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PAGE 12A —THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JULY 23. 2009
Madison Co. native honored by Governor
Madison County native
Diane Kilgore, Director of the
Public Service and Business
Outreach Center at Abraham
Baldwin Agricultural College,
has been chosen as this quar
ter’s recipient of the 2009
Governor's Commendation
for Excellence in Customer
Service. Kilgore will be hon
ored at a ceremony on July 23
in Atlanta.
Kilgore, formerly of Hull,
is the daughter of Hildred
Parker Benton and a gradu
ate of Madison County High
School. She is married to
Wayne Kilgore. They have
two sons and daughters-in-
: A
Diane Kilgore
law and five grandchildren.
Their son, David, and his
wife, Crystal, and their three
children live in Ila.
The Governor’s
Commendation for Excellence
in Customer Service was
established in 2006.
The award was designed to
recognize employees who go
“above and beyond’’ while
serving customers and dem
onstrating Georgia’s five cus
tomer service commitments
- courteous, helpful, acces
sible, responsive, and knowl
edgeable.
“This is a significant honor
which speaks highly of your
accomplishments, the college,
and our agency,” Deborah
Scott, Customer Service
Champion for the University
System of Georgia, said to
Kilgore. “Current winners
were selected from a very
competitive group of 240
nominees from 39 state agen
cies.”
Kilgore was nominated for
the award for her exemplary
service with the Governor’s
Office of Customer Service
Rapid Process Improvement
Project for Financial Aid and
Student Accounts.
Kilgore and Dr. Chrystle
Ross served as the campus
leads on the project and
worked in conjunction with
ABAC, the Board of Regents,
the Governor’s Office, and
Georgia Tech to implement
a new model for student ser
vices at ABAC.
Table talking after all these years
By Susan Casey-Voytik
theirishtwin@yahoo.com
Last Saturday’s Comer
Farmers’ Market began with
jackets in July and ended with
smiles of satisfaction for all
under the red and white roof.
Table-talk about surprises! A
relaxed day of shopping gave
way to quality time table-talk
and armfuls of bargains for
the steady stream of late-start
market-goers. It was a day to
remember with record-breaking
temperatures, globetrotting
products and a human inter
est story weaving through the
tables.
Sold out items among the
summer season harvest included
okra. Japanese eggplant, blue
berries. pink-eye purple-hull
peas, rattlesnake pole beans, bell
peppers, corn, collards (Plato's
pick), cantaloupe and heirloom
iris bulbs. New sell-outs were
figs and cayenne and habanero
peppers.
Soaring sales of heirloom
quality art were led by crowd
pleasing Pysanky jewelry, hand-
painted gourd birdhouses and
diminishing ladies accessories
by The Irish Twin. Useful items
forged by skilled blacksmith
Mark Davis of Wolf Creek
Trading Company gained in
popularity. His colonial meat
fork and paper towel holder will
take up permanent residency in
our home.
Prepared item sell-outs
included fresh lemonade, lem
on-blueberry walnut loaves,
artisan bread, strawberry lattice
coffeecake, apple butter, peach
preserves and Triple Tang BBQ
sauce. New to prepared items
were strawberry, blueberry and
sold-out fig preserves.
Unbelievable! Leslie Chandler
spreads her plum preserves
across the globe, giving the CFM
international fame. Traveling via
Comer resident Phil Sanders, a
case of the local treat will be
enjoyed by U.S. troops stationed
in Iraq. Who knows, it could be
sweet enough to bring peace.
Look, it’s a new vendor!
Local favorite amazing Amy
Abrahamsen, herbalist, mas
sage therapist and Ila dairy goat
farmer, took center stage with
her healing hands and “never
empty" therapeutic chair. Her
holistic way of life has a “pied
piper” effect on all who desire a
better quality of living.
Double take! Sharing the stage
was a new musician —popu
lar performer Sam DeRaimo
who sang with his guitar and
sold impressive original CD’s.
Audience participation required
little coaxing as most of the
market recognized Sam’s music
and eagerly sang along.
Farmers' Feedback: The beat
in the heart of table-talk was an
incredible human interest story.
Cut to the chase! On July 6th,
I, Susan Casey-Voytik, received
an email from a woman claim
ing to be Sarah Louise Foust, the
daughter I gave up for adoption
27 years ago. When Sarah was 2
and 1/2 years old, we lost con
tact and with much effort des
perately sought each other over
the years. On July 11th, I imme
diately left the CFM on a wing
and a prayer making a beeline
to the Atlanta airport for a long
overdue reunion. After meeting
her siblings, my son Donovan
and daughter Veronica, Sarah
asked about her father, who I
hadn't seen in 23 years. By a
miracle of God, we found him
with ease ... and he was over
joyed! We ended our visit by
working together at the CFM
among friends who supported
me, shared my joy, and gave me
airport directions. Thanks for all
your help ... "and they lived hap
pily ever after.”
