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PAGE 10A 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.