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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 2008
Social News
Whitfields visit Virginia, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania
Duncon, Smith to wed Aug. 30
Nabors family
reunion planned
The descendants of James Oscar
Nabors will hold their annual
family reunion on Sunday. Aug.
17, at the First United Methodist
Church of Jefferson, 188 Martin
Street.
Friends and family are asked to
bring lunch, which will follow the
morning worship service.
All paper products and ice will
be provided by the children of
Oscar Nabors.
Alzheimer's
group to meet
BJC Medical Center Alzheimer’s
Education and Support Group will
meet on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 6:30
p.m.
Anyone interested in learning more
about the disease of Alzheimer’s
Dementia is welcome. For August,
the group will take a look at the
basics of Alzheimer’s and the stages
of the disease.
The group is led by Monica
McGinnis, social work director at
BJC Medical Center.
For additional information, call
706-335-1314. Questions or requests
for additional information can also
be emailed to mmcginnis@bjcmc.
org.
Mark and Sherry Whitfield and
boys enjoyed a road trip. They trav
eled through Williamsburg, Virginia,
Washington D.C., and on in to
Pennsylvania. They all enjoyed
taking in the sights. They returned
home on Tuesday. Brenda talked
to them on Sunday and she told
me that Grayson wanted to come
home. It’s good to know that he
missed us.
The community, county and
school system was all saddened to
hear of the death of junior classman,
Cody Gowder, on Saturday evening.
Cody was involved in an auto acci
dent, along with Bill Redman and
Kane Duncan. Bill and Kane had
injuries but have been released from
the hospital. Remember his family,
friends, and the students of Banks
County. He will be greatly missed.
It’s hard with such a young life.
The family needs our prayers. Hug
your children every day, I too have
a 16-year-old and this really did hit
home for my family and me.
Silver Shoals Baptist Church will
hold revival beginning August 10 at
6 p.m. and August 11-15 beginning
at 7 p.m. There will be special guest
singers each night. The guest speak
er will be the Rev. Garry Garrison.
Those Serving
Those in our community who
are overseas fighting or state-side
being trained to defend our country
include: Pvt. Nathon Bagwell, Gary
Hogman, Jason Ledford, 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.
Prayer List
Those who are sick in our commu
nity include many who have cancer
and need our prayers. Those on the
sick list are: Forrest Blevins, Bill
Redmond, Kane Duncan, Swayne
Cochran, Pvt. Nathon Bagwell,
Barbara Sue Holcomb, Kenneth
Parson, Carolyn Standridge, Ray
Bellamy, Robert Wood, Mrs. Avery
Bonds, Cindy Hogman, Brenda
Nicholson, Erika Barker, Perry
Smith, Horace Whitfield, Penny
McClure, David Dunson, David
Campbell, Mae Chitwood Smith,
Ruth Evans, Trinity Brown, Juno
and Bobbi Samples, Cranford
Smith, David Smith, Ruby Nix,
Roy Broome, Royce Jones, Steve
Fattig, the Rev. Leroy Burns,
Blanch Burns, Odell Wade, Zine
Bell Wade, Claudette Griffin, Loy
Palmer, Allene Montgomery, Wayne
Holcomb, Dennie Maxwell, Henry
Galloway, Mrs. Bobby Blackwell,
Mary Sims, Frank Cronic, Dan
Tomlin, Jerry Poole, Greg Baker,
Cidney Wilson, Jeremy Gaddis,
Tommy Gray of Cornelia, Luther
Campbell, 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, 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: Samantha
Davidson, Joseph Dempsey, Chase
Sorrow i3i, Sonya Adams, David
Bonds, Kristen Mae Marcus, Doris
Hubbard, Kody Baker, Jennifer
Meacacke, Betty Parson, Brittany
Wilson, Colby Tucker, Haley Graves,
Randall Owensby, Tiffany Clark, Eli
Sanders, Debra Hixenbaugh, Charles
Chapman and David Bonds.
Happy anniversary to: Frankie and
Nora Gardiner and Roy and Jan
Clark.
The Rev. and Mrs. Douglas
Duncan, Danielsville, announce the
engagement and forthcoming mar
riage of their daughter, Jamie Denise
Duncan, to Edward Earl Smith, son
of Earl and Joan Smith, Bucyrus,
Ohio.
The bride-elect is the granddaugh
ter of Roger McCoy, Inglis, Fla., and
the late Sadie McCoy, and the late
Hollis and Edith Duncan.
She is a graduate of the Associated
Christian School homeschool
group.
The future groom is the grand
son of Warren and Martha Smith,
Bucyrus, Ohio, and the late James
and Pearl Stuckman.
He is a graduate of Wayside
Christian School and Tiffin
University, from which he holds a
bachelor’s degree in business admin
istration.
They will be united in marriage at
7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1459 Jot-
Em-Down Road, Danielsville. All
friends and family are invited.
Birth news
News From
Poplar Springs
By Willene
Parson Boyle
706-777-4200
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Davis completes basic training Crawford, Chitwood reunion
Army Reserve Pvt. Adolfo J.
