Humane Society groundbreaking rescheduled

DALTON, Ga. — The groundbreaking for the Humane Society of Northwest Georgia’s new shelter has been rescheduled for Friday at 2 p.m. due to inclement weather. The public is invited. The property for the new shelter is at the corner of Veterans Drive and Legions Drive adjacent to Park Creek School. Officials say the new facility will be a community resource for animal rescue, animal adoption and humane education. For more information on the groundbreaking or new shelter, email executivedirector@hsnwga.org or call (706) 226-5002.

 

‘Our Soldier’ screening at VSU 

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts and the Valdosta-Lowndes Film Initiative screens the award-winning film “Our Soldier.”

Screening No. 1

When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2.

Where: Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N. Patterson St.

More information: Call (229) 247-2787. Center requests people call for reservations.

Screening No. 2

When: 1 p.m. Friday, March 3.

Where: Valdosta State University Student Union Theatre.

Both screenings are free and open to the public.

 

Agriculture museum hosts pine needle basketry class

TIFTON, Ga. – The Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will offer a pine needle basketry class on March 4 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Cravey House. Space is limited for this class. Jerry Walker will provide materials and instruction on the art of pine needle basketry for this special folk art learning opportunity. Walker will guide participants through the process of creating their very own woven, pine needle basket. The cost for this event is $10 per person in addition to the price of admission to the Museum. The price includes the cost of materials and instruction. Basket weaving has long been the single most expressive folk art/craft of the Wiregrass Region. It displays the diversity of both the Pineywoods culture and its natural resources. The Native American cultures were the first to split and weave together river cane. The Gullah and the Geechee cultures followed suit, using the coiled-grass of the Coastal Georgia rice plantations to weave baskets.  This inspired the women’s clubs of Wiregrass Georgia in the 1860s to weave together pine needles into baskets. To reserve a spot in the class, interested persons should contact the Country Store at 229-391-5205.

 

Angels Clothes Closet to hold free clothes distribution March 17

BRANFORD, Fla. — The Angels Clothes Closet, an outreach ministry of San Juan Catholic Church in Branford, is holding its free monthly clothes distribution on Frida,y March 17, from 3-6 p.m.  on the church grounds, at 304 SE Plant Ave. (State Road 247).   Angels Clothes Closet invites all those in need to take advantage of this program. No identification is needed, no questions are asked, and there is no charge for any items. Donations are not needed at this time, with community support the ministry has served more than 400 people in the past year.   For more information, contact Kathy McCarty at 386-867-4530.