FebruaryFebruary 24, 2016 24, THE2016 TOWNS TOWNS COUNTY COUNTY HERALD HERALD PagePage11 11 Chicago Blues Legend Mac Arnold serves up a Plate Shortage of foster housing Full O’ Blues at the Peacock Performing Art Center This old school blues in Enotah Judicial Circuit band played to a full house at children are removed from the County who has to be removed the Peacock Performing Arts home, obviously they have to from their home. Not only Center in Hayesville, NC last go somewhere,” he said. do they lose their parents, year and was gracious enough Clough came with some they lose their friends, they to accept our offer to play for sobering statistics regarding lose their neighbors, they lose us again on March 12th at 7 the state of foster housing and their church, they lose their p.m. His music will make you foster children on the Enotah school, they lose everything,” move, feel and see why he was Circuit. he said. given an Honorary Doctoral “One of the things that I There are too many kids Degree in Music from the Uni- became aware of right before in need and too few homes. The versity of South Carolina. I took office is the fact that kids being moved to Columbus Mac Arnold started his we don’t have enough foster or Harris County are not only career at an early age and it homes. Right now we have being thrust into a completely reads like a “Who’s Who” of 74 children who are in care in new environment, but they will Blues and R&B legends. His the judicial circuit. We have sometimes lose contact with high school band included Towns, White, Lumpkin, and their parents completely. In James Brown on piano. At Union counties. The good short, the Enotah Circuit is in the age of 24 he joined the news only eight of those are in need of foster housing. Muddy Waters Band and help Towns County. But to handle Clough said that despite shape the electric blues sound Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues these 74 children, we have 16 the best intentions of the courts that inspired the rock and roll band “Mac Arnold & Plate are $25 for adults, $12 for stu- Juvenile Judge Jeremy foster homes. Granted, some of and agencies like DFACS, movement in the late 60s. He Full O’ Blues”. The band has dents 12 and up, get your tickets Clough those homes do have multiple taking a child from their home then formed the “Soul Invad- Austin Brashier on guitar and early because they’ll go fast! beds and can care for more is never the best option. ers” which backed up artists vocals, Max Hightower on Tickets are available on By Mason Mitcham than one child. But the short “The goal when children like the Temptations and B.B. keyboards, harmonica, guitar, line at www.peacockperform- Towns County Herald version is, we do not have are removed from the home, King. Mac spent 5 years on the bass and vocals, Tez Sherard ingarts.center click on the blue Staff Writer enough homes,” he said. every case starts out as set of Soul Train and worked on drums and vocals and, of “Buy Tickets” button. You may On Friday, Feb. 19, If there are no homes reunification, which means with Bill Withers (“Lean on course, Mac Arnold on vocals, also stop by our theater between Juvenile Court Judge Jeremy within the circuit available, the family needs to have a Me”) before moving back to bass and his legendary Gas 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Mon – Fri at Clough spoke at the Mountain the children have to be moved chance to do what they need to his native South Carolina. Can Guitars. 301 Church Street, Hayesville, Movers and Shakers weekly even farther away. do to fix their problems, their Mac now serves up a The show begins at 7 p.m. NC or by calling the box office meeting. Clough serves the “If they can’t go into employment, drug problems, mess of Blues with his own Saturday, March 12th. Tickets at 828-389-2787. Enotah Judicial Circuit, a home in this circuit, they housing, or whatever, so they which encompasses Towns, have to go out of this circuit. can be reunited with their Army Veteran Robert Lester receives Union, White, and Lumpkin There are 18 counties other children. But when you take counties. than the Enotah Judicial circuit the family and their child is Amateur Quilt of Valor at recent presentation Clough is a Juvenile in which we have children placed in, say, Columbus, Court Judge, meaning that for placed. Those counties range oftentimes these families Radio Club the most part he hears cases from Muskogee County to don’t have a lot of