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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008
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ART CONTEST WINNERS
Winners for the Save the Earth Art Contest sponsored by R&B Landfill and Waste
Management were awarded at Banks County Elementary School on Thursday De
cember 4. Students were asked to draw a picture suggesting ideas and actions that
the student can take to increase awareness and protect our environment. Art teacher
Katie Harrison taught the students the importance of recycling and reusing to save
natural resources. Students in each grade received gift cards for first, second and
third place winners. First place received a $50 gift card. First place winners were:
WilverCatarino, third grade; Mayben Alexander, fourth grade; and Hannah Poole, fifth
grade. Second place winners received a $25 gift card. Second place winners were:
Gloria Jeong, third grade; Nathan Wagner, fourth grade; and Mckensie Simpson, fifth
grade. Third place winners received a $15 gift card. Winners were: Ty Davis, third
grade; Kendra Stephens, fourth grade; and Colton Carter, fifth grade.
Jackson EMC scholarship offered
Jackson Electric Member
ship Corporation (EMC) is
taking applications for three
scholarship awards based on
academic ability, faculty rec
ommendations and financial
need. Winners will be chosen
by a scholarship committee,
which will carefully review
each application for the most
qualified candidates.
The Walter Harrison Schol
arship is named for a leader in
the state and national electric
cooperative movements. Sever
al of these $1,000 scholarships
are awarded statewide to under
graduate students enrolled in or
accepted by a Georgia college,
university or technical school.
Jackson EMC also offers
two additional $1,000 awards
through the A.T. Sharpton
Scholarship program, named
in honor of a late chairman of
the Jackson EMC Board of
Directors. The A.T. Sharpton-
Gainesville State College
Award is available exclusively
to students planning to attend
Gainesville State College. Fi
nancial need is a primary con
sideration, but judges will also
consider academic average,
standardized test scores and/or
faculty recommendations.
The A.T. Sharpton Unre
stricted Scholarship Award is
funded through the same trust
and is available to high school
seniors who have already been
accepted to college, or students
who are currently enrolled in
an accredited college, univer
sity or technical college. Appli
cants may be full or part-time
students at the undergraduate
or graduate level in any accred
ited two or four-year college or
university in the nation. Finan
cial need, academic average,
standardized test scores and/or
faculty recommendations are
all considered by the judges.
Scholarship recipients must
be a customer of Jackson EMC
or the son or daughter of a cus
tomer, and they must also be a
resident of the home served by
Jackson EMC.
Students interested in ap
plying for any or all of these
scholarships should contact
their area high-school guidance
counselors or complete the ap
plication online at the Jackson
EMC Web site. The deadline
for applications is Jan. 28,
2009.
For more information about
Jackson EMC's scholarship
programs, contact Kay Parks,
public/community relations
representative at kparks@jack-
sonemc.com.
STUDENTS IN PARADE
FFA students from Banks County High School participated in the Christmas
parade Saturday. Some of the students are shown on the club’s float.
Photo by Angela Gary
MAYSVILLE RECEIVES GRANT
Mar-Jac Poultry has awarded Maysville Elementary School a $10,000 technology
grant for computer lab and classroom technology. Mar-Jac and Maysville Elementary
have been Partners-in-Education for several years. Pictured is Tony Gravittfrom Mar-
Jac presenting the check to Dr. Jane Scales, principal at Maysville Elementary.
R&B Landfill donates ipods
Rob Moffett, guidance coun
selor at the Banks County Middle
school, has put together an atten
dance program for the students to
encourage perfect attendance. He
wants to instill in the students the
importance of good attendance
and hopefully make it a habit in
all that they do.
The attendance program in
cludes a drawing at the end of
each nine weeks for the students
to be rewarded for their perfect
attendance. The grand prize for
the nine week drawing will be an
iPod donated by R&B Landfill
and Waste Management.
Moffett stated, ‘The attendance
program was very successful last
year as 99 percent of all of our
students were under the state’s
15-day limit, which was a new
record. We just need help in sup
plying the rewards.”
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