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EVENTS & INFORMATION

WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE

Nahunta VFD serves notice on councilMembers plan to shut down department in two weeks as funding slips

G O V E R N M E N T

SwampfestThe Swampfest Committee is ac-cepting applications for the 2009 Swampfest Festival to be held in April in downtown Waycross. Lots of great events and activities are planned for the entire family. There will be free concerts on Friday and Saturday evening with the Swingin Medallions. Vendor applications are available on the festival web-site at www.swamp-fest.us or by calling 912/283-2112.

Public hearingsAging services public hearings have been scheduled to discuss the eigh-teen-county Southeast Georgia Area Agency on Aging's plan for the period beginning July 1. The next hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 21 at 10 a.m. in Ware County at the Southeast Georgia Regional Develop-ment Center at 1725 South Georgia Parkway, West, Waycross. For more information call 285-6097.

ConcertRichard Kiser, guitarist, will perform at the Brantley County Library on Thursday, January 22 at 7 p.m. For more information contact Richard Kiser Music Ministries at 540-520-6446 or visit www.rkisermusic.com.

Library hoursThe Brantley County Library will change their hours starting Thurs-day, Jan. 22. Their new hours will be Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

SingThe Sacred Harp Bayview Nursing Home sing will be held on Thursday, January 22 from 7-8 p.m. For more information call David Lee at 458-2493 or Clarke Lee at 458-2268.

WorkshopThe University of Georgia will hold a workshop "Thinking of Starting A Business" on Thursday, January 22 from 6-9 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Small Business Assistance Center, 111 East Liberty Street in Savannah. The cost is $69 per person or $50 if you register and pay no later than Monday before class. For more information call 912-651- 3200 or visit www.savannahsbdc.org.

Innovation lectureThe College of Coastal Georgia will hold a lecture on Friday, January 23 at 2 p.m. with Dr. Daniel J. Kaufman, President, Georgia Gwinnett Col-lege on Innovation, Creativity and Inspiration: Building the Campus of Tomorrow. Events will be held in the Thomas Auditorium at the Southeast Georgia Conference Center. For more information call 912-279- 5777.

Benefit singA benefit sing for Sheldon Wain Crews, son of Wain and Lillie Crews, will be held at the Hickox Baptist Church on Saturday, January 24 at 6 p.m. Local talent from surrounding churches will be performing. Proceeds will go towards the kidney transplant fund for Sheldon. For more information contact Charlotte Moody at 462-5352.

Clogging classesClogging classes will be held on Tues-day, January 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Edgy's Barn, Post Rd, Waynesville. For more information call Wanda at 912-258-6012.

ScholarshipApplications are now available for the

* Chamber meetingThe Brantley County Chamber of Commerce will hold its next meet-ing on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the Chamber Office on Main Street. A continental breakfast will be provided. For more information call 462-6282.

Board meetingThe Satilla Community Services Board will hold its regular monthly board meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Board Room located at 1007 Mary Street, Waycross. For more information contact LaCretia Gassem at 912-449-7101.

Girl ScoutsThe Girl Scouts of Brantley County will hold a final recruitment for any girls ages 5-17. The recruitment will be held at Waynesville Elementary at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Registration is $10 for girls, and $10 for any adults who would like to become a volunteer. They are also accepting donations of any arts and crafts supplies or mone-tary donations. Please call Danielle for more information or to purchase Girl Scout Cookies at 912-281-0673. Look for Cookie Booths at your local stores on Saturday's starting Valentine's Day.

* SPLOST meeting The Building for Kids committee will hold a meeting on Thursday at 7 p.m. to discuss the school SPLOST election in March. The meeting will be held at the Brantley County Library. For more information contact Ronald Ham, President of the committee.

Sarced Harp singThe Sacred Harp Sing will be held on Saturday from 7-9 p.m. at Hoboken Elementary School. A singing school will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. on Satur-day for all who may be interested. For more information call David Lee at 458-2493 or Clarke Lee at 458-2267.

Hoboken gospel singThe Philippian Worship Center in Hoboken will hold a gospel sing on Saturday at 7 p.m. featuring the group Chosen.

Riverside gospel singRiverside Chapel Baptist Church will hold a Gospel Sing featuring Redeemed Trio Saturday at 7 p.m. The church is off US Hwy 301 South, 6 miles down Riverside Rock Road on the left.

Willis dies following accidentKendall Willis, 36, son of the late Kenneth “Bozo” Willis, died Sunday from injuries received in a head-on collision early Monday on Raybon Rock Road near Hoboken which also killed James R. Batten, 63, of Waynesville. Willis was reportedly returning home from work at CSX in Waycross Friday at when he crossed into the oncoming lane and crashed into the Batten vehicle. Passenger Jason Batten, 33, also complained of injuries but was not treated. Willis’ obituary is on page 3 of this week’s newspaper.Staff photo by Wayne Morgan

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County projects $2.5 million deficit, seeks $3 million loan

The Brantley County Board of Commissioners this week projected a $2.5 million deficit for the year 2009 after they borrowed from this year’s tax revenues to pay last year’s bills and agreed to seek a $3 million loan.

After interviews with seven applicants, the county also hired former Glynn County attorney Tom Lee, who brings 34 years of experience in government legal experience. Lee will replace Vince Settle, who offered his resignation in December. Settle will be allowed to complet projects already under-way, including the Buster Walker Road paving project and property tax appeals.

In cost saving measures the commissioners created a jail administrator position after sheriff Robert THomas agreed to make that position and the chief deputy position salaried. Moving the chief deputy to a salaried position is expected to save the county $40,000 per year in overtime costs.

Commissioners had recom-mended that the two positions be combined, but Thomas rejected that idea.

The commissioners also move several other positions to salaried rather that hourly, including county manager, county clerk, elections supervisor, librarian, working lead man, chief sheriff deputy, emergency medical services (EMS) director, emergency operations cen-ter (EOC/911) director, and chief appraiser. Many of these positions are already salary positions, but commissioners added some and chose to clarify that all qualified under the act.

Commissioners updated the

litter ordinance to provide the mag-istrate court with the power to fine or incarcerate violators. Fines can include $250-1,000 fines and 60 days in jail. The county also created a fund to pay informants who report violators.

East end residents can now also be fined up to $1,000 for misuse of the Schlatterville recreation department after reports indicated that some residents are using the park and adjacent land for target practice, hunting and riding ATVs and dirt bikes.

In other atcion, the commis-sioners also:

• Appointed Charlie Summerlin to serve as the vice chairman of the board for 2009.

• Set a called meeting for January 27 at 6 p.m. at the commissioners building to meet with the planning

commission to discuss development ordinances.

• Agreed to end the payment of mileage to the county manager for travel to and from home to job each day at his request.

• Approved a motion to allow the county manager to research the possibility of moving the current voting sites to new locations to save the county money on utilities.

