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THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 8, 2009 - PAGE 5A
'Nicholson Idol' Set May 1-2
Round one of “Nicholson Idol" will be held at 7 p.m. May
1 during the Daisy Festival, with round two slated for 5
p.m. May 2.
The competition is open to anyone, including solo sing
ers, groups and bands, coordinators say. Registration will be
held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, at the Nicholson
Community Center, or forms may be obtained by calling
city hall at 706-757-3408. The entry fee is $25, and competi
tors must provide their own music, with the city having to
option to deny a song choice.
A cash prize will be awarded to the winner.
— Nicholson ISO Rate To Drop
Emergency Management Dept. Gets
Space In New Fire Training Facility
By Angela Gary
A portion of the new fire
safety training complex has
been designated for use
by the county’s emergency
management department.
Board of Commissioners
chairman Hunter Bicknell
made the motion to do this
at the board of commission
meeting Monday night.
Tom Crow seconded it and
the motion passed unani
mously.
Bicknell’s motion was
that “watch office" for
the Jackson County
Correctional Institute fire
chief be used as an EMA
office, if needed.
More than 50 firefighters
attended the meeting but
none spoke. They left after
the vote was taken.
Daisy Festival To Be May 1-3
Nicholson will host its annual Daisy Festival May 1-3,
with the festival opening at 5 p.m. Friday, May 1, with a
singing by The Maxwells.
A cakewalk, Nicholson Idol and the return of Elvis will
also highlight Friday’s activities. Food, games, crafts and
entertainment will be provided all weekend.
Saturday’s events will begin with a parade, followed by
several school performances, contests and bands.
House bands this year are the “Bobby Compton Band,"
which performed at the city’s July 4 event last year, and
“Soul Shakers."
— City Community Garden
Cont. from Page 1A
Nicholson has had a class
nine rating and has never
been reviewed by ISO, but
officials requested a review
early last year.
The reduction will take
place July 1 and residents
and business owners in
the Nicholson fire district
should see a marked reduc
tion in the insurance premi
ums related to fire protec
tion.
Other Business
In other business Monday,
the council approved two
ordinances. The first is a
temporary land use ordi
nance. City attorney Rob
Russell explained that the
ordinance lets the city allow
manufactured homes to be
brought into R2 zoned areas
under specific situations,
including medical necessity
and hardships. The appli
cant would have to meet
certain criteria in the ordi
nance.
The second ordinance puts
development guidelines in
place for industrial or resi
dential developments.
The city council adopt-
edboth ordinances unani
mously.
The city council also
announced the hearing
dates as part of the 2009
budget process. Public
hearings will be held
May 4, May 8 and May
28 with the final vote
on the budget expected
to come June 1 at the
council’s regular month
ly meeting.
—Clark Hill To Run In Ward 4
Cont. from Page 1A
a nurse practitioner. He also
owns J.C. Hill Enterprises
LLC, a company that devel
ops professional office
space in Commerce and
Homer and is medical direc
tor of BJC Nursing Facility
and Hill Haven Nursing
Home.
His primary issue, Hill
says, is maintaining the city
ordinances.
“It’s really about quality of
life and preserving property
values," Hill said. “I have
no preconceived notions
about what the ordinances
should be, but the commu
nity should make those deci
sions and then enforce the
Cont. from Page 4A
Adversity attacked
my family recently. My
mother, a beautiful, gen
erous, loving, compas
sionate and hard-working
woman, was diagnosed
with breast cancer.
When I found out, I
sat stunned. Then I felt
enraged. Who decided it
was okay for MY mother
to have cancer? My
mother, the woman who
runs everyday, works
out, eats well, has never
smoked a cigarette in
her life. My mother, the
woman who made sure
my homework was com
plete, who drove me to
thousands of practices
and games as a child,
who has loved me uncon
ditionally.
After several hours, I
realized that my mother
didn't need a sobbing
son. What she needed
was a cheerleader: that
person who can make her
smile and laugh, that per
son who will always have
something bright to say
as the dark clouds of ill
ness creep ever so closer.
Similar to the man in
the parable, my cheer
leading served as the
dirt my mother needed
to shake off and step up
on. In a way, I too was
yelling, "Shake it off and
step up." I understand
that this story may not
end here, but I'm happy
to report that my mother
had surgery to remove
the cancerous cells and
all subsequent reports
show that no evidence of
metastasizing is present
and her lymph nodes are
clean.
While my mother is
neither old nor mulish
and only slightly battered
and exhausted, she has
stepped triumphantly
over her wall of adversity.
Thanks, Mom, for
teaching me what true
courage is: being afraid,
but going on anyhow.
Hasco Craver is executive
director of the Commerce
Downtown Development
Authority. He lives in
Commerce.
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ordinances. Every time we
make an exception, we’re
changing the ordinance."
Hill also said he would
like to hold discussions with
Waste Management, the
city’s garbage contractor,
about starting a recycling
program.
“There’s got to be a way the
city can partner with Waste
Management for recycling,"
Hill said.
Hill and his wife Doreen
have three daughters. They
live on Forest Hill Court.
Cont. from Page 1A
nate the project and be the public contact person.
Prospective gardeners will register for one or more gar
den plots, paying $20 apiece per garden season. The city
will provide a water source.
Access will be through the old shopping center parking
lot, then over a clay bank, over which the city plans to
erect steps.
Green appeared before the city council in March to
request space for the project.
No one is quite sure what the demand will be. Similar
projects in other communities have been well received.
“We may have two people that want it, or we may have
20 that want four or five," Bryant said. “I suspect we will
have four or five the first year."
Arrangements have been made to plow, then till up
the area, after which city employees will mark off the
individual plots.
— It’s All About Your Attitude
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