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THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2007 -- PAGE 3A
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Corner
by
Buhl Cummings
FINDING JESUS...Shepherds
gathered their flowing robes to
hurry to Him; the Magi braved
cold, desert, and mountains to
find Him; a doubting follower
exclaimed "My Lord and my
God,” when he really found
Him. And today, those on every
continent who have come to
Him declare with the Apostle
Paul: "The Son of God, who
loved me, and gave Himself for
me” (Galatians 2:20).
Wise men still seek Him, and
those who seek, find. In and
through Jesus Christ, and Him
alone, are to be found
forgiveness, inward peace, joy in
life today, and the promise of
life eternal.
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Quilt Winner
Ancil Baird shows off the Holiday Stars quilt he won in a draw
ing held by the Cold Sassy Quilters. The event raised over $1,000
for the Commrce Public Library’s building fund. Baird gave the
quilt to his wife for her birthday, which was Friday.
Cookie Sale Begins Jan. 4
With the new year on the hori
zon, the Girl Scouts of America
say it’s time to start thinking about
Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Do Si Dos
and all the other varieties of Girl
Scout Cookies.
America’s favorite fund-raiser
begins Jan. 4, when Girl Scouts
and Brownies will go door-to-door
taking advance orders for cookies
and moms will start bringing the
order forms to work so co-workers
can plan to break their New Year’s
resolutions related to dieting.
The sale is billed as “an integral
part of Girl Scouting’s Business
and Economic Literacy initiative”
because it provides real life expe
rience in finance, marketing and
public speaking and gives Scouts
experiences that help build self
confidence.
The girls learn to manage inven
tory, set goals, manage money and
develop marketing skills. Essen
tially, they operate their own busi
ness. The entire troop sets a goal
and follows a plan leading toward
fulfillment of that goal. Many suc
cessful women have credited their
business skills to their days of sell
ing Girl Scout Cookies.
For the rest of us, it’s about the
cookies — the Samoas, Tagalongs,
All Abouts, Trefoils (the original
Girl Scout cookie), Do-Si-Dos,
Thin Mints (the most popular),
Lemon Chalet (a former regular
returned to the lineup) and — new
this year — Sugar-Free Choco
late Chip. The fact that they have
no trans fats is beside the point,
which is that they’re delicious and
support a good cause.
Cookies cost $3.50 per box. They
will arrive the week of Valentine’s
Day, and during February Scouts
will sell cookies from booths at
various locations.
The troops will also offer patrons
a chance to donate cookies to a
local nonprofit agency that will be
determined by local Scouts.
The Girl Scouts of Northeast
Georgia serves more than 7,000
girls and adults in 25 counties.
Abi Grace
Roberts, 6 months,
daughter of Richard
and Anna Roberts,
Gillsville.
Left Out
By Mistake
The children here
were inadvertently
left out of last week’s
Children’s Christmas
Issue of The Commerce
News, The Jackson Her
ald and The Banks
County News.
Gabrielle Melania
Champion,1,daugh-
ter of Stephanie
N. Hughey and
Jarvis Champion,
Jefferson.
Landon Scott
Ross, 8 months, son
of Mike and Kellie
Ross, Commerce.
Lillieayna Vivi
enne Kyle Love, 8,
daughter of Julie
Love and Kyle Love,
Jefferson.
Emma Williams, 2,
daughter of Cretia
Fitzpatrick, Jefferson;
and Jeremy Williams,
Maysville.
There's Still Time To Give To The Library
DID YOU KNOW?
By Preacher Clint
DID YOU KNOW THAT JESUS
WAS BORN INTO A SIN CURSED
WORLD TO GIVE HIS LIFE A
RANSOM FOR ALL?
Matthew 20:28
The Bible tells us that JESUS stood as
a lamb slain from the foundation of the
world. (Rev. 13:8) It was no surprise to
GOD that Adam and Eve would sin and
therefore the whole human race would
be sinners. (Romans 5:12) When Adam
and Eve sinned, GOD provided for
them a “coat of skin” for a covering.
The blood of innocent animals was
shed and all through the old testament
when the animals sacrifice was made
for the atonement of sin, it pointed to
JESUS, THE LAMB OF GOD THAT
TAKETH AWAY SIN...
Send comments to
Clinton Sexton
116 Ashland Drive
Commerce, GA 30529
Need a tax deduction? You’re
in luck! The Commerce Public
Library is still inching its fund
raising train up Mount Kiliman
jaro, and it’s not too late to give
a tax-deductible donation to the
Building Fund.
“This week, Santa came,” says li
brary director Susan Harper. “We
had donations that ranged from
five cents to $500 to $25,000, and
we’re now 60 percent of the way
to our goal. We’d love to get our
train all the way up that hill by
June,” she adds, “so we could ap
ply for a state grant and expand
the library.”
