"The Gathering," also April 26 Moore's Ford banquet



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Please Attend April 26 Moore's Ford Scholarship Banquet
Dear folks,
   Final call for attending our April 26 banquet. We've got at least 45 finalists and their guests coming, but we could use more Moore's Ford people to bear witness. We had 47 applications this year, a record number.
   My apologies for running late with invitations. Have been busy with rentals this Spring and working on global climate change - a new focus for me.
   But please know...the Moore's Ford Memorial Committee still lives. Our scholarship program is alive and growing.   
   In addition, at our May 12 meeting, we will review a proposal to co-host, with others, "The Gathering," yet another meeting of grass roots, memorial groups from around the country that have successfully revisited and memorialized their own histories of racial violence. This meeting will occur in Georgia.
   We last met in 2006 at Ole Miss - Southern Exposure: a Regional Summit on Racial Violence and Reconciliation.  Please read the attached as a reminder of this vital, essential work...and this group's willingness to continue to step up.  
   If you cannot attend but wish to donate to our scholarship program, please send a check to Moore's Ford Scholarships at address below. To get acknowledged in this year's program, please call or email today. For donations after April 26, we'll provide credits in the 2012 program. 
   For program events, see below. 
   Best wishes from Waymond, Kirklyn and the Moore's Ford family, 
   Janice and Rich Rusk, scholarship coordinators
   Moore's Ford Memorial Committee, Inc.
   480 Stanton Way, Athens, GA 30606

   706-202-7802; 706-354-0321; richrusk@charter.net
    
Please Attend April 26 12th Annual Moore's Ford Scholarship Banquet

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Dear Moore's Ford friends,  
   Our scholarship banquet is right around the corner.
   PLEASE ATTEND our Twelth Annual Moore's Ford Scholarship Banquet - this coming Tuesday, April 26, at the Farmington Community Center. We gather at 6:30 p.m, dine at 7 p.m., with program to follow. This year, the students are doing the talking - they'll do their own introductions.
   Our scholarship program is going good. We had 47 applications this year, a record high. We now serve ten public high schools in a four county area. Please RSVP, but only if you re coming. No need to RSVP if you are not. 
  
Directions: from the bypass (Hwy 10) on Athens ' south side, head south on Hwy
441. Go approximately ten miles total (towards Madison ), bypassing Watkinsville and
passing through Bishop. At Farmington (several miles south of Bishop), turn left on
Salem Road (old train station on left corner), cross the train tracks and head east several
hundred yards. At the stop sign, turn right, stay on Salem Road and head south maybe ¼
mile. At the fork, bear right on Old Farmington Road . Go past the cemetery on the right
to the Community Center, also on the right  – a wood frame, one story building, grey
siding with white trim. Look for the Moore Ford sign.  Lots of parking. If lost, call Rich
at 706-202-7802 cell.

   Tickets are ten dollars apiece, with five dollars for children under 12.

   All the best,
   Rich and Janice

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Moore's Ford Scholarship Banquet Set For April 26
   Sixteen student finalists and their families have been invited to the 12th Annual Moore's Ford Memorial Scholarship Banquet, set for 7 p.m., Tuesday,  April 26 at the Farmington , GA Community Center. Graduating seniors from Clarke Central, Cedar Shoals, Loganville, Monroe Area, Morgan County,  North Oconee, Oconee County,  and Social Circle High Schools will be awarded eight $1,000 scholarships and eight  $100 merit awards at this gala event.
   "We are proud to showcase students who have worked hard to better their schools and communities," said MFMC vice president Kirklyn Dixon.
   Moore 's Ford scholarships are living memorials to George and Mae Murray Dorsey, Roger and Dorothy Malcom, two African American couples killed on July 25, 1946 by a lynch mob at the Moore 's Ford Bridge connecting Oconee and Walton Counties .
   Forty seven students – a record high - from 10 public high schools from Athens-Clarke, Morgan, Oconee and Walton Counties applied for scholarships this year.
   "Our reviewers had a hard time deciding," said organizer Rich Rusk. "The applications were terrific."    
   Tickets are $10 adults, $5 youth. To attend, please RSVP 706-202-7802 or 706-354-0321.

 
Calendar Announcement

At 7 pm, Tuesday, April 26, the Moore 's Ford Memorial Committee will award eight $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors from area public high schools. Come to the MFMC's 12th annual banquet at the Farmington Community Center off Hwy 441. 706-202-7802.  

                                PROGRAM

Call to Order                                                  Suzanne Minarcine, emcee

Invocation                                                       Kirklyn Dixon   
                                                         
Welcome                                                         Waymond Mundy, MFMC Chairman
                                                                       
Dinner                                                              by Benita Walker Catering

Entertainment                                                  Annette and Family Players  
                                                                     
Moore 's Ford Memorial Scholarships           Penny Young

Introduction of Scholarship Finalists &         Students introduce themselves
   Book Awards, Fire in a Canebrake            Emcee

Supporting the Scholarship Program              Rich Rusk

Announcement of Scholarship Recipients      Kelly McInerney
   Merit Award Winners ($100)
   Moore's Ford Scholarship winners ($1,000)  
                                                                    
Song:                                                                 Lean on Me, led by Waymond and  Elzata Brown

Closing Prayer                                                     Kirklyn Dixon 

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