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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 201 3 THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS PACE 7A Social Local families spend a week in Barbados Sandra Gresham, Anita and Doug Armour, Kevin Parson, Trisha and Taylor Parson all enjoyed spring break week in Barbados. They had a great time. • Congratulations to Stephen and Haley “Crumley” Daniel who were united in marriage on April 6 in a garden wedding in Maysville and a reception at Gillsville Baptist Church. A host of family and friends were present to help celebrate this great day. We wish them a lifetime of hap piness. • Kylee Isabella Pace was honored with a small birthday party at the home of her grandparents, Mike and Willene Boyle and given by her parents, Michael and Christine Pace, Area News Willene Parson Boyle 706-677-4200 willene.boyle@windstream.net and brother, Trey. She also had her great-grandmothers, Ruth Parson and Shirley Boyle, present, as well as her great-great grandmother, Lois Ledford. We what to wish her a very special, happy third irthday. I have been telling you about my great dentist, well, this week my 4-year-old great niece, Jaden Lee Elizabeth Chitwood, had to have some dental work done. She went to see Dr. Joseph Clark and he fixed her problem. I think it is great when a 4-year-old leaves a dentist’s office telling the dentist, “good-bye, I love you, Dr. Clark.” Wish my experience at 4 had been that great. But all is good now. Loving my mile now. • Remember the family of Venable Merck this week. Venable passed away on Sunday. He leaves his wife, Dixie Merck, sons, Marcus Merck and Fredrick Dilbeck, daughters, Ashley Dilbeck and Tonya Fountain, grandchildren and great-grandchild, brother, Brad Merck, and a host of other family and friends. Venable was the owner of the Maysville Fish House. He was a United States Air Force veteran. He will be greatly missed. Please remember his family in your prayers Diamond Hill Baptist Church will be selling pork barbecue plates on April 13 at the church. This will be a benefit fundraiser for the Joel Watkins Family. They are requesting you buy your tickets in advance. The tickets are $9. For more informa tion, contact Cheryl Watkins, 706 988 1314, or any member of Diamond Hill Baptist Church. • Happy birthday to: Homer Carver Sr., Ashton Shubert, Kevin Parson, Robbie Campbell, Bobby Blackwell, Jill Allen, Betty Strickland, Margaret Smith, Juli Tumlin, Laura Beth McCoy, Kylee Isabella ‘Bella’ Pace, 3, Christine Pace, Herbert Bellotte, Tracy Brady and Lisa Phillips. • Happy anniversary to Todd and Tracy Brady. • Those who are sick in our commu nity include many who have cancer and need our prayers. Those on the sick list are: Alice Harris Brookshire, Carolyn Standridge, Ruth Parson, Cidney Wilson, Alex Strickland, James and Ebbie Hope, Kim Crane, Robin Crump, Chester Hewell, William Harris, James Parks, Scott Standridge, Chad Standridge, Margie Richie, Viola Gillespie, Ruby Lee, Ollie Savage, Mike Pace, Talmadge Savage, Shannon Brown Watkins, Edith Goodson and William Sims. Library hosts family fun night Items planned at the Banks County Public Library for April include the following: •Thursday, April 11, “Books Are Fun” at the library. •Thursday, April 18, library board of trustees quarterly meeting at 6 p.m. • Saturday, April 20, genealogy workshop presented by Banks County Historical Society from 2-5 p.m. •Thurday, April 25, Family Fun Night at 6:30 p.m. at Banks County Primary School gym, “Summer Send Off Celebration.” Free books will be given to all children attending the event. WEEKLY Weekly events held at the library include: •Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m., Sew What’s Sewing Club. •Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m., Little Tykes Literacy story hour. MONTHLY Monthly events held at the library include: • First Thursday Tech Thursday Workshops at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. (contact the library for topic). Stacy Krumnow is the library manager. The library is located at 226 Highway 51 S., Homer. The phone number is 706-677- 3164 (also fax line). The website is www. bcpl.us. Festival highlights local potters Genealogy class to be offered at library The Banks County Public Library will offer “Finding Your Roots: Genealogy Day At The Library” from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday April 20, at the library on Hwy. 51 North, Homer. The guest speaker will be Mildred Grafton, who will intro duce participants to both begin ning and intermediate levels of how to conduct genealogical research. There will be access to the library’s computer sys tems to use AncestryPlus data base, HeritageQuest Online, and other resources in the library’s in-house and electron ic collections. There will be staff and volunteers available to provide assistance as needed. To register or