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PAGE 10 A THE JACKSON HERALD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2023 Photos submitted Jefferson High School students attend the FBLA State Leadership Confer ence in Atlanta, leaving the event with a number of awards and recognition. JHS FBLA receives Gold Chapter designation The Jefferson High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter ended its compet itive season on a high note at the State Leadership Con ference in Atlanta earlier this month, winning multi ple awards and recognition. The organization received FBLA Gold Chapter Rec ognition — a first in JHS school history. Additionally. JHS FBLA sponsor Christy Drew was named Region 15 Advis er of the Year and Lanier Ashley was named among the Who’s Who in Georgia FBLA for Region 15. Adl'H' n Chiww n.tv' Jefferson High School FBLA sponsor Christy Drew is named Region 15 Adviser of the Year and Lanier Ashley is named among the Who’s Who in Georgia FBLA for Region 15. Kinsey Wilder and David Heard have their work published in the “Resilience — 2022 Poetry Collec tion.” Photos submitted Abigail Rose’s work is published in the “2022 Rising Stars Collection.” JHS students become published authors Jefferson High School students David Heard, Kinsey Wilder and Abigail Rose are creative writers whose poetry was recently published. Original writings from Heard and Wilder are fea tured in “Resilience — 2022 Poetry Collection,” published by the American Library of Poetry. Rose’s original work is printed in “2022 Rising Stars Collec tion,” published by Appel- ley Publishing. Their creations were en tered into a student poetry contest last year that were judged by people with backgrounds in English, literature, journalism and child education. FFA proficiency winners heading to state competition Jefferson High School students Wells Green and Emma Storey earned region titles for their FFA profi ciency applications. Storey succeeded in the area of veterinary science for her work at Shannon Veterinary Services in Jef ferson. Green succeeded in the area of wildlife man agement and production for his work with nuisance hog hunting near kaolin mines and farmland in central Georgia. Both will compete in Macon at the state level in April. Photo submitted Jefferson High School students Wells Green and Emma Storey have earned region titles for their FFA proficiency applications. JACKSON TRAIL STUDENTS COMPETE IN FORESTRY EVENT The Jackson Trail Christian School FFA Forestry team recently competed in the State Junior Forestry Championship Career Development Event held in Covington. There were 12 teams representing the six areas across the state. The JTCS team placed 5th, competing against both middle and high school teams. Daniel Jung placed ninth in the individual competition against 48 indi viduals. Pictured are: (front, L-R) Emma Jernigan, Brooklyn Harkins and Dan iel Jung; and (back, L-R) Logan Perry, Gavin Rice and Cooper Jackson. VISITING ANGELS MAKES EQUIPMENT DONATION TO EMPOWER CENTER Visiting Angels in Hoschton recently donated 25 blood pressure cuffs and stethoscopes to the Empower Center. The group was able to donate 25 sets to the students in the medical pathway. These will be given to stu dents enrolled in the medical assistant and nurse aide program to keep for their own personal/professional use. This piece of equipment is instru mental in the day to day operations of an assistant/aide. EJMS announces honor roll East Jackson Middle School has an nounced its honor roll for the third nine weeks of the school system, including: SIXTH