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Established 2008 Volume 7 No. 2

Features

Publisher Keith Barlow

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Beauty for Ashes Sandersville congregation returns to sanctuary restored after terrific fire

N A T A L I E D AV I S L I N D E R

16 ‘Creating beautiful things’ Writers

Enchanted Florist: Home to flowers, gifts and Miss Lily

j o n at h a n j ac ks o n

23 Phoebe Jane’s A dv e r t i s i n g S a l e s

‘Where Your Mouth Meets the South’

a m y b u d ry s BRANDI KITTLE tara peters

29 First Love Kids A little love goes a long way

C i rc u l at i o n D i r e c t o r M i c h a e l E va n s

35 A unified effort Chamber of Commerce bridges business and people to make WaCo great

Graphic Designer Theresa Willis

In Every Issue

Sandersville Scene magazine is published by The Union-Recorder four times a year at 165 Garrett Way, Milledgeville, GA 31061 For more information on submitting stories or to advertise in Sandersville Scene, call (478) 453-1430

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6 Editor’s Note 22 Worship Guide 40 Arts & Entertainment 42 Photo Galleries

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eople are the root of every story we share. Bringing the human element forth and letting it shine makes even the best stories even better, and the best means for us to do that is through

you.

Your stories help make us what we are, and it’s our aim to tell those stories well with every issue. Your story ideas, your input and feedback help us share more about the Washington County community you know and love.

In this issue of Sandersville Scene, we share more of those kinds of stories. Read writer Jonathan Jackson’s feature on Phoebe Jane’s and find out what fuels owner Phoebe Brooker Kennedy’s passion for good, southern food. Also, be sure to read about fellow entrepreneur Mickie Hobby and the story behind the name Enchanted Florist. Jackson also shares a story of faith and strength in the face of adversity from the congregation of Sandersville First Christian Church. Find out how a June 3, 2011 fire brought forth beauty for ashes as the congregation restored its church in the wake of a series of tragic events. You’ll also find our story on First Love Kids and how the non-profit demonstrates love in everything it brings forth.

Thank you, Sandersville and Washington County, for allowing our magazine to be an avenue for local stories to shape and hopefully inspire.

We welcome your ideas and we love hearing from you. E-mail us at ndavis@unionrecorder.com to share thoughts on who and what you’d like to see grace our pages of upcoming editions.

Thank you for reading. Have a wonderful summer.

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“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the plangent of the Lord that He might be glorified.”

– Isaiah 61:3

Beauty for

Ashes Sandersville congregation returns to sanctuary restored after terrific fire

BY JONATHAN JACKSON

It was warm

on June 3, 2011. Summer was arriving, and the sanctuary of Sandersville First Christian Church was under renovation. In the course of the renovations, the building’s roof caught fire. Black smoke billowed out of the tall belfry. A wave of phone calls were placed, beckoning fire support, first responders and church members. One of the county’s most historic and architectural treasures was being consumed by a fire that made state and regional news.

Video of the fire made it to Macon and Augusta news stations. Social media hummed with video of the smoke-filled scene. Fire stations from all over Washington County responded to the call. Church members’ phones started ringing. Smoke billowed over downtown Sandersville as the roof of the historic church building burned right before the eyes of hundreds of onlookers.

“It was an accidental fire,” church member Greg Jones says. “I was coming into town when I saw the smoke.”

The building’s interior, under renovation at the time, was lost as the burned roof collapsed onto the heavily water-damaged sanctuary.

Thankfully, Jones said, the exterior walls survived.

“They are two-and-a-half feet thick,” he says. “The firefighters from the county-wide response saved the outside of the building.”

Almost immediately, offers of help started pouring in from other churches. Church member Wyman Hodges says the help was swift and greatly appreciated.

“We had churches offering a place to meet,” he says. “We started meeting in our church social hall since the fire.

We have a very strong congregation.”

Offers for space, money and other forms of support came in to First Christian Church. Jones says the church was overwhelmed by the caring shown by others.

“The community and other churches supplied us with hymnals, cash contributions and lots of prayers,” Jones says. “That helped as much as anything.”

The doors to the burned sanctuary were barred and locked while the site was secured. They stayed that way for months as the congregation prayed about and sought a way forward.

“The toughest part was the first month after the fire,” Hodges

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says. “It took us some time to get our plans together.”

