WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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Two local families welcome babies
Congratulations to Keisha Thomas
and Dylan Jackson of Homer on
the birth of their son, Kurtis Dylan
Jackson. He weighed 7 pounds and
4 ounces and was 21 inches long. He
was born on Dec. 19 at 6:06 p.m. at
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
in Gainesville. He is the grandson of
Mike and Shirley Thomas of Homer
and Mike and Barbara Jackson
Adams of Homer.
Area
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Willene Parson Boyle
706-677-4200
willene.boyle@windstream.net
Congratulations to Ryan and
Karen Dalton of Commerce on the
birth of their daughter, Braydee
Nikole Dalton. She was born on Dec.
19 at Northeast Georgia Medical
Center in Gainesville. She joins a
sister, Landon Dalton. She is the
granddaughter of Chris and Denise
Wehunt of Commerce and Danny
and Kaye Dalton of Gillsville.
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We hope that everyone had a Merry
Christmas and we wish for everyone
a very safe and happy new year.
The Ruth Parson family gathered
together on Dec. 23 for a family
Christmas dinner. Great fun and fel
lowship was had by all.
The Mary Parson family enjoyed
a family dinner at her home on
Christmas Eve. They all had a great
time and fellowship.
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Continue to watch out for our
neighbors. If you see anything
strange, call 9-1-1 and report what
you see to the sheriff’s office.
During this Christmas season,
remember all those serving our coun
try and their families. God bless each
one of them.
Those in our community who
are overseas fighting or state-side
being trained to defend our country
include: Brandon R. Gauger; Phillip
Worley in Korea; Tyler Goodson;
Ryan Gardiner, who is stationed at
St Mary’s; Justin Swain; J.T. Randall
in Afghanistan; Brittany Redden in
South Korea; Matthew Mulligan in
Montana; Ben Carr; Will 0”Kelley
in Fort Sill, Okla.; Delta Chris Pruitt
at Fort Hood in Texas; Christian
Brewer at Fort Knox in Kentucky;
Fyndon Hester in Texas; Billy Dunn;
Anthony Davis in North Carolina;
Dustin Holcombe in Afghanistan;
Ron Chapman in Afghanistan; Billy
Dunn; Zac Mote in Mississippi;
Chad Crawford in North Carolina;
Raymond Huffman in Afghanistan;
ZackMotesinMississippi;BretWikle;
Johnny Woodell; Levi Simpson;
Matthew Ledford in Afghanistan;
Jason Ledford in Augusta, Nathan
Bagwell; Gary Hogman in Iraq; Sgt.
T.J. Brookshire in Afghanistan; Sgt
Kyle Delaigle; Clint Medlock in
Virginia; Timothy Reems near
Iraq; Richard Davenport in Iraq;
Russell Cantrell in Afghanistan;
Trent McClure; Shawn McClure in
North Carolina; Amanda Justus with
the 178th Aviation unit at Dobbins
Air Force base; Matthew Sutton;
Justin Johnston; David Putnam;
Alex Head; Tiffany Sorrows in Iraq;
James Sullivan in Iraq; and Mark
Sullivan Jr.
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Those who are sick in our commu
nity include many who have cancer
and need our prayers. Those on the
sick list are: Tonya McCoy, Robin
Crump, Ed Croy, Nell Wheeler,
Teresa Simpson, Chester Hewell,
J.T. Parson, Troy Ward, Lynn Seay
Smith, Michael Cantrell, Kyle
Bryant, Sarah Beth Clark, Debbie
Pritchett, Alex Strickland, Calvin
Ogletree, Kenneth Parson, Odell
Coker, Genell Carlan, Jeff Hart,
Kathy Cummings, Brenda Galloway,
Florence Duncan, Gary Gunter,
Mary Broom, Mark Dalton, Curtis
Smith, Diane Smith, William Harris,
Morgan Redd, James Parks, Scott
Standridge, Raymond Standridge,
Chad Standridge, Vicki Thomas,
Jerry Kimsey, Jeremy Gaddis,
Darrell Parson, Margie Richie, Viola
Gillespie, Ruby Lee, Ollie Savage,
Drake Motes, Mike Pace, Talmadge
Savage, Shannon Brown Watkins,
Edith Goodson, Carolyn Standridge,
William Sims in Germany, Jan
Miller, Barbara Sue Holcomb, Steve
Fattig, Dennie Maxwell, Mary Sims,
Carol Dean Beck, Winford Baker,
Coy Marlow, Johnny Smallwood,
Crystal Medlock, Michelle McClure
and J.R. Boswell. Remember these
when you pray.
Happy birthday to: Lynn Martin,
Andy Martin, Joann Davidson and
Sandra Whitfield.
Happy anniversary to Dennis and
Kristin Shirley.
My email address is willene.
boyle@windstream.net. Contact me
with all your news. I have to have my
article in before noon on Mondays.
Select the best wood
for efficient heating
The cold winter weather has
definitely arrived! If you like
to burn wood in a fireplace
or a wood burning stove, you
may need to stock up on some
good seasoned firewood.
The type of wood
that you bum deter
mines how long the
wood will burn and
how hot a fire it will
burn. Some com
mon types of wood
good for splitting
and burning, with a
high heat value, are
oak, hickory, dog
wood, beech, hard
maple, mulberry,
apple and ash.
Some softer types
of wood that bum quickly and
have a low heat value are pine,
poplar, elm, gum, walnut and
cottonwood. These woods are
less dense and can contain res
ins and oils which make them
good for starting fires.
Properly seasoning or cur
ing wood is very important
when using wood for heat.
There are over four 55-gallon
barrels of water in a cord of
green firewood. It can take
over 8,000 BTU’s per cord
to evaporate this amount of
water when burning that green
wood. Ideally, you need to
dry out the green
wood by curing it. It
works best to split it
into smaller pieces,
stack it under a shel
ter or tarp and have
good ventilation
around the stacks. It
usually takes about
six to nine months
to properly cure out
firewood.
The curing pro
cess should last
long enough so that
the moisture content drops
down to about twenty percent.
If you haven’t prepared for
those cold winter days that are
approaching fast, you should
consider the type of wood that
you want to burn, crank up the
chain saw, and start cutting.
Bob Waldorf is the Banks
County extension agent.
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waldorf
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birth announcements
Weston Eric Hill
Donovan Vincent Cordovor
Shelly and Wesley Hill
of Maysville announce
the birth of a son, Weston
Eric Hill, on Wednesday,
Nov. 30, 2011, at Northeast
Georgia Medical Center,
Gainesville. He weighed
seven pounds, four ounces
and was 20 1/4 inches long.
Grandparents are Amy
Lewis, Royston; Tyrus and
Wilma Hill, Maysville,
and the late Jeffrey
Lewis. Great-grandparents
are Francis Whitman,
Laramie, WY; and Frank
Herren, Lawrenceville.
Tangie Payne and Juan
Cordovor of Flowery Branch
announce the birth of a son,
Donovan Vincent Cordovor,
on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011,
at Northeast Georgia Medical
Center. He weighed 6 pounds
and 11 ounces and was 20
inches long.
The grandparents are Misty
Payne, Commerce: William
Payne, Flowery Branch; and
Juan and Angie Cordovor,
Flowery Branch. The great-
grandparents are Willard
and Annette Cartledge,
Commerce.
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