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The house of Janice Owensby, 254 LeMarr
Drive, won the Whole House Artificial category
of the Commerce Garden Club Council’s annual
Christmas Decorating Contest.
Clubs Announce Winners
Of Decorating Contest
Susan Harper Retiring
From Library In February
City Looking For New Library Director /
Susan
Harper will
retire as
Commerce
library
director in
February.
The Commerce Garden
Club Council has
announced the winners
in the 2008 Christmas
Decorating Contest.
Wanda Beituni, 306
Northwood Drive, won
the Whole House Natural/
Artificial classification.
Other winners include
Cindy Finck, 192
Washington Street,
Birth
Traditional Lights; Cynthia
Newberry, 50 Forest Hills,
Door Only Natural; Juanita
and Albert Gardiner, 293
Smallwood Drive, Door
Only Artificial; Janice
Owensby, 154 LeMarr
Drive, Whole House
Artificial; and Vivian’s
Florist, 747 South Elm
Street, Business Display
Artificial.
Susan Harper, director
of the Commerce Public
Library since 1995, has
announced that she will
retire from her position at
the end of February.
“This was a hard decision
to make," she says. “I love
my job, I’ve had a won
derful time, and I’ve been
upheld every step of the
way by this supportive com
munity. But I’d like to be
free to spend more time
with my family now, and
I’d enjoy seeing some new
energy and new ideas come
into the library with a new
director.’’
The Library Board and
the city will work together,
Harper says, to identify a
replacement for her.
“I’m not leaving town,’’ she
adds. “I’ll be a member of the
Friends of the Library, and I
expect to have more time
to devote to the Building
Fund, working as a volun
teer. I’ll probably even make
it to more Book Vine meet
ings and write more pieces
for the Writers Group. And
of course I’ll help the new
director in any way I can.’’
Holiday Hours
The library will close at
4 p.m. Christmas Eve, and
will be closed all day Dec.
25 and 26. It will be open
Saturday, Dec. 27, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
During the following
week, the library will main
tain regular hours, and will
be closed only for New
Year’s Day.
New Books On
The Library Shelves
Aided greatly by a $500
donation from generous
supporters, the library has
been able to add to its col
lections for both young
people and adults.
New books for young
people include three from
The Underland Chronicles,
by Suzanne Collins — sto
ries about a young man’s
accidental discover of a
strange underland beneath
New York City, and his
adventures there. New on
the library’s shelves are
“Gregor and the Prophecy
of Bane,’’ “Gregor and the
Curse of the Warmbloods’’
and “Gregor and the Code
of the Claw.’’
Also for younger read
ers: “Warriors, Power of
Three: Long Shadows,’’ “The
Hunger Games,’’ by Suzanne
Collins, John Green’s “Paper
Towns’’ and — most famously
— J.K. Rowling’s latest, “The
Tales of Beedle the Bard:
A Wizarding Classic from
the World of Harry Potter.’’
Brian Jacques fans will
want to read the latest tale
from Redwall, “Doomwyte,’’
author Kristin Cashore
makes a distinguished
debut with “Graceling,’’ T.A.
Barron returns with “Merlin’s
Dragon,’’ and the popular
Sarah Dessen is back, with
'This Lullaby.’’
Among adult readers,
mystery fans will be glad to
see Margaret Truman still
weighing in with her Capital
Crimes series, this time
bringing out “Murder Inside
the Beltway.’’ Dr. Darden
North delivers a medical
thriller in “Fresh Frozen,’’
and Bill Loehfelm incorpo
rates “raw emotion, razor-
sharp dialogue, dark humor’’
into his noir mystery, “Fresh
Kills.’’
For romance readers,
there’s Debbie Macomber’s
“The Snow Bride’’ and Iris
Johansen’s first historical
romance in ten years: “The
Treasure.’’
New Southern fiction
includes “Devotion,’’ by Julia
Oliver, based on the life
of Winnie Davis, a daugh
ter of the Confederacy, and
more lighthearted offerings:
“Belle Weather’’ by Celia
Rivenbark and “The Debs’’
by Susan McBride.
Christian fiction has
gained three new titles:
“No Room at the Inn’’ and
“Angels in the Snow,’’ both
by Melody Carlson, and
“Circle of Grace’’ by Leslie
Gould.
And if you’re planning a
special holiday meal, or a
New Year’s party, you may
want to check out the “2009
Taste of Home Annual
Recipes’’ book and perhaps
also “More Fast Food My
Way’’ by Jacques Pepin.
Upcoming & Ongoing:
Writers Group: Tuesday,
Jan. 6, at 10:30 a.m. The
library’s longest-running
program for adults enters
the New Year — and you can
too! If you’ve always wanted
to try your hand at writing,
come to this meeting.
Book Vine: Friday, Jan.
16, at 1:30 p.m. Newcomers
are invited to come and
enjoy book discussion over
coffee and dessert. Call the
front desk at 706-335-5946 to
learn what book will be the
main focus of the conversa
tion. Or just come and talk
about what you’ve enjoyed
reading lately.
Kidsercise: The program
of activities for children ages
18 months through 4 years,
will resume Wednesday, Jan.
7, at 10:30.
Mommy and Me: Friday,
Jan. 2, at 10:30. Children’s
librarian Catherine Harris
leads a lap-sit story hour for
babies 6 to 18 months old.
Brooklyn Maclaine Harbin
Eric and Kim Harbin of Talmo announce the birth of a
daughter, Brooklyn Maclaine Harbin, Thursday, Nov. 20,
2008, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville.
She weighed six pounds, 15 ounces and was 19.25 inches
long.
Grandparents are Bryan and Judy Harbin, Commerce;
and Jerry and Cathy Carroll, Talmo. Great-grandparents
are Virginia Chandler, Commerce; and Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Hamilton, Maysville.
Square Dance Jackson EMC Offering Three Scholarships
Lessons Offered
In Danielsville
Completes
Training
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.
For more information, call
706-757-3747.
Jackson EMC is taking
applications for three schol
arship awards based on aca
demic ability, faculty recom
mendations and financial
need.
The Walter Harrison
Scholarship is named for
a leader in the state and
national electric coopera
tive movements. Several of
these $1,000 scholarships
are awarded statewide to
undergraduate students
enrolled in or accepted by a
Georgia college, university
Casey Matthew Ham
mond, a 2006 Jackson
County Comprehensive
High School gradu
ate, recently complet
ed Navy basic training
in Great Lakes, IL. He
is the son of Tim and
Karen Parr, Commerce,
and grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hammond,
Jefferson.
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