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Social News
The
Commerce News
JUNE 10,2009
PAGE 9A
Kelli Elaine Hogan And
Jason Robert Seiple Are Wed
Reptile Show At Library On Saturday
Kelli Elaine Hogan and
Jason Robert Seiple were
united in marriage Saturday,
April 11, 2009, at Double
Oaks Golf Club, Commerce,
with Charles Barrett, great-
uncle of the bride, officiat
ing.
The bride is the daugh
ter of Ricky and Sharon
Hogan, Commerce, and the
groom is the son of Andy
and Patty Novak, Tamaqua,
PA, and Ralph Riley Jr.,
Bangor, PA.
The bride was escorted by
her father and given in mar
riage by her parents. Lindsey
Barrett, cousin of the bride,
Murrayville, served as the
maid of honor and Angie
Gary, Commerce, served as
bridal attendant.
Birth
Jake Long, Gainesville, LL,
was the best man and Ryan
Bamford, Tamaqua, PA, was
a groom’s attendant.
Blake Eigen provided the
wedding music.
The bride’s parents host
ed a reception at Double
Oaks Golf Club follow
ing the ceremony. Denise
Oliver, Dawsonville, Sarah
Gary, Commerce, Helen
Gunnels, Jefferson, and
Sandi Barrett, aunt of the
bride, Dawsonville, assisted
at the reception.
The groom’s mother
and stepfather hosted a
rehearsal dinner on the eve
of the wedding at Ryan’s
Steakhouse in Commerce.
The couple resides in
Maysville.
Andy Howington of
the Georgia Reptile
Conservancy will be at the
Commerce Public Library
Saturday at 2:00. He will
bring reptiles and all types
of snakes in what is annual
ly one of the library’s most
popular events.
Tickets are not required;
however, be sure to come
early to get a good seat.
Then Thursday, June 18,
the library will host its
annual Water Lun Day at
Willoughby Park. The activi-
Yard Sale
Saturday To
Benefit DFCS
The Jackson County
Department of Lamily and
Children Services (DEACS)
seeks donations for its
Loster 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.
DEACS also seeks volun
teers to help with the event
and food items for the vol
unteers.
For more information on
the event, contact Jerra
Wisecup, Jackson County
DFACS office, 706-367-
3000.
'First Baptist
Of Ivy Gap'
To Be Staged
The Savannah River
Production Company will
present Ron Osbourne’s
“First Baptist of Ivy Gap’’
June 26-27 at the Commerce
Cultural Center. The cast
includes area resident
Carmen Adams.
The performance sched
ule will be at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 26, and at 2
p.m. Saturday, June 27.
Tickets are $15 for adults,
$14 for seniors, $10 for stu
dents and $12 for groups.
For more information,
call 706-376-7397 or check
out the website at www.
savannahriverproductions.
org.
The cultural center is
located on Cherry Street,
one block off Broad Street
in downtown Commerce.
ties begin at 2:00; prepare to
get soaked by the Commerce
Fire Department.
Young adults age 9-14
are invited to attend a wil
derness training program
Friday, June 19, from 3:30
to 4:30. Marcus Vickery will
host this event on wilder
ness survival skills.
Attention adults and
seniors! A Big Band Dance
will be held in the library’s
auditorium Thursday,
June 18, from 6 to 8 p.m.
No dance experience is
The Jackson EMC
Foundation has awarded
a $15,000 grant to Habitat
for Humanity of Jackson
County to build its eighth
house. Funds will be used to
purchase kitchen cabinets,
plumbing, electrical wiring
and HVAC equipment.
“This house is being
built in Commerce on a
Pine Avenue lot that, due
to its size, challenged us
to use a different house
design,’’ comments affiliate
Plans are under way for
the 2009 Turbo Turtle Trek
to be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 8, at Crow’s
Lake, Jefferson.
The event kick-off will be
held at 8 a.m. Saturday, June
20, at the Turbo Turtle Trot
5K Run/Walk and Fun Run
at Jefferson High School.
