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PAGE 8A — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JULY 7. 2016
Cat adoptions $25 at MOAS through July 31
The summer forecast at
the Madison Oglethorpe
Animal Shelter (MOAS) is
cats, cats and more cats,
according to shelter offi
cials.
And July is not only
‘Adopt a Shelter Cat
Month.” it also marks the
second height of kitten
season, which is the time
of year when shelters see
another increase in feline
breeding.
Shelter officials say if
you're looking to make a
difference for cats during
this critical time of year,
here are some ways you
can get involved.
First of all, adopt a shel
ter cat, if possible. Cat
adoptions are just $25
through July 31 at the shel
ter. This includes both cats
and kittens, and all have
received their rabies and
other age-appropriate vac
cines, deworming, micro
chip and have been spay or
neutered. Go to the shelter
Facebook page (MOAS
Pets) to view some of the
cats and kittens available
or stop by the shelter, 188
Colbert-Danielsville Road,
(next to the transfer station)
noon to 4 p.m., Wednesday
through Sunday.
Kitten season creates a
tremendous population
explosion, and animal shel
ters around the country will
soon be flooded with more
cats in need of a home.
You can make a major dif
ference by adopting a new
feline friend.
The second way to help,
shelter officials said, is to
spay or neuter your own
cats.
“If you haven’t already
done so. please consider
having your feline family
member spayed or neu
tered,” shelter officials
stressed. “Don’t forget we
are hosting our ‘Beat the
2nd Heat,’ Sunday. July
31, and the cost to spay
your your cat is just $35.
Give us a call at 706-795-
2868 and schedule your
appointment today. Space
is limited and you do not
have to be a Madison or
Oglethorpe County resi
dent to take advantage of
this great offer.”
The third way you can
help is to make a tax-de
ductible donation to the
shelter.
“Kitten season is one of
the most dangerous times of
year for homeless cats and
kittens.” shelter officials
said. “During this season,
resources like food, money
and space are stretched
to the brink at shelters
everywhere. The Madison
Oglethorpe Animal Shelter
is determined to make a
difference, but your most
generous donation today
can support our efforts to
curb kitten season and find
a home for so many. To
help us save more lives,
please consider making a
gift to our shelter today.”
You can stop by to make
your donation in person at
1888 Colbert-Danielsville
Road, Wednesday through
Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
or you can go online to
http://www.moaspets.com/
donate.
“The fourth and final
way you can help is to
open your home to foster
young kittens (and some
times their mothers),” shel
ter officials said. “MOAS
supplies all the food, vet
erinary care, etc., you just
supply the home (and the
love) to give kittens the
time to grow until they
can be spayed or neutered
and adopted. Foster homes
play a critical role in saving
lives.”
Go to http://www.moas-
pets.com/fosterapp to fill
out an application to foster
a homeless pet.
Animal shelter’s 3 rd annual ‘Bark
and Wine’ scheduled for August 6
The Madison-Oglethorpe
Animal Shelter’s 3 rd annu
al “Bark and Wine” will
be held Saturday. Aug. 6.
at Boutier Winery, 4506
Hudson River Church
Road, Danielsville, from 6
to 9 p.m.
Tickets are $25 each
(in advance) or $30 at the
door and can be purchased
online at http://moaspets.
com/donate or at the shelter.
1888 Colbert-Danielsville
Road, Danielsville. 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday.
“This is our biggest
fundraising event of the
year,” shelter officials said.
“Join us for a silent auc
tion, drinks and heavy hors
d’oeuvres at the beautiful
Boutier Winery (www.
boutierwinery.com). all for
the benefit of the numerous
homeless animals we care
for each year.”
There will also be music,
featuring the talented India
McElroy, and other enter
tainment throughout the
evening, shelter officials
noted.
Sponsorship opportuni
ties are also available.
“Become a part of our
lifesaving team by spon
soring this great event,”
shelter officials said.
The following sponsor
ship levels are available:
Merlot Mutt ($1,000 dona
tion) - with this generous
sponsorship, your orga
nization will receive six
tickets to the event, a full
page ad in the Bark and
Wine program, choice rec
ognition on the slideshow
display and recognition on
the shelter’s website and
Facebook pages; Riesling
Rover ($500 donation)
- earn yourself and your
friends or family four
tickets to the event, your
organization a half page
ad in the Bark and Wine
program, the company
name on the slide show at
the event and a listing on
the website and Facebook
page and finally, Pinot Pup
($250 donation) - receive
two tickets to the event and
the company name in the
Bark and Wine program,
the slideshow and website.
