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Mary /essica Oldham And
Neal A. Pach Are United
Mary Jessica Oldham
and Neal Anton Pach were
united in marriage Saturday
Oct. 11, 2008, at Unicoi
State Park in Helen, with
Brent Smith officiating the
ceremony.
The bride is the daugh
ter of Michael Oldham and
Sarah Stroop Oldham, both
of Commerce. She is the
granddaughter of Lucian
and Helen Oldham, the late
Mary Lynn Oldham, and
the late Robert Catlow and
Elizabeth Garrard Stroop,
all of Rome.
The groom is the son
of Wolfgang and Catrina
Roe Pach, Buford. He is
the grandson of Rachel
Roe, Canada, and the late
Thomas Roe; and the late
Anton and Anna Pach, for
merly of Austria.
A reception followed
immediately after the wed
ding ceremony.
Britni Hawkins And
Alexander Bates To Marry
Michael and Melissa
Hawkins of Jefferson
announce the engagement
and forthcoming mar
riage of their daughter,
Britni Melissa Hawkins,
of Jefferson, to Alexander
Odin Bates of Commerce,
son of Cindy and Ken
Thompson of Commerce
and George Bates of Hull.
The wedding is planned
for 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, at
the Classic Center, Athens.
All family and friends are
invited.
The bride is a communi
cations major at Valdosta
State University.
The groom is a Spanish
major at Valdosta State
University.
library 'Saved' By Book Donations
When the City of
Commerce announced a
spending freeze, library
patrons and volunteers
“came forward immedi
ately and saved the day,"
says library director Susan
Harper. “We had people
walking in the door and
handing us brand-new
books that could go directly
into the library’s permanent
collection; we had people
donating funding so that we
could purchase books. It
was just the most amazing
response."
Local generosity will
avert, at least temporarily,
the problem of permanent
gaps in the library’s collec
tion, Harper says, “and will
ensure that we continue to
have current fiction and
nonfiction for our patrons
to read. We are so grateful
for this support," she adds.
Food Drive Continues
The Commerce Public
Library’s canned-food drive
will continue until Saturday
at 4 p.m., when the library
closes. “On Monday," says
library staffer Carolyn
Cook, “we’ll get everything
over to the Banks-Jackson
Emergency Food Bank,
so those in need will have
something to put on their
Christmas table."
All donations of canned or
packaged food are grateful
ly accepted. “Just get them
to us," Cook says, “and we’ll
do the rest."
Holiday Schedule
The library will close at 4
p.m. Christmas Eve, and will
be closed Christmas Day
and the day after Christmas.
It will re-open Saturday, Dec.
27, at 10 a.m. for its regular
Saturday hours.
Books being returned to
the library can be depos
ited in the exterior book
drops, and will be checked
in over the holidays. Books
due Dec. 26 will not be due
until Dec. 27.
New Titles
New fiction tops the list
this week, with holiday
books in the lead. Best
selling Irish author Patrick
Taylor’s “An Irish Country
Christmas," Richard Paul
Evans’ “Grace," and Greg
Kincaid’s “A Dog Named
Christmas" will all be in
demand this season, but
additional great reads for
long winter nights include
Stewart O’Nan’s “Songs for
the Missing," Wally Lamb’s
“The Hour I First Believed,"
Sarah Vowell’s “The Wordy
Shipmates," a portrait of
the Puritans and their voy
age to America, and Nobel
Prize-winning author Toni
Morrison’s long-awaited
new novel, “A Mercy."
Mystery fans will have
lots to look forward to,
including Steve Berry’s
“The Charlemagne Pursuit,"
J.D. Robb’s “Strangers in
Death," Dean Koontz’s
“Your Heart Belongs to
Me," and Carolyn Hart’s
“Ghost at Work," a “cozy
whodunnit in the Agatha
Christie tradition," accord
ing to Publishers Weekly.
There’s also J.A. Jance’s
“Cruel Intent," Patricia
Cornwell’s “Scarpetta" and
P.D. James’ “The Private
Patient."
And for clever domes
tic sorts, there’s “Country
Woman Christmas 2008"
and “Sew Pretty: Christmas
Homestyle," both filled
with original ideas.
Upcoming & Ongoing:
Learning Express: an
online array of learning
tools, including sample
tests of the GED, SAT,
NCLEX, and many more,
for students who want to
increase their knowledge
and improve their test
scores.
Dancers Set Christmas Program
Plan Now
To Recycle
The Tree
It’s not too early to be
thinking about what to do
with your Christmas tree
when the holidays are over.
Keep Jackson County
Beautiful will offer Bring
One for the Chipper
Christmas tree recycling at
the following locations from
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Dec. 26
through Jan. 3. Those who
drop a tree off can pick up a
seedling for their yard from
volunteers.
The locations are:
•Arcade — City Hall
• Commerce — Lanier
Tech/Badcock Center
• Braselton/Hoschton —
Towne Center
•Jackson County Transfer
Station on County Farm
Road
•Jefferson — Civic Center
•Nicholson — City Hall
•Talmo — Fire Station
Square Dance
Lessons To
Be Offered
Team Squares, Danielsville,
will host square dancing les
sons beginning Jan. 6 at the
American Legion Post in
Danielsville.
Classes will be held from
7 to 9 p.m. and the first two
classes — Jan. 6 and 13 — are
free. Each class after that
is $5.
Willis and Carolyn Cook
will teach the class.
The Junior and Senior com
panies of the Commerce
School of Dance will pres
ent their annual Christmas
performance Saturday, Dec.
20, at 7 p.m. and Sunday,
Dec. 21, at 3 p.m. at East
Jackson Comprehensive
High School.
Twenty-eight girls ages
10-18 from J ackson, Madison
and Banks counties will
perform the second act of
“The Nutcracker" as well as
Rockettes-style holiday tap
and jazz selections.
The program is free, spon-
Carley Wilson por
trays “Clara” in “The
Nutcracker.”
sored by the Friends of
the Commerce School of
Dance.
Seating will begin 45 min
utes prior to each perfor
mance.
Senior company members in “Santa Claus is
Coming to Town” include (front) Anna Pierce,
(center) Sarah Williams, Maggie McClung, Kasey
Adams, (back) Michelle Seagraves, Carly Reid and
Megan Ward.
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Thanksgiving
Dessert
Members of the
Keepers at Home Club
directed by Tammy
Seagraves baked 30
pumpkin and chocolate
pies forthe Thanksgiving
dinner provided to local
shut-ins by the First
United Methodist and
First Baptist churches.
The pies helped feed
425 people.
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