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PAGE 8B - THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13. 2008
Commerce Board Of Education
Makes Last-Minute Personnel Moves
Following an 11-minute closed
meeting, the Commerce Board of
Education approved several per
sonnel recommendations during
Monday night’s meeting.
They included: Brynn Brinkman
as second grade teacher at
Commerce Primary School,
Laurie Patterson as speech/
language pathologist, Monica
Evens as title I paraprofessional
at Commerce Primary School,
Bobbie Edwards at custodian
at Commerce Middle School,
Cynthia Gregg as EIP teacher
at Commerce Primary School
(49 percent), Lamar Bowles as
special education teacher at
Commerce Primary School,
Penny Nelson as EIP teacher
at Commerce Primary School
(49 percent), Timothy Miller
as custodian at Commerce
Middle School, John Allen as
math teacher at Commerce High
School, Pamela Yancey as bus
driver, Jon Hutto as title parapro
fessional at Commerce Primary
School, Fabiola Marcelon as sub
stitute teacher, Deedra Brewer as
substitute teacher, Justin David
as substitute teacher, David
Stephenson from 49 percent to
full-time special education teach
er at Commerce Primary School
and Commerce High School, and
Anna Marie Dillard as substitute
teacher.
Also approved were resignations
for Commerce Middle School
bus driver/custodian Vickie King,
Commerce High School math
teacher Corrine McKeown, and
paraprofessional Lisa Michelle
Farmer.
Shows Reserve Champion
Macy Seagraves’ Simmental heifer won first place in its class
and was named reserve champion at the Georgia Junior Beef
Futurity recently in Perry. The Jackson County 4-H Club mem
ber also won fourth place in seventh grade showmanship.
Make 'Friendship Salad'
Marie Barnwell and Jessica Crow’s kindergar
ten class at Commerce Primary School made
Friendship Fruit Salad as a snack to discuss
the character qualities they want the class to
possess. Each kind of fruit stood for a charac
ter quality such as honesty, sharing, coopera
tion, respect and responsibility. Pictured with
the Friendship Fruit Salad are Hunter Nunn,
Landry Kate Martin and Jarahya Jones.
July Graduate
Michael Moody of Commerce
graduated July 18 from Lanier
Technical College in a cer
emony at Free Chapel in
Oakwood. Pictured with Dr.
Michael Moye, right, president,
Moody is an industrial motor
control technician.
Girl Scouts Seek
Adult Volunteers
The Girl Scouts of Historic
Georgia, which serves Jackson
County, is seeking volunteers.
Those interested in volunteer
ing for the Girl Scouts may call
Terri Bear at 800-300-4475.
CASA Offers
Training Starting
On September 9
Court Appointed Special
Advocates (CASA) for the
Piedmont Judicial Circuit will
hold a seven-week volunteer train
ing session beginning Sept. 9.
Volunteers, who represent a fos
ter child in the court system, aver
age five to six volunteer hours per
month, and commit to one year.
“Befriend a foster child and
feel satisfaction in helping one
of our most vulnerable commu
nity members,’’ says Annette
Raymond, director.
For more information, or to sign
up for the training, call Raymond
at 706-387-6375 or email her at
akraymond@jacksoncountygov.
com. Visit the website at www.
piedmontcasa.com.
Correction
A story in last week’s edition
about the Jackson County chap
ter of the University of Georgia
Alumni Association contained an
incorrect e-mail address for Audra
Edwards. The correct address is
audraredwards@hotmail.com.
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