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'Mad Science/ Juggler To Be Featured At Library
The Commerce Public Library
returns to its Thursday-afternoon
schedule this week at 2 p.m. with
an interactive program called Mad
Science, featuring a bug safari
designed to help kids “catch the
reading bug.’' It will be followed
next Thursday at 2 p.m. with a
visit from juggler Ron Anglin, and
the Thursday after that with the
annual Pet Parade, which will take
place at Willoughby Park.
It’s still not too late to sign up
the kids for the Vacation Reading
Club, which offers the added ben
efit of incentive prizes for reading
(or being read to). A list of prizes
is available at the library’s front
desk or by calling 706-335-5946.
‘Voices of Faith’
To Perform Friday
Mark your calendars now and
be on hand this Friday afternoon
at 5:00 p.m. for a free performance
by the Voices of Faith, a choral
group with percussion accompa
niment that sings Islamic spiritu
als with an African American
gospel flavor.
The group, which hails from
Nashville, is on its way to St.
Simons to perform in the Sea
Island Gullah Festival, where
they’ll join groups like the Sea
Island Singers. Their songs —
some ancient, some contempo
rary — are performed in Arabic
and English, and are culturally
connected to the history of gos
pel music, spirituals and jazz.
The Voices of Faith performance
is free and open to the public.
Pottery Festival
Is Saturday At
Banks Co. School
The eighth annual North
Georgia Folk Potters Festival
will be Saturday, June 21, from
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Banks
County Middle School gym,
located at 712 Thompson Street,
Homer.
There will be 40 potters from
across the southeast, as well as
potters from the Banks County
arts department selling their cre
ations.
There will also be a drawing to
benefit the Banks County Art
Department.
Each potter who attends
donates a piece of his work
to the art department. The art
department will sell $1 tickets
for a drawing.
DID YOU KNOW?
By Preacher Clint
DID YOU KNOW THAT
GOD’S PURPOSE FOR OUR
LIVES IS THAT WE BE
CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE
OF HIS SON? (Rom. 8:29)
The process began with the new
birth and is called regeneration.
(Titus 3:5) This begins the process
of our transformation that
continues throughout our lives until
we are completely conformed to
the image of HIS DEAR SON. As a
Christian your spiritual life should
be changing every day. This
process is brought about through
reading GOD’S word (the Bible),
praying for understanding and
obeying as HIS truth as it is
revealed to you. The first step is to
be BORN AGAIN. Until then you
can not see SPIRITUAL THINGS.
(Jn. 3:3) GOD Loves You and JESUS
Died For You. Will You accept HIM?
Send comments to
Clinton Sexton
116 Ashland Drive
Commerce, GA 30529
Great Summer Reading
On Library Shelves
New Non-Fiction abounds these
days. KevinTrudeau has two books
on the shelf: “Natural Cures ‘They’
Don’t Want You to Know About’’
and “Natural 'Cures’ Revealed:
Previously Censored Brand-Name
Products that Cure Disease.’’ And
health is also at issue in Dr. Neal
Bernard’s “Reverse Diabetes Now:
The Scientifically Proven System
for Reversing Diabetes Without
Drugs.’’
In a lighter mood? Try come
dian Jeff Foxworthy’s latest book,
“How to Really Stink at Golf.’’
Another comedian, Chonda
Pierce, offers “Laughing in the
Dark: A Comedian’s Journey
Through Depression,’’ while
author Ann Hood gives us
“Comfort: A Journey Through
Grief,’’ Professor Randy Pausch
contributes his famous “Last
Lecture,’’ about his thoughts as
death approaches, and Heisman
Trophy winner Herschel Walker
adds “Breaking Free: My Life with
Dissociative Identity Disorder.’’
Mystery fans will welcome
“The Death Artist,’’ by Jonathan
Santloffer, Clive Cussler’s
“Plague Ship,’’ Robert B. Parker’s
“Resolution,’’ and W.E.B. Griffin’s
“O.S.S.: Death and Honor.’’
And those who love a “just plain
old good novel’’ should check
out Will Christopher Baer’s “Kiss
Me, Judas,’’ Chris Bohjalian’s
“Skeletons at the Feast,’’ and
Nancy Thayer’s “Moon Shell
Beach.’’
Upcoming & Ongoing
Book Vine: Friday at 1:30 p.m.
The library’s book group invites
newcomers to come for dessert
and iced tea this Friday, and to
talk about Janet Lewis’ novel
from the 1940s, “The Wife of
Martin Guerre,’’ a medieval mys
tery based on a true story.
Yoga with Shannon Frank:
Tuesday evenings from 6 to 7:30
p.m.
Kidsercise: Wednesdays at
10:30 a.m., a program of activities
for the 18-month to 4-year-old set
(and for their parents).
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, offered by early-childhood
educator Carolyn Cook.
