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Road to Recovery

Are you a cancer patient? Do you need a ride to and from your treatment sessions? A lack of transportation should not be the reason why cancer patients do not receive the life-saving cancer treatment they need. The American Cancer Society offers their Road to Recovery program to help transport cancer patients to and from their treatment. The Society has a tollfree number that you may call, and an operator will put you in touch with local volunteers that give cancer patients without personal transportation rides to and from their cancer treatment sessions. Give them a call at 1-800-ACS-2345.

Bereavement Support Group

Welcome to a community bereavement support group. A place to share your thoughts and feelings and grow together with others who have experienced the loss of a loved one.

First Thursday of every month

Where: United Community Bank, Community Room, Blairsville, Georgia

When: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.,

Third Thursday of every month

Where: Bank of Blairsville, Community Room, Blairsville, Georgia

When: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Facilitator: Suzanne Repp, LCSW

The group is presented by Regency Hospice.

It is free of charge. Please call 1-800-577-8791 or 706-896-1251 for any further information.

GWRRA meets

Chapter J of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association (GWRRA) meets the fourth Saturday of each month at Daniel's Steakhouse, Hiawassee, GA. We eat at 11 AM followed by the meeting at 12:00 during which rides and other activities are announced and discussed.

We encourage current members of the GWRRA and anyone interested in becoming a member to join us. All motorcyclists are welcome and we look forward to seeing participants from other chapters. There are great rides coming up and we hope many of you will join us.

For further information, contact Chapter Director, June Gottlieb, 706-896-7403 Tri-State Business Women

Formerly known as Business Women of Blairsville, the Tri-State Business Women is an organization of entrepreneurial women in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee who own and operate their own businesses and are a positive force in the community. Their vision and mission is to support one another in continuing success through networking and marketing.

If you are a woman in business in the area, there is a place for you to receive support, gain leads, and spread the word about your practice or business in the area.

Meetings are held every Tuesday of the month at 8 a.m. at Cook's Restaurant in Blairsville. For more information, please contact Susanne Johnson, President, at 706-781-1678 or Cathy Wheeler at 706-781-1050.

Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group

Prostate Cancer Support Group- 3rd Monday of every month from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at The Cancer Treatment Center Auditorium, 750 Deep South Road, Blairsville.

Blairsville Parkinson's Disease support group

Our group meets at 3 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of each month in the conference room of the Union County Public Library. For further information contact Paula Wilde at (706) 745- 6594 or Peter and Helen Schultze at (706) 745-9171.

The Experimental Aircraft Association

The Experimental Aircraft Association - local tri-state EAA Chapter #1211 meets the third Thursday, 7 p.m. of each month at Blairsville airport. For more information, contact Jim Olson at 828- 557-2446.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Blairsville group meets every Monday and Wednesday night at 8 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 8 a.m. at the Mountain Presbyterian Church on Hwy. 515. For more information call 706-994-4462.

T.O.P.S.

TOPS (Take Pounds Off Sensibly) wants you to make your own kind of music meeting place: Church of Christ. Time weigh in 5:00; meeting starts at 5:30. Join in the fun and get in the the music mood. Come and see what it's all about. For more information, call Trisha 706-781-5190, or Sandy at 706-745-1607.

Men's Morning Coffee Group

Regency Hospice announces Men's Morning Coffee Group at Mary Ann's Restaurant.

For men who have a lost spouse, partner, or experienced other losses and would like to share with other men, please join us on Tuesday at 10 a.m. We meet the first and third Tuesday morning of each month.

For more information call Suzanne Repp, Bereavement Counselor at Regency Hospice in Hiawassee, Ga., at 800-577-8791.

Ga. Mtn. Writers Club

We meet 10 a.m. to noon the second Wednesday of the month at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic church on the Young Harris Highway.

We have no membership dues or elected officers and meet to share our writings and provide helpful criticism, inspiration, motivation and encouragement to each other.

Everyone is welcome. You do not have to be a writer - just visit and enjoy listening to readings and discussion. You will be entertained - and maybe acquire a new interest.

Call for information: Larry Casey at 781-6636 or Ellie Dobson at 745-0678.

Attention HAMs and wannabe HAMs

North Georgia Tri-State A.R.C. (Amateur Radio Club) meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Branan Lodge in Blairsville. All of our meetings are open to the public.

