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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008 THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS PAGE 9A Social News MR. TOLBERT AND MISS CROSS birth annoucement LOLEE JEWELL BOWEN Lolee Jewell Bowen Cross, Tolbert to marry April 19 Charles and Charlene Cross, Mineral Bluff, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Crystal Ann Cross, Auburn, to Jay Hailey Tolbert, Nicholson, son of Ed and Delia Tolbert, Nicholson. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clore, Gainesville, and Mr. and Mrs. Wendall Cross, Mineral Bluff. Miss Cross is a 1998 graduate of Fannin County High School and a 2003 graduate of the University of Georgia with a bachelor of science in agricultural engineering. She is employed by Engineering Management Incorporated, Lawrenceville, designing municipal drinking water and waste water systems. The future groom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bealor Brown, Commerce, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ed Tolbert, Nicholson. Mr. Tolbert is a 1994 graduate of Jackson County Comprehensive High School and works in construction and grading with Harris and Son Construction, Jefferson. The wedding is planned for noon, April 19, 2008, at Salem No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church, Mineral Bluff. All family and friends are invited to attend. Jamie Bowen and Amy Donnelly, South Jackson, announce the birth of a daughter, Lolee Jewell Bowen, on March 7, 2008, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounc es, and was 19-1/2 inches long. She is the sister of the late Katie Lynne Bowen. The grandparents are the late Regina Means, Hull; Frank Donnelly, Gainesville; and Daniel Bowen, Maysville. The great-grandparents are Mary Hogan and Jack Hogan, South Jackson, and Melissa Gowder and Larry Gowder, Maysville. Gillsville group planning golf tournament Friends of Gillsville, a local non-profit 501 (c)3 community organization founded in 2004, has announced plans for the third annual Friends of Gillsville Golf Tournament to be held at Hammer’s Glen Golf Club in Homer on Saturday, April 26, at 9 a.m., with a shotgun start. Player fees are $100 per person which covers green fees, 1/2 cart, practice range, awards and box lunch. Prizes will be awarded for lowest team score (1st and 2nd place), longest drive and closest to pin, plus door prizes. Funds raised will support the college scholarship program for students at Banks County High School and East Hall High School. Mail entry fees to Friends of Gillsville, Box 231, Gillsville, GA 30543 no later than Wednesday, April 23. For more information, call 770-869-3679 CAGLE CELEBRATES 100™ BIRTHDAY Bertha Cagle, a lifelong resident of Hall County, recently celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends. 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GA (770) 271-3500 TURNS 92 Lola Mae Maney celebrated her 92nd Birthday with her family. Helping her taste the cake namesake, fifth generation, Lola Grace Pruitt, 2 years old. is Heating assistance funds available The Georgia Department of Human Resources LIHEAP program, which helps pay heating costs for gas or electricity, has been extended. Households that have not already received any kind of energy assistance since Nov. 1, 2007, may start calling now. One-time payments will be made by checks issued to the home energy suppliers on behalf of eligible households. Eligibility for the program is based on the income of everyone living in the home. All eligible households must be responsible for their home heat ing bill. When applying for assistance, persons will be required to bring for everyone in the home, verifi cation of all household income received within the past 30 days (check stubs, public assistance checks, unemployment checks, etc.), verification of Social Security numbers for everyone in the home, and the most recent home heating bill. All interested applicants are asked to contact Ninth District Opportunity, Inc. at 706-677-3921. The agency is asking for no walk-ins. Additional information is available at www.ndo. org. DOT promotes Banks County resident The Georgia Department of Transportation has appointed Cliff Hill as assistant district maintenance engineer for the 21 counties in Northeast Georgia that make up DOT District One. Hill has worked with the DOT since 1978. He began his career as a temporary maintenance worker and his entire career has been in the maintenance division. He has served as an equipment operator, highway main tenance foreman and most recently as district asphalt maintenance manager. In his new position as assistant district maintenance engineer, Cliff will help supervise over 370 employees and manage an annual budget of over $14 million. His responsibilities are for the general maintenance and resurfacing of over 2,350 center line miles of state routes and interstates in District One. “Cliff knows the state routes and interstates of Northeast Georgia so well; he’s been working on them for 30 years,” said Russell McMurry of the DOT. “His strong work ethic, knowledge and skills make him the right choice for this job. Cliff is an asset to DOT and the State of Georgia.” Hill is a native of Banks County. He and his wife Kathy are the parents of one son, Trae. Ty Cobb Museum seeking recipes for book The Ty Cobb Museum, Royston, is collecting recipes from area residents for the “Cobb Family Cook Book.” The museum has received recipes from members of Ty Cobb’s family, employees of the Ty Cobb Healthcare Systems, local dignitaries and “Friends of TCM.” Those who would like to share their recipes are asked to deliver them to the museum at Joe A. Adams Professional Building, 461 Cook Street, Royston. Recipes may also be mailed to the same address to the attention of “Cobb Family Cook Book.” Museum officials hope to have the cookbook available to sell at the 10 th anniversary celebration this summer. Recipes must be received by April 10. 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