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PACE 6B THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008 30,000 high-performance trucks. Over 50,000 high-achieving employees. Making a difference one community at a time. The NEW Waste Management With a massive North American presence that includes lots of heavy-duty vehicles and hard-working individuals, is it any wonder that the NEW Waste Management is such an active member of this community? Of course, we owe our reputation for making a difference to “ the partnerships we’ve developed with each community we serve, to enhance its quality of life. We’re especially proud of our vigorous and growing community relations programs. We created them to support local and nationwide community organizations - including neighborhood watch programs, school activities and public lands and parks projects - that work to make the communities we share better places to live. The NEW Waste Management embraces the responsibilities of a good corporate citizen by channeling our resources into local education, community vitality and environmental awareness efforts. It’s another way we’re making a difference. One community at a time. From everyday collection to environmental protection, look to the NEW Waste Management. 706-677-2650 www.wm.com To serve you better we have extended our hours. Beginning July 29 th at our Athens location only: Open until 7pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays NOW WITH 3 LOCATIONS! ATHENS 1765 Old West Broad St., Bldg. 1, Suite 200 706.208.0451 COMMERCE BJC Specialty Suite 209 Mercer Place 706.208.0451 ROYSTON Royston Diagnostic Center 928 Franklin Springs St. 706.245.7502 Specializing in Spine, Neck & Joint Pain Our board certified pain medicine physicians have extensive experience with advanced diagnostic techniques which determine the origin of your pain. Our specialists then design a comprehensive, progressive treatment plan to help you gain your life back. Specializing in Spine & Neck Pain, Electromyography and Nerve Studies. Visit us at our newest location: 209 Mercer Place Commerce, CA 706-208-0451 Mark A. Ellis, MD Board Certified Pain Management Specialist Terrance L. Huges, MD Associate • Board Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation www. el I is pain, com Banks couple travels 7,000 miles in RV North to Alaska S t BY PHYLLIS MCCONNELL Thirty-two days and over 7.000 miles, my dream had been fulfilled. I'd met a lady 18 years ago who traveled all over the world. I'd ask her where she'd been that was the most exciting and most beautiful place she’d ever seen. The sparkle of joy I saw in her eyes that day, I knew I had to go where she recom mended without hesitation, “Alaska.’' Our friends, David and Margaret Ledford, have traveled all the states except Hawaii and Alaska. They started planning over a year ago to go to Alaska and asked Ralph and me to go. May 31, we embarked on this much anticipated journey!! Their ll year-old grandson, Caleb, went with us as far as Idaho, where he would spend a month with his other grandparents. We drove through Tennessee, St. Louis, and saw where tornados had touched down in Iowa. We began to see some really pretty landscapes. We could not take our eyes off the road or we would miss some thing! Lots of antelopes and elk. We all sung, “Oh give me a home where the antelopes roam.” As we approached Jackson Hole, Wyoming, we began to see snowcapped mountains. We went over the steep Teton Pass; it seemed our RV was work- LANDSAT GLACIER Phyllis and Ralph McConnell landed on a glacier at the base of Mt. McKinley dur ing their recent adventure to Alaska. HOnE FOR 32 DAYS This RV was home for Phyllis and Ralph McConnell for 32 days, and over 7,000 miles, during their recent adventure to Alaska. August 15-17®i ATTENTION £ iveryom 2 is invited to < nights of fun! iommerce United Methodist i 54 Cherry Street, Commt 70S-3 3E'4Q1S ^ns! _hurch ;rce Food, Fun, end Music featuring "5 West” live each night! ing overtime to reach the top. What an awesome sight! We threw a few snow balls! It was scary going down the pass as our brakes started smelling hot. I told David, “If you’re worried don’t tell me until we reach the bottom!” When we reached Caleb’s grandpar ents, Cutter and Kara Lee, we camped out in their yard two days. They showed us some beautiful country. Fields and fields of rich dirt where they had already started planting track loads of potatoes. We saw waterfalls, bear gulches, lakes and a river that came out of the side of a mountain. They told us that we just had to visit their small town drugstore in Rexburg to get the best blueberry milkshakes in the world. We got so much more! A lady from Georgia made our milkshakes and the hometown feel ing we received was so warm. We were laughing and having fun and the customers that came in gave us advice about our Alaska trip. Be sure to take lots of bug spray and film. That was one of the best stops and fun experiences of our trip. continued on page 7B AT START OF ALASKA HIGHWAY Phyllis and Ralph McConnell are shown at Dawson Creek, the start of the Alaska Highway. The McConnells traveled 7,000 miles dur ing their trip to Alaska. BEAR SIGHTING Phyllis and Ralph McConnell and their friends trav eling through Alaska spotted this bear. They were not harmed but read in the next day's newspaper a report of two bear attacks.