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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008 THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS PAGE 9A Library receives 'We the People Pursuit of Happiness' bookshelf grant The Banks County Public Library received the “We the People: Pursuit of Happiness” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. The grant included a collection of 15 classic titles, four titles in Spanish translation and a CD of traditional music for young readers that are related to the theme ‘Pursuit of Happiness.’ Young people are encouraged to read and make a display or write an essay about what the ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ means to them. For more information, call 706-677-3164. Substance abuse topic at seminar The White County Meth Task Force, a private, non-profit organization formed in 2006, will speak at a seminar open to the general public at the Redemption Outreach Ministries in Banks County Wednesday, March 12, from 6-8 p.m. The Task Force will provide the latest information on substance abuse in the area, and help families determine the symptoms of a family member addicted to some form of illegal drugs or prescription drugs. The Meth Task Force was begun in White County in 2006, and is a commu nity coalition consisting of community volunteers, treatment providers and law enforcement officers who have made over 200 outreach presentations to approxi mately 35,000 people in Georgia since its inception. Through their contacts, many families and children have been helped by the White County community. The organization is chaired by Melisa Fincher, RN and a White County Public Health Nurse. Sharon Lee is the Executive Director of the organization, and Heather Boswell serves as Assistant Executive Director. The White County Meth Task Force has just been designated by the Georgia Alliance for Drug-Endangered Children as one of 25 pilot community programs in the state who will work with drug-endangered children in White and Lumpkin Counties. The Task Force was chosen because of the individual as well as col lective dedication, talent, experience and desire to affect positive change in the lives of drug-endangered children and their families. The organization also helps recovering addicts to be contributing members of the White County community. A family struggling with substance abuse issues is welcome to call the Task Force Information Line at 706-969-0397 for help. Redemption Outreach Ministries is located at 603 Historic Homer Highway; the Banks County community is urged to attend this most important seminar. For additional information, contact the White County Task Force office at 706-865-2378. V, CITY OF BALDWIN Public Notice The City of Baldwin will be having their regular scheduled council meeting on Feb. 25, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the City Court Room located at 155 Willingham Ave. The Public Safety Departments will be talking about obtaining Federal Funds from the United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) for the purpose of vehicle acquisition. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Banks County The Banks County Board of Education is seeking bids for lawn maintenance for April through November 2008. Packages with bidding information can be obtained from the Banks County Board of Education beginning February 4, 2008. Proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope and marked: Request for Grass Maintenance Proposal. Proposals must be delivered to the Banks County Board of Education Central Office on or before 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2008. FOR ONLY $5 PER MONTH, YOU CAN LIST YOUR GROUP'S MEETINGS! Let your members know when your group is meeting! JEFFERSON IIP AMERICAN LEGION Albert Gordon Post 56 Each 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Harvie Lance, Commander Phone (706) 654-1274 310 Call (706) 367-5233 to advertise your meeting time, place and date in... • The Jackson Herald • The Commerce News • The Braselton News • The Banks County News • The Madison County Journal The Jackson Co. Republican Party Would like you to meet us for breakfast the second Sat. of each month, 8:00 at The Jefferson House. For more information, call 706-652-2967 or email fishyglass@yahoo.com Pd.05/08 BANKS COUNTY AMERICAN LEGION Post 215 Meets each 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m. In Homer, GA at the American Legion Building on Historic Highway 441 Pd.06/08 rpfe VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Post 4872, Hurricane Shoals Convention Ctr. Each 4th Monday, 7:00 p.m. Mike Buffington, Commander Phone 706-335-6532 263 JEFFERSON LIONS CLUB Meets 2nd & 4th Monday Jefferson City Clubhouse 6:30 p.m. • (706) 367-1400 Mark Bradley, President 260 Jh UNITY LODGE F&A.M. No. 36, Jefferson, GA 1st Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. A. Ben Wurtz • 706-367-1400 Borders St. behind Tabo's 260 JEFFERSON ROTARY CLUB Meets Tuesdays Jefferson City Clubhouse 12:30 p.m. • (706) 654-2237 Clay Eubanks, President 260 A COMMERCE WAMERICAN LEGION Commerce Rec. Dept. Post 93 Carson Street - 1st Mon. night Each Month, 7:30 p.m. 335-6400 BANKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. meets first Monday each month 7:00 p.m. in the Banks Co. Historial Courthouse at 105 U.S. Hwy. 441 North in Homer Pd.