• Agreed to send out RFP’s (request for proposal) for door-to-door gar-bage collection to look at the cost effectiveness.

• Approved the RFP process to ac-cept proposals for a TAN loan/line of credit in the amount of $3 mil-lion.

• Approved the renewal of the Geor-gia Indigent Defense Services

See BOC, page 3

The Nahunta Volunteer Fire department has served notice on the city council after being told last week it cannot spend any budgeted funds except for fuel without prior approval by the mayor.

In a letter delivered to the

city Monday, the VFD said it will shut down operations in 14 days, citing lack of support from the city to maintain and improve service and operations, including loss of Forestry Service grant which would have required that the city pay $10,000 in matching funds and be reimbursed $5,000 by Forestry.

VFD officials say the grant would have saved $5,000 of the $11,000 budgeted for equipment needed to pass an ISO inspection,

without which the department will not be able to reduce or even main-tain the city’s current ISO rating.

The ISO ratings are used in deter-mining insurance rates and officials say the city’s failure to pass the ISO inspection means city businesses and residents will see no decrease in in-surance sosts and may even be forced to pay more.

VFD officials also say they have

See VFD, page 3

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2009 WalterHarrison Scholarship of $1,000 of which OREMC will submit two applicationsto Georgia Electric Member-ship Corporation (GEMC) to be considered in thecompetition. Applications must live in a primary residence of an OREMCmember or employee. For more information contact Linda Harris at 912-462-5131 or 800-262-5131 exten-sion 1151 or email your request tolinda.harris@oremc.com. The deadline is 5 p.m. on Monday, February 2.

Executive meetingThe Satilla Community Service Board's ExecutiveCommittee will meet by confer-ence call on Tuesday, February 3 at 5 p.m. inthe Board Room at Satilla Com-munity Services, 1007 Mary Street. For moreinformation, contact LaCretia Gassem at 449-7101.

OREMC ScholarshipApplications are now available for the 2009 OREMCScholarship for $1000 to be used at any accredited college, university, orvocational/technical school in the U.S. Applications may be picked up at anyof the Cooperative's office and are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, February 2.For more information contact Linda Harris at 912-462-5131 or 800-262-5131 extension 1151 or email your request to linda.harris@oremc.com.

Focus lectureThe College of Coastal Georgia will hold a lecture onFriday, February 13 at 2 p.m. with Dr. Timothy Mescon, President, ColumbusState University on Vision and Focus: Building Georgia's Larg-est BusinessSchool. Events will be held in the Thomas Auditorium at the SoutheastGeorgia Conference Center. For more information call 912-279-5777.

ScholarshipMarshland Credit Union is ac-cepting applications for theMemorial Scholarship Award Program for $1500 scholarships to be awardedto three graduating seniors from any Glynn, McIntosh or Brantley County highschool. Interested students should see their school's Guid-ance Counselor foran application or contact Marshland Credit Union at (912) 279-2013 or (888)265-3565 for more information. Applications are available online atwww.marshlandfcu.coop and must be received by February 15.

US censusThe US Census Bureau will hold testing on Tuesday,February 17 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Brantley County Library, 133 EastCleveland Street, Nahunta. Please call 1-866-861-2010 to schedule a test.Veterans remember to bring DD 214 Form.

Youth tourThe OREMC is accepting ap-plications from high schooljuniors for the 2009 National Washington Youth Tour to be held June 11 -18.An application may be picked up at any of OREMC's offices or one can bemailed to you, at your request. For more information contact Linda Harris at912-462-5131 or 800-262-5131 extension 1151 or email your

request tolinda.harris@oremc.com. The deadline is Monday, March 9 at 5 p.m.

Model college lec-tureThe College of Coastal Georgia will hold a lecture onFriday, March 20 at 2 p.m. with Dr. Martha T. Nesbitt, Presi-dent, GainesvilleState College Paving the Way: Creating Georgia's Model State College. Eventswill be held in the Thomas Auditorium at the Southeast Georgia ConferenceCenter. For more information call 912-279-5777.

Waynesville youthThe youth group of Waynes-ville Church of God is willing tohelp the elderly and any other people that are shut-in or just need a little helparound the house or in the yard. They are asking for dona-tions for theirservices to help pay for an youth trip in March called Winterfest, which is anoutreach for teens. For more information call Kevin Johns at (912) 266-6386.

Transformation lectureThe College of Coastal Georgia will hold a lecture onThursday, April 2 at 5:30 p.m. with A.D. "Pete" Correll, Chair-man, AtlantaEquity Investors, LLC on Transformation: Lessons from the Corporate andCommunity Sectors. Events will be held in the Thomas Auditorium at theSoutheast Georgia Conference Center. For more information call 912-279-5777.

Turkey shootFreddie's turkey shoot will be held every Friday andSaturday beginning at 7:30 p.m. until with meat and money prizes. Located inHickox, 3 miles South of Nahunta, turn left on Buffalo Creek Drive, go 1.2miles and turn left on Lake Buffalo Dr. East, in field behind house.

Lake WareCome Dance with us at Lake Ware in Waycross on Fridaynights. Live entertainment by Dry Creek Band. Admission is $7.00 perperson. BYOD, no coolers, and no bottles, cans only. Singles and coupleswelcome. For more informa-tion call 912-283-8858.

Dugout clubThe Brantley Co. Dugout Club & Brantley Co. DiamondClub is giving away a different gun every Friday for the next year to raisemoney for an indoor hitting facility. The list of guns to be given away andwinner each week will be posted at brantleybaseball.org. Tickets are $100.For more information or to buy a ticket contact Mike Hendrix at 286-0041.

Starlight RanchStarlight Ranch is looking for volunteers and donations tohelp with the many activities at the ranch. They also have openings in theirfree therapy and after school programs. A school to ranch ride program isavailable for participants. For more information call Tasha at 778-3976,leave message if no answer.

DonationsBrantley County Neighbors Helping Neighbors is currentlyaccepting donations for sick children, cancer patients, and families in need. Some of the sick children have requested chihuahua puppies, talking birds,etc. Any donation will be greatly appreciated. Please contact Ronnie Jacobsat 462-5214, Pat Tompkins at 462-7443, or Mert Dowling at 462-5455 formore information.

OREMC programsOREMC offers safety and en-ergy efficiency programs anddemonstrations to schools and community and civic organiza-tions in ourservice area. Their energy efficiency experts can offer tips that will help yousave electricity and stretch your budget. If you are inter-ested scheduling aprogram for your group, please contact our office at 912 462-5131 or 800-262-5131 and talk with Craig Muchison (ext. 1147), David Smith (ext. 3319)or Linda Harris (ext. 1151).

