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THURSDAY. MAY 13. 2004 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 9B
WalkAmerica 2004 raises $25,000-plus
Volunteers for the March of
Dimes WalkAmerica 2004 took to
the streets of Jasper on Saturday,
April 27, to celebrate their fundrais
ing efforts. More than $25,000 was
raised in Pickens County for this
year's Walk.
The Walk Began at 10 a.m. at
Pickens County Chamber of Com
merce. Walkers led by Special
Ambassador, Christopher Sans and
family followed a circuitous route
five miles around the streets of
Jasper. After returning to the Lee
Newton Memorial Park they
enjoyed a picnic sponsored by
Flowers Bakery, Coke, Dairy
Queen, Blue Star, IGA, and Deb's
Bakery.
This year's Special Ambassador,
Christopher Sans 6, son of Vicky
and Derrick Sans of Fairmount was
bom to early, with the help of dedi
cated NICU doctors and March of
Dimes Christopher is now a healthy
student at Hill City Elementary.
Hill City students walked for
March of Dimes during P.E. class,
collecting over $320.
The top three fundraising teams
were M&M Contracting, Crescent
Bank, and the San's team. Some of
this years top sponsors Included
M&M Contracting, Crescent Bank,
Ernst Cobb Co. Inc., E Smith Heat
ing and Air, Jasper Banking Com
pany, ETC Communications, Pizza
Hut, and McAuthur Concrete Prod
ucts.
By supporting the March of
Dimes and its largest fundraiser,
WalkAmerica, volunteers and spon
sors are helping the tiniest babies.
This valuable support provides the
research and education to help
ensure that all babies are bom with
the best possible start in life.
For more information on how
you can support the March of
Dimes, contact Jenni Fann Pickens
County March of Dimes Chair, at
706-692-9260, or Lori Randolph,
March of Dimes Senior Community
Director, at 770-977-3114.
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Derrick, Vicky Sans, (Clown) Barbara Westbrook, Vicky's Sis
ter and Family. In front holding sign are Bradley and Christopher
Sans. Special Ambassador Christopher Sans lead the walkers on
a five mile route around Jasper and helped raise $25,000.
Farmers Market offers great shopping,
great opportunity to get involved in community
What do jewelry, perennials,
vegetables, baskets, pies, annuals,
herbs, whirligigs, wind chimes, gar
den art, paintings, furniture, eggs,
bread, toys, trees, shrubs, rugs,
native plants, seeds, birdhouses,
quilts, soap, candles, jam, salsa,
honey, clothing, cut flowers, and
chickens all have in common?
They are all things you just
might run across each Saturday
morning at the farmers market.
That’s right, the selection at our
great market really does have the
widest variety of locally handmade
and homegrown goodies you’ll find
anywhere in Pickens County.
The beautiful weather this past
When you get Social Security retirement benefits
Avoid the “oops factor”
By Cindy G. McCubbins
Manager, Gainesville
When something goes wrong
that could have easily been avoided,
it is the ‘oops factor’ at work.
When you are retired, there are
things you need to remember to do
to avoid having the oops factor
cause any problems with your
Social Security benefit payments.
Most of these responsibilities have
to do with letting us know about
changes in your life that also might
affect your benefits.
One example is letting us know
about any changes in your banking
accounts. Your Social security ben
efit payment is probably deposited
directly into a bank account for
you. That is the smart and safe
thing to do. But if you switch banks
or change accounts within the same
bank, you need to let Social Securi
ty know about it as soon as possible
so there is no interruption in your
payments.
Another common ‘oops event’ is
forgetting to report a change of
address. This is true even if you
change addresses without changing
bank accounts. Yes, your monthly
benefit payments would continue to
be deposited into that account. But
Social Security sometimes needs to
send you information through the
mail and would need to know your
new address.
Here are three other common
oops events to have on your person
al radar screen:
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Available on-site & loaded Into your vehiclel
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Large tracts of land to clear? We offer chipping on your site!
We accept tree limbs, brush, logs, stumps & all other
natural wood products for recycling.
Stop by & check us outl
(Located across from Grandview Health Care Center in the Pioneer Industrial Park area.)
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• If you retired “early” and are
still under your full retirement age,
you need to let Social Security
know about any changes in your
work status or earnings expecta
tions. Those earnings may affect
the amount of your monthly Social
Security benefit payments and, if
you are overpaid, you would have
to repay that additional amount
later on.
• If you get married or divorced,
you should contact Social Security.
Sometimes all that needs to be done
following a marriage or divorce is a
change of name in your Social
Security and Medicare records. But
in other cases, your marital status
could affect the amount of your
monthly benefits.
• If you travel overseas, Social
Security usually does not need to
know about your trip. But if that
trip will last 30 days or more, you
should contact a Social Security
office ahead of time. There are
rules that affect the payment of
benefits in certain situations for
extended overseas visits.
Finally, there are two important
events you will not be able to
report to us directly, but for which
you should make arrangements
ahead of time. One is if, due to
physical or mental limitations, you
become unable to handle your own
benefits. At that point, we will need
to appoint someone to manage your
Social Security affairs. And when
you pass away, we obviously must
be notified. Your benefits will stop,
usually effective with the month
you die. But there may be situa
tions where your dependents or sur
vivors are eligible for Social Secu
rity benefits following your death.
To report any change in your
status and avoid one of life’s oops,
just call 800-772-1213.
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long distance
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tomers in Nelson-Ball Ground can
take advantage of a new local and
long distance offer.
“Our customers in northern
Georgia have been looking for a
calling plan that has no boundaries
— and now we have what they’ve
been looking for,” says Ray Gaines,
GM, Sales and Service for TDS
Telecom’s Nelson-Ball Ground
office.
TDS U-Talk is a new service for
TDS that provides customers with
unlimited local and long distance
calling for only $49.95 per month,
when a customer agrees to a three-
year service term.
“We see this new offer as a way
to evolve with our customers’ com
munications needs,” says Gaines.
“Now you won’t have to think
about how long you’ve been on the
phone to a friend or relative in
Atlanta or anywhere in the US.
“TDS is always looking for new
products and services that will keep
our customers connected at an
affordable price,” adds Gaines.
For more information about
TDS U-Talk, call 770-735-2000.
weekend was the backdrop for an
amazing market, with over 40 ven
dors set up it was the largest so far
this season. Things only promise to
get better with time as the market
grows and attracts new vendors.
More produce will start coming in
with warmer weather and summer
time just around the corner.
The market is an excellent out
ing for a Saturday morning
whether you have just five minutes
or an hour or two to spend.
You can quickly stroll through
the Park & Ride Lot and pick up
some lettuce or honey on your way,
or you can take your time and
leisurely visit with the vendors and
maybe learn something new.
If you're new to the area, this is
a great way to make new friends
and possibly even meet some of
your own neighbors. Just stop by
one Saturday between 8 a.m. and
noon and you'll see what we're
talking about.
The Jasper Farmers Market is
sponsored by the Pickens County
Master Gardeners. For directions
and other information please visit
our website at
www.pickensmg.com or call the
Pickens Extension Service at 706-
253-8840.
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Pickens Greenhouse
& Nursery
is now open to the public.
Carl & Elaine Ladefoged of Kelli Green in
Marietta have now expanded to Jasper.
We have Annuals, Perennials, Hanging
Baskets, Vegetables, Herbs and more!
Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday
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