Less than a year after the church burned, tragedy struck the congregation again as Pastor Dale Andrews unexpectedly passed away.

The church, in transition due to the loss of the sanctuary, now faced another loss. The emptiness of the church could have been magnified, but like Hodges says, the congregation remained strong.

Jones echoes that sentiment.

“The building sat desolate for a while,” he says. “But nobody lost faith.”

The resolution of the people in the church is something that new pastor Doug Ivey says has been evident since he arrived at the church less than a year ago.

“When I’ve mentioned the church out in public, I constantly hear, ‘Oh yes, that church has a lot of good people in it’,” Ivey says.

The sanctuary suffered incredible damage from the roof collapse, but not all was lost. The stained glass windows, Jones says, all survived, save one small hole in one of the large windows behind the choir loft.

“The pulpit, communion table and chairs suffered water damage, but were refurbished,” Jones says.

The distinctive curved wood pews were recreated from remnants from the old pews. The pews, Jones says, were rebuilt using surviving end armrests for reference.

As the rebuild got underway, the furniture that was to be saved was removed and the sanctuary was gutted.

“We put on a new roof and decided to make some improvements while we were rebuilding,” Jones says.

The church now has a hallway connecting the sanctuary with classrooms and is now ADA compliant.

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Over three years, different phases of construction commenced in spring 2012. It took nearly two years to complete.

The congregation met for the first service in the newly completed sanctuary appropriately on Easter Sunday. Jones, Hodges and member Bill Black describe the process as providential.

“The Lord has blessed us,” Jones says. “The contractors that have come together have been superb. It has been an amazing gathering of talented architects and workers, and we’ve had virtually no problems.

I really think the Lord really brought the right people together.”

Ivey says local designer Al Woods donated time to decorate the new facility.

“Al did amazing work as a decorating consultant for us,” he says.

The congregation will officially dedicate the new sanctuary on Pentecost Sunday, June 8.

Jones, Black and Hodges all agree that the strength of the congregation in the face of adversity contributed to the success of the project.

“The key thing to me is the strength of the congregation,” Jones says. “This kind of thing could have torn some groups apart.”

“It made us stronger,” Black says.

“There have really been no dissensions,” Hodges says.

Pastor Ivey says he is pleased to minister to and with the congregation.

“They have kept good humor all along and are really level-headed about this rebuild,” he says.

Crowning the completed sanctuary is a rough-hewn cross made with timbers from the beams that supported the roof of the former sanctuary. Fittingly, the cross is front and center.

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Enchanted Florist: Home to flowers, gifts and Miss Lily

BY JONATHAN JACKSON

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f you feel so inclined, when you stop by the Enchanted Florist on Malone Street in Sandersville, owner Mickie Hobby may tell you the story of how she got her start and grew the now successful business from a meager beginning.

Or you might get to meet the resident cat that guards the Enchanted Florist and keeps it safe.

Chances are, you’ll leave the Enchanted Florist with an arrangement or having placed an order for anything from bouquets to weddings to funerals, home flowers and everything in-between.

From her perch on the corner of Malone and North Harris streets Hobby has seen trends come and go, weathered recessions, weathered bad weather, multiple weddings on the same day, and enjoyed the repeat customer who gives her an idea and a budget and says, ‘I trust you.’

She has enjoyed every minute of it.

After suffering a workplace accident in South Carolina that left her unable to do her previous job, Hobby found herself working in the same company’s floral department. She worked with an experienced florist who saw she had some potential and she started learning all she could.

“She trained me and saw some talent,” Hobby says.

“She showed me a few things, and I took it from there.”

Hobby decided to make the move back to Sandersville in 1992. She knew that she wanted to work in the floral industry and she landed a job at

Buddy Jordan Florist.

Several years later Hobby says she knew the time was right for her to branch out on her own.

“I proceeded to do research on what it would take to start my own business,” she says.

Naming the business was a joint effort between Hobby and daughter Sandi, who is also a talented floral designer. The Enchanted Florist name came about after Hobby took into account her love for whimsy and Sandi’s clever play on words.

“We knew we wanted the word enchanted in there,” Hobby says. “I’ve always been fascinated with ethereal things. We toyed with Enchanted Garden, but I wanted people to know we were a florist. We decided on Enchanted Florist.”