World War IIThe Brantley County Histori-cal Society’s World War IIbook is on sale at the Brantley County Library. You can also order one bymailing a check or money order to Brantley County Historical Society, P.O.Box 1096, Nahunta, 31553. The purchase price is $45.00 includ-ing tax, plus$5.00 for s/h. For more infor-mation call Dorothy Thomas at 912-265-7599

or email her at djt1927@aol.com.

ClosetNeighbors Helping Neighbors has a clothes closet availableat 135 Florida Avenue, Na-hunta. Please call Rev. Jimmy and Barbara Bryantat 462-6340 for an appointment.

History bookThe Brantley County Pictorial History Book is for sale atthe Nahunta Library. The cost is $65 including tax. If you wish to order,please send check or money order for $65 plus $5 S/H to Brantley CountyHistorical & Preservation Soci-ety Inc., P.O. Box 1096, Nahunta, 31553.

Animal rescueMax's Animal Rescue & Hu-mane Society of BrantleyCounty is currently accepting donations for puppy food, dry and canned andas always monetary donations are always needed for opera-tions and for thebuilding fund. Please specify where you would like your donation to beallocated. Contact Lori Hart-mann Director at 912-458-3263. Charitabledonations are tax deductible. Volunteer opportunities are available.

Clothes closetWaynesville Baptist is in need of clothes and shoes of allsizes for their clothes closet. The closet is open every Tues-day from 9 a.m.

- 12 p.m.

DonationsNeighbors Helping Neighbors is accepting donations for a

"Fire Fund" to help families when their homes are burned and destroyed by fire. Dona-tions may be sent to Neighbors Helping Neighbors, c/o Fire Fund, P.O. Box 271 Nahunta, 31553.

Donate bloodThe Red Cross needs approxi-mately 1,200 people todonate blood each weekday to meet the needs of approxi-mately 140hospitals and healthcare facilities. Most people age 17 or older who weigh atleast 110 pounds can give blood. For more information call 1-800 GIVE LIFE(448-3543).

Donations Concerted Services Inc., is ac-cepting non-perishable fooditems, as well as cash dona-tions, for a small food pantry.

The food assistance will be persons/families who have emergency/crisis needs.Donations will be accepted Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information call 912-462-5163 or 912-462-5263.

Foster parentsBrantley and Charlton County Department of Family andChildren Services are in need of families who are willing to open their homesand hearts to children who are in need. For more information, please call 1- 877-210-5437 or contact Gwendolyn McClendon or Cheryl Jordan at 912- 462-6171 (Nahunta) or 912-496-2527 (Folkston).

Fountain of hopeFountain of Hope meetings are held every Thursday at 7p.m. at the GAP House, located on 110 N, across RR tracks and 1st house on left. For more information call Regina Hunter at (912) 778-5017 or Sherry Handley (912) 778-4805.

Fibromyalgia meet-ingsThe Coastal Georgia Fibromy-algia Support Group meetsthe first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Waynesville Baptist Church inWaynesville. For more informa-tion, call Alisha Hendricks at 912-778 4741.

MAMA meetingsThe Waynesville chapter of M.A.M.A. has open meetings

at 7 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month at the GAP house inAtkinson, look for signs. They also show films and exhibits as presentationsto the public by invitation. For more information call Regina Hunter at (912)778-5017 or Sherry Lane (912) 778-3023.

Masonic meetingsThe Nahunta Masonic Lodge will hold meetings on the firstand third Tuesdays of every month.

NarcononNarconon of Georgia offers Out Patient help for Drug andAlcohol addiction. For more information call Narconon of Georgia at 1 877- 413-3073. Narconon offers referrals, as-sessments, drug education and out patient rehabilitation.

Nahunta Al-anonThe Nahunta Al-Anon Family Group meets every Fridaynight at 8 p.m., at the Brantley County Serenity Club, located on Hwy. 82east of Nahunta.

Hoboken Al-anonThe Hoboken Al-Anon Family Group meets every Thursdaynight at 8 p.m., at the Cross-roads Clubhouse, located at the intersection ofHwy. 82 and 121 rideshare lot.

January 1, 2009Effect ive

Satilla Regional Medical Center and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa) recently announced the signing of a multi-year contract, enabling Satilla Regional to join the BCBSGa’s Open Access, PPO and PAR networks, effective January 1, 2009. The new contract means that BCBS* members will be able to gain complete access to Satilla Regional’s medical, surgical and

diagnostic services as an in-network provider.*Although the contract is with BCBS of Georgia, it allows members of other states’ BCBS plans to utilize SRMC.

Some examples are BCBS of Tennessee, BCBS of Alabama, and BCBS of Illinois.

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Greetings,May I encourage you, as citizens, to be interested and get involved as your thoughts and suggestions are valuable in moving forward for education!Thank you for your continued support and confidence as 2009 promises to be a year of accomplishments!Happy New Year and RespectfuMy quest, since qualifying in early June for the BOE Post 2 seat, has proven to be an exciting and rewarding adventure! I might add a learning experience as well! Serving on the Board of Education is indeed a privilege. I have acquired much knowledge, having recently attended, in Atlanta, GSBA (Georgia School Board Associa-tion) new board member orientation sessions in early December, along with my fellow board members and superintendent. I gained a wealth of information dur-ing the three day meeting schedule. With the tremen-dous task facing us, as a board, I remain excited and optimistic about serving. We have many important decisions to act upon as we strive to provide the best education possible for every student enrolled in our Brantley County school system with areas of instruc-tion, finances, as well as building projects.

Submitted by: Dot Hickox Post 2 BOE

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Obituaries

Henry VarnesHenry H. Varnes, 80 of Hoboken, died suddenly Tuesday (January 6, 2009) morning at his residence following an extended illness. Born in Bamberg, S.C., his parents were John Henry and Seinnie Walling Varnes. He is also preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Wayne Varnes, a grandson, Justin Alley Varnes and a brother, Sampson MacAuthor Varnes. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War and was a Automo-bile Mechanic. He was of the Baptist faith. Henry is survived by wife Bobbie Jean Reeves Varnes of Hoboken; 5 children, Hennrietta Williamson of Santee, S.C., Michael Allen Varnes of St. George, S.C., William Henry Varnes of Columbia, S.C., John Robert Varnes of Hoboken, and Barbara Varnes Sturdivant of Callahan; 13 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; 3 sisters, Gladys Addcock, Frances Griffin and Gertie Spires all of South Carolina; also, several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Frye Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tim Rowell officiating. Memorialization was by cremation.

Michael SimonMichael Joseph Simon, 62 of Nahunta, died Sunday (January 4, 2009) at his residence following a lengthy illness.Born in Philadelphia, Pa., his parents were Rene and Blanche Ashbridge Simon. He is also, preceded by a sister, Irene Taylor.He had served in the United States Army in Special Forces as a Green Beret. He was a Supervisor for a Scaffold manufacturing company.He is survived by his wife of 12 years, Linda Simon of Nahunta; 2 daughters, Rene Yeck of South Carolina and Jennifer Simon of Oklahoma; a son, Todd Simon of New Jersey; 5 grandchildren; 2 sisters, Barbara Morrow and Claire Reynolds of New Jersey; 2 brothers, Lee Simon of New Jersey and Tom Simon of Virginia.Memorialization will be by Cremation.

