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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21.2023 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 7B People announcements are free - send to articles@ pickensprogress. com Awards • Groups • Weddings • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Students • Reunions Learn Practical Beekeeping Want to learn to keep hon eybees alive? Want to learn how to evaluate information and the beehive? Want to get good and complete informa tion for our area? The Cherokee Beekeepers Club and local beekeepers (Jason Segers, and BJ Weeks) are hosting a 5-week course on beekeeping for beginning beekeepers. The course will cover getting started, build ing equipment, understand ing bee pests, medications, strategies for keeping bees, producing, and extracting honey. A strong emphasis will be on understanding the bees and processes involved. The class will finish with a daytime hands-on workshop in the bees. This is a class for beginners who wish to under stand and start keeping hon eybees. The class is an annual event started in 1997. Understanding the motiva tions of the bees enables us to continue learning and effec tively work with the bees. Package bees and nucleus hives can be ordered during Potato salad is my fa vorite thing for any occa sion. Ham and potato salad left overs are always a great way to have lunch or dinner for the next few days. Thanksgiving Eve my sister and I would often be on the phone discussing what our plans were for the upcoming day. She lived in Orlando and I in North Georgia and sadly we didn't get to spend the day to gether. You can be assured both of us would be serving po tato salad! We made it just as we remembered from childhood. YUM. Simple, Southern and Scrumptious. Ingredients • 5 lbs. regular white class for spring 2024. Place: Pickens County UGA Extension, 68 D. B. Carroll St., Jasper, GA 30143 Date: January 9- February 6, 2024 Time: Tuesdays, 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: Fee for virtual and in-person is the same. $80. - Add $25 for spouse or child (non-beekeeper & same household) $50. - 2022 CBC member keeping bees in 2022 (2023 renewal required) $20. - Student registered as a group (call for require ments) Instructors: BJ Weeks and Jason Segers weeksworks@gmail.com weeksworks.net Send name, address, phone number, email, and whether you will attend in person or virtually to: BJ Weeks, 325 Roy Haynes Drive, Ball Ground, Ga. 30107. Make check payable to Weeks Works. potatoes • 6 medium or large eggs • 1 small sweet yellow onion • 2/3 cup sweet pickle relish • 1 Vi cup mayo • 1 Tbsp. yellow mustard • Dash of sugar • Salt and pepper to taste Directions • Peel, boil and cool pota toes. Chop into cubes. • Boil eggs, cool and peel and chop coarsely. • Chop onion finely. • Combine potatoes, eggs, onion, pickle, relish, mayo, mustard, salt and pepper and dash of sugar. • Add more mayo if needed. Refrigerate overnight or for several hours for best taste. Serves 6-8. 1938 PHS graduate to celebrate 102nd birthday Ms. Florence Long Rankin will celebrate her 102nd birthday on December 27th, 2023. She was bom in 1921 and is a 1938 Pickens High School graduate. Ms. Rankin is a member of Brainerd Hills Baptist Church. Please help Ms. Rankin celebrate this most special birthday by sending her a card to 6711 Hickory Brook Rd., Chattanooga, TN. 37421. Ruth’s Remembrances Wish Books Years ago there was a J.C. Penney place out of town. I think, for that was many years ago, that it was a place where you could go to place, then pick up, or ders. Of course you had their catalogs from which to order. We also received in the mail the special Christmas Sears catalog. These catalogs were called out “Wish Books.” These would come in the mail at least two months before Christmas which would give us ample time to wear them out by making our wish list. Let me remind you that we were a family with little to no money and we, as children, realized that. We knew not to pester Mama with any wishing for pres ents. We also knew that we would get something and were glad and thankful for what we got. Our main enjoyment during this time was look ing through our Christmas catalogs, dog earring the pages on which were our most-wished for toys, never actually thinking we would receive them. But that was our fun. By the time Christmas rolled around we all had a few toys and two much-used Christmas catalogs. We were very happy with what we received be cause we had a lot of love in our home. Hope you have the same. Ruth Parker Pickens County Senior Center Lunch & Activities Seniors can visit the sen ior center Monday through Friday for free lunch at 11 a.m. They are also invited to attend daily for regular ac tivities. A half pint of 1% milk is served with lunch. The Pickens County Sen ior Center is located at 400 Stegall, Dr. Jasper. Open 8 a.m.-lp.m. 770-692-6133. Lunch Menu Wednesday, Dec. 20 Chicken Alfredo Tossed Salad Venetian Vegetables Thursday, Dec. 21 Meatloaf Tomato Gravy Whipped Potatoes Collard Greens Friday, Dec. 22 Baked Chicken/Peach Orange BBQ Sauce Whole Kernel Com Green Beans Monday, Dec. 24 CLOSED Tuesday, Dec. 25 CLOSED Tune in to The Cherie Show Monday through Thursday 11 a.m., 5 p.m. and midnight on ETC TV 3 from Ball Ground to Turtletown. Check out our programs for more recipes and fun on You Tube Cherie Martin or Cherie Martin Heart of the Home. A little magic at Jasper Lions meeting On Thursday, Dec. 14, The Jasper Lions Club welcomed Magician Carey Huddlestun to our meeting. Carey told us about becoming interested in magic through the magic sec tion in his local library when he was in third grade. He says he has just never outgrown it! We are so glad that he hasn’t because he entertained us with a delightful magic show that we all enjoyed. We witnessed tricks with ropes, cards and art. His most amazing trick was cutting himself in half with a rope and living to tell about it. Mr. Huddlestun spent about 5 years as a professional ma gician but did not like the business side of it. He loves music and has a Masters in Music Education. Carey is also retired Reference Librarian at Kennesaw State University. Maybe that is why he really enjoys performing his magic at libraries across the area. Mr. Huddlestun has kept his love of music too as he currently serves as a part time Music Minister at Parkway Baptist Church in Duluth, GA. Above, Jasper Lions Club President Joy Huddlestun with her brother, Magician Carey Huddlestun. Potato Salad tA p ik' 2 JmL Di - IS * i ; i Our Choose to Lose weight loss group celebrated Christmas on December 8th, with snacks and games. Jane Wigington was the winner of our Fall/Christmas contest. She won several nice gift cards donated by some generous Jasper merchants. Come join us in the new year. We are a free, weight loss, support group made up of nice people. We meet at the recre ation center on Friday mornings. Weigh in is from 9 to 9:30. The meeting is from 9:30 until 10:15. Call Pat Groves at 417-413-8025for more information. Help CASA change a child’s story If you are still looking for that perfect New Year’s Res olution, help us Change a Child’s Story. Become a CASA volunteer. Many local children in foster care are waiting for a Court Appointed Special Ad vocate (CASA) volunteer to be by their side. CASA vol unteers are regular people — stay-at-home moms, retirees, teachers, or business people. All it takes is a heart and a willingness to speak up for a child’s best interest. We re cruit, screen, train and sup port people just like you. The gift of time as a vol unteer is one of the most valuable things you can give to impact the lives of our children. So many volunteers speak of how rewarding their time as a CASA has been. We hope you will consider making a resolution to be a light in the life of a child ex periencing foster care. You must at least be 21 years of age, able to pass a background check and suc cessfully complete 30 hours of training and 10 hours of courtroom observation. The next child advocate training session for Gilmer, Fannin and Pickens coun ties begins Tuesday, Janu ary 9. If you are interested in learning more about the CASA program and the re wards that come along with serving as the voice of a child, visit our website, ap- palachiancasa.com. 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