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CASA VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDBe a positive influence

and help provide stabilityand leadership in a childʼslife by volunteering withCASA, Court AppointedSpecial Advocate in theAlapaha Judicial Circuitwhich includes Lanier,Berrien, Cook, Clinch andAtkinson. The next volun-teer training begins April19th, at 6 oʼclock at theCASA office in Berrien.

Become further in-volved in your communityby helping an abused orneglected child. CASA ad-vocates are trained com-munity volunteersappointed by the Judge tospeak up in the best inter-est of an abused, neg-lected, or abandoned child

involved in juvenile courtdeprivation proceedings.

The ultimate goal of aCASA volunteer is to helpmake sure the child has asafe, loving and perma-nent home. By becominga CASA Volunteer, youcan give hope to a hurtingchild and serve as a pow-erful voice in a childʼs life.

I invite the people of theAlapaha Judicial Circuit tostand up with us and sup-port our children in ourcommunity.

Please call Elaine Dou-glas Grice, for more infor-mation on becoming aCASA Volunteer(229)686-6576 ext. 4 oremail at egrice@fccisber-rien.org

ʻLeaves of 3, Let It BeʼThis is a poison ivy vine (Rhus radicans) which can be recognized by itsleaflets of three leaves, hence, “Leaves of 3, Let It Be”.  See UGA publi-cation, “Controlling Poison Ivy in the Landscape”  for more informationand can be picked up at the Cook County Extension Office or found online at http://extension.uga.edu/publications.

ʻIT'S BEEN 40 YEARS!ʼCalling on all Class of ʼ76 Hornets. Save the dateOctober 22, 2016 at Horse Creek Winery. More tofollow. For info call Jackie at 229-528-4762 or Ronat 229-896-2757

Thank you so much for your support. I also want tothank my family, especially my dad for his tireless effortsin helping me share my strong desire to help. I commit toworking hard every day. Please pray with me for God'sblessings and wisdom as we work together to help providethe best for our children.

COOK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 2

JEFF TAYLOR

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hospitals for further care. Amedisys has been serving Cook County for

about six years. The company has offices inTifton, Moultrie, Valdosta, and Waycross.

Additional key staff members who servelocal patients and their needs are Dee DeeGreen, speech therapist; Nikki Meeks, LPN;Ginger Elkins, PTA; Jackie Ward, business of-fice manager; Melissa Kent, business office spe-cialist; Craig Hiers, physical therapist; JosephBozeman, occupational therapist; Alisa Thomas,medical social worker; Stacie Ellis, RN, behav-ioral health nurse;

Chris Hall, RN; Myra Weeks, RN; NancySellers, LPN; Kim Johnson, occupational ther-apist assistant; Tiffany Rehberg, home healthaide; Colleen Butler, case manager; and VictoriaHawkins, business office specialist.

On a national level, Amedisys Inc.’s careteams deliver personalized home health andhospice care to about 380,000 patients eachyear. Amedisys is a post-acute care partner tomore than 2,233 hospitals and 61,900 physi-cians across the country. Amedisys has more

than 25 years of experience in the health care in-dustry.

Amedisys is a recognized innovator, beingone of the first in the industry to equip its clini-cians with point-of-care laptop technology andreferring physicians with an Internet portal thatenables real-time coordination of patient careseamlessly.

Amedisys’ advanced chronic care manage-ment programs and leading-edge technology en-able staff to deliver quality care in accordancewith the latest evidence-based practices.

Amedisys also has the industry’s first-evernationwide Care Transitions program, designedto reduce unnecessary hospital readmissionsthrough patient and caregiver health coachingand care coordination, which starts in the hos-pital and continues throughout completion ofthe patient’s home health plan of care.

For more information, consult your physicianor call Amedisys Home Health at (229) 502-4260 or 866-327-4194. The company website iswww.amedisys.com.

Cody-Frank turns 2!Cody-Frank is the son of Cedric and Jessica,grandparents are Dwight and Debra Cooke and thelate Franklin Bell and Theresa Bell. Cody cele-brated his second birthday with family and friends.

Rattleboxbloomsin May

Rattlebox (Sesbaniapunicea) is an invasivewoody shrub that is veryvisible now with its showyorange/red flowers. Itscommonly found in ditchesor other wet areas andforms seed pods that willrattle when dry, hence thecommon name “Rattle-box”. Submitted by Tucker Price– Cook County UGA Ex-tension Ag Agent/Coordi-nator.