She developed a business plan, got a loan and took the plunge. So far, she has no regrets.

“I stuck with it,” she says of the lean times. “I have weathered three recessions.”

Eleven years later, The Enchanted Florist still stands on the visible corner on the square. One of the fixtures of The Enchanted Florist is Hobby’s co-worker and resident floral designer, Hazel Jackson.

“She has been here since the beginning and even came out of retirement to work with us,” Hobby says.

“Hazel has 50 years of floral design experience.”

The shop is a full-service florist shop with the ability to wire flowers anywhere in the continental United States and abroad through Teleflora and 1-800-FLOWERS. Hobby said if she had to name one thing she specializes in, it would be weddings. She has done as many as a dozen per year, sometimes with weddings falling on the same day.

“We design for all sorts of weddings with a large variety of styles,” Hobby says, “including destination

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weddings.”

Wedding themes are more popular than ever. From barn weddings with rustic décor including burlap and mason jars to the most elegant outdoor rose infused garden weddings, The Enchanted Florist can handle the request.

Whether the flowers are live or permanent botanicals, Hobby says she and her co-workers design arrangements together in the shop. They craft arrangements for homes, offices, weddings and funerals, including a growing trend — floral tributes. Families often request shaped tributes representing the lost loved one with a design marking a hobby, profession or passion.

By meeting customers’ requests, Hobby says she learns a lot and earns a growing list of repeat customers. She has worked to earn that level of trust by making sure her best work is always at the forefront.

“I have a lot of regulars,” she says. “They can just call up and tell me what they want and they always get it. I won’t send anything out that doesn’t meet my approval.”

Thus far, she says, she hasn’t met a challenge that she hasn’t mastered.

“I will work all night to get it done,” she said. “I can’t think of anything else I’d rather do.”

She gets a good deal of positive feedback from customers and is a past recipient of the Best Florist Award selected in 2011 by readers of the local newspaper.

The shop, a former bank, always sees a flurry of activity. Guard kitty Miss Lily is a town favorite that enjoys being spoiled by regulars and walkers who carry cat treats to drop in the payment slot at the front door after hours.

“Miss Lily has been with me in the flower shop almost since the beginning,” Hobby says. “She is a rescue cat that I found at a dumpster. She was so small and helpless.”

Now Miss Lily, like The Enchanted a florist, is thriving.

“It’s never boring here,” Hobby says. “We have a Savannah wedding this weekend and I love it. You just get such great joy out of designing and creating beautiful things.”

To reach The Enchanted Florist, visit 102 Malone St. in Sandersville, or call 478-552-0557.

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f you ask for recommendations on where to eat in Sandersville, you’ll get quite a variety to choose from.

One of those suggestions is bound to be Phoebe Jane’s.

Located a block off the square on East Church Street, Phoebe Jane’s is the restaurant end of a widely sought catering business run by Phoebe Brooker Kennedy. Since opening, Phoebe Jane’s has developed a loyal following. Phoebe Kennedy previously ran the former Phoebe’s at the Pink House. Her love for catering is driven by a passion for good, southern food, so a restaurant is a natural fit.

Kennedy says even she fails to understand exactly what led her to the point of operating a restaurant again, but that her family heritage played a big part in her love for cooking great food.

“I’m not really sure how I got so deep into this, but I did come from a line of great cooks,” she says. “My maternal grandparents owned a restaurant before my time and my paternal grandmother was a great cook.”

Kennedy says she has many early memories of eating leg of lamb, salmon and delicious fried chicken at her grandparents’ house. She also learned a few tricks around a kitchen from her mother, who Kennedy says, never cooked before getting married.

“We had dinner every Sunday night at Mama’s and Daddy’s,” she says. “My Mama, Jane Brooker, was the best and my Daddy, Jack Brooker, was a good cook, too.”

That love for cooking was instilled early in Kennedy and carries over to her own sons. Both, she says, love to cook. “[Sons] Christian and Macky like to cook, and so does my brother David,” she says, “but my brother John and even my husband do not even know how to turn on the oven.”

Though her mother died unexpectedly in 2003 before she started catering and cooking for others, Kennedy says she would be proud that the cooking tradition

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One of the attentions to detail that makes the restaurant stand apart is the dedication to homemade food.

continues. Her father was one of her first encouragers to step out into the catering world.

