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PAGE 8A 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. 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