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PAGE 20A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17. 2013
Power Hour gives Boys and Girls Club
a boost with academic success
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Sara, Destiny, Genny and Kaleb work on homework in a small group during the Power Hour.
Submitted by Michele L.
Brackin, Executive Director
Boys & Girls Clubs of North
Georgia
The Boys & Girls Club Power
Hour program helps drive posi
tive outcomes for youth in the
area of academic success by ex
tending learning beyond the
school day. It offers a structured
time and place for club staff and
volunteers to help members com
plete their homework - and start
each school day better prepared
and with a sense of confidence
and competence.
In addition. Power Hour of
fers small-group or one-on-one
tutoring assistance for members
identified as needing additional
help with specific subjects or
skills.
Power Hour’s underlying phi
losophy is that the benefits of
homework are not only aca
demic, but also behavioral and
social. Beyond the academic
benefit, consistent homework
completion helps young people
develop valuable organizational
and interpersonal skills - includ
ing time management, prioritiz
ing, task completion and working
cooperatively with others. These
skills are necessary for achieve
ment in school and are a founda
tion for a successful life.
For more information on the
club check out www.bgcng.org.
Great Futures Start Here
by a club volunteer.
Nathan and Kaleb get some tutoring
New Echota Days
Oct. 19th
New Echota Cherokee Capital State Historic
Site and Friends of New Echota present 175
Years: Cherokee Trail of Tears Honor and Re
member (1838-2013).
New Echota Days will be Saturday, Oct. 19.
Come and experience the sights, sounds and
smells of 19th century life at New Echota.
There will be blacksmith, pine needle baskets,
dandle making, Cherokee baskets, spinning,
weaving, deer hide tanning, flint knapping, Chero
kee social dances, traditional bead work, natural
fiber cordage, ancient and historic weaponry,
story-telling, Cherokee Phoenix newspaper print
ing, old-fashioned laundry, Dutch oven cooking.
Sacred Harp Singers, chair canning.
New Echota Cherokee Capital State Historic
Site, 1211 Chatsworth Hwy. 225N, Calhoun, Ga.
30701, 1-75 Exit 317; 706-624-1321.
Admission: $7.50 adult, $6.50 senior, $5.50
child (includes museum, film and nature trails);
www.gastateparks.org; www.friendsofnew
echota.org. Info: friendsofnew
echota@gmail.com; open 10 a.m.-4 p.m., concert
at 4.
Marble Valley Friends • Cake Bake Off at Old Tate Gym
November 2, 2013
Come join our Tate Day activities and taste delicious homemade cakes
and even purchase a portion of one!
Rules for Cake Bake Off and Entry Form
1. It has to be a cake - no cookies, desserts or pies.
2. It has to be baked - no refrigerator concoctions.
3. It has to be homemade from scratch - no box mixes or repackaged goods.
4 Entries judged on following points;
a. Taste
35
b. Texture
35
c. Neatness of cake
covering & decorations
10
d. Presentation
10
e. Overall appearance
10
Total
100
5. Cake must be labeled with a name of the cake and be delivered to the Old Tate
Gym no later than 10:00 AM on Nov. 2 along with the name of the baker.
6. Tasting will be between 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM.
7. To taste and vote on these delectable cakes, a fee of $ 1.00 will be charged.
8. Cake categories are; Pound or any type cake cooked in a Bundt or Tube pan,
Iced layered cakes, or Fruit Cakes.
Entry Form:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Telephone Number
4. Email
5. Type of cake
6. Name of cake
All entry forms must be postmarked by October 30, 2013 or by phone to Anita at 770-737-3019,
email ic3pOoles@tds.net or Jane at 770-735-3151.
Anita Poole, 197 Riverstone Drive, Jasper, Ga. 30143
Jane Griffeth, PO Box 25, Tate, Ga. 30177
Winter season market dates announced
Only two more Saturdays
for regular Farmers’ Market
By Darla Huffman
Only two more Saturdays left
in the regular Jasper Farmers’
Market season and even, this
late, there were few new ven
dors. It’s not over until it’s over
and this year it still won’t be over
then because there will be a win
ter season.
Those of you who want to
purchase even more of your food
locally will be glad to hear that
the Tangle Webb Farm was at the
Market with frozen free-range
chicken for sale. Father and son,
Ryan and Joseph Webb, operate
their farm on Jerusalem Church
Road in Jasper. You can buy a
whole chicken or packages of
just the pieces you want. It is
well frozen, but bring your cool
ers if you are not going right
home.
Wolfscratch Farm was at the
Market for the first time this year
with a variety of vegetables and
plans to come back whenever
they have enough to sell, which
could be every time the Market
is open, depending mostly on the
weather. Knowledgeable dedi
cated farmers, Christina and
Jamie Rosenthal, are welcome
not only for the produce they sell
but for the information they are
glad to share about their farming
practices. They had flyers invit
ing everyone to their farm for
their Autumn Festival on Oct. 26,
3-6 p.m.
These two vendors are an ex
ample of the type of vendors that
may be at the extended Market
(winter season) that will be two
Saturdays in November and two
in December. In addition to food
vendors, the craftspeople have
expressed and interest in being
there. They may have holiday
decorations and wide variety of
original handmade gifts. Recog
nized charity groups are also
welcome at the Market for
fundraising; see the vendor rules
for what you can do.
Everyone is invited to the end
of the season party on Oct. 26
that will be ongoing during the
regular hours of 7:30-noon.
There will be free food - much of
it homemade - and hot cider and
coffee, so come and help cele
brate another successful season.
The Jasper Farmers’ Market is
held on Saturday from 7:30 to
noon in the Park n Ride lot at Lee
Newton Park on Hwy. 53 in
Jasper and continues through
Oct. 26. The new winter season
will begin on Nov. 9 and be held
on alternate Saturdays through
Dec. 21 and the hours are 9:30 to
1:30. The Market is a project of
the Pickens County Master Gar
deners. See www.pickensmg.org
for more information and com
plete vendor rules or call the
County Extension Office at 706-
253-8840.
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Rvan and Joseph Webb at the Jasper Farmers ’Market with
frozen chicken.
SUNSATIONS
‘Tanning and ‘Boutique
New Shipment Jaot In of
Lotti Dottico
Rings, Bracelets,
Earrings and Lanyards
Come See Us Located Behind 61 Main.
28 South East St., Jasper • 706-692-7565
Owner Shannon Weeks.
PEhildren’s Coafl
Giveaway
Saturday, October 26 th
2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Tate Church of Christ
4817 Highway 53
Tate, Georgia
(next to Tate Post Office)
If you are in need of a child’s
winter coat, we will be providing
new and gently used coats of all
Children sizes.
First come - First serve basis!