“My Daddy also died unexpectedly in 2007, but not before he got me started,” she says. “I know he would be elated to see how far I have come.”

As you walk into Phoebe Jane’s, you are greeted by a wall bearing the restaurant’s slogan.

“It is ‘Where Your Mouth Meets the South’,” she says. “I adopted this slogan not long after I started catering. I did an event with two friends. We were sitting around discussing the event with some business owners, and that phrase just popped out of one of their mouths. I loved it and it has just stuck with me.”

The menu changes from time to time as Kennedy tries out new recipes and introduces special dishes. Almost all menu

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items are popular, but she says the restaurant sells a lot of chicken salad, pimiento and cheese and marinated ham rolls. She said the rolls are not the same as a popular recipe, but are the result of her own take on the dish.

“I am sure some think it is the marinated ham roll recipe that circulates around the Internet, but it is far from that,” she says.

“I did get the idea from that recipe, but changed and added until it was what I thought the taste should be. People tell me they made the marinated ham rolls I sell but they didn’t taste the same. Well, they won’t because the recipe isn’t the same.”

Another big seller is her chicken salad. Every day, she makes nearly 10 lbs. of chicken salad. Folks also like a dainty-sounding named sandwich. There is no preference when it comes to gender, she says. As many men as women order the Turkey Apple Brie.

One of the attentions to detail that makes the restaurant stand apart is the dedication to homemade food.

“Everything we do is homemade,” she says. “There is a lot of time and effort put forth. I get ideas from recipes and critique them until I get them to what I want them to taste like. Very few things in the recipes, other than cakes, are measured.”

Catering seems like a natural companion to the restaurant and it is where Kennedy finds her passion.

“I enjoy the restaurant business but I love the catering part of it,” she says. “We do not have catering menus because I try my best to look for different things for different events. I do not like to bid on events because we use top of the line foods and I will not sacrifice quality just to get an event.”

Instead, Phoebe depends on referrals and repeat customers plus those that meet her food through the restaurant. She has faced adversity in running a small business, as almost all small business owners do, but she is still working hard to keep Phoebe Jane’s in the minds and on the palates of everybody for whom she cooks.

“The greatest challenge I have had is keeping a small business open in a small town during these tough economic times and the ever-rising cost of food,” she says. “Phoebe’s at the Pink House was a wonderful experience, and I hated to walk away from it, but it wasn’t fair to my family or to me for my business to completely consume all of us. It was a very successful business, but in order for it to be, it took working 24-7 to bring in enough money just to meet the overhead. Still it was right up my alley. I loved all the parties, the decorating and the southern charm, but it just wasn’t meant to be.”

Phoebe Jane’s has already built a cadre of regular customers. Some come in daily, some two to three times per week. Her own take on southern food is born out of a love for a style of cooking well-known by southerners.

“I love to cook soul food and I love to eat soul food,” she says.

What she does now with the restaurant and the catering business is her dream job. Phoebe Jane’s is open Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. When it comes to catering, “anytime and anywhere” is her mantra.

Though she has no plans for expansion into other communities at the moment, Kennedy says she has considered it.

“I have been encouraged by others to open another Phoebe Jane’s in Milledgeville or Dublin,” she says. “I have even been asked to open one up in Athens and I would love to, except I have a time running this one I have here now.”

You can find Phoebe Jane’s on Facebook or by calling to place a takeout order at 478-552-5149. The restaurant is located at 147 E. Church Street.

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s most worthwhile endeavors do, First Love Kids started with an epiphany. Back in 2000, Bobby Jackson and his son Chad realized they felt a call to serve.

The father-son team knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that they were charged to make their world a better place. The place to start was evident. Jackson decided to start with what he saw right away.

“We decided to reach out to at-risk kids who didn’t go to church,” Jackson says. “After we gathered them, we realized they also had needs that were not being met.”

Those needs, he says, ranged from spiritual to the practical.

The small group started out in the old Arcade Theater building on East Church Street downtown. As the group continued meeting, the needs became more evident and Jackson expanded to compliment Christian influence and mentoring with academic tutoring.

From the early days, the difficulty of supplying what the kids need through tangible support, was present.

It still is.

“From the beginning, funding has always been a challenge,” Jackson says.

The ministry moved from the Arcade building into the Elder Community Center at the site of the former T.J. Elder Elementary School on Hall Street.