Frank WillisFrank Jones Willis, 58, of Nahunta passed away early Sunday morning (January 11,2009) at the Army War Veteran Hospital in Milledgeville. Frank served four years in the U.S. Marine Corp. He worked as a mechanic for many years with the railroad and for the Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Association, and was of the Church of God Faith. He is preceded in death by his parents, George Washington and Verdie Lewis Willis; also 3 brothers J.O., George S., and Kenneth “Bozo” Willis. He is survived by 3 sisters and their husbands, Mary Lou Kick of Smyrna, Sandra and Maurice Thomas of West Palm Beach, and Ella Mae Wilson of Blackshear; 3 brothers and their wives, Paul Kaley and Ramona Willis of St. Simons, John W. Willis of Waycross, and Robert C. and Glenda Willis of Hoboken, Also several nieces, nephews, and other relatives. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning (January 13, 2009) at Frye Funeral Home Chapel (Formerly Chambless-Frye Funeral Home) with the Rev. Leon Wilson, Rev. R.C. Mathis, and Rev. Hilton Morgan officiating. Pallbearers were Tony Ham, Gary Willis, J.B. Willis, Donnie Kick, Charles Kick, and Michael Meyer. Honorary Pallbearers were Vance Wilson, Andy Willis, Scott Willis, and Darren Crews. Burial followed in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Raybon with military honors.

Kendall WillisKendall Aubrey Willis, 36 of Nahunta, died Sunday afternoon (Jan. 11, 2009) at Memorial Medical Center, Savannah from injuries sustain from an automobile accident. Born in Ware Co. he was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Monroe “Bozo” Willis, a brother, Bernard Willis, his paternal grandparents, Verdie and George Willis and maternal grandfather Omie Wilson. He worked for the CSX Railroad as a Machinist and was a member of Knee Knocker Hunting Club, and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife of 14 years, Jennifer Lynn Wainright Willis of Nahunta; 2 children, Christopher Steven Willis and Kar-ley Alexis Willis of Nahunta; his mother and father, Charlotte Oma Lee Wilson Griffin and Coleman Griffin of Nahunta; a sister and brother-in-law, Frances and Wade Chesser of Nahunta; 2 nieces, Kaley Chesser Robinson (Jeff) of Waycross and Evie Kenlyn Chesser of Nahunta; a nephew, Garrett Wade Chesser of Nahunta; a maternal grandmother, Christine Wilson of Nahunta; also, many relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Frye Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Leon Wilson, Rev. Hilton Morgan and Rev. R.C. Mathis officiating. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery, Raybon. Pallbearers were Brent Wilson, Tony Crews, Darren Crews, Mi-chael Meyer, Tripp Herrin, Kevin Asbell, Terry Steedley and Buck Crews.

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Schools recognized for performance

Five Brantley County schools have been recognized as Title I Distinguished Schools.

Waynesville, Nahunta, Hoboken elementary schools as well as Nahunta Primary School and Brantley County Middle School were honored with the award.

WES also will receive $5,000 from Home Depot for playground equipment and HES will get $4,500 from Lowe’s for and outdoor class-room.

The announcement was made at this week’s board of education meeting Monday.

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agreement for 2009 for the Public Defenders program.

• Adopted a resolution to continue the $1.50 charge per landline telephone for the 911 fees in 2009.

• Re-appointed Marvin Peeples and Barbara Maefield to the RDC Board of Directors.

• Appointed Linton Herrin as an ex-officio member of the Development Authority.

• Agreed to pay $1,900 to the Ecological Plan-ning Group to write a Coastal Incentive grant for the county in hopes to receive the grant for $50,000 which would pay to de-velop a future land use plan, a storm water ordinance, and update current development ordinances.

• Appointed Ken Davis to the Tax Assessors Board.

• Appointed Charlie Summerlin and Ronal Ham to the 911 Advisory Board.

• Approved the painting of the floors of the new recreation department facility.

• Agreed to send out RFP’s for a well and wet well installation at the new recreation department facility.

• Resolved to use the Southeastern Bank as the county’s depository for 2009.

• Tabled the decision to move from the Southeast RDC in Waycross to the Coastal RDC in Brunswick to seek further informa-tion.

• Sent out RFP’s beginning this week for the food service contract for the new jail.

• Agreed to send out RFP’s for the medical services contract for the new jail.

• Moved to pay $6,500 to a CSX approved

contractor to cut thevegetation at the railroad crossing at Indus-trial Park Road as well as no more than $1,000 for the flagman for the project so that they could receive the remaining money due to them from the Department of Transporta-tion fro completing the project.

• Agreed to send out RFP’s for the uni-forms for the workers in the road department.

• Adopted a resolution changing the mem-bers of the planning commission from nine to seven members at their request so that they are better able to meet with a quorum.

• Decided to leave the county clerks job description the same as it has been with her being under the direction of the board of commissioners, but requiring that her an-nual leave and sick requests go through the county manger and that she clock in and out like the other employees in the commission-ers office.

• Agreed to have the county manager look into the possibilities of applying for a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Grant through the Department of Natural Resources that would allow the county to by river assessable land that could then be used to build (at the county’s expense) boat ramps, camping areas, recreational outlets etc.

• Voted to move the voting building from the airport site in Lulaton to the landfill to replace the current guard building due to the building being required to move for the airport renovations and the landfill needing a newer building.

• Hired Robert Barksdale as the shop supervisor of the county shop replacing Charlie Burgess who retired this month. Barksdale is currently employed with the county as a mechanic.

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been denied support by the city several

times in the past year and have been chas-tised by the mayor and council for following city ordinances and laws governing the han-dling of fires with which council members disagreed.

The letter, signed by all members of the department, said that due the city’s refusal to cooperate with the department as well as their inability to provide the approved fund-

ing to properly equip and operate the depart-ment, left them with little options.

“We have no choice but to resign from the department,” the letter read.

“We recommend that the Nahunta Volunteer Fire Department of the city be dissolved and the fire ordinance revised. We further recommend that the city council negotiate a contract with the Nahunta Vol-unteer Fire Department Inc. to provide the fire service for the city.”

Officials said that all keys and equip-ment held by VFD members will be turned in to the city on Jan. 26.

