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Lake Oconee News
Friday, February 17,2017
GREENE COUNTY
B&G Club presents flea market, fish fry
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Members of the Pete Nance Boys & Girls Club work with volunteer Kara Latz in preparation for the Fantastic
Finds Flea Market and Fish Fry, Saturday March 18.
Saturday, March 18, the Pete
Nance Boys & Girls Club (PNC)
will host its first-ever Fantastic
Finds Flea Market & Fish Fry at
Greensboro Elementary School
(gymnasium) from 9 a.m. until 3
p.m. True to the flea market con
cept, there will be an array of local
vendors, from high-end arts and
crafts displays and antiques to
home goods and yard sale items.
With the addition of the always
popular “Flair Hair” station for
the kids, the Fantastic Finds Flea
Market & Fish Fry promises to
enthuse everyone in the family.
Some of the local artists at the
inaugural Fantastic Finds Flea
Market & Fish Fry include Sil
ver Crafts Plus, Woodworking
by Rick Oyler, Jennifer Amaya
Jewelry and Baby Gifts by Ashley.
Community favorites such as the
Greensboro Antique Market and
Alter All will also be present as
well as licensed massage thera
pist, Vicki Goss. A wellness advo
cate traveling from North Caro
lina will tout the benefits of the
increasingly popular doTERRA
essential oils, and bargain shop
pers will enjoy perusing the “trash
to treasures” section of the mar
ket. Attendees will also find an
enormous selection of furniture,
toys, clothes and household items.
Unique to this event are the
authentic fried fish platters com
plemented with slaw, bread and
all the fixings. The PNC Parent
Council will lovingly prepare
the homemade platters. Satur
day early bird shoppers will have
plenty of time to shop, eat and
then visit the PNC “If These Walls
Could Talk” booth at the The Big
Event, just a few miles down the
road at Lake Oconee Village.
Additionally, bounce houses, a
dunking booth and face painting
will entertain children as par
ents scurry to find treasures fit for
any occasion. The Fantastic Finds
Flea Market & Fish Fry promises
to be a happy day for all!
Millicent Zamirowski, PNC
committee volunteer and Coldwell
Banker Realtor, explains: “This is
the first event of its kind for PNC
members who are working so very
hard to make it a success. Many
teens are actually engaged in
the marketing and operations of
the flea market, obtaining skills
which they will be able to apply in
their future endeavors.”
The mission of the Fantastic
Finds Flea Market & Fish Fry is
to bring the entire Greene County
community together for a family
friendly event. PNC welcomes
friends and neighbors to join in
the success and would like to
thank Kristin Grebel and the
generous donations of local busi
nesses such as Joy Graden’s Pecan
Corner for their support in helping
to make this event a success. They
have been instrumental in the
launching of the flea market and
fish fry concept.
It’s not too late to reserve booth
space. The fee is nominal ($25-
$35), and the sellers retain any
money earned or can donate earn
ings to PNC. For more informa
tion or to sign up to sell your stuff,
contact Kara Latz (karalatz@
gmail.com or 404-316-0562) or
visit www.PeteNancebgc.org.
To learn the many ways you
too can support and partner with
PNC, please contact Norm Agran
at nagran@att.net/908.279.5000
(contribution) or Jim Liebeck
at hliebeck@plantationcable.
net/ 706.817.0964 (volunteer).
You can also follow the Club on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/
petenancel.
The Pete Nance Boys & Girls
Club is located in a wing of
Greensboro Elementary School
and works hand-in-hand with the
Greene County School System to
touch the lives of every child in
our community while making the
club a safe place to learn and grow
during non-school hours. A car
ing and professional staff, under
the direction of Bob Mackey Sr.,
club director, leads PNC. Club
members receive life-enhancing
programs and character devel
opment experiences that assist in
their ability to grow and develop
into productive, responsible and
caring adults.
MORGAN COUNTY
MARDI GRAS GALA: A party with a purpose
Get your party shoes on for a not-
to-be missed event. The Steffen Thomas
Museum of Art is throwing a Mardi
Gras Gala on Feb. 25 in downtown Mad
ison at Merchants Hall (Madison Tea
Room) to raise essential funds for arts
programming with an elegant evening
of dining, dancing and French 75 Cham
pagne Cocktails. Through event ticket
sales, raffle prizes and a silent auction
table, the museum is looking to raise
$10,000 for its in-depth arts outreach
program that reaches students from
elementary age through college seniors
each year.
Kaye and Stan DeJarnett are honor
ary chairs of the event that features a
dinner of New Orleans cuisine, dancing
to The Atlanta Seventeen Big Band and
complimentary wine and beer. Signa
ture French 75 Champagne cocktails
and mixed drinks will be available for
purchase.
The silent auction for the evening
includes accommodations at the chic
Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans
(no black-out dates and good for one
year), tickets and tent privileges for the
Iroquois Steeplechase in Nashville,
(May 13, 2017), two gift baskets filled
with sizable certificates from Madison
merchants and the Cultural Center and
a framed lithograph from the 1927 pen
and ink drawing by Steffen Thomas,
Horses and Jockeys.
Raffle tickets are available now at
Whidby Jewelers and online for a
chance at two prizes: a pair of beau
tiful diamond drop earrings donated
by Whidby Jewelers, and a large vessel
with an unusual Copper Penny glaze by
North Carolina potter Ben Owen III.
To purchase raffle tickets, visit Whidby
Jewelers in Madison, go online to www.
steffenthomas.org, or call the Museum
at 706-342-7557.
This elegant evening would not be
possible without the support of follow
ing business sponsors: Bank of Madison,
Jim Boyd and Associates, Fierman Law
Firm, McGinnis Realty, Madison Realty,
DuBose Law Group, Dream Team Tech
nologies, Morgan County Citizen, Madi
son Studios, Whidby Jewelers and Smith
Communications (the Lake Oconee Nezcs
and Eatonton Messenger and other pub
lications).
The event is Saturday, Feb. 25 at Mer
chants Hall in downtown Madison.
Tickets are $100 per person and may be
purchased at www.steffenthomas.org or
by calling the Museum at 706-342-7557.
All proceeds support STMA arts pro
gramming.
The Steffen Thomas Museum of Art is
a vibrant non-profit art museum show
casing the life works of Master Artist
Steffen Thomas and providing arts out
reach in seven counties. It is open Tues
day through Saturday from 11 a.m. until
4 p.m. or by appointment. Please call
ahead to schedule a tour for groups or
schools. 706-342-7557. www.steffentho-
mas.org. 4200 Bethany Road, Buckhead.
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The Steffen Thomas Museum of Art is throwing a Mardi Gras Gala on Feb. 25 in downtown
Madison at Merchants Hall (Madison Tea Room) to raise essential funds for arts programming.
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