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THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 — PAGE 7A
Social News
Rotary constructs ramp for Graham
The Rotary Club of
Madison County con
structed a 12-foot ramp,
and a six-foot porch
access Thursday for Stan
Graham, who lives on
Hwy. 106. Graham is only
48 years old, but diabetes
has caused the removal
of one of his feet. It was a
real change for this hard
working individual to try
to get around without his
leg. Workers included Bob
Padilla, Ed Brown, James
Adams, Roy Gandy, Jim
Jeffer, Artry Bishop, Jerry
Bond and Alton Rowe.
MR. AND MRS. HAGGARD
50 Years Together
Holman Autry Band
to play
benefit show Sat.
The Holman Autry Band will
present a concert in the Madison
County High School gym on
Saturday, September 19. The
band comprises members from
Madison County who have been
playing together to create an origi
nal sound and style, according
to the press release. Doors open
at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. per
formance. All ages are welcome,
organizers said. Tickets are $10
at the door.
Children ages 10 and under will
be admitted free of charge. The
concert is presented by the MCHS
Chorus. Proceeds will help to
underwrite the choral program,
organizers said.
Child Safety Seat
Check Day set for
Sept. 19
The Madison County Pilot Club
is sponsoring a Child Safety Seat
Check Day on Saturday, Sept. 19,
in the Ingles parking lot on Hwy 29
in Hull from 10 a.m. to noon. This
event is being conducted by Randall
Townley of the Northeast Georgia
Rural Road Initiative and certified
checkers from the area, according to
the press release.
All seats deemed to be unsafe will
be replaced, the release stated. Child,
vehicle and parent or caregiver must
be present for the fitting of the seat
or booster seats.
According to reports, (American
Academy of Pediatrics, Georgia
Highway Safety and National
Highway Transportation and Safety
Administration) motor vehicle
crashes are the leading cause of
death for children from the ages of 2
to 14 and a high percentage of these
deaths could be prevented with the
proper use of car seats and seat
belts. Rural Georgia has the lowest
use rates in the state and among the
lowest in the country, according to
officials. In addition, it is estimated
that four out of five seats are
incorrectly installed and that many
others which have been recalled are
still in use.
Watershed
Association to hold
annual meeting
Saturday
The public is invited to attend
the 2009 annual meeting of the
Broad River Watershed Association
(BRWA) on Saturday, Sept. 19, at
the group shelter in Watson's Mill
State Park near Carlton.
The meeting agenda is as follows:
9:30 a.m. continental breakfast; 10
a.m. Business meeting (election
of directors and nominating
committee); 11 a.m. program-“The
Georgia Water Planning Process: To
Founder’s
Corner
by
Buhl Cummings
FALL SPORTS...The Fall sports
program at ACS is going strong:
Varsity, Middle School and Youth
(ages 5-12) football; Varsity and
Middle School cross-country
(boys and girls); Varsity and
Middle School fast pitch softball
(girls); Varsity and Middle School
girls volleyball; Varsity, Middle
School and Youth cheerleading.
Wow, quite a program. And
we thank the Lord for supplying
good coaches for all of these
activities that help develop
children and young people
physically, mentally, and
spiritually.
You have a special invitation
to come by and see ACS in
action or check us out on the
web.
ATHENS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
“Affordable Quality Education Since 1970”
K3-12TH CALL (706) 549-7586
www.athenschristian.com
What’s happening
Carol and Allan Haggard, Ila,
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary Saturday, June 27,
at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
They were married June 20,
1959, in Abbeville, SC. The
anniversary reception was given
by family and friends.
Birth
PIPER NICOLE AND PARKER ELLIOT GINN
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry H. Ginn Sr., Royston, announce the birth of
twins. Piper Nicole and Parker Elliott, bom Monday, Aug. 31,2009,
at Cobb Memorial Hospital, Royston.
The maternal grandparents are Thelma Wells, Royston, and Sean
Wells, Atlanta. Paternal grandparents are the late James and Polly
Ginn, Royston. The twins were welcomed home by a big brother,
Jerry Ginn Jr.
Military
Kilpatrick completes
Navy basic training
What End,’ presented by Dr. Frank
Carl; 12:30 p.m. Lunch (provided).
Dr. Carl, executive director of the
Savannah Riverkeeper, will discuss
Georgia’s water planning process,
including the Savannah/Upper
Ogeechee Regional Water Planning
Council, the development of state
wide water plans and important
water resource issues and how they
may be addressed, officials said.
The BRWA is a regional,
non-profit land trust created to
preserve the Broad River as a
free-flowing river system and to
support land use compatible with
the maintenance of water quality,
scenic rural character and the
preservation of sensitive natural
historic areas and wildlife habitat.
“We invite everyone to attend our
annual meeting to listen to the
presentations on stream monitoring
and watershed planning and to see
how stream sampling is done,”
organizers said.
The meeting is free and open to
the public, according to the press
release.
For more information, see brwa.
org or call Mary Freeman at 706-
201-5859.
Super Shredder
Saturday
is Sept. 19
Super Shredder Saturday is Sept.
19 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Georgia
Square Mall parking lot (facing the
Atlanta Hwy.). Organizers say the
Lindsay Group will provide secure
destruction of up to two boxes of
confidential and sensitive materials
with its mobile shredding unit. The
shredder destroys materials on-site
under your supervision, officials
said.
