Calendar of events

Published 8:00 am Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Tuesday

• 10 a.m. — The National Association of Retired Federal Employees will meet in the Flipper Room at the Thomas County Public Library.

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• 6 p.m. — Overeaters Anonymous meets at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in the Guild Room. There are no dues or fees and is open to men and women. Call 226-0556 or (850) 545-4037.

Thursday

• 12:15 p.m. — The Thomasville Rotary Club meets at the Plaza.

• 5:45 p.m. — Early bird Bingo games, sponsored by the Kouncil Club of Thomasville, are at St. Augustine Catholic Church social hall. Regular Bingo sessions begin at 6:45. Prizes awarded and proceeds go to local charities of southwest Georgia.

Friday

• 12:30 p.m. — Thomasville Kiwanis Club meets at the Plaza Restaurant.

Miscellaneous

• Meigs City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 22 at the Community Center. The meeting has been moved from Jan. 21 because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. It is open to the public.

• An important exhibition of paintings, prints and sculpture, from the 17th through the 20th centuries, entitled “Working Like A Dog,” will be on view at Pebble Hill Plantation Museum, Thomasville, today through April 29. Works by some of the most celebrated American and British sporting, animal and wildlife artists in history will be represented in the exhibition — Henry Alken Sr., Frank Wootton, Maud Earl, H.B Chalon, James Hardy Jr., Francis Barlow and Gustav Muss Arnolt. The exhibition will be on loan from the historic Genesee Museum in Mumford, New York and celebrates man’s best friend, dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds — at work and play — hunting, retrieving, herding, racing and guarding through paintings, prints and sculpture.

• Disabled American Veterans, L.A.W. Chapter 59 and Auxiliary holds its monthly meeting on the second Tuesday of the month in the conference room at the Thomas County Public Library. For information, contact Dennis McGill Jr. commander at (229) 403-7515.

• The narcotics/vice division of the Thomas County Sheriff’s Office is accepting old or unused prescription medications from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at 921 Smith Ave. The contents of the pill bottle should be emptied into a resealable plastic bag. Leave liquids, gels or creams in the original container and place into a resealable plastic bag. Scratch out all personal identification. Injectables, syringes, any item used for diabetic tests, inhalers and thermometers will not be accepted. Please call 225-3300.

• Celebrate Recovery is a 12-step Christ-based recovery program meeting every Tuesday at Victory Fellowship Church. The doors open at 5:30 p.m., followed by a meal at 6 with a large group meeting at 6:45 and at 7:45 are small group meetings. The church is located at 19150 U.S. Hwy. 19 N, Thomasville.

• Bingo will be held every Monday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon at the Weston YMCA.

• Members of the executive board of Douglass High School Alumni Association Inc. meet every fourth Monday of every month at 6 p.m., at Douglass High School in the Social Room No. 12. For info, call (229) 224-7113.

• The regular monthly board meeting of Thomas County Department of Family and Children Services is at 8:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at 460 Smith Ave.

• Oak Street Group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Parish Hall at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 515 Oak St.

• The Thomasville/Thomas County Homeless Coalition meets the third Thursday of each month from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Thomasville Housing and Resource Center, 125 Lester St. For more information, call Sharon Edwards, (229) 289-0032.

• The Thomas County Democratic Party meets at 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month in the Thomas County Library’s Flipper Room. The meeting is open to the public.

• The Parents Advocacy meeting will be held on Mondays, 6 p.m., at the Frederick Douglass Complex Library. All who have a vested interest in the Thomasville City Schools system and taxpayers are encouraged to attend.