The Turtle Trek is a fund
raiser for The Tree House
Inc., an accredited children’s
advocacy center, provid-
required and light refresh
ments will be served. For
more information call the
library at 706-335-5946.
Upcoming & Ongoing
Summer Reading Club
for Children and Young
Adults: Kids of all ages can
sign up for the library’s sum
mer reading club. Prizes will
be awarded to readers and
fun programs will be held at
the library all summer long.
The theme this year is “Be
Creative @ Your Library.’’
Mommy and Me: Fridays
President Gordon Wilson.
“So we’re building our first
two-story Habitat house
for a single mother with
one son who really needs
to be in healthy and secure
housing.’’
Habitat homeowners must
contribute “sweat equity’’ to
their home and assume an
interest-free mortgage upon
completion of construction,
money which is then used
to build additional homes.
Grants are made pos
ing support to children and
families in Jackson, Barrow
and Banks counties.
The Turbo Turtle Trek will
once again feature a free
Family Fun Festival. Food
vendors are being sought
to sell food and drinks.
Currently, food vendors
only are needed. There is
a registration fee of $10 for
nonprofit organizations or
$25 per “for profit’’ ven
dors. The registration fee
at 10:30 a.m. Early child
hood educator 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 4 years
old, led by children’s librar
ian Catherine Harris.
Story Time: Mondays at
10:30 a.m. Children ages 3-5
are invited to join Catherine
Harris for stories and fun
learning activities.
sible by Jackson EMC
members’ contributions to
the Operation Round Up
program, which rounds up
electric bills of participat
ing members to the next
dollar amount and uses the
spare change to do chari
table work. Since its cre
ation in October 2005, the
Foundation has awarded
nearly $3.5 million through
308 grants to organizations
and 132 grants to individu
als.
for a nonprofit organization
will be waived, if the non
profit volunteers to host an
approved children’s activity.
Space is limited and power
sources are minimal.
Interested vendors should
contact Donna Butler at
storyteller826@bellsouth.
net. The application dead
line for vendor registration
is July 18, but registration
will be closed by July 11, if
all slots are filled.
Konner Thomas Farmer
Kelly and Cathy Farmer of Nicholson announce the birth
of a son, Konner Thomas Farmer, Saturday, May 9, 2009,
at Athens Regional Medical Center. He joins a sister, Cally
Farmer, 3.
The grandparents are Evelene Reidling, Maysville; David
Reidling, Cleveland; Patricia Baxter, Commerce; and Larry
Farmer, Nicholson.
Piedmont Alumni Plan Outing
Piedmont College alumni are invited to attend a Gwinnett
Braves game in Lawrenceville Saturday, June 27.
Alumni can order tickets through Piedmont College at the
cost of $12 per person.
The game starts at 7 p.m. Attendees can either drive
themselves or take a van leaving from the Demorest cam
pus Alumni House at 4:30 p.m. If alumni decide to drive
themselves to the Gwinnett Braves Stadium, parking is $3.
Alumni riding in the van need to reserve a seat.
To order tickets or reserve a seat on the van, contact
Brandy Aycock at baycock@piedmont.edu or call 706-778-
8500 ext. 1170; or visit www.piedmont.edu/alumni.
A $15,000 check to purchase materials for Jackson County Habitat for
Humanity’s eighth house was presented to the affiliate’s board of directors by
Jackson EMC Jefferson District Manager Don Stewart (second from left) and
Jackson EMC Foundation board member Shade Storey (fifth from left).
EMC Foundation Donates $ 15K To Habitat
Turtle Trek Planned For Saturday Aug. 8
Brock Family Reunion Is Saturday
The Joe Brock family reunion will be held at the American
Legion in Homer Saturday, June 13, starting at 10:00 a.m.
Lunch will be served at noon. Friends and family are
invited to bring a covered-dish and any pictures or gene
alogy etc. to share. For more information please contact
Deborah Garrett at 706-789-3116.
UDC To Meet At Library Saturday
The J.E.B. Stuart Chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy will hold its June meeting at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, June 13, at the Commerce Public Library.
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Including:
• Class Rings • Wedding Bands
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• Dental Gold
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