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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016
Social News
Cheyenne Reems born April 16 in Gainesville
Congratulations to Michael and
Brooke Boyle Reems of Oakwood on
the birth of their daughter, Cheyenne
Nichole Reems, born April 16 at 3:10
p.m. at Northeast Georgia Medical
Center. She weighed 8 pounds and
2 ounces was 20 V2 inches long. She
joins a proud big brother, Dylan
Michael, 2 V2. She is the grand
daughter of Steve and Susan Reems,
Homer, G. Frank and Debbie Boyle,
Oakwood, and Frankie and Shanna
Toney, Jacksonville, Fla.
The Carlan family reunion will be held on
Sunday, May l,at 1 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church, Hwy. 51, Lula.
The Gillsville Baptist Church Cruisin for
Christ Car show will be held May 7 from
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a pinto bean supper
and door prizes. For more infor
mation, contact Rob Boswell,
770-530-5282; Dwayne Reece,
706-654-1785; and Darrell Marlow,
770 503 5212. The rain date will
be May 11.
The Silver Shoals Baptist
Church youth group enjoyed
attending the movie, “Gods Not
Dead II.” If you haven’t seen it,
you need to. If you don’t have a
home church to attend, I want to
invite you to come to Silver Shoals.
The Gillsville Baptist Church youth group
is selling tickets, for a BBQ. Plates are $8
and include BBQ, bread, beans, chips and
pound cake. The event will be held on
May 28 from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Plates can
be picked up at the church on Hwy. 323 in
Gillsville. For more information, call 770-
869-3976. My boys also have tickets, if you
are interested. This money will be used to
help with the cost of a Christian retreat trip
for the youth.
Happy birthday to: Nancy Poole, Trent
Campbell, Max Sanders, Glenda Bar
ron, Shannon Green, Lou Ann Gardiner,
Mack Garrison, Laura Rose Pickens Tonya
McClure, Grayson Whitfield, Parker Spray-
berry, Tyler Parson McKenzie Dobbins, Mar
garet Ausburn, Maggie Elrod, Jennifer Noell,
Tammie Swain, Debra Wilbanks, Tucker
McClure, Emily Hope, Jeffery Marcus, Shir
ley Chambers and Dakota Ivey, 12.
Happy anniversary to Mack and Sandra
Garrison, Pete and Cindy Allen, Libby and
Gary Tanner and Beverly and Mike Wood.
Those who are sick in our community
include many who have cancer and need
our prayers. Those on the sick list are:
Greg Crane, Justin Denton, Barbara Jones,
Sandra Couch, Perry Smith, Irene Pace,
Alvin Gary, Doug Standridge, Ellie Mae Her
bert, Dan Boling, Helen Scales, Lynda Get-
tier, Lindsay Carroll, Addison Turner, Chad
Standridge, Jeremy Gaddis, Pat Gardiner,
Johnny Smallwood, Jennifer Wilson, Jimmy
Roberts, Frank Jarrell, Bobby Simonds, Shir
ley Simonds, Alex Strickland, Amy Brown,
Harold Hill, Hawk Harrison, Melvin Pritch
ett Sr., Mary Parson, Frank Gordon, Bar-
barann Gordon, Claudette Griffin, Edwina
Holcomb, Alan Purcell, Dwayne and Paulina
Casper, Jerry Payne, Carolyn Standridge,
Kenneth Parson, Betty Parson, Kim Crane,
Tony Massey Billy Massey, Chester Hewell,
William Harris and Edith Goodson.
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Historical Society Trip
The Banks County Historical Society members and friends visited the historic site Sunday afternoon
where The Battle of the Narrows took place on October 12,1864. The site is now a part of Lake Russell
Wildlife Management Area, and is near the corners of Banks, Habersham, and Stephens counties. A
video of their trip and more information on this historic Battle will be shared at next months meeting on
May 2 at 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the historic courthouse.
Food distribution
planned April 30
The Banks County Community Resource Association will dis
tribute food for Banks County families only on Saturday April 30,
at 10 a.m. at Temple Baptist Church, located at 310 Temple Road,
Homer.
If your gross household income is at or below the income listed
for the number of people in your household, you are eligible to
receive food.
Household Size
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Monthly Income
$1,276
$1,726
$2,177
$2,628
$3,078
$3,529
$3,980
$4,430
Weekly Income
$295
$607
$711
$815
$919
$1,023
For each additional member add $451 (monthly) and $104
(weekly).
Only one box of food is to be served per 911 address (house
hold). If you have more than one family living at your address
only one person needs to pickup food for the household. Proof
of residence (GA ID, GA Driver’s license, power bill, water bill, gas
bill, a bill with your service physical address - P O boxes are not
accepted) will be required of everyone in order to receive food.
For more information, call Robin Trotter at 678-316-7187.
Announcements
Three graves to be marked
Therapy dog to be featured in library program
The Humane Society of
Jackson County will hold
a program Thursday, April
28, at 5 p.m., featuring Claire
Gaus’ therapy dog, Taz.
Gaus will explain how Taz
provides therapy in different
situations such as listening
to children practice their
reading and visiting with
people in dementia care or
those with depression.
Gaus also plans to explain
what makes a good therapy
dog and how to become a
handler for such a dog. She
will discuss the importance
of rescue, adoption, spaying
and neutering. Taz, a Scot-
tie, is a rescue dog.
Book Award Finalists
Available At Library
Library manager Angel
Tuggle announces that the
library now has in its collec
tion all of the 2015-2016 Geor
gia Children’s Picturebook
Award finalists and the win
ner, “Breaking News: Bear
Alert,” by David Biedrzycki.
