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Homer, Banks County, GA 30547 • A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. • 16 Pages, 2 Sections Plus Supplements • Vol. 49 No. 27
Index
•Crime —5A
•Obituaries —7A
•Classifieds — 4B-5B
•Legals — 7B
•Sports —IB-2B, 8B
Historical
society auto
show planned
for June 24
The Lula Belton Historical
Society will present the annu
al Classic Car & Truck Show
June 24 at Rate Banks Park,
5831 Athens Street, Lula.
The show starts at 10 a.m.,
coffee, donuts and sausage
biscuits to be offered before
that.
Registration will be at the
gate with a $20 entry fee.
There will be door prizes
throughout the day, 50/50,
food, drinks and entertain
ment.
Trophies include best
Chevy, Ford, Import, Truck
and top ten best in show.
All proceeds from the
show benefit the old Meth
odist Cemetery that the His
torical Society owns.
Movie, car
show planned
in Maysville
The Maysville Community
Club will feature a movie and
car show on Saturday, June
10.
The car show begins at 5
p.m. with the movie to follow
at dark. The featured movie
will be “The Shack.”
Both events are free and
concessions will be available.
Upcoming events include
a movie and car show on the
second Saturday of July and
August.
The 50th annual Autumn
Leaf Festival will be held
October 6-8.
Republican
meeting
planned
The Banks County Repub
lican Party will meet on
Thursday June 8, at 6 p.m.
at Homer City Hall, located
at 943 Historic Homer Hwy,
Homer.
This will be a joint meet
ing with Leadership Banks
Graduates. Many are mem
bers of GOP also and will be
graduating from this eight-
week program.
The speaker will be
State Senator Michael Wil
liams District 27, who has
announced as a candidate
for governor of Georgia.
MAGIC MOMENT
Vern the bird
“Mr. Keith Karnok the Magic Man” (back) is shown with his puppet Vern at the Banks
County Primary School Monday. Here, he entertains children of the Banks County Public
Library’s summer reading program. Photos by Wesleigh Sagon
Flying cards
“Mr. Keith Karnok the Magic
Man” performed missing card
tricks for children of the Banks
County Public Library’s summer
reading program at the Banks
County Primary School.
Time for magic
Children watched as “Mr. Keith Karnok the Magic
Man” made silk flowers glow red. This was part of the
entertainment that the Banks County Public Library
hosted for its summer reading program. Here, they
are shown at the Banks County Primary School.
BCN wins nine state awards
The Banks County News won
nine awards in the Georgia Press
Association’s Better Newspaper
Contest, including a first place
award for local news coverage.
“This is a good, solid com
munity newspaper,” the judge
wrote of the first place local
news award. “Nice balance of
brief and in-depth news cov
erage. Coverage of community
events is nicely balanced with
coverage of county and munic
ipal governments. Crime and
courts coverage is thorough and
well-placed in the section. Nice
work. Banks County should
appreciate what it has in its
newspaper.”
Other awards include:
•First place, sports writing,
Charles Phelps.
•Second place, spot news
photograph, Angela Gary.
•Second place, sports writ
ing, Cameron Whitlock.
• Third place, spot news pho
tograph, Wesleigh Sagon.
•Third place, business writ
ing, Angela Gary.
•Third place, sports photo
graph, Charles Phelps.
• Third place, sports section,
Charles Phelps.
•Third place, layout and
design.
Mainstreet Newspapers,
which owns the Banks County
News and four other newspa
pers, won a total of 38 Better
Newspaper Contest awards from
the Georgia Press Association.
The awards were presented
at the GPA’s annual convention
held at Jekyll Island.
Summer hours,
registration
dates listed
for BCHS
July hours at Banks County High School
will be Monday through Thursday from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m.
A counselor will be available at the school
on the following dates and times: July 17-20
(1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.), July 25-July 27
(8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30
p.m.), July 31 - August 3 (8:30 a.m. to 11:30
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.).
New student registration will be held:
• July 18 - 20 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• July 25 - 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
•July 31 - August 3 from 8:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m.
In order to complete the registration pro
cess the following items are necessary:
• Proof of Banks Co. Residency - only
power bills, water bills, land-line phone bills,
or rental/lease agreements are accepted
•A copy of the student’s Social Security
card
• A copy of the student’s birth certificate
•If student does not reside with both
biological parents, then official court doc
uments proving legal guardianship are
required
• Photo identification of the legal guard
ian
• Official withdrawal form from previous
school
• Official transcript from previous school
• Discipline record from previous school
• Immunization record
• Hearing, vision and dental form
•Attendance record from previous
school
•All records must be in an envelope
sealed by the previous school or faxed to
Banks County High School from the previ
ous school to be considered official.
No new student registrations will be com
pleted during open house on Thursday,
August 3, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
FRESHMAN OPEN HOUSE
BCHS will host a freshmen cookout
during open house on Tuesday Aug. 1,
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the freshmen wing
of BCHS. You will be able to pick up sched
ules, meet the Team Freshmen faculty, and
take an informal tour. A hot dog dinner will
be provided free of charge.
PARKING PERMIT
BCHS will hold sales for parking permits
for the 2017-18 school year. Upcoming
seniors may purchase their parking permits
on July 19 and July 20 and juniors may pur
chase them July 26 through July 27.
Mighty Leopards parking (All A’s & B’s,
no more than three absences, and no
discipline referrals from the prior year) are
$35 for the year and all other parking passes
are $50 for the year. The applications are
available in the front foyer of the high school
and must include a parent signature as well
as insurance information and tag number.
As a reminder, all past fees owed must
be cleared in order to receive a schedule,
parking permit, or locker.
UPPERCLASSMEN OPEN HOUSE
BCHS upperclassmen open house will
be on Thursday August 3, from 3 p.m. to
5 p.m. Students will be able to pick up
schedules and meet teachers. All parents
are invited as well. Locker and parking
permits will also be available for purchase
during this time. Parking and locker permit
applications must be signed by a parent
and are available in the front foyer of the
high school. The fee for a locker is $5 and
parking permits are $50.
As a reminder, all past fees owed must
be cleared in order to receive a schedule,
parking permit, or locker
No new student registrations will be com
pleted during open house on Thursday,
August 3, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
MainStreet Newspapers' Scott Buffington named GPA president
Scott Buffington, co-publisher
of Mainstreet Newspapers, was
elected president of the Georgia
Press Association last week at the
group’s annual convention held on
Jekyll Island.
Buffington grew up in the family
newspaper business, which today
publishes five weekly newspapers
in Northeast Georgia: The Jackson
Herald, The Barrow News-Jour
nal, The Braselton News, The
Banks County News and the Mad
ison County Journal.
He is a graduate of the Universi
ty of Georgia.
Buffington is the fifth GPA presi
dent with roots in Jackson County:
Paul Harbor of The Commerce
News served two terms as GPA
president in the early 1900s; Albert
Hardy Jr., also a publisher of The
Commerce News, was president
in 1949; William Rogers, who
was born in Commerce, served
as president in 1969 as owner
of the Swainsboro Blade news
paper; and Buffington’s brother
Mike served as GPA president in
1995. The Buffingtons are the only
brothers to serve as presidents of
the association.
Buffington has served on the
GPA board of directors since 2009
and succeeds Don Bailey of the
Macon Telegraph. Joining him as
GPA officers are vice president,
Otis Brumby III of the Marietta
Daily Journal and treasurer, Dan
Poole of the Pickens Progress in
Jasper.
The GPA is the state’s leading
media organization with roots
going back to 1887. It provides
training for its members and
serves as a watchdog of state leg
islative actions that could compro
mise open government laws.