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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2008
CUB SCOUTS PARTICIPATE IN PINEWOOD DERBY
Cub Scout Pack 227, Lula, recently participated in the Pinewood Derby. All of the participants received a trophy. Shown are (L-R):
Will Henderson, Devin Mullinax, Nolan Johnson, Logan Johnson, Noah Dyer, Josh Autry and Sean Trinidad.
LOCAL WINNERS
Several boys in Cub Scout Pack 227 were also named winners
at the Pinewood Derby. They were: Chandler Smith, third place;
Nolan Johnson, first place; and Noah Dyer, second place.
New horse show
season to begin
The new show season of the Banks County Horse
Association will begin on March 8 at 9 a.m. at the Banks
County Horse Arena in Homer.
For more information, go to www.bankscountyhorseas-
sociation.net. “We look forward to the upcoming year,”
said secretary Jessica Burrell. “There are going to be
new classes, more events and lots of fun for the whole
family. If you have horses or just want to come watch,
please plan to attend this year. Our regular shows are
every second Saturday of each month until November.
We would like to invite everyone to come out.”
Wilbanks memorial
service planned Sat.
A memorial service for Captain Hilliard A.
Wilbanks, a medal of honor recipient, will be
held on Saturday, February 23, at 11 a.m.
Cornelia Community House at 601 Wyly Street,
in Cornelia. The Joseph Habersham Chapter,
Georgia Society, Sons of the American Revolution
will honor and remember former Cornelia native
Captain Hilliard Almond Wilbanks, who was
awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for
his actions to save friendly troops in Vietnam.
Tips offered on storm safety
Governor Perdue signed an official proclamation the home. Always avoid windows, doorways and
on January 28 proclaiming February 3-9 as Severe
Weather Awareness Week.
Banks County 911-EMA director Deidra Moore
encourages citizens to check their personal disaster
plans to insure that they are up-to-date. She offers the
following tips for tornado and storm safety:
•Know the difference between a tornado watch and
a tornado warning. A watch is issued when condi
tions are favorable for a tornado to form. Continue to
monitor your weather radio and television. A warning
is issued when a tornado or funnel cloud has been
indicated by radar or sighted by storm spotter. Take
shelter immediately.
•Before the storm, prepare a disaster supply kit
containing enough essential supplies to last three or
more days. The Red Cross recommends the follow
ing for your kit: A first aid kit with essential medica
tion in addition to the usual items; a battery powered
radio, flashlight, and extra batteries; canned and other
non-perishable food and a hand operated can opener;
bottled water; sturdy shoes and work gloves; and
written instructions on how to turn off your homes
utilities.
•Identify safe areas within your home. Following are
some recommendations on identifying safe areas:
•In a storm shelter, if you have one specifically
designed for this purpose.
•In a basement, away from the west and south
walls. Hiding under a heavy work table against a
wall or under stairs will help to protect you from
debris. Old blankets can also help to protect against
debris - but, if you are going to use old blankets you
should have them stored in your safe area.
•In a small, windowless, first floor, interior room.
A closet or bathroom usually fits this description plus
the toilet and bathtub are usually anchored and some
times they remain in place when a tornado hits.
•In a windowless hallway on the innermost part of
exterior walls.
•If you are in a mobile home and can safely reach
a more secure location, you should identify this
location in advance and make certain that all family
members know where it is located. Some mobile
home parks may have storm shelters, if they do not
you may be able to identify a nearby family member
home to relocate to when tornados are threatening.
The most ideal place would be a sturdy permanent
building within easy running distance.
•Make sure that each family member knows the
tornado safety area.
•Practice tornado sheltering drills at least twice a
year, in the spring and the fall. Remember there is
a potential threat of tornados throughout the year.
Practice will help prevent panic.
•Monitor the weather radio and television.
•Keep first aid supplies current and convenient.
•When the watch becomes a warning:
•Get to the lowest most interior level of the home
and assume the “duck and cover” position. Crouch as
low as possible to the floor, facing down; and cover
your head with your hands.
•Avoid places with high unsupported ceilings and
glass.
•Stay in the duck and cover position until all threat
has passed.