Beginning June 1, sportsmen and women can apply elec-tronically for quota hunts including adult/child, deer, alligator,waterfowl, dove and many others, according to the GeorgiaDepartment of Natural Resourcesʼ Wildlife Resources Divi-sion.

“A quota hunt allows for a predetermined number of hunterson a particular area, creating quality hunting opportunities forparticipants, while meeting harvest objectives,” says JohnBowers, Chief of the Game Management Section with theWildlife Resources Division. “I encourage hunters to reviewthe available quota hunts in Georgia and get those applica-tions in between June 1 and September 1 for this upcomingyear.”

A quota hunt is a scheduled event at a Wildlife Manage-ment Area or other state-managed property where a limitednumber of hunters are allowed. Quota levels are based uponthe sound principles of wildlife management and public de-sires for a quality hunt. These hunts provide a challenging

and rewarding experience to hunters of all levels. Selectedhunters must be properly licensed to participate in a quotahunt.

Applying for a Quota Hunt is simple. Visit www.gooutdoors-georgia.com and select “Quota Hunts” and follow the steps tocomplete your application. Make sure that your contact infor-mation is current and correct in order to receive quota up-dates, confirmations or any notices about quota hunts.

Application deadlines vary depending on hunt type. Thefirst deadlines are July 31 for Alligator, August 15 for Dove, in-cluding Adult/Child, and September 1 for all types of DeerHunts, including Adult/Child.

To be sure to get your application in on time, check thecomplete deadline list located atwww.gohuntgeorgia.com/hunting/quota.

To view selection odds, based on previous yearsʼ appli-cants, visit www.gohuntgeorgia.com/hunting/quotaodds.

Submit Quota Hunt applications beginning June 1

Reunion canceled; Class of 1995 members to still meet SaturdayATTENTION: Cook High School Class of 1995

The reunion at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center has been canceled due to lack of participation.Instead, members have voted to eat at Cheddarʼs restaurant in Valdosta at 6 p.m.

Saturday, June 4, 2016. The area will not be reserved. Members will pay for their own food.Members who have paid in advance can choose how their fees are disbursed.

If you have any questions, please look at our Facebook page under Cook High School Class of 1995 or contact Shari Nicole Jones on her personal Facebook page.

As you read this, my family is wondering if I have beenkilled to death by a giant marauding bear in Canada.

At least that’s what I’m guessing. To explain, left my homein the Deep South last week to head north. Everyone elsestayed behind. Caught a plane in Atlanta to Philadelphia whereI met Melanie and had an airport pretzel. A Philly CheeseSteak sammich was $14 from an airport vendor. Mel assuredme the sammich would be horrible, but we did not have timeto leave the airport to find a real Philly Cheese Steak.

I am disappointed.Departed Philly and landed in Bangor, Maine. My hosts

Maggie and Will tackled me at the airport. They got marriedSaturday, a wedding a local minister and I officiated. Then, Igot to bear hunting.

Apparently a great number of my friends and family believethis is not something I should be doing. My email and socialmedia feeds have blown up with videos and news articlesabout people being attacked and eaten by bears. As of thiswriting, I do not know if I should be worried more about thebears or the people who apparently wish a bear would eat me.

The preferred weapon for bear hunting up here is a pickup.Just like in the South where the preferred weapon for deerhunting is a pickup. Just drive down the road and deer (bears)

leap out of the woods to commit suicide.There is debate up here about what I should take bear hunt-

ing. Will has a pretty hefty boar spear he has offered. Maggiehas a good deer rifle and the guide also has a version of myfavorite hunting rifle. I have a different idea, which I have toexplain.

So far I have seen a few kajillion ravens, a groundhog, aloon, a deer and a coon. I was nearly attacked by a wild turkeyat one man’s house. The big old tom just decided to set upshop at the guy’s house.

Now he tries to run the place.“Boy, I say boy, you are trespassing on my head domain.

You best be getting o’self back to South Georgia before I takeoffense,” he said in a Foghorn Leghorn voice. Well, if you

The Great White North

Baker’sDozen

By Ben Baker

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