Jackson kept moving forward, working with kids, helping them develop and providing a stable and loving area for them to prosper.

He worked to help support his own family and the min-

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istry. That work took him to Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta where he was on the staff. That assignment turned providential for Jackson and the ministry.

“One Christmas I was helping one of the ladies in the church decorate,” he says. “I explained the outreach to her.”

Jackson had no idea that his commute from Washington County to work in Atlanta would yield a blessing for the children in Sandersville. Jackson says the church’s senior pastor issued a challenge to the congregation to plant a seed to further the kingdom through giving.

“That lady remembered our conversation about First Love Kids and issued the challenge to her Sunday School class,” he says. “She took $150 and purchased fresh vegetables to give to First Love Kids.”

Her challenge resulted in responses from classmates who turned that gesture into a $3,000 investment in the outreach. Jackson and the class have maintained that relationship.

“We have visitors from the church come in and see the program,” he says.

First Love Kids, now located in the former American Legion Hall on Morningside Drive, is a frequent host to those class members. They come down to see the afterschool program their class helps fund.

The after-school program is an example of Jackson’s wide-reaching vision for the program. Students come in afterschool and receive assistance from tutors. Many of those tutors are schoolteachers who volunteer their afternoons twice each week after spending all day in their regular classrooms.

Support from the class goes to help Jackson and the ministry provide for students. Jackson saw the needs expand from the onset of the ministry and knows that eventually, he’d like for First Love Kids to help in more and more areas.

With the move and expansion, the scope of services has expanded as well. The support from Peachtree Presbyterian helps buy school uniforms, fund school graduation celebrations each May, fund Vacation Bible School and provide Christmas gifts. He said the support is appreciated and reciprocated when members of the class pay the group visits.

“They are always here visiting,” he says. “We are also affiliated with local churches.”

Sandersville First United Methodist, First Baptist, Piney Mount Baptist and White Oak Methodist in addition to many other congregations work directly with the program or provide meals for students. Sometimes, Jackson and Joy Brown, who also works with the program, say that one meal may be the only thing a First Love Kids student eats during the day.

That kind of tangible need is one that Jackson and Brown take seriously. Each day, arrangements for meals are made for at least 20 students. Sometimes, meals are coordinated by volunteer Linda Goodman. She make sure meals get to hungry kids at least once a week. Jackson says pizza is always a popular fare.

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love it.”

In addition to meals, Goodman is part of a core of volunteers including Charles Turner and “Miss Ros” that make sure students have school supplies, uniforms and things they need for academic success. Jackson says the ministry could not operate without them and their selflessness.

“Our volunteers are the best,” he says.

“Other civic organizations, businesses and churches help us out with a great many things.”

Brown said Miss Ros is always there to help kids get what they might need from a mother figure.

She might fix hair, get kids up to get ready for a field trip and make sure they get to school on time.

“Where he [Jackson] is like a father figure, Miss Ros is like a mother,” Brown says. “She knows the kids and their families and they really depend on her.”

Brown says she makes contact with kids that she and Jackson may not be able to reach and takes special care to make sure they are safe.

Jackson is hesitant to attempt to name all the community organizations and churches that offer help. He says he is sure he will inadvertently leave someone

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off the list, but says he is touched by the giving spirit exhibited by so many.

Brown, who works with students in the afternoon, says she would like to see the program expand even farther to reach more students.

“I’d like to spend more time helping middle and high school students,” she says. “Our goal is expansion, and now we help around 20 kids from first to fifth grade afterschool with tutoring, an after-

noon snack and evening meal.”

Kids are transported to church on Sundays. They take educational trips. They learn to work with computers in the center’s donated computer lab. They learn the basics of hygiene and caring for themselves. They enjoy enrichment activities that reinforce the ministry’s goal: to provide a caring, Christian environment where mentors can help each child become a well-rounded, productive citizen, complete his or

her education, respect community and enrich lives.

Jackson says with the approach of summer, a lean season begins for the ministry. With children at the center for longer hours, the financial need grows even greater.

“Summers here are tough,” he says. “We always have a need for funds, but summer takes a lot. With school breakfasts and lunches out of the picture during summer, the kids may not get as much to eat.”

Donations come in all shapes and sizes. Jackson says it is not uncommon to come to the center and find donations waiting that have been dropped off.