Davis has graduated from basic
infantry training at Fort Benning,
Columbus.
During the nine weeks of train
ing, the soldier received training in
drill and ceremonies, weapons, map
reading tactics, military courtesy,
military justice, physical fitness,
first aid, and Army history, core
values and traditions. Additional
training included development of
basic combat skills and battlefield
operations and tactics, and experi
encing use of various weapons and
weapons defenses available to the
infantry crewman.
Davis is the son of Kim Garcia,
Alto.
The private is a 2005 graduate of
Habersham Central High School,
Mount Airy.
The Crawford-Chitwood Family
reunion will be held Sunday, Aug.
10, in the Fellowship Building of
Madison Street Baptist Church.
Lunch will be served at noon.
All relatives and friends are invit
ed and asked to bring old pictures,
newspapers or other memorabilia
they would like to share. There will
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CNA GRADUATES
Recent CNA graduates at BJC Medical Center are: (front row) Desteny Beatty and Reba Williams,
and (back row) Brenda Long, Anita Smith, Michelle Budd, Wendy Kennington, Samantha Mulkey
and Carolina Rivera.
Protect landscape trees from drought
Trees across Georgia are declining
due to drought. Drought stressed
trees may have fewer or smaller
leaves. Small or large limbs or the
entire tree may die. Although trees
can withstand some drought injury,
some trees may require months to
years to recover from drought inju
ry. Trees also may not show damage
immediately. When they do, it may
be too late to save them. Protect
trees now from drought with proper
care.
The best ways to water trees are
by soaker hose or drip irrigation.
Automated lawn sprinklers are less
efficient for applying water to trees.
Even a garden hose, moved often,
can provide a good soil soaking.
Use a light organic mulch to con
serve moisture and apply water over
the top of the mulch. Do not pile
mulch against the base of the tree
or allow water to concentrate at the
base of the trunk as this can lead to
pest problems. Most of the tree’s
absorbing roots are in the top foot of
soil. Applying water deeper than this
misses the active roots and wastes
water. Lay-out water hoses or appli
cators out to the tree drip-line. Water
the soil areas directly beneath the
foliage and shaded by the tree. Do
not water beyond the drip-line and
do not water closer than 4 feet to the
trunk base on established trees. Use
mulch and slow application rates
on slopes, heavy soils (clays), and
compacted
soils to assure
water is soak-
ing-in and not
running-off.
Do not spray
tree foliage
when applying
water. Water
droplets on
tree leaves can
lead to pest
problems. Try
not to wet the tree’s trunk.
Young, newly planted trees need
additional watering care. Water has
limited horizontal movement in soil.
You must apply water directly over
where you need it in the soil. For
new trees, concentrate water over
the root ball, as well as the planting
area. Old, large trees can be watered
over the entire area under their foli
age. Another method in watering
large trees is to water roughly 1/3 of
the area within the drip-line.
The best time to water is at
night from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Trees
refill with water during the night.
Watering at night reduces losses to
evaporation and assures that more
water moves into the soil and tree.
For every 18°F increase in tem
perature, the amount of water lost
by a tree and the site around it
almost doubles. Consider this when
watering trees. Trees surrounded by
pavement and other hot, hard sur-
be a time of recognition of those who
have died over the past two years.
Participants should bring a cov
ered dish and beverages. Ice will be
furnished.
For information, call Harold
Crawford at 706-335-5931.
J. Jesus Elias and Maria Trinidad
Ayala, Banks County, announce
the birth of a daughter, Jessica
Idaly Elias, on July 22, 2008,
at Habersham County Medical
Center.
She weighed 7 pounds, 1.5 ounce,
and was 18 3/4 inches long.
The grandparents are Juvenal
Ayala and Angelina Arellano,
Mexico, and Jesus Elias Y.
Florentina Lopez, Mexico.
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faces can be 20-30°F warmer than
a tree in a protected, landscaped
backyard. Water use rapidly climbs
with increasing temperatures, and so
should water application volumes.
Depending upon soil texture 1 to
2 inches of water per week should
sustain a tree. Trees in limited root
ing areas, in containers or pots, or
on major slopes, need additional
care to assure water is reaching the
root system in adequate amounts
and not suffocating roots from
lack of drainage. Five gallons per
square yard is about 1 inch of water.
Fine soils (clays) require careful
attention to prevent over-watering
and root death. Sandy soils can
dry out rapidly since water runs
out of the rooting zone quickly.
Composted organic mulch on the
soil surface can help prevent rapid
loss of applied water. Water trees
once or twice a week (minimum of
1 inch per watering) in the growing
season if there is no rainfall in that
particular week. A few heavy water
ings are much better than many
light, shallow waterings. A greater
proportion of the applied water is
used by the tree with heavy, infre
quent watering. Once you begin
watering, continue to water until
rain comes. Adapted from an article
by Dr. Kim Coder, UGA Extension
Forestry Specialist.
Bob Waldorf is the Banks County
extension agent.
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