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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008
Church
YOUTH PLAN EVENT
New Salem United Methodist Church, Commerce, will hold a youth night
Sunday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. “Get Real Ministries” will be featured. Everyone
is invited to attend. For more information, call 706-423-9669. The church is
located on Hwy. 59.
UPCOMING THIS WEEK
Lula Assembly of Praise
Church will serve Thanksgiv
ing dinner as a free gift to the
community Thursday, Nov. 27,
from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tra
ditional Thanksgiving favorites
will be served. Everyone in the
community is invited. “We
would also love to have those
who work in law enforcement,
fire and emergency services
and other areas of public ser
vice to be our guests and let
us serve you,” leaders said.
The church is located at 6158
Carter Street. For more infor
mation, call 770-869-7632.
Commerce First United
Methodist Church and the
First Baptist Church of
Commerce will hold their
“6th Annual Thanksgiving
Meal” Thursday, Nov. 27.
Both churches will provide
meal delivery service. The
meal will include turkey and
all the trimmings. Fruit bags
will also be delivered with the
meals. Cooked items should
be brought to the Commerce
FUMC family life center before
10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27.
To participate, call Gina Hagan
at 706-335-2920 or Commerce
FUMC at 706-335-4018. Visit
www.CommerceFUMC.org
for more information.
Miracle Deliverance Holi
ness Church, Commerce, is
holding a “Holy Ghost Filled
Thanksgiving Revival” that
will run until Friday, Nov. 28,
at 7 p.m. nightly. A Thanks
giving dinner will be held af
ter the service on Friday. The
guest speaker will be pastor
Lemarcus Hudson of Greater
Faith Ministries, Augusta. Ev
eryone is invited to attend. The
church is located at 46 Hickory
Street.
Maysville United Meth
odist Church will hold its
Thanksgiving “picking and
grinning jubilee” at 7 p.m. Fri
day, Nov. 28, in the new fellow
ship hall. Gospel singers will
perform acoustic music. Food
and beverages will be pro
vided. For more information,
call pastor Dugar Strickland at
706-654-0551. The church is
located at 8430 Hwy. 98.
Bethlehem Baptist Church
women will host a women’s
banquet Saturday, Nov. 29, at
4 p.m. The guest speaker will
be evangelist Mildred Town,
author of “The Truth; my
closet secrets revealed.” Music
will be provided by “House of
Prayer,” Hartwell. The church
is located at 176 Bellamy
Road, Homer.
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church,
Lula, will hold its “Fifth Sun
day Night Singing” Sunday,
Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. The special
guests will be “The Mike Lefe-
vre Quartet.” For more infor
mation, call 706-336-6988 or
706-677-3813. The church is
located at 2405 Hwy. 51.
Commerce First United
Methodist Church will hold
its 7th annual “Dark Night
Service” in the church chapel
Sunday, Nov. 30, at 4 p.m. The
service is available to anyone
in the community who has suf
fered a loss, grief, hurt or pain
during the past year that might
make the coming advent and
Christmas season difficult. The
service is centered on scrip
ture, prayers, candle lighting,
music and the grace of God,
leaders state. For more infor
mation, call pastor David Bo
wen at 706-335-2031 or visit
CommerceFUMC.org.
Mt. Olive Baptist Church,
Commerce, will hold a thirty-
minute class preview for Dave
Ramsey’s “Financial Peace
University” on the following
Sundays at 5 p.m.: Nov. 30,
Dec. 14, Jan. 11 and Jan. 18.
Ramsey teaches about how to
save money, live on a budget,
communicate about money,
eliminate debt, find bargains
and experience the joy of giv
ing, leaders state. For more in
formation, call 706-335-4405.
The church is located at 190
Mt. Olive Church Road.
UPCOMING NEXT WEEK
The “Jolly Agers” will meet
at the First Baptist Church of
Commerce Tuesday, Dec. 2, at
noon for a covered-dish lun
cheon. Members are asked to
bring a wrapped gift for a man
or woman.
Hurricane Grove Baptist
Church ladies will host a “Red
Hat Christmas Show” Satur
day, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m. Ladies
who would like to participate
can model two of their favorite
hats, red only. For more infor
mation, call Glenda Harrison
at 706-652-3229. The church
is located at 710 Apple Valley
Road, Commerce.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Community Baptist
Church, Ila, will hold “Live
Nativity” Thursday and Friday,
Dec. 12 and 13, from 6 to 9
p.m. There will be luminaries,
hayride, cakes, cookies, cof
fee, hot chocolate, cider and a
kids “Create A Craft” section.
