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The Claxton Enterprise
Local News
Wed nesd ay, Oct ob er 7, 2015 • PAGE 7
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Farm Bureau Note Burning Ceremony
Evans County Georgia Farm Bureau held a ceremony on Monday, Sept. 14, to commemorate paying off their building mortgage seven years early. Zippy Duval, Donny
Jones, and Gary Bell watch the last of the mortgage papers burn while the rest of the
staff cheers them on. Pictured, left to right, back row: Sheri Duffield, agency manager;
Angela Todd, womenʼs committee chair; Nancy Clark, womenʼs chair; Larry Garrison,
board member; Karon Anderson, office manager; Joanna Thompson, CSR; front row:
Zippy Duval, president, Ga. Farm Bureau; Donny Jones, president, Evans County Farm
Bureau; Gary Bell, local board member and Seventh Dist. State Dir.
CHS Tigers fall to Portal
Inexperience continues to be a stumbling block for the Claxton Tigers as they fell 7-27 at
Portal last Friday night. Coach Roderick Williams said, “Our team is very young and inexperienced. It will take time to rebuild so that these young men can compete in our tough
region. They are improving each week.” Senior Darvis Small (#11) and freshman Quincy
Anderson (#24) are the Tigersʼ Players of the Week. Both men combined on 25 carries for
152 yards. Anderson also added a fumble recovery and three tackles on the defensive side
of the ball. Josh May, Syrus Williams, and Jalen Wingfield led the defense with 6.5, six, and
five tackles respectively. The Tigers are now 1-2 at home and 0-2 on the road. Up next CHS
hosts Jenkins County in the Pecan Grove, Friday night, October 9, at 7:30 p.m. for Homecoming Pictured above, Austin Beasley throws the ball downfield.
Photo by John Pate
Tiger Band Fundraiser
The Claxton Tiger Band is hosting a Little Caesars Pizza Fundraiser. Locate a Claxton
Tiger Band member, stop by the Claxton High School Band Hall, or call Tiffany Howard
at 912-334-2509 or Stephanie Lewis at 912-334-0338. You may also order and pay online by credit or debit card: Go to www.PizzaKit.com, click on -“Products” then “Shop”,
select either “ship order to the group or ship order to me” (via UPS for an additional fee).
The fundraiser ID number is: 305708. Orders must be ordered and paid by October 9.
Late orders will NOT be accepted. Pickup will be October 19 at the Claxton High School
Band Hall. We are not responsible for orders not picked up on delivery day.
4-H week student essay: A blessing in a green clover
By Adam Hendrix
President of the Evans
County 4-H Junior/Senior
Board of Directors
As I reflect on where I am
in life, the things I’ve accomplished, the things I haven’t,
and the things I plan to do, I
realize none of it would have
been possible without one
group of individuals I was al-
know. I tried to sneak in without being noticed, but was
caught and asked to introduce
myself. I remember how
friendly everyone was and
how excited everyone seemed
to be. I was a sophomore at
the time, and being awkward
as all sophomores are, I found
myself in the corner of the
room as the meeting progressed. The meeting played
through quickly and I met
some really interesting people.
I had no idea within the next
two years these individuals
would become my best friends
and fellow Evans County 4-H
Board Members.
One of my favorite memories in 4-H is when I completed my first ever fair booth.
I had never completed an exhibit before, so I needed help,
and a lot of it! However, Mrs.
Stephanie and Miss Kali were
more than happy to supply that
help. I wanted desperately to
build a fair booth exhibit, but
having no prior experience, I
was too afraid to just jump in
and do it. Now, looking forward to my third fair booth
this year, I think what a piece
of cake it will be. I hope to
bring home a first place ribbon
this year!
Today, I realize there is a
major difference in the person
I was before 4-H and the person I am now. Before 4-H, I
was very shy and quiet. I didn’t like new things or people.
They scared me. Why did the
thought of something or someone new scare me? Well, I
have an immense fear of failure. I am desperately afraid of
letting those I love down, so I
am very uncomfortable doing
something new without strict
schooling on the subject first.
Once I learn how to perform a
task, I can do it comfortably
and to the best of my ability;
however, taking that first step
into something new takes
courage, a trait I lacked before
my time in 4-H. It also takes a
lot of faith in oneself to take
on a project like a fair booth
with no experience. I suffer
from low self-esteem, and
have for as long as I can remember. This coupled with
my fear of failure often paralyzes me and prevents me
from doing many things I
probably would have found
interesting or even fun.
Though they probably didn’t know it at the time, help on
behalf of the Evans County 4H staff slowly helped me conquer my fear of failure. Failure
is a part of life and one of the
best learning experiences there
is. Thomas Edison once said:
Optim Primary CareTattnall, a department of
the
physician-owned
Optim Medical CenterTattnall, adds Primary
Care Physician Roger
Beville, MD, who is seeing patients in Cobbtown
and
Glennville.
Dr.
Beville joins Optim after
most recently working for
St. Joseph’s Candler Medical Group in Metter.
