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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29. 2016 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 11A
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Duncans celebrate
Golden Anniversary
Happy 50th wedding anniversary to Don and Flaudie
Duncan - December 28, 1966 - December 28, 2016
We love you,
Your Children, Grandchildren and Great Grandchild
Birthdays at the Senior Center
Senior Center celebrates December birthdays with the
Jasper Lions Club. From left: Ken Austin, JoAnn Wein-
traub, Ray Ferrell.
County offices holiday
closings
Pickens County govern
ment offices will be closed
Monday, January 2 for New
Years holiday.
Students named to
Georgia College
Dean's List
The following students
completed courses with ex
emplary marks and made the
Dean's List for the 2016 fall
semester at Georgia College
in Milledgeville, Ga.
From Ball Ground - Kea-
gan Crowe, Matthew Brog-
den, McKenzie Cleghorn,
and Jonathan Hodges.
Jennifer Pope of Talking
Rock and Meredith Miller
of Jasper.
Georgia College, the
state's designated public lib
eral arts university, combines
the educational experience
expected at esteemed private
liberal arts colleges with the
affordability of public higher
education.
Coin Collector’s Club
The Pickens County Coin
Collector’s Club meets at the
Dean Center at Amicalola
EMC, 544 Hwy. 515, Jasper,
across from the Bargain
Bam, on the first and third
Tuesday of each month at
5:30 p.m. For more info call
Butch at 770-324-8724.
Marble Valley Friends
Marble Valley Friends
meet the first Thursday of
each month at 7 p.m. In the
winter months they meet at
Tate Community Room and
summer at the Old Tate Gym.
Grief support
Georgia Mountains Hos
pice offers an open Grief
Group meeting monthly on
the first Thursday of every
month at 10 a.m. in the Stan-
cil Room of their building at
70 Caring Way in Jasper. The
group is led by a professional
bereavement counselors.
Serving Cherokee, Pickens,
Dawson, Murray, Gilmer,
Fannin and Union since
1993. Call 706-253-4100 or
1-800-692-7199.
TOPS
TopsGa 596 Jasper will be
meeting every Wednesday
from 5:30-6:30 p.m at the
Pickens Recreation Center,
Camp Rd.
Fall 2016 Dean's List
at Berry
The following students
have been named to the
Berry College Fall 2016
Dean's List.
From Ball Ground: Bailey
Hanner, Andy Eddington
and Nick O'Connor. From
Talking Rock: Rebecca
Hyatt and Kayla Low.
The Dean's List honors
students who posted an aca
demic average of 3.5 or bet
ter on a 4.0 scale while
carrying a class load of at
least 12 hours during the se
mester.
Berry College is an inde
pendent, coeducational col
lege recognized nationally
for the quality and value of
its educational experience.
College leaders from across
the country chose Berry Col
lege as the nation's number
one "Up-And-Coming" lib
eral arts college, according to
the 2014 U.S. News Best
Colleges rankings.
Volunteer
Piedmont Mountainside
Hospital Auxiliary is accept
ing applications for member
ship in the Auxiliary. If you
are interested in being a vol
unteer at the hospital, come
by the Gift Shop and pick up
an application. The rewards
are too many to count - you
just can’t take it to the bank!
Volunteer
Good Samaritan Health
and Wellness Center needs
volunteers. We always need
doctors, dentists, pharma
cists, lab techs, nurses and
others with medical experi
ence. And we always need
help with greeter escorts,
making appointments, phone
calls, office work, medical
records and social services.
To find out more about how
you can give back to your
community please call our
volunteer office at 706-253-
4673 or e-mail: volunteer
@goodsamhwc.org
Volunteer
Volunteers needed in the
activities Department at
Grandview Health Care Cen
ter. We need individuals as
well as groups that would
like to make a difference in
the lives of our residents. If
you can donate at least an
hour of your time each month
or quarterly, please contact
Activities Director Sounya
Stokes at 706-692-6323.
