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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 • Vol. 6, No. 14
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PAGE 8.
LaFayette
Road revamp
hits snags
By Katie Ward Hamilton
Staff Writer
The $3 million project to revamp
LaFayette Road is hitting road blocks
before even starting.
According to Fort Oglethorpe Public Works Director Jeff Long, there is
not enough funding for underground
utilities, Councilwoman Paula Stinnett wrote in a letter to the city’s
DDA. They were part
of the master plan. As
were pocket parks next
to Joy Carpet and Classic Blades, which are
also no longer included,
according to DDA Chairman Jeff Epperson.
“We sold the commuJeff
nity on the master plan,” Epperson
said Epperson. “I don’t
think we can legally
change it. I can find private money to
fund the pocket parks. We have not
tapped in to talking to foundations or
selling bricks yet. We will not accept
no underground utilities.
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New Fort Oglethorpe council member to be appointed
Catoosa
COMMUNITY NEWS
Serving Fort Oglethorpe, Ringgold, Boynton, Graysville, Keith, Lakeview, Westside and Woodstation
By Rachel
Sauls-Wright
Community News Assistant
Editor
After 16 months of being short a council member, the Fort Oglethorpe
City Council may soon
have all its seats filled.
Charter revisions recently signed into law by
the governor
grant the
city council
the power
to appoint a
member to
take Charles
Sharrock’s
Charles
vacated
Sharrock
seat. That
appointment
will only last until Sharrock’s current litigation is
resolved. He was ousted
for sexual harassment in
2012 and is appealing his
case to the Georgia Supreme Court.
“I would recommend
DDA
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I know foundations
willing to put up more
money. We need people
thinking in that direction
or nothing will get done.”
New DDA member
Father Bill Williams said
the group should inform
the city and the Georgia
Department of Transpor-
you try to [make the
appointment] as soon
as possible,” said City
Manager Ron Goulart.
“Any individuals who are
interested should notify
City Hall of that interest.
We can fill that seat two
weeks from now.”
Mayor Lynn Long recommended
that the city
hold a special-called
election to
fill Sharrock’s seat,
saying he
Lynn
thinks peoLong
ple “like to
elect their
city officials.”
That election would
cost approximately
$8,000 and isn’t possible
the way the new charter
is written, City Attorney
Robert Stultz said after a
lengthy conversation on
the matter. The charter
tation of their concerns.
GDOT is
administering the grant
and the city
will manage
the project.
In order
to make sure
Father Bill
the DDA is
Williams
involved in
future planning, the group appointed member Ron Davis
to represent the DDA
at upcoming planning
he referenced includes
the changes recent approved by the governor,
which were submitted by
the committee appointed by Georgia state Sen.
Jeff Mullis and Rep. Tom
Weldon to review and
amend the charter.
“You have to read the
whole charter,” Stultz
said. “You can’t just read
part of it and pick out
what you want. You cannot hold an election to
replace a temporary suspension.”
Long also brought
before the council the
topic of raises for city
employees. The issue was
tabled earlier this year
when other council members asked to wait until
they could see revenue
numbers for the fiscal
year’s first quarter before
approving raises.
“We’ve got employees
that have not got a raise.
The budget calls for a
raise,” Long said. “The
mayor’s opinion is raises
should be given. … Employees depend on raises.”
After continued questioning from him, the
council voted to table the
matter again until complete budget information
is available for the first
quarter.
“As a
business
owner, raises
are not automatic,” said
Councilman
Craig CrawCraig
ford. “We
Crawford
would just
like to see
the first-quarter numbers
and be able to go with
that. A lot of the employees are aware of that. I
don’t appreciate the way
you presented that.”
Steve Cooper, chairman of the charter review
committee appointed
by Mullis and Weldon,
chastised the mayor for
his behavior during the
meeting.
“The mere fact that
Councilman Crawford
had to make a statement
regarding a statement
you made is indicative
there is not a team approach for this government,” Cooper said. “As
you stated when you
opened tonight, this not
a political forum. It’s not
a place to air grievances.
The majority of citizens
of this city are weary.
We want to see this
council and this mayor
function as a cohesive
unit.”
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meetings. Members said
they were upset the DDA
did not receive an invitation to participate in
the March meeting with
GDOT.
“I am a bit concerned
that no one was there to
represent us. We have
not been asked to be involved,” Epperson said,
adding that the bottom
line is LaFayette Road
and making sure the
grant money is spent on
its revitalization.
