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Foundation
Awards $39,000
To Nonprofits
The Jackson EMC
Foundation has awarded
grants totaling $39,200
to three area nonprofit
groups.
The Boys & Girls Club
of Jackson County received
$15,000 to fund its “Power
Hour” homework help and
tutoring program, as well
as purchase software for a
membership database.
Power Hour provides Boys
& Girls Club members with
a structured time and place
for staff and volunteers to
help them complete home
work assignments and
bonus activities so they can
be prepared for class and
proud of their accomplish
ments.
Purchase of KIDSTRAX
software will help the club
keep accurate membership
numbers and information,
providing the data the club
needs to apply for grants,
develop resources and mea
sure program outcomes.
The Northeast Georgia
Chapter, Athens, of the
AmericanHeartAssociation
will also receive $15,000 to
be used in Hall and Jackson
counties to encourage
employee walking programs
and provide CPR education
kits.
Start Walking Kits will
be purchased and distrib
uted to area employers. The
turn-key tool kit contains
resources to help workplac
es set up “walking routes” on
site, encourage employees
to use them and celebrate
and reward employees who
go from sedentary lifestyles
to a more active one.
The CPR Anytime Project
distributes kits that con
tain everything needed to
learn basic CPR, including
an inflatable manikin and a
CPR Anytime Skills Practice
DVD to community orga
nizations. Representatives
from those organizations
will be able to attend facili
tator training with the Heart
Association and then dis
tribute kits to their clients
and members.
The United Way of
Northeast Georgia was
awarded a $9,200 grant for
its “Success By 6” program
that provides new parents
with important child care
information.
The grant will be used
to print and distribute the
program’s “Critical Years,
Critical Needs” resource
guide on early childhood
developmental needs and
good child care practices
in English and Spanish. The
guide will be distributed
to new parents through a
partnership with St. Mary’s
and Athens Regional hospi
tals in Athens and Barrow
Medical Center in Winder.
Reception To
Honor Jefferson
Doctor June 14
A reception to honor Dr.
John Thomas Crenshaw
for more than 40 years
of medical service will
be held from 2 to 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 14, at the
community room of First
Georgia Bank, 1465 Old
Swimming Pool Road.
Crenshaw has practiced
more than 44 years of
medicine — with the major
ity of those spent at his
Memorial Drive office in
Jefferson — and said he
has no plans or desire for
retirement.
A native of Jefferson
and member of the 1952
Jefferson High School
class, Dr. Crenshaw
returned to his hometown
in 1973 with his family —
wife, Fran, and daughters,
Alisa and Elizabeth, to
open a practice. He has
served the community
ever since and still makes
the occasional house call.
“Morris Bryan Jr. recruit
ed me to come home to
Jefferson,” Crenshaw said.
For 25 years, Crenshaw
delivered babies through
BJC Medical Center in
Commerce.
He made jail calls and
saw patients at the Jackson
County Correctional
Institute, and worked
briefly with I.W. Davis.
Following a four-year
stint in the U.S. Navy and
earning a pre-med degree at
the University of Georgia,
Crenshaw graduated from
the Medical College of
Georgia in 1964 and has
applied his medical skills
in Spartanburg, SC, St.
Mary’s, Wilmington, NC,
Clayton and Brevard, NC.
Jackson EMC's
Zoller Earns
T EED Certification
Mark Zoller, commer
cial/industrial engineer at
Jackson EMC, earned the
Feadership in Energy and
Environmental Design
Accredited Professional
(FEED AP) designation after
passing the United States
Green Building Council
(USGBC) examination.
LEED is an internation
ally recognized certification
system that measures how
well a building or commu
nity performs across met
rics such as energy savings,
water efficiency, C02 emis
sion reduction, indoor air
quality, and stewardship of
resources. The LEED AP
professional designation
distinguishes building pro
fessionals with the knowl
edge and skill to success
fully steward the LEED cer
tification process.
Brock Family
To Hold Reunion
Saturday June 14
The Joe Brock family
reunion will be held at the
American Legion in Homer
Saturday, June 14, starting at
10:00 a.m.
