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PAGE 18A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21.2010
Taking Jasper by S.T.O.R.M.
YOUTH RALLY - Sat., Oct. 23, 4:30-9:00 pm
(Lots of food, fun and fellowship, with some AWESOME music!)
PRAISE & WORSHIP - Sun., Oct. 24, 11:00 am
JMt. Zion Baptist Church -1036 N. Main - www.mtzionjasper.org
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Thermographic breast cancer screenings
at Emerging Healthcare next week
By Angela Reinhardt
Emerging Healthcare in
Jasper is now taking appoint
ments for thermographic breast
cancer screenings next Thursday.
Thermography is a non-inva-
sive procedure that can be per
formed in any room with a
specific ambient temperature.
Breast health expert Monique
Myrick will take an image of
each patient’s breasts with a spe
cial thermal camera. A health
professional will then examine
the images and looks for areas
where abnormal heat is gener
ated by new vessel growth from
cancerous tumors or other non-
cancerous abnormalities such as
cysts.
Thermography has been ap
proved by the FDA since 1982
and, according to Myrick, it de
tects cancerous growth years be
fore mammograms or MRI are
able.
Screenings are being sched
uled on Thursday Oct. 28. All ap
pointments made for this
weekend will be discounted in
celebration of what Myrick calls
“Breast Health Month.”
If you are interested in sched
uling an appointment contact
Myrick at 404-384-9114.
Emerging Healthcare is lo
cated at 95 Whitfield Drive, Ste.
D, Jasper, GA 30143 near the
Bargain Bam.
You can contact Emerging
Healthcare at 706-253-2290.
Bringing kids to Christ. fun included
Young Life gearing up for fundraiser
By Angela Reinhardt
“Young Life’s founder’s con
cept was that it’s a sin to bore a
kid with the gospel,” said Bonnie
Carlton, Pickens County Young
Life Associate Area Director.
And if you have been to a
Young Life camp yourself you
know boredom isn’t part of the
deal.
Now Carlton and the local
Yoimg Life chapter are preparing
for their annual fundraiser so
they can continue reaching out to
young people on young people’s
turf, and then take them to one
over 20 Young Life camps across
the county where kids are
greeted with camping, zip-cords,
giant waterslides and, most im
portantly, a ministry aiming to
bring kids to Christ.
“We are so fortunate to have
a camp in our town,” Carlton
said, “but at the same time it’s
hard to get people to understand
it’s all Young Life but it’s two
separate things. The camp has
it’s own budget, but Pickens
Young Life is strictly a donor
based organization. Our budget
is $63,000 a year and we have to
raise every penny of it.”
Carlton explained that she
and other members of Pickens
County Young Life spend the
year developing relationships
with local middle schoolers and
high schoolers at school lunch,
school sporting events and any
where else they find the opportu
nity.
“Young Life is a relational
ministry so we believe in build
ing relationships with kids and
getting to know them and doing
what we call earning the right to
CANCELLATION NOTICE
The variance request submitted by
Kathleen, Anthony, and Rosemary
Aurichio that was scheduled to come
before the Pickens County Board of
Appeals on Thursday, October 21 st , at 6:00
p.m. has been CANCELLED.
CAMPING FOR CHRIST - Pickens County Young Life campers at Young Life’s Windy Gap camp in
Asheville, NC. Bonnie Carlton (l) is Pickens County Young Life Associate Area Director and she and
other member of the local board are inviting the public to their annual fundraising event on Nov. 4.
be heard,” Carlton said. “So
we’ll go to football games or
tailgating parties, and I go to
lunch every Tuesday at PCMS,
but we go and just hang out and
let them know we’re here and try
to get them to sign up.”
“Most [school] administrators
want people like us coming into
the schools because we invest in
the lives of students and that’s a
positive thing.”
At PCMS, where Young Life
is an official club (called
WyldLife for middle schoolers),
they meet every Friday morning
for about 20 minutes to, “play
crazy games, sing songs, and
then whoever is leading, usually
me, will give a message.”
