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PAGE 6A — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 2021 Social 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.” IRON PIN ★ 3ri A. 1ST O H ★ High Marbling Angus Beef Born and Raised in Madison County QUALITY ANGUS BEEF FOR SALE! (a)ironpinranch (a)madicomade Stephanie Harvin 678-614-3425 stephaniedharvin(a)gmail.com 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.