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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
PACE 3A
ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOOTBALL GAME
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office and the Banks County Fire Department
held their annual football fundraiser Friday Nov. 12 at the Banks County High
School football field.
BANKS COUNTY
& HIGH SCHOOL ®
Dollar General opens Maysville store
Dollar General has opened
its Maysville store, at 25
Newton Street. A grand
opening was held Dec. 6-7.
The new 9,014-square-
foot store employs approxi
mately six to 10 people.
The new Dollar General
features a fresh layout, de
signed to make shopping
easier and simpler for cus
tomers. Some of the store’s
new features include a per
manent treasure hunt sec
tion, seasonal products fea
tured in the center of the
store, easily recognizable
departments with visible
signage and greater conve
nience to the coolers located
at the front of the store.
Dollar General stores of
fer convenience and value
to customers, by providing a
focused selection of national
brands and private brands of
food, housewares, seasonal
items, cleaning supplies,
basic apparel and health and
beauty care products. About
a third of the merchandise
in Dollar General is sold for
just $1 or less.
For more information,
visit www.dollargeneral.
com.
Lula reschedules public hearing
BY JUSTIN POOLE
The City of Lula had to
postpone its public hearing
on the budget.
Due to the court case that
was ongoing during the
scheduled time the hear
ings has been scheduled last
week, city manager Dennis
Bergin rescheduled the two
budget hearings for Dec. 15.
The first meeting is sched
uled for 1 p.m. with the sec
ond public hearing at 6 p.m.
before the regular council
meeting.
OTHER BUSINESS
During a called meeting
on Nov. 26, the council ap
proved changes to the low
bid contract for the con
struction on the Veterans’
Park. With the changes to
the construction contract
the city will save an esti
mated $115,000. The initial
total cost of the project was
$357,000. After the changes
the total cost drops to ap
proximately $242,000.
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CHRISTMAS RECIPES
If you have any favorite
Christmas recipes, please send
them to us. You can also send
a photo of you and/or your
favorite dish. Be sure to tell
when you serve this dish and
what your family thinks about
it. Send information to Angi-
eEditor@aol.com.
CHRISTMAS
TRADITIONS
What does your family do
for Christmas? Do you have
a unique holiday tradition,
display or collection? Send
information to AngieEditor@
aol.com.
NEW YEAR’S PLANS
Do you have special New
Year’s traditions? What is
your resolution for the new
year. Send information on ei
ther of these topics, to Angi-
eEditor.aol.com.
Van service available for veterans
FIRE DEPARTMENT BLOCKS
The Banks County Fire Department’s defensive line prepares to stop the sher
iff’s department from gaining yards at last Friday’s fundraiser football game.
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WINS
A Banks County officer scores a touchdown at the fundraiser last Friday. The
Sheriff’s department went on to win the game with a narrow victory of 33-32.
Photos by Jeremiah Dills
MEETING SCHEDULE FOR MILLAGE RATE ADOPTION 2009
The City of Lula will hold additional Public Hearings in the month of December pertaining to consideration
of the adoption of the 2009 millage rate. Please mark your calendar for the following dates and times:
Public Hearing
Additional Meetings
1.
2.
Date Time
December 15, 2008 1:00 P.M.
December 15, 2008 6:00 P.M.
Location
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
$651,954.00
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.
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The Disabled American
Veterans is offering a free van
service for those who need to
visit a VA clinic in Athens or
Augusta.
Vans are available to trans
port veterans from Jefferson
and the surrounding coun
ties to Athens every Tuesday.
Transportation is also avail
able to the VA medical center
in Augusta.
Caregivers may also ride
with their loved ones. A per
mission form must be com
pleted by calling Sinclair
Jackson at the VA clinic in
Athens at 706-227-4634.
The DAV is also seeking
volunteer drivers, who don’t
have to be veterans. Drivers
must complete a free physical
exam and background check.
DAV Chapter 92 serves 13
counties in Northeast Georgia,
including Jackson, Barrow,
Banks and Madison counties.
For more information, 800-
836-5561, ext. 1-5541 or 706-
733-0188, ext. 1-5541.
Volunteer opportunities available
To be listed in the volunteer
column, send information to
AngieEditor@aol.com or mail
it to: Angela Gary, The Banks
County News, P.O. Box 920,
Homer, Ga. 30547.
The following are volunteer
opportunities in Banks County
and the surrounding area:
•Piedmont CASA volunteers
speak for cJiildren who are in
foster care. For more informa
tion, call the CASA office at
706-387-6375.
•The Banks County Adult
Literacy Center is seeldng vol
unteer teachers. They especially
need math tutors, including the
areas of introductory algebra,
geometry and Algebra I. Tutors
are needed on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. For
more information, call 706-677-
4302.
•B JC Medical Center Auxiliary
is seeldng volunteers. For more
information, call 706-335-1199.
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