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THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. AUGUST 10. 2023 - PAGE 5A
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Pictured: presenting the award on August 4 to the Rotary Club of Madison County, president
Andrew McCannon (center); past District 6910 former governor Bruce Azevedo (left); and
vice president of Properties Northeast Georgia Council BSA and life member of the Inter
national Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians Ed Brown (right). All are members of the Rotary
Club of Madison County.
Rotary Club receives service award
The Rotary Club of Mad
ison County was recently
presented with the Youth
Service Award by the In
ternational Fellowship of
Scouting Rotarians (IFSR).
The IFSR Youth Service
Award is awarded to a Rota
ry Club that renders service
in support of Scout and/
or Guide activities. This is
not a Scouting award nor a
Rotary award, but an IFSR
award and is intended to
reward Rotary Clubs who
support local Scout and/
or Guide Units and get it
publicized in the media
and online. The principles
and goals of Rotary, scout
ing and guiding are closely
aligned: character-building;
service to country, to oth
ers, and to self; leadership
skills; and world aware
ness. These are all incorpo
rated into the programs and
activities of each organiza
tion. “The values expressed
in Rotary International’s
motto and the four-way test
greatly parallel those artic
ulated in the Scout oath,
law, motto and slogan,”
Rotary Club leaders said.
IFSR is composed of over
a thousand Rotarians in 45
countries that work to pro
mote Scouting and Guiding
through their membership
in Rotary.
The Rotary Club of
Madison County aided the
Northeast Georgia Council
Boy Scouts of America at
Camp Rainey Mountain in
Clayton to overhaul their
rifle range to be handicap
accessible for the disabled
scouts that use that facility
for gun safety instruction.
Summer camp is held there
annually where 4,500 to
6,000 scouts attend. A 16
ft. handicap ramp, no. 901,
with a 4X30 ft. landing
and a 4X90 ft. handicap
ramp landing was con
structed for range and tar
get access.
Scout volunteers that helped with the demolition of the old range access and construction
of the new range access over a three-week period and completed on April 19, under the di
rection of Rotarian Ed Brown, were Jim Sweeney, retired ranger Doug Hooks, Mike Hulsey,
ranger Alex Foster, Michael Hyde and Patrick McNair.
Twelve-year-old has her own thrift shop
By Hannah Barron
hannah@mamstreetnews .com
Arianna Rimel, a
12-year-old and student at
Madison County Middle
School, has her own thrift
shop in Danielsville across
from the Walgreens.
She has a “passion for
fashion,” so much so that
her parents rented an old
fruit stand in June for her
to turn it into her own store
where she picks out and
sells clothes.
Rimel’s thrift shop isn’t
just about business either.
She has plans to give back
to the community, which in
clude providing free dresses
for prom, free backpacks,
food donations and other
efforts.
She can be found with her
mom, April, at the shop on
Saturday mornings singing
karaoke and waving at ev
eryone who drives by.
“Come to the shop to get
new clothes and leave as
new friends,” Rimel says.
Find the shop at 75 SR-98
E, Danielsville.
The shop is in Danielsville
across from the Walgreens.
TECH: Regional library system
offering assistive hearing technology
Athens Regional Li
brary System now offers
assistive hearing technol
ogy with Listen EVERY
WHERE hearing loops in
select locations.
The Listen EVERY
WHERE loop streams
amplified sound over a
dedicated Wi-Fi network.
The audio can be accessed
via a free mobile app or
a smart lanyard receiver
available upon request.
The technology is helpful
for anyone who would like
to listen to an event’s au
dio on their own device. It
is especially beneficial to
people who have hearing
loss.
The hearing loops have
been funded through a
grant by the U.S. Institute
of Museum and Library
Services with matching
state and local funds.
“Hearing loss affects peo
ple of all ages in our com
munities,” Athens Regional
Library System executive
director Valerie Bell said.
“We are thrilled to have
this equipment installed at
our libraries to help make
programs and events more
accessible for our patrons.”
The Athens-Clarke
County Library has the
new hearing loops installed
in all three multipurpose
rooms, the Appleton Audi
torium and the Story Room.
Hearing loops are also in
stalled in meeting rooms at
the Bogart Library, Madi
son County Library in Dan
ielsville, Oglethorpe Coun
ty Library in Lexington and
the Royston Library.
Patrons can access the
technology by requesting
a smart lanyard receiver
available at the libraries or
by downloading the free
Listen EVERYWHERE
app, available for both
Apple and Android devic
es. Patrons who use T-coil
hearing aids can access the
sound through the lanyard
receivers and those who use
Bluetooth enabled hearing
aids can stream the sound
to their hearing aids from
their smartphones. Library
staff can assist users with
setting up their devices to
use the service.
For more information,
call your local participating
Athens Regional Library
System location. For loca
tion information, visit ath-
enslibrary.org.
WEATHER: It’s hot but not like Texas
By Mark Jenkins
The hot and humid weath
er of the last 40+ days in
our area has certainly been
uncomfortable. And as we
understand all too well, the
humidity along with the
temperature has led to sev
eral forays into days with
heat indices over 100. Our
hottest temperature in July
of 95 degrees occurred on
3 different days, and we
finished out the month with
24 days at 90 or above. The
mean temperature in July
was 81.0 degrees which was
1.6 degrees above normal.
