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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008
CHECK PRESENTED
Scout executive Clif Cauley, Jackson EMC Jefferson district manager Don Stewart, Jackson EMC
Foundation board member Shade Storey and Scout executive F. H. "Trip” Selman, Jr., hold a
$4,850 check that will fund 200 Eagle Scout recognition kits.
Boy Scouts receive JEMC Foundation grant
The Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy
Scouts of America has been awarded a $4,850
grant by the Jackson EMC Foundation for Eagle
Scout Recognition Kits.
“On average each year only 4 percent of Northeast
Georgia’s 25,000 registered Scouts earn the Eagle
Scout badge, the Boy Scout’s highest honor. The
council expects to present at least 200 Eagle Scout
awards in 2008, and these recognition kits enable
the council to properly recognize the outstand
ing young people who earn this distinction,” said
scout executive Trip Selman.
To earn the Eagle Scout rank, a Boy Scout must
fulfill requirements in the areas of leadership,
service, and outdoor skills; pass specific tests that
are organized by requirements and merit badges,
21 of which must be earned to qualify for Eagle
Scout; demonstrate participation in increasingly
more responsible service projects; and demon
strate leadership skills by holding one or more
specific youth positions of responsibility in his
troop.
Each recognition kit contains the Eagle Scout
badge, Eagle Scout medal, father’s pin, mother’s
pin and certificate.
Foundation grants are funded through the
Operation Round Up program, which rounds up
participating members’ monthly electric bill to the
next dollar amount, with an average contribution
of $6 per year. Currently, 90 percent of Jackson
EMC’s members participate in the Round Up
program.
Since its 2005 introduction, the Jackson EMC
Foundation has awarded more than $2 million
through 169 grants to organizations and 78 grants
to individuals.
Any individual or charitable organization in the
ten counties served by Jackson EMC (Clarke,
Banks, Barrow, Franklin, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson,
Lumpkin, Madison and Oglethorpe) may apply for
a Jackson EMC Foundation grant by completing a
grant application, which can be completed online
at http://www.jacksonemc.com/Guidelines-for-
Funding.106.0.html or obtained at local Jackson
EMC offices. Applicants need not be a member of
Jackson EMC.
Heating aid offered for low-income families
The Georgia Department of
Human Resources has announced
that $1.6 million in emergency
contingency funds are available
to help low-income families meet
home energy costs.
The Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
funds will provide households
across the state with heating assis
tance for the winter months ahead.
The federally-funded program
helps more than 80,000 eligible
Georgia families with heating and
cooling assistance each year.
The maximum payment for
qualifying applicants is $250.
Funds will be distributed on
first-come first-served basis.
Individuals must apply at the
community action agency that
serves their county. Applicants
can call 1-800-869-1150 or visit
http://gcaaonline.org to locate the
nearest community action agency
in their area.
To qualify for the LIHEAP
program applicants must have
a yearly household income that
meets federal poverty guide
lines. For a one-person house
hold, that would be $15,315; for
two people $20,535; for three
people $25,755; for four people
$30,975; for five people $36,195;
for six people $41,415; for seven
people $46,635; for eight people
$51,855; and for each additional
person, add $5,220 in household
income.
Applicants must provide a copy
of their most recent heating bill
or a statement of service from
their heating provider. They must
also provide proof of household
income for the last 30 days, such
as a pay stub or letter from an
employer. Applicants are required
to have a valid Social Security
number for all household mem
bers.
Those who have a need are
encouraged to apply as soon as
possible.
National Wear Red Day ahead Fri. for heart month
As part of February’s American
Heart Month, the North Health
District will join thousands of
Americans nationwide in observ
ing National Wear Red Day on
Friday, Feb. 1.
Employees in all District 2
Public Health Departments
are encouraged to wear red as
a reminder of American Heart
Month. The North Health District
includes Banks County.