The Master Plan
Report accepted by the
city calls for attractive
landscaping to line the
roadway between the
Chickamauga Battlefield
and Battlefield Parkway. It also calls for the
addition of medians,
ornamental lighting on
the sidewalks and shared
bike lanes in that same
stretch of road.
Construction is set to
begin in 18-24 months.
The project is meant
to help enhance residents’
quality of life and help
grow tourism, Gretch Cobrin, commissioner of the
Georgia Department of
Community Affairs, said
in a statement.
The $3 million grant,
awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, is the largest one
ARC has ever made in
Georgia.
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Dailey Hill Cemetery under lock and key
By Katie Ward
Hamilton
Staff Writer
Dailey Hill Cemetery is
going on lockdown.
Tractor trailer tires,
brush piles, microwave
ovens and fast food bags
are being dumped along
the circular drive in the
cemetery, and caretaker/
Boynton Lions Club member Norman Lansford
said he is tired of making
weekly trips to Catoosa
County Landfill.
“Someone dumped six
gigantic tractor trailer
tires here. People throw
out bags of food. Someone
came in and dumped a
truckload of brush by the
entrance,” he said. “I take
my brush to the county
landfill and they charge
me $5 to dump it.”
The cemetery is maintained by the club as a
service to the community.
But community members
will no longer have unrestricted access starting in Norman Lansford kneels by the plots that hold his father and mother at Dailey
April. The club is locking Hill Cemetery. Lansford is carrying on his father’s legacy of caring for the histor-
ic cemetery established in 1886.
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Graham receives DDA facade grant
Dr. Ronal Graham is the sole recipient of a $1,000 spring facade grant from
the Ringold Downtown Development Authority. The facade grant will help Graham install a new awning above this vacant property between Home Plate Grill
and Edward Jones on Nashville Street. Dr. Graham plans to spend more than
$2,000 on the project, painting the building and installing the new awning.
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Catoosa County Public Library card holders can now download popular digital
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makes library material available to users on demand, 24 hours a day. Patrons
accustomed to purchasing digital materials from iTunes, Amazon and other
subscription providers such as Audible will now have a no-charge option. All
card holders can visit the library or catoosacountylibrary.org or omc.overdrive.
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instruction sheets for the following devices: Kindle, Kindle Fire, Ipad, all IOS
devices, Windows- and Mac-based computers, Android devices and other
popular devices. The library is open Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed on Sundays.
the entrance gate. Visitors will have to call the
number on the entrance
sign to be admitted or
can enter on foot to visit
graves.
“From now on, whoever needs to be here real
bad can call me and I will
let them in,” Lansford
said.
He requests that people be more considerate
of the 400 people buried
there.
“There are real people
here that mean something
to people,” he said. “It is
mothers, fathers, daughters, sons and grandparents.”
To be buried at Dailey Hill Cemetery, one
must either have family
buried there or be a
member of the community. Boynton Lions
Club charges a documentation fee of $200
to be buried at Dailey
Hill, though no charge
is taken for a plot, said
Lansford.
Two hundred more
plots are available.
“Every dime of the fee
goes to pay a contractor
$2,500 a year to mow the
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HISTORY OF THE LAND
Boynton Baptist Church began as Pleasant Hill
Baptist on the hill occupied by the cemetery, but
moved to Boynton in the early 1900s.
“The oldest grave is dated 1886,” said caretaker
Norman Lansford. “A 2-week-old child passed by
the last name of Ross. The Ross family donated the
land to build the cemetery.”
About 50 years ago, the Boynton Lions Club took
over the cemetery’s maintenance as a club project.
Lansford’s father, Farris “Doc” Lansford, led the
charge for the club to begin maintaining the cemetery, helping to install cemetery gates, straightening
markers and cutting brush.
He is now buried there next to his wife. He
passed away last November at the age of 96.
Lansford’s grandparents H. Clint Lansford and
Lindy Norman Lansford are also buried in the cemetery.
cemetery,” he said.
The Boynton Lions
Club members frequently
clean up the cemetery,
fill sinking graves with
more dirt and keep watch
over it.
“For someone to trash
it, it’s very disappointing,”
said Lansford.
To donate to the
cemetery’s upkeep, mail
donations to Boynton
Lions Club, 3179 Pine
Grove Road, Ringgold,
Ga., 30736. To learn more
about making a donation
or to help clean up the
cemetery, call 423-8341727.
The club is hosting a
community cleanup day
at the cemetery Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to
noon.