Jones Co. makes contribution to WCClaudia D. Metts, right, executive legal as-sistant for The Jones Co., makes a contri-bution on behalf of the organization to The Jones Company-Flash Foods Scholarship through the Waycross College Founda-tion. Accepting the check on behalf of the Foundation is Dr. David Palmer, president of Waycross College (WC). James A. Walker, Jr., president of The Jones Co., also attended the presentation. For more information about the Waycross College Foundation or to make a donation, please call (912) 449-7510.

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Congressman Louis Gohmert’s tax holiday lost in chaos

A great economic stimulus proposal by

Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas has gotten lost in the midst of bailout mania, spending madness, political scandals and the media’s pom-pom parade for President-elect Barack Obama.

It’s called a tax holiday. Rep. Gohmert has introduced legislation

(H.R. 7309) that would suspend all federal income tax on wages earned and FICA with-holding for two straight months. According to American Solutions, headed by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, it would cost less than the remaining $350 bil-lion in already authorized bailout funds.

More importantly, the tax holiday would

be a direct stimulus to the economy by allow-ing workers and families to decide how to spend or save their money, instead of another round of pork barrel derby in Congress.

President-elect Obama has stated that he

is open to all ideas. Well, here is a great idea that the mainstream media and the Demo-crats in Congress are trying to ignore. This is consistent with what they do with most good ideas. They ignore them and hope they go away.

Opponents of the tax holiday idea will

claim that it will not help the lowest income workers. Wrong! A two-month tax holiday in this economic downturn might save a small business on the edge of going under so Paul and Pamela Pitiful won’t lose their jobs.

Opponents will also argue that it would

reduce federal tax revenues that the govern-ment can’t afford to give up. Wrong again! First of all, it is not the government’s money, it is our money, and every tax cut in history has produced greater tax revenues into the federal Treasury.

The most recent example is the effect of

the tax cuts passed in 2001. The overwhelm-ing positive results were overshadowed by constant Bush bashing about the war, a pro-longed presidential election and a congres-sional spending spree that is simply out of control.

Last week the Congressional Budget

Office projected that the federal deficit for FY2009 will be $1.2 trillion. This will be the largest annual deficit in our history. The Treasury only collects about $1.2 trillion from income and FICA taxes each year.

That’s right! The projected annual deficit

will equal income and payroll tax revenues. To make matters worse, the Treasury pays about $450 billion a year in just interest on all of our outstanding national debt.

That’s insane! Four hundred and fifty bil-

lion dollars is about $1,500 per man, woman and child living in the USA legally. That’s $6,000 a year for a family of four in just inter-est.

The impact of the tax holiday would

be $334 billion directly into the economy through our hands instead of Congress’s big sticky paws. That money would go a whole lot further than another toothless stimulus package, because dollars earned by the people, saved or spent by the people is a direct stimulus for the people and the economy.

The biggest reason Congress is trying

to ignore the tax holiday proposal is the fear of workers seeing all of their earnings for two months. People might like it and start demanding better results out of our elected officials.

Now that’s another great idea! But the

pom-pom parade goes on.

Save cypress and protect the swamp By Gordon Rogers

Greetings from deep Southeast Georgia, a land of blackwater, hunting and fishing traditions, and lots of cypress and gum trees .

. . . but a lot less than there used to be, and less every day. It’s sad to realize that part of this loss is driven by a market for cypress garden mulch. To add insult to injury, a company based right here in Georgia, the Home Depot, is helping kill the region’s beautiful swamps by spreading their components all over flow-erbeds throughout the country.

Satilla Riverkeeper is dedicated to the restoration and protection of the flow and quality of water in the swamps & creeks that feed the Satilla. This includes headwaters wetlands that are the flat cypress ponds and branches that lace the Georgia flatwoods. We are hundreds of members strong, with a con-servative tradition of family and economic values including hunting, fishing, baptisms in the creeks and rivers, and quiet paddles on a Saturday afternoon. We are tree huggers: we hug them when we ambush a wood duck, call a mallard, sit in a deer stand, or coax a spring gobbler close enough to shoot.

Swamps like Roundabout, Big Indian, Tiger Bay, Zero Bay, Little Okefenokee, and Kneeknocker, and all of their small tributar-ies are the key to the health of the Satilla and coastal Georgia. These areas contain vast, sustainable hardwood timber assets, but are increasingly targets for residential and com-mercial development (yes, houses and busi-nesses literally in swamps), and are subjected to unsustainable clearcuts.

Supporting these unsustainable business models is the ready market for mulch ground from cypress and gum trees, a wasteful prac-tice at best. Home Depot can help save our swamps by upholding their own environmen-tal policies and ending the sale of unsustain-able cypress mulch. Boosting incentives to

foresters to harvest selectively, decreasing incentives to clearcut swamps, teaming with developers to preserve and protect green, pro-ductive, scenic swamps and wetlands: these are ways to maintain the natural integrity of our culture and economy.

The milling of cypress and gum mulch should cease. The trees are much too valuable for protecting property values through flood control and sustainable harvest, and the alter-natives are many. For example, in Brunswick, Georgia, just on the edge of the Satilla basin, an outfit called Golden Isles Wood Products is processing only recycled woods and woods harvested from upland settings to make good mulch.

Due to the good work of various organiza-tions in Louisiana, Wal-Mart no longer sells cypress mulch from Louisiana. Home Depot and Lowe’s have stopped accepting cypress mulch from some of the coastal areas of the state. This has, in effect, ended the unsustain-able logging practices in those areas. Now is the time for all the companies, especially Georgia-based Home Depot, to expand that protection to the entire region where cypress grows.

Saltwater creatures that we value, like Georgia blue crabs, and all the creatures of our rivers, like the redbreast sunfish and largemouth bass of the Satilla, and all other values of the river, are dependent on healthy river flows. Healthy river flows come only from rivers with intact swamps. Intact swamps exist only with well-managed stands of cypress and tupelo gum, not clearcuts and other wasteful practices.

Conservative values include God-ordained stewardship of what has been entrusted to us. We implore Home Depot to cease buying and marketing any mulches with any cypress content. We thank Home Depot in advance for partnering with us to restore and protect our heritage, economy, and culture in South Georgia.

(Gordon Rogers is the Satilla Riverkeeper, based in Waynesville.)

Does anyone really understand the complexities of replacing a florescent tube light bulb?

I don’t think so.All my childhood years we had standard

incandescent light bulbs in our house which were easy to change: Screw the old one out until it falls in the floor, then screw the new one in.

But then, in later life, I came to face what I seriously believe just may be the most diffi-cult task in the entire free world and possibly parts of Russia and Canada.

Florescent light fixtures are designed to appear as simple to change. A circular slot on each end of the fixture and two prongs on each end of the bulb. What could be simpler? Just push the bulb into the circular receptors and twist, right?

Wrong.What the manufacturers of florescent

tube light fixtures don’t tell you is that the receptors move.