MOAS is also in need of
items for the silent auction.
“Donate whatever your
mind can dream up —
handmade items, free ser
vices, tickets, time-shares,
a mini-vacation, etc. — the
animals need every bit of
help they can get to have
a second chance at a new
home and a good life,”
shelter officials said.
Silent auction donors will
be recognized in the Bark
and Wine program, on the
bid sheets and on the shel
ter’s website.
For more information,
to donate or to become a
sponsor, contact the shelter
at donate@moaspets.com.
“This year, our goal is to
raise $10,000 at this event,
and with your help we can
do it,” shelter officials said.
“Please join us in a fun
evening for a great cause.”
Athens MRF continues to accept glass for recycling
Recycling companies
across America are making
news as they quit accept
ing glass containers, but
one exception is the Ath
ens Materials Reclamation
Facility (MRF). Proximity to
the Athens MRF means local
residents can be sure that the
glass they put in their recy
cling bins for weekly pickup
does not end up in a landfill.
The Athens MRF contin
ues to accept and recsycle
glass at a time when recy
cling is in its own recession
and some major companies’
MRFs around Georgia no
longer take glass.
Waste Pro Athens manag
er Jerry Harris pointed out
to the Homer City Council
recently that the RockTenn
MRF in Doraville quit tak
ing glass, meaning the jars
and bottles that used to make
up the most weight in a recy
cling bin are now going to
landfills.
Fortunately, the Athens
division of Waste Pro, which
serves Commerce (and Jef
ferson), utilizes the Athens
MRF, which has an end user
for its glass.
“We segregate (recycla-
bles) and ship glass to Stra
tegic Materials in Atlanta,”
explains Suki Janssen, who
manages the Athens facility.
Strategic uses it in the con
struction of culverts.
“When you have applica
tions under rock, you have to
have a permeable substance
water can flow through.
Glass works perfectly,” Jans
sen said.
She points out that the
Athens MRF receives no
payment for glass it delivers
to Strategic.
“We’ve never, or very rare
ly, been paid for glass in
our 20 years of operation,”
Janssen said. It costs more to
transport glass than we got
paid in revenue.”
RECYCLING
RECESSION
Janssen offered the opin
ion that “glass is getting a
bad rap” as prices for recy-
clables plummeted over the
past two years for what she
called "a collection of rea
sons, most of them we have
no control over.”
“We can’t look at recy
cling in isolation in Athens
or Georgia or the United
States. It’s an international
business,” she added. And
while Janssen said most of
the materials from the Ath
ens MRF stay in the U.S.,
except plastics that go to
Canada, “We have shipped
to China before.”
China is the elephant in the
recycling room.
As its economy tanked,
Chinese buyers of recycla-
bles from the U.S. (mostly
on the West Coast), have
cut back or quit buying the
materials. That left former
exporters turning to U.S.
buyers, creating a glut of
recyclables that sent prices
tumbling.
Haulers like Waste Pro are
feeling the difference.
"Just in the last two years,
recycling has gone from
paying us — they (the recy
cling centers) used to give
us $30 a ton,” said Harris.
"Now we’re paying them
$36 a ton.”
In addition, lower fuel
costs make it less costly to
manufacture some products
with raw materials than with
recycled materials.
Harris said there are loca
tions all over the country
where recycling programs
are shutting down.
"In Atlanta even,” he said,
“it’s getting to where it’s a
big topic. It’s all over the
country. Florida is the big
gest recycler on the east
coast. There’s counties down
there stopping it. Recycling
now is just not sustainable,
...’’It’s a whole different
world, man, it’s a volatile
market.”
Janssen said a lot of gov
ernments were enticed into
creating recycling centers by
high prices from end users,
and many of those trans
ferred the profits from recy
cling to their general funds.
With that revenue source
dried up, many of those gov
ernments have abandoned
recycling. Athens-Clarke,
she said, did not make that
mistake, which means the
MRF there had money in
reserve to cover a $100,000
operational shortfall last
year.