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Councilman Randall Franks, left, and Vice Mayor Nick Millwood share their ideas for the new Ringgold
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Ringgold advances plans for new park
Staff Writer
The park’s restrooms
will be open the same
hours as Little General
Children’s Park.
Convention and Visitor’s
Bureau seems receptive
to erecting a mobile stage
in the park. Wright said
when the city hosts the
Highland Games the mo-
bile stage will be needed.
“We all know the
property is in a flood
plain. Less is more,”
warned Councilman Earl
Henderson. “We can put
horseshoes, the baseball
field we keep and another soccer field. Less is
more and we won’t have
to clean it up as much
[from flooding with less
to maintain].”
The city is officially
taking over the maintenance of the park ball
fields and the park bathrooms.
Crawford said DeMayo
will be able to come in
and tell the council what
to do about the soil erosion from flooding.
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Passpointe Engineering and landscape architect Greta DeMayo have
been picked to lead the
effort of turning Ringgold
Recreation Complex into
a park.
“Greta DeMayo of
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to the table,” said City
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“Her fees are reasonable
from the past and she’s
connected with the Lyndhurst Foundation.”
Though nixing shuffleboard, tennis courts, extreme sports and a model
car track from the plans,
the council would still
like to fix up the dugout
at the baseball field, install a splash fountain by
the creek or pool, work
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Surprise visitor
Jamie Dahl, daughter of Maj. Gen. James C.
Smith, stands at the 6th Cavalry Memorial Garden
and WWII Monument. Smith is one of the most
decorated 6th Cavalrymen in the current history
of the regiment. Raised on the post as an “army
brat” Smith served in WWII and did multiple tours
in Vietnam, receiving three Purple Hearts. Smith
attended school in Chattanooga and until recently
had traveled back for the 6th Cavalry Association
reunions and banquets held in Fort Oglethorpe. Dahl
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Colonnade Doll Show and Sale to benefit RMHC April 5
By Katie Ward
Hamilton
DOLLS ON DISPLAY
Staff Writer
Tickets for the raffle benefiting RMHC are $3
each. Up for grabs are a Swing into Spring
Terri Lee doll; a hand-painted Elegance #93
from Robert Tonner’s Theatre de la Mode
collection and a Maudlynne Macabre, also by
Tonner; an R. John Wright Winnie-the-Pooh
Pocket Eeyore, No. 1,877 of 3,500; and a 40th
Anniversary Edith doll with Little Bear given by
Toy Shop.
For $5 per ticket, attendees gain a chance
to win a hand-painted limited edition doll by
Berdine Creedy donated by Masterpiece Gallery
to benefit the Chattanooga Doll Club. The
porcelain doll is one of 1,000 total and is handnumbered on the neck with the artist’s personal
signature in 18-karat gold.
Chattanooga Doll Club treasurer Carolyn Lott, of Boynton, left, and president Jane
Heavener, of Ringgold, welcome area residents to the Chattanooga Doll Club Doll
Show and Sale at The Colonnade. The antique dolls pictured from left were made
around 1909, 1949, 1936 and 1948, respectively.
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To learn more about RMHC, which operates the
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is not just a collection of
stuff, it’s a collection of
memories.
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an educational experience to go to a doll show.
Every time I go I learn
something new.”
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— Jane Heavener
detective partner Bill Taylor, who became a father
figure to her when her
true father passed away.
Bill’s wife, nicknamed
Flossie, worked as a buyer
in the toy department for
Miller’s Department Store.
Heavener later used
dolls to cheer Taylor up
as he lie in the hospital
passing away from cancer. Taylor sent the dolls
up and down the hall to
cheer up fellow patients,
Heavener said.
“Someone took a box
of my childhood dolls
when I was young, so I
like to look for dolls that
remind me of my childhood,” said Chattanooga
Doll Club treasurer Carolyn Lott, of Boynton. “It’s
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Some people collect
stamps. Some collect
wine. Comic books, coins
— the list goes on.
Ringgold resident Jane
Heavener collects memories.
“Collecting dolls is not
just a collection of stuff, it’s
a collection of memories,”
said the 74-year-old, who
serves as president of the
Chattanooga Doll Club.
Dolls — and memories
— will be on display at the
35th annual Chattanooga
Doll Club Doll Show and
Sale coming to The Colonnade’s ballroom Saturday,
April 5. In addition to the
hundreds of dolls — Great
Depression Patsys and
Shirleys, modern-day Barbies, G.I. Joes — hundreds
of attendees are expected.
