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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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Social
Tanners, Whitfields camp at Lake Hartwell
News From
Poplar
Springs
By Willene Parson
Boyle
Libby and Gary Tanner
and Hagan, along with
Mark and Sherry Whit-
held and boys, enjoyed
Labor Day weekend on
Lake Hartwell camping.
Billy and Brenda Whit-
held visited with them on
Saturday evening for dinner.
Silver Shoals Baptist Church
will hold its monthly singing on
September 7 at 6 p.m. Special
singers will be the Chambers
Family.
The Vaughn family reunion
will be held on September 14 at
the Nails Creek Baptist Church
fellowship hall. Dinner will be
gin at 12:30 p.m. Everyone is
asked to bring a covered dish.
Hope to see you there.
Those in our community who
are overseas fighting or state
side being trained to defend our
country including: Dushn Hol
combe, Matthew Ledford, Ja
son Ledford, Nathon Bagwell,
Gary Hogman, Jason Ledford,
Sgt. T.J. Brookshire, Kyle De-
laigle , David McWhorter,
Bohn Groves III, Clint Med-
lock, Timothy Reems, Richard
Davenport, Kyle Pilgrim, Rus
sell Cantrell, Shawn McClure,
Amanda Justus, Matthew Sut
ton, Justin Johnston, David
Puttnum. Alex Head, Tiffany
Sorrows, James Sullivan and
Mark Sullivan Jr.
Those who are sick in our
community include many
who have cancer and need
our prayers. Those on the sick
list are: Cory Cantrell, David
Dunson, Amanda Ivey, Colton
Standridge, Scott Campbell,
Brian Campbell, Beth Wilson,
Jessie Jamerson of Lula, Forrest
Blevins, Bill Redmond, Kane
Duncan, Swayne Cochran,
Pvt. Nathon Bagwell, Barbara
Sue Holcomb, Kenneth Par
son, Carolyn Standridge, Ray
Bellamy, Robert Wood, Mrs.
Avery Bonds, Cindy Hog
man, Brenda Nicholson, Erika
Barker, Perry Smith, Horace
Whitfield Penny McClure,
David Dunson, David Camp
bell, 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 Bums, Blanch Bums,
Odell Wade, Zine Bell Wade,
Claudette Griffin, Loy Palmer,
Allene Montgomery, Wayne
Holcomb, Dennie Max
well, Henry Galloway, Mrs.
Bobby Blackwell, Mary
Sims, Frank Cronic, Dan
Tomlin, Jerry Poole, Greg
Baker, Cidney Wilson, Jer
emy Gaddis, Tommy Gray
of Cornelia, Luther Camp
bell, Carol Dean Beck, John
nie Dalton, Allan Poe of Com
merce, Chad Standridge, Scott
McClure, Winford Baker, the
Rev. Jerry Smith, Coy Marlow,
Betty Griffin, Bennie Jackson,
Clifford Wilson, Elizabeth
Wilson, William Wilson, Chris
tine Chitwood, Johnny Small
wood, Eddie Borders, Pauline
Arfin, Crystal Medlock, Joann
Broome, Michelle McClure,
Mary Bell Echols and J.R. Bo
swell, 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: Karen
Parson, Randy Poole, Alexis
Ledford, Stanley Ferguson,
Bryson Standridge, Diane
Whitmire, Horace Whitfield,
Amy Shepard, Buford Brock,
Michelle Ivey, Kayla Parks,
Blake Sanders, Jessica Bray,
Cassie Elloitt Bolton, Casey
Poole, Lucas Freeman, Marsha
Parks, Dedra Davis and Joyce
Phillips.
Master equine training planned for fall
A master equine manage
ment training class will be held
this fall at the Commerce Civic
Center.
It is sponsored by the Uni
versity of Georgia Cooperative
Extension in Banks, Barrow,
Franklin, Jackson and Madison
Counties.
The purpose is advanced train
ing for horse owners on topics
related to starting and managing
a horse related business. The tar
get audience is: Horse owners,
trainers, instructors, boarding
stables, managers and breeding
farms.
Topics will include: Hus
bandry, nutrition, water qual
ity/environmental stewardship,
horse bams and facilities design,
pasture and forage management,
soil quality concerns, emergency
first aid for horses, taxes, legali
ties and liability issues, econom
ics and budgeting, and arena
designs and construction.
