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The
Commerce News
Page 10A • January 2,2008
Social News
Nancy Evans And Ricky
Bryant United In Marriage
Nancy L. Evans and Ricky W.
Bryant, both of Commerce, were
united in marriage Saturday,
Dec. 22, 2007, at the Commerce
Church of God. The Rev. John
Webber officiated.
The bride is the daughter of the
late Dallis M. and W inf red Turner
Evans, formerly of Commerce.
She is employed by the Jackson
County Department of Family
and Children Services.
The groom is the son of the
late C.H. and Annie Phillips
Bryant, formerly of Hoschton.
He is employed at Jefferson
Blanking, Pendergrass.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her maternal uncle, John
W. Turner, Commerce. Ashley
Diggs and Julianna Watson were
maid of honor and bridesmaid.
Jack Diggs served as best man
for the occasion.
Following the ceremony,
a reception was held in the
church’s fellowship hall.
Following a honeymoon in
Helen, the couple resides in
Commerce.
Library Exhibit Features Irish Landscapes
Focal artist Betty Poole began
life in Ireland and lived in many
far corners of the world, including
Iran, before settling here 30 years
ago. As visitors to her exhibit in
the library’s meeting room will
see, a part of her heart is still in
her native country. The display
includes several views of Irish cot
tages and an evocative painting of
Ireland’s Sligo Bay.
One of the most striking paint
ings, however, comes from the
American South. A friend of
Poole’s purchased an old framed
photograph at a north Georgia
auction, depicting a mother kiss
ing her daughter goodnight. Betty
Poole felt inspired to do a paint
ing based on the photograph, and
“once I began working on it,’’ she
says, “the painting haunted me,
even in my dreams. Sometimes
I had to get up in the night and
work on it, and this went on until I
finished it.’’ Those who see it may
find that it haunts them, too.
Poole has been painting for
about 12 years, but says that from
childhood she was always “fid
dling with the pencils.’’ In 1995,
with her husband’s urging, she
decided to take her “fiddling’’
more seriously and began to take
drawing and painting lessons. She
has studied under three different
teachers in pursuing her art.
Julie Cannon To
Read From New Novel
Wry and lighthearted Georgia
novelist Julie Cannon, who
hails from Bishop, will be at the
Commerce Fibrary Friday, Jan.
25, at 1:30 p.m. to read from
her latest novel, “The Romance
Reader’s Book Club,’’ a coming-of-
age story set in the South.
Cannon herself came of age
in the South, spending her sum
mers on a farm in Armuchee,
and graduating from high school
in Athens, where she went on to
study journalism at the University.
A lifelong storyteller encouraged
by her English teachers to keep it
up, she began writing in earnest
while still in her teens. This new
est novel is her fourth.
Cannon’s visit to the library will
be hosted by the Book Vine, the
library’s book-discussion group.
It will be free and open to the
public, and refreshments will be
served. Copies of “The Romance
Readers’ Book Club’’ will be on
hand for those who wish to pur
chase one and have it signed by
the author.
Library Is WiFi
Faptop owners with Internet
cards can now access the
Internet at the library, thanks to
a grant received by the Piedmont
Regional Fibrary System which
provided funding for the instal
lation of wireless transmitters in
some local branches.
“This is a good step forward for
us,’’ notes library director Susan
Harper. “The library and its meet
ing room need to offer 21st-centu
ry amenities, and we have several
more steps to go before we’re all
the way there, but this is a big one,
and we’re excited about it.’’
On The Horizon
Writers Group: Tuesday, Jan.
8, at 10:30 a.m. Newcomers are
invited, and are welcome to bring
something to read aloud to the
group.
Yoga Class: Tuesday evenings
from 6 to 7 p.m., beginning Jan. 15.
Advance sign-up required. (Class
is currently filled, but you can put
your name on a waiting list.)
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
caregiver.
Library Board: The governing
body of the Commerce Public
Fibrary will hold its monthly
meeting a week later than usual,
because of Martin Futher King
Jr. Day, and will meet Monday,
Jan. 28, at 5 p.m. in the library’s
Heritage Room. Fibrary Board
meetings are open to the public.
New Casa Volunteers Sworn In
Birth Announcement
Marshall Devin Lunn Doker
Kevin Funn Kline and Jennifer Nicole Doker of Nicholson announce
the birth of a son, Marshall Devin Funn Doker, Wednesday, Dec. 19,
2007, at BJC Medical Center, Commerce. He weighed 7 pounds, 1.2
ounces and was 19 inches long. He joins a bother, John Blake Andrew
Doker, 3 1/2.
The grandparents are Angel Altice, Nicholson; Brenda and Claude
Everett, Carnesville; Don E. Bettis, Nicholson, and great-grandfather
George E. Bettis, Blount County.
Three new CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) vol
unteers were sworn in by Juvenile Court Judge Kevin Guidry
Dec. 6. Left to right are new volunteers Julie Royster and
Marion Meaders; Juvenile Court Judge Kevin Guidry, new volun
teer Lakeisha Johnston, Executive Director Annette Raymond,
Georgia CASA Director of Advocacy and Program Development
Angela Tanzella, Georgia CASA Executive Director Duaine
Hathaway, Piedmont CASA board member Shelley Welch Cox,
Volunteer Margie Scott and Volunteer Coordinator Jackie Love.
CASA volunteers help children in foster care by providing a
voice for them in Juvenile Court.Training is provided by the staff
of Piedmont CASA and is free. The next training class begins
Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. Call the 706-387-6375 for informa
tion.
Girl Scout Cookies Go On Sale This Friday
'Amanda House' Open To
Public Tours On Saturday
Amanda House, a home for
girls who have been abused or
neglected, will be open for pub
lic tours from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 5. The house is
located at 8122 Jefferson Drive
in Nicholson and is a project
of Kid’s Resource Center and
Christian Outreach.
The house, which will be a group
home on a temporary or perma
nent basis for girls ages 5 to 18, is
almost ready to open its doors to
accept girls. State licensing and
remodeling should be complete
by February, but funds are still
needed for operational expenses
and to supplement state per diem
for the girls.
For more information and direc
tions, contact Chad Rising at 706-
983-0055.
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 Fiteracy 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
inventory, set goals, manage
money and develop marketing
skills. Essentially, they operate
their own business. The entire
troop sets a goal and follows a
plan leading toward fulfillment
of that goal. Many successful
women have credited their busi
ness skills to their days of selling
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),
Femon Chalet (a former regular
returned to the lineup) and — new
this year — Sugar-Free Chocolate
Chip. The fact that they have no
trans fats is beside the point,
which is that they’re delicious
2008... “Forgetting those things
which are behind, and reaching
forth unto those things which are
before." This is the hope of the
new year with the Lord. We are
exhorted to bury heartaches,
failures, and sin in the "sea of
forgetfulness," as we launch out
into uncharted waters with Christ
as our pilot and guide. Though the
waters may sometimes be stormy
and rough, the Lord can calm the
storm.
If your child is battling a storm
on the sea of education, ACS
invites you to enjoy smooth sailing
on the calm waters of quality
education in a Christian
atmosphere.
ATHENS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
“Affordable Quality Education Since 1970”
K3-12TH CALL (706) 549-7586
www.athenschristian.com
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 cook
ies from booths at various loca
tions.
The troops will also offer
patrons a chance to donate cook
ies 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.
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