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PACE 9A THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008 Heating assistance program I Gillsville Baptist Pioneer Club recognized is now taking applications The Georgia Department of Human Resources is help ing some households pay for heating costs. Households in which every member is 65 and older or in which every member is com pletely unable to leave the home due to health reasons, may apply for assistance with their home heating bills, starting Nov. 3. One-time payments will be made by checks issued to the home energy suppliers on be half 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 heating bill. When applying for as sistance, persons will be required to present verifica tion of age for everyone in the home, verification of all household income received within the past 30 days (check stubs, public assis tance checks, unemployment checks, etc.), verification of Social Security numbers for everyone in the home, and the most recent home heat ing bill. Depending on the avail ability of funds, the regular program will open to the general public on Dec. 1. All interested applicants are asked to contact Christy Hill at Ninth District Oppor tunity, Inc., after 8:30 a.m. by calling 706-677-3921 on the date of the program they qualify for. No walk-ins, please. Ad ditional information will be made available online at www.ndo.org. Library boards to meet Tuesday The Piedmont Regional Board of Library Trustees will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 3:30 p.m., at the Pendergrass Public Library. The regional board serves Jackson, Barrow and Banks counties. Also, the Jackson County Board of Library Trustees will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m., at the Pendergrass Li brary. The Pendergrass Library is located at 41 Blackberry Lane. Rabies clinic set Flu shots to be offered Fri. A rabies clinic will be held in Maysville from 10 a.m. to noon at the city park in Maysville on Saturday, Oct. 18. Discounted rabies vac cines will be offered for $8 each. The Banks County Health Department has flu shots available to adults for $25. They will accept cash, check, Medicaid and Medicare. Flu shots will be given at the health department Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. A flu clinic will be held on Friday, October 10 at Banks County Middle School from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. They will be able to serve special needs people at the clinic through a drive-up service. Congratulations to the Gillsville Baptist Church Pioneer Club on win ning second place in the Maysville Autumn Leaf Festival Parade on Sat urday. The children were so excited. The Pioneer Club meets on Wednesday nights at 6 p.m. at the church. Remember them all in your prayers. Congratulations to the Banks County football teams this week with the varsity win over East Jackson High School and the junior varsity win on Thursday. The varsity team will be open on Friday night but the junior varsity team will play Towns County on Thursday at home. Kenny and Joyce Crumley, along with Mary Parson, en joyed a few days in the moun tains of Tennessee. They had an enjoyable time. Ruth Parson, along with Kenneth and Betty Parson, enjoyed the weekend in the North Carolina and Tennes see mountains. They had a great time. The community was sad dened to hear of the death of Brenda Irvin Smith. Brenda was raised in our commu nity and has many brothers and sisters still living here. She will be greatly missed HP THE BEST QUALITY! THE BEST SERVICE AND THE BEST PRICE!! Fresh (never frozen), Fryer Thighs < Black Canyon Angus, Whole (Sliced Free) New York Strips Lb. Fresh (never frozen), Whole Fresh Chicken wings Ground Pork $ -fl 19/5 SMI 49 M Lb. Black Canyon Angus, Family Pack, Boneless Upper