•If you are caught in a vehicle or outside during a
tornado: If you are in a vehicle, park the car as quick
ly and safely as possible, get out and seek shelter in a
sturdy building. If there are no buildings, run to low
ground away from any vehicles. When outside: get to
the lowest point, get as far away from trees and haz
ards as possible, lie flat with your face down, protect
ing the back of your head with your arms. Ditches
are good but you will need to be careful of flooding
and you should avoid bridges as they can create addi
tional hazards while offering little protection.
Relay teams hold dinner fund-raiser
News From
Poplar
Springs
By Willene Parson
Boyle
Relay for Life teams from across
Banks County came together on
Saturday night for a fund-raiser
sponsored by Outback Steakhouse
at Banks Crossing. New Salem
United Methodist Church assisted
the relay teams by allowing the
event to take place at their fel
lowship hall. Over 120 people
enjoyed dinner cooked for them and
all the money raised benefited the
American Cancer Society. The Relay
for Life committee would also like
to thank Chick Fil A, Sonic, Sonny’s
and Captain D’s for donating ice tea
for the event. Keep watching here for
future fund-raising events! Thank you
to all who participated!
Please remember Sidney Wilson
from Lula as she is in Egleston
Hospital. She has been battling cancer
and is now battling other problems
that have developed over the past
week.
The community was saddened to
hear of the death of Bernice Morris.
She was the wife of Cleal Morris. I
enjoyed talking to Mr. Morris on
Wednesday. We talked about many
members of our community that had
already passed away. He remem
bered my great-grandfathers, Turner
Vaughn and Tom Parson. He also
knew my grandfathers, Joe Harris and
Henry Parson. He was telling me how
my grandmother, Lucille Parson, had
got burned and passed away when
my father Hoyt Parson was only 13-
months-old. We talked about people
in the community. I remembered
many of the members of our com
munity passing away when I was
younger, including Vester Adamson,
Will Pritchett, Mrs. Gowder and many
others. Mr. Morris had a lot of history
of the community to share. He told
me where Paul and Ralph Parson’s
landing strip for their planes was and
that he had flown with them when he
would come home to visit as a young
man. He was in the Air Force and
lived in Atlanta before returning to the
community. I guess it’s funny how we
always come back home. His wife
will be greatly missed by the family,
community and friends, but most of
all, by her companion, Mr. Morris.
This was a great loss to him. If you
get the chance to talk to older mem
bers of our community, take the time.
You never know what you will learn.
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 website. Call Elizabeth Church at
706-677-7100, or Katie Cullinan at
706-549-4893. Our next meeting will
be Monday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. at
the First Georgia Bank.
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 May 16 and 17, but it’s time
to fund-raise now. We need school
groups, churches, youth groups, busi
nesses, community groups or neigh
borhoods to join us in the fight. If you
are a caregiver or cancer survivor, we
would like you to contact us for a spe
cial invitation to join the fight. You
will receive a special T-shirt and will
meet in the survivor’s tent for food
and other festivities. This is a fight we
need everyone to help beat! We need
your help as a group. Call Mike and
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
Willoughby, Sgt. T.J. Brookshire,
Kyle Delaigle, David McWhorter,
John Groves III, Clint Medlock,
Timothy Reems, Richard Davenport,
Kyle Pilgrim, Russell Cantrell,
Shawn McClure, Sgt. Amanda Justus,
Matthew Sutton, Justin Johnston,
David Puttnum. Alex Head, Tiffany
Sorrows, James Sullivan and Mark
Sullivan Jr. Marines. 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
come home. I only know they’re home
if you call and let me know.
Those who are sick in our com
munity include many who have can
cer and need our prayers. Those on
the sick list include: Mae Chitwood
Smith, Ruth Evans, Dristan Tyndell,
Trinity Brown, Elizabeth Cook, Juno
and Bobbi Samples, Latasha Bellotte,
Royce Jones, Steve Fattig, Odell
Wade, Zine Bell Wade, Claudette
Griffin, Joyce Ayers, Brooksy White,
Talmadge Savage, Bruce Simmons,
Van Chase, Gloria Kimsey, Allene
Montgomery, Wayne Holcomb,
Joshua Thomas, Dennie Maxwell,
Karen Adkins, 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: Diane Emerson,
Mary Ruth McCoy, Mary Parson
Kathy Turpin and Zoe Smith.
Happy anniversary to: Ben and
Robin Whisnant and Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Davidson.