GRADE A HONOR ROLL Meadow Allegood, Avril Avellane- da-Castro, Karma Bachman, Emery Beauchamp. Rose Berkowitz, Anslee Bouchard, Landon Brown, Cassy Col lins, Martha Cornelius. Sidney Crouch. Levi Ervin, Camden Erwin. Caroline Fl- eeman. Sydney Funez, Aiden Glenn, Al ison Gomez-Cisneros, Ethan Hockman. Olivia Hudson, Slade Hunter, Ada John son, Macie Jones, Booth Kaslin, Living ston Kayleigh, Carly Kidwell, Benjamin McEver, Ally Miller, Greyson Nichols. Addie Kate Odom. Carter Oehlerts. Mateo Padilla, Peyton Pelham, Blake Poelker, Makaylah Renrick, Camden Rinckey, Ronni Rodriquez-Garfias, Riley Saunders. Roxie Seabolt, Jace Seagraves. Wendi-Lee Shuler, Keaton Shultz, Kim berly Torres, Levi Walker. Brooklynn Weight, Jason Yang, Fatima Yang, and Vanessa Zavala Diaz. SEVENTH GRADE A HONOR ROLL Taylor Barnes, Cade Brown, Robert Cornelius, Michael Devich, Abby Flow ers, Naomi Gatlin, Grace Hatcher, Jack- son Kaul, Landon Keith. Alexis Kenyon. Teagan Kong, Lilliana Luke, Dante Mar tinez, Rylie McFarland, Chloe O’Ban- non, Lindsay Wheeler, Levi Zimmerman and Marlee McCullough. SIXTH GRADE A/B HONOR ROLL Bradley Andrews. Jesse Bagley, Ryder Barrett, James Beadles, Ella Beauchamp, Temprence Billings, Isaac Bravo-Lopez. Gaines Brittany, Petch Bryan, De’Sean Bums, Cullan Butler, Noe Calix-Lemus, Alyssa Cravens. Michael Crawley, Mal- achi Davenport, Myles David, Ryleigh Denton, Barrett Farfour, Jonathan Fuller, Patrick Garmon. Ryan Grenier, Grace Gutierrez, Hosan na Heu, Jorge Hidalgo, Montoya Jonathan Hodgson, Gage Johnson, Burk Jones, Jon Jones, Jarrett Josephine. Rogan Kemp, Jade Kiney, Jacquelyn Littleton, Jackson Loggins, Jessie Mathis, Braylon Med- ders, Michelle Mejia-Pacheco, Alexis Miller. Josenid Nava-Depaz, Allison Parr, Chance Patterson, Alayna Rakestraw, Jerry Ramey, Axel Rangel-Aguillon, Ev elyn Rhymer, Knox Ruark, Mason Tat- genhorts, Aiden Wacaster, Mary Waters, Kaylea Waugh, Abbigail Worley and Julia Zeliski. SEVENTH GRADE AB HONOR ROLL Stella Adair, Vivian Albritton, Tucker Barnes, Temprance Beatty, Piper Bed- good, Chrislyn Bland, Demian Bogutskii, Lydia Castaneda, Adam Cioba, Jordyn Code, Haden Crawford, Lillie-Mae Doster-Parker. Samuel Erickson, Bran don Estrada, Emely Garcia, Melgar Turk Hanna. Ruby Hardesty, Grayson Hewell, Ja- len Jennings, Brayden Lance. Alighieri Lane, Letizia Loaiza, Netinho Angel Lopez, Ryleigh Martin, Angel Marti nez, Jackson Medders, Camryn Mill er, David Miller, Ridge Miller. Xander Peeks, Mia Ramirez, Elijah Reed, Beth any Roberts, Hannah Ropero, Zapata Brooklyn Ross, Irmani Sims, Jonathan Tanner, Dillon Thompson, Titus Tol bert, Cassandra Valles-Campuzano, JaydenVue, Natalie Westmoreland, Katherine Wilbanks, Jordyn Williams and Haden Zuercher. Several JHS students qualify for technology state competition Several Jefferson High School students Vang, Caitlyn Chapman, Soren Daiber, recently qualified for the Technology Stu- William Holt, Cami Sanchez and Ryan dent Association state competition. Fuller. Students who qualified include Caleb PUBLIC NOTICE SPLOST 6 Citizen Oversight Committee On April 6, 2023, the Water and Sewerage Oversight Committee heard a presentation from the City of Maysville regarding proposed projects to be funded by SPLOST 6. The Committee determined: “The Replacement of Two (2) Aerators at Wastewater Treatment project is a project that complies with the project list the City of Maysville included on the SPLOST ballot.” The Committee also recommended that the project move forward. For additional information, please contact the Jackson County Manager’s Office at 706-367-6314. www.jacksoncountygov.conn
