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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008 THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS PACE 7B School TURK WINS Faith Turk won senior showmanship honors at the Banks County FFA Alumni Goat Show. CHAMPION MARKET GOATS These Banks County students were recently recog nized for showing champion market goats. Shown are: (R-L) Brandon Boling, Supreme Champion Mar ket Goat; Brett Boling, Reserve Supreme Champion Market Goat; Chris Crump, Grand Champion Doe; Cory Collins, Reserve Grand Champion Doe; and Faith Turk, Fifth Overall Market Goat. BOLING WINS Brett Boling won Grand Champion Junior Show man at the Banks County FFA Alumni Goat Show. Yard sale planned at BCPS The Banks County Primary School Relay for Life team is sponsoring a yard sale or gym sale in the school gym nasium on Saturday, Novem ber 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All proceeds will be do nated to the American Can cer Society via the Relay for Life. The yard sale will include children's cloth ing and toys, adult clothing, household items and miscel laneous holiday items. BCHS FCCLA Attends Fall Leadership Rally Banks County High School FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of Amer ica) members attended the Fall Leadership Rally at the Geor gia National Fair in Perry on Oct. 8. FCCLA chapter members entered a Recruitment Bro chure Contest, a T-Shirt De sign Contest, Knowledge Bowl Competition Contest and Chili Cook Off Contest. BCHS members and officers competed with other FCCLA chapters throughout the state of Georgia. Featured keynote speaker for this rally was Dr. Adolf Brown. The goal of Dr. Browns presentation was to motivate students to become tomorrows leaders by being the apple on the tree, not the apple on the ground. Dr. Brown discussed the im portance of exhibiting a posi tive self-image. He related self-image characteristics to leadership activities, such as participation in Power of One. Power of One, an FCCLA state and national project ac tivity, focuses on a better you, family ties, working on work ing, take the lead and speaking out for FCCLA. He stressed the importance of building better personal skills and self- confidence to help develop dynamic leadership skills and make career connections. Georgia Farm Bureau Georgia Farm Bureau will award a total of $14,250 in scholarships to ten high school seniors who plan to pursue a college degree in agriculture or family and consumer sciences, Henry D. Banks, Banks County Farm Bureau president, recently announced. The top three students will each receive a scholarship of $3,000. The remaining seven students will each receive a $750 scholarship. Students are eligible to submit an ap plication if they, a parent or legal guardian were a mem ber of Georgia Farm Bureau as of September 1. The schol arships are sponsored by the Georgia Farm Bureau Mu tual Insurance Company, in cooperation with the Georgia Farm Bureau Women’s Com mittee. Applicants must plan to enter a unit of the Univer sity System of Georgia or Berry College during the 2009-2010 academic year to pursue an undergraduate de gree in agricultural and envi ronmental sciences, family and consumer sciences or a related agricultural field. All applications must be submit ted by December 12. Schol arship recipients will be an nounced in March. BOOK CHARACTER DAY AT BCES Lora Bellamy’s fifth grade class dressed up as book characters as a part of Fall Fun Day at Banks County Elementary School. The students also had to write a summary of their book, and present it to the class. Local residents earn degrees Several Banks County resi dents earned degrees during Au gust commencement ceremonies at North Georgia College and State University. They are: William Shubert, Baldwin, a bachelor's degree in history; Timothy White, B aldwin, an education specialist degree in teacher leadership; and Sharon Matheny, Maysville, a bachelor's degree in physical education. The Charmaine Show Charmaine Augustin, the work life balance expert will join the airwaves at WJJC Radio each morning, five days a week at 8:30 am starting November 3. Charmaine is a Life Coach, freelance writer, author and motivational speaker. She believes in family values and education. WJJC welcomes The Charmaine Show to our community. WJJC Radio - 1270AM Monday thru Friday 8:30 am — 9:00 am www.WJJC.net 706-335-1270 CHILI COOK-OFF Jessica Wade, an 11 th grade FCCLA (Family, Ca reer, and Community Leader of America) member at Banks County High School competed in a Chili Cook-Off Contest at the FCCLA Fall Leadership Rally in Perry recently. Wade was one of 18 FC CLA members from across the state of Georgia that prepared chili from a selected recipe. Convenience sauces and/or mixes were not allowed to be used during this event. Wade and her mother, Janell Roberts adjusted ingredients to meet their own per sonal taste. She prepared her chili in front of an au dience including parents, chaperones and FCCLA members and advisers from across the state. Wade is pictured as she participates in this state FCCLA competition. to award scholarships “I would like to encourage any of our local high school seniors who are planning to pursue a degree in agricul ture or family and consumer sciences to consider apply ing for the Farm Bureau Scholarship,” said Henry D. Banks, Banks County Farm Bureau president. Contact the Banks County Farm Bureau office at 706- 677-2215 for more informa tion about the scholarship program or to obtain an ap plication. A copy of the ap plication is also available by going to www.gfb.org and selecting GFB Programs, then Youth Education and finally GFB Scholarships. All scholarship applications must be approved and signed by the Farm Bureau presi dent of the county where Farm Bureau membership is held before submitting to the Georgia Farm Bureau home office. “Farm Bureau welcomes the opportunity to assist our state’s future agriculture leaders in continuing their education,” said Ann Gor don, Banks County Farm Bureau Women's Committee chairman Georgia Farm Bureau is the state's largest general farm organization. HIGH TEST SCORES These Banks County students scored perfect in at least one section of the CRCT. They were rec ognized at a recent meeting of the Banks County Board of Education. Apple Specialist Presenting more amazing reasons people love shopping at PeachMac!