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Friday, October 27, 2017 Lake Oconee News Page B7 Contributed Lake Oconee Quilt Guild members (l-r) Carolyn Wren, Lisa Albury, Gloria Chandler, Kay Spors, Pat Gray, Sandy Grohs, Pam Parrish, Libba Holmes, Cecelia Smith and Geri Wires prepare to ship quilts to Texas. Quilt guild donates to Hurricane Harvey victims Just days after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast, Geri Wires, a member of the Lake Oconee Quilt Guild (LOQG) challenged the guild’s 107 members to make a child’s quilt to be sent to Texas families in need. This week 30 quilts were gathered and are ready to be shipped to Quilts for Kids, an international organization that provides quilts to children in need. These are children withlife-threat- ening illnesses, children of abuse and children living at poverty level and below. The LOQG quilts are being sent directly to the south Texas coast to help families who have suffered loss or have been displaced because of the storm and flooding. “Quilts have a way of giving comfort and hope in times of stress and uncertainty. We are hopingthe children who receive these quilts will feel our love and support.” Wires said. The guild strives to present opportunities for growth by bring ing in talent and expertise from renowned quilt and fiber artists from across the United States, as well as calling on the manytalented teachers who are members of the guild, to present classes and work shops for guild members. Lake Oconee Quilt Guild meet ings are held thefirst Tuesday ofthe month from September through June at Lake Oconee Lutheran Church, 1089 Lake Oconee Parkway, Eatonton, Georgia. Social begins at 9:30 a.m. with meetings at 10 a.m. Guests are welcome. For more information, go to their website at www.loqg. org or email guild presi dent, Carolyn Wren, atpresident@ loqg.org. GEORGIA Kitchens Road Old Time Family Festival set Nov. 4-5 Debbie Lurie-Smith debbie@jcnews.com The Kitchens Road Old Time Family Festivalbegins at 10 a.m. Nov. 4-5 and ends at 5 p.m. both days. As the name would suggest, the festival takes place at 370 Kitchens Road SW in Haddock. The event includes a huge variety of activi ties, including the Gordon County Antique Engine and Tractor Club, Jones County Cruisers classic car show, the Ocmulgee Blacksmith Guild and the Georgia Horseshoe Pitchers Association. Other events at the festival are helicopter and wagon rides, truck and tractor shows, antique farm and sawmill equipment, arts and crafts and mule day demonstrations. Entertainment is pro vided by the 120/80 Vocal Band, Magnum County, Joe Lavender & Ramblin’ Fever and the Bluegrass Strangers. Admission to the festival is $5 for adults, and children 12 and under get in free. The festival began in 2012 and is presented in partnership with the Lions Club International of Milledgeville. Festival promoter Randy Newton said the idea of the festival started when Bobby Kitchens, whose family’s home place will host the festival, saw a void left by the Brown’s Crossing and Beaver Creek Arts and Crafts festivals. Many of the artists and crafters willbe demonstrat ing their talents, including wood carvers, artists, sculp tors and jewelry crafters. Newton said the artisans would be sharing their pas sion hoping to spark public interest inkeepingthese arts from totally disappearing. Kitchens Road is located off of Highway 49 near the Jones-Baldwin county line. According to the event’s website,www.kitchensroad. com, The Kitchens family moved to their current location in 1903, and the home place has been in the family for more than 100 years. The festival allows everyone to make new friends and memories as well as let youngsters learn about the way of the farm life in the early days when the family land was plowed by mule. The main crops at GIFT CERTIFICATES - AVAILABLE • Cleaning and packaging are^available for additional fees at youyeq'uesfr Old Hudson Plantation . . V706-467-9345 j/vww.OI^HuchSnPlantation.corn • 299 Skeet Lane • Sparta, GA 31087 that time were cotton, corn, watermelon, sweet potatoes and sugar cane. The large family garden was used to feed the family during spring and summer as well as to preserve food for fall and winter. For more information, contact Newton at478-251- 4993 or Bobby Kitchens at 478-299-6205. r SAVE THE DATE! presents
