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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Homer, Banks County, GA 30547 • A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. • 12 Pages, 1 Sections Plus Supplements
Vol. 57 No. 50
Beaverdam
Baptist to host
live nativity
December 1-3
Beaverdam Baptist
Church will host a live na
tivity on Friday through
Sunday, Dec. 1-3, from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m.
There will be live charac
ters and animals, luminar
ies, hot cocoa, coffee, cook
ies and crafts for the kids.
All are invited to attend,
organizers state.
Beaverdam Baptist is
located at 1627 Hwy. 59,
Commerce.
Christmas
Tour of Homes
coming up
in Maysville
The Tumbling Waters
Society will host its 2023
Maysville Christmas Tour
of Homes on Sunday, Dec.
3, from 2-5 p.m.
There will be four homes
on the tour and shopping
and hot chocolate and cook
ies available downtown.
Tickets are required for
the tour.
The four locations are: 30
North Main Street, 32 North
Main Street, 9567 Gillsville
Road and 960 Unity Church
Road.
There is no set order and
participants may start at any
house they prefer.
Price for the entire tom is
$20 per person.
Tom tickets will be avail
able at each of the houses
the day of the tom, or if pre
sale tickets are preferred,
they can be pmchased from
any TWS member, Bra-
selton Realty in Jefferson,
Aimee’s Closet in Mays
ville or by calling Marie
Godfrey at 706-340-5121.
Payment for tickets is in
cash or check to TWS only,
organizers state..
Toys for Tots
fundraiser to be
held on Dec. 7
A Toys for Tots fundrais
er will be held at AJ’s Piz
za Pub from 5:30 p.m. to
7 p.m. on Thmsday, Dec. 7.
All who donate a new toy
will receive a free photo
with Santa.
The restamant is located
at 700 Historic 441 High
way, Cornelia.
MAILING LABEL
THANKSGIVING FEAST AT BCPS
Emma Barner is shown enjoying a Thanksgiving feast at Banks County Primary School. The
BCPS Food and Nutrition Department served over 2,227 meals to students and their families
over three days. On Tuesday, 488 students and 247 adults were served; on Wednesday, 478 stu
dents and 286 adults were served; and on Thursday, 477 students and 251 adults were served.
Baldwin tree lighting to
kick off Christmas season
Christmas events in Baldwin, Maysville, Lula and Gills
ville are coming up this weekend. A Christmas event is also
planned later in December in Homer.
BALDWIN
The City of Baldwin will be hosting a Christmas tree
lighting on Friday, December 1, at 6:30 p.m. There will be
free hot cocoa, photos with Santa and Christmas carols by
the Baldwin Elementary School Choir. All are welcome
to attend. The link to the Facebook event page is https://
fb.me/e/uWAYSgS5.
MAYSVILLE
The Maysville Community Club will hold Christmas in
the Park on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.. The
event will include vendors, hot chocolate and music. For
more information on the Christmas in the Park celebra
tion,, email the community club at Maysville.comclub@
gmail.com.
LULA
Christmas in Lula will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, from
4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the depot. The event will include a pa
rade, holiday treats and other special events.
GILLSVILLE
Christmas in Gillsville will be held from 5:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2-3. Sydney Se-
gars Real Estate and Gillsville City Council will be hosting
the event. There will be free Santa photos and other fun
events, organizers state.
HOMER
The Downtown Development Authority and Town of
Homer are sponsoring Christmas on the Farm from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9. The event will include craft
and food vendors, a hay ride, games and a visit from Santa.
There will be a parade at 10 a.m.
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A new MedLink facility is now open in Banks County. A ribbon cutting was held with city and county officials attending.
MedLink opens new facility in Banks
A new MedLink Georgia
office has opened in Banks
County.
MedLink Georgia is a
non-profit federally qual
ified community health
center providing healthcare
to over 51,000 Georgians
in rural areas and serving
Northeast Georgian com
munities since 1979.
The new 16,000 square
foot Banks County facility
offers primary healthcare
for patients of all ages, as
well as an imaging center,
behavioral health, in-house
pharmacy, diabetes educa
tion and nutrition counsel
ing, and a community train
ing room for educational
healthcare classes and com
munity use.
At the ribbon cutting last
week at the new facility,
Dave Ward welcomed ev
eryone and said MedLink is
“excited to be able to pro
vide the Banks County area
with family care, pediatrics,
imaging, diabetes and nutri
tion, behavioral health and
County
a pharmacy with drive thru
services.
MedLink is located at 112
Banks Road, Commerce,
just off of U.S. Hwy. 441 in
Banks County.
MedLink Georgia has 25
locations.
Banks BOE approves
hiring of new employees
By ANGELA GARY
The Banks County Board of Education approved several
new hires at its November meeting.
Those hired were:
•Tommy Crawford, maintenance.
•Emma Gentry, paraprofessional.
•Lexus Cash, paraprofessional.
•Tammy Osier, paraprofessional.
•Haley Holcomb, teacher.
•William “Will” Bryan, teacher.
In other business, the BOE approved the following:
•a request from Banks County High School (BCHS) Ref
uge Archery to utilize the BCHS 2.0 Gymnasium for Geor
gia S3DA Indoor State competition on February 17, 2024.
•field trip request from BCHS Boys’/Girls’ basketball to
visit Panama City, Fla., December 27 -31, 2023.
•a request from Banks County Elementary School
(BCES) PBIS to sponsor student pictures to be taken and
available for parents to purchase and be used for yearbook
and snacks for faculty and staff members to purchase Au
gust, 2023 - May, 2024.
•Banks County Primary School (BCPS) to sponsor sale
of tee shirts to first grade students, November 27- May 30,
2023.
Many local Methodist churches
approved to disaffiliate from UMC
The North Georgia Con
ference of the United Meth
odist Church voted to allow
the disaffiliation of 261
churches, including a num
ber in Northeast Georgia, at
its annual meeting last week
in Athens.
The split is rooted in in
ternal disagreements over
the church’s handling of
LGBTQ issues among
other theological and cul
tural issues. Some of the
disaffiliated congregations
plan to affiliate with new,
more conservative national
church groups. Among the
261 disaffiliations approved
were the following local
congregations:
•New Prospect UMC,
Athens
Lebanon UMC, Gillsville, was one of several area churches
allowed to disaffiliate with the national UMC organization.
•Young Harris Memorial
UMC Athens
•Commerce First UMC
•Ebenezer UMC Jefferson
•Holly Springs UMC
Jackson County
•Lebanon UMC Gillsville
•Midway UMC Gillsville
•Mt. Bethel UMC Com
merce
•New Salem UMC
•Redstone UMC Jackson
County
•The Vine UMC
