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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016
The finished product
Attention grabber
Kennedy Grace Totherow shows off the bookmark she
made during a craft event at the First Baptist Church of
Commerce’s vacation Bible school last week. FBC used a
water-based biblical theme for the five-day event.
Attendees of the First Baptist Church of Commerce’s vacation Bible school play a game
designed to teach the importance of paying attention, based on scripture demonstrating that
Jesus paid attention to the needs of those around him. The theme, “Surf Shack: Catch the
Wave of God’s Amazing Love,” focused on water-based events of the Bible.
It's vacation Bible school time
It was 'Surf Shack: Catch the Wave of God's Amazing Love' at First Baptist of Commerce
Science in the Bible
Andrew Minish (lab coat) and Thomas Harden prepare
students for a science experiment during the First Baptist
Church of Commerce’s vacation Bible school last week.
Learn about John the Baptist
Stirring in the colors
Participants in the First Baptist Church of Commerce vacation Bible school learn about
John the Baptist, how he lived and how he baptized Jesus in the Jordan River.
Scarlett Gordon and Abbie Simmons stir food coloring into
shaving cream during an arts and crafts event at the First
Baptist Church of Commerce’s vacation Bible school.
Local GOP represented at
state Republican convention
Jackson County’s Repub
lican Party had approxi
mately 21 delegates attend
the state convention in
Augusta on June 4. At that
convention, chairman Ron
Johnson won the statewide
award for Volunteer of the
Year.
Jackson County’s Repub
lican Party also has the larg
est membership in the state
of counties that have less
than 80,000 in population.
Two of the group’s mem
bers, Tommy Benton and
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resenting the state at the
Republican Party’s National
Convention in Cleveland
this summer.
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Schedule for garbage and recycling
pickup to change due to holiday
Commerce officials
have advised that Waste
Pro will take Monday, July
4, off for Independence
Day.
That means Commerce
residents will have gar
bage and recycling pickup
a day later than the normal
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schedule.
Waste Pro will run the
two routes on Tuesday,
July 5, so residents are
asked to put both recycling
and garbage bins at the
curb before 6 a.m. on July
5 for pickup that day.
Commerce City Schools
2016-2017 New Student
Registration (Grades K-12)*
*not including Pre-K
Commerce City Schools has scheduled an early
registration period for new students enrolling for
the 2016-2017 school year. Registration will be
held at the Central Office on the following dates:
■ Monday, June 27,2016 from 7:00 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
■ Tuesday, June 28, 2016 from 7:00 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Registration packets are available online at
www.commercecityshcools.org and at the
Central Office, located at 270 Lakeview Drive,
Commerce, Georgia.
You may contact the system administrative
secretary, Angie Ingram, at (706) 335-5500 if
you have any questions.