for more information, visit bankscoun- tyhistoricalsociety.org, email: GDay@bankscountyhistorical- society.org or call 678-971-9390. There is no fee for this event, which is sponsored by the Banks County Historical Society and the Banks County Public Library. Midway United Methodist Church, Gillsville, presents the 4th Annual Pottery Festival from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday May 4, in the church fellowship hall. The festival will include an antique car show, dog show and motorcycle show. Registration by May 3 for all the events is free. To register for any one of the events, contact Mike Craven at 770-540- 7979. “Please come and join us. We will have local and regional potters,” lead ers state. The festival is sponsored by Craven Family Pottery, Treads LLC Tire & Automotive, Craven Pottery Inc., Wilson Silk Imports, Little-Ward Funeral Home, Paperwork Help, Bobby Ferguson Pottery, Hemphill Properties and Jerry’s Treasures and Antiques. “Enjoy food, fun and fellowship,” lead ers state. For questions or additional informa tion, contact Craven or Stanley Ferguson at 706-654-7447. The church is located at 6420 Highway 52, Gillsville. Community clean up set in Lula The Town of Lula will have a community clean-up day begin ning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 13. Other events coming up include: •City-wide bulk pick-up day on April 22. • Railroad Days set for 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 4. •Some Gave All” 5K set for 4-7 p.m. on May 11. Gorham retires from JEMC board; Storey to step in Charles K. Gorham is retir ing from the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) Board of Directors after 22 years of service. Shade Storey, a native of Jackson County, and divi sion senior vice president of Northeast Georgia Bank with 16 years of experience in the banking industry, has been appointed to fill Gorham’s unexpired term. A member of Jackson EMC since 1963, Gorham spent most of his professional career with Westinghouse, later ABB, in Athens, joining the board following the resignation of Aaron McKinney. He gradu ated from Auburn University with an engineering degree in industrial management, and received an M.B.A. from the University of Georgia. “Charles was the first engi neer to serve on the board of an engineering-driven organi zation,” noted Jackson EMC’s board chairman Otis Jones. “He not only brought that tech nical knowledge to his board appointment, but also an MBA’s keen eye for detail. I’ve never served with another board member who was more thoughtful on the issues, or more prepared for board meet ings. He has served this coop erative’s members well and unselfishly, becoming a board member at the height of the tremendous growth we experi enced in the ‘90s and the chal lenges that it brought with it.” “Shade brings to the board not only a strong financial background but also a solid understanding of Jackson County business issues, great strengths in a company such as ours that is impacted so much by both,” said Jones. Storey holds a bachelor’s degree in business adminis tration from North Georgia College and State University and a graduate degree in banking from Louisiana State University. He is vice chairman of the Jackson County Water and Sewerage Authority, chair man of the Jackson EMC Foundation, member and for mer president of the Jefferson Rotary, member of the Jefferson Boom Town Initiative steering committee, member of the Georgia Cattleman’s Association and a volunteer with Friends of the Boy Scouts campaign. He has served as chairman of the Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce, as a student men tor at Jefferson Middle School, a Tree House Turtle Trek vol unteer and as team captain for both Relay for Life and United Way. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES To be listed in the volunteer column, send information to AngieEditor@aol.com or mail it to: Angela Gary, The Banks County News, RO. Box 920, Homer, Ga. 30547. The following are volunteer opportunities in Banks County and the surrounding area: • Banks County CERT is seeking volunteer participants. For more information, check out the website at www.bank- scert.org or call the Banks County EMA Office at 706-677- 3401. • The Banks County Literacy Council needs volunteers to work on projects, help dis tribute books and materials, help with clerical work, and other similar work. If you are interested, call Mellisa Dalton at 706-677-3693, or see Stacy Krumnow at the Banks County Public Library.” • Piedmont CASA volunteers speak for children who are in foster care. For more informa tion, call the CASA office at 706-387-6375. •The Banks County Adult Literacy Center is seeking volunteer teachers. They especially need math tutors, including the areas of intro ductory algebra, geometry and Algebra I. Tutors are needed on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. For