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THURSDAY. MARCH 11.2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3B
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Happy Ramblers
by Ann Park,*
Pickens Community Cat Program
needs your help in trapping
Kids say the funniest things
My niece was about three
when they were driving
down to Miami. She was
tired of riding. She asked her
mom, ‘‘When will we get to
your Ami’s?”
We had a Thanksgiving
dinner at a clubhouse and un
known to us, there was rat
poison behind the piano. One
of the kids came over to
show us something. When
asked if anyone had put it in
their mouth, one said no but
the other said he did. Any
way, fearing that he had put
something in his mouth, they
rushed him to the emergency
room to determine if he had
and, if he had, was it going to
be enough to hurt him. On
the way home, the dad asked
him, “What did that taste
like?” He spoke up and said,
“Tater chips!”
A little girl was asked
what she told Santa to bring
her for Christmas and she
said, “No, I told him and he
knows.” She would not tell
anyone else. They were get
ting real anxious when finally
she told one of the other kids
and she got what she wanted.
A preacher had the Bread
of Life for his text. While he
was preaching, a little boy
quietly whispered to his
mom, “Reckon where
Preacher Sparks buys his
groceries?”
Two first grade boys were
fussing about their teacher
being their sister. Bob said,
“She is not your sister.” And
Joe said, “She is so!” And the
fussing continued. When Bob
said, “She is not your sister.
Everybody knows Miss Ann
is God’s wife.”
Mike was about three
years old and didn’t want to
eat his lunch because he
wanted to go outside and
play. Annette said, “You
haven’t eaten enough. You
didn’t even touch your green
beans.” He came rushing
back over, stuck his fingers in
the green beans and said,
“Now can I go?”
A little boy was saying
what he wanted for Christ
mas and what he said was a
“filly-o.” They had no idea
what he wanted until he
showed them a billfold.
An older sister was telling
ghost stories to her brothers
when she told them to get
dad to tell some. One brother
said, “He don’t know any
ghost stories.” And the other
one said, “Oh, yes he does
too. He heard the preacher
preaching about the Holy
Ghost.”
Cool Springs Bap
tist Food Ministry
Cool Springs Baptist
Church, partnering with
There’s Hope For The Hun
gry, offers non-perishable
food to those in need on
Thursday, March 11th, from
10 a.m. - 1 p.m., unless in
clement weather, in which
case event will be cancelled.
No ID required; drive-thru
service with no physical con
tact. Cool Springs Baptist
Church is located at 4671
Hwy. 53 East, Tate, Georgia.
Call (770) 735-2799 for more
information.
Cherokee Choral
presents spring
concert March 21
The Cherokee Chorale, di
rected by Scott L. Martin,
continues its 33rd season
with a livestreamed perform
ance on Sunday, March 21 st
at 4 p.m. of Ola Gjeilo's
"Sunrise Mass" as well as the
local premiere of the com
missioned work "Consider
the Lilies, An Appalachian
Requiem," composed by
North Georgia native Timo
thy Michael Powell.
Livestream available via
the Cherokee Chorale web
site at www.cherokee-
chorale.org
Access to the livestream
link is $10.
Submitted by Eileen Roller
for Be-Paws We Care
Are you aware that there
are outdoor cats with no
owners who live outside
looking for food and shelter?
Many live in groups or
colonies. You may have seen
them behind stores, or restau
rants, or other places. Or
maybe you’re even fed one
once and now there are many
dining at your house.
Be-Paws We Care
(BPWC) is trying to expand
our Pickens Community Cats
Program (PCCP). The goal
is TNR - humanely trap feral
colonies of outdoor cats;
have them spayed/neutered;
and returned to their outdoor
feline community. One ear is
tipped, to recognize cats that
have been “fixed.” This has
Pickens Young Life will
hold a sporting clay shoot on
Friday, April 16, 2021 at Gar
land Mountain Sporting
Clays, 2618 Garland Moun
tain Trail, Waleska.
Registration fees are $600
for a 4 member team; $150
for an individual registration
(individual registrants will be
been proven to be the only ef
fective way to care for and
contain the number of cats in
the colony.
Would you like to help?
Are you looking for an op
portunity to make a differ
ence? We need volunteers!
Maybe you would be able to
transport cats to the clinic; or
help move the trap equip
ment from one colony to the
next; or even assist in trap
ping the cats.
Not everyone can volun
teer time and talent. We rely
on donations to pay for the
veterinary care and equip
ment. Financial donations
will allow us to increase the
number of cats we can trap,
spay and neuter; and give a
rabies vaccination through
our partnership with Georgia
Animal Project. Or maybe
assigned to a team).
Amenities included: One
round of sporting clay: 100
targets over 12 different sta
tions. Ammunition included.
Breakfast biscuit with coffee,
BBQ lunch, entered to win
fabulous raffle prizes.
Please bring 12 or 20-
gauge shotgun, eye wear and
you can donate a large Hava-
heart trap either new or one
that you no longer need.
Also if there is anyone that
might need a cat or two to
keep rodents away... a horse
bam or farm? Please let us
know.
To make this effort suc
ceed, we need the support of
the Pickens County commu
nity. If you are interested in
this program and would like
to help in some way, let us
know. Donations can be sent
to Be-Paws We Care, Inc.,
361 Oaklands Dr., Talking
Rock 30175 or donate on our
website http://be-paws we-
care.com. Please contact us
via e-mail at bepawswe-
carel9@gmail.com or
call/text Eileen Roller at 678-
644-0425 if you want to join
the team!
ear protection. Guns, eye-
wear and ear protection are
available for rent at Garland
Mountain Sporting Clays.