That the receptors are actually live be-ings from the planet Florescentia and after you’ve inserted the bulb at both ends and are standing beneath the fixture with both arms fully extended trying to get the prongs in just the right position for rotating into the fixture, the receptors do a little dance.

Of course, you can’t know this because your are in the aforementioned contorted position and can’t see the ends of the bulbs.

And it is here that the real genius of the florescent light receptor manufacturer comes into evidence.

Because as soon as you lower the bulb to see why it will not connect properly, the re-ceptors from Florescentia stop dead in their tracks, giving the misleading impression that there is nothing unusual going on here.

But now you know better.And forewarned is forearmed. •••Next week: You know those new flores-

cent screw in light bulbs designed to bring florescent lighting to the masses? Expert say they save something like one quadrillion dol-lars in energy use each year and last forever.

Don’t believe it. We have discovered that they are actually super-forzen Dairy Queen ice cream and melt shortly after installation.

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Kid myths: The wake up call of reality

There comes a time in every child’s life, usually around the fourth grade, where they get the Wake Up Call of Reality.

And who can blame them? Over the years we’ve asked them to believe in rabbits coming into the house at midnight bearing baskets of colored eggs and chocolate. We’ve pushed the premise that a jolly man in a beard who drives a sleigh pulled by eight tiny, flying reindeer and drops presents down the chimney, in every house in the world, all in one night. And we’ve insisted that a fairy flits about at night giving out good money for used teeth.

I’m sure I’m missing a few other things, but given that we’ve just gone through the holidays, I thought I’d bring the Wake Up Call of Reality to everyone’s attention because I’m sure some parents out there have been experiencing this. So clearly, it’s a matter of time during these conversations before they stand back and say, “Whoa! Just a minute here, what kind of jogging suit did you say the Easter bunny was wearing again?”

These kinds of questions the first sign the jig is up, so they say. The truly amazing thing is that, most of the time, parents are shocked when this finally happens. So they panic and create even more fantastic lies to try to prolong the inevitable.

One day my friend Susie found herself ex-plaining to her nine-year-old that the reason the Tooth Fairy forgot to come was because she had dropped her purse during another call and had gone back to look for it, leaving the rest of the visits to her assistant, the Easter bunny, who couldn’t reach the second story of their house because everyone knows that rabbits can’t fly.

But, of course, this is exactly the sort of

reaction that immediately confirms a child’s deepest suspicions.

Oh sure, you could avoid the whole issue by being open and honest from the get go. But how do you look a two-year-old in the eye and say something like…? “You see, honey, there is no such thing as Santa. Or fairies. Or friendly rabbits that deliver colored eggs in baskets. The whole thing is all just a tiny little, ha-ha, lie.”

Some people opt for the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. But this can be risky. Take, for instance, my friend Linda. She still gives presents from Santa to her teenagers. Every year her children pretended go along with it. And around and around it’ll go, with no clear end in sight, until one Christmas morning someone finally snaps and blurts out, “OK, OK, enough with the Santa thing already.”

At least childhood beliefs aren’t that far-fetched. I mean, the mental leap from believing that a miniature fairy flies around collecting old teeth to, say, you might become a millionaire by buying one lottery ticket for a dollar, isn’t all that big really. You can see how kids fall for this kind of stuff.

And it’s not like we live in France. Why, I was reading just the other day about how French children believe that every Easter a special bell flies up from Rome just to deliver chocolate candy. A FLYING BELL. And this coming from the same culture that gave us Don Perignon and Renoir?

But I digress. The funny thing is, the Wake Up Call to

Reality doesn’t happen all at once. Ask any parent, there’s no rhyme or reason to it. A ten-year-old who dismisses the existence of Santa and flying reindeer as a merely a laughable idea might still believe in, say, the Tooth Fairy.

So I wasn’t too surprised the day my then-eight-year-old son sidled up to me as if he were going to whip out a collection of used watches from underneath his trench coat.

“Psst.” He whispered. “I know there’s no such thing as Santa.” He stood back and waited for my reaction.

“Oh, really?” I said. “OK.” “Or the Tooth Fairy.” He threw in for good

measure. But that left leprechauns, the Easter

Bunny, and possibly the Great Pumpkin. Three out of five.

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Love the Passionista, but guard your snowblower

There’s no business like snow business.

At least not to my brother. He works for a grounds maintenance

firm with one of those high-end outdoor malls as a client. In Northern Ohio. This in-volves endless hours during sleepless, stormy nights, and he remains on call even when he does get to enjoy a few moments of sitting on the couch with his basset hound.

One snowflake falls? He jumps up. A freezing rain drizzles down? He’s on it.

It sounds awful to me. But he is very pas-sionate about snow and ice removal. He truly doesn’t want any shopper to meet a twisted-ankle fate, and for that, I applaud him. When he talks about his job, he’s animated. It’s very inspiring.

At this job, he feels needed, and frankly, that’s a work perk that can be a little hard to come by.

Someone in our neighborhood is very passionate about snow removal as well. Be-sides our mailman.

This person has managed to rob more than one garage – ours included – of our be-loved snowblowers. Our violation happened just six sad nights ago. We’d had a beat-up old model in our garage for years that was never touched. But four days after we bought a new one, it was gone.

This person stalks new snowmobile buy-ers. Perhaps hanging out at the local Lowe’s to follow them home. Perhaps driving by on cold mornings when the home-owning heroes of humanity are all outside toiling with one mission – get the cars out of the driveway in time to make it to that first meeting.

Clearly, this person is every bit as tal-ented and fervent about his job as my brother. And while I’m particularly angry at this per-son right now, his skills at moving undetected are to be admired. It’s just unfortunate that

he uses his passion for evil rather than good. This person – and my brother – are pas-

sionistas. Someone who cares so much that it’s evident in their words and actions. It’s not a word I invented, but it’s one I’ve embraced. After all, I needed something to describe myself when I get a little bent out of shape at meetings.

“It’s only because I care so much,” I say. And it’s true.

I guess passionistas are a little obsessed with their affinities. Be it their shoe brand, their alma mater, their children’s safety or ensuring that others have a pleasant winter shopping experience. I love these people. I count myself among them.

According to a recent study about shop-ping passionistas, they’re 52 percent more likely than typical purchasers to recommend brands to others. In the workplace, these are the people who are consistently telling other, talented folks who don’t work for you – at least not yet – that they should. “Just check our online job board a few times a month,” I always say. Or, “I’ll keep my eyes open for you.” And then, I really do.

Passionistas seek relevant and timely information. Seek it. They don’t wait for someone to come to them with it. They’re not sitting around watching Boston Legal wait-ing for your TV ad to appear. Instead, they’re on your web site, or their web site, listening and sharing advice.

In the workplace, they’re going around talking to others. “What are you working on? What can I help with? Where are the opportu-nities for collaboration?” Passionistas never say things like, “That’s not my job.”