more infor mation, call 706-677-4302. • Civil Air Patrol: cadets, ages sixth grade through 18 years old, participate in search and rescue missions and learn how to fly airplanes. Senior members teach cadets and students at middle and high schools and can also work with emergency services. Contact Luther McCoy, 706- 677-1490. •Adult learning center at Lanier Technical College satel lite campus 706-335-1931. • Hope Resource Center: cri sis pregnancy support center, 706-367-5304. •Action: help package and distribute food to low-income families and the elderly, 706- 367-9599. •Christian Outreach Food Bank: work in warehouse, 335- 6084. •Girl Scouts: needs troop leaders, assistant leaders, trainers and recruiters. Call Terri Bear, 706-548-7297. For The Best Buys, Read The Classifieds FOR ONLY $5 PER MONTH, YOU CAN LIST YOUR GROUP'S MEETINGS! Let your members know when your group is meeting! Call (706) 367-5233 to advertise your meeting time, place and date in... • The Jackson Herald • The Commerce News • The Braselton News • The Banks County News • The Madison County Journal Pilot Club of Jefferson Meets 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6:30pm Jefferson City Club House 706-367-9313 or 706-693-4715 76 4 BANKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. meets first Monday each month 7:00 p.m. in the Banks Co. Historial Courthouse at 105 U.S. Hwy. 441 North in Homer pu, os Tri-County ? Shrine Club 3 rd Thurs. of each month • 7 p.m. Rockwell Lodge 191 For more info contact Lonnie 770-503-5949 Pd. 12 ATHENS AMERICAN £% LEGION 'W Post 20 Meets each 4th Tues., 6:30 p.m. George Therriault, Post Commander Home (706) 613-8534 gtherriault35@gmail.com pd. 12 A UNITY LODGE F & A.M. No. 36, Jefferson, GA 1 st Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. Tom Hays • 678-316-7492 Borders St. behind Tabo’s 260 19562 JEFFERSON AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION www.jaba-ga.org Meets 3rdThurs. • 11:45 a.m. Community Bank & Trust Bldg. 71 Memorial Drive DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS & AUXILIARY Joe Brown Conally, Chapter 2 meets 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. 1001 Winterville Rd. • Athens, GA Watter Butler, Commander pu. e/i3 Pd. 01 Madison County Democratic Party Conolus Scott Jr. ~ Committee Chairman 706-789-3336 Call for monthly meeting information www.madisoncountydemocrats.linkpc.net St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Mission Mass Schedule: Fri. 9 a.m., Sat. 4:00 p.m., Sun. 11:00 a.m., Thurs. 12:10 p.m. First Friday Adoration 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Website: www.stcatherinelabourega.org 706-367-7220 Prl2 JEFFERSON 10 ^ AMERICAN LEGION Post 56 • Each 3rd Tues., 6:30 p.m. Gene Bennett, Commander Phone (706) 757-2288 www.albertgordonpost56.org THE MADISON COUNTY RETIRED EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION meets September - June on the second Tuesday of the month at 11 a.m. at the Ila Restaurant in Ila. There is no local meeting in July and August. Troyce Ann Pawlowski, President 706-548-7996 ms Movij madisoN COUNTY |p|AMERICAN LEGION l§r Post 39 Meets last Thursday, 7 p.m. JANUARY - OCTOBER American Legion Building Crawford W. Long Street HUMANE SOCIETY OF JACKSON CO. Retail Thrift Store Tues. - Sat. • 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. 96 College Street 706-367-1111 • www.hsjc.com JEFFERSON ROTARY CLUB Meets Tuesdays Jefferson City Clubhouse 12:30 p.m. *(706) 367-0958 Mark Bradley, President J 547 A ROCKWELL M2 W LODGE F & A.M. 'v\ No. 191, Hoschton, GA 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. • Dinner at 6:30 p.m. www.rockwelllodgel 91 .com Two blocks behind Larry's Garage West Broad at Hall Street BANKS COUNTY Igjj AMERICAN LEGION ^■ Post 215 Meets each 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m. In Homer, GA at the American Legion Building on Historic Highway 441 pa. os BANKS COUNTY Igi AMERICAN LEGION ™ AUXILIARY-Post 215 Meets each 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m. In the American Legion Building at 1350 Historic Homer Hwy., Homer, GA Pd. 2 JEFFERSON LIONS CLUB Meets 2nd & 4th Monday Jefferson City Clubhouse 6:30 p.m. *(706) 367-9349 Jimmy Mock, President 542 PARKINSON DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP 1st and 3rd Thursday • 11 a.m. St. Paul’s Methodist Church Academy Street, Gainesville, GA. Contact: Deane & David Poole 7706-967-0161 Pd 12 HOME BIBLE STUDIES LIVING HOPE PENTECOSTAL 2nd & 4th Thursdays each month 7:00 p.m. 306 McKinney Rd. • Jefferson, GA Rev. Charles R. Gay, Jr. 706.202.4920 • 706.207.0182 We look forward to you joining us. Pd. 6 Acts 2:38 JACKSON COUNTY Pd 10 REPUBLICAN PARTY Meets 2nd Sat. of each month Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Meeting starts promptly at 8:00 a.m. Jefferson Clubhouse, 302 Longview Drive, Jefferson ~ Everyone welcome! www.JacksonGOP.org