You may not always find
something incredible, truly
amazing or an unbelievable
record-breaking experience, but
your life could be changed at the
Comer Farmers’ Market, where
memories are made and friend
ships are forged. See you there!
Susan Casey-Voytik provides
news from the Comer Fanners'
Market.
61 st Annual Madison County
Fair to light up Comer
By Nancy Bridges
Cooperative Extension Agent
The pages of the calendar tell it’s not long until the gate opens for the
Madison County Fair, a tradition in the beautiful town of Comer.
The Lions Club members generously give their time and energy to make
this fall hometown event which has taken place for the last 61 years to the
delight of people from the Northeast Georgia area. Hundreds of exhibits
and community fair booths will be entered in the fair this year.
I spoke with David McFarland, Comer Lions Club Fair Committee, who
tells me that the fair will take place Tuesday, Sept. 29, through Saturday,
Oct. 3.
Those interested in entering a craft, canned good, sewing, crochet,
knitting, or artwork may obtain a copy of the 2009 rules at the Madison
County Extension Office, 97 Sunset Drive, Danielsville.
Fair check-in dates will be Friday, Sept. 25, from 2-5 p.m. or Sunday,
Sept. 27, from 2-5 p.m.
Exhibits must stay all week and are picked up at the end of the fair on
Saturday, Oct. 3, from 9:30-10 p.m. only or on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 2-4
p.m.
Adults and youth will be judged separately and premiums will be spon
sored by the Lions Club. Categories include needlework of all types, sew
ing clothing and other items, canning, fresh fruits and vegetables grown
by the exhibitor, quilts, artwork including drawings, sketches, painting,
photography, woodwork, ceramic, pottery, metal craft, baskets, floral
arrangements and trash to treasure.
Canned goods must be in sealed canning jars using USDA guidelines.
There is also a honey and syrup category.
For more information concerning the Individual Fair Exhibit competi
tion, contact the Madison County Extension Service or Nancy Bridges at
706-795-2281.
Senior Center menu,
activities for July 27-31
The Eloise McCurley Senior
Center has announced its lunch
menu and planned activities for
Monday, July 27, through Friday,
July 31.
Monday - Grilled Chicken Breast
Marsala, herbed mashed potatoes,
garden peas, wheat bread, peaches
and low-fat milk.
Fitness/movie and popcorn.
Tuesday - Orange juice, chicken
salad, three bean salad, tossed salad
with dressing, wheat bread, graham
crackers and low-fat milk.
Fitness/birthday bingo/site council
meeting.
Wednesday - Breaded pork patty
with homestyle onion gravy, cab
bage and carrots, black-eyed peas,
wheat bread, spiced cranberry apples
and low-fat milk.
Fitness/quilting/puzzles/games.
Thursday - Hamburger patty with
ketchup, mustard and sliced tomato,
old-fashioned baked beans, cream-
style com, hamburger bun, mixed
fruit and low-fat milk.
Fitness/cards/UGA tai chi chic
and blood pressure checks.
Friday - Sliced turkey with turkey
gravy, mashed sweet potatoes, tur
nip greens, combread, whole wheat
bread, an orange and low-fat milk.
Fitness/bingo.
Athens Kidney Center is proud to
announce the public opening of its 2 new
state-of-the-art dialysis treatment centers!
Commerce Kidney Center Madison Kidney Center
592 Ridgeway Road 1311 Atlanta Highway
Commerce, GA Madison, GA
under the medical directorship of
BEZE ADOGU, MD, PhD, FACP
KHUDR BURJAK, MD
Harini Chittineni, ID
Dr. Adogu was educated at University of Jos and Cambridge
University, England. He graduated top of his class in
medicine & surgery, as well as biochemistry and
obstetrics/gynecology. A Cheve ning scholar, he was
appointed Her Majesty’s scholar in medicine at Cambridge,
and has published multiple research papers as well as a
popular textbook of kidney diseases, “Pocket Nephrology”.
His PhD thesis was on the mechanisms of diabetes mellitus.
Post-graduate medical training continued at Brown
University (Pharmacology), York Hospital (Medicine), Medical College of
Georgia (Kidney Diseases & Transplantation) and Massachusetts General
« Hospital (Transplantation). He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and
j Nephrology/Hypertension, and was also elected FACP. being the first doctor
l elected from Athens since 1953.
Dr. Burjak was educated at
American University of
Beirut, with postgraduate
medical training at Tulane
University, LA. He has
over 15 years of dialysis
and research experience,
having published in lupus
disease amongst kidney
patients (Kraner. Burjak et al. American J
Kidney Diseases 1999) and is
board-certified in Kidney Diseases &
Hypertension.
Dr. Chittineni was educated
at Ghandi Medical College,
with post-graduate training
at Winthrop University
Hospital, where she worked
both as a nephrology
research assistant and
clinical instructor. She has
completed important
research into acute kidney failure
(Chittineni et al. American J Nephrology,
2007) and is board-certified in Internal
Medicine.
Athens Kidney Center • 1440 North chase street, Athens • 706-227-2110
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