“National Wear Red Day is a
great opportunity to reach out to
women in our community and
alert them to their personal risk
factors for heart disease,” said Jan
Poole, Stroke and Heart Attack
Prevention Program (SHAPP)
coordinator. “By wearing red on
Feb. 1, we can all show our sup
port for women and heart disease
awareness. This year we invite
all employees of our city and
county governments, schools and
businesses, to join us in wear
ing red to raise awareness about
heart disease in both women and
men.”
Information about heart disease
and blood pressure screening is
available at all 13 county health
departments in North Health
District. In addition, informa
tion about the Georgia Division
of Public Health’s Stroke and
Heart Attack Prevention Program
(SHAPP) is available at local
health departments and on the
web at: http://health.state.ga.us/
programs/cardio/shapp.asp
North Health District’s National
Wear Red Day participation is in
partnership with The Heart Truth,
a national awareness campaign for
women about heart disease spon
sored by the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute (NHLBI),
part of the National Institutes
of Health, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
National Wear Red Day is an
annual event held on the first
Friday in February. The first
observance, in February 2004,
was announced at the White
House. On National Wear Red
Day, women and men across
the country wear red to unite in
the national movement to give
women a personal and urgent
wake-up call about their risk of
heart disease.
Red Dress pins are available at
www.hearttruth.gov.
For more information about
National Wear Red Day activi
ties and The Heart Truth, includ
ing downloadable materials on
women and heart disease and
ordering information for the Red
Dress Pin, visit www.hearttruth.
gov. Also see www.goredfor-
women.org for information from
the American Heart Association.
Piedmont Regional Library Board to meet Feb. 6
The Piedmont Regional Library Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 4 p.m., at the The library is located at 379 Old
Board of Trustees will meet on Jefferson Public Library. Pendergrass Road, Jefferson.
Arts Development Council of Georgia seeks new members
Area artists invited
to Feb. 6 meeting
The Arts Development Council
of Georgia (ADCG) will hold
its next general membership/
open meeting at The Winder
Cultural Arts Center (CAC),
105 E Athens St., at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, February 6. The
ADCG is continuing its mem
bership drive.
Don Wildsmith, the cultural
arts director for the City of
Winder, will host the meeting
and give a tour of the CAC
facility. Paul Handy, president
of the Georgia Piedmont Arts
Center, will co-host and give a
tour of the facility and gallery,
which is one floor below the
CAC. Kerry Bryant, the acting
director for the NE Georgia
Arts and Convention Center and
the fine arts coordinator for
Barrow County will be a guest
speaker.
Refreshments will be provid
ed.
ARTIST SHOW-AND-TELL
The successful “Two Minutes
of Fame” show-and-tell seg
ment will be held again. Artists
are asked to bring a piece of
their art they can hold in one
hand and should be prepared to
give a very brief biographical
presentation. The first 19 artists
to register for “Two Minutes of
Fame” before the meeting will
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be those called upon during the
meeting.
Contact Donna Butler, ADCG
vice chair, at 706-559-4841 to
book a time in the “spotlight.”
The ADCG board will hold a
short business meeting at 9.30
a.m. before the general meet
ing.
The ADCG three-point mis
sion is cultivating a thriving
economic environment for the
creative expression and appre
ciation for the arts through
entrepreneurial development,
education and marketing.
ADCG membership has been
established currently at a pre
liminary fee of $25 for artists/
individuals, $100 for art advo
cates and $100 and above for
corporate sponsors.
Any artist - visual, theater,
musician, craft maker — arts
advocate or corporations inter
ested in joining, may send a
check made payable to the
Arts Development Council of
Georgia, attn: Treasurer Cary
Fordyce, 305 Research Drive,
Athens, GA 30605-2795, and
include name, address, tele
phone number and e-mail
address.
Membership applications are
also available online at www.
adcg.org.
For more information, call Bill
Ronay, chair, 706-342-8225;
Tina McCullough, secre
tary, at the Blue Bell Gallery,
Comer, 706-783-4665; or Anne
Jenkins, public relations, owner
of The Point of Art Gallery,
706-486-6808. ADCG is a non
profit, Georgia corporation.
For directions to the February
6 meeting, call 678-425-6884.
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