Somebody is always leaving something,” he says. “People in the community are so good about that.”

No donation goes to waste. Jackson says they find a use or a home for everything donated to the ministry.

“These kids are kind of helpless, but not hopeless,” he says.

“Our goal is to help them. We can’t meet every need but we can help, whether it is buying some socks or soap. The main thing is we can do something to help keep them from falling through the cracks.”

Those donations, always needed, help to touch the kids in the program. Brown says it gives the participants a reason to strive to do well in life. Some participants have little and are surviving in dire straits. Brown says those students are the ones that help her maintain focus on what she and Jackson strive to do.

“For me, the fulfillment comes from helping these kids that come from horrible circumstances that are not their fault — being an encouragement and investing in them to help them realize who they are,” she says.

“It’s like being a surrogate parent to all of them because you do the same things for them you do for your own kids. It goes beyond the afternoons.”

Jackson and Brown both worked through the recent spring break and are always there for the kids during holiday periods.

Brown says one of the biggest needs she sees is for volunteers.

“We could use more volunteers,” she says. “We have the volunteers for afterschool for homework buddies but could always use more.”

People can come in on Mondays or Thursdays to help. Tutors are assigned to a students. Brown says that working one-on-one helps the student achieve.

“The consistency of having a stable person to mentor and help them is great,” she says. “Most of these kids don’t have stable relationships.”

Home life is one of the driving factors behind the work done with First Love Kids. The payout isn’t monetary, but it is satisfying.

“I couldn’t imagine having to live in some of their circumstances, but they smile a lot,” Brown says.

“We see smiles where there are few reasons to smile,”

Jackson says. “We are trying to show a better way.”

First Love Kids is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

Donations can be made by calling Jackson at 478-357-1192.

Donations are always welcome and are used to support operating expenses, a food pantry, clothing, school supplies and fuel for transportation. Food donations from organizations, churches and businesses are always welcome.

Students who have completed the program often return to help after graduation, Jackson says. First Love Kids is open to any student in grades kindergarten through 12. Word of mouth, siblings and acquaintances lead most students to the outreach.

“We have graduated lots of kids,” Jackson says. “Almost all have graduated and many have gone on to college and come back to volunteer with the program.”

Plans for expansion include the use of the former T.J. Elder Middle School gymnasium, thanks to owner Benny Avant.

Jackson hopes to see a community center come to fruition at the location.

Long term, Jackson says, he hopes to open a safe house where the area’s homeless children can have a place to stay and learn life skills.

“It’s hard to believe, but there are basically homeless children in the community,” he says. “We just want to help.”

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Chamber of Commerce bridges business and people to make WaCo great

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BIO

T Amber Amber Veal grew up in Northern Indiana and moved to Georgia just after college in 2005.

While a Pickens County, Georgia resident for six years Veal ran a Farm to Table restaurant and was actively involved in the community.

She served on the board of directors at the Chamber of Commerce for two years and was also entertainment chair for the Georgia Marble Festival both years. Veal was active on the Small Business Development Team within Pickens County as well as its Downtown Development Association. She has served on the board of directors for the Northeast Chapter of the Georgia Red Cross where she received the Clara Barton Award for her fundraising efforts.

She moved to Washington County in fall 2011 after meeting her now husband, Washington County native, Cale Veal. She worked full time on their farm for a year before taking a job with Howard Sheppard Inc. She served as co-chair of the Kaolin Festival and as a board member at the Chamber for one year before accepting the position of vice president in April.

Amber and Cale live in Tennille and welcomed their daughter Kylee Kate into the world last September. She is very excited to be a part of Washington County and looks forward raising a family here.

he Washington County Chamber of Commerce is positioned as a liaison for people and business in the region. Whether it is organizing and staging the Kaolin Festival to providing a foundation for future business leaders through its Youth Leadership Program, the organization stands ready to make Washington County a better place to live.

Chamber President and Executive Director of the Development Authority of Washington County Charles Lee says the strength of the community shows through in the implementation of Chamber programs and a unified effort to continually improve quality of life.

Tourism, leader development, economic development, a rich history of proven leaders and unity all culminate with the Chamber. Lee, as president since 2011, has recently welcomed a new Chamber vice president in Amber Veal. Though the date is months away, planning for the Chamber’s largest event and arguably one of the state’s largest festivals is already well underway.

