Calendar of events

Published 8:00 am Saturday, February 23, 2019

Monday

• 6:30 p.m. — Thomasville Shrine Club will hold its regular meeting at the Shrine Club building on U.S. 19 South. Dinner, provided by the club, follows at 7. Members are asked to bring a dessert and prospective members and guests. Thomasville Shrine Club is a member of Hasan Temple in Albany.

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Tuesday

• 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

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• 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

• The 30th annual Thomasville Antiques Show is Feb. 22-24 at the fairgrounds, 2057 Hwy. 122. Guest speakers are Charlotte Moss, Dejuan Stroud, Ray Booth, C. Brandon Ingram, Mallory Mathison and James Farmer. For tickets or information, visit thomasvilleantiquesshow.com.

• The Tallahassee Stamp and Coin Tenth Annual Show is March 30-31 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday at the Tallahassee Senior Center, 2nd floor, 1400 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL. There will be door prizes, free admission, six regional stamp dealers and five coin dealers.

• Applications are being accepted for the Rose Bud Parade as well as art and craft vendors and food vendors for the Rose Show & Festival celebrated the fourth Friday in April. For information, call 228-7977.

• The Thomasville AA group meets every Monday at 8 p.m., at Trinity Anglican Church, 325 W. Jackson St. For information, call (229) 228-1030.

• 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., with meal at 6, large group meeting at 6:45, 7:45 are small group meetings. The church is 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.