“There are also once-a-month
meetings we try to have on Mon
days because anyone can come,”
Carlton said.
Carlton said it is important for
adults to develop relationships
with adolescents because those
volunteers are the ones who take
the children to camp.
“It’s great because the kids
don’t have to go to camp not
knowing who their camp leader
is going to be,” Carlton said.
“There is weekend camp and
summer camp. We went to week
end camp at Sharptop here in
Jasper and then summer camp
we went to Young Life camp in
Friends to hear from author/historian
Clent Coker at Thursday night meeting
Calendar Alert! Mark it now
for you do not want to miss Clent
Coker, author/historian, who will
be speaking at a meeting of the
Friends of the Pickens County
Library Thursday, Oct. 21.
Clent is the founding director
of the Museum at Historic Barns
ley Gardens Resort near
Adairsville, Ga. He is the author
of Barnsley Gardens, the Illustri
ous Dream, a 260-page illus
trated hardcover book now in its
10th printing. The book features
the adventure, mystery and ro
mance surrounding four genera
tions of the Barnsleys. He has
appeared on a number of radio
and television programs includ
ing the History Channel and
PBA.
The unique 19th century
Barnsley Estate and Gardens
once had engulfed 8,000 acres to
become one of the most out
standing landmarks east of the
Mississippi River. Godfrey
Barnsley, a wealthy sea mer
chant, created the family empire
in the 1840s.
This is going to be a most in
teresting and exciting evening
and we are delighted Clent will
be with us tonight. The meeting
will be at the Pickens County Li
brary and sta
rt at 7 p.m. There is no charge
and light refreshments will be
served. Bring your friends and
family and join us.
Between the Bookends
By Donna Harrington, Pickens Co. Librarian
Friends of the Library
Author Clent Coker is the speaker for the
Friends’ program tonight, Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7
p.m. Coker’s book, Barnsley Gardens at Wood
lands, will be the subject of the talk. This program
should appeal to gardeners, history buffs and those
who are interested in the craft of writing. The pub
lic is cordially invited and light refreshments will
be served following the program.
Spidey Stew & Spidey Craft
Don’t miss our Baby Storytime on Tuesday, Oct.
21 at 10:30 a.m. and Family Storytime on Wednes
day, Oct. 22 at 10:30 a.m. Spidey Stew is the theme
of these holiday storytimes. (Hopefully no live
specimens will appear during these programs!)
Florida. We took the middle
schoolers to Windy Gap in
Ashville.
“And of course the whole pur
pose of Young Life is to get to
know kids, build relationships
with them and introduce them to
Jesus Christ and help them grow
in their faith.
“So many kids and adults
aren’t engaged when they go to
church,” Carlton added, “and not
to say that church isn’t the an
swer, because that is one of our
other goals is that once a kid be
comes a Christian to encourage
them to get plugged into a church
in their area, but we have really
great speakers that know how to
relate to kids and engage with
kids.”
Pickens County Young Life
will host their annual banquet
fundraiser dinner on Thursday
Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m. Entertain
ment and dinner will be provided
at no charge by Young Life
Sharptop Cove. The fundraiser is
open to the public, but Carlton
asks that anyone who would like
to attend R.S.V.P. by October 28.
Contact Bonnie Carlton at 678-
451-2614.
All proceeds will fund Pick
ens Young Life and WyldLife
programs.
Jasper Elementary School
Fall Festival
Saturday, October 23 rd * From 2-5pm
at Lee Newton Park
Hayride ~ Inflatables ~ Games
School age children from kindergarten and up
can come in and enjoy a special Halloween craft
time on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. This Spidey
craft also revolves around those creepy eight
legged creatures.
Murder Mystery Night for Adults
Mark your calendar and plan to attend an
evening of holiday fun and entertainment at the li
brary on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 6.
Here is a great chance to do a bit of role-playing
or if it is not your thing, you are welcome to just
sit back and watch others ham-it-up. Participants
can also enter their names in a door prize drawing
that will take place at the end of the evening. Please
contact the library at 706-692-5411 for more infor
mation.
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Winner nil be announced October JOth.
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