The shreds will be recycled by
ACC Recycling Division. The event
is sponsored by The ACC Recycling
Division, Keep Madison County
Beautiful, The Lindsay Group and
Georgia Square Mall.
For more information, call 706-
613-3512.
Friends of Library
hosting book sale
The Friends of the Madison
County Library will have a book sale
Sept. 18-26 at the Madison County
Library in Danielsville. High quality
books and more will be available
at the best prices around, Friends
members said. Hardback books are
$1 and paperbacks are 50 cents.
“All funds raised go to support the
Madison County Library and its
commitment to the community,”
organizers said.
Sale hours are during regular
library hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on
Tuesday and Thursday, and 2-6
p.m. on Sunday.
A preview sale for Friends of
the Library members will be held
on Thursday, Sept. 17, from 5 to 8
p.m. You may join the Friends or
renew a relapsed membership at
that time, organizers said. Please
call the library for more details and
direction at 706-795-5597 or stop
by 1315 Hwy. 98 West (next to the
recreation department ball fields).
Scoggins, McKinley,
Tiller reunion set
for Sept. 20
The Scoggins, McKinley, Tiller
reunion will be held Sunday, Sept.
20, at the schoolhouse in Paoli at 1
p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Senior center to
hold plant sale
The Madison County Senior
Center will hold a fall plant sale
Sept. 24 and 25 from 9 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. both days.
“We will have broccoli, cabbage
and collard plants,” organizers said.
“We will have snapdragons and
pansies hanging baskets.”
The money from the sale will be
used to help with the senior center
programs.
For more information, call the
senior center at 706-795-6250 or
706-795-6251.
Library to
recognize ‘Banned
Books Week’
The Madison County will
recognize "Banned Books Week,”
Sept. 27-Oct. 3 with a display
of "Censorship in Schools and
Libraries.”
This display has been in use
since 1984 and began circulation
in the New York Public Library.
The new edition (2008-09) has
been developed to add significant
censorship incidents and patterns,
which have occurred throughout the
United States.
The exhibit begins with the
foundations of freedom of speech
and freedom of the press that were
established in the First Amendment
to the United States Constitution.
Then definitions of censor and
censorship are given, which have
been extracted from 19 th and 20 th
century dictionaries. Following
this, in chronological order, appear
descriptions of selected incidents of
censorship that have occurred in the
United States during the past 100
years. The exhibit concludes with
quotations on censorship, results of
a censorship survey, and the Library
Bill of Rights.
The exhibit is open to the public
during library hours. The library
is located at 1315 Hwy. 98 W in
Danielsville, next to the Recreation
Department. For more information,
call 706-795-5597.
Madison Co.
Fair ahead
Sept. 29-Oct. 3
The Madison County Fair is
coming to town Sept. 29-Oct. 3.
"We hope this year will be the best
fair that has ever come to Madison
County,” organizers said.
Applications for vendors are now
being taken. “This is a great way to
promote you business during these
tough economic times,” organizers
said.
For more details or an application,
call 706-795-2747.
Volunteers needed
for ‘haunted field’
Battle Zone Paint Ball on Neese-
Commerce Road is hosting a ben
efit “haunted field” Oct. 8-31 with
proceeds to go to feed a needy
family at Thanksgiving, according
to organizers.
Volunteers are needed to “haunt"
the field on Thursdays, from 6:30-11
p.m. and on Fridays and Saturdays
from 6:30 p.m. to midnight.
For more information or to volun
teer, contact Kerry at 706-614-5834
or e-mail him at banell29@aol.
com. You can also visit their website
at www.battlezonepb.com.
Account set up
for Henry Jones
An account has been set up at
Merchants and Farmers Bank to
help cover the medical bills of Henry
Jones, former chief of the Collins
Volunteer Fire Department, who is
suffering from cancer. “He gave the
Collins Fire Department 22 years
and was a foster parent of about 20
kids in the county,” friends said. “He
helped all he could when he could.
Now it is time to give back.”
Donations can be made to the
William Henry Jones account at
Merchants & Farmers Bank. For
more information, call 706-340-
5865.
Navy Seaman Apprentice
John M. Kilpatrick, a 2009
graduate of Madison County
High School, Danielsville,
recently completed U.S.
Navy basic training at Recruit
Training Command, Great
Lakes, Ill.
The eight-week program
included classroom study and
practical instruction on naval
customs, first aid, firefighting,
water safety and survival and
shipboard and aircraft safety.
An emphasis was also placed
on physical fitness.
The capstone event of boot
camp is “Battle Stations." This
exercise teaches sacrifice, ded
ication, teamwork and endur
ance in each recruit through
the "practical application of
basic Navy skills and the core
values of honor, courage and
commitment,” according to a
press release.
Thompson completes
Army basic training
Army Spec, Michelle R. Thompson has graduated from basic
combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, Thompson studied the Army
mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and
received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military
weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and cer
emony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat,
map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system,
basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
She is the daughter of Sheri Ovbey of Drake Woods Road,
Danielsville, and Pete Thompson of Browntown Road,
Waynesville.
Thompson graduated in 2001 from Dacula High School and
received a bachelor’s degree in 2008 from North Georgia College
and State University, Dahlonega.
Out-of-countv notes
Martin - Lewallen reunion set for Sept. 27
The Martin-Lewallen reunion will take place on Sunday, Sept. 27,
at the American Legion building in Homer. Organizers say please
bring a covered dish and enjoy the fellowship. Lunch will be served
at 1 p.m.
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