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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 2020 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3B
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• Students
• Reunions
• People of Interest
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What are your
Christmas traditions?
The Community Thrift
Store will be closed Christ
mas and Christmas Eve and
New Years Day.
Weight Loss Group
Choose to Lose - Weight
loss group meets at the Pick
ens County Community Cen
ter Room #1 every Friday
morning. Weigh in time is be
tween 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 informa
tion at 1-417-413-8025.
Thrift Store
Holiday Schedule
Head Start thanks supporters
We’d like to hear from our
Progress readers this holiday
season. What are some of
your Christmas traditions
you follow every year? A
Christmas Eve church serv
ice? A visit to grandma’s
house for egg casserole on
Christmas morning? Reading
a favorite book together as a
family or watching some fa
vorite holiday movies?
Email us by Friday, De
cember 18th at
articles@pickensprogress.co
m or drop it by our office at
94 North Main Street and we
will share what makes your
holiday special with our read
ers. Look for the traditions to
be printed in the December
24th Christmas edition.
English classes
In previous years, free
English Classes met at Pick
ens County Recreation Cen
ter every week. These classes
are still available, but on
Zoom. Beginning the week
of August 31, you may join
each Monday at 6 p.m. or
each Thursday at 8 p.m. for a
free 90 minute practice. The
Thursday class is a repeat of
the Monday class. Please call
706-692-0707 for the link.
Pickens County Plead
Start would like to thank the
Sequoyah Chapter NSDAR
and the Flightower Trail
Chapter NSDAR for their
generous donation of chil
dren’s books, baby wipes,
and underwear. Their gen
erosity is much appreciated.
Pictured with one of the do
nations from Sequoyah
Chapter is Mary Turner, Re
gent and Kelly Jordan, Cur
riculum Director at Pickens
County Head Start. Pickens
County Head Start/Pre-K
continues to take applications
for the 2020-2021 school
year. If your child turned 3 or
4 years old by September 1,
2020 you can apply. Please
call (770)735-3434 for more
information.
Belmont University announces Fall 2020 Dean's List
Nashville - The following
students achieved the Dean's
List at Belmont University
Books & hats
all around
at Pre-K
On November 30th the
North Georgia Christian
Academy Pre-K and Parent's
Morning Out classes enjoyed
book and hat shopping cour
tesy of The Craddock Center
in Cherry Log. Everyone
went home with a new book
and winter hat. We appreciate
The Craddock Center and
their work.
for the Fall 2020 semester.
Eligibility is based on a min
imum course load of 12
hours and a quality grade
point average of 3.5 with no
grade below a C.
Caroline Walters of
Jasper and Elliott Prather of
Ball Ground
Approximately 55 percent
of Belmont's students this se
mester qualified for the Fall
2020 Dean's List. Belmont
Provost Dr. Thomas Burns
said, "Achieving the recogni
tion of Dean's List during the
Fall 2020 semester is an ex
traordinary achievement.
While we are always im
pressed with students' who
are able to achieve this high
level of recognition in their
academic endeavors, those
students that reached this
mark in Fall 2020 demon
strated incredible diligence
and commitment to their ac
ademic work during very un
usual and stressful
circumstances. We are so
pleased to be able to recog
nize their efforts and our
hope is that these students
will continue investing in
their studies to equip them
for a lifetime of learning and
service."
Belmont University-home
of the October 22, 2020 Pres
idential Debate, the final in
the election season-is made
up of more than 8,200 stu
dents who come from every
state and 28 countries. Na
tionally ranked and consis
tently recognized by U.S.
News & World Report for its
innovation and commitment
to teaching, Belmont brings
together the best of liberal
arts and professional educa
tion in a Christian commu
nity of learning and service.
The University's purpose is
to help students explore their
passions and develop their
talents to meet the world's
needs. With more than 100
areas of undergraduate study,
27 master's programs and
five doctoral degrees, there is
no limit to the ways Belmont
University can expand an in
dividual's horizon.
2021 Citizen of the Year
nominations sought
New brewery collecting donations for families this Christmas
Drop-off Saturday
or Sunday 10-3
Talking Rock Brewery
has adopted a few families in
our community to help out
this holiday season. If you
feel it in your heart and want
to take part we will be col
lecting these items Saturday
the 12th and Sunday the 13th
from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the
brewery train car in down
town Talking Rock.
