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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
PACE 7A
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2008
AT HORSE SHOW
Banks County Horse Association members have
given their time and money into helping the Gener
ous Hearts of Banks County. The chairman of Gen
erous Hearts, Robin Trotter, took time to drop by
the recent show and have a picture taken with two
of the members, Cindy Reed and Kay Reece.
Generous Hearts
fund-raiser set
Banks Co.Horse Association
hosted a show October 11
Banks Crossing Saddle
Club will be sponsoring an
Obstacle Challenge for Gener
ous Hearts of Banks County at
1 p.m. on Nov. 1 at the Banks
County Horse Arena.
For more information, visit
www.bankscrossingsaddle-
club.org or call 706-335-
4429.
The Banks County Horse As
sociation hosted its annual Oc
tober Fall Festival Show on Sat
urday, October 11, at the horse
arena in Homer.
“The day turned out clear and
windy,” organizers state. “This
did not stop the participants
from bringing out their horses
and having a good time.”
The club offered extra class
es for this show, including the
‘Ride A Buck' category. Haley
Woodard, Courtney Woodard
and Bethany Cantrell went
home with trophies.
The show had costume class
es for all ages. Little Red Rid
ing Hood, The Queen of Hearts,
Speed Racer, Uncle Sam and
the Statue of Liberty and many
more costumes were featured.
Banks County Horse Associ
ation members have given their
time and money into helping
the Generous Hearts of Banks
County. The chairman of Gen
erous Hearts, Robin Trotter,
stopped by the show on Oct. 11
The club will finish the year
up with one more show on Sat
urday, November 8, beginning
at 9 a.m.
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Master Gardener certification
program slated for spring
The University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension of
fice in Madison County will
conduct a Master Gardener
certification program this
spring. The program is open
to residents of Madison,
Banks, Elbert, Oglethorpe,
Jackson, Hart, Franklin, Ste
phens and Clarke counties.
A maximum of 20 par
ticipants will be selected
for the program, and will be
trained and certified in hor
ticulture and related areas.
Class topics include: Basic
botany; soil and plant nutri
tion; plant physiology; weed
identification and control;
troubleshooting ornamental
plant problems; landscape
design; composting; insects,
diseases and weeds of veg
etable gardens, and similar
subjects.
Courses will be taught by
instructors from the Univer
sity of Georgia using a live
interactive Internet connec
tion. The participants will
see and hear the presenter on
a large screen and be able to
ask questions. The program
begins January 12 and runs
11 weeks ending with a final
exam on April 1.
Classes will be held at
the Cooperative Extension
office on Sunset Drive in
Danielsville from 9 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. on Mondays
and Wednesdays except the
week of January 19 (class
will meet on Tuesday, Jan.
20). The cost is $125 per
person or $160 per couple,
and includes one copy of the
Georgia Master Gardeners'
Handbook, Master Gardener
nametag, Certificate upon
completion of volunteer
hours, snacks and your first
years dues payment to Madi
son County and State Master
Gardener Associations.
An application and the
course fee must be submit
ted to the Cooperative Ex
tension office in Danielsville
no later than November 15.
Attendance is required, and
Master Gardener trainees
must not miss more than two
classes in order to pass the
course. Master Gardener
Trainees who complete the
11-week course will need to
donate 50 hours of volunteer
service to the extension of
fice in their home county in
order to become a certified
Master Gardener; the volun
teer hours must be completed
by March 31, 2010. Once
certification is granted, Mas
ter Gardeners are required to
donate 25 volunteer hours
a year in order to maintain
their certification.
“It sounds like such a time
commitment that at first my
wife and I were worried
it would be too much and
would be hard to balance,”
observed Ed Gilmore, who
took the course with his wife
when it was offered in fall
2003. “But the classes were
so informative, and it was all
about a subject that we love,
so the time flew by and hon
estly, we didn't want to miss
a class. The volunteer hours
were very easy to get.”
Gilmore added, “The ac
tivities are always related
to gardening, and you're
surrounded by people who
love to garden and who love
to talk about plants. So it
never feels like you’re actu
ally working to accumulate
volunteer hours. In fact, our
first year I think my wife and
I got well over 100 volunteer
hours each - and we loved
every minute.”
Master Gardener trainees
who complete the course
can opt to join the Madison
County Master Gardener’s
Association, which is made
up of Master Gardeners in
Madison County and neigh
boring areas. The group
holds plant sales and does
volunteer garden projects for
non-profit organizations in
the Madison County area.
For more information and
to get an application for the
spring program, contact the
Madison County Extension
office at 706-795-2281 or
the Banks County Extension
Office at 706-677-6230.
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Banks County
Board of Commissioners
PUBLIC NOTICE
Due to increase in gasoline prices it is
necessary to increase ridership fees for
BC Transit effective November 1, 2008 as
follows:
The fare for service depends on the
distance of your trip. The charge for each
one way trip is:
$3.00 Homer, Lula,
within Banks County
$4.00 Commerce, Cornelia,
Demorest
$8.00 Athens, Gainesville, Toccoa,
Royston, Jefferson
Rider will be charged an additional one
way trip fare per hour after 1 hour of
waiting. Additional stops will be $1.00
per stop.