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Commerce Garden Club
To Celebrate 80th Birthday
Commerce’s oldest garden
club will celebrate a birth
day next Wednesday, and
the community is invited to
the party.
The Commerce Garden
Club will mark its 80th year
with a reception from 3:00 to
5:00 in the family fellowship
center of the First Baptist
Church of Commerce. Some
25 former members have
indicated they will attend,
and the reception coincides
with the biannual joint meet
ing of all Commerce garden
clubs.
Sara Lanier, president of
the State Garden Club of
Georgia, will speak and will
install new officers in all
of the community’s garden
clubs.
Preparations being made
include a history of the
Commerce Garden Club, a
scrapbook covering events
over its history, and year
books listing activities and
members will be on display.
A number of members of
the club will dress in period
attire from the 1930s to the
present.
The club — first known
as the Garden Club — was
organized in the home of
Mrs. V.L. Davis in 1928. It
was granted membership in
the Garden Club of Georgia
Inc. Nov. 15,1929. Its consti
tution states that its objec
tive “is to foster a love of gar
dening through intelligent
understanding of methods
and requirements of horti
culture; and to express the
same in the development
of home gardens to further
city beautification.’’
Cotton Mill Reunion Planned
The Mill Village/Cotton
Mill reunion will be held
Saturday, March 14, from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the
Living Word Fellowship
Hall, Jefferson.
Guests are asked to bring
a covered dish and some
thing to drink. Meat and
paper products will be pro
vided. Lunch will be served
Reception For
Susan Harper To
Be Rescheduled
The reception to honor
Susan Harper upon her
retirement as director of the
Commerce Public Library
will be rescheduled.
The event was cancelled
Sunday afternoon as a win
ter storm struck.
Reports For Duty
Marine Corps Cpl. Jason
W. Hawkins, son of Gayla
Davenport and step
son of Tom Davenport of
Commerce, recently report
ed for duty with Marine Light
Attack Helicopter Squadron
267, 3rd Marine Aircraft
Wing, Camp Pendleton,
CA.
Hawkins joined the Marine
Corps in August 2004.
at noon.
Guests are also asked to
bring photos and invite
additional guests that didn’t
attend last year’s reunion.
For more information,
call Dillis Whitmire at 706-
652-2452 or Connie Taylor
Wheeler at 770-504-1828.
CHAMPIONS...Congratulations to
our Varsity Boys Basketball Team,
who went undefeated in Region 8-
A play this year, and won the
Region Tournament this past
weekend. These young men have
worked hard this season, and they
have striven to be good
representatives of their families,
their School, and their Savior.
A Region championship is
great, but the greatest victory
occurred when Jesus Christ
conquered the grave. His death
and resurrection paved the way for
a new life to those who believe.
Our championship is temporary.
Christ’s victory is eternal. We are
happy to celebrate both at ACS.
For more information, call the
School or visit us online at
www.athenschristian.com.
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library Hosts High School Art Show, Reception
The second annual
Jackson County High
School Seniors’ Art Show
and Exhibit opened at the
Commerce Public Library
Monday, March 2, with a
reception to honor the art
ists Saturday, March 7, from
2 to 4 p.m.
Judges will award first,
second and third place rib
bons this week, as well as
one for best in show.
“For these young artists,
both the exposure and the
experience are valuable,’’
says artist and library staffer
Laura Braught, who hung the
art for the show. And Nancy
Akin, art teacher at East
Jackson Comprehensive
High School and coordi
nator of the show, adds,
“We’re proud of what they’re
achieving’’
New Books
New mysteries at the
library this week include
Jack Higgins’ “A Darker
Place,’’ P.C. Doherty’s
historical mystery set in
Chaucer’s England and enti
tled “A Haunt of Murder’’
because it’s based on a
ghostly tale, and the quirky
M.C. Beaton’s latest hilari
ous Agatha Raisin mystery,
“A Spoonful of Poison.’’
Also on the New Fiction
shelf are Elizabeth Scott’s
“Living Dead Girl,’’ which
one critic describes as
“Stark. Gripping. Totally
Unforgettable.’’ Says anoth
er reviewer, “Most authors
want to hear ‘I couldn’t put
it down’ from their fans.
‘Living Dead Girl’ is a book
you have to put down; then
you have to pick it right
back up.’’
Irish novelist Maeve
Binchy is back, with “Heart
and Soul,’’ telling the story
of a mother’s experiences
with her grown children and
their problems. And best
selling author Karen Harper
gives us an imaginative fic
tional biography of one of
history’s most pivotal and
most intriguing invisible
women, Shakespeare’s wife,
in “Mistress Shakespeare.’’
The library has received
a number of new novels
for young adults, includ
ing three by Sarah Dessen
— “Keeping the Moon,’’
Someone Like You’’ and
“Dreamland’’ — and three by
Scott Westerfeld: “Extras,’’
“Peeps’’ and “Pretties.’’
Also on the YA New
Books shelf are “The Time
Paradox,’’ an Artemis Fowl
novel; Book 5 in the Ranger’s
Apprentice series, entitled
“The Sorcerer of the North’’;
mischievous mystery writer
Carl Hiaasen’s latest, “Scat’’;
and a YA edition of Greg
Mortenson’s “Three Cups
of Tea,’’ the true story of
a man who got lost in the
mountains of Pakistan, was
rescued by a Pakistani fam
ily, and promised to build a
school for their children.
Upcoming & Ongoing
Mommy and Me: Fridays
at 10:30 a.m. Carolyn Cook
leads a lap-sit story hour for
babies 6 to 18 months old.
Kidsercise: Wednesdays
at 10:30 a.m„ activities and
entertainment for young
sters 18 months to four
years olds.
Book Vine: Friday, March
20, at 1:30 p.m. The library’s
book-discussion group will
meet over dessert and cof
fee to talk about Geraldine
Brooks’ novel, “The People
of the Book.’’ Copies are
available at the library’s
front desk for $10.
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