Blade steak y*3 Black Canyon Angus, Family Pack, Boneless Stew Meat 49 Lb. Smithfield, Deli-Thin, Sliced Ham & Turkey Products John Morrell All-Meat Hot Dogs 12 0Z. Hostess, 4x6, Sliced Cooked Ham John Morrell, Regular or Kielbasa Smoked Sausage Family Pack, All-Meat Corn Dogs Hostess, Sliced John Morrell, Tasty Sausage Links Foster Farms, All-Meat 2/$ 4/ * 5 12 oz. "WlfpflFl 11 Qz. h# mures Apple jads, dm Pops, hat Loops or Frosted Flakes s 2 99 17-23 0Z. General Mills (heeriosuozor Cinnamon Toast Crunch * 17 OZ. Junior Johnson, Center & End Sliced Country Ham Buy One, Get One Tilapia Fish Fillets * m Better Valu eanut Butter 11 Oz. Kellogg’s Pop Tarts Dawn Dish Liquid 2/ $ 5 22 Bounty ^ Basic Towels $099 15 Roll Pk. Morning Fresh Farms ^ Cheese Singles 2/$ Jd SWJP Tampico Punch S/S K Better Valu Plastic Cups 3/$ s 50 - 16 OZ. Charmin, Basic Bathroom Tissue $099 24 Roll Pack Morning Fresh Farms Chunk Cheese 27$A50 i6 Morning Fresh Farms, Texas-Style Biscuits 3/$ ^ m Morning Fresh Farms Green Giant Orange Juice Vegetables 7.5-10 0z. 4^3^ Tom Tony’s Original Crust 5/$ io Pepperidge Farms Layer Cakes $ 12?0| Blue Bell ice Cream News From Poplar Springs By Willene Parson Boyle s by her children, grandchil dren, brothers, sisters, other family members and a host of friends. Remember them when you pray. The community was sad dened to hear of the death of Joann Broom who has local ties to Banks County. Our prayers are with her family and host of friends. She will be greatly missed. Those in our community who are overseas fighting or state-side being trained to de fend our country include: Mrs. Jay Tumlin, Dustin Holcombe at Paris Island, Matthew Led ford at Fort Benning, Jason Ledford at Augusta, Pvt. Nathon Bagwell, Gary Hog- man in Iraq, Jason Ledford, Sgt. T.J. Brookshire in Ger many, Kyle Delaigle, David McWhorter, John Groves III who is near Iraq, Clint Med- lock who is stationed in Vir ginia, Timothy Reems who is near Iraq, Richard Davenport who is serving in Iraq, Kyle Pilgrim, Russell Cantrell who is back state side, Shawn Mc Clure who is back state side, Sgt. Amanda Justus who is with the 178th Aviation unit at Dobbins Air Force Base, Matthew Sutton, Justin John ston, David Puttnum, Alex Head, Tiffany Sorrows who is serving in Iraq, James Sulli van who is in the Army serv ing in Iraq 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: Mary Ferguson, John Owensby, Lurleen Hosch, Mike Davis, Des tiny Baker, Rickey Cain, Edward Smith, Mrs. Jay Tumlin, Amanda Ivey, Colton Standridge, Ollie Savage, Scott Campbell, Brian Campbell, Beth Wilson, Jessie Jamerson of Lula, Forrest Blevins, Pvt. Nathon Bagwell, Barbara Sue Holcomb, Ray Bellamy, Robert Wood, Mrs. Avery Bonds, Brenda Nicholson, Perry Smith, Horace Whit field, Penny McClure, Da vid Dunson, David Camp bell, Mae Chitwood Smith, Ruth Evans, 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, Al- lene Montgomery, Wayne Holcomb, Dennie Maxwell, Henry Galloway, Mary Sims, Frank Cronic, Dan Tomlin, Jerry Poole, Greg Baker, Ci- dney Wilson, Jeremy Gaddis, Tommy Gray of Cornelia, Luther Campbell, Carol Dean Beck, Johnnie Dalton, Al lan Poe of Commerce, Chad Standridge, Scott McClure, Winford Baker, the Rev. Jerry Smith, Coy Marlow, Betty Griffin, Bennie Jackson, Clif ford Wilson, William Wilson, Christine Chitwood, Johnny Smallwood, Eddie Borders, Pauline Arfin, Crystal Med- lock, 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 Robin Parson, Jean Harris, Nicho las Harris, Alice Ledford and Justin Wood. Maysville library plans fund-raiser The Maysville Public Li brary will have a Tupperware fund-raiser kick-off from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the library. “Please come support the li brary,” organizers state. “Tup perware products make gret gifts for weddings, Christma or for yourself.”