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PAGE 6A — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 2021
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FLAG CEREMONY IN REMEMBRANCE
OF 9111 TO BE HELD AT LIBRARY
The Madison County Library will hold a flag ceremony in remembrance of 9/11 Friday,
October 1 at 11 a.m. Woodmen Life representative Lanier Burden will lead this program
honoring the lives lost on September 11, 2001. “Woodmen Life and state Senator Frank
Ginn generously donated new flags for our grounds that will be raised at this event,
which will take place at the flagpole in front of the library,” library staff members said.
In the case of inclement weather the program will be rescheduled. This program is free
and open to the public of all ages and abilities. Pictured (L-R) are Sen. Ginn, library
director Jennifer Ivey and library technology specialist Ashley Graham.
MCHS Class of ’91 reunion set for Sept. 25
The Madison County High School Class of 1991 will have its 30-year reunion Sept.
25th at Bass Lake located at 60 Blackthorn Road. Colbert.
For information email: RedRaiderMCHS1991@gmail.com.
Fall recycling, document
shredding event set for Nov. 13
Keep Madison County Beautiful will
hold a fall recycling event Saturday, Nov.
13 from 10 a.m. to noon at the county gov
ernment complex.
There will be document shredding,
medication take-back and other recycling
opportunities. Masks are requested.
Citizens can bring up to two fde boxes
of documents to shred for free (additional
fees may apply over two boxes). Any over-
the-counter or prescription medications
can be dropped off for proper disposal
(please keep in original container if pos
sible).
Other opportunities: electronics recy
cling (no TV’s or computer monitors),
books, ink cartridges, batteries, clothes/
shoes and light bulbs
For more information, call 706-795-
5151.
MCREA meets for first time since March 2020
Members of MCREA
held their first in-person
meeting since March 2020.
“We were all very happy
to see each other,” members
said.
The club welcomed a new
member, Beth Thornton,
and President Brenda Hill
presented her with a mem
bership pin. A special devo
tion was presented by Carol
Douglas.
New officers for year
2021-22 were installed
by Brenda Abdel-Hafez,
including president Brenda
Hill, secretary Karen
Harrison, treasurer Faye
Harris.
“Many memories and
thanks were shared for
cards that our Sunshine
Committee chair, Terry
Tyner, sends when there is
a medical issue or death in
families,” organizers said.
Madison County Retired Educators Association offi
cers were installed at a recent meeting. They includ
ed Brenda Abdel-Hafez, Brenda Hill, Faye Harris and
Karen Harrison (not pictured).
“These cards from MCREA
are very meaningful and
appreciated.”
The club has Emeritus
Certificates to give to two
members, Mary Smith and
Geri Cornish, who will
receive them soon. Door
prizes are always given out
at the end of the meetings.
The next meeting will be
Oct. 12 at the Ila Restaurant
at 11 a.m.
Beth Thornton receives
a pin from President
Brenda Hill.
Pilot program launched to track sexual assault kits
SANE, Inc., a local non-profit organization
that provides victim forensic medical exam
inations to sexual assault survivors in North
Georgia, is part of a pilot program that will
begin tracking sexual assault kits.
Madison County and surrounding counties
are part of the nonprofit group’s service area.
SANE, Inc. is serving as the collection site
in the pilot program in partnership with the
Athens-Clarke County Police Department,
the University of Georgia Police Department,
Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and The
Cottage.
The pilot program, which launched Sept.
14, is part of HB 255 (the Sexual Assault
Reform Act of 2021), a bill that builds on pre
vious legislation requiring law enforcement
to pick up evidence and submit it for testing
in a timely fashion. House Bill 255 helps to
track the kits.
Following a forensic examination, evi
dence is kept in a sexual assault kit. In the
pilot program, each kit will have a barcode
attached to the outside of it. The barcode will
be scanned each time there is an update on
the kit. (For example, the kit will be scanned
if it is sent to a lab to be tested, if it moves
hands to another law enforcement agency or
lab, or if a kit is retained at a collection site or
participating agency.)
“We are very excited that SANE was
chosen to participate in this pilot program,”
said SANE, Inc. Executive Director Michelle
Dickens. “Tracking sexual assault kits will
give survivors more information and infor
mation is power.”
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Sports
Madison Co. opens region play
against North Oconee Friday
By Zach Mitcham
zach@mainstreetnews.com
Madison County is back on the field
Friday after an unexpected off-week.
Druid Hills High School canceled its
game Sept. 17 with the Red Raiders due
to covid.
“It was definitely disappointing for the
kids and for us,” said Madison County
head coach Chris Smith, whose team is
2-1.
Madison County now opens its Region
8-AAAA schedule Sept. 24 in Bogart
aiming to beat a 1-3 Titan team that was
off last week. North Oconee has lost to
three teams with a combined 9-3 record:
Oconee County, 35-28; Cambridge,
21-19; and Benedictine, 48-17. while
defeating Ola, 30-20.
Smith said North Oconee Coach Tyler
Aurandt and his staff do a good job pre
paring their team.
“They’re going to be very sound in
what they do,” said Smith. “Defensively
they move around and try to give you a
lot of different looks. They try to mess
with your reads and stuff like that. So we
have to be prepared for about any look
they give us. We’ll practice those different
looks throughout the week.”