Register at:
tinyurl.com/PickensYL-
ClayShoot or contact Bonnie
Carlton at 678-451-2614;
bonnievcarlton@gmail.com
Friendship Force hosts Zoom “reunion”
Pickens County Young Life
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Friendship Force
Members of the Big
Canoe/North Georgia Friend
ship Force have not been
traveling this past year due to
the pandemic, but we have
been connecting with other
clubs and each other via
Zoom calls. The photo shows
a recent Zoom call involving
a reunion of our Club’s first
Open World delegates, hosts,
translators, and representa
tives.
We will be meeting this
month in person at an out
door activity at Gibbs Gar
dens on Tuesday, March 23 at
12:30. If you would like to
join us, email our Member
ship Chair, Bob Anderson
bobbyjoega@windstream.net
For more information on
Friendship Force Interna
tional, an organization that
brings hosts and ambassadors
together in a more intimate
setting in each other’s homes
around the world and here in
the U.S.
Families Anonymous meeting
Families Anonymous is a
group for relatives and
friends concerned about the
use of drugs or related behav
ioral problems. It is a recov
ery program offering support
to people whose lives have
been affected by a relative’s
or friend’s use of mind-alter
ing substances or related be
havioral problems.
Weekly meetings on
Wednesdays at King of Kings
Lutheran Church, 45 Ap
palachian Circle, Talking
Rock (1 mile north of Jasper
Walmart) from 11:30 a.m. -
12:45 p.m. Bring a lunch. For
more information call 706-
276-1850 or
mkc@etcmail.com
Living Well with
Chronic Conditions
workshop
The Northwest Georgia
Area Agency on Aging is
making its Living Well with
Chronic Conditions work
shop available while people
stay safe at home. This 6-
week program can now be
completed either by com
puter or over the phone. Par
ticipants receive tip sheets, a
reference book, and two CDs
to help them better manage
their health and well-being.
There is no charge, but regis
tration is required. For more
information call Rogena
Walden at 706-295-6485.
Volunteer Opp
The Community Thrift
Store, on Samaritan Drive,
has reopened and are seeking
new volunteers. They could
use people with as little as
four hours to spare.
You’ll be blessed to be
part of something that has
given millions of dollars back
to the Pickens community.
For more information call
706-253-7770 or just come
by and ask for Sarge.
New hours at the store, 10
a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday.
Coloring Contest winner
This week’s kids coloring contest winner is Frankie
DiBenedetto. Join in on the fun by entering this week’s con
test. If you win, you ’ll win a free ice cream from Lollidrops.
See page 4B.
Georgia Audubon hosting
virtual events for bird enthusiasts
On Friday, March 26 at 9
a.m. go on a free virtual field
trip with Georgia Audubon
https://www.faeebook.eom/g
eorgiaaudubon/)
Join us on the Georgia
Audubon Facebook page for
a virtual field trip with Geor
gia Audubon staff and volun
teer trip leaders as they
explore their yards or nearby
birdy patches and talk about
what they're seeing.
Raptor Identification -
On Thursday, March 11,
from 7 to 8 p.m. join
Audubon members in a rap
tor identification webinar
with Georgann Schmalz
Cost: $15 for Georgia
Audubon Members and $20
for non-member
For more information or
to register, visit
https://www.geor-
giaaudubon.org/digital-re-
sources.html
From their hunting
prowess to their majestic
soaring, raptors captivate our
attention with their graceful
ness and power—be it from
the trail or from the highway.
More than a dozen species of
raptors ride the skies over
Georgia, but they can be dif
ficult to distinguish at a dis
tance. Learn the basics and
the secrets to making raptor
identification easy with or
nithologist Georgann
Schmalz. She will focus on
behaviors, habitats, and
enough general information
that will make recognizing
these birds in the field a “no-
brainer.”
Learn English online
The 2020-2021 school
year for English classes is
continuing to meet safely
during the Covid-19 pan
demic. We will not re
turned to the recreation
center until all are vacci
nated, wearing masks, and
distancing. When the risk
lowers and it is deemed
safe, we will return to in
person classes.
We have a time change.
Monday Zoom class meets
from 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
each week. The Thursday
class continues to meet
from 8 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. This
is to accommodate those
who work during the day.
For a link, please call
706-692-0707.
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.
Recipe of the Week
Hummingbird Nectar
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
migration
We will soon be seeing those beautiful
hummingbirds flocking to feeders here in
north Georgia. According to forecasters, the
Ruby Throated Hummingbird will begin
their migration in our area anytime from
March 15-30th so get your feeders ready.
According to audubon.org, humming
birds may be some of the smallest birds in
the world, but fluttering those tiny wings
can be quite a workout. Flapping away at up
to 90 beats per second bums up calories fast
and they need to eat a lot. Hummingbirds
consume half their body weight in bugs and
nectar, feeding every 10-15 minutes and
visiting 1,000 - 2,000 flowers per day.
Nectar Recipe
Ingredients:
1/4 cup refined white sugar (Please do
use refined white sugar. Honey can promote
dangerous fungal growth, while organic,
natural and raw sugars contain levels of iron
that could be harmful. Plain white table
sugar is sucrose, which, when mixed with
water, very closely mimics the chemical
composition of natural nectar.)
1 cup boiling water
Bowl
Spoon
1. Mix sugar and boiling water until
sugar is dissolved.
2. Cool and fill feeder.
3. Hang up your feeder outside and wait
for the hummingbirds to come.
Have a recipe you would like to share with the community?
Send it to areinhardt@pickensprogressonline.com