So, it only makes sense that just like brand passionistas, who hold their favorite brands to very high standards of quality, in-telligent approaches to advertising, and trans-parency and ethics as a company, workplace ones do the same.

They’ll challenge you. You’ll have to work a little harder because they’re there. You might have to put up with a little bit of drama. Just like in relationships, there’s an element of risk whenever there’s passion. It’s up to you to turn passion – which can be tem-porary – into love. For the last thing you want is for the passionistas in your workplace to turn into a scorned lover – to turn to a life of crime against you.

Because then you might find yourself standing around in your garage wondering where your new snowmobile went.

A self-made dawdler in fast paced America

Have you noticed how so many things in

America these days are “FAST?”Drive-in eateries, once dubbed “burger

joints” are now “fast-food restaurants.”The need for speed has also led to the

invention of all sorts of things, including instant coffee and medications that are billed as “fast-acting.”

It is also the reason most discount stores have so-called “fast lanes” that enable shop-pers with 10 items or less in their carts to get in and out of the store before some idiot driver in the parking lot gets a chance to open

his car door into their car door leaving a dent roughly the same size as the Grand Canyon.

If, on the other hand, you are unfortunate enough to have more than 10 items in your cart, you’ll probably have to phone your em-ployer and ask for a couple of vacation days so you have time to pay for your purchases.

My question is, why the heck are so many people in such a hurry these days?

Not only aren’t those people pausing to smell the proverbial roses, they probably aren’t even planting roses because the darned things take so long to produce flowers.

Hey, if I’m ill and need an ambulance, I’m fine with fast.

But if I’m shopping for a dozen eggs and a package of chewing gum at the grocery, I probably have time to spend a few minutes in a checkout line.

Yup, fast is definitely “in” these days.As a result, the so-called morning drive

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After completing undergraduate studies in her home state at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Hoff-Sullivan attended medical school at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C. She completed her residency at Howard University Hospital and completed a fellowship in Shoulder, Hip and Knee Reconstruction at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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FOR RENT: Efficiency cottage in Atkin-son. No children or pets. $250 monthly including utilities. Call 778-5605.

FOR RENT: Mobile Home, 2BDR, 1.5 bath partially furnished. All electric. Couple only. No pets. 462-5528.

Bulk tobacco barns, Great for storage, FREE you move. Call Tony 912-266-1795.

FOR RENT: Mobile Home, 2BDR/1BA with refrigerator and stove, heat and air. ALSO: 3BDR/1BA house with refrigerator, stove, heat and air. Call 462-5571.

LOT FOR RENT IN NAHUNTA: Lot for a trailer in Nahunta by Family Dollar and across from bank, near grocery store, pharmacy, and post office. $200 a month (first and last month in beginning). No children please. No outside pets. Would like a quiet couple or single person. Call 462-6228 for information. Leave mes-sage if no answer.

FOR SALE: 1997 Fleetwood 16X80, 3bed/2bath. Must be moved. No owner financing. Asking $12,500. Call (912)778-5446.

Tired of Renting? Rent to Own! Nancy's Place Community. 2 BDR Mobile Homes.

1992 Fleetwood 14x60 and 1984 Nobility 14x70, central heat and A.C., each sit on 1/2 acre lot! Private, Quiet, Clean. Rules and Regulations strictly enforced. No pets w/out pet fee, No Pittbulls. $1,500 down payment, $457.80 a month which includes water, taxes, insurance and lot rent. For more information please call 1-912-778-3000. Located in Atkinson Community off 110 West, 2.4 miles on left, Drury Lane, look for angel signs.

TransportationFOR SALE: 1993 Ford Mustang convertible. Fire engine red with black top. Perfect for beach: $3,000. Call 912-449-1148.

FOR SALE: Motorcycles, cars, trucks, trailers, and misc. parts. Call 912-462-6047 between 8a.m. & 8p.m.

WE BUY JUNK CARS AND TRUCKS. $75 and up. Call Dennis at 778-4746 or 670-0088 or Charlie at 778-3635 or 670-1853.

FOR SALE: 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Maroon with 6 cylinder, 4wd, low miles. $7,000. Call 912-449-1148.

FOR SALE: 1988 Chevy K1500 4X4, old tough truck, needs 4wd switch, Boyd rebuilt trans. March, AT, clean title, does not use oil, 200K miles, needs battery, $1200 OBO, call 912-670-2816. Good river or hunting truck.

RecreationalFOR SALE: 2008 Baja Warrior mini bike, 199cc. Paid $500 asking $425. Ridden 6 times. Can be seen on Sunflower Loop Rd., Nahunta. 615-881-3731.

FOR SALE: 4-wheelers, 3-wheelers, go-carts, motorcycles and misc. parts. Call 912-462-6047 between 8a.m. & 8p.m.

ServicesMULTITASK CLEANING SERVICE: Commercial & Residential floor & clean-ing services. Specializing in cleaning carpets & tile floors. Free Estimates. Christian owned and operated. Call 778-4270.

Electric Motor Repair: Waterpumps, swimming pool pumps, air compressors, fans, power tools, etc. All work reason-able and guaranteed. Call 282-0520, leave message.

Housecleaning: Need extra help around the house? Honest, hardworking, dependable clean team. Very creditable references. Willing to travel if need be. Furnish own supples. Senior discounts. Available Mon.-Sat. 7a-3p. Call 462-6610.

SELLERS LAWN SERVICE: Serving all Camden County and surrounding areas. Edging, Mowing, Mulching, Trimming, Pressure Washing. Year Round. 10 plus years experience. Family owned and operated. Licensed and Insured. Commercial & Residential. Free Estimates. Home: 912-576 9302. Cell: 912-552-8983.

Help Wanted

Post Office Now Hiring! Avg. pay $20/hr or $57K/yr., Incl. Fed. Ben., OT. Placed by adSource, not affiliated w/ USPS who hires. 866-920-8421.

AgricultureFOR SALE: Bermuda and Bahia hay. Round, $45 and square bales $4.50. Call 912-266-1795.

FOR SALE: Large brown eggs and adult turkeys. Browntown Road. Call 778-4546.

Pets & AnimalsFOUND: Terrier mix, female. Call and describe. Robin Plott. 270-3405.

FOR SALE: 2008 Bay colt, $150. Call 462-6506.

Miscellaneous CLOTHES, GIFTS & MORE located in Hickox - 3 miles south of Nahunta on 301. Open M-F 9-5 and Saturday 9-3. 1/2 off Sale 1st Saturday of each month. Now accepting fall and winter clothing. Please call ahead for an appointment. 462-7984. Clothes must be clean, stain and odor free and on hangers. 30 items per cus-tomer. We are thankful for another year and look forward to serving you. Have a happy and safe Holiday Season! Best Wishes! Mrs. Ann, Trish, and Stephanie.