More than 30 doll
vendors are coming from
Louisiana, Florida, North
Carolina, Tennessee and
Georgia to showcase
their doll collections and
accessories. This year a
doll appraiser is also attending and will appraise
dolls on-site.
“We try to enlarge the
doll-collecting community,” Heavener said. “We
have a charity every year
and this year it’s the Ronald McDonald House. We
will raffle off dolls from
different companies to
help the charity.”
The event runs from
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. In
addition to the raffle to
benefit RMHC of Chattanooga, ticket sales and a
second raffle will benefit
the Chattanooga Doll
Club for future shows.
Cost to attend is $5,
though children age 12 and
under can enter for free.
Heavener has fond
memories of receiving
dolls as a child. She remembers a set of twin dolls
given to her by her father’s
CATOOSA WEEKLY
Ringgold COC sends midnight message
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The Rev. Carroll Allen poses in front of Ringgold Church of God. Allen is offering
a midnight Wednesday church service for people who are not able to attend
church during the normal service times.
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I just hope people hear about it and
because it will be a time
convenient to them, they
will come. They don’t
have to be Church of
God, they can be any
denomination. If they
can adapt to our worship
and they want to come
back, we will welcome
them.
”
he said, adding that the
service will be like every
other service. “There will
be singing, worship and a
message.”
Whether or not the
weekly midnight service
will be an ongoing event
depends on the interest.
“It just depends on
what happens,” said Allen. “If just a few show
up, I will consider doing it a couple times a
month.”
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— The Rev. Carroll Allen
I think it is a great idea to
have a midnight service at
church. Not only is God
not dead, he is not asleep,
either. I expect that ‘his’
presence will be there at
midnight.”
Allen said he’s had
little feedback about the
midnight service, so he has
no way of knowing if anyone besides himself and his
wife Donna will show up.
“My wife is the piano
player and singer, so she’ll
be right there with me,”
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Midnight snacks … for
the soul?
The Rev. Carroll Allen, pastor of Ringgold
Church of God, is beginning a midnight church
service for people who,
for whatever reason, have
difficulties making it to
the two traditional services on Sunday and one
on Wednesday night.
“It might be people
who can’t get out of bed
on a Sunday morning or
people who work during
the hours of a typical
church service,” said
Allen, 59, who has been
a full-time preacher for
33 years, the last 13 at
Ringgold Church of God.
“We’ve got to reach people — it’s what Jesus told
us to do, and having this
midnight service is another avenue.
The idea to hold a
weekly midnight service
was sparked several years
ago by a hotel clerk who
worked third shift.
“When she realized I
was a preacher, she asked
me how come churches
don’t offer those services
to people,” Allen said. “I
didn’t have an answer, but
it did get me to thinking
about it.”
The Rev. David Smith,
pastor of Monroe Church
of God in Monroe, Ga.,
appreciates Allen’s efforts
to start a midnight service.
“As a young man, I
worked the night shift at
a Chattanooga area mill.
I understand the frustration of not being able to
attend worship services,”
he said. “I think it is an
incredibly creative idea
to provide an opportunity
for an entire demographic
to attend church services.
“In the age of 24-hour
convenience stores and
all-night McDonald’s,
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know about your upcoming
church, school and club
events. Please submit event
information, including date,
time and location, at least
one week in advance of each
Wednesday’s publication to
[email protected].
■ Alvin C. York Chapter of
the 82nd Airborne Association of Chattanooga, Tennessee is featuring as guest
speaker, Larry McDaris, of
Cleveland, Tenn., at a chapter dinner April 8 at the Epicurean Restaurant, at 4301
Ringgold Road, beginning at
7 p.m. This event is open to
all airborne qualified veterans
and their family members
in the greater Chattanooga
area. For more information,
contact Chapter Chairman,
Doug Stephenson at 423432-2715 or email drstep@
aol.com.
■ Battlefield Pilot Club meets
the first Thursday of every
month at Park Place Restaurant, 2891 LaFayette Road
in Fort Oglethorpe. Meetings
start at 5:30 p.m. For more
information call 706-8664055.
■ Boynton Lions Club meets
the second Tuesday of every
month at Boynton United
Methodist Church, 4246
Boynton Drive in Ringgold.
■ Boynton United Methodist
Church, at 4246 Boynton
Drive in Ringgold, hosts
a Zumba class Saturday
mornings at 9 a.m. Females
only. Cost is $5 per class to
pay the certified instructor.