For more information about joining the Club or becoming a HAM, call Don Deyton at 706-781- 6665.

Knights of Columbus, North Georgia Council

Knights of Columbus, North Georgia Council, monthly meeting is on the second Thursday of the month and meets 7:30 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Blairsville. All active members are invited to attend the meeting and social hour.

School Prayer Group

On Mondays from 8:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., the Community Room at the Bank of Blairsville is open for Christians willing to join together in earnest prayer for our community's public, private and home schools. Drip in as your schedule permits.

"Pour out your heart like water

before the face of the Lord. Lift

your hands toward Him for the life

of your young children."

Lamentations 2:19 Call Mitzi Brumley at 706-745-9175 for more information.

Winter Storytime

From December until May there is a new time at the Union County Library for Storytime with Linda M. Foster. Each Monday at 12 Noon, all ages are welcome! Please join us starting December 3. Call 706-745-7491 for more information.

New Cancer Support Group

At the United Community Bank in Hayesville, N.C. Patients, families and friends are all welcome to attend. United Community Bank is located at the corner of Hwy. 64 and Hwy. 69. Meeting time is 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The group will meet twice a month (on the 2nd and 4th Mondays). For more information, please call Janet Curns evenings at 828-389-0295.

MOAA

The Blue Ridge Mountains Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) meets the third Monday of each month at various area restaurants. All active duty, retired and reserve military and public health service officers are invited to attend.

For information please contact one of the following individuals, in North Carolina: Jim Ferrell at 828- 835-9203 and in Georgia: Jim Reynolds at 706-379-6601.

Union County Republican Party

Meets the 3rd Thursday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the Union County Library in Blairsville. For more info visit website at www.uniongop.org

Bereavement Support Group- TCF

Bereavement support group for parents that have lost a child. TCF Chapter meets at the Blairsville Library on the fourth Thursday of the month from 7:30- 9:00 p.m. Contact information Kathy Malone 770-826-8052.

Free Tax Prep and EFiling

Once again this year you will be able to get your Federal and State Income Tax returns prepared and e-filed for free. Even though the program is sponsored by AARP, and there is an emphasis on those over 60, tax payers of all ages are eligible. Simply bring in all of your tax related documents, Social Security card(s), picture ID(s) and tax return(s) from last year, if available. Tax payers will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis; no appointments will be taken. We will be able to assist most tax payers, unless there are some very complex issues such as rental income, farm income, K-1 investments, commercial business and a few others.

We will be preparing returns in Hiawassee and in Blairsville. The location in Hiawassee will be the Hiawassee United Methodist Church and will be from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each Monday, beginning on February 4 and continuing through April 14. In Blairsville, the location will be the Jury Assembly Room on the lower level of the new Union County Courthouse, and will be from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday from February 5 through March 6. Beginning March 11, the location in Blairsville will move to the Cadence Bank Community Room and will continue each Tuesday and Thursday through April 15.

Sessions fill quickly, so get in line early to ensure getting a slot on that day's schedule. For more information call George Schwane at 706-745-0694.

Narcotics Anonymous Weekly Meetings List

Mondays - 7 p.m. 12-Step meeting at Union County Annex Building located at 71 Hospital Street. This is an open meeting. Union County Anti-Drug Coalition

Tuesdays - 4 p.m. Open discussion meeting at Towns County Avita Community Partners. Meet at 1100 Jack Dayton Circle, Young Harris, Ga.

Tuesdays - 7 p.m. Discussion meeting at Union County Annex Building & New Hope Counseling at 71 Hospital St.

Wednesdays - 6 p.m. Open discussion meeting at Union County Avita Community Partners. 41 Hospital St., Suite 100, Blairsville.

Fridays - 8 p.m. Open discussion meeting at Union County Annex & New Hope Counseling, 71 Hospital St.

All the meetings are open & anyone can attend. For more information regarding any of these meetings, please call 706-897- 9775, 706-896-6263 or 706-745- 4066.

Kiwanis Club

The Kiwanis Club meets at the Cobb's Mill Restaurant in Blairsville at 12:00 Noon each Monday. Come join in the fun with us. For more information, contact President Charlie Krick at (706)781-6793.