FOR SALE: Tennant 255II Parking Lot Sweeper. Call 912-462-6047 between 8 a.m. & 8 p.m.

FOR SALE: John Deere riding lawn mower, 42" cut, almost new, $950. ALSO: Whirlpool dishwasher still in the box, $250. ALSO: 28" Pace enclosed trailer with stainless steel cabinets, generator door, interior lights, C.D. stereo system, wired for 110, 24 ft. awning, outside lights and electric tongue jack, $7,000. ALSO: 16.5 acres with doublewide mobile home, 30X40, garage with attached carport, 36x48 pole barns, 1/2 acre stocked pond, 2 sheds, above ground pool with decks, covered front and back porches, $155,000 or $143,000 without mobile home. Call 778-3036 for more informa-tion on all.

FOR SALE: Quality sofa with recliner at each end. Medium brown, $95. call 462-7744.

Remain independent in your home with a Power Wheelchair! Free delivery and installation on all equipment! Hospital Beds, Rollators and Manual Wheelchairs, too. Beautiful Lift Chairs with motors only $579 and Wheelchair Lifts from $549 that attach to your trailer hitch. Serving all of South Georgia from Waycross. Call us at 912-285-8595. We are a licensed Medicare and Medicaid provider.

FOR SALE: 1994 Short Shaft, 40hp Yamaha, electric start and remote box, $2,000. Call 462-6875.

Valentines Day will be here before you know it! Forget the perfume and choco-lates and get your sweetheart something different this year. Karen's Creations jewelry is the perfect gift featuring one of

a kind designs (earrings, bracelets, and necklaces) ranging in price from $3.00 to $30.00. Visit Finders Keepers in Nahunta across from City Hall this week to see the newest Valentine jewelry.

ATTENTION MEDICARE RECIPIENT: Plan "F", age 65, female non-smoker, $98.04 monthly. Our Prescription Drug Plan has no deductible to meet and low co-payments. Call Lewis Insurance at 912-283-0300.

FOR SALE: Cypress, Swings, Chairs, Rockers, etc. 912 462-6303.

FOR SALE:Stereo stand, $10; DVD's $15; and a desk with several drawers, one drawer needs to be fixed. Call Terry at 462-6770 after 6 p.m.

FOR SALE: Weight bench with bar squaat, 300 lbs. of metal weight, $200, call Troy at 912-552-8983.

Yard Sales

Waynesville Volunteer Fire Dept. will be accepting donations year round for our semi-annual yard sales (no clothes please). We also help burnout victims throughout the year, and what we don't use, we sell. We are also accepting donations of Gaterade, Powerade, and water for the volunteers during incidents. Contact Lucy Cathcart at 912-778-4551 or Jack Cathcart 912-266-7172 to make arrangements to deliver or we will also pick up.

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L I F E S T Y L E S

Make it a family affair.Doing something together can bring the whole family closer together. n Volunteer as a family to rake the neighbor’s yard, help sort food at a food

bank, or set up a lemonade stand or a bake sale to raise money for a cause your family is passionate about.

n Sponsor a child through an international organization that provides clothing, food and education for children. Your family will get pictures and updates about that child, and you can take turns writing him or her letters.

n Set a family fundraising goal for the year. Decide as a family to raise a certain amount to support a specific cause. Keep a big jar on the kitchen counter so that everyone can drop in their spare change and parts of monthly allowances to help meet that goal. At the end of the year, count it all up and turn it in together.

Get others involved.n A growing number of children are engaging their friends in charity work

by turning birthday parties into opportunities to serve. Instead of everyonebringing presents, they bring a toy to donate to children in need or new clothing for a homeless shelter.Everyone still has a great time with games and cake, and they feel great knowing they’ve helped someone else.

n Another fun way to let kids help other kids is to host a charity bear-making party. Schedule a birthday party at a Build-A-Bear Workshop store with the goal of having the children make special animals that they will donate to a children’s hospital. To make the giving even more special, they can make one of several stuffed animals that give back — sales

FAmIlY FEATurES

There’s a saying that charity begins at home. And when it comes to raising children to be generous, giving people, that expression is quite literally true.

Schools, clubs, religious organizations, nonprofit organi­zations and civic groups often involve students in fund-raising efforts or donation drives, but the best way to raise caring kids is to be a caring role model at home. When it comes to volunteering or donating money, for example,children are more likely to follow their parents’ lead. The Corporation for National and Community Service says that nearly nine out of 10 young people who give their time have parents and siblings who also volunteer.

Major corporations are also lending a hand to encourage and support volunteerism by young people. One example is Build-A-Bear Workshop and its Huggable Heroes program,which recognizes young people between the ages of 7 and 18 who are giving back in their communities and beyond, and rewards them with scholarships, charitable contributions, networking opportunities and leadership training.

“Kids today are very aware of what’s going on in the world and want to make a difference and we wanted to create a program that recognized their worthy efforts — large and small,” said maxine Clark, founder and chief executive bear at Build-A-Bear Workshop. “We’ve found that the first step is often as simple as identifying a problem and taking action to resolve it.” And it doesn’t always have to be about raising money.

Whether it’s deciding to collect suitcases to give to foster children after seeing them carrying their belongings in a trash bag, or working to assemble packs filled with goodies and school supplies to send to children whose lives have been torn apart by a natural disaster, kids are finding creativeways to solve problems.

These are just a few real world examples of young people making a tremendous difference in the lives of others. Here are some easy ways to help your children put their feelings into action and develop a lifestyle of caring.

Let them choose a cause.Children are more likely to stay with something they are really interested in. Whether it’s working with animals, bettering the environment, reading, the arts or sports, help them find volunteer areas that they’ll enjoy. Does yourteenage son love soccer? Perhaps he can coach a team ofunderprivileged kids. Does your daughter love animals? maybe she can start a drive to raise funds and supplies for a local rescue shelter.

Wanted —Extraordinary Kids

Do you know a young person who is making a big difference in the com­munity, neighborhood, school or

around the world?Each year, thousands of people help

identify the best young leaders in the United States and Canada by nominating them to be a Build­A­Bear Workshop Huggable Hero.

This year, 12 young people between the ages of 7 and 18 will be selected and named Huggable Heroes. Each will receive an education scholarship and donation to the 501(c)(3) charity of his/her choice.

Entries will be accepted from January 16 through February 27, 2009. Nominate a can­didate online or download an entry form by visiting www.buildabear.com/huggableheroes. You can also pick up an entry form at any Build­A­Bear Workshop store in the U.S. and Canada.

support animal shelters nationwide, the World Wildlife Fund, First Book and other children’s literacy initiatives, or children’s health and wellness programs.

There are thousands of young people taking action and making a difference every day. Some of them receive recognition but the best reward they get is seeing how they’re making their world a better place.

Actions speak louder than words. Help your kids make a difference by taking action today.

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