September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and according to mental health experts, taking the steps to possibly save someone’s life does not require any special skills or training. Melissa Heinen, who coordinates suicide prevention services, said people who are contemplating ending their own lives often speak out - and when they do, friends, family and neighbors need to listen and take action. Read more in our e-edition: http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Atlanta1//Magazine34283/Full/index.aspx?id=34283
Her evacuation from her New Orleans home to escape Hurricane Katrina serves as the backdrop to author Anne Redelfs, MD’s course in regaining our lost humanity. She explains how trauma can steal joy, burden us with pain and suffering, and rob much of our human potential. She offers keys to reclaiming each lost or “evacuated” aspect of ourselves. Read more in our e-edition: http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Atlanta1//Magazine33949/Full/index.aspx?id=33949
Faint traces of the Jefferson and Northwestern Railway are still visible in and around Linden. Indentions of the track bed can be found from Jefferson to Lanier into Linden and extending into Marietta and Naples. The J & NW RY served Linden and the surrounding communities from 1899 until 1941.
Built in 1891, the narrow gauge logging tram brought logs from camps located in Northern Cass County to the Clark and Boice Lumber Mill on the east bank of the Big Cypress Bayou north of Jefferson. Clark and Boice had built their lumber mill in Jefferson in 1881, and it quickly became one of the largest lumbers mills to ever operate in Marion County. Read more in our e-edition: http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Casscounty1//Magazine33961/Full/index.aspx?id=33961
The Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce has decided to hold two big events on the date. The Hoot N’ Holler Festival and Midnight Madness are both slated for Sept. 7.
Four Southern Cross and memorial dedications will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Bryans Mill, and again at 2 p.m. in the Bell Cemetery, immediately west of Bryans Mill.
A Southern Cross dedication and memorial service for Pvt. John Lenard Morgan, Co. F 19th (Dawsons) Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States of America (CSA), will be held at 11 a.m. in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Bryans Mill. His great-great-grandson, Ronald Stringer, will read the biography and unveil the Confederate marker. Read more in our e-edition: http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Atlanta1//Magazine33949/Full/index.aspx?id=33949
A fishing tournament has been planned to raise funds to give back to the community in memory of Jacob Dude Turner.
The 4th Annual Jacob Dude Turner Memorial Scholarship Team Catfish Tournament is set for Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 26 - 28, at Rocky Point Pavilion, Lake Wright Patman.
The Cass County 4-H Clubs as part of their county wide program development and membership drive will be conducting a booth at the “Hoot N Holler” Festival in Atlanta Saturday, Sept. 7. They will be having members sign up; marketing and promoting 4-H programs and projects; issuing educational materials (targeting emergency management, water education, the Extension education, and 4-H member and volunteer opportunities). Read more in our e-edition: http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Casscounty1//Magazine33961/Full/index.aspx?id=33961
