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PAGE 6A - THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY. MAY 6, 2009
Schedule Of Rabies Clinics
Wednesday, May 6
Commerce Veterinary Hospital 2:00-4:00
Maysville City Park 4:30-5:15
Dry Pond Country Store 5:30-6:15
Our Store (Holly Springs) 6:30-7:15
Thursday, May 7
Jefferson Animal Hospital 2:00-4:00
D's Food Store, Center 4:30-5:15
Benton Elementary School 5:30-6:15
Harrisburg Fire Dept. 6:30-7:15
Arcade City Hall 7:30-8:15
Friday, May 8
Braselton Brothers Store 4:30-5:15
Hoschton City Hall 5:30-6:15
Country Corner Store (Hvw. 124) 6:30-7:15
N. Jackson Elementary School 7:30-8:15
Saturday, May 9
Commerce Veterinary Hospital 9:00-11:00
Jefferson Animal Hospital 9:00-11:00
Maddox Feed & Seed 1:00-3:00
S. Jackson Elementary School 3:30-4:30
Rabies Clinics On Tap
Jackson County dog
and cat owners will have
had 17 opportunities this
week to get their pets —
and themselves — protect
ed against rabies.
Commerce Veterinary
Hospital and the Jackson
County 4-H Club will hold
their annual rabies clinics
in locations all over the
county. The inoculations
will cost $7, and other
annual vaccinations and
tests will be available for
additional charges.
Georgia law requires
that all cats and dogs over
three months old must
be vaccinated — including
those that are "indoor"
animals.
Meeting Set On Farmers' Market
Anyone interested in
selling produce or plants
at the Commerce Farmers'
Market this year should
attend an organizational
meeting May 14.
The Downtown
Development Authority
will hold the meeting
Thursday, May 14, at 7:00
p.m. at the Commerce
Civic Center.
Topics will include mar
ket dates, market times,
USDA regulations, ven
dor setup, parking, etc.
The farmers' market
is held each Saturday
during the growing sea
son in the public park
ing lot along the rail
road right of way near
Spencer Park in down
town Commerce.
DAV Offers Free Van Service
The Disabled American Veterans recently bought a
van to take veterans from Jackson County to the VA
clinic in Athens or the hospital in Augusta. This is all
done free of charge.
The van is located at the sheriff's office and volun
teers serve as drivers.
For more information, call 1-800-836-5561, ext 1-5541,
or 706-733-0188, ext 1-5541.
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Group Targets Teens For Info
About Services, Opportunities
'Family Engagement Day' Set Saturday At Commerce Civic Center
By Mark Beardsley
Call it a trade show for
families and teenagers.
Teen Connections
will host a "Family
Engagement Day"
Saturday at the Commerce
Civic Center to get the
word out about services,
activities and volunteer
opportunities for youth
and families.
Approximately 30
groups or organizations,
from the Aikido School
of Athens to Workbased
Learning, will have
booths to display their
offerings.
The event takes place
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and there is no admis
sion charge. There will
be refreshments and door
prizes as well, and partici
pants are asked to bring a
nonperishable food item
that will be donated to the
Food Bank of Northeast
Georgia.
"We're trying to pro
mote all the different
activities and services and
volunteer opportunities
available to youth in par
ticular, really to families,"
explains Amy Woodell,
public health educator
for the Northeast Health
District.
The genesis for the
Family Engagement Day
can be found in earlier
community meetings at
which participants were
asked to brainstorm on
the subject of reducing
teen pregnancy.
"A lot of people said we
really need more things
for young people to do,
or that there are a lot of
things going on in the
community that young
people and families don't
know about," Woodell
said. "We see this as one
way to promote positive
youth development."
Teen Connection will
also present two youth
awards — the Youth
Service Award and Youth
Citizenship Award. The
winners will receive $50
savings bonds.
"We are really trying to
highlight youth who are
either doing something
for the community or
improving themselves in
some way," Woodell stat
ed. "We want to recognize
and support young people
in the community."
"Teen Connection
would love for all Jackson
County families to come
out and just enjoy them
selves in a relaxed envi
ronment while receiving
information to help them
support their communi
ty in a positive way by
encouraging teen activi
ties," said Maria Jackson,
Teen Connection chair.
One of the major goals
is to help young people
become more involved in
their community.
"Research has indicated
that when young people
get involved, they engage
in less risky behavior,"
Woodell stated.
Maysville Tables Bids On Zoning For Condos
By Justin Poole
The Maysville City
Council did tabled action
on a rezoning request for
the Glenn property at 32
North Main Street.
The council could not
take action after due to
an error advertising the
rezoning on the agenda
and in the newspaper. The
rezoning was advertised
as going from agriculture
to R-2 residential, when it
should have stated from
agriculture to multi-family.
Despite not being able
to take action on the mat
ter, the council allowed Jeff
Glenn to speak on behalf
of the applicant to explain
what the intended use is
for the property.
Glenn stated that the
intention is to construct
three, double condo units
on each side of the prop
erty with access running
the length of the center.
Concerns expressed
from the council focused
on having the units con
form to the historic style of
the surrounding buildings
and informing the current
residents to the coming
change.
Glenn said that the one
level ranch style buildings
would meet the design cri
teria and the family wanted
to “make them look good,
and make it work” for the
city.
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