Thankfully our rainfall
was once again adequate to
plentiful across the region
so that the brutal heat of ar
eas to our west did not set up
shop over us. Take poor (or
‘pore ol’ if you prefer) Texas
for example. The huge So
noran high pressure area did
set up over them for most of
the last 6-8 weeks. In Dallas
the 1.25” of rain that fell in
June and July combined was
the sixth-driest for those 2
months combined on record.
It was also the tenth-warm-
est June/July on record.
Drought has returned to
most of northern Texas after
getting better in the spring.
There are some indica
tions this week that the
ridge may shift back to the
west and weaken some, and
this will allow some heat
relief along with better rain
chances for the folks suffer
ing in Texas and Oklahoma
and east to the Mississippi
valley. Long-range outlooks
also show at least a tempo
rary lessening of the heat for
our vicinity. This does not
include the humidity, how
ever. With the wet soils from
recent rains and our wet
summer so far, we may ac
tually dodge the brutal heat
for the rest of the summer.
By brutal I mean tempera
tures above 100 and heat
indices of 110 or higher. As
for rainfall, since El Nino
continues to increase in the
Pacific I don’t see drought
moving into our area either.
August may not be as wet as
June and July but shouldn’t
end up very dry either, since
we’ve seen the rains contin
ue in recent days. So more
just normal heat and humid
ity with regular rain chanc
es look to continue. We are
way ahead of normal rain
fall for the year (+13”). If
El Nino stays in the current
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state (eastern Pacific being
the most above normal)
then 2023 could be one of
the wettest years on record
for our area.
Weather averages for
July, 2023: Avg. low: 71.
Avg High: 91. Lowest: 66.
Highest: 95. Mean: 81.0
(+1.6). Rainfall: 6.84”
(+2.60”). 2023 rain total to
July 31: 42.31” (+12.55”).
Damage from severe thun
derstorms was reported in
the county on the 1st and
20th.
Mark Jenkins is Madi
son County’s cooperative
weather observer.
Headmaster’s
Corner
by
Steve Cummings
YEAR 54! - The 2023-24 school
year will be our 54th year of min
istry at Athens Christian School.
The Lord has been so good to us
during five decades of service.
Drs. Buhl and Lois Cummings
founded ACS in 1970 with the
vision of providing a “quality
education in a Christian atmo
sphere.” ACS was started as an
alternative to public education
after God and prayer were re
moved from public schools.
While many things have
changed over 54 years, our com
mitment to providing a Bibli
cally-based, rigorous education
has remained the same. We are
thankful for what God has done
for us during our long history,
and we look forward with great
enthusiasm to what He will con
tinue to do through this ministry
in the future.
ATHENS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
‘Affordable Quality Education Since 1970”
K3-12TH CALL (706) 549-7586
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Georgia Public Broadcasting
names Bert Huffman as new CEO
By Dave Williams
Capitol Beat News Service
A veteran administrator
at Georgia Public Broad
casting (GPB) is stepping
up to become the state net
work’s CEO, Gov. Brian
Kemp announced Friday.
Bert Huffman began
working at GPB in 2014 as
its first vice president for
development and market
ing. He later became senior
vice president of external
affairs before being named
president in 2021.
“I want to congratulate
Bert as he steps into this
role and continues his ser
vice at GPB,” Kemp said.
“I know he will help ensure
the agency remains a valued
part of the lives of Geor
gians through informative
content.”
“His record of dedicated
service helped to set him
apart throughout the process
of finding the agency’s next
leader,” added Brian Dill,
chairman of the Georgia
Public Telecommunications
Commission, which over
sees GPB. “We know he
will help guide GPB in ful
filling its missions across its
television, radio, and educa
tional services throughout
the state.”
GPB is currently crunch
ing its financial numbers to
make ends meet. This year’s
state budget cut the agen
cy’s funding by more than
8%.
Before joining GPB,
Huffman held top manage
ment roles at The Atlanta
Opera and Emory Univer
sity. He earned a bachelor’s
degree from Tennessee
Wesleyan University and a
master’s degree from Ken-
nesaw State University.
Huffman succeeds Teya
Ryan, who retired from
GPB last spring.
City of Carlton
Call for Special Election
Qualifying for Special & General Election
Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 21-2-540,
the City of Carlton shall hold a special election to fill the vacant posi
tion of Council Member, Post # 5, previously held by Pete Wagenaar
who resigned effective December 27, 2023. The term for this position
will expire December 31, 2025. The special election will be held on
November 7, 2023.
Qualifying for the General Election in the City of Carlton will be held
Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 8:00 am -12:00 noon and 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm;
Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 8:00 am - 12:00 noon and 5:00 pm - 7:00
pm; and Thursday, August 24, 2023, 8:00 am -12:00 noon and 5:00 pm
- 7:00 pm at Carlton City Hall, 21 S Seventh Street, Carlton, Georgia.
Positions to be filled are Mayor (Cynthia Hobbs incumbent); Council
Member Post 1 (Tim Seymour incumbent), and Council Member Post
2 (Amanda Willis incumbent).
Qualifying fee for Mayor is $45.00. Qualifying fee for Council Mem
ber is $30.00.
Voter Registration deadline for the November 7th election is October
10, 2023.