A planned $75,000 donation
from the Harmony Grove Foun
dation gives that foundation the
right to name one of the rooms
in the expanded library. The Li
brary Board hopes that there are
other donors who would like to
do this. “The expanded children’s
library will be quite sizeable,”
Harper notes — “almost a wing.
The meeting room and the main
reading room are large, too, and
will be renovated. Plus there will
be a smaller meeting room. And
we would love to put the names of
local people or local companies
on these rooms. It’s a way of per
petuating our heritage as a com
munity.”
Quitters Draw
A Winner
The Cold Sassy Quilters iden
tified a winner last Thursday at
their annual Christmas reception
after library staffer Paige Young
drew out the winning ticket, and
the Holiday Stars Quilt went to
Ancil and Nancy Baird, capping a
three-month campaign to sell tick
ets as a way of raising money for
the Building Fund.
The Quilters are still counting,
but it’s clear that their sale of quilt
tickets raised at least $1,000 to
add to the fund’s coffers.
“They worked really hard on
this,” notes library staffer Carolyn
Cook, a member of the Quilters,
“both creating the quilt and selling
the tickets. We’re delighted that it
was so successful. And we were
pleased to see the Bairds win.
They bought so many tickets that
we had to get one of our volun
teers to help fold them all!”
Yoga Class
To Start Soon
A free introductory class in
Anusara Yoga will be offered at
the library Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 6:00
p.m. by Shannon Franks, a certi
fied yoga instructor who serves
as adult wellness coordinator at
the Athens YMCA. All who would
like to attend it must sign up in ad
vance, and are advised to contact
the library soon, as space in the
class is limited.
The succeeding four classes in
this first five-week segment will
require a $10 instruction fee,
payable at the end of the first
class.
Yoga has been found to improve
flexibility, balance, posture and
Recycle Christmas Trees On Jan. 5
Now that Christmas is over,
Keep Jackson County Beauti
ful says it’s time to recycle your
Christmas tree.
The organization will hold its
Bring One for the Chipper re
cycling event Saturday, Jan. 5,
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Trees will
be recycled into mulch or used
as wildlife habitat.
Drop-off sites include the La
nier Technical College parking
lot on South Elm Street in Com
merce, the Jefferson Civic Cen-
ter, the Jackson County Transfer
Station, and the First Baptist
Church of Hoschton.
Those participating will re
ceive a free dogwood seedling
while supplies last.
For information, call Susan
Trepagnier, executive director of
Keep Jackson County Beautiful,
at 706-708-7198 or visit online at
www.keepjacksoncountybeauti-
ful.com.
concentration. Participants in the
classes will work on breathing,
relaxation and poses designed to
enhance general well-being.
A second five-week session may
be offered, depending on partici
pation and interest.
New Titles On
The Library Shelves
A Civics and Citizenship Toolkit
leads the list, and is perhaps the
library’s most unusual circulat
ing item, with a list of 10 pieces
included: four books, three CDs,
a DVD, two pamphlets and a set
of flash cards, all designed to help
aspiring citizens pass their citizen
ship test.
Mystery lovers can welcome
back some of their favorite au
thors as the library now has J.A.
Jance’s “Hand of Evil,” Steve Ber
ry’s “The Venetian Betrayal,” Julie
Garwood’s “Shadow Music,” Jack
Higgins’ “Sure Fire” and Philip
R. Craig’s “Third Strike” — not to
mention the latest alphabet mys
tery from Sue Grafton: “T is for
Trespass.”
History lovers also have it good,
with Pulitzer Prizewinner Joseph
Ellis back to give us “American
Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies
at the Founding of the Republic.”
He’s joined by Jay Winik, whose
“The Great Upheaval: America
and the Birth of the Modern
World” is a fitting companion
piece to the Ellis book.
For a plain old “good read,”
Colleen McCullough has brought
out another large historical novel,
“Antony and Cleopatra”; Alex
ander McCall Smith is back with
“Love Over Scotland”; Diana
Gabaldon, author of the Outland-
er novels, turns to 18th-century
history with the novel “Lord John
and the Hand of Devils”; and Mi
chael Chabon gives us an adven
ture yarn in “Gentlemen of the
Road.”
Upcoming Events
Also at the Library:
Kidsercise: Wednesdays at
10:30 a.m. Children’s librarian
Catherine Harris leads a program
of activities for the 18-month to
4-year-old set (and for their par
ents).
Mommy and Me: Fridays at
10:30 a.m., a lap-sit story time for
infants 6 to 18 months old and
their parent, grandparent or care
giver.
Writers Group: Tuesday, Jan.
8, at 10:30 a.m.
Author Reading: The Book
Vine will host a visit from Geor
gia author Julie Cannon Friday,
Jan. 25, at 1:30. Cannon, who hails
from Bishop, will read from her
upcoming fourth novel, “The Ro
mance Readers’ Book Club.”