Born and raised in
Vinita, Okla. Dr. Beville
lived in a few towns in
Oklahoma and Missouri
before moving to Georgia
where he finished high
school in Atlanta. He attended Georgia Southern
University and completed
Medical School at Med-
ical College of Georgia in
Macon, Ga. and Residency at Naval Regional
Medical
Center
in
Charleston, SC.
“I am really excited
about Optim’s commitment to primary care and
preventative medicine,”
said Dr. Beville.
For more information
about Roger Beville, MD,
please
visit
OptimHealth.com/RogerBeville and to make an
appointment, please call
912.654.4599 (Glennville:
1000 B. North Veterans
Blvd. • Glennville, Ga.
30427) and 912.684.2071
(Cobbtown: 36671 Hwy
23 • Cobbtown, Ga.
30420).
most forced to meet a few
years back – staff and students
of the Evans County 4-H Program. With the urging of my
mother, I decided to give this
thing others call 4-H a try.
Upon arriving at my first 4H meeting, I thought to myself
what a huge mistake I had
made. There was an entire
room full of people I didn’t
Adam Hendrix
ACROSS
1. Pitches a tent
6. When repeated, a cry of
approval
10. Agreement
14. Swell
15. Director Preminger
16. Couple's pronoun
17. Accidental statement
20. Tasty
21. Most wise
22. Cave dweller
24. Baby bird?
27. "Endymion" poet
28. John Irving's "A Prayer for
___ Meany"
30. "How about that!"
31. Perfect, e.g.
32. Secret society members
35. Clothing
37. One way a conclusion is
reached
43. Straight, at the bar
44. In Asia, house section reserved for women
45. Some porcelain
49. Common contraction
51. Ripens
52. Lowest deck on a ship
53. New Delhi salad
56. Martha Stewart meas.
57. No-nothing
59. Flavor
61. It can be made in good
faith
66. Binge
67. Legal prefix
68. Downy duck
69. Cultural doings
70. Tennyson work
71. Happening place
DOWN
1. "60 Minutes" network
2. "That's ___!"
3. Most wet
4. One of the Three Bears
5. Breaks off
6. Stadium nosh
7. Biblical suffix
8. Dug in
9. Deteriorates
10. Cloth woven from raw silk
11. Filthy from long neglect
12. Pie parts
13. African fly
18. In shape
19. Mighty one?
22. Fail miserably
23. On the road
25. Boat race
26. Astute
29. ___'wester
33. Part of some splits
34. Ed.'s request
36. Wood-dressing tool
38. Animal shelter
39. Genetic initials
40. Fashion industry, slangily
41. Change for a five
42. Coarse file
45. Beethoven's "Moonlight
___"
46. Editor, at times
47. Dated
48. Giving ones
50. Cheerless
54. Clavell's "___-Pan"
55. Church recesses
58. Visored cap
60. Ear-related
62. Dejected
63. Attempt
64. Knowledge
65. Palindromic preposition
“Many of life’s failures are
people who did not realize
how close to success they
were when they gave up.”
With this fresh in my mind,
and a newly awarded second
place ribbon for my first fair
booth exhibit, I gained confidence. My next challenge was
District Project Achievement
Competition, and with help
from almost everyone in our
county’s 4-H program and
support from home I showcased my display for Wildlife
Diversity in Georgia at Rock
Eagle. The excitement I felt
upon completion of the competition was enough to want to
do the whole thing again,
which I plan to do. I did not
place within the top three in
my project area, but I remembered what Thomas Edison
said when asked about his failures in inventing the light
bulb: “I haven’t failed. I just
found ten thousand ways that
won’t work.” I will keep this
quote in mind as we travel
back to Rock Eagle this winter for my last round of District Project Achievement
Competition.
Through it all, I have to say
my biggest achievement in 4H came to me last year. After
many pleadings from friends
and encouragement from oth-
ers, I campaigned for a seat on
the Evans County 4-H Junior/Senior Board of Directors.
I simply cannot express the
excitement that jolted through
me and everyone else on stage
as Miss Alison Womack announced me as the 2015-2016
President of the 4-H Junior/Senior Board of Directors.
The skills that I have
learned through 4-H are countless and priceless. I would
have never gained these attributes without the opportunities
presented by Georgia 4-H and
my local 4-H program. I cannot thank enough each and
every one who has helped me
overcome my fears and stumbling blocks in life. I love you
all.
For the first time in my life
I stand proud of who I am and
what I have done. I thank God
each and every day for the
blessing He gave me wrapped
in a green clover. None of
what I have become would
have been, if He hadn’t given
me this wonderful program.
We are more than just a group
of people. We are a nationwide
family of overachievers, sharing a passion for success, fun,
and green blood flowing
through our hearts.
I am Adam Hendrix, and I
am Georgia 4-H.
Optim Primary Care-Tattnall
adds primary care physician to
Cobbtown and Glennville
Claxton-Evans County Airport
Claxton, Georgia
Sealed bids will be received by the Claxton-Evans County Airport Authority at
the airport office located at 389 Airport
Road, Claxton, Georgia 30417, on Thursday, October 15, 2015, until 3:00 p.m. and
at that hour opened and publicly read
aloud for the project listed below:
Replace the metal roof on the airport
office and the adjoining hanger
Please contact Vernon Owens for additional information, 912-739-0124.