financial regarding child dependency. Bibb County, to Harris County, resources, how do we expect meeting “Those are cases where Clayton, and Rockdale,” he them to routinely travel back Attention HAMs and any- the child has to be removed from said. and forth to Columbus to one interested in Amateur Radio - the parents’ home because the “To kind of get a handle maintain that parental bond parents have left that child in on what it means, there’s two for the child’s good?” he said. the North Georgia Tri-State A.R.C. an unsafe condition, often due different things. There’s the The fact is, more foster (Amateur Radio Club) meetings to drug use, failure to provide personal cost to the child. housing is needed within the are held on the first Tuesday of safe clean stable housing, or There’s a child who has circuit. each month at 7 p.m. at Branan things like that. When those grown up in Towns and Union Lodge on Wesley Mountain Road in Blairsville. All of our meetings are open to the public. Our next ...from Page 1 meeting will be held on March thoseWastewater bulbs, so we’ve been rather than an ultraviolet “The nutrient reduction 1st. For more information about beg-borrow-stealing for some disinfectant system, but the joining the Club or becoming a time to get those bulbs. So building will house pumps City wished to avoid having and chemicals and basically HAM, contact Alan Zimmerman this was kind of being phased to use chemicals such as (AJ4YH) 706-781-3160. U.S. Army Korean War Veteran Robert Lester was presented a Quilt out by nature of the bulbs will pump into the nutrient chlorine, not only because of reduction tank. What will of Valor on February 13, 2016 at the Historic Union County Court- couldn’t be replaced. So we the inherent risks involved house. Bonny Garrett and Anna Stone help drape quilt. knew this was coming. The happen is it will mix, the with having chemicals in the chemicals will bond in here, to get your horses back up to charges such as check-up fees new unit automatically cleans water, but also because over date on vaccines and redo their or farm call fees. Vaccine itself and this one does not, and more solids will fall out, time the cost of maintaining more nitrogen and phosphorus Coggins! prices are as follows: Rabies so you would have to remove a chemical system would be This year’s clinic is on ($22), ETW ($16), ETW/West each tube and clean it and put will fall out, so that’s the way more expensive. we reduce it, and what’s Saturday, March 19, from 9 Nile ($37), Rhino/Flu ($26), it back in,” said Stancil. The City is also working a.m. to noon, rain or shine and Strangles ($37). “This one cost about pumped out as sludge,” said If time permits, other on upgrading its nutrient Stancil. under our wonderful covered $38,000. Installed it was reduction system, which is arena. Dr. Zager from Ocoee exams and treatments may about $60,000. It had to be a The sludge is then also be requested. As you ar- separate from the disinfectant dried and transported to a Animal Hospital will be com- rive at the arena, sign in to quick time frame, so they had system. When upgraded, the ing out to do Coggins tests receive a number. Horses will to have a lot of people here landfill in Habersham County, system will help reduce the leaving Towns County and its for $27 each, including a tape be seen on a first-come first- working on it,” said Baker. buildup of algae in Lake It’s been a year since the weighing of your horse. serve basis. The clinic is open Another option was a water cleaner and safer than Chatuge. before. last Coggins/vaccination clin- All other vaccinations to everyone. If you have ques- chemical disinfectant system ic at the Union County Saddle are available at good prices, tions about the clinic, contact Club, which means it’s time and there will be no additional Art Miller at 706-435-8298 ...from Page 1 Park days of a criminal drug statute in the beauty of God’s creation “Our objective is to conviction for a violation shall of Lake Chatuge glistening achieve maximum efficiency result in termination. If they do in the sunlight far below, in the operation and use of it and they get caught, they’re and where every important transit vehicles throughout out and there’s no appeal. You Appalachian Mountain peak their life cycle of five years or know we don’t want people on in Georgia, North Carolina, 100,000 miles,” read Deputy drugs out here driving,” said and even Tennessee can be DO YOU NEED Clerk Andrea Anderson.