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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016
Grand champion
market hog
Cindy Cooper, a senior
member of Jackson
County FFA, exhibited
the Grand Champion
Market Hog at the 2016
Jackson County Market
Hog Show. Her cham
pion barrow was pur
chased by Northeast
Georgia Livestock.
Youths fare well in heifer, hog shows
The 2016 Jackson County
Market Hog Show and Ed
Tolbert Memorial Steer and
Heifer Show were held Feb.
12-13 at the Jackson County
Comprehensive High School
agricultural facility.
Friday night’s activities
included the market hog
show, steer show, honorary
showmanship showdown,
sale of champions, and the
annual cake auction. In the
market hog show, there were
three divisions of show
manship novice (fifth and
sixth grade), intermediate
(seventh-eighth grade), and
senior (tenth-twelfth grade).
West Jackson Middle
School’s Savannah Page and
Colton Boone walked away
with champion showman
ship honors in the novice
and intermediate divisions,
and Jackson County FFA
member Kaylie Boone was
chosen as champion senior
showman. The weight class
es followed showmanship,
and Cindy Cooper of Jackson
County FFA received grand
champion honors while
Savannah Page showed the
reserve champion.
The steer show exhibitors
included Kayley Edwards,
Taylor Davis, Cindy Cooper
and Madison Abbs. Cooper
received both grand and
reserve champion honors in
the steer show.
One of the highlights of
the show was the third annu
al honorary showmanship
showdown where the local
members of the community
participate in the showman
ship lesson with some of the
showmen and a showmen
in a class of their own. Hon
orary showmen included
Rodney Gary, Celinda Wil
son, Jamie Hitzges, Randy
Gambrell and Jerbundy
Mullis. After much delibera
tion, the judges chose Hitzg
es, assistant superintendent
of Jackson County Schools,
as the 2016 honorary show
manship champion. Hitzg
es, along with his coaches
Jackson Schieszer, Jesse
Cronic, and Peyton Puckett,
was recognized, and Hitzges
received a belt buckle for his
accomplishment.
On Saturday, the cattle
show began with show
manship, which consisted
of three divisions: novice
(fourth and seventh grade),
intermediate (eighth-lOth
grade), and senior (llth-12th
grade). GSES fifth grader,
Morgan McDaniel, took
home first place honors in
the novice class, Commerce
FFA member Cameron Watts
Overall grand champion heifer
Bella Chandler is pictured with judges Matthew Gillispie and JD Morris as
well as her Overall Grand Champion Heifer, Beyonce. Bella is a sixth grade
member of East Jackson Middle FFA.
2016 honorary showmanship showdown
ED TOLBERT lYIEi
Jackson County School System Assistant Superintendent, Jamie Hitzges,
was chosen as the 2016 Honorary Showmanship Showdown. He exhibited
Sugar, a Shorthorn heifer owned by Jackson Scheiszer, and Hitzges was
award a belt buckle for his accomplishment. He is pictured with Judges
Matthew Gillispie and JD Morris and coaches Jesse Cronic, Peyton Puckett,
and Jackson Scheiszer.
was named winner of the
intermediate division, and
Jefferson FFA’s Whitley Dale
received first place in the
senior division.
There were 11 different
breed classes represented
in the heifer show, which
followed showmanship. The
grand champion and reserve
champion Angus heifers
were exhibited by Abigail
Allen and Savannah Page,
while Austin Hill exhibited
the grand champion Beef-
master heifer. In the Chi influ
ence division, Carlie How-
ington showed the grand
champion and Madison
Abbs the reserve champion.
Keely Shultz exhibited
the grand champion Lim
ousin heifer and Jackson
Schieszer exhibited the
reserve champion Limousin.
Charlie Brooksher exhibited
the grand champion low-per
centage Simmental, and
Justin Morgan and Landis
Seagraves exhibited the
grand and reserve champion
Maine heifers, respectively.