Established in 1956, the Chamber was first led by Howard Sheppard as the organization’s first president. He was complemented by Cecil Hall who served as inaugural secretary. The governance of the Chamber remains as it was when the group was established.

Charles Lee Chamber President and Executive Director of the Development Authority

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“The organization has been and continues to be governed by a 15-member board of directors elected from within the membership,” Lee says. “Washington County is fortunate to have had many caring and influential individuals to serve in various capacities association with Chamber activity over the years, some serving as volunteers and some as paid staff.”

Lee says the board is rounded out with three appointed members who serve annually along with a number of exofficio members from government, education and the public arena who serve at the pleasure of the board. Service to the Chamber has consistently been marked by superb leadership, he says.

“The list is long, and it would be impossible to name everyone who has impacted Washington County through Chamber affiliation, but suffice it to say, we have been very fortunate to have historically had outstanding Chamber leadership in Washington County,” Lee says.

Though also serving as Chamber President and Executive Director for the Development Authority, Lee says he sees much synergy between the two entities.

“This is a collaborative effort,” he says, “between those

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organizations where, in both cases, we continuously seek to involve ourselves in the development of business and personal opportunities … that will grow jobs here and enhance our economic environment and quality of life.”

As a partner to economic development, both organizations benefit. Through the Chamber, business retention and expansion have a defined role. Ultimately, the combined efforts point to the Chamber’s ultimate goal to make the area a better place to do business and to live.

Much of the year is committed to planning and organizing for the weeks-long Kaolin Festival held in the fall .

Planning for the next year begins immediately after the close of the previous festival.

“Once the Kaolin Festival comes to an end and debriefing and analysis of that year’s event takes place, Chamber personnel begin outlining plans for the next year, tweaking things that were successful and formulating ideas for changing or eliminating those that did not meet expectations,” Lee says.

In January, new board members take seats on the board and festival chairpersons are selected and are then tasked to get to work.

“Subcommittee chairs and committee members are selected and their work begins in early spring so that the festival can be ready to launch in October,” Lee says.

The group is taking an even more active role in planning for the 2014 Kaolin Festival, Lee says.

“This year, each Chamber board member will serve in some capacity on the Kaolin Festival Committee, plus other volunteers will be needed from the community, since it takes large amounts of human effort and numerous resources of all kinds to make the Kaolin Festival become a successful reality,” Lee says.

Marked with dozens of events over several weeks, the festival is a favorite for those in Washington and surrounding counties.

Appearing in the annual parade has become a rite of passage for students in the county with homage paid to local schools, businesses and the kaolin industry as well as to government and a good dose of patriotism.

Chamber membership, fundraising through the Kaolin Festival and funding from the cities of Sandersville and Tennille as well as Washington County help support the Chamber to promote and enhance life in Washington County. That funding, Lee says, is returned to the membership and community.

“Chamber membership doesn’t cost — it pays,” he says. “The features and benefits range from networking opportunities to events and activities designed to address and enhance members’ business and personal interests and many things in between.”

Members are kept abreast of local events through a weekly newsletter and other publications. The Chamber holds an annual breakfast meeting, operates a Youth Leadership Program, hosts a spring recognition celebration, operates business expansion and retention events, emphasizes tourism and offers networking opportunities through Business After Hours events.

The focus of all outreach, Lee says, continues to be an emphasis on improving the community. One final piece to that collection of tools is something that can’t be mined or grown — though it is cultivated.

“Our best kept secret probably has to do with the wealth of human resources Washington County is fortunate enough to have,” Lee says. “Accompanying that is the dedication so many of our people have to seeing to it that our community improves over time.”

For more information about the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, call 478-552-3288 or visit the office located at 131 W. Haynes St. in Sandersville.

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Arts & Entertainment CALENDAR

Arts & Entertainment JULY July 12 Hope for Hemophilia 5K Run. 5K at 8 a.m. 1-mile at 9 a.m.

Registration begins at 7 a.m.

Register before June 30 to receive a free T-shirt. Josh Gordy H.O.P.E. Foundation. $20 entry fee, $25 after July 1. Call 478-553-1597 or visit joshuagordy.com to register.

OCTOBER October 11 Annual Kaolin Festival. Parade begins at 9:30 a.m.

October 25-November 15 150th anniversary commemoration of Sherman’s March to the Sea. Visit www.wacohistorical.org, www.150thsandersville.org or call 478-552-3288 for details.

