Mobile mammograms offered Saturday

DALTON, Ga. —  The CHI Memorial Mobile Health Program will be parked in the Kmart parking lot on West Walnut Avenue on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. offering mammogram screenings as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You must bring your doctor’s full name, a photo ID and your insurance card. For those without insurance, mammograms are covered for eligible women. Financial assistance is provided for those who are under-insured. To schedule your mammogram, call (423) 495-4040 or (866) 591-2254. For pre-registration forms, call Vicki Richardson at (706) 270-2877 or Laurie Ward at (770) 324-2783. More information and pre-registration forms can be found at memorial.org/mobile-mammography. Pre-registration forms must be completed prior to your mammogram appointment. The American Jeep Club Project is sponsoring the event.

 

Drama students to present ‘The Lottery’

MOULTRIE, Ga. — The Colquitt County High School and C.A. Gray Junior High School drama departments invite the community to the Withers Auditorium at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16, and Tuesday, Oct. 17, for the one-act production of “The Lottery” by Brainard Duffield, adapted from the short story by Shirley Jackson. Tickets will be available at the door: Adults $5, students $2. Since its original publication in The New Yorker in 1948, Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” has baffled, outraged, and intrigued readers. In the story, the villagers gather for an annual ritual, a lottery. What appears to be a beautiful and exciting day soon turns ominous as members of the town question the tradition (and the consequences) of the lottery. The cast and crew will take their production on the road Oct. 25 to compete against other high schools in the region, each school performing a 55-minute one-act play. The GHSA Region 1-7A One Act Play competition will be held at Tift County Performing Arts Center in Tifton.

 

Rivers Alive annual cleanup day set for Saturday

Keep Milledgeville-Baldwin Beautiful will host its annual Rivers Alive Cleanup Day at the Oconee River Greenway on Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon.

Registration for the event will begin at 9 a.m., and any person or group is welcome to come out and help clean the Greenway until noon. At the event, Keep Milledgeville-Baldwin Beautiful will provide gloves, bags and grabbers for the event, but people should bring their own canoes if they want to get out on the water and clean. 

To learn more about the Rivers Alive Cleanup Day, contact Ashley Bacon at Keep Milledgeville-Baldwin Beautiful, or check out the event on their Facebook page at facebook.com/keepmilledgevillebaldwinbeautiful.

 

FFA recognizes ABAC provost with honorary degree

TIFTON — Dr. Jerry Baker, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, has been selected to receive the Honorary American FFA Degree at the 2017 National FFA Convention and Expo on Oct. 27 in Indianapolis.   A total of 52 ABAC students will also receive FFA American degrees at the national convention. The Honorary American FFA Degree is an opportunity to recognize those who have gone beyond valuable daily contributions to make an extraordinary long-term difference in the lives of students, inspiring confidence in a new generation of agriculturists.  The award is given annually to those who advance agricultural education and FFA through personal commitment.

  

Free movie scheduled

HAHIRA — Bring a blanket and the family for a free movie in the park. The Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority will show the animated blockbuster “Monsters, Inc.” startig 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at North Lowndes Park, 7715 Sonny Rogers Memorial Drive. The authority will show the G-rated Disney film on its inflatable screen, which is 20-feet wide and 11-feet tall. There is no fee to watch the movie and no registration necessary, according to an authority press release. VLPRA encourages families to attend and to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. Picnics are welcome and VLPRA will sell limited concessions on a cash-only basis. VLPRA has several movies scheduled for the fall and winter season. The Authority will show “Moana” (rated PG), Nov. 10, at Freedom Park; “The Santa Clause” (rated PG), Dec. 19, at Drexel Park; “The Grinch” (rated PG), Dec. 21, at J.W. Saunders Park; “Beauty and the Beast” (rated PG), Feb. 23, at Drexel Park.