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THURSDAY. MARCH 16. 2017 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 7A
Retired Educators recognize outstanding service
Jesse Hunter recognizing Bobbie Edge, Betty McDaniel (accompanied by Susan John
son) for outstanding sendee to the unit.
Jack Hollis explaining the vertical aeroponic growing
system.
The Pickens County Re
tired Educator Association
met on March 8 and recog
nized Betty McDaniel and
Bobbie Edge for outstanding
service to the unit. Each
member will receive a per
sonally inscribed brick to be
placed on the Honor Roll
Plaza at the Georgia Educa
tor’s Museum in Flowery
Branch, Georgia.
The Pickens Retired Edu
cators Association (PCREA)
held their fourth meeting of
the 2016-2017 year on March
8 at United Community
Bank.
Members ate a delicious
lunch catered by Cindy Parks
and her company, Originals
to Remember. The lunch ta
bles were decorated in a St.
Patrick’s Day theme by
Luella Ledford and Hettie
Young.
Members donated to the
schools’ Weekend Snack Pro
gram.
At noon, Dr. Patricia Den
ney called the meeting to
order. Lawton Baggs gave a
very interesting invocation
and led the group in the
Pledge of Allegiance. All
those with birthdays in Janu
ary, February and March
were acknowledged.
The program consisted of
two speakers: Tina Grubbs,
Mountain Regional Director
of Action Ministries, Inc. and
Jack Hollis from Juice Plus,
Tower Garden.
Tina specializes in mobi
lizing, motivating and dele
gating community level
stakeholders in creating a
shared vision. Her experience
in building organizational ca
pacity through resource de
velopment, partner
engagement, strategic plan
ning and board development
has been integral in strength
ening non-profits across
north Georgia. Before joining
Action Ministries Housing
program, Tina spent the pre
vious nine years as an inde
pendent contractor, most
recently leading collabora
tive strategy teams through
the formation of Bartow
Family Promise and Destina
tion Graduation, a program
supported by Bartow County/
Cartersville City School sys
tems. As executive director
of The Tree House, Inc., Tina
established fruitful relation
ship with community leaders
and policy makers, founda
tion and corporate donors, in
dividuals and federal and
state agencies, which secured
$2.5 million over a 10-year
period for the nationally ac
credited Children’s Advo
cacy Center. Her visionary
leadership expanded the cen
ter to include a multi-county
prevention, intervention and
treatment model. To help Ac
tion Ministries: www.action-
ministries.net/volunteer or
www.actionministries.net/do
nate.
Jack Hollis is a represen
tative for the Juice Plus
Tower Garden, which is a
vertical aeroponic growing
system. This system is per
fect for the patio, balcony or
any sunny place. Most inter
esting was the anecdotes
about schools and non-profits
purchasing the system
through grants to help chil
dren understand the concepts
of growing herbs and flow
ers, as well as fruits and veg
etables for consumption. For
further information, contact
Jack at 770-634-9078.
Jesse Hunter, our Georgia
Retired Educators Associa
tion (GREA) president, pre
sented two special awards to
two very special members.
Betty McDaniel and Bobbie
Edge each received a brick
on the sidewalk of GREA’s
office and museum. These
bricks are akin to stars on
Hollywood’s Walk of Fame,
and mark years of service to
teaching and to Pickens
County Retired Educators
Association. Betty McDaniel
received the Golden Deed
Award in 1998 and Bobbie
Edge received the Golden
Deed Award in 2008 for vol
untary service to the Pickens
community. Betty is a dedi
cated supporter of the
PCREA and keeps in close
contact with former co-work
ers from Pickens Tech. Bob
bie has served as PCREA
president from 1986-1988,
co-president in 2003-2004
and president again from
2007-2009. She sponsors the
Wildwood Easter Egg Hunt
annually, is the PCREA
scrapbooker extraordinaire
and the PCREA official pho
tographer.
Thank you ladies for years
of dedication and service.
In the FERST/GREA
Reading Battle, PCREA
came in second place. Ann
Mackenzie read the story and
Pat Denney filmed Ann read
ing to the children. A big
thank you goes to Jasper El
ementary for being our great
est supporter. We would also
like to thank all community
members who voted for
PCREA, Ferst Foundation
and the importance of read
ing.
Spotlight ads, which help
fund our scholarship, were
purchased. Thanks to Sandra
and Bill Horton from UPS,
Clyde Cody from Edward
Jones, Melissa Jordan from
Community Bank and
PCREA members.
Sue Appleton asked that
we become Friends of the Li
brary, to help the library sys
tem purchase books,
materials and equipment and
Jesse Hunter will be our pris
oner for the FERST Founda
tion’s Jail and Bail on April
25. The money that Jessee
raises ($720) will be com
bined with the hinds PCREA
raises.
Many thanks goes to Ger
ald Allen for doing such a
wonderful job as auctioneer
for the silent auction for the
scholarship program. Every
year the PCREA awards a
$1,000 scholarship to a PHS
graduate who is going to uni
versity to train to become a
teacher. Gerald entertained
the members, evening
singing to them.
The meeting concluded
with the treasurer’s update,
membership update, submis
sion of volunteer service
records, as well as identify
ing the nominations for the
2017-18 PCREA Executive
Board: President, Cyndy
Buscher; President-elect,
Nancy Teague; Secretary,
Linda Bartlett; Treasurer,
Debbie Hunter; and Immedi
ate Past President, Pat Den
ney.
The PCREA will hold
their next meeting on
Wednesday, April 12 at
United Community Bank.
Jim Gleason, Asst. Chief of
Police in Jasper, will be the
guest speaker. We will also
present the Golden Deed
Award and we collect books
for the Hope House.
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