DiPuma receives
national honor
PHS student recognized
for superior academic
achievement by The Na
tional Society of High
School Scholars
The National Society of
High School Scholars an
nounced Nicholas DiPuma of
Talking Rock has been se
lected to be a member of the
esteemed organization. The
Society recognizes top schol
ars who have demonstrated
outstanding leadership,
scholarship and community
commitment. The announce
ment was made by NSHSS
Founder and Chairman Claes
Nobel, senior member of the
family that established the
Nobel Prizes.
“On behalf of NSHSS, I
am honored to recognize the
hard work, sacrifice and
commitment that Nicholas
has demonstrated to achieve
this exceptional level of aca
demic excellent,” said Nobel.
“Nicholas is now a member
of a unique community of
scholars - a community that
represents our very best hope
for the future.”
“We are proud to provide
lifetime membership to
young scholars to support
their growth and develop
ment,” stated NSHSS Presi
dent James W. Lewis. “We
aim to help students like
Nicholas build on their aca
demic success by connecting
them with unique learning
experienced and resources to
help prepare them for college
and meaningful careers.”
NSHSS members auto
matically become lifetime
members at the time of their
initial membership. At each
step along the way - from
high school to college to ca
reer - NSHSS connects out
standing young scholars with
the resources they need to de
velop their strengths and pur
sue their passions.
Planning an event?
Let Keep Pickens Beauti
ful loan you recycle contain
ers. For more information
call KPB at 706-253-3600.
Narcotics Anonymous
Drug Problem? Local
meetings. Call for meeting
times, 770-893-8991.
Volunteer
Assured Hospice Care
needs volunteers to provide
companionship or stay with
patients while a family mem
ber runs an errand or goes to
the grocery store. Training is
provided. If you have 2-4
hours a week or month to
care for others, please call
Assured Hospice Care at
770-387-9578.
Weight Loss Group
Choose to Lose - New
weight loss group will meet
at the Pickens County Com
munity Center Room #1
every Friday morning. Weigh
in time is between 9 a.m. and
9:30 a.m. Meeting runs from
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. No
charge. Call Pat Groves for
more information at 1-417-
Non-Profits sought
for FREE Website
Inspired 2 Design, a local
website design company, is
accepting applications for
their annual 2017 Gifted
Website. This tradition began
in 2008 when the company
was approached and asked if
they could redesign a site for
a charity, only the catch
was...the organization had
no money in the budget.
Since then John and Linda
Lullie, owners of the market
ing company, look forward to
gifting a website each year to
an organization that’s making
a difference in the commu
nity.
“Last year we were able to
help the Holiday Market in
Jasper with a new website,”
said Mrs. Lullie. “We were
happy to provide the group
with a tool to register ven
dors, sell tickets and get the
word out about the event that
raises money for needs in
Pickens county.”
If you know of a charita
ble organization in need, they
can find and complete the ap
plication on the company’s
website www.inspired2de-
sign.com or on Facebook.
The deadline for submission
is January 31, 2017.
Dowis makes Dean's
List at Belmont
University
Jamie Dowis, a Ball
Ground native, qualified for
the Fall 2016 Dean's List at
Belmont University. Eligibil
ity is based on a minimum
course load of 12 hours and a
quality grade point average
of 3.5 with no grade below a
C.
Approximately 30 percent
of Belmont's 7,700 students
qualified for the Fall 2016
Dean's List. Belmont Provost
Dr. Thomas Bums said, "This
achievement for the fall se
mester indicates that these
students have placed a high
priority on their work at Bel
mont and have invested time
and energy in their studies. It
is our strong belief that con
sistent application in this
manner will reap great bene
fits, which will equip them
for a lifetime of learning and
growing."
North Ga. Airborne
Monthly meetings! Field
trips, outings, military
events. Contact Gary Weller
678-94 3 -19 3 5;
garysweller@gmail.com
Anyone who is currently
serving on active duty on
jump status or has ever
served in any of the uni
formed services on either
jump or glider status and was
honorably discharged are
welcome. Go to
www.nga-airbome-assoc.org
for the next meeting time, lo
cation and date.