Come on out and get a
sneak peak of our soon to be
open brewery and help out
your community in need.
The following items for
families that need help in our
community are listed below:
1) Age 12 boy - Pants -
14/16 regular; Shirts - 14/16
XL; Shoes - 8 mens; Toys -
remote controlled cars, Legos
(blocks/figures). STAR
WARS/Mandalorian items
Books - Young Adult level—
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mystery
2) Age 2 boy - Pants - 3T;
Shirts - 3T; Shoes - Size 8
toddler; Toys - Dump
Trucks/Cars/Trains, toddler
learning games, PAW PA
TROL items, toddler musical
instruments, and "Imaginext
by Fisher-Price" playsets/ac-
tion figures
3) Family Needs - Med
ical copays - Husband has
on-going medical needs and
children have had unex
pected sicknesses lately lead
ing to many more copays
than budgeted; General bills
- because of the unexpected
additional copays, it has been
difficult to keep all bills up-
to-date.
4. ) New or gently used
clothes and shoes for children
ages 4-11. We will be collect
ing all sizes as there is a great
need for these items in our
community.
5. ) Canned goods and non
perishable food items.
6) 6 year-old girl: JoJo
themed items, unicorn toys,
bike, coloring- art sets, craft
materials- shirts: 10/12, Pants
10/12-14, shoes 2.
4-year-old boy: cars,
tracks, motorcycles, play doh
(Sets), outdoor toys, bike
with training wheels/trike,
balls, blippy. shirt- 4T, pants
4T-5T, shoes 10.
3-year-old girl: minnie
mouse, kitchen set (food
items), babydolls, barbie
dolls, ponies, trike/mini bike-
scooter, shirt- 3T, pants 3T-
4T, shoes 8.
1-year-old boy: blocks,
loud toys-leaming toys, small
ride around trike, shirt-2T,
pants 2T and shoes 6/7
The Pickens County
Chamber of Commerce is ac
cepting nominations for the
2021 Pickens County Citizen
of the Year Award.
This award is sponsored
by ETC Communications
LLC and will be presented at
the annual Chamber Winter
Ball.
•Candidate must have a
minimum of three years of
continued service, volun-
teerism, and philanthropic
dedication that enhances the
quality of life in Pickens
County.
•Candidate is a current
resident and has lived in
Pickens County a minimum
of five years.
•Candidate has excep
tional ethical qualities and
strives to improve and pre
serve the community.
• No anonymous or self
nominations accepted.
If you would like to nom
inate a potential candidate,
please mail, email or hand
deliver nominations to the
Pickens Chamber at 500 Vet
erans Memorial Blvd., until
12 p.m. on Friday, December
4th.
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A Christmas with Cherokee Chorale” Dec. 13th
The Cherokee Chorale, di
rected by Scott L. Martin,
will open its 33rd season with
a live streamed performance
of beautiful holiday music.
The concert will include se
lections by John Rutter, Dan
Forrest, a medley of songs by
John Williams from the
movie Home Alone, along
with audience favorite Han
del's "Hallelujah Chorus"
from The Messiah.
Sunday, December 13 at 4
p.m.
Details about the virtual
concert, including informa
tion about access to the Can
ton First United Methodist
Church website, will be
posted on the Cherokee
Chorale website www.chero-
keechorale.org
Slow Cooker Sausage
and White Bean Soup
1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
4 precooked sausages, such as andouille,
sliced
2 (15-oz.) cans white beans
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onion, finely chopped
3 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
2 celery stalks, sliced
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 bay leaves
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 c. low-sodium chicken broth
1 c. water
1/2 lb. kale, cut into bite-sized pieces
Freshly grated Parmesan, for serving
In a medium skillet over medium heat,
heat oil. Add sausage and cook until golden
on both sides, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove and
place in slow cooker.
Combine white beans, garlic, onion,
carrots, celery, thyme and bay leaves into
the slow cooker with the sausage. Season
with salt and pepper. Add chicken broth
and water and stir to combine. Cook on low
for 6 to 7 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours.
Stir in kale and cook 10 to 15 minutes more
on high, or until kale is completely wilted.
Remove bay leaf and thyme.
Top with freshly grated Parmesan be
fore serving.
Have a recipe you would like to share with the community?
Send it to areinhardt@pickensprogressonline.com