For more information, call
706-255-0656 or visit www.
yourcbc.com.
Mountain View Baptist
Church, Baldwin, will hold a
live nativity drama Friday and
Saturday, Dec. 12 and 13, at 7
p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 14, at 6
p.m. “Come join us as we cele
brate the birth of our Saviour,”
leaders state. The event is free
and everyone is welcome to at
tend. The presentation will be
outdoors. For more informa
tion, call 706-776-9530.
Offices Closed
The newspaper offices will
be closed Thursday, Nov. 27,
for the Thanksgiving holiday
and re-open Friday, Nov. 28.
Drought is not over yet
The article be
low is from David
Stooksbury, the
state climatologist
and a professor in
engineering and at
mospheric sciences
at the University
of Georgia. If you
have been thinking
that the drought is
over, think again.
Dr. Stooksbury’s de
scription and forecast clearly
shows us that our water supply
is very low and will remain
that way for awhile.
Drought conditions continue
to grow harsher across north
Georgia. Water levels in reser
voirs and streams are at or near
record lows across most of the
region. Groundwater levels are
also low. Lake Lanier, a pri
mary water source for metro
Atlanta, is at a record low for
mid-Nov. The previous late
Nov. record low was this time
last year. Hartwell, Russell
and Clarks Hill lakes in the
Savannah River basin are at
record low levels. Both Russell
and Clarks Hill have less than
two feet of usable pool left.
Hartwell water levels are
dropping very quickly in order
to meet downstream needs.
The U.S. Army Corp of En
gineers reports that the re
maining conservation pool for
Hartwell is 34 percent, for
Russell it’s 32 percent and
for Clarks Hill it’s 10 per
cent. Even with normal
seasonal rains, it’s doubtful
that Lanier, Hartwell, Rus
sell or Clarks Hill lakes will
fully recover this winter.
Major rivers that are at re
cord low flows for mid-No
vember include the Etowah
River at Canton, the Chat
tahoochee River near Cor
nelia, Chestatee River near
Dahlonega, the Middle Oco
nee River at Athens, the Broad
River near Bell, the Little
River near Washington, the
Oconee River at Dublin and
the Altamaha River near
Baxley.
Because of extremely low
stream flows of rivers, many
counties in north Georgia have
had their drought level clas
sifications changed to a more
intense level. Exceptional
drought - the most severe
drought level - now
exists north and east
of a line running
through Lincoln,
Wilkes, Olgetho-
rpe, Oconee, Bar-
row, Gwinnett, Hall,
Forsyth, Cherokee,
Pickens, Gilmer and
Fannin counties.
This region includes
Athens, Gainesville
and Atlanta’s north
ern suburbs. Extreme drought
conditions are now in Colum
bia, Richmond, McDuffie,
Glascock, Taliaferro, War
ren, Hancock, Greene, Mor
gan, Walton, Gwinnett, north
Fulton and Cherokee coun
ties. The extreme conditions
are also in parts of Pickens,
Gilmer, Fannin and Murray
counties. Most of the remain
ing area north of the fall line is
in severe drought.
The ocean-atmosphere
system is in what climatolo
gist call a neutral pattern,
meaning it is in neither an
El Nino nor a La Nina pat
tern. Historically, neutral-
pattern winters have been very
variable. There is no strong
indication that the winter of
2008-09 will be abnormally
wet or dry. The trend over the
past 15 years, however, has
been for dry winters. There is
also no strong indication that
the winter will be abnormally
warm or cool. An important
historical observation is that
every major devastating freeze
has occurred during a neutral-
pattern winter. With recent
winters being our best guide,
the most prudent response is
to assume that this winter will
tend toward the dry side. Wa
ter conservation efforts should
continue.
Additional drought
information and up
dates can be found at
www.georgiadrought.
org. Automated weather
data across Georgia is at
www.georgiaweather.net.
Daily rainfall data is at www.
cocorahs.org._U.S. Geological
Survey data is at ga.water.
usgs.gov._Water conservation
information is available at
www.conservewatergeorgia.
net.
Bob Waldorf is the Banks
County extension agent.
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