For more information visit
BoyntonUMC.org or call 706866-2626.
■ Boynton United Method-
ist Church hosts a Pilates
class with certified instructor
Denise McGaughey Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7
p.m. Cost is $33 per month;
flex-passes also available.
For more information visit
BoyntonUMC.org or call 706866-2626.
every Monday night at 7 p.m.
at First Presbyterian of Fort
Oglethorpe, 1 W. Harker
Road. Cub Scout meetings
begin at 6:30 p.m. Call 706866-2521 for more information.
■ Catoosa County Library,
at 108 Catoosa Circle in
Ringgold, presents Children’s
Storytime every Tuesday at 6
p.m., Wednesday at 11 a.m.
and on alternate Saturdays at
11 a.m.
■ Catoosa County Historical
Society meets the second
Monday of each month at 7
p.m. at the Old Stone Church
Museum at the intersection of
U.S. 41 and old GA 2 south
of Ringgold.
■ Fort Oglethorpe Kiwanis
Club meets every Friday at
noon at the Hutcheson Medical Center cafeteria.
■ Georgia Recovery Project
offers support groups for individuals and families every
Tuesday from 12:30-2:30
p.m. or from 6-8 p.m. The
groups meet at the Catoosa
Learning Center at the Benton Place Campus, 36 Muscogee Trail in Ringgold. To
RSVP, contact Tracy Elleman
at 706-225-9262 or [email protected]; specify day
or evening preference.
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■ Ringgold Downtown
Partners meets the second
Tuesdayy of each month at 6
p.m. Call Raye Brooks
at 706-935-2844
for meeting locations.
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Ringgold, 7611 NashRin
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served and guests
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are welcome. For more
information call Jack Deaton
■ The Obedience Club of
at 423-413-2219.
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of Chattanooga on Highway 193 in Flintstone, Ga.,
is holding registration for
obedience, rally, and agility
classes for puppies and dogs
Sunday, April 13 from 1-3
p.m. Canine Good Citizen
Advanced is a brand new
class. ALSO offering Therapy
Dog Class. Sign up to take
the new agility classes for fun
and exercise. Bring a copy of
shot records to registration.
During registration, various
OCC dog/handler teams will
present training demonstrations. Classes begin Monday
night, April 14. Visit chattanoogaobedienceclub.org or
call 423-517-1448.
■ Authentic Intimacy’s
■ Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 10-week study “Passion
High School is offering open
studio art classes beginning
this month for students and
community members. Room
310 will be open from 4-7
p.m. each evening. Classes
are $15 per night or $45
per session, including supplies. Payment in advance
ensures that supplies are
available for use. Reserve
a spot and get a complete
list of classes by calling
706-866-0342 or emailing
[email protected].
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p.m. at City Hall, 150 Tennessee St.
Pursuit,” written by Dr. Juli
Slattery, author and former
Focus on the Family Radio
host; and Linda Dillow, Bible
teacher and author, is being
held Thursdays from 6:30-8
p.m. at Rock Bridge Church,
1012 Rockbridge Road in
Ringgold. Call Jeannette Fox
at 423-774-2739 to register
or for more information.
■ Ringgold City Council
meets the second and fourth
Mondays of the month at 7
■ Ringgold Rotary Club
meets every Tuesday at
12:15 p.m. at Ringgold City
Hall, 150 Tennessee St.
■ Seniors and Friends of
Fort Oglethorpe meets each
Wednesday from 10 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. at Constitution
Hall, 205 Forrest Road. The
all-volunteer group offers
games, crafts, blood pressure/blood sugar checks,
bingo and refreshments. For
information or transportation
call Peggy Stanfield at 706866-1369.
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so each row,
column and
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■ The Share America Foundation is hosting Southern
gospel trio Voices Won and
Gospel Hall of Fame member
Calvin Newton Friday, April
11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ringgold Depot, 155 Depot St.
The event is a fundraiser for
the Pearl and Floyd Franks
Scholarship Fund. Donations
for tickets are $5 for adults.
Children age 5 and under are
admitted for free. Tickets are
available at Sonshine Christian Book in Fort Oglethorpe,
1841 Battlefield Pkwy. For
more information call 706861-7675 or visit shareamericafoundation.org.
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■ Navigating Thru Change
is a jobs support ministry offered by First Baptist Church
of Fort Oglethorpe, 2645
LaFayette Road, that is coordinated by HR professionals
in the area. For help with
resume building, interview
preparation, understanding
online submittals or more,
contact at 706-866-0232.
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