Bagpipe Instruction

The Appalachian Saint Andrew's Pipes and Drums bagpipe band is offering free instruction to all who want to learn how to play the Great Highland Bagpipe or learn Regimental Drumming. The band meets each Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon in the Parish Hall of Saint Clare's Episcopal Church for instruction and practice. For further information, please call 706-835-9071 or 706-745-3526.

Blue Ridge Writer's Conference

Find out how to give a great radio interview, how to write a great memoir even if you're not famous, or how to market yourself on the web at the 12th annual Blue Ridge Writers' Conference March 28 - 29 at North Georgia Technical College in Blairsville. Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama and Between, Georgia, will kick off the conference The program this year is packed with speakers to give help and inspiration to aspiring writers and interested readers. Other speakers include children's authors Lynn Cullen and Diane Shore, editor Brian Seidman of New south Books, essayist Steven Harvey, and more. For the complete program, please go to brmaa.net. Registration is $60 before March 6, $70 after that date. For more information, contact the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association at 706- 632-2144.

Anne Oland, Pianist

Classical piano music performed by renowned Danish-born artist Presented by Brasstown Concert Association, Sunday, March 23 at 2:30 p.m.

Keith House, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, Tickets: Adults $14, Students $7. No reservations required. General Admission seating. For information call 828 389 2595 or email brasstownconcert@gmail.com

"Trash and Treasure Sale" - Donations Wanted

The Friends of Union County Library are planning the second annual "Trash and Treasure Sale." The success of this sale depends on the generosity of community donations. All proceeds of the Trash and Treasure sale will benefit Union County Library.

Donations will be accepted at Union County Library, April 28, 29 and 30 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. However, we will not be able to accept clothing donations. Tax deduction receipts will be available for the items donated.

The Trash and Treasure sale will be held at Union County Library on Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days. For more information, please call 706-781-6088 or 706-745- 9360.

Hiwassee Rivershed Coalition

The Board of Directors of the Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition will meet at Mary Ann©^s Country Kitchen (Young Harris, GA) on Thursday, March 13th at 6:30pm. Agendas and meeting summaries are now available on our web site: http://www.hrwc.net/hrwcboardmeetings. htm The HRWC office is located at 1853 NC Hwy 141 in the Peachtree Community of Murphy, NC and is open Monday-Thursday, 8:30-4:30 and Friday 8:30-12:30. Call HRWC at (828) 837-5414, tollfree (877) 863-7388 or email info@hrwc.net for more information.

Georgia Mountain Passion Play

First Baptist Church of Blairsville

Saturday, March 15 - 6:00pm

Sunday March 16 - 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm

For more information call 706- 745-2469

FREE ADMISSION; NURSERY NOT PROVIDED. Not recommended for children under age 5 years

Rummage Sale

Old Union Baptist Church is having a rummage sale to support our mission programs. Articles will be in the fellowship hall and therefore we will be open rain or shine. Come one and all!

Old Union Baptist Church, 1722 Old Union Church RD., Young Harris, GA 30582.

2008 American Cancer Society Memorial

Sunday, March 16, 2008, at 2 p.m., the Union County chapter of the American Cancer Society will hold a service to honor and to remember special family members and friends. This service will be held at Brackett Community Room behind United Community Bank. For further information, please contact Sue Upchurch at 706-745- 6347.

In honor of: Faye Bryant and Eugene McClure

In memory of: Margie Butt, Dana E. Dyer, Clifton "Gene" Foster, Betty H. Gooch, Carolgene James, Glenys Kersey, Sidney C. Mahan, Nan V. Nelson, Roger L. Nelson, Susie A. Roney and George Vonnoh.

PAG meeting

The Political Action Group (PAG) meeting will be held Thursday, March 13th 7:00 PM in the small meeting room at United Community Bank. Our speaker will be Gene Nelson, Democrat candidate for Union County Commissioner. The purpose of PAG is to educate the citizens of Union County about local, state and federal governments and the election process. We believe an informed citizenry results in better government. We invite local candidates for office and government employees, who work for you, to speak at our meetings. We are non-partisan and would like to invite everyone to attend the meetings held on the 2nd. Thursday each month. For more information, call 706-745-5125 or 706-745- 4228.

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