In addition, all of the 2015-
2016 Children’s Book Award
finalists are available. These
are chapter books for ele
mentary school readers,
and the winner for that level
is “A Snicker of Magic,” by
Natalie Lloyd. The addi
tion of all the nominees
for the 2016-2017 Georgia
Peach Book Awards may
be of interest to Commerce
teens. Library staff would
be interested in hearing
opinions on any of these
books that are read by local
teens. Lists of these books
are kept at the desk.
New Adult Fiction
New adult fiction avail
able at the library includes:
•As Time Goes By, by
Mary Higgins Clark
• Family Jewels, by Stuart
Woods
•Millers Valley by Anna
Quindlen
• She’s Not There, by Joy
Fielding
•Steel Kiss, by Jeffery
Deaver
• Last Mile, by David Bal-
dacci
• 14th Colony, by Steve
Berry
•Friends We Keep, by
Susan Mallery
2 Special Programs
There are two upcoming
young adult programs to put
on your calendar.
On Tuesday, May 3, at
5:30 p.m., a financial advi
sor will present a program
called “College: Getting
There From Here.” And
a floral design program is
scheduled for Wednesday,
May 4, at 1 p.m.
Children’s Programs
• Banks-Jackson County
Homeschoolers - Monday,
April 25, at 10:30 a.m.
•Lego Club - Tuesday,
April 26, at 4 p.m.
•Lego Robotics - Tues
day, April 26, at 4 p.m.
• Kidsercize - Wednesday,
April 27, at 10:30 a.m.
• Magic Card play for
teens - Thursday, April 28,
from 4 to 6 p.m.
•Jackson County
Humane Society family pro
gram - Thursday, April 28, at
5:30 p.m.
•Chess Club - Thursday,
April 28, at 6 p.m.
• Baby & Me - Friday, April
29, at 10:30 a.m.
Adult Programming
• ESL class - Saturday,
April 23, at 11 a.m.
•Adult coloring - Satur
day, April 23, at 1 p.m.
•Hooks and Needles -
Monday, April 25, at 10:30
a.m.
•Tech Time with Matt -
Monday, April 25, from 2 to
3 p.m.
• Yoga - Monday, April 25,
at 6 p.m.
In observance of Confeder
ate Memorial Day, April 24, the
members of the J.E.B. Stuart
Chapter in Commerce plan
to mark the graves of three
deceased members.
The graves are for local
women who are the Real
Grand Daughters of Confeder
ate Soldiers.
The ceremonies will be as
follows:
•Gwen Johnson - 2 p.m.
at Woodbine Cemetery in Jef
ferson
• Lessie Benton - 2:45 p.m.
at Jackson Memorial Gardens
in Commerce
•Anna Hood - 3:30 p.m. at
Grey Hill Cemetery in Com
merce
Following the ceremonies,
there will be a short ceremo
ny in Spencer Park at 4 p.m.,
with certificates of apprecia
tion awarded and a wreath
placed at the Confederate
Monument.
The public is invited and
welcome to visit and have
refreshments in the Down
town Development Building.
Announcements
Garden club
meets April 26
The Commerce Garden
Club will meet Thursday April
26, at 2 p.m.
Candice Romines will pres
ent a program on beekeeping.
For more information,
including the location, call
Marlene Wood at 7064996632.
Scout yard sale
ahead Saturday
The Commerce Presbyteri
an Church, Cub Scout Pack 35
and Boy Scout Troop 35 will
hold a community yard sale
on Saturday April 23, from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church at
89 Lakeview Dr., Commerce.
Proceeds from the yard
sale will benefit the Boys &
Girls Club, Pack 35, and Troop
35. The yard sale will be held
both outside and within the
fellowship hall of the church.
City planners
cancel their
April meeting
The Commerce Planning
Commission cancelled its
April meeting, which would
have been held Monday April
25, for lack of agenda items.
The planning commission
makes recommendations to
the Commerce City Council
on zoning and land use issues.
It meets the fourth Monday
of each month — if it has any
business to conduct — at 6
p.m. in the Peach Room of the
Commerce Civic Center.
Meetings are open to the
public.
In Loving Memory of
CHRIS CARTHERN
We thought of you in love today, but that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday and days before that, too.
We think of you in silence, we often speak your name.
Now all we have is memories and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake,
with which we’ll never part.
God has you in his keeping,
we have you in our hearts.
We love you:
Cole, Mama, Dad, Dean and Family
13 th Semi' Annual
Braselton Antique
& Artisan Festival
April 22,23 & 24,2016
Downtown Braselton
Fri. 2-7, Sat. 9-6 & Sun. 10-5
Free Admission and Parking
Antiques, vintage, collectibles, local
artwork, DIY, architectural, home
decor, outdoor gardening, ironworks,
statuaries, primitives, advertising,
pottery, woodworking, folk art,
jewelry, glassware, textiles, rustics,
up-cycle, salvage, turn-of-the-century
furniture, annuals, perennials
(including rare and unusual plants),
local fresh produce, food trucks
& much more!
115 Harrison St., Braselton • I-85 to Exit 129,
turn east on Hwy. 53 and follow the signs
Please visit our sponsors!
A Flea An'tiques
Braselton Gallery
Braselton Antique Mall
Countryside Antiques
Cotton Calf Kitchen
Crossroads Spine & Wellness
Eclectics Consignment Shop
JACKS Bar & Grill
Sweet Delights Bakery
Auction Ventures
2 Ladies in the Attic Amish Market & Gifts
Mark your calendars for the next
Antique Festival Oct. 21, 22 & 23
Booth Space Available. For More Information Call 706-824-7204.