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THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. OCTOBER 22, 2009 — PAGE 10A
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Senior Center
menu, activities for
Oct. 26 - 30
The Eloise McCurley Senior
Center has announced its lunch
menu and planned activities for
Monday, Oct. 26, through Friday,
Oct. 30.
Monday - pork riblet with
barbecue sauce, Great Northern
beans with peppers and onions,
peas with onions, wheat bun,
mixed fruit cup and low-fat milk.
Fitness/puzzles/games.
Tuesday - orange-pineapple
juice, chopped steak, yellow
rice with tomatoes and peppers,
broccoli, wheat bread, peach cup
and low-fat milk.
Fitness/Birthday Bingo/ site
council meeting.
Wednesday - Italian Parma
Pasta, meat sauce casserole,
Italian mixed vegetables, carrots,
tossed salad with Italian dressing,
wheat bread, pineapple cup and
low-fat milk.
Fitness/Jessica Bankston of
Georgia Care.
Thursday - baked fish with
tartar sauce, garlic spinach,
stewed tomatoes, wheat roll,
orange and low-fat milk.
Fitness/Halloween party.
Friday - blended fruit juice,
chicken breast, mashed potatoes,
green beans, wheat bread, holiday
dessert and low-fat milk.
Gospel brunch to
benefit Friends of
Advantage
Friends of Advantage, Inc.
and The Melting Point, Athens,
will host a traditional and
contemporary gospel brunch on
Sunday, Oct. 25, to help spread
awareness about Advanatage
Behavioral Health Systems’
services for people who are
dealing with mental illnesses,
developmental disabilities, and
alcohol and substance abuse
issues.
Advantage serves nearly 10,000
clients each year, including
children and adolescents ages 3 -
18, homeless individuals, single
women with children, people
with a dual diagnosis, including
mental health, substance abuse
disorders, and developmental
disabilities.
The event will be held from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featured
singers will be Lazarus Unwound
and Athens’ The Lighthouse
Gospelettes. The brunch buffet
and admission price will be all
inclusive at a total of $22 for
adults and children.
To purchase tickets or to check
out a link to this event and menu
go to www.meltingpointofathens.
com or in person at The Melting
Point box office.
For more information, contact
Tammy Dalton at tdalton@
advantagebhs.org, 706-542-9700,
ext. 1306, or Ashley Ware at
aware@advantagebhs.org, 706-
542-9700, ext. 1146.
Friends of Advantage is a
501(c)3 organization and all gifts
are tax-deductible, according to
the press release.
TERRELL HONORED
AT SENIOR CENTER
Joe Dudley, director of the
Eloise McCurley Senior
Center of Madison County,
presented (Johnny) John H.
Terrell HI with plaques in
memory of his father, the late
John H. Terrell Jr. One plaque
will be placed in the entrance
to the senior center and one
will be displayed at First
Citizens Bank in Comer. The
inscription reads as follows:
“The Eloise McCurley Senior
Center of Madison County will
always remember and respect
Mr. Terrell for his guided
generosity to the senior cen
ter from the Frances Wood
Wilson Foundation. Mr. Terrell
always kept our senior cen
ter in his heart and we will
always keep his memory in
our hearts.”
Library announces October news, events
MADISON APTS. ENJOYS HOLIDAY PICNIC
Residents of Madison Apartments in Comer celebrated Labor Day with their second-
annual neighborhood picnic. Residents prepared and shared a picnic meal with the
theme of “We are neighbors, we are family.” Everyone enjoyed socializing, which included
a birthday celebration for Colene Brown and Jessie Jarrett, a paddle ball contest and
ended, again this year, with a water balloon fight. Those attending included Opal Bridges,
Mary and Paul Bennett, Annie Johns, Iola Hambrick, May Edwards, Geri Cornish,
Antonius Reterink, Will Mauldin, Ann Seagraves, Alicia Mauldin, Mary Short, Samantha
and Billy Standridge, Donna Arrowood, Carolyn Chasteen, Colen Brown, Jessie Jarrett,
Rita Cross, Deborah Martin, Charles Moe, Melissa and Steven West, Lois Fortson, Robert
and Karen Newcomb, Marion Bryson, Christy Taylor and Nancy Fiorella.
News from the Over 50 Club
By Cheryl Leuthner
Correspondent
When Betty Westbrook called
the October meeting of the Over
50 Club to order, there were 12
members present. Her devotion
for the day was tided, "Seasons.”
Like the seasons of the year, our
lives have seasons also as we
change from youth to old age,
Charles Jay led the group
singing their theme song.
“Happy Birthday" was sung
to May Edwards and "Happy
Anniversary" was sung to Bill
and Debbie Coady.
Will Mauldin led the heal
ing prayers for the following:
Molene Davis, Allen and Faye
Harris, Charlotte Williams,
Bettye Bond, Elena and Rick
Edgmon, Gene Lackey’s sis
ter and brother, and Carolyn
Cullifer.
The secretary/treasurer report
was given by Cheryl Leuthner.