The coach said the Titan offense also
has some weapons.
“They’ve got a young quarterback who
has four games on his belt, but they’ve
got one coming off an injury who hasn’t
played since the scrimmage,” he said. “It
will be interesting to see how they rotate
their quarterbacks. They have a good run
ning back and a good wideout. So they
have some weapons and we have to be
very sound in what we do defensively.”
Madison County is piling up the yards
on the ground this season, averaging 317
yards a game through three contests.
Smith praised the work of first-year
offensive coordinator Tim Taylor in
implementing his triple-option scheme.
He said the offense is much improved
this year.
“The scheme he puts in, he does a great
job coaching that stuff up,” said Smith.
“He’s been good for our kids. I think our
kids believe going in each week. We talk
about that, we can beat anybody we line
up against. We just gotta" line up and play.
And they believe that. So we’re excited
for the opportunity on Friday.”
Volley Raiders take four of six
The Red Raider vol
leyball team took four of
six matches over the past
week.
Madison County lost to
Flowery Branch (25-20,
18-25, 15-9) and Jefferson
(23-25, 11-25) Tuesday,
then won four matches the
rest of the week.
“Overall, we played
good volleyball (Tuesday),
but we had three serve
receives that we got stuck
in that made the difference
by allowing the teams to
stretch out big leads that
we just didn’t have enough
time to overcome,” said
Red Raider coach Kyle
Cooper.
Vivien Hajdu led the
night with six aces, 16 kills
and 18 digs. Keira Giberson
led in assists with 24.
Madison County visit
ed Monroe Thursday and
defeated the home squad
(25-18, 18-25, 15-6) and
Alcovy (25-6, 25-11).
Hajdu had eight aces, fol
lowed by Jenna Reese with
seven and Keira Giberson
and Blakely Sartor with five
each. Reese led in hitting
with 13 kills, followed by
Hajdu and Keira Giberson
with eight, and Amber
Fowler with seven. Keira
also had 15 assists fol
lowed by Alyssa Threlkeld
with 10, and Kassie Guest
with 9. Hajdu led on
defense with 10 digs, fol
lowed by Reese with eight.
successful serve receives
to only seven errors, and
Spaar-Shelnutt had a clean
sheet with zero errors.
with nine aces, followed
by Hajdu with 6. Hajdu
led in hitting with 18 kills
followed by Reese with 12.
Giberson led distribution
with 18 assists followed by
Guest with 15. Hajdu led
on defense with 16 digs,
NOTICE OF
DUI CONVICTION
Driving Under
The Influence
Pursuant to O.C.G.A.
Code Section 40-6-391
NAME:
CASE NUMBER:
ARREST DATE & TIME:
ARREST LOCATION:
CITY, COUNTY, ZIP:
Marquis Shawon Thomas
ST20CR1658
09/27/20, 01:07 A.M.
Atlanta Hwy.
Comer, Madison Co. 30629
DISPOSITION: CT1) Serve 50 days confinement,
Serve 120 days on Scram Device, 12 months proba
tion, $1000 fine plus surcharges, 240 hours Commu
nity Service; CT2) 12 months probation consecutive
to CT1; CT3) Nolle Prosequi; CT4) 12 months proba
tion consecutive to CT2.
Athens Clarke County Superior/State Court
Beverly Logan, Clerk of Superior/State Court
Amber Threlkeld hits a serve in recent action.
and Amber Threlkeld and
Ansley Lapczynski with
three.
Madison County con
cluded the week Saturday
morning making up a date
by playing two very tough
teams and picking up wins
against teams the Red
Raiders were 0-3 against
over the last two years,
downing Westminster (25-
15, 25-21) and Loganville
Christian (28-30, 25-14,
25-8).
Jodie Spaar-Shelnutt
led from the service line
followed by Giberson with
nine and Reese with six.
The Red Raiders also had
a great day in serve receive
where Reese (20), Jesse
James (17), Hajdu (15),
and Spaar-Shelnutt (12)
went for a combined 64
Voter Registration Deadline for the
General/Special Election
to be held on November 2, 2021
The voter registration deadline for the November 2, 2021
General/Special Election will be October 4, 2021. Voter registration
applications are available at the Board of Elections and Registration
office at 20 Albany Ave from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Applications are also
available at the Madison County Library, and can be downloaded from
the Georgia Secretary of State Website at www.sos.ga.gov or the BOER
office website, www.mcelections.net.
Persons who have applied for voter registration at the Department
of Drivers Services and have not received a precinct identification card in
the mail are encouraged to inquire about the status of their application with
the Board of Elections and Registration at (706) 795-6335 or through the
MVP option at www.sos.ga.gov. If anyone has any questions regarding
their voting status, they may call us for that information.
October 4. 2021 is the last day for a voter to change their name
or address if he/she has moved within the county to an address different
from the address shown on the voter’s registration card. It is the duty of
the voter to notify the Board of Elections and Registration by this date in
order for the voter to be placed in the correct precinct and for the voters
name to be placed on the correct list of voters.
For more information, please contact the Board of Elections and
Registration at (706) 795-6335.