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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
PAGE 2A
Buffington speaks at
BY SHARON HOGAN
“Is print dead?” This is the
question Mike Buffington, Co-
Publisher, MainStreet Newspa
pers Inc., is asked a lot.
Buffington was the featured
speaker at the Banks County
Chamber of Commerce month
ly breakfast meeting on Thurs
day.
Buffington said he doesn’t
feel the computer has replaced
the newspaper.
“I feel a hybrid is develop
ing between digital and print,”
Buffington said.
MainStreet Newspapers goal
is to invest in both print and
digital, Buffington said. The
online breaking news stuff is
proving to be very valuable,
Buffington added.
“You can't do anything in
print to compare to the inter
net,” Buffington said. “It costs
a lot and it takes a lot of work
to update and maintain a web
site.”
Some newspapers have in
vested a lot in digital and some
have not, Buffington said,
MainStreet Newspapers has in
vested in both.
Buffington said that for the
younger generation the Internet
is a way to introduce them to
the newspaper. Some teachers
have used stories from Main-
Street websites in their classes
by having the student log in and
write comments to a particular
story, Buffington said.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at Thurs
day’s meeting:
•Chamber director Tara
Fulcher announced the ribbon
cutting and open house planned
at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23, at
the new Banks County Court
house Annex building.
•Fulcher announced the
Christmas Holiday Festival set
for Friday and Saturday, Dec.
5 and 6, at the historic Court
house in Homer. A parade will
be held on Saturday and the
Maxwells will perform on Sat
urday also.
•Leslie George, Executive
Director, Keep Our Mountains
Beautiful, said they are look
ing for innovative ideas on how
to stop litter. November 15 is
National Recycle Day, George
said. Banks Countains can
bring plastic bottles (without
the caps), aluminum cans, cor
rugated cardboard and paper
for recycling. Shred Day is set
for 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday,
Nov. 22, in front of the cham
ber office in downtown Homer,
George said. This is for person
al documents only.)
The next regularly sched
uled breakfast meeting is set
for 7:30 on Thursday, Dec. 11,
at First Georgia Bank, Hom
er. The kindergarteners from
Banks County Primary School
will be performing.
chamber breakfast
BUFFINGTON SPEAKS TO CHAMBER
Mike Buffington (L), co-publisher, MainStreet News
papers Inc., spoke to members of the Banks County
Chamber of Commerce on Thursday about digital
and print newspapers.
Photo by Angela Gary
GEORGE ADDRESSES CHAMBER
Leslie Georgie, Executive Director, Keep Our Moun
tains Beautiful, talked to Banks County Chamber of
Commerce members on Thursday about recycling
and the importance of shredding personal docu
ments.
Photo by Angela Gary
Gillsville man named
The Fockele Garden Com
pany has named Wick St.
John of Gillsville as an ac
count manager.
St. John manages the nurs
ery, purchases plants for the
installation projects and is a
residential maintenance ac
count manager.
St. John has an extensive
background in landscaping
and in managing a green
house. He operated his own
landscaping business in At
lanta for 17 years and owned
a greenhouse in Gillsville for
five years.
A graduate of the Universi
ty of Georgia with a bachelor
of science in forest resources
degree, St. John and his wife,
Angela, have two children,
Sarah, 10, and Ben, 8.
Based in Gainesville, The
Fockele Garden Company
primarily serves clients in the
North Georgia and metro At
lanta area. The company fo
cuses on the maintenance and
installation of commercial
landscapes and residential
gardens and provides services
such as irrigation systems,
cisterns, outdoor lighting and
custom water features and
stone work.
Thanksgiving dinner
planned in
The annual Thanksgiving
dinner for all seniors and
citizens of Maysville will
be held at noon on Satur
day, Nov. 22, at the com
munity club building on
North Main Street.
Reservations are required
Maysville
by Nov. 19. No take-outs
will be allowed.
For more information,
call Martha, 706-652-2499;
Cindy, 706-708-6409; or
the Maysville Public Li
brary, 706-652-2323.
Book sale coming up
The second annual American All books will be $1 each.
Legion book sale will be held All proceeds will go to th
beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday American Legion Scholarshi
and Saturday, Nov. 28-29, at the Fund for Banks County Hig
American Legion Hall in Homer. School seniors.
Christmas Bazaar planned in Homer
Yard Sale Planned
November 26
The Banks County Se
nior Center will have
a Christmas Bazaar on
Wednesday, Nov. 26, from
8 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the
Center on Thompson St.,
Homer.
There will be hand-made
Christmas items for sale.
Also, some yard sale items
will be offered.
It will be sponsored by
the Banks County Senior
Center and participants.
The first annual Christ
mas Bazaar at the Cham
ber will be held on Friday,
December 5, from 3 p.m.
to 6 p.m. and Saturday, De
cember 6, from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m.
“We anticipate the town
square to be lined with
children and adults who
have come out in the
chilly weather to celebrate
the holiday season,” said
chamber director Tara
Fulcher.
A Christmas parade
starts at noon on Saturday.
“We look forward to
many local businesses,
clubs, marching units
and organizations to par
ticipate in the parade,”
Fulcher said. “We are also
asking parade participants
to collect canned goods for
the local food bank, Gen
erous Hearts, which will
enable them to feed people
who were in need over the
holiday season. Shoppers
can enjoy the many arts
and crafts booths available
along with holiday music
and carols.”
The lighting of the
Christmas tree will also
take place at dark in front
of the historical court
house.
“This is an evening to
bundle up the kids and
come celebrate the holi
day season with the entire
community,” Fulcher said.
“This event is planned so
the community can gath
er together for visiting
old friends, making new
friends, drinking hot choc
olate, watching the parade,
enjoying the lights, sing
ing carols, strolling from
booth to booth doing your
Christmas shopping. This
is to be an exciting holiday
event filled with commu
nity spirit for all ages.”
Chamber leaders are
seeking volunteers to as
sist with the parade. Con
tact the Chamber office
at 706-677-2108 for more
information or for vendor
applications.
For more news
goto
www.BanksNewsToday.com
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