North Georgia
Pregnancy Center
The North Georgia Preg
nancy Center can be reached
online at www.ngapreg-
nancy.org The Pregnancy
Center is located in Jasper
and has contact, events, serv
ices and other information
listed on the site. The Center
offers free pregnancy tests,
parenting and birthing
courses, maternity and baby
clothes, counseling and
more.
Old Tate Gym Rental
Through the efforts of
Marble Valley Friends, the
Old Tate Gym is available for
community use. The gym,
built in 1925 and now on the
National Registry of Historic
Places, is suitable for a vari
ety of gatherings and activi
ties. To check on the gym’s
availability and suitability for
your plans or to arrange a
rental date, call 678-454-
5477 and leave a message.
Someone will return your
call quickly.
TOPS meeting
Take Off Pounds Sensibly
meets every Tuesday at 5 at
Cool Springs Baptist Church,
4671 Hwy. 53 E, Tate. For in
formation call Vickie at 706-
897-2376.
Chronic Pain support
A Chronic Pain and
Chronic Illness Group meets
on Thursday from 11:30 to
12:30 at Crazy Dog Art
Gallery. For more informa
tion call 404-277-7669 and
706-253-7593.
Volunteer for Meals-
On-Wheels
The Pickens County Sen
ior Center needs volunteers
to deliver Meals-on-Wheels.
Mileage is paid at 500 a
mile. Please call 706-692-
6133 or e-mail
Kbolt@NGCAinc.com
AA
Monday - Friday at 6 p.m.
Also Monday at 7:30 a.m.
Sunday meeting at 4. Turn on
Burnt Mtn. Road; 3-way stop
turn right on Cove Road;
about 2 miles turn right on
Griffith Road (Holy Family
Episcopal Church). Follow
signs to food pantry located
at the back of the church
property (past Simday School
building). Pick up the phone
- not a drink. Contact num
ber, 706-253-2323.
They also meet on Mon
day and Friday at 7 p.m. at
Trinity Church at 2685 Steve
Tate Hwy., Marble Hill. Call
770-401-7004.
Al-Anon
*Al-Anon meets at noon
on Tues. at the Episcopal
Church of the Holy Family,
202 Griffith Rd., Jasper.
From Cove Rd., turn onto
Griffith Rd. and go .2 mile to
the double-wide trailer on the
right. Enter at the front door
and go left.
*Al-Anon meets at Our
Lady of the Mountains
Catholic Church, 108
Waleska Hwy., Jasper on
Wednesdays at 4 p.m. From
Waleska Hwy., enter the
parking lot at the mail boxes.
Go to double-wide on the
right and enter the right door.
For information, contact
Alice at 770-843-6755.
*Al-Anon meets Fridays
at 7 p.m. at Trinity Church,
2685 Steve Tate Hwy., Mar
ble Hill. Enter downstairs at
the back of the building and
go through the Gathering
Room. For information call
678-234-4103.
Overeaters
Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous
meets in the mobile unit on
the 515 side of Our Lady of
the Mountains Catholic
Church. Meetings are on
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. and
Saturday at 10 a.m. For infor
mation call Mary, 253-3094
or Sue, 706-268-3576.
Spanakopita
(Greek Spinach Pie)
3 Tbs. olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 bunch green onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 lbs. spinach, rinsed and chopped
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 eggs lightly beaten
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup crumbled feta cheese
8 sheets phyllo dough
1/4 cup olive oil
Preheat oven to 350. Lightly oil 9x9
baking pan.
Heat 3 Tbs. olive oil in large skillet
over medium heat. Sautee onion, green
onions and garlic until soft and lightly
browned. Stir in spinach and parsley and
sautee until spinach is limp, about 2 min
utes. Remove from heat and set aside to
cool.
In medium bowl mix eggs, ricotta and
feta. Stir in spinach mixture. Lay one sheet
of phyllo in baking pan and brush with oil.
Repeat process with three more layers of
phyllo. Spread mixture into pan and fold
overhanging dough over filling. Brush
with oil then layer remaining 4 sheets of
phyllo brushing each with oil. Tuck over
hanging dough into pan to seal.
Bake 30 to 40 minutes until golden
brown. Cut into squares and serve hot.
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Send it to areinhardt@pickensprogressonline.com