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2010
Nicholson News
Nicholson
Daisy Festival 2010 Another
Success!!!
The City of
Nicholson and all of it's Residence are
proud to bring you this
Veterans' Memorial
This Memorial is for the
Veterans, but who is defined as a Veteran,
Wikipedia defines a Vet as A war veteran
(from Latin vetus, meaning "old is a
person who has or is serving in the armed
forces, or a person who has had long
service or experience in an occupation or
office. This Memorial is not just for our
Military Veterans but for all those who
put their lives on the line for our
freedom, every single day, here and
abroad. I thank God for each and Every one
of you. God Bless America!
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Nicholson's Mission Statement.. To provide
innovative leadership in administrative,
managerial, executive, technological and
financial functions to ensure the highest
quality of life for our citizens.
Nicholson Public Library
The H.S. Swindle
Library hours are 10-7 PM Monday thru
Thursday Friday 10 to 6 PM and
Saturday 10
to 2 PM We are located at 5466 Hwy. 441 S.
Nicholson 706-757-3577 Next to Benton
Elementary School
-- The Harold S. Swindle Public Library in
Nicholson would like to
announce that on~~
THE HAROLD SWINDLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY IN NICHOLSON
will hold
summer reading programs
for
children ages 1 to 12
and another for grades six and
up.
Other
programs for children ages 1 to 12
include:
•Thursday, July 8,2
p.m.
Curious Moon Puppets, Ocean
Shadows Puppet Show
•Thursday, July 15, 2 p.m.,
party for all goal winners
The
summer reading activities for those in
sixth grade and
up include:
•Thursday, July 8, 2
p.m
"The Science of Water," including
experiments with water,
making ice cream
•Thursday, July 15, 2 p.m.,
party for all goal winners
Kelli
O'Clare is the branch
manager at the Nicholson
library. Contact the library at
706-757-3577.
A Brief History of
Nicholson
Originally named Cooper, the change to
Nicholson was noted as early as 1876 when
"The Forest News" described the stations on
the Northeastern Railroad's Athens to Lula
run.
The name Cooper was in honor of the Willis
Cooper farm just below Nicholson. The
people of
Cooper, desiring a railroad depot,
informed President J. Nicholson "that they
would name the
town after him if he would make a fuel
stop in Cooper so they could sell their
wood to the railroad." The fuel stop was
created and the name change
occurred and was reported in local papers
as early as 1876, however, the post office
at Cooper did not change its name to
Nicholson until
February 2,1882.
read more~~~~~~
T.O.P.S.
Take Off
Pounds Sensibly
Meets at
the Community Center in Nicholson on
Tuesdays at 5:30 PM We are a new chapter
that started on March 17, 2009, so far we
have 29 members and after
only one week, we had a total of 46 lbs of
weight loss!! This is the group to join if
you want to loss weight, stay motivated,
and have lots of fun. Come join us every
Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.!!
For more info call Shanda Jones at 706 351
5967
Written In the Athens
Banner Herald
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/070209/new_458011000.shtml
Census
shows cities on the grow Northeast Georgia
gains in population
By Don
Nelson |
don.nelson@onlineathens.com
| Story updated at 11:52 pm on 7/1/2009
Most
cities in Northeast Georgia, including
Athens-Clarke County, grew during the last
half of
2007 and the first half of 2008, according
to the latest data from the U.S. Census
Bureau.
Nicholson
claimed the highest spike at nearly 9
percent, growing from 1,892 people in July
2007 to 2,060 in July 2008. Jefferson was the second
fastest-growing city in the area with a
6.3 percent spurt. Jefferson's population
went up by 470 people, from 7,441 in 2007
to 7,911 last year
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