Lunch will be served at
noon. Friends and family
are invited to bring a cov
ered-dish and any pictures
or genealogy etc. to share.
For more information
please contact Deborah
Garrett at 706-789-3116.
Wilkes Family
Reunion Is
This Sunday
The descendants of Aaron
Hale Wilkes are invited to a
reunion and lunch Sunday,
June 7, at Bethany United
Methodist Church on Hwy.
335 approximately 4.5 miles
outside Jefferson in the
Brockton community.
Family members are also
welcome to attend and wor
ship at Bethany, and after
the last church service at
noon will meet for a cov
ered dish lunch in the fel
lowship hall.
Participants are asked
to bring food and drinks
enough for their family. All
paper products will be pro
vided .
Aaron’s father was Moses
Osborn Wilkes. Aaron’s
children were Mary, John,
James, Jane, Mildred,
Benjamin, Thomas, Jeff,
Bob and George.
For more information, call
Sonya at 706-769-6829.
Driving Course
Attracts Debate
Of Commission
A $438,830 driving course
at the Jackson County fire
training center is a topic
of debate among the
Jackson County Board of
Commissioners.
At a meeting Monday
night, the BOC discussed
allocating the money
for the driving course.
Commissioner Tom Crow
said the driving course
is needed, but chairman
Hunter Bicknell questioned
how often it would be used
and questioned whether the
size of it could be reduced.
Crow said other areas at
the facility could be cut,
including some of the park
ing spaces, a fence and pub
lic restrooms.
“Our top priorities are the
training tools,” Crow said.
No action was taken on the
driving course at Monday’s
meeting, but the BOC asked
staff to get information on
the options discussed.
The fire training center
is being funded with bond
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revenue, as well as Special
Purpose Local Option Sales
Tax funds. The total cost is
$5.3 million.
DFCS Seeks
Donations For
June 13 Yard Sale
The Jackson County
Department of Family and
Children Services (DFACS)
seeks donations for its
Foster Parents Yard Sale.
Yard sale items can be
dropped off at Christian
Outreach, 2183 North Elm
Street, Commerce. All
items need to be marked
for the Foster Parents Yard
Sale. Proceeds will go to
help fund the foster chil
dren’s picnic.
The yard sale will be
held from 7 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday, June 13, at
Christian Outreach.
DFACS also seeks volun
teers to help with the event
and food items for the vol
unteers.
For information contact
Jerra Wisecup, Jackson
County DFACS office, 706-
367-3000.
Swindle Library
Announces
Summer Schedule
The Summer Reading
Program is coming up at the
Harold S. Swindle Public
Library, Nicholson.
Programs will be held from
10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays
in June and July 2.
•June 11— David Ginn,
“Every Book is a Magic
Book”
•June 18 — Fran Sullivan,
tissue paper collage
•June 25 — Keith Karnot
• July 2 — Learn about
the U.S. flag. Wear red,
white and blue and be one
of the winners of a gift
certificate for reading the
most books.
The library is located at
5466 US. Hwy. 441 South.
For more information, call
706-757-3577.
Maysville Library
Tells Of Summer
Children's Events
All children 12 and under
are invited to “Be Creative”
at the Maysville Public
Library’s 2009 Summer
Reading Program.
The library will be offer
ing a variety of programs
all summer, so patrons are
invited to pick up a list of
events and drop in often.
Everyone who participates
in the program will be invit
ed to an end of the summer
party with certificates and
awards.
For more information, call
the library at 706-652-2323
or visit www.prlib.org for a
schedule of events.
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CARD OF THANKS
The family of O. R. Cochran wishes to express
our sincere appreciation to each and everyone
for your kind expressions of sympathy during
the loss of our loved one. We appreciate each
visit, call, card, prayer, encouraging word, and
food dish that was provided to our family. Also,
we wish to thank the Banks County EMTs,
Maysville Police Department, BJC Medical
Center staff, and the staff of Little-Ward Funeral
Home for their professional service and
compassionate care.
Gladys Cochran
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