Bella Chandler exhibited
the grand champion percent
age Simmental, and Cindy
Cooper exhibited the reserve
champion percentage Sim
mental.
In the Shorthorn divi
sion, Jackson Scheiszer took
home grand champion hon
ors while Kayley Edwards
received reserve champion.
In the Simmental breed
classes, Cindy Cooper showed
the grand champion while
Madyson McDaniel received
reserve champion honors.
Beth McDonald and Susan
McDonald exhibited the
grand and reserve champion
cow/calf pair, respectively.
In the end, all of the
champions came together
for the overall grand cham
pion heifer drive. Bella Chan
dler’s percentage Simmen
tal, Beyonce, was chosen
as overall grand champion
heifer, and Keely Shultz’s
Limousin heifer was chosen
as reserve overall champion
heifer.
Catera Jackson
wins accolades
Catera Elizabeth Jackson
has been honored with mem
bership into the International
Dean’s List Society for exem
plary academic performance
at the University of West Geor
gia. Jackson is the daughter
of Anita and Avery Jackson;
and the granddaughter of
Doris Brown, Jefferson, and
Kate Jackson, Madison.
Jackson is majoring in biol
ogy and anticipates graduat
ing in spring 2019.
The International Dean’s
List Society provides scholar
ship, study abroad and online
personal and career develop
ment opportunities.
NGTC announces graduates
North Georgia Technical College recently announced that
358 students completed their program of study during the
2015 summer and fall semesters.
Banks County residents completing their program of study
included: Jacob Cole Andrews, air conditioning technology;
Candas D. Ayers, medical assisting; Bridget Baker, health care
assistant; Virginia Baltazar, pharmacy technology; Justin Ben-
field, tool and die specialist; Chris Bowden, welding; Blake
Daniel, electrical lineworker; Samantha G. Gore, accounting;
Jose A. Huerta, auto collision repair; Erin McDonald, health
care science; Dachary McDuffie, gas metal arc welding;
Martha D. Roper, criminal justice technology; Keith E. Shaw,
accounting; Sean Smith, commercial buck driving; Emily
Carolyn Sullens, accounting; and Krystal Trotter, health care
science.
The school news deadline is
noon on the Monday prior to
the date of publication.
Choices and
consequences
set March 8
The 2016 Choices and Con
sequences program hosted by
the Jackson County Sheriff’s
Office will be held Thursday
March 10, at 6 p.m. at Com
merce High School.
Speakers will include Jason
Loggins, Jefferson; Clint Fair, a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
area representative for Banks,
Jackson and Hall counties;
Sande Bailey of Foundations
for Living; and Warden Brooks
Benton with the Whitworth
Women’s Facility.
Pre-K, kindergarten
registration starts on
March 7 at Jackson Schools
The Jackson Coun
ty School System has
announced plans for Pre-K
and kindergarten registration.
Pre-K
The JCSS elementary
schools will have applications
for Pre-K beginning March 7.
Children must be four-
years-old by Sept. 1, 2016, to
attend Pre-K for the 2016-17
school year. Children must
live in the school’s atten
dance area to apply for Pre-K.
The deadline to submit
applications is Friday April
1, at 2 p.m. There will be a
lottery drawing. Parents will
be notified the results of the
drawing by mail by Friday
April 22.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten registration
will be held March 30-31. To
schedule an appointment,
call the elementary school in
your attendance zone.
Phones numbers include:
Benton Elementary School,
706-757-2211; East Jackson
Elementary School, 706-336-
7900; Gum Springs Elemen
tary School, 706-654-5580;
Maysville Elementary School,
706-652-2241; North Jackson
Elementary School, 706693-
2246; South Jackson Elemen
tary School, 706-543-8798;
and West Jackson Elementa
ry School, 7066542044.
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will be hosting the:
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Daisy Festival
May 6 and 7
We are seeking out craft/food
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