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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS PACE 11A School BCHS SENIOR SUPERLATIVES The Banks County class of 2009 senior superlatives are: Best All Around: Chris Porter and Shelby Eller; Class Clown: Tyler Ferguson and Tiffany Sims; Most Athletic: Justin Beasley and Jessica Grisham; Best Dressed: Will O’Kelley and Tori Heu; Most Likely to Succeed: Justin Bowen and Dee Wiley; Most Attractive: Jeff Smith and Lacey Saxon; Most Talented: Brandon Reems and Kristin Mooney; Friendliest: Kolton Pendley and Amber Pennington; Most Spirited: Brandon Law and Charlie Turk; Most Intelligent: Tyler Young and Sarah Wolf; Most Dependable: Quinton Krieg and Samm Kennedy; and Most Outgoing: Ryan Griffin and Kortni Simmons. ‘CONTRACTION SURGERY’AT BCES Third grade classes at Banks County Elementary School are studying about con tractions. To be sure that the students understood the concept in a memorable way, the teachers looked for ideas on the Internet. Finding a perfect plan, they introduced the contraction through “Surgery.” Mrs. Sutton dressed as a surgical nurse and proceeded to cut out the excess from the two words making them a smaller more easily said/read word. The students aided in the process as nurses and helped in the stitching. They also used a stethoscope to be sure the new word had come out of the surgery okay. Surgical tape was used to be sure the stitches stayed in place. The apostrophe was the scar left over from the surgery that was used to remove the unnecessary letters. Then, the students used each of the newly formed words in sentences. Lastly, they followed up with a contraction song submitted on the same site. Noah Brown is shown assisting Mrs. Sutton with the “contraction surgery.” THIRD GRADERS NAMED These students have been chosen by their third grade teachers at Banks County Elementary School for Citizen of the Month for the month of Octo ber. Shown are: (bottom row) Brandon Stephens, McKinley Ellis, Seth Led ford, Luke Gosnell and Austin Livingston (top row): Madison Rogers, Hannah Caudell, Pedro Velazquez, Allison Smith, Andres Serrano, Edgardo Huizar and Shelby Chastain. FOURTH GRADERS NAMED These students have been chosen by their fourth grade teachers at Banks County Elementary School for Citizen of the Month for the month of October. Shown are: (bottom row) Nathaniel Wagner, Jona than Diaz, Cameron Bra- khage, Cyan Martyn and Kelsey Whitlock; (top row) Taylor Anderson, Jen na Buie, Hunter Payne, Queen Scott, Dylan Hull, Todd Henderson and Gab by Kennedy. MEETING SCHEDULE FOR MILLAGE RATE ADOPTION 2009 The City of Lula will hold three Public Hearings in the months of Nov. and Dec. pertaining to consideration of the adoption of the 2008/2009 General Fund Fiscal Year Budget and the establishment of the rollback of millage rate. Please mark your calendar for the following dates and times: Public Hearing 1. 2. 3. Date Time November 24, 2008 10:00 A.M. December 1, 2008 5:45 P.M. December 1, 2008 6:00 P.M. Location City Hall City Hall City Hall The City of Lula General Fund Fiscal Year 2008/09 Revenue Expenditures General Government Street and Sanitation Debt Service $720,749.00 $513,954.00 $138,000.00 $ 0 Total Expenditures $615,054.00 The establishment of consideration of this next year’s millage collected rate would reflect a rollback equal to an amount surpassing resulting in a reduction of mill to zero or no property tax under the current proposed conservative budget. LESSON ON PILGRIMS AND NATIVE AMERICANS These third graders at Banks County Elementary School recently read the sto ry, “Molly’s Pilgrim.” The characters in the story created Pilgrims and Native Americans from clothespins. These photos show how the students made their own version of clothespin Pilgrims and Native Americans with the help of their parents. Shown are: (bottom row) Russ Strickland and Casey Willis; and (top row) Paul Elrod, Andres Serrano and Chase Forrester. W 1 iKM \ m STUDYING ‘MOLLY’S PILGRIM’ These third graders at Banks County Elementary School recently read the sto ry, “Molly’s Pilgrim.” The characters in the story created Pilgrims and Native Americans from clothespins. These photos show how the students made their own version of clothespin Pilgrims and Native Americans with the help of their parents. Shown are: (bottom row) Camryn Williams, Emily Sims and Emma Watkins; and (top row) Jasmin Arteaga, Chasity McClure, Autumn Coley and Brittany Davidson. Christmas tree, wreath fund-raiser under way The Banks County High School football team is selling Christmas trees and wreaths as a fund-raiser for the 2008 season banquet. The Frazier Fir Christmas trees come from Dallas Shat- ley Farms in North Carolina. Orders can be turned in at each school to the follow ing: Kelly Franklin, primary school; Melissa Hester, el ementary school; and Laurie Erwin, middle school. All orders are due by Wednesday, Nov. 19, and the orders can be picked up on Friday Dec. 5, from 5-9 p.m. at the BCHS ag bam. The football team will also offer delivery of trees. The night of the pick up, a Christmas hay ride, refresh ments, hot chocolate and visits from Santa will be offered. Nations #1 Gold Party A host last week received $8,000. Call GREG REEVES 706-369-0000 We do all the work since 1962. Greg Reeves Fine Jewelry 613 Hawthorne Ave., Athens m THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THE BANKS COUNTY COURTHOUSE ANNEX ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2008 2:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M. The public is welcome to drop-in from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and take a tour of the new building. A dedication and recognition ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m. Directions: From U.S. Highway 441, Turn onto Thompson Street, Turn right onto Hudson Valley Drive, Turn right onto Hudson Ridge.