For old business, the group agreed
to leave at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23,
for a trip to LaGrange College to
see the play, “Brigadoon."
New business included agree
ing to a day to go on an apple
trip. The trip is scheduled to go
Thursday, Nov. 5, leaving at 9
a.m. Debbie Coady will contact
a bus driver for the trip. The
members also agreed to send
a gift to the Gordon’s Chapel
Cemetery Fund in memory of
Tomette Wilkes. Cheryl Leuthner
read a brief article comparing a
Christian and a pumpkin.
Charles and Faye Jay were
hosts for the day. They had deco
rated with a Halloween theme.
Scarecrow door prizes were won
by Pat Miles, Debbie Coady and
Ann Seagraves. Gene Lackey
offered the meal prayer.
Our next meeting
(Thanksgiving theme) will be
Nov. 11, starting at 11:30 in
the fellowship hall of Gordon's
Chapel United Methodist
Church, Hull.
Cheryl Leuthner provides
news from the Over 50 Club of
Madison County.
The Madison County Library has
announced its news and events for
October:
•The Fall Book Sale made over
$4,000. “Many thanks to Ann Davis
and Sara Carter for organizing, and
all the volunteers who set up, packed
away, manned the sale and kept
it in order,” library officials said.
“Continuous thanks to the donators
of the books and to Baker & Taylor
for providing quality hardbacks.”
•The Friends General Meeting
Oct. 25 will include special guest
speaker western author Dac
Crossley. Library board chairman
Mike Moak will give a presenta
tion on the upcoming expansion and
renovation.
•Books and Bites: “After Hours
for Teens Only!” organizers said.
“Here’s your chance to read undis
turbed for hours and eat pizza: and
you don’t have to use your library
voice!” The library closes at 6 p.m.,
Friday, Oct. 16, but will re-open for
books and bites at 8 p.m. Plan to
be picked up by 10 p.m. You don’t
have to wear your pajamas.
•Spooky Candy-Skulls: In Mexico
they celebrate Day of the Dead on
Nov. 1 st , and honor their ancestors
with special decorated candy skulls.
The library will provide the solid
sugar skulls and people ages 9 and
up can personalize them Saturday,
Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to noon.
•Spooky Candy-chocolate
eyeballs: “The most delightful
Halloween snack imaginable: bright
red eyeballs (cherries) covered in
chocolate!” organizers said. People
ages 9 and up can come Saturday,
Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to noon and
make a pair to take home.
•Young adult book discus
sion: This month they will meet
Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4:30 p.m.
They are reading Vampire Knight,
volume 1. “It’s MANGA!” said
library staff members. Check the
front desk for copies.
•Pajama Storytime: On Thursday,
Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. “Miss Jennifer
will have gentle stories and songs
for children of all ages,” organizers
said. A bedtime snack will also be
provided as a special treat.
•Music, Art and Drama: “Miss
Debbie will conduct a creative free-
for-all in two sessions," organizers
said. Sessions will be held Friday,
Oct. 30 from 11:30 a.m. to noon,
when she’ll have age-appropriate
activities for toddlers to kindergar
teners. Then, from 1 to 1:30 p.m.,
children and tweens can act, paint,
and explore their talents in a sup
portive environment.
•Homeschoolers Chapter Book
Revue: On Thursdays at 1 p.m.,
homeschooled kids gather at the
library to read a book together and
talk about it. After the book is fin
ished, they have a party related to the
story: togas and snacks for a book
about Cleopatra, for example. This is
geared towards elementary school-
aged children, but experienced read
ers of any age are welcome.
•Preschool and toddler story time:
Your child's first introduction to
reading: read with them and watch
them succeed. Story time includes
stories, finger-plays, songs and crafts
for literacy-based fun. It is open to
children ages 2 to 5. This month’s
themes are: Banned Books, Author
Kate and Jim MacMullan, Monsters
and Halloween. Open play with lots
of toys and a guest reader will be
Oct. 16 this month.
•The library sewing group is
working on different techniques
of quilting. "Please join this fun
group and learn a new trick or two,”
organizers said. They meet every
Wednesday 1-3 p.m. in the general
purpose room.
•Computer Classes: “Alisa
Claytor, the nicest computer spe
cialist in the world, will offer an
Introduction to computers series,”
organizers said. The sessions will
include introduction to keyboard and
mouse; introduction to computers,
making files and folders and fun
with Publisher. Three meeting times
are offered: Tuesdays from 2-3 p.m.,
or 7-8 p.m., and Wednesdays from
11 a.m.-noon. Please pre-register as
this is not a drop-in-style class. Call
706-795-5597 to register or stop by
the library.
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District Firefighters
and our friends and
loved ones,
We, the family of Henry
Jones, would like to thank you
for all your friendships and
support of him and our family
over the years. It was an
honor for him to serve our
community as Chief of the
Collins District VFD for many
years and an honor for our
family members to participate
in the fire department as well.
We especially want to thank
the community and all of its
residents for the love and
support during these last
several weeks of our father’s
illness. The encouragement
received was comforting and
to have the friends we have
known for many years
surrounding us was
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