jackson, Barrow
and Banks Counties.
•Augie’s Quest: Winning
the War Against ALS, a
national organization dedi
cated to finding treatments
and a cure for ALS.
•ClubCorp Employee
Partners Care Foundation,
provides financial aid to
employees and their fami
lies in times of crisis.
The event will be held at
the Traditions of Braselton
Golf Club.
Farmers Insurance,
Keith Harbin Agency, is
the title sponsor, and Paran
Homes is the gold sponsor.
COSTAND
INFORMATION
The cost for dinner is
$25.
Golfers can register for
the tournament for $100
which includes the round
of golf on Saturday as well
as dinner on Friday night.
Additional sponsorships
are also available. All pro
ceeds from the Farmers
Insurance 2017 Traditions
Charity Classic go directly
to the three charities.
Register today at http://
classic.als.net or contact
the Traditions Pro Shop at
706-363-9963 ext. 1.
Job fair planned at Tanger Outlet
Tanger Outlet Center is
sponsoring a Job Fair Week
May 30 through June 3 for
retail job opportunities as
merchants gear up for the
summer season.
Over 30 Tanger stores
will have job postings and
applications available.
Interested applicants can
pick up a job list in Tanger
Shopper Services (suite
201).
In addition, Tanger Out
lets will host two sepa
rate ‘Recruitment Events’
during the week, where
applicants can come in and
meet with a variety of store
representatives all located
in one place to speak about
their stores’ opportunities.
Recruitment events will
be held Thursday, June 1,
from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and
Saturday, June 3, from 9
a.m. to noon near Shopper
Services (suite 201).
Wingate to sell copies of book at Hoschton Depot
Friends of the Bra-
selton-West Jackson
Library and the library
staff are hosting a nation
ally acclaimed author, Lisa
Wingate.
The event is slated for
Tuesday, June 6. from noon
to 2 p.m. at the Hoschton
Depot.
The book signing will
be part of the Friends of
the Braselton-West Jack-
son Library group’s annual
membership drive recep
tion.
The book signing will be
‘BEFORE WE WERE YOURS’
free and open to the public.
Wingate’s newest book.
“Before We Were Yours,”
will debut, and she will sell
autographed copies.
The fictionalized novel
depicts thousands of chil
dren of single mothers and
poverty-stricken parents
whose children were taken
during the 1920s until
1950 in Tennessee.
Children were often kept
in unlicensed boarding
facilities and given new
names and histories before
being advertised for adop
tion, organizers state.
“As always, it is a plea
sure to partner with our
Friends of the Library,
and we’re excited to intro
duce Ms. Wingate’s new
novel to our patrons and
neighbors,” said Braselton
Library manager Lori
Hayes.
The Hoschton Depot is
located at 4272 Highway
53 in Hoschton.
For additional infor
mation on the book or
programs offered by the
Braselton-West Jackson
Library, call 706-654-
1992.
McCall speaks at meeting in Jefferson
The Jackson Coun
ty Democratic Commit
tee met on May 18 at the
Jefferson Clubhouse with
Josh McCall as the fea
tured speaker.
The meeting was called
to order by Chairman
Tony Garner, followed
by a prayer before the 30
assembled members and
guests heard from Mr.
McCall.
McCall, currently a
teacher from the Gaines
ville area, has announced
he is running for the 9th
District U.S. House of
Representatives seat which
is currently held by Repub
lican Doug Collins.
Political newcomer
McCall, a Latin and Biol
ogy teacher at Riverside
Military Academy, spoke
to the group for 30 min
utes before opening a live
ly question and answer
session.
He began by describing
his humble upbringing
in North Georgia and the
motivations for his jump
from his current profession
to this congressional run.
These motivations were
described as a fear about
the immigration policies
being pushed by the cur
rent administration, which
hold a special place for
him as the family of his
wife Jennifer came to this
country 30 years ago flee
ing from a war torn Viet
nam.
His platform centers on
restoring faith in govern
ment and finding common
ground between Demo
crats. Republicans and
other “good Americans” in
the area.
McCall endorses single
payer healthcare, declaring
“single payer healthcare is
pro-life.”
He also backs reforms
of the education system
to end federally mandated
testing and promote more
vocational options for stu
dents.
The meeting adjourned
after some additional reg
ular business of the com
mittee was approved. The
next meeting will be held
on June 15 at a member’s
home.
For more information
on the Democratic party,
refer to the Facebook site
at https://www.facebook.
com/jcdcga/.
For more informa
tion on candidate Josh
McCall, refer to his web
site at https://mccallforall.
com/.
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The Jefferson Community Theatre will present a “Mon
tage of Monologues” June 1-4 at the Jefferson High
School Performing Arts Center.
Show times will be at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Diana Norton-Bagwell is directing the production.
Tickets are $5.
The next production by the Jefferson Community The
atre will be “Night of the Living Dead” and “Sorry, Wrong
Number,” a double feature to be presented July 7-9 and
July 14-16 at the JHS Performing Arts Center. Show time
will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Friday and Saturday tickets will be $10. Sunday tickets
will be $5. The directors are Diana Norton-Bagwell and
Christine Dalton.
For tickets and more information, call 706-367-5714 or
visit the website, www.jeffersoncommunitytheatre.com.
Freedom Festival
coming up June 24
The Jefferson Freedom Festival will be held from 5 p.m.
to 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 24.
The event will feature food, fireworks and live music
from Fly Betty.
This year, additional firework seating will be available
beside the Regions Bank drive-thru on Gordon Street.
Vendors needed for
Jefferson Farmers Market
The Jefferson Farmers Market opens on June 3 and
vendors are needed.
“It will be another great summer with wonderful prod
ucts from our local vendors, as well as entertainment and
special events,” organizers state.
Vendor applications are now being taken. For more
information, call 706-367-5714 or email info@jefferson-
farmersmarket.com.
The farmers market will be located on the square in
downtown Jefferson every Saturday from June through
September. Hours will be 8 a.m. to noon.
Larry Edward Chester born May 16
Carey Chester, of Monroe, and Rockzanne Wilbur, of
Braselton, announce the birth of a son, Larry Edward
Chester, born May 16 at Northeast Georgia Medical Cen
ter Braselton.
Grandparents include Lon and Susan Polanis, of Bra
selton, and James and Rhonda Chester, of Monroe.
Great-grandparents include Joann Oliver, of Millerton.
N.Y., and Willia Chester, of Monroe.
Joint reunion coming up
The Jefferson High School classes of 1954 to 1964 will
be holding a joint class reunion at 5 p.m. on Saturday. June
10. The reunion will be held at the high school lunchroom
in Jefferson.
The price of the meal will be $10 per person.
For more information on the reunion, call Brenda Dool
ey, 706-367-5636 or 706-338-1199.
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