October 25 Bus Tour of Sherman’s March through Washington County. 9 a.m.

Brown House Museum. $50. Lunch included.

NOVEMBER November 1 Lantern Tour of Old City CemeteryConfederate Soldiers. 7 p.m.

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November 3 Grand opening of Civil War exhibit by local artists. Brown House Museum. 4 to 7 p.m. Free admission.

November 4 Brown House Museum art exhibit.

2 to 5 p.m.

November 6 Brown House Museum art exhibit.

2 to 5 p.m.

November 7 Tours of Brown House by school groups. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Brown House Museum art exhibit.

2 to 5 p.m. .

November 8 97th Regimental String Band performs on courthouse square. 9:15 a.m.

Skirmish on courthouse square. 10 a.m.

Narrations/vignettes. 10:30 a.m.

Events at Brown House Museum.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Blue/Gray Ball at Forest Grove Plantation. $10 per person. Children welcome, under 6 admitted free.

Featuring period costumes, Sunday to formal attire. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

November 9 Reenactment at Forest Grove Plantation.

2 p.m. $5, children under 6 admitted free. Gates open at 10 a.m.

November 11 Brown House Museum art exhibit.

2 to 5 p.m.

November 13 Brown House Museum art exhibit.

2 to 5 p.m.

November 14 Brown House Museum art exhibit.

2 to 5 p.m.

November 15 Brown House Museum art exhibit.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Attractions Old City Cemetery First documented burial in 1831.

Located on the corner of West Church Street and Virginia Avenue in Sandersville, the site is on the National Register of Historic Places for its significant Civil War history.

Features federal era, Greek Revival and Victorian grave markings.

Historical figures buried at the site include former Ga. Lt. Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick, world-renowned surgeon William Rawlings, Central of Georgia Railroad president Benjamin James Tarbutton, the Rev. J.D. Anthony and Coleman R. Pringle, known as the Father of Prohibition in Georgia. For more information, visit www.sandersville.net or call (478) 552-6965.

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Hamburg State Park With modern-day facilities amidst reminders of days gone by, Hamburg State Park offers a mix of history and outdoor recreation. Anglers can enjoy lake fishing for largemouth bass, crappie and bream, as well as boat ramps and a fishing pier. Campers will find shaded campsites along the edge of quiet Hamburg Lake fed by the Little Ogeechee River.

Old Warthen Jail Visit Georgia’s Oldest Jail on state Route 15 North in Warthen. For more information, call (478) 552-3288.

Charles E. Choate Exhibit A look at the life and work of the architect and builder and the official Georgia Historical Plates Display.

Washington County Chamber of Commerce, 131 W. Haynes St., Sandersville. For more information call (478) 552-3288.

Brown House Museum A private residence during the Civil War where Gen. Sherman spent the night of Nov. 26, 1864, 268 N. Harris Street in Sandersville. For more information, call (478) 552-3288.

Revolutionary War Park Visit the Revolutionary War Park on state Route 15 South of Tennille.

For more information, call (478) 552-3288.

Old Jail Museum and Genealogy Research Center Visit the Genealogy Research Center, 129 Jones Street, Sandersville. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information, call (478) 552-6965.

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Sightings

The Washington County Concert Association and the Sandersville Music Club hosted a Derby Day event in April. The benefit featured a silent auction and attendees gathered for a viewing of the Kentucky Derby. The event was hosted to raise funds for programming for both groups throughout the year. (Photos courtesy Adrienne Smith)

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Sightings After months of work and development the revived Pringle Building owner Joey Giddens officially unveiled the building to the public during a ribbon cutting hosted May 8. The building, located in historic downtown Sandersville, features ballroom and event space for meetings and events.

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Washington County hosted its annual Relay for Life event May 9 at the Washington County High School football field. The two-day event helped raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Tony Taylor served as event chair.

Miss Relay photo: Bonnie Frazier from the Beauty Junction team congratulates Mamie Scott , Miss Relay 2014.

Dunking Booth photo: Dunkee and survivor Nancy Purser took a turn in the Beauty Junction Dunking Booth to raise money at Relay for Life.

Line Dance photo: The Sandersville Line Dancers performed prior to the Luminary ceremony at Relay for Life Friday, May 9.

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