-2/2008 Caelan Whitfield honored on his birthday Caelan Whitfield was honored with a birthday party on Saturday given by his parents, Mark and Sherry Whitfield. The party was held at the home of his grandparents, Billy and Brenda Whitfield. We want to wish Caelan a very happy birthday. Kenneth and Betty Parson, Lee and Tonya Parson and kids and Diane Whitmire all enjoyed the week end in the North Carolina Mountains. It’s registration time! To register your team for the 2008 Relay For Life, visit Banks County’s personal Relay for Life webpage at http://events. cancer.org/rflbanksga. For help with the web site, call Kathy Mize at 706-778-8780, Elizabeth Church at 706-677-7100 or Katie Cullinan at 706 549-4893. Has cancer ever affected anyone you know or love? As a part of the Banks County Relay for Life team, we would like for you to join us! The relay will be held in May 2008 but it’s time to fund-raise now. We need school groups, churches, youth groups, businesses, community group or neighbor hoods to join us in the fight. If you are a caregiver or cancer survivor, we would like you to contact us for a special invitation to join the fight. You will receive a special T-shirt and will meet in the sur vivor’s tent for food and other festivities. This is a fight we need everyone to help beat! We need your help as a group. For more information, contact Debbie Morgan at 706-499-6419 or at 282 Yonah Street, Cornelia, Georgia, 30531; Ken Mize at 706-870-4650; or Willene Boyle at 706-677-4200. We need your help. Those in our community who are overseas fighting or state-side being trained to defend our country include: Jeb Herrin, Jason Ledford, David News From Poplar Springs By Willene Parson Boyle Willoughby from the Winder Police Department (formerly with Jackson County Sheriff’s Office), Sgt. TJ. Brookshire (U.S. Consult Cheng Du China 4080 Cheng Du Place Dulles Va. 20189), Kyle Delaigle (who is back state side), David McWhorter (Seoul, South Korea); John Groves III (who is near Iraq), Clint Medlock (Navy stationed in Virginia and going over seas soon), Timothy Reems (who is near Iraq), Richard Davenport (who is serving in Iraq), Kyle Pilgrim, Russell Cantrell (who is back state side), Shawn McClure (who is back state side), Sgt. Amanda Justus, Matthew Sutton, Justin Johnston, David Puttnum, Alex Head, Tiffany Sorrows (who is serving in Iraq), James Sullivan (who is in the Army serving in Iraq), and Mark Sullivan Jr. (Marines, who is serv ing back state side). Call me if you know of others who are serving in the Armed Forces and please remember them and their families when you pray. If you have any addresses, please call and give them to me. I have people calling and wanting to write our troops. Let me know if there is someone you love you want added to our prayer list or if one of these have came home. I only know their home if you call and let me know. Those who are sick in our community include many who have cancer and need our prayers. Those on the prayer list are: Kyle Smith, Dristan Tyndell (3-years old), Trinity Brown, Mattea Grace Emerson, Elizabeth Cook, Juno and Bobbi Samples, Latasha Bellotte, Royce Jones, Steve Fattig (who is in the VA in Atlanta), Odell Wade, Zine Bell Wade Claudette Griffin, Joyce Ayers, Brooksy White, Talmadge Savage, Bruce Simmons, Van Chase, Jerry Smith, Gloria Kimsey, Allene Montgomery, Wayne Holcomb, Joshua Thomas, Susan Campbell, Dennie Maxwell, Karen Adkins, Liam Howell (an infant with tumor), George McGee, Angie Roach, Henry Galloway, Mrs. Bobby Blackwell, Mary Sims, Darian Gray, Jerri Gray, Frank Cronic, Dan Tomlin, Jerry Poole, Greg Baker, David Smith, Cidney Wilson, Jeremy Gaddis, Johnny Westbrook, Tommy Gray of Cornelia, Jerry Carlan, Luther Campbell, Echo Evans, Carol Dean Beck, Johnnie Dalton, Allan Poe of Commerce, Chad Standridge, Scott McClure, Winford Baker, the Rev. Jerry Smith, Coy Marlow, Betty Griffin, Bennie Jackson, Clifford Wilson, Elizabeth Wilson, William Wilson, Christine Chitwood, Johnny Smallwood, Eddie Borders, Pauline Arfin, J.D. Pritchett, Crystal Medlock, Joann Broome, Michelle McClure, Mary Bell Echols and J.R. Boswell. Remember our family when you pray. If you know others who are sick, please call me so I can add their name to our prayer list. Happy birthday to: Margie Sanders, Renee Campbell and Phillip Cronic. Happy anniversary to: Karen and Bradley Parson, William and Ciella Wilson, Ben and Robin Whisnant and Candida and Greg Minish. Live High School Sports Now On The Internet From WJJC Radio!!! Go To: www.WJJC.net Click: Commerce Tigers, East Jackson Eagles, Jefferson Dragons - Live Action Broadcast Worldwide Over The Internet! WJJC LIVE WJJC Radio - 1270 AM www.WJJC.net 703-335-1270 Friday, February 15th thru Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Sale prices in effect Friday, February 15 thru Tuesday, February 19. 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