It will be held Tuesdays be
ginning October 14 for a six-
week period. Classes will end
November 25. They will not
meet on November 18. A meal
will be served at 6 p.m. Classes
are from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Class size will be limited to
the first 75 applicants.
The cost is $150. This in
cludes study materials, proceed
ings, meals, refreshments, door
prizes, embroidered cap and
graduation certificate.
The registration deadline is
Monday, October 1.
To register, contact a sponsor
ing county extension officer.
Sept, is National Preparedness Month
In observance of National
Preparedness Month, the North
Health District — which serves
Banks County — encourages
residents to take steps in Sep
tember to become better pre
pared for emergencies.
The U.S. Department of
Homeland Security will spon
sor the fifth annual National
Preparedness Month and urges
Americans to prepare for emer
gencies in their homes, busi
nesses and communities.
District 2 Public Health De
partments will participate by
displaying preparedness in
formation and partnering with
other community organizations
to raise awareness about the im
portance of preparing for emer
gencies.
In each health department,
residents may register to win a
four-person basic emergency
kit. The drawing in each county
for the kit will be held on Sept.
30. Winners will be contacted
by the health department.
Ongoing preparedness activi
ties in the North Health District
include partnerships with health
care and emergency organiza
tions, government and civic
organizations, faith-based and
volunteer groups in developing
plans for pandemic influenza,
distribution of the Strategic Na
tional Stockpile assets, assisting
hospitals in securing emergency
equipment, organizing the North
Georgia Mountains Medical
Reserve Corps, and meeting
national standards training re
quirements.
MR. WILKES AND MISS PETHEL
Pethel, Wilkes to wed Sept. 6
J.D. and Dianne Hollis, Royston, announce the engage
ment and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, April Lynn
Pethel, Maysville, to Andrew James Wilkes, Maysville, son
of Diane Edwards, Athens, and Harold Wilkes, Albany.
The wedding is planned for 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008,
at Hurricane Shoals Park, Maysville. Gayla Tatum will of
ficiate.
Friends and family are welcome. A reception will follow.
CATCHES BASS
Katie Cape, age 8, a student at Banks County El
ementary School, catches her first bass in her
“Poppy’s” backyard pond. Katie is the daughter of
Shane and Lisa Cape, and the granddaughter of
David and Pat McClure.
Blood drive set at BCHS
The American Red Cross will
hold a blood drive on Wednes
day, Oct. 1, from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m., at Banks County High
School.
The Red Cross says its blood
supply is seriously low.
In addition to the blood
drives, the Red Cross has 14
blood donor centers throughout
the region.
For more information, or
to make an appointment, call
1-800-GIVE-LIFE (448-3543)
or visit www.redcrossblood.
org.
www.BanksNewsTODAY.com
Births
William Matthew
Hall
Kevin and Nikki Hall of Com
merce announce the birth of
a son, William Matthew Hall,
on Aug. 20, 2008, at Northeast
Georgia Medical Center, Gaines
ville.
He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounc
es, and was 19.25 inches long.
The grandparents are Jeff and
Sheliah Gamer, Homer; Cindy
Turpin, Maysville; and Brian
Hall, Jefferson.
The great-grandparents are
Richard Gamer and Gail Smith,
both of Homer; Martha Smith,
Commerce; and Ruth Hall, Jef
ferson.
Caudell reunion
planned Sun.
The family of Millard
Caudell invites all family and
friends to attend a reunion,
Sunday, September 7 at Amer
ican Legion Post 215 in Hom
er. Bring any family pictures
or other mementos you would
like to share. Lunch will be
served at 1 p.m. Everyone is
asked to bring a covered dish,
plates, cups and napkins
Leopard Lap
5K planned
for Sept. 27
The third annual Leopard
Lap 5K will be held Saturday,
Sept. 27, in Banks County.
The race will begin at 7 p.m.
at the historical courthouse, lo
cated on Main Street in down
town Homer. Race day regis
tration will start at 5:30 p.m.
Awards will be given. All
pre-registered participants will
be given a T-shirt.
The Banks County Chamber
of Commerce is sponsoring the
event. Proceeds will benefit the
Banks County Chamber Stu
dent Scholarship program.
For more information or to
get a registration form, call
706-677-2108 or go to www.
bankscounty chamber @ wind-
stream.net.
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