“We’re in it for the long
haul,” she said, adding that
she’s starting to see some
increases in some commod
ities, including plastic, paper
and metal. "We’ve seen
some glimmers in market
prices.”
Janssen also reported that
the Georgia Recycling Coa
lition is organizing a gath
ering of recycling coordi
nators, processers and end
users next month to discuss
glass with the idea of finding
ways to promote more recy
cling and re-use. Meanwhile,
Waste Pro customers in the
Athens district can take
comfort that their jars and
bottles will continue to be
recycled instead of dumped
in a landfill.
Emergency food and
shelter grant funding
available through July 8
The deadline for Madison County public/private
agencies to apply for emergency food and shelter grant
funds through ACTION, Inc. is July 8.
Madison County has been awarded federal funds made
available through the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency under
The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board
Program, according to a press release.
Madison County has been chosen to receive $12,267
to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in
the county.
The selection was made by a National Board that is
chaired by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s
Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists
of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic
Charities; USA National Council of the Churches of
Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of North
America. The Salvation Army; and the United Way
Worldwide. The Local Board was charged to distribute
funds appropriated by the Congress to help expand the
capacity of food and shelter programs in high-needed
areas around the country.
A Local Board made up of the American Red
Cross, Church Organization(s), Community Service
agency, Local Government agencies and Homeless
Representative will determine how the funds awarded to
Madison County are to be distributed among the emer
gency food and shelter programs sun by local service
agencies in the area. The Local Board is responsible for
recommending agencies to receive these funds and any
additional funds made available under the phase of the
program.
Under the terms of the grant from the National Board,
local agencies chosen to receive funds must: 1) be pri
vate voluntary non-profits or units of government. 2) be
eligible to receive Federal Funds, 3) have an accounting
system, 4) practice nondiscrimination, 5) have demon
strated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or
shelter programs, and 6) if they are a private voluntary
organization, have a voluntary board. Qualifying agen
cies are urged to apply.
Madison County has distributed Emergency Food
and Shelter Funds Previously with ACTION, Inc. par
ticipating.
Public or private voluntary agencies interested in
applying for Emergency Food and Shelter Program
funds must contact Margo Fowler, 99 Sunset Dr.,
Danielsville, GA30633 or call 706-795-2180 for an
application.
Isakson representatives
to hold open office day
in Madison County
U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., has announced
that Amy Turner, his regional director for Northeast
Georgia, and Daniela Perry, his field representative for
the area, will hold an open office day for constituents
on July 15. 2016, in Danielsville.
Turner and Perry will be available Friday, July 15,
from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Madison County
Chamber of Commerce. 101 Courthouse Square, Suite
1, Danielsville, Ga.. 30633.
Isakson said he encourages constituents to come talk
with his representatives about any issues concerning
the federal government, federal legislation or federal
agencies, such as Veterans Affairs, the IRS, Medicare,
or the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
“This open office day will help ensure that the
views, concerns and local efforts of all Georgians are
reflected in the operation of our office,” said Isakson.
As representatives for Isakson, Turner and Perry are
responsible for overseeing day-to-day activities in their
region and acting as representatives for Isakson when
he is unable to personally attend events in the area.
Safety tip:
Keep the national Poison Control Center number
(1-800-222-1222) programmed into your phone and
written out somewhere you can easily see it at your
house or in your car.
Address signs available at 9-1-1 office
Reflective address signs are available for
sale at the Madison County 9-1-1 office.
The signs help law enforcement, fire, res
cue and EMS officials find homes during
emergencies.
The signs are $20 and posts are $3. Call
the 9-1-1 office at 706-795-0893 for more
information.
Buckle up. It’s the law!
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
MEET AND GREET
Join the Madison County Democratic Party at a FREE event
allowing you the chance to get to know your candidates as well as
to hear where they stand on important issues that affect you.
JULY 15th, 2016 at 6:00pm
At Boutier Winery
4506 Hudson River Church Rd
Danielsville, GA 30633
Guest Speakers Include:
US Senate Candidate -
GA State Senate Candidate District 24 -
Madison County BOC Chairman Candidate -
Madison County BOC District 2 Candidate -
Jim Barksdale
Brenda Jordan
Cedric Fortson
Conolus Scott
Music, Refreshments, & Silent Auction Provided by the MCDC
Cash Bar Provided by Boutier Winery
www.facebook.com/MadisonCountyGaDemocrats